The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-20


presentation to the new Irish Par
lament.
Entire Estate for charity-The
charitable requests of the late Miss
Honan, of Cork, Ireland, include
$4,000 each to ST. Patrick's Church
and the North Infirmary; G1,5OO to
the Mercy Hospital; G10O each to
the South Infirmary, County Hospital,
and the City Converts. Private be-
quests amount to some 100000; and
the residue of the estate, estimated at
about 100000, is left in equal shares
to the Honan Home, Montenotte; the
North Infirmary, and st. Patrick's
Hospital for Incurables.
Honors for Irish Captain Austria
liam journals report that Captain VIM
O'Connor has been appointed Marine
Surveyor for New South Wales, being
one OF the only two persons to pass
the qualifying examinations, which
is considered by many experts to be
the most difficult marine surveyors
test in the world. Some time ago
Captain O'Connor received the Lieu
tenant Governors gold medal for the
bravest act of the year, having been
the means of rescuing sixteen lives by
swimming with a line to a vessel in
distress.
Nun Wins MedaI.-The Belgian pa
pers announce that the Gold Medal
has been awarded to Sister Ignatius
of the Files de Marie, Louvain, for
her exhibit at the Client Worlds Fair
The exhibit in question is an alb
which is described as exceptionally
beautiful genuine marvel The art
of making the "dentelle au fill tire had
long been lost; it's rediscovery is due
to the gifted religious at Louvain.
Sister Ignatius family name is O'Kav-
anaugh and she is of the well known
Limerick family of that name.
New Church, Gift of Duchess.-Th
Bishop of Nottingham, England, re-
Gently laid the foundation stone of
the new Catholic Church at Ashby-de-
la-Zouch, costing G13,000 The church
is being erected from the proceeds of
jewels which were left to be sold for
the purpose by the first wife of the
Duke of Norfolk, who before her mar
riage was Protestant The Duke
and Duchess of Norfolk were present
Miracle Reported From HoIyweII.-
Susie Smith, the daughter of Liv-
erpool dock laborer, and an incurable
cripple, who had spent nine of her
thirteen years on crutches, was re-
Gently taken and bathed in St. Wine
fride's Well. Suddenly she declared
that she felt pain in her legs, and
was removed from the water. On
putting her feet on the ground she
found herself able to walk without her
crutches. The facts of the case have
been sifted by the clergy and report
ers representing Liverpool and out
side newspapers. All came to the
same conclusion, and the incident was
acclaimed miracle in the northern
Press. She had been treated at the Chill
dren's Inirmary, and subsequently be-
came an inmate at the David Lewis
Northern Hospital, whence, after an
operation, she was discharged as in
durable. Neighbors as well as rela-
tives attest that she has been unable
to walk without crutches during the
past nine years.
Doctor Now Priest.-The Rev.
Francis lizard, a Benedictine, recently
ordained to the priesthood by the
Archbishop of Birmingham, England,
is fully qualified medical man and
was formerly assistant superintendent
of the Staffordshire County Lunatic
Asylum at Cheddleton, near Leek. Six
years ago, on becoming convert to
the Catholic Church, he gave up prac-
tice in Lancashire and came as a no
vice to Erdington Abbey, where, in
medical and other capacities, he has
rendered much acceptable service.
English Catholic Teachers.-The
National Federation of Catholic
Teachers Associations of England
comprise a membership of over three
thousand teachers. There are nine
teen affiliated associations in different
parts of the country.
French Priest Beatified.-T Sa-
cred Congregation of Rites has de
creed the Beatification of Father An
thony Chevrier, founder of the So
ciety of Priests of the Prado, France.
France Buys Work of Art.-The
French Government last week pur-
chased for 100000 triptych by the
Belgian painter, Rogier van der Wey-
den, founder of the Brabant School
of Painting in the year 140O-1464. The
work will be placed in the Louvre.
Roman Asylum Blessed, The Patri-
arch of Constantinople and Vice
Gerent of Rome, blessed the immense
new Insane Asylum of the Province
of Rome, and its Chapel. The Asylum
accommodates 1900 patients.
Athletes in Rome.-This month the
French Catholic athletes and the
Evrnnch Catholic Young Mems Asso-