The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18

Centenary OF St. Louls.-One of the
most active and prominent members
of the French Episcopate, Mgr. Gibier,
Bishop of Versailles, has just convok-
ed his flock to celebrate the seven
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
st. Louis, King of France, who came
into the world at Poissy. little town
on the banks of the Seine, in the Do
cese Of Versailles. In a letter which
he has addressed to his people, Mgr
Gibier recalls the chief events of the
Kings life from his birth at Poissy,
on April 25, 1914, to his death in 1870
Leaders at Diocesan congress.-The
annual diocesan congress of Paris was
brought to close by an imposing
| gathering at the "Salle Wagram," pre-
sided over by Cardinal Annette. Among
the laity present were number of
senators, deputies, academicians, and
the leaders of the principal Catholic
leagues and associations.
Parents Guarding Faith.-M. CUR
aud, professor of the University
of Besancon, is president of the
Association des Peres. de Famille,"
which bands together the fathers of
| families, with a view to protesting
against the hostile attitude and evil
teaching of certain lay schoolmasters.
The association numbers at present
thirty groups. It's members are of
course, men of the people whose chill
dren frequent the Government schools.
New 5reviary in One Volume.--In
response to the request for a cheap
| edition of the new Breviary, made by
Bishops of several countries in the in
terests of their priests, the Vatican
Typographical Office gives notice in
the current issue of the "Acta Apos-
tolicae Sedis" that at the end of May
it will issue copies of the whole Bre-
wary in one volume.
Noted Church Restored.-Lovers of
old Rome will rejoice that the restora-
lions set on foot at the Church of the
Santi Quattro Coronati on the Cello
are now carried out, and the church
is once more open for worship. Nor
| will they forget how much is owing
to the generous initiative of the late
Cardinal Respighi, who was the first
to restore and really bring to light
the magnificent cloister, which helps
to make of the sanctuary one of the
most valuable medieval survivals in
Rome. It was fitting that the first
| anniversary of the Cardinals death
should be, as it was, solemnly COM
memorated in the church he loved so
we'll
The Worlds ReIigious.-In his Len
ten Pastoral Cardinal Bourne of West
minister cites the following: The num-
Der of those who accept the teachings
of the Catholic Church is approximate
ly 301,000,000. Those who, while re-
jecting the authority of the Apostolic
See, still claim for themselves the
title of Christian are computed at
320,000,000. Protestants, 17O,0OO,OOO,
Schismatics, 15O,OOO,00O. The number,
on the other hand, of those who in
no sense can be called Christians, and
who have never accepted even in the
vaguest manner or most general sense
the teaching of Christ, is no less than
1,042, 0,000-Jews 100000, Mahom-
medans 23O,000,00O, Pagans, 100000
900.
Coins Of Mary Stuart's Time
High Street, Ayr, workmen unearthed
over 500 silver coins of the period of
Mary Queen of Scots.
Historic Church of Paris.-A city
improvement plan in Paris is in proc
ess of realization which will give a
freer sight of the old Church of Saint
Julien lie Pauvre, one of the most pic
turesque churches in Paris. 1t dates
from the sixth century and was orig
inally hospice where Saint Gregory
of Tours stayed. The church was de-
stroyed by the Normans in 1856, and
subsequently reconstructed. Restored
in the twelfth century, it became the
seat of the university bodies until the
creation of the regular schools on
Mount Sainte Genevieve. It's various
vicissitudes included that of becoming
forage stores during the revolution
1t was afterward restored to the Hotel
Dieu or city hospital, which formerly
stood close to the church to which it
had belonged, in the seventeenth Gen.
tury. Various notable persons were
buried here.
South African Converts.-Some Of
the most recent converts of Father
Lanslots, the Project Apostolic Of
South Africa, who is now in this coun-
try, rejoice in the most Irish of names,
with Macs and O's before them,
though they speak only Transvaal
Dutch. They are the sons and daugh-
tiers of Irish soldiers who wandered
into Dom Paurs land and married
Dutch wives. There were no priests
in the Transvaals in the early days,
and the children lost the faith along
with their language.
Anti-AIcoholic League in Rome
Rome will give hospitality to the In
ternational Catholic League against
Alcoholism, the last last week in April
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