The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-29
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American PiIgrimages to Rome
The Right Rev. DR.. Schrembs, Bishop !
of Toledo, Ohio, is to sail from New |
York on April 5 at the head of a
number of his people who will accom-
pany him as pilgrims on his first "ad
limina" visit to Rome. On April 26,
Bishop Grimes, of Syracuse, will take
the lead of a pilgrimage, and on July
10, the Bishop of Lincoln will leave the
United States at the head of another
band of pilgrims.
Divine Word ProVinciaI.-The Very
Rev A. M. Burgmer, S. V. D., has
been elected provincial of the North
American Province of the Society of
the Divine Word. The provincial
house is at Techney, Ill.
To Guard Story of Texas Missions.
Right Reverend John w. Shaw, D.
D., Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, is
determined that the so-called guides
shall stop disappearing the monks
of the past, the friars who built the
old missions in San Antonio. He has
issued orders that all tourist wagons
shall be kept from entering the mis-
sion grounds unless the owners will
see to it that the drivers and an
nouncers stick to the truth in relating
the history of the old buildings.
Policemen are stationed at the first
mission and care-takers at the others
to see that these instructions are car
ried out.
Mission for Japanese.-Recently a
Catholic Mission for the Japanese col
ony in Vancouver, B. c., has been
established. This work was made pos
sible by the zeal and charity of a
Miss O'Melia, a convert to the Church,
who for several years has devoted her
self to the instruction of the Jap
anese English is taught to all who
attend the school and Christian doc
trine to those who wish it. The work
is progressing favorably.
U. S. Leads in Divorces.-The aver
age rate of divorce among the coun-
tries of Europe compared with that
in the United States is striking COM
mentary upon the seriousness of the
situation In the year 1900, in twen-
ty European countries, together with
Australia, New Zealand and Canada,
with a population of about 267 100000
the number of divorces was under
$4,000, while in the same year in the
United States, with population under
76,000,000, the number of divorces was
over $4,000 The rate of divorce in
the United States was more than
seven times that of Europe.
the annual cost of crime in the United
States puts the total at the enormous
sum of $1,373, 100000.
Drug Victims in America.-There
are in this country more than 1,000,
600 slaves of opium, morphine, CO.
caine and other drugs. About 100000
ounces of cocaine are used, of which
only one-tenth is needed for medi-
cinal purposes. About 100000 pounds
of opium are imported annually, of
which between $4,000 and 100000 are
legitimately used, leaving fully AGO.
900 pounds for the drug f1ends. Many
negroes, men and women, are becom-
ing thralls of cocaine, and are rapidly
breaking down their health.
Americas Oriental charge.-There
are about 1900 islands in the Philip
pine group. OF these, however, not
more than 400 are permanently in
habited. The two largest are Luzon
containing Al ,009 and Mindanao $4,000
square miles. Luzon has population
of nearly five millions. The original
inhabitants of the Philippines were
the Negritos, but they have almost
disappeared before the invading Ma
lay races. At present, there are
about 100000 Spaniards scattered
throughout the Islands The Philip
pines may be considered as prac-
tically a Catholic country and the
credit of their conversion is due to
the priests of Spain.
Pioneer Educators Recognized
Credit is given to Catholic mission
aries for the first teaching of French
in America in a bulletin on modern
languages just issued by the United
States Bureau of Education. DR..
Handschin, author of the bulletin,
shows that even before the Eng
lish settlements were fairly started,
the Jesuits were bringing their Ian
guage and civilization into the valleys
of the st. Lawrence and the Missis-
sippi. In Louisiana, French was first
taught by the Ursuline nuns, who
came from Rouen, France, in 1927.
In their convent school they antici-
pated the demands of present-day
language teachers by insisting that
instruction both in French and Eng
lish be not only "in theory, but in
practice, the pupils being required to
converse daily in both languages"
Blind Jesuit Still HopefuI.-Henry
Wesslin, although blinded by a chem
ical explosion three years ago, when
he was professor Of chemistry at
Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y, is still
keeping up with his classes in the
Theological Seminary at Woodstock
College. Mr.. Wessling will make a
personal appeal to the Pope to be al.