The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-11

who accompanied Florence Nightin.
gale as nurses to the Crimean war,
are Mother Mary Joseph Stanislas,
Of the st. Johns Wood Convent, Eng
land, who is 80 years old, and Mother
st. George, Of the Convent OF the
Faithful Virgin, who is a few years
younger.
Jesuits to Minister in Bavaria
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Standard" says that report
to the effect that the Bavarian Govern
ment has privately given permission
to Bishops to allow Jesuits to preach
in the churches of Bavaria has created
intense indignation in Radical circles.
The Jesuits were expelled from the
empire in 1872, and were not allowed
to return even when Bismarck was
forced to recall other religious orders.
They have occasionally been allowed
to lecture in secular buildings in the
Bavarian towns, but never since 1872
have they been associated with any
religious ceremony.
Ampleforth Abbey. $500 Ampleforth
Abbey is one of the largest monas-
teries in Great Britain. It is situated
some 20 miles north of the ancient
city of York, one time the seat of the
Anglican primacy. In the year 1902
only seven persons dwelt i'm the abbey
which now has community of almost
100. A century ago one priest, one
cleric, one lay brother and four boys,
made up the whole community. Today
there are SIS priests in the mission.
The Orphans of caIabria.-The
Holy Father received in audience the
orphan boys and girls of the earth
quake of Reggie, Calabria and Mes
sina. These poor children, which
number 400, are being educated and
cared for at the expense of the Holy
Father.
New Work BY EIqar.-Sir Edward
Elgar, the English Catholic composer,
is writing work for alto and chorus,
entitled, eve Are the Music. Makers"
for the Birmingham Festival next
October.
Pope Administers First Communion.
The daughter of Hon. Richard c..
Kerens, American Ambassador to the
Court of Vienna, was the recipient of
marked distinction recently, when
she received her First Holy Com
munion from the hand of His Holt
ness, Pope Plus X. She was after
wards confirmed by the new American
Cardinal Falconio.
Millions From Sale of ReIiaious
Housewife converts, monasteries,
etc., suppressed and sequestered by
the French Government and sold by
it realized six million dollars instead
of two hundred million as it expected
The government has still ION hand"
1,O70 religious houses to be sold.
Meeting of General Chapter Of Holy
Cross order.-Very Rev. Gilbert Fran
Gals, c. S. c., Superior-G General of the
Order of the Holy Cross, has sent out
announcements of the list of delegates
to the sessions of the General Chapter
of the Order, which will held at the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana,
beginning on August 1, and continu-
ing for a week. The General Chapter
meets every six years to legislate for
its members in all parts of the world.
Limerick Church, a CathedraI.-The
Church of st. John the Baptist, in
Limerick, Ireland, has been raised to
the dignity and honor of Cathedral,
with all the ancient rights and priv
ilege belonging to the old Cathedral
of St. Mary, which was confiscated by
Professionalism centuries ago. By the
same decree a chapter of canons is
established possessing the ancient
rights and privileges of the old chap
ter of st. Mary's, and with the addi-
ton of a canon theologian and can
on penitentiary.