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 A'Becket,, Ph.D., b. at Portland, Maine, 1849; d. in New York, 20 December, 1911. Education: Portland grammar and high schools; Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts; Woodstock College, Maryland. Became a Catholic 1866; professor of rhetoric and belles lettres in various Jesuit Colleges; for a time member of the Society of Jesus; at one time editorial writer on the "Evening World", New York, London correspondent of the "New York World", and literary critic on the "Literary Digest". Author of short stories and essays contributed to the leading magazines.



Abel, ,, b. at St. Uze, Drome, France, 29 December, 1878. Education: Preparatory Seminary of Valence, France; St. Stephen's Biblical School, Jerusalem. Ordained 1902; Professor of Church history (1903–1905), of Greek (1903– ), and of topography, archaeology, and Coptic (1905– ) at St. Stephen's Bibhcal School, Jerusalem; acts as guide for Scriptural caravans on various tours through Palestine, Phoenicia, Syria, etc., 1906–. Author of "Croisière autour de la Mer Morte"; collaborator in: Vincent, "Jérusalem, Etudes Archéologiques"; Ibid., "Bethléhem, le Sanctuaire de la Nativity"; "Conférences de St. Etienne"; contributor of articles on his travels in Palestine and on Palestinian epigraphy and archæology to the "Revue Biblique".



Abraham,, , , university professor, b. at Sambor, Galicia, Austria, 10 October, 1860. Education: Gymnasium, Sambor; Universities of Cracow and Berlin. Began career in a solicitor's office in Cracow; lecturer in canon law at the University of Cracow 1886; professor of canon law (1888– ), dean of the faculty of law (1895) and Rector (1900), University of Lemberg. Director of Polish Scientific Expedition of the Academy of Cracow at Rome; member of the Academy of Science in Cracow and of other scientific associations in Austria; Austrian Court Councillor; Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria); Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory! Author of numerous treatises and books in Polish on canon law and the ecclesiastical history of Poland and Russia, the most important of which are: "The Organization of the Church in Poland up to the Twelfth Century" (Lemberg, 1893); "The Commencement of the Organization of the Roman Church in Russia" (Lemberg, 1904); and "Forms of Engagement and Marriage in Canon Law".



Agnes, Sister Mary (McCann), m.a., Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, b. at Cincinnati, Ohio, 24 April, 1851. Education: Mt. St. Vincent Academy and Ohio Mechanics Institute, Cincinnati; followed courses under professors of Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Price HiU, Cincinnati, Ohio. Entered the Congregation of Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, 1867; secretary and treasurer of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati 1874r- 1877, 1880-1884, 1896-1899, 1905-1908; superior, annahst and archivist, Mt. St. Vincent Academy, Cincionati, 1884^1890, 1902-1906; superior at St. James Convent, Bay City, Michigan, 1890-1891, and at St. Raphael's school, Springfield, Ohio, 1891-1896; teacher of the graduating class at the above men- tioned convents; special teacher of Latin, logic, lit- erature and chemistry, Mt. St. Joseph, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1908-. Author of: "Mother Seton"; "Little Blossoms"; "Sketch of Mother Margaret Ceciha George"; "History of Mother Seton's Daughters: The Sisters of Charity of Cin- cinnati, Ohio"; collaborator in: "History of the Catholic Church in the United States"; "Female Religious in the United States" (by Sister Mary Agnes: "Mother Seton's Daughters").

ARTICLE: Sisters op Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ahaus, Reverend Hubert, Ph.D., d.d., b. at Dordrecht, Holland, 1877. Education: St. Norbert's Gymnasium, Heeswijk, Holland; St. Joseph's Col- lege, Mill HUl, London; Gregorian University, Rome. Ordained 1900; professor of dogmatic theology, St. Joseph's College, Mill Hill, London, 1903-1912; pro- fessor at the House of Studies of St. Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions, Tilburg, Holland, 1912- Author of: "Our Lord's Last Will"; "Thought on Foreign Missions"; contributor to: "The Month"

ARTICLE: Orders, Holt.

Ahem, Reverend Michael Joseph, s.j., a.b., b. in New York, 25 May, 1877. Education: Cathohc Grammar Schools, St. Francis Xavier College, New York; Woodstock College, Maryland; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Innsbruck University, Aus- tria. Entered the Society of Jesus, 1896; professor of chemistry, geology and mechanics, Boston College, Boston, Mass., 1902-1906; professor of mathematics, geology and mathematical astronomy, Woodstock College, Maryland, 1906-1907; ordained 1910; pro- fessor of chemistry and geology, Canisius College, Buffalo, 1911-1914; stationed at St. Andrew-on- Hudson, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1914-1915; professor of chemistry and geology, Boston College, 1915- Member of "the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, of the American Chemical Society, of the Boston Society of Natural History, of the