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SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1922
A charter has been filed at the
State Department for the United
Irish Trans-Atlantic Lines. Inc.,
with a capital of $21,000,000. The
concern is authorized to own and
operate vessels.
According to the "Third Order
Forum," Pope Pius, like his imme
diate predecessors,* Benedict XV,
Pius X, Leo XI11 and Pins IX, is
a Franciscan tertiary. lie joined
the Third Order many years ago.
AVe have the appeal of Stack,
DeValera's representative, for
$1100,000 to make a campaign
against the Free State, and about
the same time the cables report
that English soldiers are back in
Dublin.
Fervent prayers for John Mc
Corinack's recovery were ordered
by Archbishop Haves in all New
ork churches and by Archbishop
Curlev in Baltimore. Keligious
communities throughout the coun
try are praying for him. John
"well deserves all sympathy and
prayer.
At the Geneva Conference Rus
sia showed that the Old Bear may
be down, but he isn't out. He
scandalized the allies by mention
ing war debts. But those same
allies seem hurt to the heart when
Uncle Sam casually reminds them
ol his little bill. And. besides.
Sam got no war spoils, either,
when he might have had his pick
for the asking—or taking.
Tt is odd how easily and readily
many Americans flock to hear any
old speaker from Europe. One
should not blame the "invaders,"
for their purses are depleted and
1hcy need the money. England
usually looks on all outsiders in
the English-speaking world as
''horrid colonials." How many
Americans go over there to talk
nonsense and small gossip at so
much a throw?
It is reported from Madrid, in
Spain, that the article of the regu
lations governing the schools of
Spain, dated November 26, 1838,
stipulated that in every classroom
there must be a plainly visible
crucifix. This prescription has not
been obeyed, especially not in
those localities where a spirit of
socialism had slipped into the ad
ministration of the schools. The
school inspectors are now charged
with the duty of seeing to the
execution of the ruling and teach
ers refusing obedience are in
danger of losing part of their
salaries.
Ku Klux Klau parades are a
violation of the state law and may
be punished by a tine of from $100
to $:00 or imprisonment of from
three to six months, according to
information sent by Attorney
General A. V. Coco of Louisiana to
Governor Parker. The letter con
firmed an opinion of Governor
Parker, who has declared that he
intends acting immediately upon
1 lie judgment- of Judge Coco to
Mippress every parade or public
meeting of robed members of the
Klau. letters asking the co-oper
ation of all district judges have
been written by Governor Parker.
Bishop Chart rand of Indianap
olis is an advocate of freedom
of individual expression for the
Catholic editor. In a pastoral
letter 011 the Catholic press, he
says that "the efforts of writers
acjl publishers of Catholic litera
ture are deferring of praise and
encouragement, and we all of us
an obli^atiQG of mkir
their labors fruitful and far
reaching." lie adds: "We may
not always agree with the opin
ions of individuals as expressed
in its (the Catholic paper's) col
umns, but unless faith and
morals are attacked, entire free
dom of expression ought to be
granted to editors. In largeness
of mind we should be able to dis
criminate between essentials and
mere personal opinion."
Chicago Irishmen, becoming
worried over the rumors and re
ports of growing unrest in Ireland,
have sent the following cablegram
to Michael Collins and Eamon de
Valera: "Impression rapidly is
spreading here that present dis
tressful conditions in Ireland are
promoted by 'Reds' and irrespon
sibles, who are fomenting civil
war, riot and ruin, which is humil
iating to lovers of liberty every
where. and particularly to lovers
of old Ireland. It is our consider
ed judgment that if these condi
tions are not remedied immediate
ly they will not only ruin Ireland,
but the Irish race movement
throughout the world." ,It was
signed by: Edward F. Dunne, 1).
F. Kelly. P. 11. O'Donnell, P. T.
Barry, the Rev. W. J. McNamee,
Dr. John-M. Murphy. Mary.T. Ma
honv and M. J. Fahertv.
OtJR EDUCATIONAL
CONGRESS.
On the first page of this issue
will be seen the first announce
ment of an event which will mark
the highest point in local interest
as regards our parochial school
system. In fact, this congress, it
is expected, will be the most pre
tentious affair of its kind attempt
ed this year throughout the whole
Mississippi valley. For it will
bring into one conspectus for all
to see at close range the workings
of a system that all too rarely is
understood even by our Catholic
people.
We are accustomed to view our
parochial schools as so many dis
tinct units. Our gaze is confined
to the solitary institution of our
parish, with its particular pupils,
teachers and equipment. They
constitute, for the average person,
the whole parochial system. Not
often does one look aloft to the
higher plane whereon rest the
principles that direct each and
every school, large and small,
grade and high, throughout the
Catholic field. One is inclined to
judge the entire group by t,lie re
sults witnessed in a given unit
whereas, to obtain the proper per
spective it is necessary to view the
complete network as a co-ordinate
whole.
This then is the primary object
of the congress which is being pre
pared with so much elaborate cere
mony and attention to the least
detail. The purpose, as mentioned
elsewhere, is to give our Catholic
people a fair opportunity to realize
just what their strength is by pre
senting at one time and place the
net results of the various parish
units. This will serve to stimulate
and to arouse a just pride in the
accomplishments already attained,
and to awaken even more intense
zeal and co-operation on the part
of our people towards their
schools. Catholic generosity in
this matter is already proverbial:
witness, as a recent instance, the
wonderful success of the educa
tional campaign carried to such a
satisfying conclusion in this arch
diocese scarcely a year ago.
Moreover, such an exhibition
will doubtless have a salutary
effect 011 the general public by
placing before it the actual results
of the much discussed parochial
system of education. It will tend
to consolidate opinion generally
in the excellent work performed
by our schools. Added to this,
such a congress cannot but awak
en renewed efforts on the part of
pastors and teachers to profit by
intensive cultivation of the scho
lastic field and to gain much use
ful information for the better
ment of each school.
The committee in charge is leav
ing nothing undone to make this
event one of the most important—
the most momentous of its kind—
ever attempted in this part of the
country.
YOUR ACT OF LOYALTY
Every person at some time or
other is called upon to make open
profession of his convictions. This
may be in regard to his belief or
allegiance concerning country,
lodge or society. It may, in fact,
be a matter of political preference,
or it may arise in a court of jus
tice. Personal conviction neces
sarily demands some kind of
expression in word,
in act*
or at
least in attitude.
The Church is not a mere theo
retical entity. It is a congrega
tion of human beings, a perfect
society, ruled by definite prin
ciples, yielding certain privileges
but exacting unmistakable duties.
Religion is not merely a-question
of mind or of belief. It is instinct
with palpitating reality that
reaches down into the very nature
of man's soul. It does not leave
him free simplv to believe: work?,
i
mSA
of undoubted Christian character
must accompany that faith.
One of the prime duties which
the Catholic Church imposes upon
every one of her members is the
obligation of approaching the
sacraments of confession and
Communion at the Easter time.
It. has always seemed a cause of
deep humiliation on the part of
the Church to be forced to legis
late on such a matter. If a Cath
olie holds to the doctrine of the
Real Presence, to the guilt of sin.
to the untold blessing of the sacra
ment of penance, it is passing
strange that the supreme author
ity left by God on earth must
issue a strict command to such a
Catholic to draw near the source
of grace at least once a year. On
the face of it the duty appears
incredible: for it is eminently a
privilege. Tt is but another proof
of the unfathomable love of God
who so yearns for His rational
creatures that He perforce will
compel them to enter and be
seated at the most sumptuous
banquet known to heaven or earth.
To neglect this reception of the
sacraments, which the Church is
obliged to call a duty, is to pro
claim oneself a practical renegade.
It is to invite disbarment from
Catholic burial, in case of death.
What is more, deliberate negli
gence in this matter s£ems to
tempt God to abandon one en
tirely.
After all. if a Christian has any
hope of heaven, aud if he realizes
that that blessed state is nothing
else but the enjoyment of God,
surely lie will be at least-prudently
wise in accustoming himself to
proximity and converse with thai
God who is to be the source of his
happiness for all eternity.
MISTS AND VAPORS OF SPIR
ITUALISM.
The study of comparative reli
gions reveals many odd and -fanci
ful by-products in the realm of
spiritual thought. Monumental
founders of religious belief usual
ly soared above their fellows in
acumen and power. Their prin
ciples ordinarily rested upon some
more or less solid foundation, even
though they erred in insight or
application.
The by-products, however, con
stitute what in more vulgar terms
arc called fads or freaks of reli
gion. The origin of such fantastic
cults may be traced to the mind of
a poet or novelist or mayhap of a
disgruntled clergyman ambitious
of fame or lucre. In the average
run, the attempt meets with con
siderable success—at least tem
porarily. Witness the different
"churches" and "colonies" and
"House" of this or that which dot
the land. Since too many Ameri
cans are devoid of positive reli
gion, it is a comparatively easy
matter to lure not a few of the
credulous into the mystic realm of
ethereal piffle.
Comes a man yclept Sir Conan
Doyle, erstwhile novelist of note,
quondam physician, at present
spiritualist-missionary extraordi
nary. As a healer of bodies Sir
Doyle no doubt excelled in his pro
fession. To the world he is known
as the creator of the inimitable
Sherlock Holmes, whose slippery,
eerie achievements thrilled young
and old.
But the splendid novelist has
turned spiritualist. He is number
ed in the coterie of which Stead,
Lodge, Flammarion et al«were or
are effulgent luminaries. With
the seriousncs of Watson discuss
ing a deal with Holmes, Sir Conan
tells of the spirilual world, its
bliss and joy, its comfortable ac
commodations for the wicked, and
the luxuries and conveniences for
the good. We are informed that
if a man "1ms been an unsavory
individual here," he does not go
to hell. Oh no, that's vulgar he
goes to a "sort of hospital (note
the physician's touch). That is a
gray and very unhappy, unpleas
ant sort of place. He must re
main there until his own volun
tas acts show him fit for the other
plane. It is simple and beautiful,
but it is not materialistic."
,Now, that doubtless is reassur
ing. A murderer or adulterer or
traitor is sent to a nice place and
told to elicit acts of repentance,
to be sorry for his naughtiness,
jiiid then he will be lifted Up to
ilie heavenly plane.
.As the man in the street tvould
phrase it: as a spiritual leader
Doyle is a wonderful novelist.
Christ claimed to be God. and then
He proved it. He taught us much
of the other world, its nature, with
its rewards, and peualties. He
often spoke of a real hell, as.did
the Father to the prophets of old
That Hades wTas not a very nice
place, for there are shown eternal
burnings and tlie worm that will
not die and the wicked departing
into eternal fire. But Conan
doesn't believe all this. In the
idiom of his countrymen this is all
tush *(in Americanese, piffle).
Spirits are also nice people.
Would you hold converse with
them? Sir Conan tells us how it
is done, lie "says it,"at" he'oft'en i.as "'l-8"f "e,"
spoken to and will. Ins deceased
son. Kmsrslej. Heie is the
(wanted
"(THE CXTHOLIC BULLETIN, APRIL 22,1922
the dark for the departed If they
need our help surely do they wish
to speak to us about it, to interest
us in their behalf. Just place
yourself en rapport with them, at
tune your mind to theirs they
want, you want ready? There's
your party, no extra charge for
more than five minutes, no party
lines, perfect service guaranteed.
It has radio beaten, since no in
struments are required just tune
up.
Intelligent Catholics will smile
in pity at all this childishness.
Many persons, however, no doubt,
will be lured into the belief that
spiritualism is the religion of the
future, and the only thing'for the
present. What do you make of it
all, Watson?
A BEAUTIFUL OLD CUSTOM.
One of the prettiest remnants
of ancient Catholicity i!s that
which is called the Rogations. The
term means prayers or supplica
tions. and it is applied to the cere
monies oil certain days. The
Major Rogations are celebrated on
April 25, while the Minor Roga
tions fall on the three days pre
ceding the Ascension. The cus
tom is still carried out with great
solemnity in Catholic countries,
while elsewhere special commem
oration usual I v is made only in the
Mass and the Divine Office.
The object of this practice was
to beg God's protection, to make
amends for man's transgressions
and to obtain-a bountiful harvest.
In England down to the time of
Elizabeth the people were espe
cially devout on these days of
prayer. A great procession was
held through the streets or fields,
and the crops were blessed spleinli
ly by priest or bishop.
The Minor Rogations Were in
troduced at a very early date and
were later on, iri 511, made of
general observance. The Major
Rogation also goes back to primi
tive times, and it seems to have
been instituted to offset the pagan
festival of Robigalia at which
time the heathens made supplica
tions to their false gods.
Today there is fully as much
reason for the public celebration
of such penitential rites as existed
in the early Church. Conditions,
however, seem to preclude the
proper carrying out of the ancient
custom. At the same time devout
Catholics, more especially those
from the landf of primitive faith,
remember these sacred days and
unite their prayers with those of
the Church for the Welfare of re
ligion and as an offering to
appease God (for the sins of the
world.
IW. MR MESSAGE
PRESIDENT WRITES ON "FEDER
ALIZATION."
President Harding, through his sec
retary, has sent the following letter
to the St. Louis "Post-Dispatch" in
response to its editorial appeal to the
Governors of the various states to
take measures against the present
tendency to centralize power in the
Federal Government:
To the Editor of the "Post-Dis
patch"': The President asks me to
make acknowledgment of a copy of an
editorial from the Sunday "Post-Dis
patch'' of March 19, entitled, "Apjea1
to Governors to Halt March Toward
Federal Empire." The President asks
me to say that he has read it with
very great interest. He asks me to
say further that, he sympathizes with
much of the apprehension which you
express, and thinks that there ought,
at the same time, lie an effort made
to halt the persistent effort to reach
the Federal treasury~1n payment for
public service which very frequently
deaerves to be the burden of the sep
amte commonwealths.
Yours sincerely,
George B. Christian, Jr.,
Secretary to the President.
RELIEF FOR AUSTRIA
CHRISTIAN SOCIAL PARTY BACKS
GOVERNMENT.
News that tlie. American Congress
would. adopt a resolution authorizing
an extension of credit to Ausfria as
an aid to relieving conditions there
has been received
wby
the Austrian
people with gratitude and by the Chris
tian Social party as an augury of
success for its program of reconstruc
tion.
This assistance from the United
States comes at a time when the col
lapse of the present government, for
which the Christian Social party is
responsible, seemed inevitable The
leaders of this party are now quito
confident" Of their' ability to bring
Austria out of its wretchedness and
restore her to a state of political and
economic^ stability.
IIS C0M11STIEUG
A Mil lias been introduced flfto the
Britisrh House of Commons, which
aims at suppressing the perversion of
the minds of young children through
P'°let7'lan
and
mumst Sunday Schools.
Com'
Tll0 provlsUl08 o( thc bm lorWd
'I wanted to talk to him. He trines to children, but also the cireu-
„,jt
onlv thc of revolutionary 'Iqi-
BECEVE PAPAL HfiiS
W O E N N S Y V A N I A N S A k
MADE CHAM BE RLAI N3.
Ignatius J. Horstmann, of Philadel
phia, and Daniel J. Murphy, of Merion,
have been honored with the rank of
papal chamberlain by Pope Pius XI,
according to an announcement made
here by His Eminence Cardinal
Dougherty.
Mr. Horstmann is a member of the
state welfare commission, a member
of the Board of Directors of St. John's
Orphanage and the Catholic Home for
Destitute Girls. He belongs to Phila
delphia Council, K. of C.. and to en
gaged in the wool business.
Mr. Murphy is a member of a local
Btevedoring concern and attends the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Over
brook. During the war he had charge
of the army transports leaving Phila
delphia and represented the Italian
government in that city.
The two men, although widely sepa
rated in the business world, were boy
hood friends and attended school in
the parish of St. Philip Neri.
m»n
(By X. C. 'W. C. News Service.)
The Russian paper "Roul" pub
lishes the following important bit of
information:
"We have heard from a most reli
able source that after lengthy nego
tiations with the Vatican, the Soviet
Government has consented to Issue
authorization for the sojourn of Cath
olic missionaries in Russia."
SUFFER BY DEATH Or'f^THER
DE GROOT—FRIAR OF ST. DOM
INIC DID MUCH TO RESTORE
PRESTIGE QF CHURCH HOL
LAND.
A great Hollander, saintly priest,
learned professor, orator, writer and
leader of youth is just now being
mourned in Amsterdam, where he
died, and throughout the length and
breadth of the Netherlands. His name
was John V. De Groot his profession,
Friar of the Order of St. Dominic
his official charge, Professor of Th»
mistic Philosophy at the University of
Amsterdam his choice occupation, to
direct the Catholic intellectual elite
of his country's youths to become use
ful members of the Church and the
commonwealth.
He was the last of that pleiad of in
tellectual giants who led Dutch Cath
olics out of the Egyption bondage, in
which they were held in their own
land, to their rightful place under the
sun and upon the soil they, no less
than their Calvinist brethren, have
helped to wrest from the ocean and
to guard against its onslaughts and
the oppression of hostile foreign na
tions.
Father De Groot had to his credit
years of successful teaching and lead
ing of youth in his own order and of
pastoral work in the fair Catholic city
of Nimeguen. In 1894. the Bishops of
Holland, requested by the Academic
Senate of the University of Amster
dam to choose a professor for a chair
of Catholic philosophy at this rather
agnostic and materialistic higher in
stitution of learning, selected him. He
was a ripe scholar then, one who to a
vast erudition, a clear judgment and
an exceptional gift of eloquence join
ed an amiability of character, a tact
fulness of intercourse with his fellow
men, a simplicity and' holiness of life,
which had drawn all Nimeguen to his
pulpit in the church, to his feet in the
confessional.
FRENCH BIRTH RAIE
NATALITY FUND IS INCREASED
BY FOUNDERS.
Families of* young parents will be
the principal beneficiaries of the ad
ditions made to the Conacq fund by its
founders, M. and Mme. Conacq. They
have just increased the original fund
by 1,000,000 francs, thus bringing the
total of their subsidies to natality to
3,-jOO.OOO francs.
The new fund cre&tes one hundred
awards of 10,000 francs eUch for large
families of poor fathers and mothers,
but with a minimum requirement of
five instead of nine children as was
provided in the original grant.. The
parents of this family of five must be
under thirty years of age. If the num
ber of their children later Is increased
by lour they are entitled to an addi
tional 25,000 francs.
to talk to me. We talk- lation of any kind of literature bear^ .to collect the funds needed tar com-' ciliation which has n?w been accov*
ed." Simple^ no® Why ,Jrav in fas' on tbes* doctrines,
1
MIIMH MTMfL:
DELHI TO HAVE CATHOLIC
CHURCH OF SACRED
HEART.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Delhi, the imperial city of India, is
to have a great Catholic temple. The
great increase in the number of Cath
olic-faithful and the consequent re
quirements of worship have led the
Catholics of Delhi to form plans for
the construction of a great temple
which'will really be a cathedral. The,
idea has met with general approval,
and the government has given a piece
MK CIVIC IMlkfSIS
CHURCH PROPERTY SOLD TO AID
CITY'S PROGRESS.
In order that the development of
K street be not impeded, Right Rev.
Bishop Keane has consented to the
sale of the episcopal residence, locat
ed on the northwest corner of 12th
street, in Sacramento, Calif. It is also
said that the site of the Christian
Brothers' school, on the opposite cor
ner, will also be sold for the same rea
son.
Bishop Keane feels that it should
not be the part of the Church to im
pede advancement in this way, and
his consent was readily granted for
the sale of both pieces when it was
placed before him in the proper light.
iiisijuiim
EGON FRIEDELL PROCLAIMS Dl.
VINITY OF CHRIST—OTHER NO
TABLE CONVERSIONS IN EU­
ROPE.
The liberal literary world of Central
Europe has been stunned by news of
the conversion of Egon Friedell. one
of the most powerful and talented of
the younger writers of the atheistic
school.
Marking as it does the third recent
notable defection from the ranks of
artists who regarded it as one of the
greatest reproaches that could be cast
upon them that they be termed "cler
icals, the sudden religious profession
of this noted litterateur may be said
to be another indication of a mighty
movement that is leading some of the
most brilliant European minds back
to the foot of the cross.
Especially is this movement being
felt in the literary world. In Austria,
Hermann Bahr, the former managing
director of the famous state theater,
led the way. Josef August «Tux, the
celebrated art critic, followed his lead.
Xow comes Friedell, to join men who
owe their prominence to the atheistic
press and who have renounced their
former philosophies to give evidence
of Christian truth.
BARON DEIfYS COCHIN
NOBLE CAREER OF CATHOLIC PA
TRIOT IS ENDED FAITHFUL
SON OF CHURCH FILLED MANY
POSITIONS IN SERVICE OF HIS
COUNTRY—DESCENDED FROM
OLDEST PARIS FAMILY.
(By N. C.
W. c.
News Service.)
Baron. Denys Cochin, ex-minister,
who has just died in Paris, was not
only one of the most prominent fig
ures of the French Catholic world, he
was also one of Jts n^ost.,generous
benefactors and one of its most elo
quent spokesmen.
Through the distinction of his mind
and the tireless activity of his labor,
his was the most astonishing career
of which a man can give example. He
was a soldier, doctor, chemist, bac
teriologist, philosopher, jurist, man of
letters, journalist, orator, librarian,
art critic, edile of his city, deputy,
minister, member of the academy. In
short, he excelled in everything.
Favored by birth and fortune, he
endeavored from early youth to make
his life the model of the life of the
"good rich man," and not to leave un
used any of the intellectual gifts which
Providence had bestowed upon him.
He interrupted his studies to fight,
when his country was invaded in 1870.
He was then 19 years of age. He was
twice wounded, was cited for bravery
and decorated with the Medaille Mil
itaire.
After the war, he went back to work,
and obtained in turn diplomas in Taw
and in science. He took the examina
tion of the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, passed, and was sent to Lon
don as attache at the embassy there.
Having occasion to conle back to
Paris, he found an opportunity to
work-in the laboratory of a savant,
and being greatly attracted by scien
tific studies, he abandoned diplomacy
(he returned to it, however, when as
a deputy lie revealed himself as one
of the greatest experts on foreign pol
icy). For five years, Denys Cochin
bad the honor to be the assistant of
the famous Pasteur. He took part in
the discussions between the great sci
entist and the philosopher Taine. Lat
er, he himself published two works on
philosophy in 1885 and in 189o. These
two books were not the least of the
causes of his election to the Frencli
academy some years later.
Denys Cochin belonged to the oldest
family of Parisians known. One of
his ancestors was an aldennan of the
capital under Saint Louis another
was alderman in 1501 one of the prin
cipal hospitals of Paris was founded
by one of his great-uncles, Jean Co
chin, pastor of a Paris parish in thc
eighteenth century.
In parliament, he fought with mov
ing eloquence the policy of seculariza
tion and the Separation. He made ev
ery effort to prevent the rupture be
tween the Republic and the Holy See.
When war started in 1914, the mem
bers of parliament elected from the
city of Paris, both socialists and con
servatives, placed him at their head
by unanimous choice. But he was
not content with directing their work.
When the government moved to Bor
deaux, he remained behind. He was
a chemist, and remained in the district
of Paris to direct the mobilization of
the chemical industry.
Later, at the first change in tjhe cab
inet, when the ministry of national
union was formed, it was he who was
to represent the Catholics,
of land, in return for an insignificant
financial consideration, upon coudi- chosen
tion that the building be completed I Again it was he who was chosen, in
within seven years. the absence of an official envoy from
The Delhi Cathedral will be con- France at the Vatican, to negotiate
fecrated to the Sacred Heart. personally with the Holy See, where
Work has already been begun and he fob ad the most beuevolent wel
an active campaign has been initiated come. Thus was prepared the recon-
plete t&e CQP?tr\jetig]ii I
SOME GERMAN JUBILEES'
FAMOUS CHURCHES WILL HAVK
CELEBRATIONS—COLOGNE AN0
FULQ%-Tp MARK ANNIVER8A-
RIES-
Two of the oldest churches in Ger
many—St. Michael's church in Fulda,
and the Cologne Cathedral—are to cei
ebrate jubilees of their consecration
this year. St. Michael's anniversary
will be its eleven hundredth, while
Cologne Cathedral will have been con*
secrated six hundred years.
This ancient church of Fulda stands
upon the site of one that was erected
in the earliest period of Christianity
in Germany. It was in 820 that Ab.
hot Eigil began to build the present
St. Michael's. The work was finished
in 822. In later times the church
underwent restoration but the prin
cipal building, the choir and the crypt
survive from Abbot Eigil's day.
Popular Subscription for Bell.
Cologne Cathedral's anniversarjr
will be observed on September 24.
Solemn ceremonies have been planned
to commemorate the event. The
famous "Kaiserglocke" (Kaiser's bell)
is to be replaced by a new one. which
will be called "Deutsche Glocke am
Rhein." "German Bell on the Rhine."
The "Kaiserglocke," like many an
other bell in the towns and villages
of Germany, was melted during the
war to provide metal for guns and
other purposes.
J1E IN SCHOOLS
PARTISANS WOULD INTRODUCE
READING OF SACRED SCRIP
TUftES IN ILLINOIS SCHOOLS.
Ail Attempt to permit the introduc
tion of Bible reading in tlie schools of
Illinois is being made through an
amendment to the state constitution
which declares: "The reading in pub
lic schools of selections from any ver
sion of the old and new Testaments*
without comment, shall never be held
in conflict with this Constitution."
The proposed constitution is to be
voted on at the polls.
Nine delegates voted against the.
amendment against which Catholic
leaders have sounded a warning. Ac
cording to the Rev. C. S. Bell, the
amendment is meant entirely as an
anti-Catholic move, to take the faith
away from these Catholic childreib,
who must attend these schools.
"Bible reading," said Father Bell,
"is only a wedge or covert expression,
meaning Protestant sen-ice. If it
read what it means, it would say
'Methodist service shall be allowed in
all public schools.'"
The Mother Superioress of the1((
Nuns of the Incarnate Word and
Blessed Sacrament of Houston, Texas,
U. S. A., is in Ireland and Invites In
quiries from young ladies having a
vocation for a religious life. Already
a number of inquiries have been re
ceived. The fact that the community
is entirely Irish appeals to many
young ladies.
MGR. VAN DYKE DFAD
WAS PASTOR IN SAME PARISH
MORE THAN FIFTY YEAR*.
The Right Reverend Monsignor EJr
nest Van Dyke died in' Detroit (jfi
April 12. He was 77 years old, and
had been a priest more than 53 years,
and in charge of St. Aloysius parish,
more than r.O years.
The biography of Mgr. Van Dyke
is the history of Detroit. He waa
born in that city January 29, 1846.
I lis iarents were among the pioneers
of Detroit and the house in wliirh be
lived is more than 120 years old. In
it his mother was entertained when
she was Miss Elizabeth Des Novers.
All his life, except for a few years of
study at Fordham College, New York,
and in the American College, Rome,
was spent in Detroit. He was given
the title of Monsignor in 1919 He
was long known as a man of high
culture and a devoted priest.
Some years ago Mgr. Van Dyke was
offered the presidency of the Amer
ican College at Rome, a post he much
desired. His parish in Detroit, how
ever, needed him more than ever and
be declined the offer. He also re
fused a bishopric.
PflllSH CATHBtlCS
ASK POPE FOR FREEDOM FROM
AUTHORITY OF CARDINAL
BERTRAM.
Polish Catholics, in those districts
of Upper Silesia recently returned to
Poland by thc League of Nations, have.
appealed to Pope Pius XI for separa
tion from the authority of Cardinal,
Bertram, the German Archbishop of
Breslan, under whose ecclesiasticil
rule they still remain,, despite thq now
political division of tlie country.
The appeal is the second one made
to the Vatican, the first having been
held up by the illness and death of
Pope Benedict. It is an echo of the
Silesian plebiscite troubles of 1921,
when Cardinal Bertram issued an anti
Poiish pastoral letter.
WIST PRIEST DIES
Rev. M. Francis Dietrich, O. C.
professor of theology.at the Abbey i|{
Our Lady of fiethsomani of the Order
of Reformed Cistercians, died at.
Gethsemani, Ky., April 10, in the slxt^,"
third year of bis age, and the twj^
tof rel'siouc
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