The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-27

Irish Nuns for Australia.-Rev Ed
ward Carroll returned to Australia re-
Gently from Dublin, Ireland, with thir-
teen young ladies who will become
postulants in the Order of the Sacred
Heart, to prepare for missionary work
in the mining and country districts of
Australia.
Mass in Windsor Castle.-Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria while the
guest of King George at Windsor
Castle, assisted at Mass daily with his
suite, at the Castle. A Jesuit priest
went there every morning to celebrate
it. 1t is the first time since the
Reformation" that Mass has been
said in Windsor Castle.
Catalogues of Gaelic Literature
Standish Hayer O'Grady's great
catalogue of the Irish manuscripts
in the British Museum, of history,
law, medicine, poetry and folklore,
occupies nearly seven hundred pages.
Scholars estimate that there is still in
in Ireland enough Gaelic
written within the last two hundred
years to fill couple of hundred
octave volumes. The Royal Irish
Academy has catalogued about one
half of the manuscripts in it and the
catalogue is contained in thirteen
volumes, with 3,448 pages, and con-
tains about ten thousand pieces, vary
ing from a single verse of song up to
the long epic.
Friary of Thirteenth Century.-On
the site of the birthplace of Oliver
Cromwell, at Huntington, the ruins of
an Augustinian friary, dating from
about 1885 have been discovered.
Religious Schools in Prussia.-Of
the 6,572,000 school children in
Prussia, 3,815,OO0 are in Protestant
schools, 2,383,000 in Roman Catholic
schools, and the comparatively small
number of 368,565 in the non-sectarian
schools. The pupils take most of the
subjects in common, but receive re-
ligious instruction separately in the
faith to which they belong.
Where Bach was organist.- vii
lage church at Arnstadt, Thuringia,
where Sebastian Bach was organist
from 1903 to 1907, has been restored
with elaborate celebration.
New Parish in BerIin.-Cardinal
Kopp has created a new parish in
Berlin, that of st. Laurence, to which
he has given some of the three thou
sand Catholics formerly belonging to
st. Paul. The church, which is to be
built in the Baroc style of the 18th
century, will have seating accommoda-
tons for 1000 people.
Cathedral of Antwerp.-The Cathe-
dral of Antwerp, Belgium, is glorious
structure. It's interior is divided into
seven aisles. The edifice is 800 feet
long and $50 feet wide. It's outer
attraction is it's lofty steeple 404 feet
high of delicate Gothic lace-like work
manship. It's interior attractions are
its great paintings, especially Ruben's
Descent from the Cross; his Elevation
of the Cross and his other paintings.
Promises of Madrid's Mayor.-Fran-
cisco Rodriguez, the newly elected
mayor of Madrid, Spain, has an
nounced that he will turn over all his
salary to some charitable institution.
He is one of the wealthiest residents
of the Spanish capital and will go into
Office on January 1.
Nuns Not to Be Restored.-The City
Council of Paris, on December 8 re-
jected the proposal to restore the Sis
tiers of Charity and the members of
other nursing orders to the posts they
held in the Paris hospitals prior to
the separation of Church and state.
The restoration had been asked
through a petition bearing many thou
sand signatures.
Spanish Kings Generosity.-At
Seville, Spain, King Alfonso has built
at his own expense houses for poor
workmen He will likewise build such
houses in other Spanish cities.
Nyanza's FIourishing Missions
The latest report of the vicariate of
Northern Nyanza, Africa, is encourag-
ing. The White Fathers are in charge
of the vicariate which comprises
thirty stations, including a large
seminary, a school of catechists and
a high school There are lis mission
aries in the territory, % Sisters, 1,147
catechists, 116,406 Christians, 1854
catechumens, 81 schools, with 1925
boys and 1927 girls. This year alone
there were 7,O75 adult baptisms.
Pope Decorates Ambassador
Spanish Ambassador Firmino Calbeton
Blanchon, last month presented the
Sovereign Pontiff, Pope Plus X, his
Letters of Recall. In accepting them
the Pontiff conferred upon the Am
bassador the Grand Cross of the Order
of st. Plus.
Spanish Ambassador to Rome
Count de la Vinaza, Spanish Ambas-
sador to Russia, has been designated
Spanish Ambassador to the Holy See.
Japanese Missionary's Wide Field
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