The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-02


Newcastle Nuns Receive Bequest-
The late Miss Jane Duxfield left 5000
to st. Dominic's Church, Newcastle,
England. For the last six years of
her life Miss Duxfield resided with
the Dominican Sisters at st. Cath
crimes Convent, Shieldfield, by whom
she was nursed during her last ILL
ness.
Home Rule for Ireland has now been
carried four times in the British
House of Commons and approved at
| four general elections. At the general
election of 1892 Home Rule was one
of the issues, with the result of a
majority for the Liberals under the
illustrious Mr. Gladstone. In the fol-
lowing year the great leader intro
duced a Home Rule Bill which was
passed in the House of Commons by a
majority of 43.
| Eb0bSS III 0SbSs@h Sb~b ~" "A O0SA-
Ollie government has been in power
for over twenty years in Belgium and
there education, learning, science, art
and commerce have grown and pros
pered since the day the Catholic cab
met replaced the Masonic rulers. eff
we are in power" said Belgian
statesman some time ago, "we owe it
to the enlightened clergy of Belgium"
There is a compliment worthy of
| being remembered.
Bishop Denounces Fashions.-Re-
Gently the Archbishop of Besancon,
France, has been denouncing present
day feminine fashions. Lately he
had read in all the churches under
his control a pastoral letter in which
he threatened that eff the present
ridiculous fashions continue we shall
be obliged to make examples by refus-
ing to admit for Confirmation and
Holy Communion girls dressed accord
ing to these modes"
Louvain Rules to Stand.-The Bish-
ops of Belgium, in collective letter,
have sustained the disciplinary ruling
of the vice-rector of the University of
Louvain in the case of a number of
students who demanded, revision of
the University rules and regulations.
Two Centenaries in Spain.-In adj
dition to the centenary solemnities at
Salamanca which have st. Teresa for
their object and will last the whole
year, Toledo is about to celebrate the
centenary of the great painter, Greco.
The vice-rector of the Grand Semi
nary of Madrid, Monsignor zaragueta,
director of the "Revisa sci Clero Es-
panol," will probably take part in the
series of Sunday conferences which
are to precede the great religious and
secular festas in honor of the painter.
Cardinal Mercier Patron Of Jubilee.
One of the professors at Louvain,
M. Charles Moeller, celebrated April
20, his golden jubilee of work at the
great Catholic college. The Associa-
ton of Old Students of the Historic
Seminary held in his honor a magnifi-
cent jubilee fete which was under
the patronage of Cardinal MERCER,
Minister Poulet and Monsignor La
deuce, the rector. There was a
great meeting in the hall of the Bib
liotheque aux Halles, where the elite
of the universities savants, past and
present, gathered to do honor to the
man to whom many of them owe their
initiation into the wonders of science.
Brothers of St. John of God.-In
Paris, the Brothers of st. John of God
have a great institute for infirm, in
durable children; they also have an
asylum with 412 MANNED or half
blind children. Other great centers
of their work in France are at Lille,
Lyons and Oman. At Oman they care
for 1000 idiots sent them from all
parts of the country.
The ST. Louis Centenary.-The sew
enth centenary of st. Louis TX; King
of France, occurred April 25. 1t was
celebrated especially at Versailles
and Poissy, France, at which places
are churches and abbeys founded by
him. France contains many souvenirs
of the sainted King.
Names for French Children.-Nam-
ing the child is a more serious bust
ness in France than in England. No
child in France can be given a name
which does not occur in the official
calendar of saints. AS this comprises
$4,000 names the range of choice is
fairly wide, but the restriction makes
it impossible to bestow family names
like Smythe, Robinson, etc, as Eng
fish and Americans are increasingly
fond of doing. French parents, how
ever, may select any name. male or
female, irrespective Of the sex of the
child, and there are hundreds OF
Frenchmen who bear the name of
Mary.
The ST. Bernard Hospice.-One of
the two buildings of the monks hos
pice at st. Bernard Pass was built In
the sixteenth century. 1t is construct
ed of stone and contains the church
and ITS beds for travellers. The other
building contains 200 beds. 1t was
built few years ago. On March 81
an avalanche swept down the noun
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