Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-19
FRENCH RELIGIOUS ORDERS.
Expelled Monks and Nuns Find Ref
uEe in England.

Expelled Monks ana Nuns FIAu He1.
uEe in England.
From the London Chronicle, Oct 1.
Inquiries made in London yesterday show
that a certain number Of the monks and
nuns who have to leave France as a con-
sequence of the new law relating to reli-
gious organizations will settle in this coun-
try. 1t is difficult to give any exact fig
ures, since there is no center here with
knowledge of the movements Of these inn
migrants That was the answer received
at Archbishop's House, the residence of
Cardinal Vaughan, on the one hand, and
at the French Roman Catholic Church, in
Leicester place, on the other hand II IS
not q matter with which the Catholic
Union concerns itself, and altogether the
position is simply this-the immigrants will
come severally, or in small groups, and
mostly they will ioin the English branches
of their own organizations As is known,
Cardinal Vaughan and the Roman Catholic
bishops in England have intimated that
members of the expelled French organiZa
tons will find a welcome in one diocese or
another as they may choose.
Some of the nuns Of the Benedictine Or
der have already arrived in the Isle of
Wight. The BenedictineS are one of the
oldest religious orders; their history. in
deed, goes back to remote ages. st. Maur,
one of the disciples of st. Benedict. first
founded monastery in France. The Bene-
dictines have several settlements in this
country, and it Is an interesting fact that
two Spanish Benedctines organized mis-
sion among the natives of a comparatively
young English colony: western Australia
Then the Jesuit establishment here Will re-
ceive members of the order.
This order, as a whole, is very widely
ramifed. 1t goes back to the middle of
the sixteenth century, and was founded by
st. Ignatius Loyola. So far the Assump-
I'll do mr. n have had a branch
| OF their order in London. Some members
of it are now, however, coming from
| France, and will. it is understood, work in
the East End. The Carthusians, who have
a large home in Sussex, are likely to be
reinforced by at least a few French men,
| bers of the order. 1t is to this order that
the monks of the Grande Chartreuse be-
| long; but as to their fate the best infor-
! nation obtainable in London is still I'M
| certain.
You see" said a well-known Roman
| Catholic, there is valuable revenue to
| the French government from the famous
| liqueur made at the' Grande Chartreuse-
| about 100000 year, I think. That would
| be lost If its manufacture were driven
elsewhere, and indeed such a step would
| influence several industries at Grenoble.
| This circumstance may add weight to the
| representations which many Frenchmen
have made in regard to the monastery be-
| ing excepted In some way from the new
| law The speaker did not pretend to
speak with any authority or special knowl-
edge, but pointed out that at the worst the
| lay brothers would not have to leave
their rugged valley in the Alps to the
north of Grenoble. and thus the industry
| could go on. Anyhow, the monks refused
to sell the secret of making the liqueur,
| although 1t was believed that they had been
offered large sums for 1t. The Grande
| Chartreuse was founded by St. Bruno in
the eleventh century, and the story Of the
| Carthusian Order begins then. The pres
| ent coming of French monks and nuns will
| be very small affair compared with the
immigration which followed the French
revolution. Yet 1t Is not without interest,
more especially as they look forward to re-
turning, as other French visitors did on
previous occasions, to their fatherland.