The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-01-17

A. o. n. In Scotland.-The West of
Scotland Funeral District of the A. o.
H. shows, according to the seminar
nual report, a membership of 10000.
The funds have been increased by
5000 during the period, making the
total reserve G6,075.
Royal Religious.-The sister of the
heir to the Austrian crown is a re-
ligious of the Sacred Heart, at Brus-
sells. Her brother will be the future
Emperor. In the Convent of the Sis
tiers of Charity in Vienna is another
royal princess, who is a religious of
st. Vincent de Paul. She is working
among the poor of the city.
Sentence for 5lasphemy AnnuIIed.
Sometime ago man was condemned
in Switzerland to four years imprison-
ment for ridiculing the dogma of the
Immaculate Conception, insulting a
Catholic procession and parodying the
Lords Prayer This sentence was
confirmed by the Tribunal of Schwytz
The prisoner then appealed to the
tribunal of the Confederation. This
tribunal has now annulled the SEN
tence. 1t declares the judgment to be
we'll founded, but considers the SEM
tence too heavy and therefore uncon-
stitutional.
GlasgoWs Catholic Growth.-The
Glasgow Catholic Calendar for 1914
estimates the total Catholic population
at 100000, as against 100000 for last
year. There are now within the Arch
diocese 100 Catholic schools, including
ten centers excellently equipped for
higher education. The total school
accommodation is 1874; there are on.
the rolls, 1908, an increase of 3,085
on last years figures, and the average
attendance was 1884. The total num-
Der of the teaching staff of the Arch
diocese is 1,418, including 100 teachers
in higher grade schools and institu-
tions. The religious work of the Arch
!. diocese is administered by 292 priests,
: of whom 246 are secular and 46 regu-
, lar There are 95 missions with 1873
churches, chapels and stations and 16
: charitable institutions. The total
number of baptisms during 1912 was
14,315, and the Combinations for 1912
13 numbered 1851.
LiverpooPs New Vicar General
Archbishop Whiteside of Liverpool has
appointed the Very Reverend Canon
L: 80
. cession to the late Right Rev. Mgr.
Provost Carr, V. G.. The new digni-
, tary, who has been rector of st. AL
phonsus, Kirkdale, Liverpool, since
1886, becomes ipso facto Right Rev.
Monsignor and Doctor of Divinity,
, and he is also honorary or titular Pro-
tonotary Apostolic.
Irish Laborer an Artist.-The work
: ing-man artist of Walworth, in Lon
don, Eng, Mathew Mooney, despite
poverty and lack of all training, has
won praise for his paintings from dis
, tinguished art critics. Two of his pic
: lures have been accepted by Queen
, Alexandria. He did not touch a paint
Il y
and he is now forty-seven. He is at
present assistant electrician at the
| Strand Palace Hotel, London. For a
f time he was Cardinal Vaughan's valet
and holds the memory Of the great
) churchman in profound generation.
2 Despite the dreary surroundings of
his dwelling the correspondent of the
Catholic Universe writes that his is
2 a typical Catholic home where the
v children are not permitted to forget
l their nightly prayers.
China Approaches Christianity
: The Revue Generale," of Brussels, in
! an article on Catholicity in China
r says: Undoubtedly heathenism is
: doomed Public opinion is fast tend
: ing to Christianity-to Catholicism
r especially among the higher classes.
Political and social changes are ap-
parent everywhere.
Move for Religious Art.-The Bish-
op of Regensburg, in Bavaria, has
: protested, in a pastoral, against in
t ferior art in our churches, and he has
! arranged an exhibition of models,
s photographs, etc., in order to arouse
e public interest in reform and improve
n ment, and that his clergy may get
b ideas as to what is fitting in the way
l. of church decoration.
J. A Historic Spot in Spain.-Mon-
n signor Ragonesi, Papal Nuncio at
Madrid, recently blessed the new
buildings which are to shelter the
II Catholic Social Works of Alcala, found.
r ed in spite of great difficulties
3, Amongst these are numbered Work.
j. mems Club with annexes in Schools
o of Art and Industry, the Academy OF
n Catholic Teaching, the Committee OF
If Ladies' and the Workmen's Mutual So
e. ciety. While in Alcala the Nuncio
st visited the old university on whose
e walls are inscribed the names of cele
If brated former students, including Ger
n vantes, Nebrija, Sirndo, Quevedo and
If Blessed Juan d'Avila
1t
Vesuvius Danger Signs.-Rev. Pro
fessor Mercalli is the director of the
st Vesuvius Observatory. Father Mer
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