The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01


men in public life.
Growth of Borromeo Society.-The
great national Borromeo Society of
Germany, whose work is the publica-
ton and circulation of Catholic litera-
ture, is increasing at the rate of 10000
new members year.
Artistic Confessionals.-As works of
art, the confessionals in the Church of
st. Paul in Antwerp, and the one in
the Basilica of st. Anthony, in Padua,
are among the finest in the world
ST. Francis de Sales Association
The ST. Francis de Sales Association
in France, founded by Mgr. de Segur,
and established by him before his
death in 1881, in forty dioceses, num-
bered 100000 associates.
/ Masons Own Former Monastery.-A
monastery of the Congregation of ST..
Anthony of Padua, was one of several
religious houses in Paris that have
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having been confiscated by the present
French government. It first passed
into the possession of the government.
The latter sold it to a Jew, and the
Jew re-sold it to the Freemasons. The
Congregation of st. Anthony of Padua
had expended $280,000 in the building
of it. The Jew paid $4,000 for it.
France and the Holy See.-The
Comte de Nun, writing in "PEcho de
Paris" on France and the Holy
See," says: II have purposely only
spoken of national interests, not of
Catholic ones. 1t is for France that
am anxious, not for the Church.
Whether the latter be united to or
separated from the State, whether
she be respected or condemned, sup
ported or abandoned, she will still
pursue, without as within, her i'm
mortal task But how will France, de-
nuded of the strength Catholicism
gives her, fulfill even the secular work
which lies before herr"
Higher School Of Sacred Music
The persevering efforts of Rev. Father
De Santi, S. j., for the establishment
of Higher School for the study of
Sacred Music in Rome are being
crowned with success. The school will
open this year, and offer complete
course in all the branches of sacred
music-harmony, counterpart, compo-
sition, and principal and complement
tary courses for the organ. The Insti-
tute gives diplomas of Licentiate and
Master in Gregorian music. This
school, which has been highly praised
and approved of by the Holy Father,
is international in character, and
though it has been instituted primarily
for ecclesiastics who, having finished
their theological studies, intend to fol-
low the courses of sacred music to
obtain diplomas, such laymen are ad-
mitted as wish to take up or perfect
musical studies for the purpose of
serving the Church. The classes will
commence on the 4th of November.
Cardinals New Astronomy.-Ca rdi-
nal Mazzi, Archbishop of Pisa, has
completed vast astronomical work
on which he has spent lifetime of
labor. In his book the Cardinal pro-
pounds wholly novel theories with re-
gard to the formation of nebulae, sun
spots and the atmospheric conditions
on the planets. The manuscript has
been submitted for examination by the
papal authorities prior to publication.
Diocesan Evidence for Ratification.
The Diocesan Court of Namur, Bel
GUM, has transmitted to Rome the
evidence in favor of the Beatifcation
of Sister Mary Veronica, the Found
ress of the Victims of the Sacred
Heart.
/ Ancient Relics in Sunken Ship
At Mahdia, on the coast of Tunis, val
liable relics were removed from a
sunken ship of the middle fourth CEN
fury before Christ. The vessel was
freighted with splendid marble col
umns, bronzes, great blocks of marble,
furniture, tiles, lamps and statues. 1t
is about 100 feet in length and lies
100 feet deep.
Watchmakers of Pekin.-The major
ity of the watchmakers in the city of
Pekin are Catholics whose fore
fathers learned their trade from the
Jesuits in the seventeenth century.
Catholic Education DissoIving Caste.
1T is through education that the
Madura mission has begun the process
of breaking down the caste system
The College of st. Joseph has 1890
pupils, of whom 1924 are Hindus,
nearly all Brahmins. Though few of
these become Catholics, all leave the
college favorable to the religion of
Christ and with Christian notions con-
corning the brotherhood of man, and
this is the beginning of the end of
the caste system.
international Catholic Temperance.
One of the most interesting features
of the international Congress of Tenn
perance Societies held in Milan, Italy,
was the meeting of the International
Federation of Catholic Temperance
Societies. The principal meeting was
held in one of the halls of the palace