The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01

.LETIN, APRIL /, 1911
!, lportant questions arising out of the
! change of rule in these islands. For
4 the last year he has also acted as
Il Apostolic Delegate to Venezuela.
French Catholics Sympathize With
the Pope.-The Hierarchy Of France
has directed special prayers to be said
. in all churches in reparation for the
outrages of which the Holy Father is
, the victim in this year, the anniver-
} sary of the proclamation Of Rome as
the capital of United Italy The
lclergy and laity will unite in novenas
and Communions for the Holy Father,
I. Iof Peters Pence.
Project Apostolic OF the Transvaal
Former American Missionary
| Word has been received from Belgium
/ that Rev. D. I. Lanslots, o. s. B., has
been appointed the first Project Apos-
tolic of new mission that has been
given to the Benedictine Fathers, en-
bracing the northern portion of the
Transvaal-a mission that comprises
, sixty or seventy thousand square
miles, with population of about half
: a million. The Catholic population is
very small, the rest is made up OIL
something like fifty thousand whites
and four hundred and fifty thousand
Kafirs. 1t has only one church and
priests residence. Father Lanslots
The second largest mission and so
, teen years.
Work of Holy Childhood Association.
The second largest mission and So
ciety in the Catholic world is the Holy
Childhood Association, which gathered
last year from penny-a-month contrib
, utions, trifie more than 100000,
, The number of missions helped
through this Society were 243; orphan
, ages, 1858; schools, $3.50; workshops
and work rooms, 6,063; children bap-
tized, 42O,963; children being educated,
4O5, 06S; $1,000 of the Associations
gifts went to the Catholic Indian
schools of the United States, and 5000
to the Diocese of Galveston The
, Canadian missions received $5,40O.
Reorganization of Pious Union Of
i ST. Paul in Rome.-The Pious Union
, of st. Paul has been reorganized in
Rome. This Union was organized first
about century ago with the object
, of promoting piety and learning among
the clergy. Its object under the re-
: organization is to be fourfold-the
, spiritual formation of it's members;
their intellectual advancement; their
: economic well-being; and their defense
, against the attacks that form one Of
the most unpleasant features of the
! campaign that has been waged against
: the priesthood in Rome for years.
Chinese Priests Ordained-In China,
Bishop Macquet ordained six young
Chinese to the priesthood
j, Request to Restore church.-By
i, her will, Miss Gulson of Hawkesyard
Cottage, Rugeley, left $4,000 for the
I restoration of ST. Chad's Church,
/, Birmingham, England, and $4,000 to
, the Dominican Prioress, at Stone.
, Growth of German cathoIicity.-
! Since the days of the Kulturkampf,
the Church in the German Empire has
had remarkable growth in all re-
| spects. Religious Institutes have
grown from say 1000 to $500; their
, inmates from 10000 to $4,000. In the
same proportion Catholicity in general
, st. Peters Chair Venerable Relic.
| st. Peters chair, the chair which
, the Roman Senator Prudens gave him
, after his conversion, is one of the
, venerated objects in st. Peters, Rome.
It is enclosed in huge chair of bronze
upheld by the outstretched statue
, hands of the Four Doctors of the
Church, and high above the floor at
the extreme end of the BasiIica It
lis rarely exposed. 1t is of yellow oak,
in part worm-eaten. On the Jubilee of
Plus TX, 1871, it was exposed for the
last time. It is known as St. Peters
Chair at Antioch.
Gaelic League Sends Lace Makers
The Gallo League of Ireland has sent
four Irish girls to America to demon
: strate the qualities of Irish lace, and
, to explain its manufacture. The party
is in charge Of the Rev. Michael
O'Flanagan and Fuonan McCulom.
Mission Sodality of Catholic Women
of Germany-During the past decade
of years the Catholic women of Ger
, many have organized, among other so
} cieties, Sodality of Catholic Women,