The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-19

Catholic families had been visited and
bribed to give up their faith during the
year. But the proportion of actual sue
cesses achieved was not reported.
Mgr. 10th Dead.-The death is an
nounced from Paris of Mgr. 10th, Pro-
tonotary Apostolic and cure OF st.
Maclou, Rouen, one of the finest
churches in the whole of France. The
deceased prelate was just sixty-five,
and his services to literature were con-
siderable. He was the founder of the
"Semaine Religieuse," which he edited
for thirty-three years.
Non-CathoIics in Spain.-In the
whole of Spain-according to the lat
est available returns-there are only
S0,386 persons, less than two percent
of the population, not processing the
Catholic religion of the country. OF
these, 1854 only are Protestants of
various sects, and these, of course,
not all Of Spanish extraction.
Head of English College, Lisbon
The Rev. Father John Dempsey has
taken up the duties of the procurator
ship at the English College, Lisbon,
Portugal Father Dempsey studied at
Lisbon for some twelve years before
his ordination to the priesthood, after
which he returned to England to un-
dertake mission work in the Archdio-
cese of Westminster.
PortugaIs Cemeteries and Schools.
The Costa ministry of Portugal has
issued a decree secularizing the Catho-
lie cemeteries; that is, declaring them
government property. The crosses, it
seems, will be removed, and civil fu-
nerals will soon be witnessed in a
land almost entirely Catholic. Another
decree forbids the teaching of religion,
not only in the national schools, but
also in private institutions.
Center Party Defeats BiII.-The
German Center party recently defeated
the government proposals for bonus
to postmen in the Posen district. Pos
en- is Polish country The post Off
Gals there are all Protestant and all
German. They will not accept letters
in Polish or if they are posted, profess
to be unable to deliver them because
they cannot read the superscription.
This is only one of several means used
by them to hamper Polish writing. So
great have the obstacles to writing
thus become that correspondence is al
most at a standstill, and scarcely any
Polish literature reaches the homes
of Posen. The governments excuse
for the bonuses which are to compen-
safe for these extraordinary services,
is that the poor German postal Off
Gals are expatriated by their work.
These were the reasons which made
the Center defeat the bonuses recent
ly.
Germany's Mohammedan Schools
Deputy Erzlanger has called the at
tention of the Government in the
Reichstag to the fact that the public
schools in the German colonies in East
Africa have the unenviable notoriety
of being centers of an Islamic propa-
ganda. The Deputy asked why the
German Colonial Government shows
preference for Mahomedans The
Deputy told how this prejudices the
Christian natives since these poor
men, seeing the preferences given to
followers of the Prophet, come to the
conclusion that they must abandon
Christianity if they wish to succeed in
life The Government representative,
in reply, denied the intention to create
such a condition of affairs, but admit
ted that where the teachers of the IN
UNCONVENTIONAL schools are not Eu-
ropeans, they are usually Mahome-
dams, alleging as reason that these
men have greater culture than others.
The Catholic Press in 5avaria.-An
encouraging report is that just issued
by the Catholic Press Society of Ba-
varia. During the year 1912, some fifty
two new local branches were opened
and 1906 new members enrolled.
There are now 268 groups, and with
the affiliated societies the membership
reaches $4,000 Some 1850 marks
were received in subscriptions during
the year, and for extraordinary works
some $4,000 marks have been col.
lected. The work is very necessary
one, even in Catholic Bavaria, where
| as in Austria, the sects are showing
marked activity.
Was Wife, Mother and Nun.-Sister
Mary of the Incarnation, who died re
Gently at the Carmelite Convent, Kan
kanady, India, at the age of eighty
eight years, had the privilege of being
a wife, mother and member of the
great Carmel Order. Her happy wed
ded life was blessed with twelve chill
dren, and such was the pious training
they received, two of her sons became
priests, and five Of her daughters
nuns. Ten years of her widowed life
she devoted to the care of her three
youngest children, and when these
were grown, she resolved to give the
remainder of her days more wholly tt
God, and she entered the Carmelite
Order. On the day of her profession
she had the consolation to be Joined
by her youngest daughter in the same
order.
Two Centenary MedaIs.-The su