The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03
OLD WORLD NEWS.

Ruins of Irish Abbey.-The belfry
and a wall of the ancient Abbey of
Mas, Kildare, Ireland, founded in
1884, are still standing.
Catholic Earl in Wharf.-The Catholic
Earl of Denbigh is now commanding a
special reserve of 1000 men in the
British Honorable Artillery Company,
for foreign service. The three sons
of the Earl also are serving in the
army.
French Preserve Ancient Churches.
"A ''stone-cross' society has been Or
ganized in France, to keep the ancient
churches in repair. The promoters of
the work are rendering double serv-
ice to the Church and to art in pre-
serving these landmarks.
ANNALS" in Thirteen Languages
The Annals of the Propagation of the
Faith are now printed in no less than
thirteen different languages, so some
notion may be gained of the wide
public to which they appeal.
Termonde Cathedral Saved.-In Ire
monde, Belgium, whose population
was 10000 people with 1000 buildings,
the beautiful Cathedral with it's won
derful paintings by Rubens and Van
Dyck, was saved in the recent siege.
It's tower is 400 feet high.
French Shrine of Madonna.-In
France, at Buglose, hamlet, there is
the famous shrine of Madonna of st.
Vincent de Paul. She is the patroness
of the Landes, thickly wooded dis
trict between Bordeaux and Bayonne.
Kaiser's Gift to the Pope.-The pee
toral cross worn by Plus x, which
was set in emeralds, was a present
from the Kaiser to Leo XIII on the oc-
casion of his Jubilee.
Archbishop Seton.-Archbisho Sc
ton, long resident in Rome, recently
sailed from Copenhagen for New York.
1t is said he will hereafter reside at
Mt. st. Mary's College, Emmitsburg,
Md.
Sixty Anglican Converts.-The
names of sixty clergymen of the Prot
estant Church of England, who have
become Catholics since 1910, are print
ed in the London Tablet. With them
have come over a small army of their
lay friends.
Chinese Martyrs.-Mgr Jarlin, c..
M, Vice-Apostolic of Picking, an
nounces that he has begun the process
of information for the qualification
and canonization of the Chinese Chris
tians in his vicariate killed by the
Boxers in the persecution of 1900.
Convert Abbot of CaIdey.-The
Solemn Bediction of Dom Aelred Car
lyle, o. S. B., who was installed as
Abbot of Galley, Wales, last August,
by the Bishop of Menevia, is fixed for
October Is, the eighth anniversary of
the community's taking possession of
the island.
A PriestIy FamiIy.-The Rev. John
Matthew Holm, the youngest brother
of the Rev. DR.. Holm, secretary to
the Bishop of Stafford, England, was or
dained priest recently at Steyl, in
Holland. The newly ordained priest
is a member of the Society of the
Divine Word, missionary Order. The
Rev. DR.. Holm has three brothers and
two nephews, all of whom are priests.
His eldest brother is the Director of
the German Catholic Federation (the
Volksverein), which has a member
ship of 10000.
Scottish Bishops Conservation De-
ferred.-The conservation of the Bish-
op-Elect of Dunkeld, Scotland, Right
Reverend ]. Toner, has been deferred
indefinitely. The postponement is due
to the non-arrival of the necessary doc
uments from Rome. The delay is due
to the death of the Pope and the in
terruption of communication caused by
the war;
First Priest Wounded.-The Able
Rim, professor in the seminary at
Perpignan, France, is the first priest
to be wounded in the war. A ball
passed through his head. 1t is posi-