The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-10

/ ApOSLOIlC L0LLSF UTuSIlAS Lie SStdU-
lishment of six new parishes in the
"Agro Romano has been published.
Grand Duchess Pupil of Sacred
| Heart Nuns.-The young Grand
Duchess of Luxembourg, aged Is
years, of the ancient House of Mas
sau, the Oldest in Europe, who is about
to assume the responsibilities of gov
eminent, has studied craftsmanship
and military tactics. She received
| her early education from the Nuns
of the Sacred Heart.
Catholic Schools in Australasia.-In
Australasia today there are 1899
| Catholic primary schools and about
400 higher and secondary ones.
Italian CathedraIs in Danger of
coiIapse.-It is asserted by experts
that the Cathedrals of Milan and
Como are in imminent danger of the
collapse of their respective facades.
| Milan Cathedrals facade was added
to the gorgeous Renaissance century
pile by the First Napoleon, who in
sisted that it should be built quickly
Hence is was jerrybuilt, with unse-
lected marbles, most of which were so
soft and so badly set together that
twenty years later serious signs OF
decay appeared, necessitating period
ical clamping with iron. The prospect
of collapse is now so grave that the
civil authorities have resolved to de-
molish the upper part of the facade
| Immediately. AS regards Como Cathe-
oral, the front which presents the fin
est example of Lombard architecture
| of it's kind extant, has been bullying
outward for nearly century, and
large section is now three feet out OF
the perpendicular. Architects say
that the facade is likely to crash down
at any moment.
French PreIates Acquitted.-Mgr.
CASTELAR,, Bishop of Digne, in the
Bases Alpes, and his Vicar-General
who were brought before one of the
courts on the charge of having wrong
fully appropriated ecclesiastical prop
erty have been acquitted. All the
French courts are not servile instru-
ments of the Government.
i Episcopal Rulers of Rouen.-The
list of the rulers of the See of Rouen
in France-founded by St. Nicaise in
the third century-is preserved I'M
broken from 314. On this roll figure
seventeen saints and twenty-one Car
dinals, of whom one became Pope
Clement the Sixth in 1912, four years
before the Black Prince of Wales won
his spurs at the battle of Crecy.
Croagh Patrick Piigrimage.-The
mountain in the west of Ireland, rem
dered forever sacred by the footsteps
of St. Patrick, was assembled by thou
sands of the faithful on the last Sun
day in July The annual pilgrimage
to the summit took place on that day.
Clergymen arranged for thirty Masses
in the little chapel on the mountain
Father Ntzhugh,, of Screen, preached
in Irish, and Father Hubert, Passion
list, of Belfast, preached in English.
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
was given in the open air by Most Rev.
DR.. Higgins, Coadjutor Archbishop of
Tuam. The venerable Archbishop
: himself, Most Rev. DR.. Healy, who
revived the ancient pilgrimage, was
present.
: Archbishop Redwood of New Zeal
Iand.-The Most Rev. DR.. Redwood,
: Archbishop of Wellington, New Zea-
land, who recently celebrated his
episcopal silver jubilee, was born in
: Staffordshire, England, on April s,
1889. He was but three years old
when his parents left England to make
a new home in far-off New Zealand.
The future Archbishop studied first
at Nelson under the late Archbishop
Garin, and afterwards in France and
Ireland He was the first ecclesias-
tical student sent from New Zealand
to prepare for the priesthood. On
7 the occasion of the jubilee he was
: entertained at luncheon by the clergy,
: and presented with addresses from the
: suffragan Bishops and the priests of
/ the Archdiocese.
/ Distinguished Army Officer Retires.
J The London Gazette" recently an
: nounced that Major and Brevet-Col-
l onel Sir Edouard P. C. Girouard, D.
: S.. O., Royal Engineers "a Catholic)
l has retired on retired pay. Sir E.
!. Girouard, who has been Governor and
, Commander-in-Ch Chief of the East Africa
, Protectorate since 1909, has been one
Of the most prominent of the able body
of men Lord Kitchener has had to
help him in his great work in Egypt
and the Soudan. He distinguished
: himself in the Dongola Expedition of
1896 and in the Nile Expedition of
| 1907 Rofnro and during this lattor