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

rated Archbishop Piff of Vienna with
the Grand Cross of the Order of Leo
pold.
Germany Favors White Fathers
The Ministers of Religion and of the
Interior of Germany have authorized
the White Fathers to open House
for training young missionaries for
German West Africa at Reitberg in
Westphalia. The White Fathers, orig
inally a French Order which has done
such splendid work in Algeria, and
which was founded by Cardinal Law
gerie, have founded four German
vicariates in West Africa, which are
larger than the whole German EN-
has some four million inhabitants;
and fifty-three Fathers and twenty
three Sisters are actively engaged on
sixteen mission stations in this region
| alone. The other vicariates are at
Tanganyika, Southern Nyanza, and
Unyenyembe. The Fathers have
three settlements in the Empire, at
Tier-Atkirch, where there is also a
seminary, at Haigerloch and Marien-
thai. The new House at Reitberg will
fill distinct want.
Modjeska's Husband Dead.-The
death of Count Bozenta occurred re-
Gently at Cracow, in Austrian Poland.
This nobleman and his wife, the late
Madame Modjeska, lived on a ranch
| in Southern California for a number
of years after the retirement of that
distinguished actress. Count Bozenta
while living in California, was mem
Der of the Newman Club and knight
of Columbus and took deep interest
in the work of both societies. After
the death, five years ago, of his be-
loved wife, he retired to his native
land.
To Restore Wettenburg Abbey.-A
new decree of the Prince Regent Liut-
pold Of Bavaria has authorized the
restoration to the Benedictines of the
celebrated Abbey of Wettenburg. The
Abbey is situated some miles from
Ratisbon on the left bank of the Dan
ube, and was founded in IT'S by the
Duke Thassilon of Bavaria. The Alb
hey itself and it's superb church were
rebuilt after the war of the Spanish
succession from which both suffered
greatly. The Minister Mongelas,
| Savoyard, Freemason and factotum of
Macmillan, restored it to the order,
but as Priory only. The first Abbot
of the re-established Abbey was Dom
Maur Winegart. They still show SOU
venirs of the great Napoleon at the
Abbey; for Abensperg, few miles
away, was the scene of one of the
great Conqueror's battles in 1909.
81 uc n a. s" House Unearthed.-
When work was begun, two years
ago, for the rebuilding of the house
adjoining the Church of st. Marcello
al Corso, a discovery was made of
subterranean ruins which were pro-
nounced to be those of the baptistry
of the "Titulus Marcelli," possibly the
oldest parish church in Rome. A few
weeks ago, during the course of the
| work, other remains of buildings were
discovered, and one chamber is said
to be the narthex, between the bap-
tistry and the parish church, another
being believed to be a part of the
house of the wellknown Christian
matron, Lucina, whose name occurs
so frequently in the records of the
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taken to places of safety the bodies
of the martyrs in time of persecution.
Saints Marcellus, Sylvester, Melchi-
AIDES and the priest John were res
cued by her in the persecution of Di-
ocletian.
A Eucharistic Museum.-The an
cient secularized Convent Dele Grazie
in Milan, Italy, on whose refectory
wall Leonardo Da Vinci painted his
great masterpiece, THE Last Sup
per-" is to be converted into an Eu-
charistic Museum.
Frank Brangwyn, the eminent Catho-
lie artist of England, has been sig
nally honored in Venice. The Organ
izing Committee of the eleventh Inter
national Exhibition Of Fine Arts,
which was inaugurated there this
week by Royal Prince, on behalf of
the King, has set aside a specially
large hall exclusively for the display
of his works. He has been closely
connected with art in Venice ever
since the biennial exhibition was
started.
slandering Paper Fined.-The anti
Catholic Roman paper, the "Messag-
gero," having published a notice to
the effect that a certain prelate, Mgr.
UgolinelH, had embezzled sums of
money entrusted to him, the latter
brought suit for SANDER. The "Mes-
saggero" apologized and declared its
good faith, having copied the notice
from another paper, and was let off
with the payment of COSTS
English Protestant Mission Gifts
The revenue raised annually in the
United Kingdom by the Protestant
Church of England, the Presbyterian
Church Of Scotland, the Free Churches
and Observation-Disclosures Protestant So
cieties for missions oversee amounts,
according to statistics which have