The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
EUROPEAN NEWS.


Catholic Priest Examiner.-For the
first time since the Reformation in
Denmark, a Catholic priest has taken
part in an examination at the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen. He is the Father
Frederick Esser of the Society of
Jesus. The occasion was the public
test for the doctorate of philosophy.
The candidate was woman, whose
thesis dealt with Devotion to Saints in
Denmark during the Middle Ages.
New Knights of the Golden Spur
The Pope has created twenty-four new
Knights of the Golden Spur Among
these are the Duke De Orleans, the
French pretender; Marshall Hermes
Fonseca, President of Brazil; Senior
Franco, formerly Premier of Portugal;
four Austrian archdukes and six Ital-
ian princes.
Premier BRAND Confers Gold Medal
on Sister of Providence.-An interest
ing ceremony took place in the COM
mune of Brissac, in France, when the
golden jubilee of Sister San Damian,
religious of the Order of Providence,
who for forty years devoted her life
to the care of the sick, was observed.
The curious part of the event was the
fact that the ceremony was organized
by the Radical municipality of the
place, and the Radical Mayor made an
address in praise of the Sister as he
presented her with gold medal con-
fered upon her by Premier BRAND
Five priests of St. Joseph's Society
for Foreign Missions, Mill Hill, Lon
don, have been called to their reward
during the past six months. Two of
them were laboring in Uganda and
three in the Congo. The last to die,
Father Meyers, fell victim to the
sleeping sickness
British Minister to Bavaria, a Con.
vert.-The British Minister to the
Court of Bavaria, Sir Vincent Cor
bett, K. G. V. O., is a convert, and a
graduate of the University of Cam
bridge.
French Bishops Confer About De
cree.-Thirty-two French Bishops have
held a meeting at the Archbishop
House, Paris, under the presidency oil
Cardinal Lucon, and drawn up regula
lions with regard to the decree on first
communion, which will be submitted
by His Eminence to the Holy See fol
approval.
Gift to Education.-A gift of $50, 00t
has been made to the Cork University
College, by a Miss Honan of that city
i. Already William O'Brien and his wife
10 oriu 41ai,
|, tire fortune of quarter million dol
lars to the same institution. The
transfer, however, is not to be made
stitution is incorporated as part of tn.
new National University at Dublin.
Blessing the Fishing Boats.-At tn,
fishing village of Fillmore, in tn,
,, southern end of County Wexford, tn,
, ceremony of blessing the boats befor
commencing the mackerel fishing oc
Cured recently. At early dawn al
the fishermen and their families as
sembled at Mass, and proceeding iron
the chapel which is quite close t.
the sea, accompanied by the Capuchil
: Fathers, who had just concluded
, !, mission for the parish, marched il
procession to the little harbor, wher
the boats and their nets had bee,
drawn up, and the ceremony of bless
. ing the fishermen's craft and net
: was carried out with the great revel
ence and devotion.
Pope confers Knight Commands
: ship.-Pope Plus x has conferred tn
r decoration of Knight Commando
e of the Order of st. Gregory the Grea
! on James F. McMullen of Cork Cit.
q the architect. Mr.. McMullen is til
g youngest son of the late Barry M,
{ Mullen, an eminent Irish builder.
s brother-in-law was the late DAME
r J. Calvin, who filed the office {
L Mayor of Cork in 1882-S3-84.
Cardinal Netto a JeW.-It is no
perhaps, generally known that Ca
f dinal Netto, the Pope's Nuncio at til
h Portuguese court, recently expelled b
C the new government, was born I
e parents of the Jewish Faith. /, HI
d father immigrated to America, an
v when the Civil War broke out, enlis
o ed in the Union Army, and rose |
7. the rank of colonel. He was killed
s. battle, and, his wife being alread
d dead, his orphaned children in som
W way or another came into the care I
5 the Franciscan nuns. One of th
Is boys embraced the Catholic Faith, an
r, became Franciscan friar He we
=, sent to Europe, and by degrees, a
W though he had neither powerful FRIEND
q nor influence, rose to the rank of Ca
eel dinal. Still, that is nothing to wonde
at in the Catholic Church, whose pre-