The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-15
The Successor Of Father Anderledy
Is to Be Elected Next
Month.
How That HiQh Officer Is Chosen
by tho Order in Which He
Serves.
About the Great Catholic Society
Tho "Binnk Pope"

thore are three, popes rsigning In Rome
the white pope, the red pope and the blac]
pope, says the New York correspondent o
the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The white pope is the pontifex maximu
of the universal church, Leo Kill, til
263d successor Of st. Peter. OF course tn
division of his authority is only legendary
but in the tradition the .'red pope'' ia tn
cardinal project OF the propaganda, th'
head of the missions Of the church all owe.
the world, and hence a prelate of great in
f1uence. He is the executive chief of tn,
church in the United States. because in th,
Administration of ecclesiastical affairs thil
is still regarded as n missionary country.
The present project of the propaganda il
the famous Pole, Cardinal Miecealns Ilodo-
chowski. He might really be styled til,
v%ice-pope, because he governs. assisted 81
his cardinals, one-third of the Catholi,
world, or those countries in which an heir-
archy has been established during the pas
three centuries. The pope has snprsm.
jurisdiction. but the practical management
Of the church in these countries is in thu
hands ct this great congregation. For these
reasons the popular title Of the ''red pope
(from his dress) is given to its head.
The "black pope' (from his dress &C
called) is the father general Of the Jesuits
When lgnatluB llOyla, a Spanish soldier
wounded at the siege Of Pampeluna, deter
mined to found the company or society OF
Jesus, in 1884, he retained in his makeup
many Of the ideas Of his military training.
the father general has supreme command
for his life over this corps d'elite Of the
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The office is at present vacant, for the
general, Very Rev. Anthony Anderly, died
on Jan. 10, after q term of five years. He
was q very famous man. Born in Switzer-
land in 1873, he joined the order il 1883.
Domestic political troubles drove him to
the United States in 1916, and he finished
his studies in st. Louis, where he was or
dained a priest. For several years he was
q missionary in the diocese of Green Bay,
Wis. and then returning to Europe, his
great abilities raised him to the highest
Office in the order Of which he was a mem
Der, and, as the old tradition Justly ranks
it, one Of the most influential in the whole
church. His American experience was Of
very signal service in the success of his ad-
ministration. Now his successor ia to be
chosen, probably in May.
The Company or Society Of Jesus at pres
ent consists Of 1892 members. divided
into 5.751. priests. 3,713 scholastics and 8, 1903
lay brothers. They make five groul 3,
which are themselves subdivided into
t%enty-seven provinces. Italian group ia
composed OF the provinces Of Rome. 1877
membera; Naples, 3l2; Sicily, 247; Turin,
4b3; Venice, 355, making a total Of l,764.
In France%there are 2,S63 Jesuits, or more
than in any other country. They are di-
vided into the provinces of the Isle Of
France, 1856; Lyons, III; Toulouse, &C.,, and
Champagne, 538.
inces Of Germany, l,0O9; Belgium, 935;
Austria-Hungary, GAO; Holland. 450, and
Galicia, 374, making a total of 3,47O. -
Ihe Spanish group comprises the prov
inces of A,agon, 945; CASTLE. 500; Toledo,
42S; Portugal, 205, and Mexico. 1s3.
The seven English -speaking provinces
are England. 5S5; Ireland, 267;a Maryland
New York, 564; Missouri, 4O3; Canada, $40;
New Orleans, 1876, and Zambesi, making
2,308 in all. All these provinces have eer-
tain missions in foreign countries.
This is the full strength of the order at
the present time. Ihe stage and novel
orypto-Jesuit living outside the regular
houses Of the order and engaged, Gin dis
guise," in secular pursuits, ia nonsense.
Equally absurd is talk about s'female
Jesuits." There never was a woman in the
order or in any way affiliated to it. The
Jesuit. on entering the order. passes two
IVA - - SA1SS SSopAAAh tAA U0hU JAZZ
to spiritual exercises. He then takes the
three simple vowsof poverty. chastity and
obedience. At the end of this term there
is a period of five years of atudy in the
languages, rhetoric, philosophy and phssi-
cal science. After a satisfactory examrna
tion the young scholastic is sent ont to
teach for five Or Six years in the colleges of
the society.
He next devotes four years to the study
OF theology, and he is then ordained a priest
if his examination is satisfactory. A sec
ond novitiate is then entered into, lasting
preaching, meditation and prayer and the
cultivation of the different virtues, When
all the time of probation is passed the can
didate takes q fourth vow, by which he
binds himself to go unreservedly as mis-
sionary wherever the pope wishes to send
him. Such Jesuits arc called the "professed
fathers" It is from this class that the gen
eral. the provincial professors of theology
and supervisors of the various houses of
the order are taken. There ars two other
Glasses of membership "spiritual cond-
jutors," who make up the bulk of the mem
the temporal ooadjutoEs," or lay brothers, |
to whom the manual and minof duties are
assigned. All wear the same dress and fol-
low the same exterior manner of life.
The general holds the office for life. All
the officers under him are chosen every
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eral to avoid trouble and intrigue among
the members. The rules governing the So
olety are very detailed, precise and vigor-
GUS. They arc called the Constitution Of
the Society" and we're drawn up by Igna-
titus Ioyola himself. The general 10 the
head of the Society of Jesus, but while in
veHting him with clearly defined and SUI
preme authority, 1Gnatius multiplies pre-
cautions to prevent the power from deeen-
Grating into despotism. On the election of,
a new general the professed fathers and tho
rectors in each province assemble and elect
two protested fathers who accompany the
provincial to the general congregation, by
which the head of the society is chosen.
1.-The general" says 1gnatins. 'shoula nos.
sess a great habit of union with God and a
plety to serve as an example to his breth-
rem. Charity and humility should equally
characterize him. He should unite gentle-
ness and love of discipline, never allowing
any relaxation of the rules, and yet show
himself full OF compassion for his chill
even when obliged to reprove and COR
rect them.
He must endeayor to be composed in his
prudent in his words. wise in his
He can have no private purse
or annual pension, and his personal ex-
penses may be increased or curtaiIed by the
society, to whose decision in this matter he
is bound to submit. Toward the common
possessions he holds the position Of u trus.
tee and is bound to administer them, not
according to his pleasure, but to the general
good of the order"
Several assistants belong to different ma
tionalities, and, like himself, appointed by
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