The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-30

appear TO be accepted no matter now
insufF1ciently endowed for the career
to which they aspire. It is in the
face of such discouraging conditions
that the French Parliament is now
asked to limit the number of free or
private schools.
Catholic Ireland Crimeless.- The
half-yearly Courts of Assizes are now
being held throughout Ireland, and it
is almost the rule for the presiding
judges to congratulate the grand jury
on the complete or comparative abb
sence of any serious infractions of the
law.
Growth of S. v. p. Society.-So far,
this year, $50 new Conferences mark
the growth of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society throughout the world.
Lord Ashburne Among CeIts.-When
the delegates from the Celtic nations
gathered last month at the Client Ex-
hibition, Belgium in Fifth Pan-Celtic
SOA6AS6S, AOtu ASAUuIAO OpOAOu aIuC
convention with ad address in Irish
and in French.
A Queen as Eleonora, the
consort of Ferdinand, styled the Gar
of the Bulgars, spends her time and
work in the hospitals among $4,000
wounded. She snatches sleep in the
Clementine Hospital, where she has
placed German nuns.
Appointment of Franciscan.-The
Very Rev P. Kaufman, of the Do
cese of Trier (Treves), Germany, has
been appointed by the Holy Father
GeneralDeinitor Of the franciscan
Order.
France Honors Catholic Teachers
A large number of religious belonging
to different Orders, Carmelites. Chris
tian Brothers, Assumptionists, Domin-
leans, ETC., received the distinction of
"Of1cier de INSTRUCTION Publique," an
honour awarded by the French Uni
versity, in the recent distribution of
decorations, with the approval of the
Government. Let it be added that all
the religious so honoured are employed
on the missions in Bulgaria, Egypt,
Mesopotamia, Turkey, China, ETC., and
their educational work is thereby rec
ognized as deserving of praise.
New Petition for Nuns.-A new petit
ton for the recall of the nuns is now
started by the "Ligue Patriotique des
Franchises" whose social work in the
Paris suburbs is deserving of all
praise. It's members exercise wide
spread influence among the poor, who
are the chief sufferers from the ex-
pulsion of the nursing Sisters. The
terms of the petition are extremely
moderate and, for this reason, it is all
the more likely to obtain favourable
hearing. The art of nursing in the
hands of the lay nurses of the French
Red Cross Association is carried to
point of perfection that can hardly
be surpassed, but the public hospitals
are not served by them, but by women
to whom their work among the sick is
merely means of earning their live
lihood, not a vocation. The petition
ers do not attack the lay nurses who
have taken the place of the nuns;
they merely beg that, in the name OF
liberty, equality, and fraternity" the
poor should have the same privileges
as the rich, and be able to choose be-
tween the religious and the lay nurses.
In consequence, they demand that to
each public hospital should be at
tached certain number of Sisters for
the satisfaction of the sick people who
prefer their services to those of the
lay nurses.
Voluntary catechists of Paris.-The
voluntary 'catechists" of the Diocese
of Paris are now 5000 strong, and
these 5,023 "catechists" instruct 49,
354 children. Their services are espe-
cially needed in the outlying suburbs,
where there are few resident Catholics
who have time and capacity to accept
this task.
Parish Under lnterdict.-The NUM-
cfpal Council of Tignet having expelled
the Cure from his presbytery, the
Bishop of Nice has taken grave action
in the matter. He has placed the par
ish under an interdict until the in
habitants repair the scandal for which
their representatives are responsible.
No Mass will be celebrated in the par
ish, and the necessary Sacraments for
the newly born and the dying will be
administered when need arises by the
Cure of Waller.
Big Parish, Little Income.-Father
Cadillac has a parish in Japan
Utsunomya-that contains five prov
inces, with three million inhabitants
He is assisted in his work by two
other priests and five catechists, and
the salary that is divided among the
eight of them is five dollars per month
S. v. P. in India.-It is interesting
to note that the ST. Vincent de Paul
Society has penetrated to India. The
Voice informs us that the Inspector
General of Prisons observes with
pleasure that moral and religious in
struction was given every Sunday at