The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-14
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, OCTOBER IA, 1911.

the new refuge for the poor of Val
dArno, Florence, one of the Little
Sisters was decorated with gold
medal by the state for her public
service of more than fifty years.
Work of French Charitable Society.
Since it's establishment in 1873, the
French Society of Notre Dame de
Salut sent to- the Grotto of Lourdes
gratuitously. upwards of 32,70o sick
people.
Vicariate Apostolic Of Morocco
The Spanish Friars Minor of the
Leonine Union have charge of the
| Vicariate Apostolic in Morocco, the
| Vicar-Apostolic being Mgr. Francis
Mary Cervera, Titular Bishop of Fes-
seitan. The Catholics in the vicariate
number 1880 out of 100000 inhabi-
tants and are most numerous in the
towns The Prefecture was founded
in 1881; its first Prefect-Apostolic was
the Blessed da Prado, OF.M., who was
martyred in that year There are
twentyfour missionaries, sixteen
schools, 1000 school children, and one
hospital at Tangier. The first Catho-
lie mission there dates from the year
1884.
Population of Italy.-The first re-
suits of the Italian census have been
published, giving the statistics for
thirty provinces, and showing that in
them the population has increased
from 10,580,216 in 1901, to 11,22S,57S
in 1911, that is, net increase of 81
per cent. Naples continues to be the
largest city in Italy with a population,
in round numbers, of 100000; Milan
comes next with 100000; the figure
for Rome is not yet known but it is
expected to be about $4,000. In three
of the thirty provinces above men,
toned there has been a diminution
of population, 3.5 per cent in Potenza,
la per cent in Beneventum, and O.9
per cent in Macerata. This result is
due to emigration.
St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, N. S.
W.-St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney,
Australia, is still in an unfinished
state, but there is now G75,00O Cor
about $4,000 of our money! on hand
to complete the sacred edifice accord
ing to the original plans with the
exception of the two towers for which
an additional sum of 100000 will be
required. The cathedral is in the
Gothic style of the fourteenth and
early fifteenth century and when one
considers that the lofty edifice has
five aisles and double clearstory
with the Gothic transepts and apsis,
all in proper proportion, the cost of
the building will pass far over the
million dollar mark
Vicariate of the Fiji IsIands.-The
! Fiji Vicariate was established in 1887;
| it comprises the Fiji archipelago of
about 100 inhabited islands extending
200 miles from north to south and
! 800 miles from east to west There
are 80 Marist priests attending to
the spiritual wants of about 10000
| Catholics, nearly all natives; there
are besides 9 Europeans and IA native
brothers of the Society of Mary and
So nuns of whom Is are natives. The
3l5 catechists in this vicariate impart
elementary and religious instruction
to the natives in the communities
where no priest resides and in par
ishes act as lectors, or readers, and
prepare children for the catechism
classes given by the priests
The Church in Central Oceania.-
The Vicariate Apostolic of Contra
: Oceanica established in 1912, com
prises the Friendly Archipelago, the
Nina group, Wallis and Fortuna
Islands. It's population is about 80, 900
of which $3.50 are Catholics. The
Marists, who are in charge of souls il
all the islands, have 10 regular priests
OF whom four are natives; two lay
brothers., and 81 nuns of the ThirC
Order of Mary, with SO catechists tt
assist the few priests in teaching the
elementary schools and in impartins
the necessary religious instruction tt
the natives. The Rt. Rev. Vicar
Apostolic resides at Nukualofa, Tonga
a port of call for the steamers plyins
between San Francisco and yelling
ton or Auckland by way of Honolulu
Memorial Service for Cardina
Moran.-The Bishops of Ireland viii
hold memorial service for Carolina
Moran in the Cathedral, Tuam, on the
second day of the Conference of tn,
Catholic Truth Society in October.
i Summer School at Louvain.-A Con
ference of educators and Regular
clergy was held at the University o
Louvain, Belgium, at which it was de
eide to open at the Louvain Univer
sity next year, vacation courses TO
the missionaries of all countries, to b,
conducted by professors from all tn,