The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-13


Limerick were held at st. Johns
Cathedral recently, in the presence Of
the Most Rev. DIR. O'Dwyer. 1t was
historic event, not only for the Do
cese of Limerick, but for the Cath
Ole Church in Ireland generally. The
last Chapter that met in Limerick was
presided over in st. Marys (the then
Catholic CathedraD by the Papal
Nuncio to ireland, Cardinal Rinnucini.
Protest Against Sale of Famous
Paintinq.-The Theological Seminary
at Montforte, Spain, sold to Emperor
William for the Berlin Museum Van
der Goes painting for $25O,OOO. The
cultured classes of Spain raised
protest against it's sale and alienation
and the matter is now pending the
decision of the Council of State.
German Congress in Honor of
Windthorst.-The fifty-ninth Congress
of German Catholics will be held at
AK on August 1915. The event will
serve this year to commemorate the
centenary of the birth of Windthorst,
the father of the Center party.
Church of San Ciemente, Rome
An important undertaking was begun
in Rome recently, aiming at the drain
ing of the substructure of the Church
of San Clemente, the great ancient
basilica, the subterranean mithreum
of which was discovered through the
researches of Father Mullooly, Prior
of the Irish Dominicans, to the care of
which Order it is still entrusted.
Patron Saint of Shorthand Writers.
Over eleven hundred Catholic ste
nographers of various countries have
petitioned the Holy See through Mgr
Mugica to have st. Gynesius of Aries
proclaimed patron saint of shorthand
writer's.
New Churches in Paris.-Since the
abolition of the Concordat and Sepa-
ration of Church and State in France,
the Church there has made great
progress. In Paris alone nine new
parishes have been established and
fifteen in the suburbs of the city.
Conservation of Bishop Higgins
The conservation of Most Rev. Michael
Higgins, P. P, Castelar,, upon whom
the Auxiliary Bishopric of the Arch
diocese of Tuam has been conferred
by the Holy Father, took place re-
Gently. The consecrating prelate was
Most Rev. DIR. Healy, Archbishop OF
Tuam, with the Bishops of Galway
and Clonfert for assisting prelates.
Most Rev. DR.. Gilmartin preached.
Monument to a Martyr Priest.-The
Nationalist of Mayo assembled re-
Gently at the ruined Abbey of Bur-
.rishoole, about mile and half from
the little town of Newport, to attend
the unwilling of a monument which
has been erected over the grave of
the patriot-priest of Newport, the Rev.
Father Manus Sweeney, who was
hanged on the public streets of that
town on the 9Th of June, 1899, for
the part he played in the events OF
1898. After Mass Canon Mcdonald
performed the unwilling ceremony,
and then introduced Rev. Ambrose
Coleman, o. P, who delivered an able
address on the patriot-priest's career.
In the evening Father Martin O'Don-
mel. Professor of Irish in st. Jarlath's
College, Tuam, delivered lecture on
the life of Father Manus Sweeney at
the Market Square, the spot where
the patriot-priest was executed hun
dred and thirteen years ago.
Nurses Patron Saint.-A prominent
physician who recently addressed an
assembly of nurses, paid a we'll de-
served tribute to St. Hildegarde. Many
of those present were surprised to
learn that the Abbess Hildegarde, who
founded school for nurses at Bingen-
on-the-Rhine in the twelfth century,
made a special study of the art or
healing, and instructed her nuns in
the use of medicinal plants, the COM
pounding and dispensing of medicine.
The Abbess left behind her volum-
inous work of her own writing, in
which she described the principles &C
cepted in the Middle Ages concerning
the properties of minerals and plants
in their relation to disease.
Bishop BIesses Emperor.-At Corfu
Emperor William and his daughter
stood on the balcony of their villa, and
witnessed the passing of Catholic
procession. The Emperor took off his
helmet and when the officiating Bishop
passed before him, the Bishop raised
his hand and blessed Emperor and
! dnnnhtnr who received ii with bowed