The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
EUROPEAN NEWS.

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Book Sent Out BY Gutenberg. The
"Forty-two line" or Mazarin Bible, was
the first printed book sent out by Gu
tenberg, at Mayence, Germany. This
was before the year 1856. It was the
Latin Vulgate, the official text OF the
Holy Scripture, approved and used by
the Catholic Church for at least nine
centuries before that time. In the
18th century all educated persons read
it in the Latin.
Colonel Vaughan Knighted by Pope
Plus Kills Holiness has been gra-
ciously pleased to create Colonel Fran
els Baynham Vaughan Of Courtefield,
Ross, Herefordshire, Knight Com
mander of the Order of Plus TX
German Anniversaries Celebrated
The German Reichstag has just eel
ebrated it's fortieth anniversary, hav-
ing been established by William !. in
1871 1t was likewise the anniversary
Of the Centrum or Centre party, So
called. Forty years ago this, the Cath
Ollie party, elected sixty members.
Since then, it's average number being
one hundred members, it has remained
the largest group in the Reichstag.
The Pope Confers Title on Private
Chamberlain o'Neill.-The Holy Fa-
Their has conferred upon Mr.. Walker
O'Neill, Private Chamberlain to His
Holiness, the title Of Commentators
of st. Gregory the Great. Keen in
terest in the education of the poor
youth of Rome and his well-known de-
votion to the Holy See have made Com
mendatore O'Neill worthy of the Papal
distinction.
Holy Thursday Function in st. Pc
ters.-At the close of the Office in st.
Peters on Holy Thursday the Chapter
went through the ceremony of washing
the Papal Altar, that stands over the
tomb of the Prince of the Apostles,
with oil and wine, after which the
crowds were blessed with the Greater
Relics of the Passion contained in this
basilica, viz, a portion of the True
Cross, the Sacred Lance with which
Longinus pierced the Saviour's side,
the Holy Towel which Veronica pre-
scented to wipe the Divine Face on the
road to Calvary and one of the nails
used at the Crucif1xion.
Holy Week Ceremonies Carried Out
in Different Rites in Rome.-An in
teresting feature of Holy Week in
Rome is the carrying out of the va
rious ceremonies proper to each day in
the Greek, the Russian, the Armenian,
and Maronite Catholic Churches, each
preserving it's own rite as recognized
by the Holy See.
Cardinal Vicar OF Rome officiates at
Ceremony Instead of the Pope.-Before
1870 the Pope himself used to perform
the ceremony Of washing the feet OF
twelve priests. Now the Cardinal
Vicar of Rome girds himself with a
towel and washes the feet of twelve
beggarmen, afterwards giving each a
piece of money At the Church of ST..
James the Most Rev Archbishop Sill,
Almoner of Plus x performed SINH
lar ceremony.
Distinguished Ancestry OF English
Bishop.-The Rt. Rev. Francis Mostyn,
a distinguished member of England's
Catholic hierarchy, is descendant of
three English martyrs of the nobility.
Bishop Mostyn, who is now in his 51st
year. is the fourth son of Sir Byers
Mostyn, by the Hon. Frances Fraser,
daughter of the fourteenth Lord Lovat.
Through his maternal grandmother, a
daughter of the eighth Lord Stafford,
the Bishop is descended from Veneer
able William Howard, Earl of Arundel;
the Venerable William Howard, Wis
count Stafford and Blessed Margaret
Bole, Countess of Salisbury. He was
consecrated Bishop of Ascalon and
Vicar-Apostolic of Wales in 1895 and
has been Bishop of Menevia since the
creation of that See in 1898.
| Archbishop Walsh OF Dublin to Rep.
resent National University Of ireland.
AT the Congress of the Universities
of the British Empire, to be held in
London this summer, the Archbishop
OF Dublin will represent the National
University of Ireland.
One Of the Principal Actors in the
Passion Play Married.-Fraulein Oti
Our Lady september 81, Mischaelmas
lie Twink, who gave so sympathetic an
impersonation of the Blessed Virgin
in the 1910 production of the Passion
Play at Oberammergau, is married. AL
though she was superb in the role, she
can never again assume it, as only un
married women are given the part
Her husband is young fellow named
Bauer, son of the famous burgo
master Of Oberammergau, Sebastian
Bauer, who gave SO powerful a repre-
sentation of Pontius PLATE in 1900 and