The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-15

Will Serve with Bishop Hurth.-
Rev. Francis Boeris, G. S. c., for
twenty-five years missionary in the
diocese of Dacca, East Bengal, has
been assigned to work in the Diocese
of Neuva, Segovia Philippine Islands
Bishop Hurth, G. S. c., formerly Bish-
op of Dacca, is now in charge of the
Diocese of Neuva.
New Prefecture-ApostoIic Pre-
fecture-Apostolic of the Honda Islands
has been constituted out of a por
ton of the Vicariate-Apostolic Of Bata-
via, with the Very Rev. Father Moyen,
of the Society of the Divine Word,
as Project.
Growth of Church in India.-In
every portion of India and Ceylon the
Church is now organized and CONVEX
sions are being made at the rate of
over 10000 year. This figure ap-
plies only to adult baptisms.
Annual Mass for TeIegraphers.-A
laudable departure has been made by
the Catholic staff of the Madras Tele-
graph Department, in arranging to
have a Mass of thanksgiving said
annually. In noting it the Catholic
Waterman of Madras asserts that
this organized devotion is bound to
prove an excellent offset to the at
mosphere of doubt and irreligion
which surrounds Catholics in public
Offices 1t is to be hoped that it may
inspire many similar efforts.
France Needs Friendship of Rome.
Leading French journals, such as
Echo de Paris, journal des Debats,"
and the Temps" all insist, for differ
ent reasons, on the necessity, or at
least the advisability of the renewal
of relations between the Holy See and
the Republic. The French protector
ate in the Orient is the vital prob
lem-its loss has followed the rup-
ture of the Concordat.
SOIVSTG NGuS LUNG OI SEOys"Nl1SS
Nancy Leishman of Pittsburg, Pa,
daughter of the former American am
bassador to Germany, was married on
Tuesday, October %, in st. Joseph's
Catholic Church, Geneva, Switzerland,
to the Duke of Croy. She became a
Catholic six months ago.
Vienna Honors Native Saint.-In
Vienna, the unwilling of a bust of st.
Clement Hofbauer, who died in that
city in 1914, was magnificent cele-
bration. There took part in it Arch
bishop Piffi, many prelates, the Grand
Dukes and the representative of the
Emperor, the Mayor and other civil
authorities.
Swiss Bishop Dead.-Bishop Ruegg
of st. Gall, Switzerland, is dead He
was born on October 20, 1847.
Regret for Late Monsignor Montag-
nni.-The death of Mgr. Montagnini
is greatly regretted in Rome. His
death resulted from an operation for
throat trouble, in Berlin. 1t was he
who took charge of the Nunciature
after the Papal Nuncio, Mgr. Loren
zelli, left Paris. Later the French
Premier expelled him. He died as
Apostolic Delegate to Colombia.
Treasures of Notwithstanding
monastery of Montecassino is not
only rich in historic associations,
precious marbles, costly mosaics and
other works of art, such as the beauti-
full fresco of the Miracle of the
Loaves and Fishes" by Bassana, it is
also rich in it's library and archives
of 10000 volumes, 1000 MSS, and g.
palimpsests, of which latter, all but
one are of the 9Th and 9Th centuries.
Capuchin's Painting Admired.-A
Capuchin of the Franciscan Capuchin
Convent of Faeza, Italy, has painted
new picture of st. Francis which
is much admired and proclaimed as
a masterpiece. 1t is called franciscan
Vision" and represents st. Francis
in ecstacy under the branches of a
great oak.
The VuIgate Commissioned is an
nounced that as soon as the Right
Rev. Abbot Gasquet, o. S. B., Presi-
dent of the Commission for the Revi-
sion of the Vulgate, returns from the
United States, the seat of the Com
mission will be transferred from the
International College of S. Anselmo on
the Aventine Hill to more central
part of Rome, viz, the Abbacy of S.
Callisto in Trastevere.
Memorial to J. Pierpont Morgan
Ascoli, Italy, has shown it's gratitude
to the late j. Pierpont Morgan for
having restored the cope of Pope Mich
olas w the stealing of which created
such excitement some ten years ago.
The town is having executed in bronze
a bust of the millionaire banker, which
will be erected in the park of the city.
Socialist Doctor Champions Nuns
At Novara there are several Sisters
with the lay nurses, a condition which
is hateful to an anti Christian ele-
ment in the vicinity They appealed
recently to the doctor-president of the
hospitals, who is also a Socialist de-