The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-14
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Afghanistan Excludes Christianity
Christian missionaries of any kind are
rigidly prohibited from obtaining ad-
mission into Afghanistan, and the pen
atty for conversion of any of the ma
tive population to Christianity is
death
midas Woman Doctors.-The La
dies Medical Association of Madras,
India, met a few weeks ago at the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Pudupet,
under the direction of Reverend F. X.
| V. Barreto, the vicar of the church
| The association was organized two
years ago. The members assemble
each month to listen to an address by
some priest, dealing with the ideals
and responsibilities of the medical
| profession
! French Parish Abandoned.-The
parish of HolQue in the Diocese of
Lille, France, has been abandoned by
| the pastor because the six hundred
families served by him have failed for
long time to contribute according to
their means to the support of the
church. In consequence the parish
buildings have fallen into decay and
the Bishop has given the pastor an
other charge.
| The French Catholic Convention
The convention of French Catholics
which was held in Paris on Saturday,
February %, had no official signifi-
canoe. 1t was organized by Colonel
Keller and other influential Catholics
for the purpose of uniting, if possible,
at the coming elections, all Catholic
voters, irrespective of their private
political opinions, in order to elect to
the new chamber of deputies repre-
sentatives who will support Catholic
institutions and principles-the object
being, of course, to put an end to the
Masonic domination. Neither the
French Bishops nor the Holy See are
officially connected with the project,
but movement to unite Catholics for
the purpose of defending Catholic in
terests is in complete accordance with
views often expressed by Pope Leo
XIII and Pope Plus X
Library Work of German Catholics.
The Catholic Libraries of Germany
are now devoting their energies to
the finding of suitable and interesting
substitutes for cheap and immoral
novels; for the output of false scien-
tific treatises; for the popular medi-
cal advisers which destroy innocence
and assist in defying the laws of God
and nature. The Borromeus Verein
assists these libraries by purchasing
each year book for every one of it's
246,000 members and thus building
up library in every home. The Sec
retary-General of the organization is
Mr.. Braun of the city of Bonn.
Prussia Aids Catholic charity.-The
Prussian Landtag has recently voted
from public funds sum of $500 marks
to Catholic charitable institutions. In
the budget of the Minister of the In
terror appeared seven Catholic chart
! table works for sum of 500 marks
each. Amongst them were the st.
Vincent de Paul Society and the Sis
tiers of the Good Shepherd, whose
work is much admired in Protestant
Prussia.
Aids Austria's Catholic Press.-The
annual report of the Austrian Plus
Verein tells of the magnificent work
being done for the Catholic press by
that efficient and progressive organiza-
ton. During the eight years that
have elapsed since it's foundation, this
Verein has grown in strength and it's
membership now totals 100000. The
purpose of this Society is to aid rep
resentative Catholic papers and to
wage a vigorous warfare upon those
papers which make a speciality of
attacking Catholic principles.
Growth of Theodosian order.-To-
wards the middle of the last century a
humble Swiss Capuchin named Theo-
dosius founded at Ingelbohl, hamlet
between Brunnen and the town of
Schwytz, a congregation of women for
teaching and nursing, under the title
of the Theodosian Congregation of the
Sisters of the Holy Cross. So wonder
fully has this work been blessed that
this congregation now counts GA
establishments, divided into ten prov
inces, with $3.50 religious in the vari-
GUS homes.
Priory at Little Dunmow.-The work
of excavation on the site of the old
Augustinian Priory at Little Dunmow,
is being pushed forward with success
by the Morant Club, who are super
vising the work The main lines of
the eastern area of the church, the
transepts, and eastern chapels have all
been established. The work done
shows that the first church was
founded by Inga hayward, lady of
Little Dunmow, in 1104. 1t was en-
dowed with some lands, but was
served by a secular priest. In 1106
Godfrey hayward, her son, placed
Regular Canons in the church, which
thus became an Augustinian Priory.
The Priory was dissolved amongst the
lesser monasteries in 1886, and the
whole of the buildings were destroyed,