The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-04
OLD WORLD NEWS.

OLD WORLD NEWS.
Veteran Irish Franciscan Dead.-At
the franciscan Abbey, Clonmel, Ire
land, recently died Very Rev. Father
Slattery, who had been a Franciscan
over sixty years. His brother, the late
Mr.. Slattery, had been chairman Of the
National Bank of Ireland During his
long life Father Slattery held various
important Offices in his order in Dub
| lin, Waterford, Galway, Limerick and
| Clonmel in Ireland, in Sydney, Austria
! liza. and in Newfoundland So far back
as 1869 he was appointed Penitentiary
of the Church of the Most Holy
Saviour, Jerusalem.
Bishop of Kimberley Dead.-From
| Cape Town cablegram announces the
death OF the Right Rev. Matthew
| Gaughren, o. M. l., Bishop of Kimber-
| ley, South Africa. Born in Dublin in
1843, he was ordained a priest by the
late Cardinal Cullen in 1867, and was
stationed for many years at Holy
Cross Church in Liverpool. After
wards he was rector of the Church of
the English Martyrs, Tower HILL Lon
don, E. G. In 1902 he became Bishop
of Kimberley in succession to his own
brother, who shared in the hardships
of the great siege, which he did not
long survive.
Xaverians Observe JubiIee.-The in
ternational Xaverian Congregation has
just quietly observed it's diamond
| jubilee of foundation. Connected with
/ it's head or motherhouse at Bruges,
Belgium, is st. Francis Xavier's Col.
| lege, with about 900 students from
the world over. The first foundation
of the Congregation in England was
made in 1913; in America, in 1854
In this country they preside over more
than thirty schools, chief among them
is their great st. Xavier's College
Louisville; ST. Joseph's College, Bards
town, KY, and ST. Johns Preparatory
College, Danvers, Mass. Their other
schools and colleges, and industrial
institutions are in several states
notably in Maryland where, at Balti
more, they conduct the immense st
Marys Industrial School.
New Edition o. Oante.-The italian
Dante Society has already issued the
De Vulgari Eloquentia and the Vita
Nuova, over which it took thirty years
The poets manuscripts are distributed
among all the great libraries O.
Europe, and his complete works car
be published only through photograph
ing each manuscript page for the use
: of the compilers. 1t is computed thai
the publication would comprise twelve
volumes.
Priests and Public office.-The Con
sistorial Congregation has just ISSUED
come candidates for public Office un
less the consent of their Bishop has
been previously obtained. At present
the new law applies only to France
and Italy, but it will probably be ex
tended to all other countries in the
near future.
Sacred Hosts of AIcaIa.-It is some
300 years ago since a sacrilegious
thief, touched by repentance, restored
to a Jesuit, Father Juarez of Alcala
near Madrid, Spain, some eighty con
| cd u,loi nh h. ho1 -En
For them the ordinary laws of nature
are suspended, and since their restora
ton they have remained incorruptible
Recently special trains and numerous
automobiles brought crowds from
Madrid to Alcala, who came to take
part in the solemn traditional pro
cession of the 'Formes" The ciborium
which is preserved in the Church o.
the Jesuits, was carried in a magnifi
cent coach and made the tour of the
principal streets, which were wonder
fully decorated.
italian Strike Injuries Churches
During the Italian strike last week l.
churches were burned, 80 damaged
and % others looted.
Ancient Church Destroyed.-The an
: cient Church of All Saints, Breadsall
a village two miles to the northeast O.
Derby, England, was destroyed by fire
recently. Happily the parish registers
which date back t" 1873, are safe, az
they are always kept at the rectory.
Eucharistic congress.-Cardinal D
Belmonte will represent the Hol!
Father at the Eucharistic Congress
which will be held at Lourdes from
the 22nd to the 26th of July. One
hundred and fifty Bishops and ter
Cardinals have already promised to bt
present at the Congress. Many pill
grimages are arranged, and in accord
ance with the wish of the Bishop Of
Tarbes the decorations and illumina
lions at Lourdes will be on a large
scale.
New Bishop of GaIioWay.-On June
, 8, in the Pro-Cathedral at Dumfries
the Right Rev. J. W. Mccarthy, late
Administrator of st. Andrews Cattle
dral, Glasgow, was solemnly conse
Grated Bishop of Galloway. The Mos
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