Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-02
HEAD OF DIOCESE
WELCOMES ABBOT
Dean Gasquet Is Guest of
Bishop O'Connor at South
Orange.

Bishop OConnor had as his guest
today Ri. Rev. Francis A. Gasquet,
the noted English Benedictine and
head of the International commission
for revision of the Latin Bible. The
local prelate entertained the abbot
at the South Orange episcopal resi-
dence.
Abbot Gasquet was accompanied to
South Orange by a number of other
Benedictine monks from st. Mary's
Abbey on High street, this city, where
he is making his headquarters during
his visit to the United States. The
prelate was greatly pleased by his
reception yesterday after his arrival
from abroad and by the manifesto
Vulgate commission. He discussed
with Bishop O'Connor his plans for
touring the country in his effort to
raise funds to carry out his great
task.
While the visiting prelate was con-
ferring with a delegation of Knights
of Columbus in Hoboken. after his
arrival on the steamer George WASH
ington yesterday Cardinal Farley, of
New York, was communicated with
by telephone. 1t was learned that the
cardinal was anxious to see Dean
Gasquet, so the latter and his party
went from Hoboken to New York.
They all received a warm welcome
from Cardinal Farley.
The cardinal assured Dean Gasquet
of his earnest cooperation and sup
port while carrying on his work in
and about New York. He designated
Monsignor Mooney to act as his rep
resentative in assisting the abbot in
any way possible. The lecturer then
came to Newark. where he will re-
main at st. Mary's Abbey until his
lecture campaign begins early next
month Father Langdon, his private
secretary, is assisting in all the abb
bots arrangements.
Speaking of the religious conditions
in England, the visitor said:
1.-THE condition Of religion in Eng
land today. outside of the Catholic
Church, is deplorable. Oxford and
Cambridge are becoming more and
more atheistical. The Anglican
bishops have lost all authority over
their clergy and are quite frankly
free thinkers The middle classes no
longer throng the dissenting churches.
and the lower classes are absolutely
without religious impulse.
1.-The Catholic Church alone remains
unmoved, and the intellectuals are
drifting to it in large numbers each
year. Within a generation l firmly
DelleVe England VIII De ulVlueu De-
tween Roman Catholics and free
thinkers, as Professionalism is be-
coming more and more a negligible
force
81 myself happen to know many
new Catholics of the intellectual class,
as am member of the Athenaeum
Club, in London. and I can see con-
clusively that those who are not
drifting away from all religion are
drifting toward Catholicism.
&c. X. Chesterton. the famous critic.
author and philosopher is one of the
English literary men who are fast ap-
preaching the fold of the Roman
Church. Mr. Chesterton has not as
yet become formally Roman
Catholic, but his belief is nearly COM
plete, and many expect his final con-
version within very short time.
"If we could only reach the middle
classes England would soon be again
a Catholic country"
On next Sunday the lord abbot will
journey to Long Island to visit
brother member of the Benedictine
order. with whom he was closely as
ISOLATED while on his previous visit to
this country During the following
week he will visit the heads of other
Benedictine monasteries