The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-17

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year for three years, is annually
awarded to each of the five States of
the Australian Commonwealth This
year students of the Christian Broth
ers have taken the three scholarships
assigned respectively to Queensland,
West Australia and South Australia.
/ Dublin's Respectable Poor.-At the
annual meeting in Dublin of the Asso-
citation for the Housing of the Very
Poor, recently, Sir Lambert H. Orms-
by, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said that over $1,000 families in
Dublin who were honest and respecta-
BILE were compelled to live in unsani-
tary rooms in tenement houses. These
people were ready prey for cpl
demic diseases, which spread from
street to street and imperilled the en-
tire community.
Old Age Pension in IreIand.-A Par
liamentary White Paper gives particu-
lars of the working of the Old-Age
Pension Act in Ireland from October
L, 1908, to March 81, 1912. OF the
4O,635 claims received in 1912, 21,311
were rejected. The number Of pen
sions now in force is 205,S17.
EngIand's Lay ApostIes.-The Arch
bishop of Birmingham, England, at
tended a meeting of 900 Catholic lay
men, who pledged themselves to pro-
pagate and defend the Faith, to offer
their services for any work, to help
Catholic men by example and other
wise by information on Catholic sub
jects, and to wear small badge de-
noting their fellowship.
English Sculptor a Convert
Amongst those who have recently join
ed the Catholic Church is Eric Hill,
the sculptor, who, with his wife, was
received into the Catholic Church by
the Rev. Canon Connolly, at Brighton,
England.
|, Ulster Wants Home Rule Taking
their own published figures as correct
only 447,0O0 out of listers population
OF 1,074,00O over sixteen years Of age
signed the Covenant protesting against
home rule; or, in other words, about
sixty per cent of the Ulster people re-
fused to follow their so-called spokes-
men.
Automobiles Forbidden to Priests
On April 25th the Bishop of the Do
cese of Treves (Trier), Germany, pub
lished a decree forbidding priests to
own or ride in automobiles. The Bish-
op says the use of automobiles is in
consistent with the humility which
should adorn the clergy, and automo-
biles have been the frequent cause of
financial embarrassment of priests.
Growth of CarmeIite Order.-The
Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart
is an order founded in Berlin twenty
; two years ago. 1t has now a Mother
house in Rome, administering twenty
three houses and 337 Sisters. They
began with one hundred dollars and
three poor children. The Sisters care
for poor, abandoned children.
New Archbishop of Vienna.-The ap-
pointment of Mgr Piffl as Archbishop
of Vienna, which was lately an
nounced, has been officially confirmed.
German Jesuits in Denmark.-A let
ter from Denmark says that the Ger
man Jesuits established at Copen-
hagen, have won the admiration of all
) classes; their methods of education
are so well liked that the Danish Gov.
{ eminent has authorized them to re-
ceive in their schools young men of
all religions. Furthermore, the certi-
ficates and diplomas given by the
Jesuits have the same value as those
, given in the official academies.
Missionary Society Report.-The
J Society of Foreign Missions of Paris
reports in it's missions for 1912, 1881
baptisms of grown persons, 1873, 1873 OF
children and of 56,171 persons when
: dying.
Priests Win Libel Suit.-Four hun.
dred and sixty-nine priests of the Do
{ cese of Quimper, in France, who
brought an action for libel against a
newspaper, the "Cri du Peuple," have
each been awarded ten francs dam
: ages. The proprietor has to pay fine
; of twenty-five francs and the judgment
is to be published in four newspapers
To Honor Blessed Margaret Mary
, A French National pilgrimage Of men
to Paray-le-M onia1 will take place on
the 14th and 18th of June. Paray-le-
: Monial is the shrine of Blessed Mar.
garet Mary, the Apostle of the Sacred
Heart.