The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-27
OLD WORLD NEWS.

MeIrose Abbey.-Among strikingly
beautiful ruins of the Church is Mel
rose Abbey in Scotland, erected by the
Cistercians in 1876, and destroyed un
der Henry VIII. Even it's ruins are
beautiful and imposing.
Bishop Elected Chairman. - Most
Rev. DR.. McKenna, Bishop of Clogher,
Ireland, has been unanimously elected
chairman of the County Monaghan
Sanatoria Committee.
Putomayo Missionary Returns
Father Frederick Furlong, o. F. M,
who left England last year with the
other Irish Franciscan missionaries
for the Putomayo, has been obliged
to return home because of the eli
mate, which has seriously affected
his health.
Successes of Monastery Boys.-For
many years past pupils of North Mon
astery, Cork, have been prominent in
the list of successful candidates for
the five valuable science scholarships
offered annually by the Department
of Agriculture and Technical Instruc-
ton for Ireland. This year again two
pupils of North Monastery-the only
two presented-have been awarded
scholarships valued at e280 each as
the result of the examination held in
June last These scholarships are
tenable at Royal College of Science,
Dublin; they invariably lead to lucra-
tive posts. Sixteen of these science
scholarships have been won by North
Monastery boys during the past six
years.
Baroness Lays cornerstone.-A not
able occurrence in Yorkshire, Eng
land, last week, was the laying of the
foundation stone of new Catholic
schools at Selby. The schools will
cost about $12,5OO and will accommo
date $50 children. The actual cere
mony of the foundation stone laying
was performed by the young Baron
ess Beaumont, a Catholic peeress in
her own right, who is in her nine
teenth year.
Bishops Care for Workers.-The
Bishop of Southwark, England, ar
ranged for a number of franciscan
friars, nuns and nurses to accompany
the thousands of Catholic poor from
London who go down to the Kentisf
hop fields for the picking season.
Anglican Citrate a Convert.-Rev
Leonard Allen Corsbie, curate of the
Anglican st. Andrews, Plaistow, Eng
land, was received into the Church
and will study for the priesthood.
| Princess Preparing for Baptism
Princess Beatrice of Coburg, Ger
many, a convert, wife of the Infantt
Alphonso of Orleans, son of the In
fanta Eulalia is in Madrid preparing
for her baptism which will take place
in the crypt of Notre Dame de Palma
deus. The Pope will send specia
Nuncio to baptize her; the ceremony
will be invested with great religious
and civic solemnity.
French Catholic Railway Men.-Th'
prosperity of the Union catholique de-
Cheminots, a new organization o
Catholic railway men, is another evi
dence of the revival of religion il
France. There are altogether 100000
railway men in France; of thes
$4,000 are practical Catholics and e2
cellent public servants, in whose eye
the service they owe to their employ
ers is glorified by the service the,
render to God. The Association i
only fifteen years old.
Russian Church Celebrates Center
{ ary.-The Holy Synod of the RUSSIAN
church celebrated the 1600th annive1
sary of the publication of the Edict Q
Milan by Constantine in an imposin
ecclesiastical celebration, Sunday
September IA. In all the churches O
the Russian Empire on that day Their
was solemn Mass with Thanksgivin
and TIE Deum together with process
sion of the Cross. Special sermon
were preached on the triumph G
Christianity.
Prizes for English CathoIics.-Th
London "Times" reports that, as i
! former years, the results of the co
. Iege of preceptors midsummer exam
nation record a long list of Catholi
successes OF the four prizes awarde
for general proficiency in the senio
: division, two fall to Catholic cand
, dates, one of them student Of s
, Aloysius' College, Highgate, while al
other student from the same colleg
captured one of the two awards fo
: English subjects.
Pope Blesses AthIetes.-The Int
national Catholic Athletic Associ;
! ton. from twelve countries, includin
200 Italian Catholic athletic organic;
!, lions, met in Rome the second wee
in September. On Sunday they il
: tended to march from st. John La
Grams, where they assisted in a bod
: at Mass, to the Court of San Damasu
in the Vatican but the procession wa
:, forbidden. They were viewed by tn
!. Holy Father, who impaired to full
5000 athletes his Apostolic Blessin
: from balcony.
Religious Drama in HoIIand.-Th
+ PapaI Nuncio at Brussels, MonsignC
Porcelli, who is also inter-Nuncio {