The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13

mOnastic state, Papal authority, the
leavened and unleavened bread of the
Eucharist, and especially over the I'M
maculate Conception of the Mother of
God.
Premier's Catholic Secretary.-Pre-
mier Asquith now has Catholic sec
rotary in the person of the Hon. James
e. Drummond of the Foreign Office
| who is convert.
oblate Missionary Since 1852
Father Chounavel, o. M. l., of the
Archdiocese of Colombo, Ceylon, the
Grand Old Missionary of the Island
as he is justly styled out there, was
born in Saint Die, France, in 1926,
was ordained in 1852, and left shortly
afterwards for his distant mission in
sailing vessel the voyage round by
the Cape taking several months.
Ever since Father Chounavel landed
in Ceylon he has never been out of it
for a single day. Latest reports in
form us that he is as healthy and as
actively engaged in missionary work
as when he first arrived in the island
in 1852. This is certainly a striking
record.
Diocese of Menevia. - Eighty-four
secular and regular clergy are in
charge of a population of 9,055 Catho-
lies in the Diocese of Menevia, Eng
land. Churches and chapels total so;
and schools, attended by 1,747 child
rem, number %. There are II converts
in which reside 145 nuns, and there
are 2 diocesan charitable institutions
In Passion Play Since 1884 pic
turesquely patriarchal figure, who at
tracted the attention of thousands of
American visitors to the Passion
Play" of 1910, has just died at Ober-
ammergau, aged ninety-three. His
name was Ledermann, and he was the
Oldest inhabitant of the village He
began acting in the passion Play in
1926, at the age of six, and continued
to appear regularly thereafter at each
decennial performance.
In Honor of Catholic Sovereign.-In
the national church of the Anima,
Rome, Solemn Pontifical Mass was
celebrated, in the presence of the Dip
lomatic Corps, in commemoration of
the Prince-Regent Luitpold, of Bavar-
ia. 1t was his 91st birthday. The
Prince is of the ancient Catholic house
of Wittelsbach. He has been a wild
over since 1854
Appointed on PontificaI Commission.
The Holy Father has appointed Mgr.
Marini a Consultor of the Pontifical
Commission for the Codification of
Canon Law.
Ratification of Catholic Editors.
In Paris recently was begun the first
seance with reference to the beatifi-
cation of two great Frenchmen, MN.
Paul and Camille Feron Vrou, mem
bers of the family which has devoted
itself so assiduously to the good work
of the Catholic press and one of whose
descendants is at the present time the
indefatigable owner of La Croix. This
will be the first occasion on which
modern knights of the pen have been
elevated for the veneration of the
faithful, and we may yet hope in days
to come to have a Catholic editor
among the innumerable orders of the
Saints of Cod
Further Repairs to St. Peters,
Having restored the pavement of the
anse and the transepts of st. Peters
at a cost of $4,000, the Pope has de-
cided to undertake the colossal work
of casing in the marble pilasters sup
| porting the dome and the vaulted roof,
which are merely stucco painted in
| imitation of marble. The work will
be enormously expensive and will take
many years. Cardinal Rampolla, who
contributed $4,000 to the pavement,
promised, on the occasion of the re-
cent jubilee of his standardization, to
defray the cost Of facing one of the
| great pilasters with marble. A French
man has contributed $1,000 to this
work.