The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-10
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, FEBRUARY 10, 1912.

dinal Bourne, the nobility. ambassa-
doris and other notable personages are
to participate in it.
Hollands Catholic University-InI
Holland, Neutral Society, made up
of Catholics, Professionals and Jews, is
moving to have the projected Catholic
University of Holland located in the
Diocese of Herzogenbusch. The deci-
sion will rest with the Episcopate of
Holland.
Classic Poems for New Breviary.-
Some of the classic Latin poems of
the Redemptorist-poet, Father Reuss,
Of Alsace, Germany, will be used in
the new Breviary.
Monastery of St. GalI.-The monas-
terry of st. Gall in Switzerland, says
DR.. O'Hagan of the New World, owes
it's origin to the Irish monk, Gallus
Est. CALI. 1t was founded about the
year 613. This monastery was a CEN
ter of learning and culture for several
hundred years. Many of it's monks
excelled as poets, others cultivated
painting and sculpture and others ex-
quisite cloistral arts Their library be-
came the richest in the world. The
monks of st. Gall, too, were good Greek
scholars and those most addicted to
the cultivation of the "Cecropian
Muse" were denominated "Fratres
Ellenici."
Cathedral Of Aix-Ia-chapeIie.-The
Emperor Charlemagne, who built the
Cathedral of Aix-la- Chapelle, which is
his tomb, in 1896, and where this years
German Catholic Congress will take
place, was a giant, morally, intellectu-
ally and physically. He was over Z
feet, 2 inches tall. after Rome, AK
la-Chapelle," is an old saying. The
treasures of it's Cathedral are probably
the most sacred and valuable outside
| of Rome.
Request for Sisters of Charity.-In
her will, the late Lady Herbert Lea,
mother of the 18th and 14th Earls of
Pembroke, bequeathed to the Bishop
of Clifton, for the perpetual mainten-
ance of the Society of the Sisters of
Charity $4,000. s...-'
Bishop Of coimbra ExpeIied.-The
Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of
Coimbra, Portugal, is to suffer the
same punishment as the Patriarch of
Lisbon-namely, expulsion from his
diocese-in consequence of the pub
LEGATION of circular protesting against
the laws governing the formation of
religious associations.
Memorial Cathedral in Africa.-At
the instigation of Mgr Jalabert, Bish-
} op of Senegal, committee has been
formed in Paris, under the presidency
of the Duchesse d'Uzes, for the cree
ton at Dakar of a Cathedral "in men,
DRY of the Frenchmen who died in the
conquest of the African continent"
State Entry of Cardinal Bourne
Cardinal Bourne, made a state entry
7 into Westminster Cathedral on Janu-
airy Fl, the occasion being invested
] with great pomp. The reception was
, the first of it's kind in England since
. the Reformation, and the presence of
the Lord Mayor of London, the Mayor
!. of Westminster, members of the For
eign Embassies, and a host of city
officials attested to the Importance of
the gathering. The procession of 800
, robed clergy, headed by the Cardinal
, in his scarlet robes, was a brilliant
: spectacle as it moved to the altar.
The Church in Wales.-The Church
!, is making much progress in Wales,
under the fostering care of DR.. Mostyn,
Bishop of Menevia, of the ancient
), Welsh Catholic house of Mostyn of
Talacre. 1t is a matter of much con-
lecture when Wales lost her ancient
faith. 1t was due no doubt to the per-
T secution in England which cut off from
Wales her supply of priests. Of fair
intelligence, sturdy and brave by
, nature, with great tenacity of purpose,
:, the Welsh are of decidedly religious
turn of mind. In the absence of their
T true pastors, hunted into exile, they
became prey to the sects, and these
still retain strong hand on the Cam
brian mind. Nevertheless the religi-
, BUSINESS of the Welsh character,
instead of making one despair of the
return of that people to the ancient
A Church of st. David and st. Wine
: fride, ought to have an opposite effect.
Any missionary labor among them is
f likely to have excellent fruits.
Railway Workmen and the Francis
= can Fathers.-The Franciscan Com
. munity, Athlone, Ireland of which
Very Rev Father Mathew is Guardian,
have been presented by the workmen