The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-20

continue their existence, owing to the
favor and influence of Catherine II.
On August Z, 1914, Plus VII, by the
Bull, Sollucitudo omnium ecclesiarum,
restored the company under it's old
form, and by brief dated July ID,
1916, renewed for it all the privileges
it enjoyed previous to the suppression.
octogenarian cardinaIs.-C Cardinal
Di Pietro is SO years old; Cardinal
Angliardi is 80; Cardinal Gotti is
past 80; Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli
is 80; Cardinal Vincent Vannutelli
will be 78 in December; Cardinal Glib
bons will be 80 in July; Cardinal Vas
cara is in his 83rd year; Cardinal
Frisco will be 80 in September; Car
dinal Herrera will be 70 in August;
Cardinal Roverie de Cabrieres will be
"a in August.
China's Greatest Need.-Education
is the demand of the hour in China
and Bishop Cogset, the Vicar-Apostolic
of West Tche Ly, has his hands full
trying to meet the demands of the
people. There are $4,000 Catholics
in the vicariate, all of whom are
very poor, but who, nevertheless, are
DESTROYS of giving their children the
advantageous of Western education.
The Bishop has fifty priests, half of
them Chinese, assisting him in the
missionary work of the diocese.
There are thirty students in the sem
mary and 10 preparing to enter it.
There is also a community of native
brothers who act as catechists and
who are known as Paulists. likewise
community of native Sisters who are
called Josephines. The schools con-
Quoted by the Religious of the vicar
late are justly famous for the educa-
ton they give as we'll as for their
discipline and morals, so much so, in
deed, that many of the pagans send
their sons and daughters to study in
the Catholic schools. The good Bish-
op could take more students in the
schools if he could accommodate them,
but is unable, for lack of funds, to
erect the necessary buildings.
CathoIicity in CeyIon.-The island OF
Ceylon is called "the Garden of Eden
and the pearl of the Indian Ocean,
1t has $4,000 Catholics.
Seminary for Chinese Priests.-A
seminarian in China costs his Bishop
$40 a year. Bishop Dumond writes
that $500 will pay for the education
of native Chinese priest, and he is
so convinced of the need of a native
clergy that he is determined to builG
seminary. He has more semina
rians than he can accommodate. Ii
the last thirteen years his flock has
increased from 1000 Catholic Chinese
to $4,000. Among these vocations are
numerous. The bishop began course
of theological instructions with four
teen native seminarians. Eleven re
ceived various orders a year ago
This year twenty-one new Latinist:
have begun their studies for the
priesthood.
The "LittIe Rome" of Spain.-Sala
manca, Spain, is sometimes calico
Roma Chica'-Iittle Rome-from the
magnificent array of churches anC
towers it displays. It's old Roman
bridge is said to have been built BY
Hannibal Twelve miles from the CITY
is Albade Tonnes, the home and rest
ing place of the great st. Teresa
whose tercentenary was recently cele
brated there.
Nero's blouse of Gold" - The
French archaeologist, M. Prechat, re
Gently reported that fragments of thu
foundation of Nero's House of Cold
had been found under the Coliseum
Rome.
Geneva Savant on French Republic
Not a few economists and states
men are strong in the expression o
belief that unless the Catholic Church
| in France be given the exercise o
| perfect freedom, the downfall of thu
republic is impending. Prof. Georg'
Chatterton-Hill of the University o
Geneva, Switzerland, contends in /;
recent number of "The Nineteenth
Century and After" Nondon), no
only that the French Republic ha'
been a failure, but it's breakdown OF
present lines may be reasonably ex
pected. He maintains that the found
ing of the school without Cod" tn,
ruthless confiscation of Church prop
erty and the Punishment of religious
orders, aside from it's fragrant WRONG
and injustice, is at swords with tn,
best traditions of French history.
Where ST. Theresa Lived and Died
At Alba, Spain, where st. Teresa i
buried, magnificent basilica is be
ing built in her honor.