The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01


Holy Father in turn, has replied to
devout address of the Metropolitan
Chapter, expressing the consolation he
derived from it, and praying that the
Lord may look with a merciful eye
upon the widowed Church of Genoa.
Women's Wages in France.-Four
million of working women in France
receive an average of fifty cents a day
as wages, says an official report.
Lepers Massacred in china.-De-
spite the Intervention and protests of
missionaries the Provincial Govern
ment of Kwang ST, China, ordered to
be shot and buried in trench 80
lepers.
Eucharistic Congress in India.-The
last Eucharistic Congress in India,
took place at Meliapor, near the tomb
of the Apostle St. Thomas, and was
magnificent success. IL Archbishops
and Bishops and 40 priests from 26
dioceses took part in it.
Progress of Indian Missions.-In an
address presented to His Excellency
the Papal Delegate, DR.. Ladislas Ia
leski, on his recent visit to Lahore,
India, the following account of the
progress of the mission was given:
'Since Your Excellency's last visit to
the diocese, eight years ago, much
progress has been made in it's work,
new avenues and fields of labor have
been opened out in several directions.
Briefly, we would add that there are
now employed solely on the native
missions, Is priests, rs nuns, and 6
Brothers. We have had during the
last year 1926 conversions to Catholic
ity-465 from Professionalism and $3.50
from Paganism, and we have thou
sands of catchumens. New churches
have been erected; existing buildings,
five of European schools and several
of native schools, have been enlarged"
Filipino Industrial Students
About 100000 Filipino students are
now engaged in the study of Industrial
subjects
Gifts of Liverpool Catholic.-By the
will of Mr.. William Leeming, of Hay
man's-green, West Derby, Liverpool,
1900 pounds were bequeathed to Most
Rev. Thomas Whiteside or other, the
Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool;
| 5000 pounds for the erection of a
church at West Derby; 1000 pounds
for the decoration and furnishing there
of and ESQ pounds for the Lancashire
Infirm Secular Clergy Fund.
Catholic Action in Spain.-At Mad
rid, Spain, convention of the do
cesar consultors of the organization of
Catholic Action" has just been held.
In all dioceses, centres under the lead
of the Bishops are to be established.
Pope Honors Historian.-Great salts
faction is expressed at the distinction
conferred by the Holy Father upon the
Rev. H. K. Mann, head master of ST.
Cuthbert's Grammar School, New.
castle, England, who has received the
degree of Doctor of Divinity, in recog.
milton of his able writings, which in.
clude work on "The Popes of the
Middle Ages"
Ancient Abbey for SaIe.-The an.
cient Augustinian Abbey of Braden
stoke, in England, dating from 1142 is
for sale. 1t was the house of the Black
Canons, founded and dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
Jews Justly Treated.-Gotthard
Deutsch, a writer in the American Is
raelite, declares that the Jews are
treated with eminent fairness and jus
tice in Catholic Bavaria.
Sociology in France.-In literature
OF Catholic social subjects France
leads all countries in the Catholic
world. In nine years work, there has
been distributed in France 100000
brochures, more than $4,000 books
over 100000 almanacs and $50, 900 pam
phlets. Rheims is at the present time
the leading centre of this literary
activity
New Parishes About Paris.-Withir
the last ten years, twenty-one parishes
in the vicinity of Paris have sprung
into existence; forty others have beer
planned.
Record of Mission Society.-Tht
Paris Foreign Mission Society, accord
ing to its latest report, counts 1,518,78!
Catholics in it's various Missions
all in Eastern Asia. 43 Bishops, 1856
French priests, aided by 857 native
priests and 4,503 nuns make up it,
, force of workers.
Vatican Library.-The total numbe
of printed books in the Vatican Ii
brary is estimated at not less thar
100000. This does not include thu
enormous number of manuscripts
codices, etc.
Canon Sheehan.-News comes from
Cork, Ireland that Very Rev. P. A
Canon Sheehan, of Doneraile, was &C
corded a great welcome on his recen
return to Doneraile, from which plac,
he had been absent for some tim,
through ill-health. The town was Il
Illuminated in his honor, and torch
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