The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-08-26
st. Gregory the Great by Pope Leo
XIII, and is also knight of Malta
and Comte de Tyrone.

XIII, and is also Knight Of Malta
and Comte de Tyrone.
Honoring Distinguished Scholars
The Dublin Corporation, in deciding
to confer the freedom of the city upon
Professor Kuno Meyer and Canon
OLeary, PIP, has performed grace
full act 1t is one that will meet with
the hearty appreciation OF all who
sympathize with the Irish language
movement, to which, both gentlemen
have rendered invaluable service The
Rt. Rev. DR.. Browne, Bishop of
Cloyne, in the course of letter con-
graduating Canon O'Leary on the high
honor which has been paid him by
the capital of his country, says he is
bracketed, and very properly so, with
the first scholar in Europe in the de-
partment of Gaelic studies. He is
Vice President of the Gaelic League
New Church of st. Thomas of Can
terbury.-Close by the ancient chan
try of Windleshaw, England, whose
tower dates from the early fifteenth
century, new st. Thomas of Canter-
bury Church of Gothic architecture
was blessed by Archbishop Bourne on
the 23d of July.
The Pope's Message to the Alban-
ians.-Through Mgr. Shlaku, Bishop of
Pulati, Albania, who is now in Rome
Pope Plus X sends the following mes
sage concerning the attitude of the
Holy See toward the Albanians q
am deeply grieved over the suffer
ings, physical and mental, of Catho-
lies in Albania. 1t is an especial
cause for sorrow that the wives and
little children of the insurgents are
made to feel the weight of the OPP
pressor's hand. May God in His in
finite wisdom, bring them out of the
shadow which has fallen upon them.
| earnestly pray for an early cessa-
ton of the strife and tribulations now
being endured by these loyal sons and
daughters of the Church in Albania
to whom, through you, | convey. the
Pontifical benediction"
Sociological Course at Munchen-
Gtadbach.-The special course in So
Geological work to be given in Mum
chen Gladbach for Americans, clerical
and lay, took place Immediately after
the closing of the Catholic Congress
in Mainz (Mayence), August 6-1O. The
lecturers and instructors who directed
the work were selected from the
| trained specialists of the German
Volksverein staff Several American
priests followed the course and a con-
siderable number of American SEM
inarians, studying in Europe, attended
the lectures. Purses have been gener-
ously offered by individual societies
in the United States, as we'll as by
the State Federation of German al
lied organizations in New York, Mis-
souri,, Minnesota and Illinois, and the
local declarations of Brooklyn and New
York city, to meet the expenses OF
those volunteering to pursue the
course.
Catholic Congress at Mayence.-
There was larger attendance at the
Congress at Mayence this year than
at any previous Congress and an in
teresting feature was the presence
at it of number of German-American
clergymen and laymen. This shows
the interest that has been aroused
among Catholics in America by the
organized work of the Catholics OF
Germany the social reforms they
have brought about and the splendid
position in which their united efforts
have placed the Catholic Church in
the Fatherland.
Monument to Papal Zouaves.-A
splendid memorial to the memory OF
the Papal Zouaves of Holland who fell
in the battle of Mentano, 1867, in de-
tense of the Holy See, is to be I'M
yelled in North Brabant, Holland, next
September.
Irish Augustinians Hold Chapter
A Chapter of the Irish Province OF
the Augustinian Order was held or
August loLu III IHS OOnfCAI VI ~
John the Baptist, Thomas Street, Dub
lin. The Most Rev. Father Rodriguez
Prior General of the Order, presided
and the Very Rev. Maurice M'Grath
D. D., late Rector of st. Patrick
Rome, was elected Provincial.
catholicity In HolIand.-Holland il
among the most wealthy and prosper
!. GUS countries of the world. It's popu
lation is about 100000; it's Catholi
: population is considerably owe
100000, embraced in five Dioceses
+ The Catholics have at least 105 Cath
Ole journals and periodicals.
) Church Treasures of Sixteenth Ger
: fury Discovered.-An ancient and va