The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-12-05


children, are earnestly asked for aid.
Religion In Lcmbera.-
capital of Galfcia, Austria, was called
the "City of Monks In the seven
teenth century on account of the num-
Der OF religious who lived there. At
lpresent it has 20 churches, Of which
the principal are: the Latin Cathe-
dral in the Gothic style, built in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries;
the Ruthenian Cathedral, in Neo-Ital-
ian style erected in 1740; and the
Church of the Bernardines which
contains the tomb of st. John of Duk-
la, Patron of 1emberg. The library
of the Ossilinski institute Of Lenlberg
is of great value to students OF Polish
history. There are three Archbishops
) at Lemberg: Latin, innate Ru-
thenian and innate Armenian. The
Latin Archdiocese has two suffragan
Bishoprics, Przemysl and Tarnov,
and has $4,000 Catholics, 249 parish
es, $40 secular priests, 290 regulars and
so students in the seminary. The Uni
ate Ruthenian Archdiocese has 1,400,-
900 Ruthenian Catholics, 881 priests,
1885 churches and chapels and 248
students in the seminary which is
used by the Ruthenians of Przemysl
and Stanislaov as we'll as Lemberg
The Innate Armenians number 1000
faithful and 20 priests; the Latin
Seminary is used to prepare the cler-
gy. Innate" in this connection means
that the Ruthenians and Armenians
in question are in communion with
the Holy See.
: Heroic Death of British Fleet Chap
/ Iain.-Very Rev. Canon Gwydfr, o. S.
; B., late rector of st. David's, Swan
} sea, Wales, persisted in the recent
wreck of the hospital ship Rohilla.
+. He died the death of a hero-drowned
whilst endeavoring to save helpless
: patient When hostilities broke out
) Canon Gwydir offered his services as
] a chaplain to the British feet, and
f, was appointed to the ill-fated- Rohilla.
, This vessel was on her way to Bel
GUM to bring back wounded soldiers,
but went ashore ON the Yorkshire
: coast during terrible gale early on
1 October 80, and became a total wreck
/ Including the crew, there We're about
1 1870 souls on board, the majority OF
3 whom we're saved by lifeboats. 1t is
3 stated that when the impact came
t Canon Gwydir was on deck. He rea
5 lized the danger Immediately and hur.
4 ried below to the sick, bay, where a
i man lay helpless with q fractured leg
$ He had hardly gone below when a
t huge wave struck the vessel and dam
e aged her SO severely that the, infirm
q airy was flooded, the canon being
: drowned before he could complete his
:, noble task. His body was not recover
n ed until the ship finally broke up.
e Irish Scholar ENTHUSIASTICALLY
n at his residence, Howth, Dublin, Ire
p land, handsome presentations were
n made to Mr.. J. J. MacSweeney, to
e mark the appreciation and affection o.
G a very wide circle of friends on his
q retirement from the Royal Irish Acad
Il envy and the secretaryship of the So
ciety for the Preservation of the Irisl
Language. The presentation from the
- society consisted in part of trul.
magnificent set of the Annals of thu
Four Masters. The address was
: signed by Count Plunkett, president o
the Society," and Sean O'Ceallaigh
who succeeds Mr.. MacSweeney a.
: secretary of the council. Count Plum
kett, in making the presentation, re
ferred to the lifelong labours Of Mr.
MacSweeney for the perpetuatio4 o
g the literature and traditions of thu
Gael. To his unostentatious earnest
:, ness was mainly due the introduction
! of the study of Irish under the pri
mary and intermediate systems Of edu
cation, and, incidentally, the Univer
sity. Father Dinneen, author of tilt
!. Irish Dictionary, speaking also from
: long personal experience, paid a sim
- liar tribute to Mr.. MacSweeney,s in
. valuable work in the Royal Irish Acad
:. envy of the furtherance and encourage
. ment of Irish literary effort. MI
MacSweeney, in reply, said he es
:. pecially appreciated the presentation
- of the Annals of the Four Masters
- they were compiled in the MacSwee
" ney country, County Donegal, the.
= were edited and translated by his owl
: kinsman, John O'punpvan. and. him
= self and his people had in no Ordinar.
= way devoted their lives to the prese1
: walton of their country's literature. Il
y this connection a beautiful series 0
OLongain's facsimile transcripts o
70 Ireland's most treasured manuscripts
now appropriately in the possession
of Mr.. MacSweeney's family, werr
y shown the visitors.
u Catholic Editor Loses TWO Sons
II Second-Lieutenant Geoffry Snead-CoS
L LIST Bait Royal Welsh Fusiliers, son o
Mr.. John Snead-Cox, editor of the Lon
don Tablet, was killed in action OIL
II October 20. His elder brother, Second
o Lieutenant Richard Snead-Cox, 3rC
4 Bait. Royal Scots, was killed in tn,
/ fighting which took place on the 18th
It Pope Commends Reading of Bible
Pope Benedict has written a letter t.
Cardinal Cassetta, President of thu
e Society of St. Jerome for the Diffusion
e of the Gospel, warmly praising thu
d work of the organization and bestow
g ing his blessing upon it.. Its actiyi
e ties, His Holiness says, are of espe