New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
THE ATGUsTINIAN ORDER.

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THE ArGTSTINIAN ORDER
The order Of Herrnts Of St Augustine commonly
known the Augustinian Order is one Of the four
great mendicant orders Of the Catholic Church. 1t
took It's rise In A. D. 1856. when Pope Alexander VI
compelled eight small bodies OF Italian monks to
unite In one order under the rule OF st. Augustine.
exempting them from the jurisdiction OF bishops.
The order formerly much stronger than It is
now. They have about 200 houses Two habits are
prescribed for the members one Of black. which is
worn ordinarily. ana another consisting OF white
cowl and robe and "A leather cncture. This last
habit was suggested by that worn by 81. Augustine
when he baptized by St Ambrose at Milan.
Many Catholics Indeed trace the order back TO the
great Bishop OF Hippo In this country the mem-
bers wear the black habit only. They live COM
mon IRE. ana their bedrooms which are called
cells. arc devoid Of carpets and all other Inquiries
The order In this country is known As the Angus
house is at Bryn Mnwr penn It's proVinciaI is the
Very Rev. Charles NJ Driscoll. and il has sixty -one
fathers ten professed clerics, three novice clercs
five profossod lay brothers. twelve novice lay broth
ers one novitiate sixteen converts and houses. six
teen parish schools. twelve missions and stations
and twenty -scven churches. II may be added that
BLACK Friars. from the color OF their habit.
HIGH DIGNITY CONFERRED
When he was appointed Apostolic Delegate Mon
slgnor Martinelli simply priest II will
readily be understood that it would do to APP
point priest to an Office which would rank him
above Archbshops. who are human enough to at
tach importance to precedence. In such the
Roman Church gets around the difficulty in in
teresting way. IL makes the "A bishop
archbishop Of some extinct diocese. where there
now Christians ut all. calling him bishop or
archbishop I'm partihus inndelium TN the regions
OF the unbeevcr." The office entails upon him no
duties but IL gives him rank There a great
many such prelatcs in the Roman Church, who
ha no episcopal Jurisdiction whatever unless they
should 20 10 the city Of which they were made the
titular bishops This course was taken in the case
IN
solemnly consecrated Archbishop In partibus in
ndelium by Cardinal Rampola. the Pnpa Secre-
tary OF State in presence OF the foreign diplomats
accredited TO the Vatican. SO that when ne comes
TO THIS country he will hold the same rank as any
other Archbishop.
A Catholic writer in THE Sun writing from Rome
recently declared that Leo XIII would not select
monk 10 succeed Cardinal Satoll because monks are
neither the head that commands nor the heart that
sends out to the limbs life add the sum OF conserv-
ing forces" Unfortunately for the correspondent,
the present Pope does not always follow traditional
lines and. therefore. he sometimes does exactly
what everybody who knows what Is going on IN
Rome s sure he could not and would not do In
honorng n monk, however ne has some pretty good
Gregory the Great and Gregory VIII lHidebrandD,
were Benediciine monks. Plus Y and Sixtus were
members OF religious orders. Clement XIV was a
Franciscan: and Gregory XVI belonged 70 the Order
bIshops and egaes OF the Church were monks. The
Cbmrrh has never Welded her claim to make use Of
any OF her sons even when they have vowed them
selves 10 the secusion OF the nonastcc, nc, ,,
II "a nj Interesting question what VIII he the policy
OF the new Apostolic Delegate In the aDsenc OF any
intimation TO the contrary 1t may be taken Tor
granted that It will be the same as that OF Mon
dI,,es IN a way to please the Pope. The change In
the personnel OF the delegation Will therefore, nave
nv apprcciable effect on the llfe of the Church