The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09

Studies in connection with the Uni
lversity of Oxford.
| Papal Honors.-Mr. p. e. j. Hemel-
ryk, of Liverpool, England, vice-presi-
dent of the Superior Council in Eng
land of the Society of ST. Vincent de
Paul, has been made by the Holy
Father a knight Commander of the
Order of st. Gregory the Great.
Topics of Catholic Congress- The
English Catholic Congress at Plymouth
considered the subject of National Edu-
cation, the Labor Party, Divorce, the
International Catholic Society, the
Position of the Poor, Policy of Fedora
ton, Catholic Trade Unionists, Social
Study and Naturalization. A scheme
was adopted for the establishment of
National Juvenile Temperance
Crusade.
Anglican Admires PriestIy Training.
"A contributor to the British Review
makes plea for course of study in
philosophy as part of the necessary
course for Anglican clergy. Speaking
of the training of the Catholic clergy
he says: whatever we may think of
the attitude of the Papacy at~present
towards questions of historical and
critical research, it has set us an
n10 Irrhin chnII16 T0nf h0
slow to follow in it's insistence upon
an increased attention to the build
ing up of true Christian philosophy
as the great corrective for the loose
thinking rationalism or the shallow
pantheism of our age
Celtic Congress in BeIgium.-The
International Pan-Celtic Congress was
held at Client, Belgium, July %. Many
of the delegates visited the little town
of Namur to view the site of the monu-
ment that is planned to perpetuate the
memory of Gen. Patrick Sarsfeld,
Earl of Lucan, grandson of the famous
Irish leader O'More, who at Landen,
near at hand, received his death wound
fighting for King James II.
Cost of Irish Land Act.-Three hun
dred million dollars in addition to the
$625, 100000 already expended is the
estimate given by Augustine Birrell,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, of the sum
necessary to complete the operation of
land purchase in Ireland in accordance
with the provisions of the land pur-
chase acts of 1903 and 1909. These
acts make it compulsory for landlord
to permit his tenant to purchase the
land he cultivates.
Franciscan Congress in Cologne
From the 18th to the 18th of August
the Congress of Franciscan Tertiaries
will take place in Cologne, Germany
The Superiors of the three Provinces
of the Friars Minors of Prussia, and
the Rhenish Westphalian Province of
the Capuchins have issued an invita-
ton to all Tertiaries to be present.
German Industrial Worker Dead
In the death of Monsignor John Storck,
of Speyer, Germany, at the age of
eighty-four years, great priest of the
German Empire passed away. He
built an industrial school, orphanage,
home for nurses, eighteen working
mems dwellings, many churches, and
| founded several parishes.
CoIogne's GeseIIenverein.-On of
| the extensive Catholic institutions of
Cologne is the Hospice of the Work
sellenverein. This edifice contains
over 800 private rooms, lecture halls,
workshops and the like.
Queen Decorates Cardinal.-The
Queen of Holland has honored Car
dinal Van Rossum by comforting upon
him the Order of the Lion of Holland.
Franz Joseph Plans Jubilee.-Em-
peror Francis Joseph, of Austria, is
planning to celebrate the sixty-fifth
year of his reign next December in
| great SCylSB oAOuAu AO A1FO uAIAA IhoC
time. He succeeded his uncle, Fer
dinand |, as Emperor of Austria, De-
cember 2, 1848. Kaiser Francis Joseph
will be eighty-four years old next
August, but despite his age enjoys
fairly good health.
Honor to Dead Priest Demanded
The Austro-Hungarian Government re-
quires of Montenegro the erection of
memorial cross on the spot where
Father Palitsch was murdered by the
Montenegrans and the erection of a
memorial church in his honor. The
Government further requires guar
antee for the safety of Catholics in
Montenegro.
Retreat for Partisan Journalists
The Catholic journalists of Paris have
just concluded retreat to which they
were invited by the direction of the
Diocesan Works of Paris, at the Villa
Bethany of Montsoult. This is the
third occasion on which such a retreat
has been held. The missioner was the
Able Lontil, himself that brilliant
journalist Pierre PErmite." The
journalists, to the number of thirty
expressed their deep gratitude to the
priest at the close of the exercises
their speaker being M. Bazire, editor
of thn at ,ihre Parole"