The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08

warns the faithful against dangerous
literature and plays.
Teachers Needed for Natal Bishop
Delalle, Vicar-Apostolic OF Natal, ID
in Europe, endeavoring to secure the
aid Of an order of teaching Brothers
for his schools for boys. The parochial
school problem is pressing one, not
only here in America, but upon the
mission. 1t is even more pressing
there for there is opposition from non
Catholic missionaries who would gath.
er the little ones in, did we permit
them to stray from us. We're there
no opposition our Catholic children
could be taught by the missionaries in
catechism classes. They must have
more than catechism, however, to keep
up with the times even in savage
lands.
The Church in china.-The Cath.
Ollie Church in China has now been
established for six centuries. She
reckons A Bishops in her hierarchy
2,17e priests and more than 10000
catechists and teachers. The mum.
Der of baptized Catholics in China
amounts to 1,35O,000, and the annual
increase is computed at $4,000. To
these may be added 100000 neophytes
Japanese Church ProbIems.-The
Diocese of Nagasaki, Japan, has al
the present time twenty-seven native
priests and twenty seminarians. Mon
signor Combaz, the new bishop, says
that the greatest thorn in his episco
pal crown is his anxiety regarding his
Japanese clergy. The charge of sup
porting and educating them is heavy
one.
Far Eastern Missions.-It is difficult
to furnish figures as to the exact mum
Der engaged in active service in the
missions Of the Far East. A conserva
tive estimate is as follows: 10000 Sc
cular and religious priests; $500
Brothers and 1900 Sisters. The priests
are distributed among about Sc con
gregations or missionary societies;
80 orders Of Brothers are represented
in the 5000 engaged on the mission
field and 125 different orders of Sisters
has representative in the missions.
Anglican cIergymen converted.-II
the past year, fourteen Anglican
clergymen at home and abroad, and
six Anglican students, have entered
the Catholic Church.
German Catholics in London.-A
Club of the Hansa Catholic CONNER
cial Society is to be organized in Lon
don. This Society in Germany has &
membership of $4,000. It is devoted
to fostering spirit of honesty in bust
ness methods, loyalty to the Church
and love of the Fatherland.
Teaching Nuns in Birmingham.-
The Sisters of st. Louis have received
hearty welcome to Redditch in the
diocese of Birmingham, England. They
have come from Monaghan, Ireland
where their schools have held first
place at public examinations for many
years past, and are about to open q
private school for higher education, q
need which has long been felt in the
town.
| Af.arv IL
Amongst wills recently proved is that
of Miss Ethel Mary Fades, of Alcester
Warwick, in the diocese of Birming
ham, who left net personality valued al
about $4,000. She left her interest
in certain reversions during the life
of her mother as to one-third for the
Fades Request for the Church of Oul
Lady of Good Counsel at Evesham, fol
which also she left one-half of the
residue of her. personal estate.
Dominican Convert Dead.-The deatt
occurred recently of Rev. FIR. Buckler
o. P, at st. Dominick's Priory, Haver
stock Hill England in his SD year
FIR. Buckler was a famous preacher
the eldest son of John Chessell, the
architect, and with his two brothers
was convert, all three joining the
Dominican Order
Tyburn ConVent.-Pilgrims to Ty
burn Hyde Park-place, in the Bays
Waterford, will find copy of the mar
tyrs tree of shame erected over the
altar in the oratory which is under the
Chapel of Perpetual Alteration. 1t il
now Tree Of Glory, and forms a fit
ting canopy to the altar Of sacrifice
The triple Tree is made Of English
oak, and lamps are to hang from its
transverse beams. His Eminence Car
dinal Merry del Val, Secretary O.
State, has sent generous offering to
the fund now being raised for the
preservation of Tyburn.