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JULY 24, 1926
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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China’s Hope Lies in United States
Declares Noted Chinese Catholics
Joseph Lo Pa Hong, Educational, Charitable and Com
mercial Leader of the Orient and Deeply Religious Lay
man, Makes Fervent Plea For Missionaries
(By N. C, W. C. News Service)
Chicago—“We look to the Catho
lics of America to assure the fu
ture of the Church in China by
helping American missioners labor
ing there”, said Joseph Io Pa Hong
the distinguished Chinese layman
who headed China’s delegation to
the Eucharistic Congress here, be
fore bis departure for visits lo seve
ral American cities following the
Congress. Mr. Lo is one of the most
noted men in his country in the
religious, educational and philanth
ropic fields, as well as the commer
cial.
“American education is in great
demand,” said Mr. Lo. “The Chinese
positively worship American educa
tors. So true is this that I am con
vinced that the future welfare of
China depends on American mission
aries. China wants American educa
tion at any cost. The church which
.provides American teachers will reap
conversions.”
“Many of the Chinese students in
America are studing journalism,” he
continued, “a great era in journalism
is about to start in China. We need
a strong Catholic Press we need
Catholic dalics if we would hold our
own. We hope some day to have
an organization like the N. C. W. C.
News Service, which li as done much
for the Church in America. There
is a splendid opportunity in China
for Catholic Journalism.”
Several times during the Eucharis
tic Copgress Mr. Lo was praised
publicly for the exemplary life
which he leads. Worshippers at
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church,
Chicago', were edified to see him
serve three Masses . every morning.
He is a daily communicant, recites
fifteen decades of the Rosary and
the entire Little Office of the
Blesssed Virgin every day. He is
able to do this and to attend to his
numerous commercial industries
when at home only by rising each
morning at 5:30 o’clock, which he
has done, he says, for thirty years.
While visiting in Chicago, Mr. Lo
secured the services of six Sisters
of the Good Shepherd and six
Mission Sisters of the Sacred Heart
to conduct respectively a girl’s home
and a girls’ college in Shanhai. He
is erecting the two new institutions
for the greater part out of his own
private funds.
Dressed in Chinese clothes of silk,
he attracted attention whenever he
appeared during the Congress. He
wears the decorations of a Com
mander of the order of St. Sylvester
and a Knight of St. Gregory, of the
Chinese National Order of Chicago
of a Counsellor of the French Mun
icipality in Shanghai.
He objected strenuously to the
rtitle of “th Rockefeller of China”,
given to him by the American new-
papers because of his vast business
interests in tlie Orient. He gave
preference to the name “the king of
beggars”, by which his fellow coun
trymen re fer to him. He admitted
that as director of the Shanghai
Chamber of Commerce, general man
ager of the Chinese Electric Power
Company, managing director of the
Chapei Electricity and Water Works
and general manager of the Wauch-
ing lorn and Steel Works and of the
Ta Tung Navigation Company, his
income is large. He pointed out,
however, that his enormous expendi
tures for charity kept him practic
ally without funds, and that con
stantly he was obliged lo beg in
order to maintain the twenty-nine
charitable establishments which de
pend upon him for .support. At
present the total amount of money
which he spends each year is well
over one and half million dollars.
His charities annually produce a de-
flict of nearly half a million dollars,
for the liquidation of which he de
pends upon those fvlio are impressed
by the mag nitude of his philan
thropic work.
Not only does he believe in assist
ing teh poor and crippled, but he
strives to establish good wages and
employment as remedies for econo
mic evils.
“The solution of the bandit prob
lem in China”, he says, “is in better
wages and plenty of work for these
men who have turned to banditry
in order lo live. China also needs
the unifying influence of good roads
and education.”
At the close of the Eucharistic
Congress, Mr. Lo attended teh Ses-
qui-centennial celebration at Phila
delphia, as a representative of the
Shanghai chamber of commerce.
Eater he will be a guest at teh
Catholic Foreign Mission Seminary,
Maryknoll N. Y„ whose Superior-
General, Father Walsh, has personal
knowledge of his activities.
He plans to go to Rome, Lourdos
and Lisienx, returning to America on
his homeward journey to China. Ac
companying him are his son, Ignat
ius Lo Nicolas Tsu, K. S. G. and
Francis Tsu, graduate of the Univers
ity of Dayton.
The Problem of Miracles
Anarchist Admits Murder
of Noted Spaniah Cardinal
Suspect Arrested in Alleged
Plot Against Life of King
Confesses Crime
(By N. Ci W. C. News Service.)
Paris.—Abadia Francisco Ascaro,
who with Benaventure Duretti, was
arrested by the police here in con
nection with an alleged plot upon
the lives of the king and queen of
Spain, has confessed to the police
that he murdered Cardinal Solle-
vila y Romero, archbishop of Sara
gossa, in Spain, in 1923. it is report
ed. It is also asserted that Ascaro
confessed that he and Duretti. com
mitted other crimes in the village
of Gigou in the same year and es
caped to Argentina.
Cardinal Soldevile was slain when
he was ambushed by his assissins
outside the monastery of St. Vin
cent de Paul, which he was visiting.
He was in his automobile with his
secretary and chaufeur. .He was
shot dead, while liis two companions
were wounded.
At the time the murder ivas at
tributed to many causes. One was
a plot by Communists, another that
it grew out of a personal dispute
with laborers the Cardinal hired,
and a third that it was planned by
an anti-Catholic faith.
Returning from South America
the two, it is reported, allied them
selves with three other anarchists
and plotted the deaths of King Al-
phonso and Queen Victoria during
their visit here. The disclosure is
said here to explain why the royal
couple of Spain were more closely
guarded than any other royalty' vis
iting in this country in recent years.
The French authorities arc plan
ning to deport Ascaro, it is said.
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A reader of the Nativity Mentor
of Brooklyn wrote the' editor asking
why God did not work miraculous
ly for Catholic gatherings visited by
storm and even by death from light
ning. Monsgnor Bclford, editor of
The Mentor, answered as follows:
The Lord acts directly and indi
rectly. Usually he employs natural
laws and second causes When he
suspends these natural laws or over
rules them, we cal] it a miracle. God
works miracles frequently, hut they
arenot multiplied williout some
great reason. The winds and tides
are regulated by natural laws. They
bring sunshine and rain or sleet or
snow. Sometimes we ask the Lord
to give us the kind of weather we
think we need. He may grant our
prayer and we may ignore it. Oth
ers may wish for the very things we
pray against.
It would have been delightful if
the sun had shined every day and all
of every day on that wonderful gath
ering in Chicago, but God saw lit to
allow the winds and the clouds to
bring rain and hail. These did not
prove that God did not care; neith
er did they prove that God had not
the power to interfere. They just
prove that the people must lake
what he chooses to send. Nor did
these people murmur or complain.
All the murmurs come from the peo
ple who deny God's existence or his
control of the world and the ele
ments.
The locomotive kills the friend and
I he enemy alike when they stand on
the track and the engineer sets it in
motion. The lightning smites the in
nocent child or the wicked man with
equal effect when they are in its
path. The Lord does not launch
that bolt directly. He does not aim
it. He makes the laws which pro
duce lightning and sends it in this or
that direction, bill he does not pick
out the victims. He permits the ef
fect. He docs not order it or with
his hand direct it.
Then, rain and lightning arc not
always evil. Even death is not
wholly evil. If death were the end
of everything, we might count it an
evil. But it is only a crisis in our
existence. We believe in the larger,
fuller life of immortality. Wc call
death the gate to that life. They who
pass through the gate early arc not
deprived of something to which they
have a right. Rather, they are de
livered from a lower and introduced
into a higher life. We are sent into
this world lo do somthing. What it
is, we do not wholly know. Some
take years to do tliejr work; some
finish it in a few months What
does it matter so long as they have
done their part? The world is like
a garden. Ill it some of lhe flowers
remain until winter kills them. Some
are. cut when they arc just budding
and some when they are full blown.
Some arc crushed wantonly and
some adorn now a bride and now a
corpse hut all serve the same pur
pose. So men bear tlie heat and
the frost, the rain and the sleet and
enjoy sunshine or suffer in gloom.
But they grow. They bear fruit.
They serve their Maker in obedience
and in patience as well as in fruition
and delight.
To some of us the mystery is not
why des God occasionally allow the
good to suffer as why docs he regu
larly permit the blasphemer to pros
per. It is hard to understand how
God can permit a Sinclair Lewis to
defy him. Perhaps St. Augustane’s
explanation will suffice. He says,
“God is patient because he is eter
nal.” That is, God can afford to
wait. He will not allow any man or
anything to dictate to him or swerve
him from his purpose The day of
Sinclair Lewis’ death is decreed. No
thing can change that decree. If he
does certain things, the death will
occur, say in a year. If he does ccr-
lain other things, it will not occur
for many years. The natural laws
have been set in motion. Natural
remedies may expedite or delay
them from bringing what we call
death. lewis may die as easily as a
weary child falls asleep or he may
meet with some frightful form of
death. The manner and the form
prove nothing. We know he will die
and in the oilier life he will receive
justice tempered with mercy. That
is all we know. We can only hppe
he may see the light and try to de
serve mercy.
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JESUITS GO TO MANILA
Eleven Leave New York For
Missions in Philippines
(By N, C. W. C. News Service.)
New York—Eloven Jesuits left
here recently for mission work
in the Phillipines. Before sail
ing from Seattle late in June
they were jonied by a twelfth
member of the Order from Hill-
yard, Washington.
There are at present 40 Ame
rican Jesuits in the Philippines.
Those who left here included
Father James C. I>aly, SJ., for
merly perfect of Studies at Re-
gis High School, New York City,
and Father Aloysius B. Langguth
S.J., Professor of Chemistry at
Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y.
The 10 scholastics have just
completed their Philosopihy
course; eight at Weston, Mass,
one in Canada and one in Hill-
yard, Wash. They are John J.
Cadigan, SJ., Francis B. Sar-
jeant, S.J., Francis J. Carroll,
SJ., James E. Colera, SJ, Leo
. CulluBti. SJ, Francis D. Doino,
S.J. Austin V. Dowd, SJ , John
V.McEvoy, SJ, Joseph D. Mc
Grath, SJ, and John A. O’Cal
laghan, SJ.
RETREATS AT MOBILE
Start Under Direction of
Rev. D. P. Lawton, S. J.
Fifth in Vaughan Family
Receives Episcopal Honors
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
London.—Canon Francis Vaughan,
who has been named Bishop of
Menevia, in Wales, belongs lo a
family in which the episcopate has
become almost a tradition. Three
of his uncles were Bishops. The
most distinguished was Cardinal
Herbert Vaughan, Archbishop of
Westminster. The other two were
Archbishop Roger Vaughan, of Syd
ney, Australia and Bishop John S.
Vaughan, Auxiliary of Salford.
Previously there was Bishop Wil
liam Vaughan, second Bishop of
Plymouth. He was Canon Vaughan's
grand-uncle.
Three of the bishop-elect's un
cles were priests—Father Bernard
Vaughan, the famous Jesuit preach
er, Father Jerome Vaughan, who
became first Prior of Fort Augus
tus, Scotland, and Father Kcnelem
Vaughan.
One of the Canon’s two brothers
is a priest. He is Father Herbert
Vaughan, D. D, rector of the Cath
olic Missionary Soviety and origi
nator of the auto-cliapels. .Father
Vaughan’s name has been mention
ed frequently in connection with
episcopal appointments.
All through their history the
Vaughans have been staunch up
holders of the Faith. In peual days
they often paid heavy fines rather
than give up the practice of their
religion.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Mobile, Ala.—The annual retreats
for laymen conducted by the Jesuit
Fathers here started June 18 when
the first retreat of the season was
held at Spring Hill college. The
second retreat starts Friday, July
23, at Loyola House, Battles Wharf,
Baldwin county. Other retreats will
be held during the summer: a letter
to Rev. D. P. Lawton S. J, Direc
tor of Rerteats, Spring Hill College,
Mobile, will bring information
about future retreats.
OCHRAN-LEE.
A recent marrieg of great in
interest to Charlestonians was that
of Miss Bertha Victoria Cochran,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
A. Cochran, and Dr. Robert E. Lee,
of Scranton, at which Father Wood
officiated at St. Mary’s rectory.
After a wedding trip Dr. and Mrs.
Lee will return to Charleston to
live.
The procession of the Blessed Sac
rament on Corpus Christi was prob
ably introduced some ti#ne after the
institution of the feast under Pope
John XXIII, who died in 1333. Wa
cannot he sure that even then the
Blessed Sacrament was exposed, for
the earliest vessels in which it was
carried seem to have hidden it com
pletely from view. However, theirs
found in a vellum Missal dated 1373
a miniature picture of a Bishop car
rying the Host in procession, the
monstrance in which it is borne hav
ing sides partly of glass. We may
reasonably conclude that in the
fourteenth century the Host was ex
posed at least on Corpus Christi.
In the sixteenth century’ it became
common to expose the Host at other
times—on occasions, for instance,
of public distress—and generally the
Blessed Sacrament was exposed for
forty hours continuously. This de
votion is still familiar to Catholic!
' throughout the world.
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