The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-19

Relics at Tyburn.-Those interested
in Tyburn know that the Oratory of
the Martyrs, where reproduction of
the old Triple Tree has recently been
erected, has been enriched with many
precious relics which within the last
few months have been gathered in
from many parts. Recently the Bishop
of Tuy in Spain sent to Tyburn one
of the two bones of the forearm of the
Ven. Thomas Maxfeld, Tyburn al
ready numbers about twenty founders,
i. e., those giving at least G105 in
honour of the 105 martyrs. AS is gen.
orally known, one hundred are needed
to secure the future of Tyburn.
Cultivation of Daily Communion
The Very Rev. j. B. McCluskey has
for some time had in operation a most
successful plan of getting the Lauris-
ton, England, school children to cult
vate the habit of daily Communion.
He has appointed reliable promoters of
devotion to the Blessed Sacrament in
each of the many classes in school.
The duty of these promoters is to ask
each day their school comrades for
volunteers who are prepared to ap-
proach Holy Communion the next day
or on as near date as possible. This
plan has so far worked exceedingly
well. An average of close upon four
hundred daily Communions has been
recorded since the beginning of March
Indian Judge a Convert Common
datore Humphreys Page, whom the
Pope has appointed to accompany the
Papal Legate, Cardinal Ferrata, to the
Eucharistic Congress at Malta, is an
English convert who held the position
of Judge in India for years, as well as
that of chief magistrate in Tasmania
His eldest son is member of the So
ciety of Jesus.
Venerable Jesuit's Retirement
Father John Miner, S. j., who has
been stationed at Holywell since 1886
has retired to Stonyhurst. Father Mil
ner, who was born in Liverpool ninety
five years ago, has been a priest fol
seventy-three years. He was vel
known to pilgrims to Holywell. De
spite his great age, Father Miners
mental faculties are still bright and un
impaired. Before going to Holywel
he worked at Skipton, st. Helena, and
} Bedford Leigh.
New Benedictine Abbot.-The Com
: munity of st. Benedict's Abbey at For
] Augustus, England, recently elected a!
their new abbot the Right Rev. Sil
David Oswald Hunter Blair, Bart, o
: S. B., the eldest son of the late Sil
Edward Hunter Blair, of Dunskey. H,
was born in 1853, and succeeded to tn,
title as fifth baronet in 1906. Edu
: Gated at Elton and Magdalen College
Oxford, where he took his M. A. de
gree, he became convert in 1875, be
ing received into the Church at Rome
He entered the Benedictine Order il
1878 and was ordained in 1886. Be
: sides frequent contributions to period
ical literature and the production o
a number of volumes, the learned Alb
, bot has written more than seventy ar
ticles for the new Catholic Encyclo
paedia. The solemn Benediction o
the Abbot took place on April 9th
when the Bishop of Newport ofici
ated.
ProseIytism in Edinburgh.-Mucl
indignation has been caused in Cath
Ole circles in Edinburgh recently b.
the fragrant acts of proselytism under
taken by the Edinburgh Protestant
. Ladies' Mission. The very poorest
Catholic families are visited and If of
fers of free clothing and food are &C
cepted, there follow invitations to tes
parties, tracts, Protestant versions o.
the Bible and prayer meetings. Al
the annual meeting Of this society held