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some that the head of the Abyssinian Church, the
Abuna, also bears the title of catholicos, but, although
this name may have been applied to him by analogy,
there is, to our knowledge, no authority for asserting
that this title is used by t he Uivssinian Church itself.
I.i ui'lEN, Oriens Christ. (Paris, 1740), I. 1333 sqq.; Petit
in Diet, de thiol, cath., s. v. Arm<rm; Kaiien in hirchenlex.,
s. v. Iberien; Ter-MinassIantz. Die arnu n Kirch,' in ihnn
Beriehungen zu der syr. Kirchc (Leipzig, 1904); Chevalier, Rtp.; Topo-bib., 215 sq.
R. Butin.
Catholic Summer Schools.
Catholic Truth Societies. Catholic.
See Summer .Schools.
See Truth Societies,
Catholic University of America, The, a pon-
tifical institution located at Washington, I). C. It
comprises the Schools of the Sacred Sciences, Philos-
site, and the Right Hev. John J. Keane, then Bishopof
Richmond, was appointed rector. Pope Leo XIII, in
1887, sanctioned the undertaking and by the Apos-
tolic Letter "Magni nobis gaudii" (7 March, 1889)
approved the constitution and statutes, and em-
powered the university to grant the usual degrees.
The scope of the university as defined by Leo XIII
was "to provide instruction in every department of
learning to the end that the clergy and laity alike
might have an opportunity to satisfy fully their laud-
able desire for knowledge". The pope furthermore
urged that the seminaries, colleges, and otherCatholic
institutions of learning should be affiliated to the
university; and he ordained that no step should be
taken towards founding any other university without
the approbation of the Holy See.
The School of the Sacred Sciences was opened in
MrM\HON Hali.
ophy, Law, Letters, and Science, each oi which in-
cludes several departments. Under the supreme au-
thority <.f the Holy See, the governing power of the
university resides in the episcopate of the United
Statu b, and by their delegation in the board of trus-
tees, composed of bishops, priests, and laymen. The
president of the board is the Chancellor of the Univer-
sity, and this office is held by the Archbishop of
Baltimore es officio. The immediate government of
the university is entrusted to the rector who is as- sisted by the academic senate. Instruction is given by professors, associate professors, and tutors. The number of these in 1907 was 32; the number of stu- dents (1906-07) was 'Jill. The library contains 100,000 I he official organ of the university
is "The Catholic University Bulletin" published quar- terly 1895 1907, and since 1908 eight times yearly. I It her official publications are the "General Announce- ments", the "Announcements" of the different Schools and the rector's "Annual Report".
In the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, Oc- tober, 1866, the Bi : I their desire for the ilishmenf of a university. The project took defi- nite shape in the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore (1884) which included in its "Acta et Decreta" the decision to found a university and accepted Miss Mary Gwendoline Caldwell's offer of $300,000 to in- augurate the work. Washington was selected as the
November, 1889. This was followed in 1805 by the
School of Philosophy for which Mgr. James McMahon
of New York donated the hall bearing his name.
Chairs were founded by Miss Caldwell (2); the Missis
Andrews, Baltimore; the Misses Drexel, Philadel-
phia; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kelly, New York (2);
Hon. M. P. O'Connor, San Jos6, California; Patrick
Quinn, Philadelphia; Mrs. C. B. Whitford, Balti-
more; Joseph Banigan, Providence; Col. M. P.
O'Brien, New Orleans (3); Rev. A. H. Walburg, Cin-
cinnati; Miss Margaret Gardiner, Baltimore; The
Catholic Total Abstinence Union; The Ancient Order
of Hibernians; and the Knights of Columbus. Foun-
ders of fellowships were Miss Anna Hope Hudson,
Baltimore, and Rev. Thomas Brehony, Wilkcsbarre,
Pennsylvania. Scholarships were endowed by the
Messrs. Benziger, New York; Duke Joseph de Loubat,
New York; Michael Jenkins. Baltimore; Miss Emily
Harper, Baltimore; Charles M. Routt . Alton. Illinois;
Rev. W. A. Nolan, Butler, Pennsylvania; Rev. Dwight Lyman. Govanstown, Maryland; Miss Wini- fred Martin, Baltimore; Rev. P. J. Lavin, Necedah, Wisconsin; Miss Mary IX Peabody, Washington; Rev. Thomas Carroll. ( >il City. Pennsylvania; The Mitchell Memorial Committee, Brooklyn; The Catho- lic Young Men's National Union; the Right Rev. John J. Conroy, second Bishop of Albany, New York ; Very Rev. Mgr. R. L. Burtsell, Rondout, New York;
