The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20


spondents of the liberal newspapers
tell the following story of a strange
procession in the streets of Lisbon:
I'm the center of the procession. was
a group Of soldiers with prisoner in
their midst They had stuck on his
head 4 kind Of fools cap, and thrust
into his hands small republican flag;
and, as they dragged him along, they
shouted: say. long live the republic
while motley crowd of boys and
grown persons gibed and jeered at the
unfortunate man." One of the journal
lists who tells the story asked what it
was all about, and was told: "He is
Jesuit and we arrested him on sight"
The word Jesuit is a derivative from
the word Jesus" and means a follower
of Jesus; just as the word Christian"
means follower of Christ. Does any
one recognize the resemblance between
the above incident and the following:
"Then the soldiers of the governor,
taking Jesus into the hall, gathered to-
gether unto him the whole band. And,
stripping him. they put scarlet cloak
about him. And plating crown of
thorns they put it upon his head. and a
reed I'm his right hand. And, bowling
the knee before him, they Knocked him,
saying: Hail, king of the Jews"
Thus ancient history repeats itself
in our own day.
The hatred Of religious congregations
in some parts Of the old world, especi-
ally of the Jesuits, who have been ex-
PEELED from almost every country of
Europe suggests the query: why is 1t
we have never had similar trouble with
them in this country
on the contrary. the Jesuit name is
intimately and honorably associated
with the early discovery, exploration
and missionary conquest of America.
Many of our lakes, rivers and cities are
stamped with the names of disttn-
guished Jesuits. Bancroft one of our
earliest and most trustworthy American
historians drew much of his material
from the old Jesuit Relations" or his
torical reports.
Expelled from many European coun-
tries, many Jesuits took refuge in
America Thus Archbishop Carroll the
first bishop Of Baltimore and the United
States. the friend of Washington aud
Franklin, was an exiled Jesuit. Frank
lin declares that he himself proposed
his name for the office.
The Jesuits built college at George
town. and for many years furnished
ington. It is a tradition that every
president of the United States has
drunk the clear cool water from the
fountain situated in the college campus
Father Sherman, a son of one OF our
greatest generals, is a Jesuit Even
when we went to the Philippines we
found the Jesuit College of Manila,
win its weather reports AMI its ty
phoon forecasts, indispensable and in
valuable to our navy and our COM
| mercc. Hardly week passes in the
United States that we do not read of
seismic disturbances somewhere, re-
ported by some learned priest who ap-
/ pends the letters IS. J." (Society or
| Jesus) TO his name.
In America the word Jesuit is synony-
nous with learning, eloquence, heroism
and scientific achievement.
How does it happen then that Euro
pean and American Jesuits. living un-
der the same rule and constitution,
drawn up by their great founder. that
soldier and saint. Ignatius of Loyola,
are regarded so differently in the two
| hemispheres?
Is it not because in America we have
/ q true republic, in which facts are
seen in their true light; whereas most
! of the so called republics of Europe
notably France and Portuga1-are
counterfeits. in which whatever does
not square with their autocratic and
despotic rule must be condemned and
Expelled" from the country?
The Biblical institute will, during its
second year of existence. be housed in
! it's own permanent quarters In Rome,
almost next door to the North Ameri-
can college.
1t has been decreed that henceforth
i the faculty of the biblical institute is
to be made up Of a body of professors
living together and devoting them
selves exclusively TO their great work
of biblical study. This institute is
| destined to promote the scientific study
Of the sacred scriptures at a period
| when these are being made the chief
| ground of attack against Christianity
and the church
Last year III ST dents attended the
! various classes, of whom 16 presented
| themselves for the licentiate in sacred
scripture before the biblical commits
sion and passed with full votes. Next
year the number OF candidates for
| scriptural degrees will be still greater,
and a strong, clear current of scrip
turaI science will begin TO flow in in
| creasing volume from Rome through
out the Catholic world.
In Tuscany. Italy, Rev. Thomas Cat
| alani. Franciscan monk and famous
preacher. has been elected member
of the city council of San Giovanni Val
/ darno. He will probably be chosen
mayor of the city. Evidently the in
habitants of that city do not share the
anti-clericai hatred of religious orders.
!
The present steady growth of the
| Catholic church in Denmark is due, 1t
| appears, to conversions from the Evan
gelical church in that country. For
years back this stream of converts has
| averaged 200 a year, composed mostly
of the poor and lowly, but with a gen