The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-06
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CATHOLIC REVIVAL IN ENGLAND

presentation just made by section of
the Irish Guards to a London Church.
of High Mass vestments, subscribed
for by the non-commissioned officers
of this famous Regiment, and present
ed to the Carmelite Church, Kensing-
ton, near which they are Quartered.
The vestments are very handsome and
the arms of the Carmelite Order and of
the donors Regiment.
The Position of Non-cathotics.
The second phase of the revival af-
fects those outside the Church. Frank
ly, it is no wonder that the old-fash-
toned Protestant is expressing the
deepest alarm at the spiritual ideals
he sees springing up around him. He
loses his head and shouts that Rome,
the enemy, is conquering the land,
that the Church in Wales, that strong
hold of Nonconformity is only discs
tablished to make room for Rome, and
that the so-called handing over of U[
ster is but a preliminary to the sub
jugation of England. 1t is true that
the Church of England numbers among
her members the most devout of the
Protestants of the country, for the
word devotion cannot be well applied
to the self-satisfed Nonconformist,
who condescends to worship his Crea-
tor in. his own way. The Church of
England is saturated in Catholic prac-
tice, and though doctrine should come
first, the outward sign may well pre-
pare her for the inward grace as the
day draws near when she will be asked
to choose between those things in
which she has come to believe, and the
old State-endowed Professionalism which
she long ago walled-up and forgot.
Apropos of the issue of Reunion which
may be raised by coming events, and
upon which Lord Halifax has recently
published a book which deals with
Rome's action from his point of view,
it is interesting to know that Father
David, the learned monk who sat upon
the Commission, is now engaged on a
history of the movement which will
clear up the mist Lord Halifax has
flung over it, and will make clear the
position of the Church.
The Missionary Spirit.
The third phase to which we alluded
is the extension of the missinary spirit
amongst us here at home. During the
month two Bishops appealed in all the
Churches of their diocese, by pastoral
letter, for funds for more Churches
and more missions, also for more stu
dents for the Priesthood and the
wherewithal to educate them, and the
outstanding feature of these pastoral
letters from Stafford and Southwark,
is that the need of priests and missions
for non-C Catholics is impressed upon the
people In other dioceses new Churches
are continually springing up. The
foundation stones of two new sane
tuaries, the nucleus of fourishing mis-
sions were laid not long ago. There is
now an order of enthusiastic and gift
ed young priests who devote them
! selves entirely to the task of en-
tightening the non-C Catholic, just as the
Redemptorists devote themselves to
that of bringing back the strays OF
the fold The Catholic Truth So
ciety and the Catholic Reading Guild
are lay auxiliaries of these young en-
thusiasts, and with their pamphlets,
their book barroWs placed in the pub
| lie thoroughfares, and their Guild OF
Correspondence for Enquiring Protes-
tants they are doing great work to.
wards the re-conversion of England.