The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-28

the founder of the second branch OF
the line, and was father of Cosmo
Medici, known as the father Of his
country, The Medici family, it Is
known, had d humble origin, and it is
interesting TO note, says the Irish
Catholic, that the last Of the race
ends his career in an equally obscure
!. manner.
I, Seminary At Assisi.--Under the
4 Patronage and direction of Plus X, a
great inter-diocesan seminary is being
erected at Assist, the city of st.
Francis.
Church Flourishing In New Vicar
|iates.-The following Vicariates Apos-
tolic, under the spiritual care Of the
Marist Fathers, are nearly alike in all
matters appertaining to our holy re-
ligion: The Vicariate Apostolic of the
Navigator's Islands comprises the
Samoan archipelago and the Tokelan
Group. The Rt. Rev. Vicar resides at
Apia. The Vicariate Apostolic of the
New Hebrides was only erected in
1901, but there are $500 neophytes
and catechumens already and a Cath
olic school in every station where a
priest resides.
Flourishing Schools In Philippines.
I'm the Philippines, the Sisters of
st. Paul de Chartres have 80 girls in
their academy at Vigan, and the Bel
gian Sisters have 500 in theirs at
Tagudin.
Reorganization of the Church In
EngIand.-A press dispatch from
Rome says that an important reor-
ganization of the Catholic Church in
England has been decided upon, and a
Papal Bull will shortly be issued divid-
ling England into three ecclesiastical
provinces, with archiepiscopal Sees at
Liverpool, Birmingham and West
minister. Two new Dioceses will also
be formed, one out of portion of
Liverpool and the other out of the
actual Diocese of Northampton, with
it's See in Cambridge. Thus the great
See of Westminster will be consider.
ably reduced in dignity, as, instead OF
having fourteen suffragan Sees, as
. now, it will have only four
Italian Government and the Papacy
The Italian government has refused
an application for permission to erect
on the wall facing the Vatican a
marble tablet commemorative the
plebiscite of the Romans of that dis.
trict demanding the fall of the tenn
poral power. The refusal was based
on the ground, that such tablet
would be offensive to the Papacy.
Scottish Catholic Congress Proposed
AT meeting of the Central Council
of the Catholic Truth Society of Scot
: land, which was held in the Station
} Hotel, Perth, recently, the Question OF
holding National Catholic Congress
in Scotland came up for discussion
The secretary reported that the sane
, ton of the Scottish Hierarchy had
been obtained. After various mem
: bers had expressed their views on the
! point it was decided to have con
: ference with the other Catholic socie
ties before coming to any definite de
/ cision.
chaplains in Italo-Turkish War
Two Salesian Fathers joined the TIA
liam expedition to Tripoli as chaplains
| lot hn re Aha
ment.
!, lreIand's Catholic Truth Society,"
The ninth Annual Conference of the
Catholic Truth Society of Ireland was
held in the Mansion House, Dublin, re
!, Gently. Cardinal Logue presided q
,, the opening meeting. Canon Barry
D. D., bennington, delivered the in
augural address The Rev. Andrew
Murphy, P. F., read a paper on "Somt
: Errors of Democracy" Sir Henry Bel
bingham one on Social Responsible
ties of Catholics" and Rev. P. Dow
ling, Sydney, one entitled "The IrisE
: at Home and Abroad: A Contrast"
: Pontfical bIical,Institute.- con
nection with the Pontifical Biblical In
stitute founded in Rome about two
: years ago, the Holy Father sha:
! despatched to Jerusalem the Yer,
> Rev. Father, Fonck, S. J., first rector
' of that establishment, with orders t.
3 open there branch house for the SAX,
i of those students who. have passed
> through the Roman institution. Ac
i cording to the practical mind of tn,
d Holy Father the best conclusion to !;
i course of studies in the hall of tn,
e Biblical Institute is a period passed il
the Holy Land, where the student ma,
see for himself the scenes so graph