The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-01-25

The Little Sisters of the Assump-
tion.-The many petitions presented
to the Chamber of Deputies of the
houses of this Order include one by
M. Groussau signed by more than
ten thousand inhabitants of Lille.
The Government ordinarily disregards
the expression of the popular wish in
favor of religious Orders, but some
times when carrying out the policy of
expulsion is obliged to wait for a
favorable occasion. When the nuns
who directed a children's home at
Trouville had notice of expulsion the
town council unanimously voted that
their services be retained, and over
ten thousand inhabitants, believers
and unbelievers, of all classes of so
ciety, signed petition to the Minister
of the Interior. Nevertheless, they
have been expelled
A Prosecutors Repentance.-The
possessions of the parish of Languidic,
Morbihan, France, were bought for
small sum when seized and put up for
auction on behalf of the Government
by the chairman of the local Bloc COM
mittee, M. LIE Goff There was
naturally great movement of protes-
tation. The pastor, Canon Jaffre,
was fined G40 on the pretext that he
had denounced the buyer of stolen
goods in the pulpit by name, although
he theoretically denied this charge
Shortly after the sentence, M. LIE Golf,
who had sold the church goods, called
for the cure, confessed his iniquity,
and, before a notary, signed a solemn
act of remuneration of all his goods
belonging to the Church. The cure
himself gave him dissolution and the
last Sacraments the day before his
death.
nationalist School Closed.-When-
ever possible the Government of Spain,
though hostile to the Church, still
shows it's disapproval of what may be
called the ''Ferrer" school of thought
A nationalist school at Calanas, sup
ported by workingmen of more or less
advanced views, has been closed after
visit from a Government inspector.
Some of the pupils compositions were
seized.
Tomb of Mystic Found.-The tomb
of the Blessed John Ruysbroek, the
medieval mystical writer, has been
found in the Church of st. Gudule,
Brussels.
Charles Dickens Granddaughter
The Liverpool Catholic Times is now
running serial story from the pen of
Mary Rugels Dickens, convert to the
Church, and granddaughter of Charles
Dickens.
The Vale of Avoca.-The historic
Vale of Ayoca, which the Irish poet,
Thomas Moore, has rendered classic
by his famous song, has been sold in
the Land Commission Court to the
numerous tenants who occupy the
several farms along the banks of the
Avonmore. The estate belonged to
the late Col Bayly, who was sue
ceeded in the property by his son,
Capt. Bayly, who has now parted with
his interest to his tenants, though he
will still continue to reside at his
beautiful seat at Balyarthur.
A. o. n. in the West of Scotland
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is
doing excellently in the west of Scot
land, as evidenced by the last half
yearly report, which shows an in
crease of 1884 in the membership
of the District. The funeral fund,
which shows an increase of G915, now
stands at G4,222.-Among the most
successful of recent branch openings
is that of the Ladies' Division at Ban
nockburn, where over seventy mem
bers have been enrolled.
New Years Honors for Catholics
Amongst those whose names appear
in the list of New Years Honours in
the British Empire is the Able Noel
Rondy, V. G., Coimbatore, Madras,
who has received the "Kaisar-i-Hind
Medal for Public Service in India" of
the First Class Sir E. P. Morris,
Premier of Newfoundland a Catholic
has been made K C. M. g., and the
Hon Timothy Francis Quinlan, late
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Western Australia (also Catholic)
a C.M.G.
Plymouth Protestant Alliance
FaiIed.-When it became known that
the Catholic Congress of England was
to be held in Plymouth next July, and
that the free use of the Guild Hall was
granted for the occasion, the Protes
tant Alliance made application for the
use of the Guild Hall on the three
days following the Catholic Congress
A Committee was appointed tt
consider the application, and they
have recommended the offer of the
Guild Hall to the Protestant Alliance
on three days subsequent to the mid
die of August This prevents then
from holding their Conference unit
at least five weeks after the Catholic
Congress.
Mill Hill Fathers in Philippines
Very Rev. J. Verbrugge is superior o.
the Mill Hill Fathers, who number
about thirty, in the Philippine Islands
They are all laboring in Jaro, the dio