The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
EUROPEAN NEWS.

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/ New South Wales Catholic.-Mr. J.
r. Dacey, recently appointed state
treasurer in the New South Wales
ministry, is Catholic and native of
Cork.
Prince Max Goes to Coiogne.-The
Rev. DR.. Prince Max Of Saxony, now
Professor of Canon Law In the Univer-
sity of Freiburg, has accepted the Pro-
censorship of Sacred Liturgy in the
Archiepiscopal Seminary at Cologne.
Papal Nuncio at vienna.-Mgr.
Scavinelle has been named Papal
Nuncio at Vienna, succeeding Mgr.
Bavona, who died recently.
Catholic Papers in Spain.-The
number of periodicals published in
Spain is said to be about 1000, of
which number 165 are Catholic.
Church Statistics for ScotIand.-The
estimated Catholic population of Scot
land is over $1,000, with some 55S
clergy, secular and regular, minister
ing to their spiritual needs. The num-
Der of missions is 241, with 4O6
churches, chapels and stations where
mass is celebrated. Religious houses
number 70 (for men and women),
schools ga, and charitable institu-
lions 81. OF the whole Catholic popu-
lation the Archdiocese claims 1886, 900.
Dickens Catholic Progeny.-The
centenary of Dickens birth, on Feb
ruary 7, reminds us that all the chill
dren of the great novelist's son Henry
and Mary Angela Dickens, daughter
of his son, Charles, are Catholics. Miss
Mary Angela Dickens is herself a
novelist of note.
French InfideI converted.-On his
death bed, the French infidel, DIR.
Launclongue, the Radical Senator of
Girs, was received into the Church.
Baronet Has Catholic Sister.-Mr.
Rider Haggard, the British novelist,
who wrote "She," and has just been
created baronet, has a Catholic sis
ter who lives in Belgium.
Famous Church in Genoa Destroyed.
The ninth-century st. Stephens
Church in Genoa, in which Christie
pher Columbus was baptized, was
demolished on January II, by the col
lapse of the adjoining church of the
Madonna della Guard1a.
Prince Coionna Dead.-Prince Mar.
cantonio Colonna, Duke of Paliano,
head of the historic Italian family and
assistant to the pontifical throne, is
dead at Rome.
Pierpont Morgan Presents Organ
In remembrance of fine sacred con.
cert he heard two years ago in the col.
legiate church of st. Nicholas at Fri.
bourg, Switzerland, J. Pierpont Nor.
gan has sent $500 to the church to be
used in the purchase of new organ
Early Augustinian Monastery.-In
the Lady Chapel of st. Bartholomew
: Church. Smithfield, England, are now
being excavated the remains of the
once great Augustinian monastery OF
the 18th century.
Sixth Century of ceIIites Nuns.-In
Cologne, last month was celebrated
the six hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the St. Elizabeth Convent
of the Cellites nuns. They are also
called Alexian nuns. They nurse the
. sick and care for children st. Eliza
beth's in Cologne has, to-day, clever
, affiliated converts
Another Cause of BeatificatIon.-
Cardinal Andrieu, Archbishop of Dor
deaux, has published an ordinance
desiring all who know particulars oil
the life of the Servant of God, Marie
Therese Charlotte de Lamourous
foundress of the "Maison de la Miseri
corde' at Bordeaux, to communicate
such for the purpose of her Cause Of
Beatffication.
On the Index.-A decree was ISSUED
by the congregation of the Index OF
January 20, placing the followins
: books On the Index Expurgatorius;
Ancient History of the Church." b,
2 Mgr. Duchesne, a member of th<
l French Academy and director of thu
3 French classical school at Rome
Letters to His Holiness Plus x" b,
"Modernist," published at Chicago il
/. 1910, and 1.-THE History of Modernism
. in New England" also by "Moder
e mist" and issued at Boston in 1911.
Gems From Statue Found.-Pre
cious stones to the value of owe,
$4,000, which were stolen two year.
= ago from the statue of the Virgin
q known as the mira culOuc plool- u;ro;,,