The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-09

the members make visitation of the
news agents of the town and obtain a
promise to refuse a supply of objec-
tionable English Sunday papers and
low pamphlets and publications. The
news agent who gives this promise is
given a kind of imprimatur by the
committee and his name is placed
upon the list of those with whom
Catholics are requested to deal. The
newsboys of the city have armlets
which denote that they are approved
vendors whose wares may be patron
lied. The result has been a marked
decrease in the traffic which was pois-
oning the minds of the young people
and this falling off in Irish custom
may have more to do than at first ap-
pears with the virulent attacks which
the English press is making on ireland
at the present time.
Centenary Of Montalembert.
On February IL the elite of Cath
Ollie Belgium celebrated the centenary
of Montalembert at Brussels. The
ceremony which took place in the
grand hall "Patria" brought together
an immense concourse of priests, pro-
fessors, artists, magistrates, advocates,
literateurs and politicians, who formed
the majority of the assembly, but
amongst whom were included some
students and other young men. His
Eminence Cardinal MERCER presided,
assisted by His Excellency the Papal
| Nuncio, Monsignor Tacci Porcelli.
Amongst others present were MN.
Burnaert and Woest, Ministers of
State, the Rector of the University of
Louvain, the Rector of the Conserva-
toire of Music, the Lord Abbot of the
Benedictine Abbey of Maredsons and
several other members of the Gov
eminent. M. Leon de Lantsheere,
| Deputy and late Minister of Justice,
spoke of Montalembert and the New
Age. M. Henri Cochin, who received
an ovation discussed the great men
in connection with art, while the Rev.
Father Rutten, of the Brothers Preach
ers, discoursed on the Renaissance of
the Religious Orders. Finally the
Cardinal disclosed how the committee
had decided to commemorate the GEN.
tenary, viz, by giving the title of
Montalembert to professional school
to be erected at Louvain within the
walls of the old Abbey of st. Gertrude.
Belgian Missionaries in the Congo.
The statistics given recently in the
Belgian Chamber by M. Rankin in
his impassioned defence of the Congo
missionaries are of deep interest.
There are at this moment in the Bel
gian Colony 491 missionaries and re-
| ligious and 5000 native catechists,
while in the schools of the missions
nearly 10000 native children are
taught The missionaries have estab-
lished numerous scientific and agricul-
tural stations and workshops, in addi-
4 ton to three hospitals, three lazarets
and twenty-three dispensaries which
have given succour to 1858 persons
in the last year. The State subsidies
the missions, but they dispense In
their work of civilization five times
the amount which the State places at
their disposal. Were the State to re-
place the missionaries by agents it
would cost them something like five
million sterling per. annum. What a
testimony to the many-sidedness and
philanthropy of the Church, who like
her divine Master, goes about going
good.
Death of Distinguished French Gen.
! eraI.
In striking contrast to the passing
of the ex-priest, Charles Loyson, and
his obsequies in Protestant Church
before an urn holding his cremated re.
mains, was the death and funeral of a
brave French soldier, General Ian.
glois, Academician and Member of the
Superior Council of War, which took
place last week. The General, who
was a tactfcian of the first order and
had received the Cross of the Legion
of Honor, never concealed his true
Catholic sentiments during his long
life in the army. He died at the Val
de Grace Military Hospital and re.
ceived the last Sacraments with chris.
tian fortitude and courage from the
hands of the chaplain. He lay in
state in the celebrated Hall of Anne of
Austria in this establishment, but
though the Government were very anx.
ious for purely civil funeral the
relatives insisted on his last wishes
being carried out and an immense con-
course of people assembled at the Re.
QUEEN Mass in the chapel Of the Mill
tary Hospital. The coffin was then
brought forth into the courtyard OF
the hospital and lying upon low
platform draped with flags and sur
rounded by guards, while numerous
wreaths were disposed upon the car.
Then several orators stood up and de-
claimed on the virtues, military and
personal, of the dead general, and SO
at length with tributes from all hands
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