The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-30
EUROPEAN NEWS.

Sisters of the Divine Saviour An
proved.-The Holy See has given his
first formal approval to the new con-
gregation of the Sisters Of the Divine
Saviour, known as Salvatorians. The
congregation was founded in 1883 by
Rev. P. Jordan. 1t has a Mother Cen
eral, with motherhouse in Rome, and
already has spread over Europe Asia
and America.
Pilgrims to Lough Derg.-Not since
the years of the Irish famine of 1886
AZ has there been such number Of
pilgrims to visit Tough Derg. For
many years past there has been a
steady increase of persons visiting
this Holy Island of retreat, but this
year the number has exceeded that of
any previous year. Previous to the
day of closing there were no fewer
than one thousand persons on the
island
American College, Rome. The
twenty-seventh annual report of the
American College Alumni of Rome
show phenomenal progress in the
interests of that great college. Insti-
tuted in 1869 by Pope Plus TX, it has
increased gradually until today it
stands at the head of all colleges in
Rome in numbers, and is equal to any
in efficiency. It's alumni number over
$40, of whom four are Archbishops,
eighteen Bishops and twenty-five
Monsignori There are among them
1926 doctors of divinity and of canon
law.
For capuchin colIege.-The Sa-
cred Congregation of the Propaganda
has acquired the Convent Frascati for
the international College of the Cap
uchin Order.
Duke of NorfoIk's Gift.-The Duke
of Norfolk has given the Carmelite
Sisters, near Sheffield, England,
$4,000 for the establishment of their
convent.
Beuron's Gregorian Chant Course
The Gregorian Chant course of Stud
les in the Abbey of Beuron, Hohen-
zollern, was attended last year by 80
students from various countries, one
was from the United States. In a
Papal Brief, the Holy Father highly
commended the school.
Catholic Church in Sydney
America" gives summary of the
progress of the Catholic Church in
Sydney, Australia, during the episco-
pate of the late Cardinal. Priests
have increased from 100 to 403; teach
ing brothers from Is to 235; sisters
from 102 to 1870: school children
from 1900 to $4,000; Catholic
schools from 81 to $50; chapels and
churches from 100 to 600; charitable
institutions from 5 to 40
S.ill
Cathedral of Dijon.-The Cathedral
of Dion, France, was consecrated by
Pope Paschal II. in 1906 1t was COM
pleted in 1888 and is Gothic
Lord Camoys, who is engaged to Miss
Mildred Sherman, of New York, is
the head of one of the few Roman
Catholic English families of distinc-
ton who have never conformed to
the Established Church. The surname
of the family is Stonor, a name taken
from the family estate in Oxferdshire,
| lob, ~
ally from before the Norman conquest.
The chapel at Stonor, which dates
from the end of the fourteenth cen
fury, is one of the very few pre-Re-
formation buildings in England in
which Mass has been said without a
break up to the present time.
Ancient Statue Discovered.-A
very notable discovery has been made
at the ancient Monastery of Sinai, of
q statue of ST. Catherine of Alexandria,
in perfect preservation, which is sup
posed to be the work of a Spanish
sculptor, and is dated 1887.
Decoration for Priest-lnventor.--
The French Government has not only
adopted fire extinguishing appara-
tus invented by poor parish priest
living in Toctoucau, a small village
near Bordeaux, but it has decorated
the inventor, the Able Daney, with
the Cross of the Legion Of Honor. The
forest fires which yearly devastate the
1 vicinity of Toctoucau caused the
Able, who is an amateur chemist, to
study the methods of extinguishing
j fires, until this summer he devised
an apparatus which, by means of
hydraulic pressure, forces fine spray
of certain liquid salt, which turns
into gas at $50 degrees Fahrenheit,
to a great distance.
Mission in China.-The Jesuit mis-
sion at Shanghai, China, comprises