The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-06


sible by very generous gift from
New York lady, whose name tells
me that she or her immediate ances-
tors came from the "Ould Country"
Catholic journal for Munich.-The
Catholics of Munich have been wait
ing ten years for Catholic newspaper
that will come up to their ideals. AS
soon as the Archbishop of Munich,
Cardinal Won Bettinger, returns to
Bavaria after having been elevated to
the purple, he will set his hand to the
establishment of Catholic organ
worthy of his important diocese.
Priests and Nuns in Cairo.-In Cal
70, Egypt, the Sisters of st. Vincent
de Paul have 800 orphans in their or
phanage, and the Jesuits have $50
students in their college.
Zeal and Poverty in India.-Arch-
bishop Aelen of Madras, India, writes
that he has lately secured seven new
one from All HalloWs, Ireland, and
one native Indian. He is allowed for
the support of each priest $500 a
month, and expresses his gratitude for
some Intentions" that went to him
through Maryknoll from an interested
and over-supplied pastor. During the
year 1913, in the Archdiocese of Mad
ras, there were SIC more baptisms
than in the preceding year, and $500
conversions were registered.
Boy Scouts Bad for Home.-The
Bishops of Belgium and France are
of the opinion that the Boy Scouts, as
at present organized, will engender
Indifference in religion and weaken
parental authority.
French "Passion PIay."-The Pas
sion Play at Nancy, France, will con-
'tinue until October.
Painters Greatest Work.-"The
Stripping of the Garments of Our
Lord" preserved in the Cathedral at
Toledo, Spain, is the greatest paint
ing of Domenic Theotocopuli, the ia
nous Spanish painter, whose third
centenary has recently been celebrat-
ed in Spain.
Historic Valencia.-The Archdio-
cese of Valencia, Spain, is very old
The city of Valencia has about rs, O0O
inhabitants and dates from 40 years
before Christ. For five centuries il
was governed by the Moors. It's Uni
Versity was founded in AL.
Dante a Franciscan.-Dante, the
great poet, whose seventh centenary
will soon be celebrated, was a Fran
ciscan Tertiary.
Great Ruins in Ephesus.-At Scrip
tural Ephesus, in Asia Minor, founded
| TAO B. c., are the remains of a thea
ire with capacity of $4,000 persons
and the probable ancient Cathedral
one aisle of which was dedicated tC
the Blessed Virgin and the other tC
st. John.
Old Indian Language.-The speech
of the Bengal has become the mos
literary, scientific, and perhaps the
most philosophic of modern Indian
languages. AS a written language i
is only fifty years old, but for ovel
a thousand years it has been a dia
lect. 1t originates from Sanscrit, the
mother tongue from which every othel
Indian language has borrowed it's al
phabet, grammar and vocabulary; bu
| Bengal never shrinks from gathering
new materials, and numerous Persian
French, Arabic and English words are
Incorporated in it. The people O
boast of perhaps the best culture il
India at the present time
Ten Thousand apuchins.-The lat
est number of Analecta Ordinis, thC
Order, contains statistics showing tina
this order has now 50 Provinces anC
Provincial Commissariates. In these
there are 500 economically erected mon
asteries and 202 minor converts. The
total number of priests is 5,372; o.
these TAO are active in the foreign
mission. The number of clerical stu
dents is 1,244, of professed lay broth
ers, 1885; total membership, 9,451
Not included in these figures there
are clerical novices, ZIG; lay novices
and lay postulants, 326; tertiary
brothers, 1888; total number of relig
ious, 1915.
A Seventh Century Diocese.-Ut
reche, in the Netherlands, is a dio
cese that fills pages of history. st
| Wilibrord, consecrated in sos, was its
| first Bishop. Today it is rich in thu
various religious orders. In it are the
Carmelites, Augustinians, Dominicans
Capuchins, Franciscans, Trappists, Re
demptorists, Brothers of Mercy, Of
Our Lady, of the Sacred Heart, of st
John of God, and very many houses
of the Sisterhoods.
Vincentians Throughout World
The Brothers of st. Vincent of Pau
spread throughout the four quarters
of the world number 211 ,434; of whom
82,123 are honorary members" anC
1881 active members" During