The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-09-06

most intolerant country The right of
the Catholics to have church or a
school in Servia is not officially recog-
nized. In Bulgaria, Montenegro and
Greece the situation is less difficult
for the Catholics, but in all the four
nations the religion of the people is
treated as an affair to be regulated by
the State.
Irish PostuIants for Americas Rev.
Mother Angela and Sister Guilenma,
of the Holy Angels Academy, Seattle,
Washington, left Queenstown by the
White Star steamship Celtic for New
York, on August Is, with ten Irish
postulants of the Dominican Order.
From New York the little band pro-
ceeded by rail to Seattle.
Dublin's Catholic SheIter.-The st.
Vincent de Paul Free Night Shelter
for Catholic Men, Dublin, was COM
menced in the beginning of last year,
and in the first twelve months over
wards of $4,000 meals supplied, all
being free. The committee are ac-
lively engaged in the work of provid-
ing new building, to be specially
adapted to this class of institution,
with up-to-date systems of lighting,
heating, and ventilation.
Ancient Chapter Restored an
cient Chapter of Killala diocese, Ire
land, has been restored by the Right
Reverend Bishop Naughton under
faculties from the Holy Father.
Progress of Gaelic League.-'The
Gaelic League has now twelve Irish
colleges in operation and also en-
ploys one hundred travelling Irish
teachers who go among the people
encouraging them to speak Gaelic,
and teaching them to read and write
| it.
Australian Catholic Minister.-Hon
P. M. Glynn, who is Minister for Elk
ternal affairs in the Australian Liberal
Ministry, is a native of Galway, Ire
land, and an active practical Catholic
He was Attorney General in the last
Deakin ministry.
Danish Gaelic SchoIar.-The Dublin
School of Irish Learning has, this
summer, secured distinguished lee
turer in DR.. Holger Peterson of Co
penhagen, the great Danish philolo
gist and Celtic scholar. DR.. Peterson
is one of the youngest of the group OF
Continental scholars who during the
past twenty years have done so much
for Celtic studies. He speaks English
perfectly and is a great Slavonic, Ar
menian and Albanian scholar. He is
the author of monumental work or
the comparative grammar of the Gel
tic language.
Methodists at Catholic Practice
The practice of holding retreats fol
workers is commencing itself to the
Methodists, says the English Catholic
Times. Sir H. Lunn, after studying
the work by Father Platter, S. j., Ere
treats for the People," suggested thai
his acknowledgements should take vi
the practice and discovered, to his
satisfaction, that they had already
done so. He joined some of them il
a retreat which was held last Septem
Der at Swanwick, and subsequent!
attended retreat given by the Com
munity of the Resurrection, at Mir
field, and conducted one himself FOL
Methodist undergraduates at Horn
don-on-the-Hill, in Essex. To the oh
lection that he is initiating Catholics
he answers that if this were an oh
stacle he would have to give up ever
the Our Father.
Anglican Citrate convert.-Rev. L
A. Corsbie, curate at the Anglican
Church of st. Lawrence, Northamp
ton, has resigned, with the intention
it is understood, of seeking admission
to the Catholic Church and priest
hood.
Inspector on Nuns Industrial
School, The Chief Inspector of In
dustrial Schools of England, Mr.. j. G
Pearson, on August Is, when visitin.
the Bishop Brown Industrial Schoo
at Stockport, conducted by nuns saiC
that on his first visit to the school il
1902 he took away with him speci
mems of the boys work, which ht
showed to every school that he visited
afterwards Some of those to whom
he produced it wished to know if i
was the genuine work of the boys, be
cause they thought it was scarcel!
possible for boys to do it. He assured
the critics that he saw it done him