The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-13

! the genius OF the FrOV6ncal tongue,
and Verdaguer, who was the harmoni-
Gus expositor of the Catalan language.
Several thousands of persons Joined in
the fetes, which are very picturesque
and consecrated by religion and old
custom.
"Sweet Sacrament Divine" Author
Dead.-Father Francis Stanfield of
London, Eng, died last month at Clap
ton, in his 18th year. He was born
poet and musician, the son of dis
tinguished artists, Mr.. Clarkson Stan
field, r. A. His compositions, "Sweet
Sacrament Divine" and the hymn for
the Immaculate Conception, are known
wherever Catholics speak the British
tongue.
Eight Hundred Breakfasts Provided.
At it's Ozanam House, in Dublin, the
st. Vincent de Paul Society gives to
nearly 500 men, women and children
of the poorest class, breakfast every
Sunday morning at nine o'clock. 1t
brings in procession over 800 children
to the Childrens Mass at ten o'clock.
An Aged Tertiary.-The Franciscan
Tertiaries of Ancona, Italy, claim that
Teresa Felicetti, a member of their
fraternity, is the oldest Tertiary liv-
ing. Last December, at the advanced
age of 105 years, she made her pro-
fession, attended by her youngest
daughter, who is seventy years old.
| BeIgium's "Rerum Novarum" Club.
When the famous encyclical, "Re-
rum Novarum," was issued, Belgian
Catholics founded a club under the
same title. The Cercle Rerum No.
varum has recently celebrated the an
niversary of the publication of the
encyclical and it's own foundation. M.
Carbon de Wharf, Belgium Minister,
and Honorary President, gave the in
augural address dealing with the
maladies of the social body, juvenile
criminality, increased divorce, and
the popularity of crime, against which
he urged the members to oppose the
sentiments of brotherly love and
Christian faith. M. Crockaert invited
all to visit the workshops of the so
cial Central and the cooperative
work or bakery known as "Notre
Pain" where thousands of workers
find employment, recreation and
means for self-improvement.
Christian Brothers London College,
The Christian Brothers of ST.
South London, have acquired freehold
property consisting of eight houses,
in Camberwell, which, after consider
able alterations have been made, will
serve as Catholic secondary school,
The new college, which will provide
accommodations for sixty boarders
and two hundred day scholars, is ex-
pected to be ready for use by the
autumn of next year.
Swiss Guard Take Oath.-A highly
interesting ceremony took place May
6 in the great Court of the Belvedere
at the Vatican, when the Swiss Pom
tifical Guard, recently enrolled, were
Sworn in" The Chaplain of the
Guard, Mgr. Corragioni d'Orelli, re-
minded the newly-enrolled members
how, at the sack of Rome on May 6,
1927, the Guard Of that day had valor-
ously defended Clement VII in his
flight to the Castle of SAINT Angelo. A
crowd of distinguished visitors both
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witness the taking of the oath.
Christian Brothers in Rome.-The
Irish Christian Brothers in Rome have
succeeded in the work for which they
were summoned thither fifteen years
ago, namely, the defeat of Methodist
proselytfzers among boys anxious to
learn foreign languages. Upwards of
eight hundred boys, some of them
sons of fathers not noted for views
favorable to the Church, now pass
through the hands of the Brothers.
And they began with solitary dozen!
Body interrupted Two Years.
Naples is profoundly edited by the
discovery of the body of Sister
Mary of the Passion, whose cause for
qualification is pending, has been
found after nearly two years burial,
quite incorrupt
CathoIicity in Uganda.-The Catho-
: lie missionaries first penetrated into
Uganda, Africa, in 1879, and among
their first converts were a number of
pages of the court of the pagan king.
For six or seven years they were al
lowed to work in peace, but in 1886
; the king decreed general persecu-
ton of Catholicism. One of the pre-
c1ous fruits of this persecution was
the martyrdom of twenty-five young
men, who were burned alive because
they refused to abandon the Catholic
faith. Their cause of canonisation is
now before the Congregation of Rites,
and some of the documents illustrat-
ing it read like pages from the "Acta
Martyrum." Today the Catholics of
Uganda number $4,000, and an idea
of their fervour may be formed from
the fact that last year the number of
Communions received by them exceed
ed two million. There is one native
Congregation of women in Uganda
with forty-eight professed nuns and
ESQ novices, and among his semi.
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