The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-06-08

decided by this tribunal in favour of
the ancient religious Order. The SEN
tence, which was given on the first OF
May, decided that the house and gar
den in question belong exclusively to
the Franciscans. This case has been
before the Rota for nearly two years.
Coming of Superior GeneraI.-The
Very Rev. Nicholas Blum, Superior
General of the Society of the Divine
Word, whose Motherhouse is in Steyl,
Holland, is on his way to this country
to visit the house of the Society at
Techney, Ill. Father Blum was elected
to his Office three years ago, succeed
ing the late Father Arnold Jansen,
who founded the Society of the Divine
Word in 1875.
IreIand's Annual Musical Festival
The Feis Cecil took place in Dub
lin this month. This festival is now
looked forward to annually with great
interest. It's object is to encourage
and develop Irish music. That it has
succeeded to very considerable ex-
tent in it's object is acknowledged,
and it is hoped that in the near future
it will be still more successful The
best evidence that it is appreciated is
the number of competitors from all
parts of Ireland who take part in the
tests every year. Amongst the most
prominent artistes in various parts of
the country are to be found gold med
alists of the Feis Cecil, and that dis
tinction has been in not a few in
stances the means of introducing
young and talented artistes to the mu-
steal profession, who but for the op-
portunity given them in that way
might never have been heard of out
side their own particular towns.
Gothic Church in African WiIds.-
Kayambi is mission in the wilds of
Africa, and is the proud possessor of
a Gothic church, where nearly eight
hundred Christians are packed every
Sunday. Fifteen years ago, the holy
name of Jesus was unknown through
out the whole of this part of Nyassa-
land, today there are over twenty
thousand voices sending fervent pray
ers to Heaven in the one hundred and
twenty villages visited by the mis-
sionaries.
Statue to Observation-Disclosures, in
Touraine, France, is to erect a statue
in honor of the great Cardinal, it's
founder. 1t is like some old Greek
colony. The streets are cut at right
angles. The towers, the church, the
private houses are all wonderful ex-
amples of the purest Louis XIII style.
They were all built at the same time
in accordance with the Cardinals plan,
to form a city near by the little cha
teau which is supposed to have been
the scene of his birth in 1886.
Belgian Journalists at the Vatican.
| In accordance with a time-honored
custom among the Catholic journalists
Of Belgium, this month has seen the
annual delegation of the Belgian
knights of the pen visiting Rome to
greet the head of the Church and
tender him the proceeds of the col
lections made by the papers they rep
resent. The delegation, which was re-
ceived in the private library of his
Holiness, consisted of Pere Schjngent,
of the Gazette de Liege;" Madame
Hujghe, of the "Nieurosvan den Dag"
Mademoiselle de Sornville, of the
"Depeche;" M. De Moor, of the "Bien
Publique," and M. Maillie, of the
"Courriere de Beige" His Holiness
blessed the great work done by the
Catholic journalists of Belgium by
means of their newspapers, and pre-
scented to each member of the dele
cation large gold medal in beauti-
full case.
Protest Against Portuguese confis-
cation.-In consequence of the law
separating Church and State, by which
all property, valuables and stocks of
religious congregations and churches
are confiscated by the State, the Por-
tuguese Government is receiving a
number of protests through the Ger
man, British, French and Spanish
Legations from relatives of various
foreigners who have left legacies to
religious bodies. These legacies hav-
ing been left for religious purposes,
there is great objection to the State
confiscating the funds, which, it is esti-
mated, amount to nearly 100000.
German Catholic congress.-For the
third time the historic ancient city of
Aix-la-Chapelle will be the scene of
the Great German Catholic Congress.
1t will assemble next August 11th-16th.
Old Portrait Found.-RaphaePs por-
trait of Elizabeth Gonzaga, Duchess of