The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
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Jesuit Fathers Will Choose New
Leader Of Order in Two
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preaching conelave. Of the. Jesuit con
gregation to elect q new general Of the
order, to succeed the late Very Rev.
rected the forces Of the. Jesuit army.
Second on y to, the, consistories which
assemble here to- elect pope is this
guards the ballotings of, the cardinals
when they. elect pontiff, but even
more guarded, if possible, are the pro-
ceedings Of the Jesuit fathers on like
occasions. %r .5s,l- 80. LASS -
The meeting place of the congrega-
tlon is not even made public, but it is
generally believed that the coming con-
clave will; be held in or near Rome.
Sometimes the place Of meeting is not
has taken place. The fact that the
delegates to the coming congregation
have been ordered to proceed to this
city is no sure Indication that the con-
gregation will be held here. Now that
practically all the delegates are gath
cred here they may be instructed to 90
somewhere else, even outside Of Italy.
Martin; was elected, in 1892, at a con-.
gregation held at Loyola, Spain. It is
believed that. the coming election will
take place within the next two weeks.
-. Three Days In Prayer.
On the eve Of the election the dele
gates will spend three days and nights
in solitude, thinking over tho situation,
On the: fourth day after the: assembling
nj dale hi 1ol
Into a large room they are led, and,
there they stay voting and balloting
until O. choice is; reached. Sometimes
impending starvation forces an issue;
entering their mouths. Without food
OF water they, labor, praying always for
direction and guidance, and seeking
agreement. When the voting comes to
NO Nc Issue ISSUE and after a reasonable length
in another way. The vicar distributes
papers to each delegate, and instead Of
a general discussion, followed by oral
voting. there is a secret ballot cast,
which is collected by the vicar and his
assistants and counted. There are
about 100 delegates, and two-thirds are
necessary to- q choice. Should this
method fail. the delegates choose five
act as electors, and these i've then
choose a general. -.
,7ss. American May Be Chosen:
For purposes Of administration the
Jesuit world is divided into five parts,
over each of which is an assistant to
the head Of the order. Italy has one
assistant, Germany, France, England
and Spain have one each. The assist
the United States. Then the five dis.
tr1cts. under the assistants are again,
divided into provinces. In England,
and the United States there are seven
provinces. Two Of these are in the;
United States, the eastern provincl.
with headquarters at Washington, D. c.,
and the other in the west with head.
quarters at st. louis. o: =, ." :s:s1,-'
States, Very Rev: Joseph III Hensekt
mann Of the eastern province and .Verys
Rev. Henry Moeller Of the western
province are in Rome to take parte in
the congregation. Each is accom-
panied by two other representatives Of
his province, who will have votes in the
Who the next Jesuit general will be
here it is held to be possible that al
AMERICAN may be chosen, and the name
Of Father Rudolph Meyer is mentioned
in this connection. Father Meyer lis
prominent in the order, and has been
resident in Rome for many years, con
nected with the German college here.
Prior to coming to Rome he spent years
or. service in Jesuit educational insti.
tut1ons in st. Louis, Milwaukee and
4. .st''' 1000 Jesuit Fathers. =
. In Austria they are saying. that the
famous Father Abel, the Vienesse les.
uit, will be the choice Of the delegates.
Another strong possibility Is the pres.
ent vicar general of the order Father
Roger, Freddi, who was appointed BY
affairs until the congregation shall be be
held, When the general Of the Jeauits
feels that death, is impending he places
IN "a sealed envelope the name 81 the
man who is to rule until his .successo
Is elected. The envelope is not opened
until after his death. Then at once
preparations are begun for election.
inc headquarters of the famous
order n have been for years at Fiesole,
:pesidence of the ..sblack pope. ), s The
late general, however, resided for
most Of the time in Rome, and recently
the immense quarters formerly held by
the Augustinian order in the Ludoyisi
neighbour ood have been purchased bv
the Jesuits, and it is here that the dele
gates to the coming congregation are
now rallying.-1 There are more than
1000 Jesuit fathers in the world today.
covering every country on the face Of
tached to the election Of man to
shape their policies and programs. e.,