The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-12

diamond jubilee celebrations of st.
Patrick's Church Bradford, July 9th.
The Cardinal officiated at the conse-
Grafton of the church on the occasion
of the golden jubilee celebration in
1908.
New Retreat House for Men.-A
House of Retreats for Men has just
been established in the diocese of Hex
ham and Newcastle. Whitney House,
Low Fell, has been taken for this pur-
pose by the Fathers of the Society
of Jesus, who will have charge of the
work, and series of retreats will be
organized during the next few months.
Decline of Nonconformity-- Accord
ing to the London Morning Post, there
is at the present time most serious
falling off among the Nonconformist
membership in England. If the figures
of 1907 are compared with those for
1913 the Baptist churches of the Uni
ted Kingdom show a decline in mem
bership of 1884; those of the Con-
1914; the Primitive Methodists (1912),
of 1,006, while those of the Wesleyan
Methodist (1912) show a decrease of
no less than 28,093! The last five
years (1908-12) have seen a decrease
in the total, as compared with 1907, of
81 ,205, or an average annual decrease
of 1924.
Emigration and Pawn Shop Plans.
Two enterprises are being largely
discussed by the Catholic Young Mems
Association of England. The first is
the supervision of the emigration of
Catholic men to Canada, the States
and elsewhere, to be undertaken par
ticularly with view to settling Cath
olics in large groups and not in isolated
numbers, that they may be the pion-
GERS of new towns and cities where the
Faith would be well safeguarded. The
second is regarding the suggestion
made by the Bishop of Stafford that
the Society should start Catholic
: paWnshop, run on the merciful lines
of the Mont de Piete in Paris.
Ancient Welsh Diocese.-The do
cese of Menevia, in Wales, is ancient
dating from the middle sixth century
The magnificent Cathedral was for
merly Catholic. 1t contains the tomb
of st. David. The restored diocese
is rich in relics of the Ages of Faith
Norwich Eye Infirmary.-The Duke
, and Duchess of Norfolk are to visit
: Norwich on July 16, to open the new
premises of the Norfolk and Norwich
Eye Inf1rmary. A generous gift Of
$1,000 by the duke some years age
laid the foundation of the scheme
which is now almost completed.
D Non-CathoIics at Mass.-The Rev
. Father O'Dea, chaplain to the Sisters
3 of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus anG
!, Mary, who recently erected a new
. church at Cadleigh, Ivybridge, Eng
land, is getting round him large mum
: Der of non-Catholics, which augurs
: we'll for Catholicism in the Ivybridge
-
) tend the church on Sunday evenings
f As mark of their sincerity, it may be
5 mentioned that they genufect before
the Blessed Sacrament and assist in
t the singing of Vespers in Latin. A
] few of them are already under instruc
5 tion. All are very regular and de-
r vout in demeanor, so that it would ap
hot
passed Father O'Dea will have a con.
gregation of Catholics in the district
: London's New Magistrate.-The
} King, on the recommendation of the
/ Home Secretary, has appointed Mr.
Lister Drummond to be Metropolitan
) Police Magistrate, to fill the vacancy
2 caused by the death of Sir Henry
: Curtis Bennett. Mr.. Drummond was
: born in 1856, and was called to the
: Bar by the Inner Temple in 1879. -Four
years previously, in 1875, he was re
ceived into the Church and became
: the co-founder, with the Rev. Philip
: Fletcher, of the Guild of Our Lady OF
= Ransom. In 1910 he was elected
!. chairman of the London Catholic Fed
5 Grafton, and in 1912 chairman of the
E Central Council of the Catholic Con
federation. He is knight of the
/ Papal Order of St. Gregory.
E German Catholic Club Opened
2 On Sunday, June Is, Princess Lich
f nowsky, in the unavoidable absence
of Prince Lichnowsky, the German
Ambassador, opened the enlarged
e premises of the German Federation OF
e ST. Boniface, in Whitechapel, London
j The occasion being the twenty-fiftl
S anniversary of the Kaiser's accession
e to the Throne, the proceedings were
e of a patriotic character. The club i:
:. the centre of an active mission anC
t educational work, as well as of socia
S entertainment Among those present
e were the Argentine Ambassador anC
Sonora Dominiguez.
: The Maynooth Union.-The annua
!. general meeting of the Maynoot1
n Union was held in st. Patrick's Col
: lege on Thursday, June 26, his Emin
J. ence Cardinal Logue presiding. Tht
i. paper causing much discussion wa
e The Teaching of Religion in Second
airy Schools by Rev. M. Sheehan
D. D., M. A., Maynooth. He mad,