The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-04

Benedictines, intends to visit America
next summer on lecture tour. A. few
years ago he gave series OF lectures
in ST. Paul which were interesting and
scholarly.
Growth of Benedictines.-The new
catalogue of the Benedictine order,
which is published every five years,
shows the growth of the order, which
was founded by st. Benedict in the
year 529. The present statistics show
the order has IA congregations with a
membership of 6,457. an increase of
1852 members within the last 80 years.
Royal Family cathoIic.-The king
dom of Saxony has a population Of
4,508,601. About 100000 of this pop
ulation is Lutheran, yet it's king and
his family are Catholics, and good
Catholics at that. King Ferdinand
himself is devout and practical Cath
Ollie.
Tapestry Of the Time of Cardinal
WoIsey.-Sir Edward Tenant is the
new owner of the magnificent piece of
Arras tapestry which was one of set
of four put in by Cardinal Wolsey at
Hampton Court, London.
Benedictine Sisters Assist Biblical
Commission.-Several Benedictine Sis
tiers are assisting the Abbot Gasquet,
head of the Biblical Commission, in
the work of comparison and revision
of the Vulgate. Their researches ex-
tend over the libraries of Europe, and
many heretofore unknown and exceed
ingly valuable manuscripts have been
discovered.
Welsh Minister. converted.-It has
been announced that the Rev. David
Rhys-Morgan, prominent Welsh par
son, was recently received into the
Church at the Franciscan College, Ok
ford, England.
Egyptian Discovery.-Another dis
covery, this time in Egypt, that tends
to vindicate the authority of the Old
Testament, is that of a bronze stat
uette of the time when Joseph was
sold into Egypt. 1t represents Hit
tite goddess standing on the back of
a lion. Thus the existence of Hittites
in Southern Palestine as recorded in
Holy Writ gets an unexpected con-
firmation.
cistercian Convent Destroyed.-The
many-century-old Cistercian convent of
the Holy Cross, at st. Demands Well
in Bavaria, with all it's precious collec-
tions-works of art of the Middle Ages,
printings, sculptures and textiles-was
totally destroyed by fire last month.
Oldest Schools in EngIand.-A con-
troversy has arisen in England as to
which school has the right to claim
the greatest age There are two schools
which were founded in the early part
of the seventh century, the Kings
School, Rochester, and the Kings
School, Canterbury. Justus, on his gap,
pointment to the See of Rochester in
604, made provisions for school in
connection with the Cathedral Angus
tine established the Canterbury school
about the same time. st. Peters al
York dates back to the eleventh cen
fury.
Relics of St. Charles Borromeo.-In
the Church of San Carlo al Corso in
Rome the heart of st. Charles Bor
romeo is preserved in a splendid re
iquary, alongside of which are the
Saints garments stained with his
blood during his self-discipline, and his
crucifix.
Mde. Marie Curie Defeated.-Mde
Marie Curie, who, with her husband
the late Prof Pierre Curie, discovered
radium, was defeated today in her can
didacy for membership in the Academy
of Sciences, receiving only % votes
against 80 for Edouard Brandy.
College of CardinaIs.-There are
twenty vacancies in the Sacred College
VI Od1u1udIS, WulCu DIT DlG0GuI COACdlui
fifty Cardinals, namely, twenty-nins
| Italians, six representative of the Aus
TRAN Empire, four Spaniards, three
Frenchmen, two Germans, two British
subjects Cardinals Moran, of Sydney
and Logue, of Armagh), one Portu
guese, one Belgium, one representative
of the United States, and one of Brazil
Heirlooms of the Church.-Some ez
quisite examples of Illuminated manu-
scripts and printed books, ecclesias
teal embroidery and carving from tn
museum at Oscott College were show
lately at the Birmingham and Midlan'
Institute, England The illuminate
manuscripts belong to the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries, and tn
embroidery belongs to the same period
including some beautiful English an
Flemish sixteenth century chasubles
one of them, known as the Cloth Q
| Gold chasuble being a particular