The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-23

the Church of Christi" is a valuable
little work to put in the hands of pros
pective converts. On account of his
deep piety, the deceased was familiar
~ called the little saint"
Editor OF Netherland Daily Paper
The Vincentian Father, Victor Swys-
sen, has been appointed editor in-chief
of DE Tyd,' the solid Catholic daily
of the Netherlands. The Rev. Father
was frequent contributor to the pa
per during his long sojourn in Cura-
Gao, West Indies.
Burial of Venetian Patriarchs.-The
Automatically of ST. Christopher
in Venice has determined to provide a
burial place for the Patriarchs of Ven
ice in front of the High Altar of it's
own special chapel in the cemetery of
St. Michael. Six tombs will be at
once prepared in two of which the
bodies of the Patriarchs Cardinals
Monico and Agostini will be laid.
Old Biblical Site Found.-In the
rooms of the British-American School
in the via st. Nicola da Tolentino,
Rome, few days ago, the Rev. Faith
er Hugh Pope, o. P, lectured on The
Excavation of Biblical Site'-the
site of the city of Gezer with lantern
slides of the discoveries recently
made illustrating a history that goes
back to the fourth millennium be-
fore Christ.
Society of the Divine Word.-At
present the Society of the Divine
Word, whose motherhouse is at Steyl,
Holland, counts l Bishop, l Superior
General, Apostolic Projects, STA
priests and 796 lay-brothers. Prepar-
ing for it's missions are 235 students
of theology, 100 students of philoso-
ply and $40 students of humanities.
In China are labouring 81 priests; in
Africa 48 priests; in Australia and
New Guinea, 49, in Argentine go;
Brazil 81; Chile 81; and in the United
States Fl priests.
Franciscan Museum of Antiquities.
The Franciscans have charge of the
Basilica of ST. Sebastian, on the APP
plan Way, Rome. There they have
opened a new Museum of Christian
and Pagan Antiquities. They began it's
collection in 1888
Mt. Carmel Place of Pilgrimage
Mount Carmel is today one of the
places of pilgrimage in the Holy
Land. A splendid and spacious mon
astery crowns it's summit, where the
pilgrim is welcomed and cared for by
the silent, white-robed monks, and
from the roof of the monastery he
gets such a view of Palestine on three
sides and the Mediterranean on the
other as he never can forget.
Priests Request Declared Void.-
The late Rev. Denis Joseph Byrne, of
the Catholic Mission at Daily, in the
State of Queensland, bequeathed the
residue of his estate to the Catholic
Archbishop at Brisbane and his sue
cessors, ito be used and expended
wholly or in part as such Archbishop
may judge most conducive to the good
of religion in this diocese" On ap-
peal to the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council the bequest has been
declared void upon the ground that
this was not in terms "a gift for re-
ligious purposes" The words were too
wide and indefinite.
Diocese of Shrewsbury.-Some 80
secular and regular clergy iabour
in the Diocese of Shrewsbury, Eng
land, among a Catholic population
computed at $4,000 Churches and
chapels number u, and at 56 schools
11,047 children are being trained. 307
nuns pursue their holy vocation in Is
converts The charitable establish
ments of the diocese number 4.
Archdiocese of GIasgow.-The clergy
secular and regular, of this Arch-dio-
cese number 284. There are 125
churches and chapels. Educational
establishments of more than local re-
pute are situated within the bounda-
ries of the archdiocese, which also pos
sesses many valuable charitable in
situations.
Decree in Modernism.-In the "Acta
Apostolicae Sedis,' says the Liverpool
Times, appears decree of the Con-
sistorial congregation on the reports
of Ordinaries to the Holy See with
regard to Modernism
Old Chaiice Recovered-An ancient
chalice has been found in lumber
loft at Newbaun, near New Ross, Ire
land. 1t is stated that a priest lived
in this place about 1870, and it is
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