The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-07

1 TIE IA 1E1(lL1O bUl
IL years ago. Now they have hos
pital. dispensary, orphan asylum and
school, In their hospital they have
cared for 143,317 invalids including
ITO lepers; in their Orphan Asylum
they have 80 orphans; in their school,
over 100 pupils.
German Convict choirs.-Singing is
the latest innovation introduced by
the German prison authorities for the
diversion of convicts. In the famous
Moabit long-term convict prison in
Berlin prisoners who possess musical
talent are formed into a class which
assemblies every night in the center
corridor just before the convicts go
Sunday afternoon all the convicts
gather in the prison chapel to join in
choral singing.
Lord Roberts Alma Mater-Among
the old students who gathered at the
Jesuit school at Wimbledon recently
was the British General, Lord Rob-
erts.
Valuable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was
recently organized at Toxic in Japan
according to the Franciscan ANIMAL,
an exhibition consisting of the books,
manuscripts, and other things brought
thither or used by Catholic missionar
| les during the past four hundred years.
One of the most highly priced items
| in the exhibition was manuscript
written by st. Peter Baptist, the Su-
perior of the famous band of Frairs
and Tertiaries, who suffered martyr
dom there some three hundred years
ago, and who formed the majority of
the heroic men and women known as
martyrs of Japan.
The Reichspost.-The dispatches of
Lieutenant Wagner from the seat of
the Balkan war to the Reichspost, the
great Catholic daily of Vienna, have
been and are being translated into
every European language by the secu-
lar papers anxious to give their read
ers the most reliable information re-
garding the present struggle.
! Oxford and Cambridge Today. I.
Newcomb, M. A., in the Advocate of
| Australia, writing of the increasing
effects of the Oxford Movement, says:
When went up to Oxford had to
sign the 80 Articles of the Church of
| England, as did every other student.
The Catholics were not recognized.
Now, the Catholics have their own
Catholic colleges at both universities.
! At Oxford, Father Lang has charge
of "a young undergraduates belonging
to the different colleges, forming the
University. The building erected by
Cardinal Wolsey as his almshouse
serves now as the Catholic Univer-
sity Oratory."
At Cambridge there are even
larger number of Catholics. When the
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
visited Cambridge last May, he was
met and received by "a representative
University gathering" and men hold
ing the highest positions in the Uni
versity and colleges gathered to do
him honor.
Bishop of Luxemburg.-The deter
mined stand taken by the Bishop of
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
against the educational reforms
adopted by the Socialists and Free
masons of the little State has brought |
a letter of unqualified approval from
the Holy Father who condemns the
principles which are at the basis of
the reforms and deplores the con-
sequences that must follow unless the
law is repealed.
King Honors Cardinai.-The King |
of the Belgians has appointed Cardinal
MERCER, Archbishop of Malines, Grand |
Officer of the Order of Leopold.
Death of Spanish PreIate.-The
Archbishop of Burgos, Spain, died sud-
denly in the Monastery de la Vid. His
interment took place in the Cathedral
on the 4th inst, and was attended by
representatives of the Royal Family,
and the Town Council in Corporation
Denial of Holy See.-The Holy See
has caused to be published denial of
the statement that it favors the steps |
taken to secure for the Government of
Italy the protectorate of the Italian
missionaries in Turkey.
German Pastoral Letter.-The mem
bers of the German hierarchy have
issued collective pastoral letter,
signed by every one of them, accept
ing with obedience and affection the
directions contained in the Pope's re-
cent encyclical on labor organizations,
and exhorting the faithful to comply |
scrupulously with them.
Jubilee of Catholic DaiIy.-The Cath
Ollie daily, the ''Unita Cattolica," for
Florence, is one of the veteran Cath
Ole journals of Italy. It has just cele-
brated it's golden jubilee.
English Catholic congress.-The Ma
tinnal Catholic Gnnprass of ENGLAND |