The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-25
Ten Vacancies in Sacred College
Will Probably Be Filled at
Consistory Meeting in
November
CANADA Is WITHOUT CARDINAL
Archbishop Bruehesi Said to be SIat-
ed for High Honor in Catholic
Church-canada Entitled to
at Least One Cardinal

Montreal Que, Aug. 25.-lNews has
reached this city that the next con-
sistory or meeting of the college OF
cardinals In Rome. will take place in
November, when it is expected that at
| least ten of the eighteen vacancies in
the sacred college will be filed. No
accurate information about the per-
sonnel of the new dignitaries has been
received, but IL is the confident belief
in church circles here that the red hat
will be conferred on Mgr. Bruchesi,
the young and enterprising archbi-
shop of Montreal.
Canada has been without a cardn-
al ever since the death of Cardinal
Taschereau i'm 1898. With millions of
Catholics included i'm her population
| she believes she Is entitled to repre-
! sentation in the highest body of the
Roman Catholic church. In regards to
the United states il has been said
that the real reason why that country
has not been given another cardinal
was because of the number of candi-
dates and the consequent difficulty in
making satisfying choice This rea-
son cannot apply TO Canada for. with
the possible exception of Mgr. Begin.
the aged archbishop of Quebec. none
other than His Grace of Montreal has
ever been mentioned for the high hon.
or.
Archbishop Bruchesi is now in his
ffty-hfth year. having been born in
Montreal on October 90. 1855. the son
of the late Paul Dominique Bruchesi.
a prominent Italian merchant of this
city. Young Rruchesi studied for n
| time at the Montreal seminary. Then
he studied philosophy at Issy, in
France, and later followed the theo-
logical course of the Roman College.
Cardinal Manaco.
on his return to Montreal Mgr.
Fabre chose him as his private secre-
tary. but Laval University claimed
him as professor of dogmatic theol-
ogy, and Cardinal Taschereau prevail
ed on Mgr. Fabre to give up his Sec
retary. When I'm 1887 the Montreal
branch OF Laval University was es-
tablished Able Bruchesi was called to
lit Niiti VI 0uTlSlitn dpoloEtllCS. Az
the same time he was called as a
member of the household OF Mgr.
Fabre and made a titular canon of the
cathedral.
on tn death of Mgr. Fabre in 1897
Able Bruchesi was called TO the see
of Montreal. During his episcopate
the archdiocese has made great pro-
gress. The great cathedral has been
brought to- completion. He has found
ed asylums. hospitals and homes for
the unfortunates of all kinds. Always
Interested in the welfare of the work.
ing classes, he has never ceased to
give the best advice TO the people un-
der his charge in his endeavors TO
promote the best relations between
employers and employed.
Several years ago Mgr. Bruchesi es-
tablished the custom of holding a re-
ligious celebration at Notre Dame
Church for the French speaking
workingmen and at st. Patrick's for
those speaking English. He has also
taken a personal and aetive interest
in the Indian residents of the arch
diocese. His temperance crusade con-
fided TO the Franciscan Fathers as
preachers. has made great progress
and has done much 10 bring about
strict enforcement of the license laws
in Montreal and vicinity.