The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

mass was again celebrated at Picker
ing, England, in 1896. A few weeks
ago the cornerstone of a new church
was laid and Catholic school opened
in the same place
Pickering was the scene of the self
sacrificing life of the venerable Father
Postgate, one of the last of the mar
tyred priests in England. He was put
TO death in 1879. A small cottage on
Ugthorpe moore, where he said mass,
is still in existence. There is a ira
dition that he was constantly seen in
PICKERING, disguised as gardener,
thus being enabled TO shift his quar-
ters without arousing suspicion.
The parish now has, as permanent
pastor, the Rev. Father Bryan. a con-
vert from the Anglican ministry.
There is one priest of pure Indian
blood serving as a missionary among
his brother Indians in this country. And
now Philip B. Gordon, a Chippewa. but
not of pure Indian descent, is being
educated for the diocese of Superior,
Wis. He studied at ST. Marys mis-
sion school at Odanah, and later gradu-
ated at st. Thomas college, st. Paul,
MINI. There he distinguished himself
among his fellow students; and he has
now been sent TO the American college
in Rome to complete his theological
course.
Preparations go on apace for the
great eucharistics congress to be held in
Montreal next September. Cardinal
Vincenzo Vannutelli will again serve
as legate from the Holy, See on this
occasion. Among the speakers an
nounced for the congress we note the
names of Cardinal Gibbons of Balti-
more, Archbishop O'ConnelI of Boston
and Archbishop Ireland of ST Paul
Papers will be read at the various
sessions, which viii include one session
entirely for the clergy; one for the lay
men, during which their various needs
and their apostolate will be considered;
one for women, which will treat of
subjects of special interest to them,
and one for youth, at which education
and kindred subjects will be treated of.
There will be many masses in all the
churches, including the splendid pag-
cant OF midnight mass at historic
Notre Dame and pontifical mass in the
open air at the foot of Mount Royal
The entire city Will be illuminated.
But the supreme act of the entire
congress viii be the procession through
the streets of the city, which will be
literally paved with flowers. The music
during the procession will be such as
is familiar to the people, to enable as
many as possible to raise their voices
in the grand triumphal hymns of praise,
and the papal legate Will carry the
sacred host
In memory of the God who has fruc-
titled their harvests and has hidden his
splendor under the veil which is formed
from the wheat, the farmers OF Alberta
during the coming harvest propose TO
gather their finest heads OF wheat, from
which viii be formed for the process
sion in Montreal a splendid arch
Standing out from golden background
of the ripened grain. on its summit the
words Homage from the Catholics of
Alberta" will be formed by punches of
real grapes. After the procession these
heads Of wheat will be ground and sent
to q community to be employed in the
making Of altar breads.
La Revue du Monde, Paris, thinks
that the results in the recent elections
in France show that pessimistic Catho-
lies were wrong in minimizing their
strength. AT least two dozen seats
have been wrested from the enemy;
change of about 5000 votes would
have sufficed to make the full Partisan
delegation liberal and conservative, and
a change of about 10000 votes in the
provinces would have assured a ma
jority of honest folk in parliament"
If this be true, Catholics should begin
to organize in France at once for the
next elections. 1t is none too soon to
make start.