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NEW WORLD ITEMS.
Minneapolis Architects for Iowa Hos
pital.—The Sisters of Mercy, from Du
buque, have begun the building of a
hospital in Mason City, Iowa, costing
about $50,000. A site was secured
three weeks ago from A. T. Parker
who made a donation of $5,000 toward
the new hospital fund when the site
was selected in the Parker addition
just west of Mason City. This, with
$10,000 previously raised by physi
cians of the city, makes a total of
$15,000, which more than covers the
cost of the site, and leaves some to be
applied on the building itself. Buech
ner & Orth, of Minneapolis are the
architects for the building.
Attorneys Honor Lawyer-Priest—
Rev. Michael P. Bourke, Past Sir
Knight of Court No 6, of the Knights
of Equity, Detroit, Mich., on Thurs
day, May 7, was the guest of honor
of that court and was presented with
a purse of more than five hundred
dollars as an evidence of the esteem
and respect in which he is held by his
brother Knights, and as an expression
of their joy over his ordination to the
priesthood. Addresses were made by
Judge P. J. M. Hally, Mr. Brennan,
Henry Blackwell and William H.
Hughes. The presentation speech
was made by Judge Hally, to which
Father Bourke made a most felicitous
reply, thanking the Knights for their
great and continued kindness to him
and assuring them that he would al
ways remain a brother Knight and
hoped to continue to merit their
friendship and esteen. Father Bourke
made his theological course at St.
Paul Seminary where he completed
his studies on April 18 last. He was
ordained to the priesthood in Detroit,
May 2. He practiced law in the courts
of Michigan for many years before
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Archbishop Keane's Lecture.—Most
Reverend James J. Keane, Archbishop
of Dubuque, on Friday, May 22, spoke
at the Auditorium in Des Moines on
"Liberty and Centralization." Right
Reverend Bishop Dowling presided.
The proceeds of this leoture will be
given for the benefit of St. Anthony's
free school.
Colored Priest's Splendid Mission.
—The Rev. J. H. Dorsey, S. S. J., the
colored priest who gave missions in
the Twin Cities, last year, conducted
three weeks' mission recently in St.
Dominic's Church, New Orleans. The
church has a seating capacity of 900.
Every night it was packed to over
flowing, crowds remaining at the
doors and open windows in order to
hear the eloquent Josephite. The re
sults of the mission were encourag
ing. There were 4,566 Communions,
252 persons returned to the practice
of their religion and 152 non-Catholics
were converted to tile true faith.
First Fruits of Lay Apostolate.—
Archbishop Quigley confirmed a class
of 333 Italian children at the Church
of Santa Maria Addolorata, Chicago,
Sunday, May 10. The children were
the first to be instructed by the lay
teachers of the Sunday School associ
ation organized in the parish by the
Rev. Frederic Siedenburg, S. J., at
the request of the pastor, Rev. J. Gam
bera, C. S. C. B. The Sunday School
was re-organized last September when
200 children gathered at the church
for instruction. The work was then
conducted by a staff of eight lay teach
ers. Since then the classes have
steadily grown till now, when over
700 children are enrolled and 50 men
and women give thtir time as in
structors.
Five American Cardinals.—There
are now five cardinals on the Ameri
can continent: one in Brazil, three in
the United States and one in Canada.
This is eloquent testimony to the
growing importance of the American
Churek.
Wofse than the Menace.—Deputy
Attorney-General W. H. Lamar has
declared in Washington that "The
Woman Rebel," a monthly paper, is
obscene and unmailable at any post
office in the United States.
Chicago's Many Parishes.—In
country, the Archepiscopal city of
Chicago leads all the other episcopal
cities In the number of parishes Chi
cago has 215 parishes. Next in num
ber of parishes is New York with 161
then Brooklyn, with 115 parishes.
Philadelphia has 107, St. Louis 87.
Mother of Priests Dead.—Mrs.James
O'Neil of Des Moines, Iowa, who set
tled there with her young husband in
1861, when it was only an Indian trad
ing post, died May 6 at the age of
seventy-six years. She leaves a hus
band and eight children, three of
whom entered religion. Her son, Rev
erend J. F. O'Neill of Des Moines cel
ebrated the Solemn Funeral Mass and
Reverend J. A. O'Neill of Nicholas,
Iowa, assisted as deacon. Her daugh
ter, Sister Mary Rosemunda of Wash
ington, Iowa, is a member of the Sis
ters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
Proselytlzers Use Latin.—The Prot
estant Episcopal Church of New Jer
sey uses the Latin language in its
missionary services. From a report
in the North American (Philadelphia)
of the New Jersey Episcopal Conven
tion, we take the following extract:
The fourth discussion arose over the
missionary budget. One of the items
in the total of $36,600 provided a fund
for work among communicants of the
Eastern Church. In this particular
branch of work certain rectors and
heads of missionary parishes in the
city have introduced the Latin service
in place of the English in their
churches, in order to make the new
comers feel more at home. The use
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First Free High School.—The first
•free Catholic high school for boys in
New York City will be ready to re
ceive the incoming class next Septem
ber. The new building is near the
Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius, having
a frontage on 125 feet on East Eighty
fourth street and 167 feet on East
Eighty-fifth street. It is built of beau
tiful white granite, is ot classical ar
chitecture and will cost, when com
pleted, $1,500,000.
A Half Million for Missions.—Cath
olics in the United States are contrib
uting more generously every year to
the foreign mission activities of the
Church. Their annual offering now
approximates half a million dollars.
Next Deaf-Mute Conference.—The
Catholic Deaf-Mute Conference will be
held in Atlantic City, June 29, to July
2. Among the notable papers to be
read and discussed will be, "Twenty
five Years with the Deaf," by Rev. M.
M. Gerend, president of St. John's In
stitute for the Deaf, Milwaukee, Wis.
and "Field Work for the Deaf," by Rev.
Eugene Gehl, St. Francis, Wisconsin
Leading Role in Pageant.—St. Louis
has spared no pains or expense in
preparing for the magnificent Pag
eant and Masque which is to celebrate
the one hundred and fiftieth anniver
sary of the founding of the city. The
title role of the immense spectacle,
which requires over 5,000 persons in
the cast, is "St. Louis,"—the poetic
and symbolic representation of the
city in the person of a youthful cru
sader. The choice for this role has
fallen upon Mr. John L. Tierney of
the St. Louis University School of
Medicine. Mr. Tierney will receive
his degree as Doctor of Medicine next
month, and will then take up his po
sition as interne at St. John's Hospi
tal, St. Louis. He is a graduate of St.
Mary's College, Kansas.
Another Nathan Protest.—Emphatic
protest against the appointment of ex
Mayor Nathan as Italy's representa
tive to the Panama-Pacific Exposition
to be held an San Francisco, in 1915,
was made by the Alumni of the North
American College, Rome, in annual
session in Cincinnati, May 13. The
delegates were strong in denouncing
the attitude of Nathan towards the
Pope and the Church, and in several
heated addresses the appointment was
stigmatized as a studied insult to the
eighteen million American Catholics
on the part of the Freemasons that
control the Italian Government.
One Product qf Catholic Education
—Dennis Joseph Lane, of 339 East
Forty-fifth street, New York, a seaman
on the battleship New Hampshire,
was one of the blue-jackets killed in
fighting at Vera Cruz. Lane was born
October 31, 1894, in Ireland and was
brought to America a few weeks later
by his parents. He was graduated from
St. Agnes' school and spent a year at
St. Francis Xavier College. He enlisted
in the navy last June.
Seminarians' Mission 8ociety.—Stu
dents at the Kenrick Seminary, St
Louis, have organized a Mission Soci
ety under the direction of Fr. J. P.
Donovan, C. M., who states that its
aim is to foster a sincere love for all
the missions of the Church. It is
planned to secure instruction on the
missions by the reading of papers
and by lantern lectures. The mem
bers will also be encouraged to devote
the fruit of small sacrifices to the
cause.
To Federate Catholic Alumni.—An
invitation has been extended to the
alumni of all Catholic academies and
colleges of the United States and Can
ada, by the Alumni of St Joseph's
College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to
consider seriously an international
federation. Among the suggestions of
the circular are: A meeting to be
held in New York or Chicago the Sat
urday following Thanksgiving for the
purpose of organizing and the send
ing of an unmounted photograph to be
placed in an exhibit album to be sent
to the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition, as an illustration of the
substantial support given by Catholics
to the higher education of women. All
communications should be addressed
to Miss Clare I. Cogan, Secretary 6703
Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Father Fox Defends Theses.—At
Woodstock College a theological dis
putation was held recently in the
presence of Cardinal Gibbons and a
learned gathering of professors and
disputants. Rev. John M. Fox, S. J.,
defended fifty theses on Grace.
Need of Priests in South.—Priests
are needed in the Archdiocese of New
Orleans. Archbishop Blenk could fill
150 parish positions if he had the
priests.
Western Oblate to Rome.—Rev. F.
Coccola, a missionary of Western
Canada, who has some fifty stations
to care for, will shortly leave for
Rome to take part in the General
Chapter of the Oblatee of Mary Im­
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to the
rules of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, but the breach of canon was
overlooked by heads of the church on
the grounds that the Latin service
reached the immigrant worshiper
more effectively, and that the end jus
tified the means.
Jubilee of St. Joseph's College.—
The golden jubilee of St. Joseph's Col
lege, Memramcook, New Brunswick,
will be held June 17,18 and 19. Arch
bishop Casey of Vancouver, an alum
nus of St. Joseph's, will preside at the
celebrations. A campaign to raise a
jubilee fund was launched two weeks
ago by the alumni. The treasurer of
the organization, J. Louis Slattery,
received from President Lecavalier
acknowledgment of a check for $500
from an individual interested in Cath
olic education.
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maculate, which is fixed for Septem
ber 20. Father Coccola will represent
the Prefecture Apostolic of the Yu
kon. The Mainland delegate has not
yet been selected.
Soldiers' Letters Privileged.—Amer
ican soldiers, sailors and marines,
whether in the United States or not,
may send their letters without the
prepayment of postage to any place in
the domestic mail service by marking
them "soldier's letter," "sailor's let
ter" or "marine's letter," and having
them endorsed by their commanding
officer, under an order recently issued
by Postmaster General Burleson. Only
a single rate of postage will be
charged and this will be collected
when the letter is delivered.
Kopling House Opened.—The mag
nificent new headquarters of the
Katholischer Gesellen-Verein (Society
of Catholic Journeymen), known as
the Kolping House, at 165 East Eigh
ty-eighth street, New York, was form
ally dedicated by the Right Rev.
Monsignor Joseph F. Mooney, P. A.,
V. G., on Sunday evening, May 10. A
representative gathering of Germans
and German-Americans filled the
house. Father Otto Kolping, after
whom the new house is named, was
born in 1813 of humble parents. He
learned the trade of a shoemaker and
as a, journeyman traveled from city to
city to improve his skill, as was the
custom in those days. In his travels
he had ample opportunity to become
acquainted with the miserable condi
tions which surrounded young work
ingmen, far from their homes and
without the protection and guidance
of their priests. These conditions
touched his heart and hastened his
resolution to become a priest and to
devote his life to the moral and social
welfare of the working class, especial
ly of mechanics.
Dinner for Prelates.—Mr. and .Mrs.
Francis Burrall Hoffman, of New
York, gave Cardinal Gibbons and Mgr.
Shahan a dinner before they sailed for
Naples. Mgr. Shahan was present
ed with a handsomely illuminated re
port of the National Organization of
Catholic Women for the building of a
National Shrine at the Catholic Uni
versity. This report is to be present
ed to Pius X.
A Pertinent Question.—This month
at the cornestone laying' of the Cathe
dral parish school, Philadelphia, Mgr.
McDevitt, superintendent of parochial
schools, in his address, put this query:
"For the moment let us suppose that
the Archbishop decided that in June
next all parish schools should be
closed, and that the Catholics of Phil
adelphia should no longer carry on at
their own expense the education of
65,000 children that this army of
little ones should present themselves
at the public schools in September for
free education. What would be the
result of this order? We can readily
picture the consternation of the Board
of Education."
Workmen Honor Cardinal Begin.—
His Eminence, Cardinal Begin, re
ceived most gratifying evidence of the
esteem in which he is held in Quebec,
on his departure for Rome. Hundreds
of workmen, in their working clothes,
thronged the palace, to congratulate
him and there were many other dem
onstrations of affection. On his re
turn, in June, celebrations on a large
scale will take place.
Military Mass at Vera Cruz.—The
soldiers of the Fourth Field Artillery
were present at the military Mass, at
Vera Cruz, May 10. The service was
conducted by two chaplains, Father
Reaney of the Utah, and Father Joyce
of the Fourth Artillery. It was a
quaint ceremony. The altar was made
of ammunition boxes, with the regi
mental flags held on either side. The
band was in front, and beyond that a
semicircle of a hundred men with
heads bared as the Mass was said.
Along the shattered facade of the na
val school men perched in balconies
and broken windows. Beyond, rows
of army mules were eating hay, and
still further beyond were the sea and
the anchored fleet. Chaplain Reaney
said Mass, Chaplain Joyce added a
few words, and the band, which had
played at intervals during the Mass,
played "The Star Spangled Banner"
at the end.
Catholic Home for Pacific Sailors.
—Bremerton, Wash., the station of
the Pacific Reserve Fleet of the U. S.
Navy, is to have a Catholic Home for
Sailors. The Catholic population,
numbering sixty families, has pro
vided a most desirable piece of build
ing ground, 100 by 120 feet, valued at
$12,000, and commanding an excellent
view of Puget Sound and the navy
yard and turned it over to the com
mittee. The clubhouse to be built on
this property will be known as the
"Robert Monaghan Home." Ensign
Monaghan was a native son of the
state of Washington, a Catholic who
gave up his life to rescue his wounded
commanding officer from the enemy
on the bloody battlefield near Apia,
Samoa, on April 1, 1899. Bishop
O'Dea warmly approves of the project,
as the opening of the Panama Canal
will double the number of sailors at
the Bremerton navy yard. The home
will cost $100,000.
To Find Doctor Missionaries.—The
physician friend who has charge of
the Medical Mission Propaganda for
the Foreign Mission Seminary at
Maryknoll, N. Y., recently sent circu
lars to 1,885 educational institutions
and hospitals.
Expert on Catholic School Display.
—The exhibit of the various schools
under Catholic direction in the base
ment of the Art Museum, Toledo,
Ohio, three weeks ago was a continual
source of attraction to the thousands
of visitors who attended the exhibit.
Water and oil paintings, fancy work
of all kinds, embroidery and drawing
showed the advanced character of the
education imparted in these second
ary or industrial lines, while the more
necessary activities were represented
by photos and the simple statement of
methods and results on canvas. Miss
Emily Coye, child welfare expert, of
New York City, made this statement
regarding the exhibit of the parochial
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, MAY 30, 1914.
schools: "Of the one hundred or more
child welfare exhibits I have visited
and had charge of, the display of the
parochial schools and especially that
of the Notre Dame Academy, is by
far the finest that has come under my
notice."
OLD WORLD NEWS.
Historians Congratulate Gasquet.—
Abbot Gasquet, O. S. B., has received
numerous telegrams and letters of
congratulation on his elevation to the
Sacred College from leading histori
cal and other learned societies of Lin
don as well as from prominent Eng
lish Catholics.
Cause of "The Little Flower."—On
June the 9th, the Sacred Congregation
of Rites will discuss the Introduction
of the Cause of Sister Therese, the
"Little Flower of Jesus." If their vote
be favorable, his Holiness will sign
the Decree of Introduction.
St. Paschal Baylon Statue.—At the
great Eucharistic Congress at
Lourdes, France, in July, on the plaza
fronting the Holy Rosary Church the
Franciscans will erect a life-size
marble statue of St Paschal Baylon.
Pope's Gift to Birthplace.—The
gift by the Holy Father to Riese, his
birthplace, of an orphanage for poor
children and a hospice for the aged
poor, fitly synchronised with the bur
ial of his beloved sister in her native
town. Needless to say, these new
charitable foundations are regarded as
a commemoration of the late Signor
ina Rosa Sarto, and the inhabitants
are much touched at this proof of the
Holy Father's interest in the welfare
of his fellow townsfolk. In his public
acknowledgment of the gift, the May
or of Riese expressed something of
what his fellow citizens feel, when he
called him the "Glory of Riese and of
Christendom."
"White Wolf" not Bigoted.—"White
Wolf," the Chinese brigand who has
caused such disturbance to the new
government, which he denounces, con
tinues his savage plundering and kill
ing, and has succeeded in terrorizing
three provinces. He is thought to be
not unfriendly to the missionaries,
and it is not by his orders that Chris
tians are badly treated. His follow
ers, no doubt, oftea take the law into
their own hands, when attacking a
city. They recently tried to take Sian
fu, the ancient capital of China, but
were repulsed.
Chinese Family 'Deeply Catholic.—
As an evidence of the deep root which
Christianity has struck in China the
Rev. Leo Ting of the Catholic mission
of Che Kiang writes of his own fam
ily: "On my father's side my ances
tors have been Christians for three
generations, and on my mother's side
even longer. Of eight children, they
gave four to God. I was ordained a
priest in 1908, and my brother in 1909.
He is now a professor in the semi
nary at Hang-Chew). Two sisters also
observed the religious life, one being
now at Shao Thingin, the orphan asy
lum there. At my home we had a
little chapel, where all the family,
from parents to grandchildren, assem
bled at night and morning for prayers.
We made a little community of our
own, so numerous were we. Truly
the Lord was mindful of us to give us
such pious example."
Franciscans Spread in Japan.—The
Franciscans have opened three new
stations in Japan during the past year.
One is situated on the island of Kar
afto, commonly called Sachatia, and
two others are on the island of Hok
kaido. The work of the missionaries
of Mary at the same places has been
very fruitful of results.
For German Catholic Youth.—In the
German Empire there are 3,204 soci
eties for Catholic youth, with 298,223
members. They are increasing fast.
First Cardinal in Empire.—The
Most Rev. Dr. von Bettinger who is
to be created a Cardinal at the Con
sistory now in progress is the first
Cardinal Archbishop of Munich since
the constitution of the German Em
pire. He has taken a warm interest
in social and economic questions.
Young Bishop Becomes Hermit.—
Mgr. Benizio de Souza-Costa, Bishop
of Manaos, in Brazil, while in Rome
recently obtained permission from the
Holy Father to resign his see and en
ter the Community of the Hermits of
Camaldoli, as they are called, at Fras
cati, Italy. The Bishop came to Rome
six months ago to ask the Holy Fa
ther to relieve him of his episcopal
duties in order that he might become
a religious. Following the desire of
the Pontiff, Mgr. de Souza-Costa, who
is thirty-nine years of age, retired to
Frascati to think well over his deter
mination, and his dearest desires are
now fulfilled, for he is a novice of St.
Romuald's famous order—founded in
the sixteenth century by a Venetian
nobleman, Paul Giustiniani. The ex
bishop is a Mexican by birth, and on
account of his apostolic labors was
hated by the Freemasons in South
America. His retirement into religion
is a remarkable sequel to an active
career which so far has been singu
larly blessed in its results.
Pope Blesses Child.—Prince Asturi
as, eldest son of the King of Spain,
received his first Communion this
month. Pope Pius sent him an auto
graph letter bestowing Bis apostolic
blessing.
Socialists Exclude Freemasons.
The Italian Socialist party at its an
nual meeting in Rome has voted to
exclude Freemasons from its mem
bership, and has declared itself to be
completely independent. This action
does not, of course, alter the "anti
clericalism" of the party but it is
important because it diminishes the
effectiveness of the anti-Catholic
"bloc," which the Freemasons are try
ing to form in parliament
Ireland's Teetotal Congress—At the
last meeting of the Organizing Com
mittee of the Catholic Total Absti
nence Congress of Ireland the secre­
vl ton -1 iiBiiiain
tary's report on the enrollment of as
sociates showed that up to the pres
ent 430,000 associates' cards have
been ordered. Besides these about
20,000 have been sent to religious
houses and Catholic educational insti
tutions in the diocese of Dublin.
Lloyd-George on Ascendancy.—Hon.
David Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the
British Exchequer, is reported to have
said: "In Ulster where Orange as
cendancy is complete, how many Cath
olics do you think get any position of
emolument or trust? Not one. Scav
engers? Yes, certainly. Road sweep
ers Let all the Catholics come. But
just get a Catholic to apply for posi
tion as town clerk, clerk to a council,
surveyor or inspector. They are ruled
out as if stricken with the plague."
Drills of Irish Volunteers.—Volun
teers from Limerick, Clare, and Tip
perary, numbering about 4,000 assem
bled at Killaloe on a recent Sufiday
to celebrate the Bhttle of Clontarf,
and there was a vast throng of sym
pathisers from each of the counties
named. The streets were decorated
with arches of evergreens and Irish
flags and mottoes. The troops
marched to Kincora, Brian Boru's his
troic fort, where a review of the com
bined battalions was held. In the
evening a public meeting was held,
Canon Flannery, V. G., Killaloe, pre
siding. Upwards of 1,000 Galway Vol
unteers were reviewed on that Sunday
by Col. Maurice Moore, former com
mander of the Connaught Rangers,
who expressed his delight at their sol
dierly appearance and bearing. Col.
Moore recently wrote: "I believe it is
nowhere so important to have a dis
ciplined, strong body of Volunteers as
in the Ulster counties. It may be the
determining factor in Ireland."
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Historic Priory of Dublin.—-Part of
the Priory in the occupation of the
Carmelite Fathers in Whitefriars
Street, Dublin, has been condemned
by the Dublin Corporation as being
in a dangerous condition and threat
ening public safety, and is therefore
ordered to be pulled down. For the first
time in 300 years the Fathers have
therefore made an appeal for funds to
erect a new priory. From the time
of the establishment of this Priory in
the year 1278, up to the time of Henry
VIII. the Carmelites carried on the
work without obstruction but in his
reign there was a demand made
on the Prior to clear out, which he
was forced to do by law. For a long
time, so far as Dublin was concerned,
the members of this order were home
less wanderers. In 1827 they were
able to come back to the same site
on which their ancient priory stood.
In the old time of 1278 a Chief Jus
tice was able to build a monastery by
himself. In the eighteenth century
Grattan's Irish Parliament on some oc
casions held its sittings within the
walls of the old building.
Father Vaughan for Home Rule.—
Rev. Bernard Vaughan, who formerly
was supposed to have Unionist lean
ings, made an interesting statement
with regard to Home Rule at a meet
ing which he addressed in the East
End of London this month. "Having
travelled the world," he said in a re
ply to a question, "for the past two
years, I, as an Englishman, loyal and
true to King and country, am satisfied
that those who are co-operating for
the rejection of Home Rule are busy
ing themselves in weakening the foun
dations of the Empire, not merely
near home, but also in far-reaching do
minions."
A Papal Soldier Dead.—Michael
Theobald Crean, a well known mem
ber of the Irish Bar, died recently at
Chelsea, at the age of seventy-five.
Mr. Crean served in 1860 as an officer
in the Irish Brigade of the Papal Army
under Gen. de Lamoriclere, and was
wounded at Spoleto. He was deco
rated for valor in the defence of that
fortress by Pope Pius IX. with the Or
der of the Knighthood of the Grand
Order of Pius IX. He was called to
the Irish Bar in 1863, and in 1882 was
appointed Legal Assistant Commission
er in the Court of the Irish Land Com
mission, which position he held until
his retirement in December, 1905.
Australian Home Rule Message.—
Mr. Redmond received a cablegram
from Melbourne stating that a huge
Home Rule meeting was held in the
Exhibition Building there on a recent
Monday night. Forty thousand were
present. Resolutions were carried
with intense enthusiasm acclaiming
the granting of Home Rule and pro
testing against the permanent exclu
sion of Ulster.
Police Official Honored.—Superin
tendent Patrick Quinn, the head of
the special branch of Scotland Yard,
has been presented by President Poin
care, of France, with a handsome Sev
res vase, as a souvenir of the visit of
the King and Queen to Paris. Super
intendent Quinn was made a Cheva
lier of the Legion d'Honneur on the
occasion of President Poincare's visit
to England last year. The vase is
a very handsome specimen of Sevres
china, and was accompanied by the
President's personal goad wishes. Su
perintendent Quinn was attached to
the Royal suite in Paris, and accom
panied the King and Queen through
out the Itinerary. There was not a
single untoward incident throughout
the tour. Superintendent Quinn is, of
course, an Irish Catholic, and pos
sesses honors from France, Austria,
Prussia, Spain, Russia, Denmark,
Greece, Sweden, Norway and Portu
gal, all received in connection with
his attendance on foreign royalties.
Lourdes Shrine of Antrim.—The
Bishop of Down and Connor, Dr. To
hill, has blessed and unveiled a grotto
erected in honor of Our Lady of
Lourdes at Ardglass, County Antrim.
The statuary In the grotto Is a life-size
and beautifully modelled figure of Our
Lady looking benignly on the child
Bernadette. An altar of Italian marble
is in the center. The rays from St.
John's Point Lighthouse, three miles
off, light up the grotto by night, and
give it a most impre3sive effect
For England's Catholic Soldiers.—
The Catholic Soldiers' Association of
the British army is a bond of union
between Catholic soldiers, officers and
men, and chaplains and the War Of
fice, keeping in touch with Catholic
soldiers wherever they may be sta
tioned. The annual meeting was held
May 14, at Archbishop's House, West
minster. The Association assists sol
diers and their families in the exer
cise of their religion, establish insti
tutes, libraries, and rooms in all gar
risons throughout the Empire, supply
chaplains with literature for distribu
tion, and protect the interests of Cath
olics in all military institutions.
Papal Blessings on Home Rule.—
From the very opening of his reign
Pope Pius X. has sympathized pri
vately and publicly with the aspira
tions of Ireland for freedom. Scarce
ly had the ceremony of coronation
taken place when the Holy Father re
ceived in audience John Redmond,
chairman of the Irish party, to whom
he openly expressed his views and
blessed the Home Rule movement.
And when Mr. Redmond asked His
Holiness if he would be good enough
to put his opinion in writing, Pius X.
had' no hesitation. Beneath a photo
graph of himself he wrote a message
blessing the movement for Home Rule
as long as it remained within consti
tution limits.
Society of Convert Priests*.—The
Cuthbert-Mayne society is now being
organized in England for convert
clergymen. It is named for Blessed
Cuthbert-Mayne, Proto-Martyr of the
English Seminarists, who was, previ
ous to being received at Douay into
the Catholic Church, a minister of the
Established Church of England at St.
John's College, Oxford. He was mar
tyred at Launceston, Nov. 29, 1577.
The objects of the society are to cre
ate mutual friendship and social inter
course amongst those who have been
through, the same experiences. The
meeting is announced for June 24, at
the Salisbury Hotel. Mr. C. S. Selby
Hall, formerly Incumbent of St. Sa
viour's, Sunbury Common, is the sec
retary.
Public Veneration for Martyrs.—
Fifteen hundred Catholic men and
women marched down one of Lon
don's busiest thoroughfares Sunday,
May 10, telling the Rosary publicly,
to commemorate the days when their
ancestors passed over that painful
road to their death for celebrating
Mass, attending the sublime Sacrafice,
or even harboring a priest in their
houses. No banners or lights were
carried only the crucifix went be
fore for this was the Ransomers' pro
cession in honor of the English mar
tyrs hanged, drawn and quartered at
Tyburn after being dragged over two
miles of road on hurdles between lines
of jeering populace.
Convert to Build Church.—A sister
of Thomas Ford Hughes, the recluse
who died recently in Carmarthen
Workhouse, England, inherits the
$370,000 which he left. She is seven
ty years of age and became a Catholic
thirty years ago. Her only desire is
to visit Rome and see the Holy Fa
ther. She proposes to build a hand
some church at Carmarthen.
A Scavenger Priest's Story*—Rev.
E. Bans of London. Eng., gives an in
teresting account of how he became a
scavenger for the sake of his orphans
and the Receiving Home in which he
cares for 1,000 of them. The new of
fices and Receiving Home, he writes,
have been built at a cost of £10,000,
and the new property of 270 acres in
the country has been bought at a cost
of £7,950. A loan was raised of £17,950
($89,750). To face this new financial
burden I perforce became a scavenger,
with the result that the expenses of
raising that loan, the interest on that
loan, and already a portion of that
loan have been paid out of the pro
ceeds of the sale of rubbish. When
the whole of this loan has been re
paid, then the proceeds of the sale of
rubbish will be free for the general
use of the work, and I have no hesita
tion in saying that in the course of
four, five, or six years, if only I can
extend and organize this collection of
rubbish as I desire to do, there will
be no need to make special emergency
appeals for the work. Not one penny
of any person's subscription or dona
tion has been spent on the purchase
of the new property and the building
of the new offices and Receiving
Home, and never will be. In conclu
sion, I will only reiterate that we
could make £30,000 instead of £3,000
if we had the plant. From 1907 to
November, 1913, the sum of $11,500
was netted for the children's home
from the sale of rubbish.
Pope Decorates Two Women.—The
Holy Father has honored two Catholic
ladies of Birmingham, Eng., Mrs. Jo
seph Horton, of Moseley, and Mrs.
Humphrey Watts, of Edgbaston, by
conferring on them the Papal decora
tion, "Pro Eccelesia et Pontiflce." In
stituted by Pope Leo XIII. in 1888 in
memory of his golden sacerdotal jubi
lee, the decoration has for its object
to reward those who in a general way
merit the favor of the Holy See on ac
count ot services rendered to the
Church.
Care for German Catholic Soldier.
—The Volkeverein has recently taken
the Catholic soldier of the Germ
Empire under its special care a
does all possible to assist him. I
der the Chief Army Chaplain or Bii
op, who resides in Berlin and has
Vicar-General to assist him, there a
now nine superior Military Chaplai
having jurisdiction in Prussia, Strs
burg, Frankfurt, Dansig, Breslau,
lenz, Hanover, Metz and Alienate
and under these again are fifty-o
chaplains of divisions. These sis
priests look after the spiritual welfa
of 169,992 Catholic soldiers. It
be interesting to note how these
are divided in the Army. No less th
11,205 Catholics are in the Imper
Guards, which constitute the flower
the German Army. In the 8th An
Corps, which is recruited from
Rhenish and Moselle lands, there a
the greatest number of Catholi*
with a total of 16,937 men, while
11th Army Corps at Cassbl has the I
least, with only 2,281 Catholics.
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