The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-09

celebrations will have a purely relig-
ious character.
Divide Russian See.-The Arch
bishop of Mohilew, Russia, has petit
| toned the Holy See to divide his See
into four dfoceses. The territory of
the archdiocese embraces three quar-
tiers of European Russia and all
Asiatic Russia, and is the most ex-
tensive ecclesiastical division in the
world
Heads of Order in Germany.-The
Order of the Holy Sepulchre, recently
reorganized by the Holy Father, has
appointed as it's representatives.: in
Rhenish Prussia, Mgr. Mueller, Auxil-
larry of Cologne; in North Germany,
Count Skaffgotch; South Germany,
Prince Loewenstein and Baron Roeder,
chamberlain of cape and sword.
Loss to Catholic Belgium.-The
Catholics of Belgium lost, in the death
of the Minister of State, Mr.. Beer
naert, an able champion of their cause.
He died at Lucerne where Requiem
Mass was offered up for his soul. His
remains were brought to Brussels.
The interment was marked by SIM
plicity.
Pope's Gift to Bishop HedIey.-On
the occasion of the celebration of his
sacerdotal golden jubilee last month,
Right Rev. DR.. Hedley, 0. s. B., Bishop
of Newport, South Wales, received
from the Holy Father a letter accom-
panied by a golden chalice. The per-
sonal gift of the Pope was presented
to the jubilarian by Cardinal Bourne,
who also preached the jubilee sermon
in St. Peters Church, Cardiff.
Roumanians Return to Rome.-It is
stated in st. Petersburgh newspaper
| that large numbers of Roumanians are
about to leave the Russian Orthodox
| Church., and to embrace Catholicism.
This, it is said, is partly on account
of a recent law issued by the Ortho-
dox Roumanian Bishop excluding the
Bulgarian tongue from the liturgy.
The people have written to the king
and also the Catholic Archbishop an
nouncing their intention, and asking
for Catholic Bishop to be appointed
for their district. A few years ago
there seemed a likelihood that prac-
tically the whole country would be-
come Catholic, but the movement was
stopped by Russian intrigue.
Irish Emigration Figures.-The lat
est returns relating to Irish emigration
shows that last month 1856 emigrants
left the country, being an increase Of
513 on those in the corresponding
| month 0f 10 CT tho frc fhrno
quarters of 1912 the emigration shows
a decrease of 1913 persons as COM
pared with the same period last year.
Though a rise appears to have set
| in since June last, the total figures for
1912 will probably be thousand be-
low those for 1911. Last year 30,573
persons emigrated, and the previous
year 32,457. A significant feature in
these returns is the falling off in the
emigration to America, which shows
drop of 723 in the number of American
prepaid passages" To Canada there
was an increase of 173 in the emf
grants for the first three quarters of
1912.
Director Manila Observatory.-Rev
Robert Brown, S. j., of Preston, Eng
land, has been appointed assistant
director of the government observa-
tory at Manila.
Irish Thrift.-Mr. T. w. Russell has
informed Mr.. G. Bathurst, M. P, that
the deposits and cash balances in
Joint Stock Banks in Ireland on June
30th, 1893 and 1912, were G34,637, 900
and G57,750,000, respectively, while
the deposits in the Post Office and
Trustee Savings Banks on these dates
were, respectively, e6,O11,000 and
e15,33O,O0O.
Old Ruins Unearthed.-The palace
of Bishop Hallam, who occupied it in
1407, has been discovered on large
estate close to the village of Sonning,
England. It's ruins were found in ex-
cavating.
Enters Redemptorist order.-Rev.
Francis Vaughan, third son of Colonel
Vaughan, of Courtfeld, England, has
been received into the Redemptorist
Order.
| Japanese Author and Editor
Father Steichen, of Tokyo, Japan, the
author of several well-known works, Is
now editing two Japanese magazines
and writes that his readers are much
interested in Catholic happenings in
the United States.
Religion in State SchooIs.-In the
Province of Venice, Italy, the Church
is contending for religious instruction
| ~ - hn
great Catholic meeting in Venice de-
clared that the only chance of saving
the country is by insisting on religious
instruction in the elementary schools.
Abbot Gasquet's Work-Abbot Cas-
quet has returned to the Benedictine
House of st. Anselmo, on the Aven-
1 tine Hill, to start his winters work on
the revision of the Vulgate. When
he presented to Plus K, the accounts
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