The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23
ssornIng Star and Catholic Messenger.
INV osIFANs, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2s, 1879.
LErTER FROM ROME.
THE SEIZURE OF THE GEsU.

axception of Father Beckx, who was ab-
seut} were summoned to room In that /
House, where they found already seated
municipal commission, composed OF Prince
Baldassare Odescalchi and a number of
Radicals, twelve in all, and notary. The
officials announced that they there and
then took formal possession of the Gesu
and the Roman College in the name of the
municipality and they handed to each
inmate draft, by presenting which he
was told that he might claim his quarterly |
pension. The following protest was read
by Father Armellini and handed in =
"The Superior of the House of the Gesu
declares that it is to mere force that ne
yields in submitting to the seizure OF this
doing, prejudice the rights of the Society
to this same House. With respect to the
library in this House, he declares that 1t
10 NOT the property of the Religious dwell.
ling in the House, forasmac9 n as ParS OF vi u
enti Gonzaga to the General of the Society,
and the rest consists of books written by
members of the Society and sent by them,
according to the usual custom, to the zen
eral. MARCO RossI, Superior"
PROTEST OF THE RECTOR OF THE ROMAN
COLLEGE.
Excellency,-When 1 presented to the
/. Committee of Liquidation of the Ecclesas-
tical Board the returns asked Tor respect.
the same time to present this my memorial
to the Royal Ministry. 1 thought it best,
however, to wait few days, until the re-
turn of your Excellency, from whom l had
special reason to nope ior equity anu
dence by the following words, written by by
.your Exceliency from Vienna, Nov. 27,
Is7O: "In reference to the Roman Col
lege, have reflected that the government
could not leave the public instruction in
the hands of the Jesuits, but that 30 far as
I knew it had not in any way lnterfered
with such education as could be called in
ternational, and that it had made every
effort to settle that question in tue most
liberal and equitable manner" (Green
Book, 1871, 115.)
Your Excellency has also shown that you
have from the first understood the really
international character of the schools OF
the Roman College; which is 81 now VT rendero ,ro
been furnished and by the action itself OF
the Italian Government. Since the schools
of the Roman College have-for reasons
ON which do not now desire to enter
been suppressed, inasmuch as from the
large numbers OF Roman youth who attend,
\ ed them, they appeared to be n Roman and
laical institution, they have now been re-
stored exclusively as Pontifical and in
terpational institution specially for the
1 ecclesiastical instruction of the foreign
Colleges.
It is, ia fact, quite evident that the Ro'
4 man College, being strictly and exclusively
Pontifcal International College, comes
q under the law of the Guarantees, and does
81 not come under the law suppression and
n that, even should the Jesuits be suppressed
and banished, that College must still re-
II main at the disposal of the Holy Father fol
II the instruction of the Ecclesiastical Col
& leges of foreign nations.
N On this account the Holy Father has OF
several occasions been pleased to tell me
a and at an audience which he granted m
II yesterday specially on this matter, he re
AZ peated his words-That should make
Fl Formal protest on behalf of the Roma
longing specially to himself. For the Hol
Father has, as is but reasonable, his ow
Roman Seminary as Bishop of Rome spec
ally for the Roman clergy, and as rope
has the College of the Propaganda for thos
i = who are being educated for the Mission
and the Roman College for the students
the Catholic and mixed nations who con
tt to Rome specially for their studies in phi
osophy and theology.
SH As therefore the Holy Father, like Il
foreign Governments, has right to t
conservation of this institution, to whi
4 90 many select youths repair to purs
II their studies and also to perfect theI
tkt selves. 40 also it is specially of the X
$k man College to be considered as scho
f{N of perfecting studies, inasmuch as we
ways have amongst tho students perso
ek who have finished their studies, and W
come to Rome to qualify themselves +
professorships, being destined by the fo
eign Bishops for professors IN their semin q
Il Roman College that the schools of philos
ply and theology are so arranged that
Il Short course may be made in them by tho
il who merely desire sufficient education
3t khe nriest6ood and long course for tho
iH who desire thorough acquaintance wi
3b philosophical and theological learning.
III the Last point of view the Roman College
III an institution we'll betting Rome as
"a evident that in euppressipg it the Itali
III Government would be suppressipg, moi
II Religious House or a Roman and nation
IS institution, but-and may at this critic
" moment say it without boasting--a Pon
n Acal international institution of the ID