The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-09-12


priest; nine years diocesan pre1ate;
nine years Bishop of Mantua; nine
years Patriarch of Venice and Car
dinal; eleven years Supreme Pontiff
of the Catholic Church.
Decree on lnduloonce0.-The clergy
and laity will find much consolation
in a decree of the Sacred Congrega-
ton of the Holy Office, which has just
been issued conceding plenary in
diligence to be applied to the Holy
Souls as often as the faithful visit a
church or public or semi-public ora
tory on the Feast of the Holy Souls,
in November. The usual conditions
are to be fulfilled-Co Confession, Com
munion, and prayers for the intention
of the Pope. 1t will be interesting to
the many faithful who make 1t an OBJ
ject in life to gain as many indul-
gences, even partial ones, as circum-
stances will permit, to learn that now
the partial indulgences can be gained
as often in the day as the conditions,
etc, required by the Church to gain
them are fulfilled
Jesuit Astronomers.-Two English
Jesuits, Father Cortie and Father
O'Connor, the world-famed astrono-
mers, are being sent out by leading
astronomical societies in England to
observe the solar eclipse.
To Aid Catholic Press.-The Catholic
Graduates Union of Madras, India, is a
society which seeks to unite all Cath
olics who have received certain re
cognized standard of higher education
into an organized body so as to
achieve concerted action to advance
the cause of Catholicism in Southern
India. In the forefront of the Job
ject" of the Union stands the promo
ton of the cause of the Press in
Southern India by CD subscribing to
Catholic periodicals; (2) canvassing
subscribers for Catholic periodicals;
60 contributing original articles to
Catholic papers.
Irish Detective Chief Retires.-Sup.
erintendent Patrick Quinn, of London
England, has expressed his intention
to retire at the end of the year from
the position of chief of the special
branch of Scotland Yard. With his
retirement the Yard will lose it's most
famous detective. Whenever the king
leaves England he is accompanied by
Mr.. Quinn.
Ross of BIadensburg.-Lord John
Ross, who has accepted the chief re
sponsibility for the recent Dublin
massacre is a descendant of the Lord
Ross who burned the White House
the Capitol and the Congressional
Library in Washington one hundred
years ago.
Irish Catholic Labor Union. -
Kingstown has given a splendid ex
ample to the rest of Ireland. Father
Flavin, jealous and energetic cur
ate, has started a Catholic Labor I'm
ion there. For it contains the germs
of a genuine solution of the great la
Dor problem which has to be solved
in Ireland as elsewhere-a solution
that is Catholic and Irish to the very
core. The objects of the union are:
First, to raise funds to protect and
advance it's members. Secondly, by
benefits ITO help it's members in sick
ness, accidents, strikes, and lock-outs
and also to obtain for them employ
ment. Third, burial benefits for mem
bers and their wives and children
Fourth, benefits towards legal pro
ceedings under the Employers Liabil
ity Act and Workmen's Compensation
Act. Fifth, to establish and maintain
by just and reasonable dealings, good
will between the members, and also
goodwill between the workmen and
employers. A strike may be declared
only when all other means of redress
have failed and when, by ballot of q
specially convened meeting of all the
members, two-thirds of those present
declare for it. The Society shall al
ways be willing to submit their cause
to arbitration, and shall abide by the
award The Union is an exclusively
Irish organization. 1t may open
branches in any part of Ireland, but
not outside of it, and it shall not be
associated with nor affiliated to any
union of an irreligious or Socialist
character"