The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-07

COulplSLS IuGlI pIOI0SSlOudl GQuChClOu
in the evenings by providing them
with free classes and exercises. They
provide board and lodging for few
francs a month for those girls who are
without work and who desire to re-
main respectable, while fallen girls
who wish to rise again can find shelter
in houses under the direction of the
nuns.
A City OF HaIIoWed Memories
Those who have had the pleasure Of
visiting Japan and of sailing into the
beautiful harbor Of Nagasaki may re-
call seeing on the mountain which
faces the city, church. This church
does much towards keeping alive the
memory of the tWenty-six martyrs of
the faith who long ago willingly laid
down their lives that others might
live. Nagasaki is city Of hallowed
memories. If the traveller looks close
ly he will see the roof of some Cath
Ollie church or chapel, for though the
population is not large, the islands
which dot the harbor are populated
almost entirely by Catholics. The
building of most interest is the Cathe-
dral, erected by the French shortly
after the opening of the treaty ports.
| Retreats for German Recruits.-In
Germany spiritual retreats are held
for recruits or young soldiers. The
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tenant Colonel D. E. Hasse, who dur
ing his long military career had seen
the great dangers to which young
soldiers are exposed in the barracks
unless they get a direct and special
preparation for the new life and new
conditions into which they are sud-
denly thrown. When it is borne in
mind that there are every year from
seventy to a hundred thousand young
Catholic men who leave their homes
to spend at least two years in the bar
racks, one easily understands the need
of such preparation.
The first retreat was opened in 1905
at Viersen, and was attended by fifty
persons. 1t was what is called in
Germany "a closed retreat" and was
conducted in a private chapel The
retreats rapidly increased. In 1909
they were attended by 2,879 persons,
and in 1910 by 1905 from all over
Germany, 3,64O having come from the
Rhenish Province and Westphalia
alone. In a parallel direction were
developed the "Rekrutenmission," or
missions given in public churches for
young soldiers about to leave their
homes to enter on military life. These
towns such as Cologne, Aix-la-Chap-
ellie, Essen, etc. The Rev. Father Kas-
sipe, o. M. T., Provincial of the Oblates
in Germany, has preached several mis-
sions of the kind, which were attended
by as many as 500 persons. In 1903
the total number of young men at.
tending the "Rekrutenmissions' was
only few hundred all over Germany,
but in 1910 it was something like H.
900.
AustraIasian Plenary Councils
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N. S. w., presided at the first Plenary
Council of the Catholic Church in
Australasia at Sydney in 1885, at the
second Plenary Council in 1895, and at
the third Plenary Council in 1905.
Cardinal Moran's Building Opera
tions.-The following is a partial list
of the works carried out during the
late Cardinal Moran's Episcopate in
Sydney, N. S. W.: ST. Patrick's &c
clesiastical College, Manly, at cost
of about 100000; st. Mary's Cattle
dral, 100000; the Palace, Manly
i e12,O00; st. Ignatius' College, $40,
900; ST. Joseph's College, Hunters
Hill, 100000; Holy Cross College
Ryde, 100000; Sacred Heart Convent
Rose Bay, 100000; st. vincent's La
dies College, 100000; st. Benedict's
Hall and Schools. $4,000; enlarge
ment and improvement of st. Vim
cents Hospital, $4,000; Hospice fol-
the Dying, $500; Hospital for Wo
men and Children, LeWisham, Ell,
900; st. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn
i $1,000; st. Anne's Orphanage, Liver
pool, $4,000; Home for Aged Poor
Randwick, e12,0OO; Magdalen Home
G15,000. In the four years of the
/ Cardinals Episcopate- 1884-88-the
expenditure on buildings under his
direction amounted to G428,000
What the sum is up to date it would
be difficult even to form an estimate
These are only few of the many
churches, converts, schools, and char
i table institutions built during the
past twenty-seven years.
4 coadiutor Bishop for Brisbane, Aus
tralia.-The senior clergy Of the Arch
diocese of Brisbane, Australia, were
summoned to the archiepiscopal resi-
dence in August, for the purpose oil
voting for the appointment of Coad
jutor-Bishop to assist Archbishop
i Dunno in the administration of his