The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-28

it has the feature, rare among Bene.
dictine nuns, of being under the gov,
eminent of Mother-General, who
resides at Tyburn.
German Soldiers Honor Jesuit
Despite the laws against the Jesuits g
member Of that Society has just beer
publicly honored by one of the
proudest of the German Regiments
There passed away at Coblenz recent
ly Father Nix, s. j., in his eighty
third year. After the Franco-P russiar
War the Empress Augusta charged
him with the care of the ambulance Of
the Cuirassiers of the Prussian Guard
Yet two years subsequently he was
again driven from his native land. Or
the day of his funeral, Baron vor
Below, Commander of the 4th Regi
ment of Cuirassiers of the Guard, is
sued the following order of the day t.
his men: There has just died Father
Nix, who by the grace of her late
Majesty Queen Augusta was attached
to the ambulances of this Regiment
In discharging the duties of that ap
pointment he gave the consultations
of the Church with the greatest devo
ton to our sick and wounded men
We shall always preserve the kindes
| memories of this brave and faithful
chaplain"
Patron of Scottish CIans.-Tht
Duchess of Norfolk baroness Herries
in her own right has become 6
patron of the Scottish Clans Associa
| ton of London.
Historic Church Ruined.-Tht
Church of Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire
which was destroyed by suffragette:
last month, was one of the most in
teresting remains of ancient Scottish
Catholic architecture. 1t was built by
the Countess of Dunbar in the thir
teenth century, in thanksgiving for hel
miraculous recovery from dangerous
disease, and during the succeeding
centuries it attracted thousands o.
pious pilgrims. Aeneas Silvius Picco
lomini afterwards Pope Plus ID made
barefooted pilgrimage to the shrine
! in fulflment of VOW made when IL
danger of shipwreck. 1t was desecrateC
and looted in the fourteenth century
| by the English army of Edward; anC
on the arrival of the Reformation" il
was converted into parish church
It's wanton destruction has created
much indignation in the neighborhood
An effort will be made to have il
restored.
Thomas a Becket's ChapeI.-The
governors of the Peterborough Cattle
dral Grammar School have applied tc
the Board of Education for authority
to sell st. Thomas a Becket's chape
IN the minister precincts at Peter
borough for the sum of $4,000. The
chapel was built 760 years ago being
commenced by William de Waterville
who governed the monastery at the
time of the great ecclesiastical contest
with King Henry II, which resulted in
the assassination of Beckett. The sue
cessor of Waterville as Abbot of Pc
terborough was Benedict, Prior OF
Canterbury, who, coming from the
very scene of the murder at the mo
ment when it was the subject of every
conversation, and being a friend OF
the martyr completed the chapel which
Waterville had commenced and en-
riched it with the martyrs relics
These relics, fragments of Becket's
shirt, a portion of his surplice, and
some blood staining the stones, on
which he fell, were treasured in the
chapel of Peterborough until they
were stolen just before the great
schism. For many years the chapel
was used for the Cathedral Grammar
school, later as a museum, and al
present it is a school of tapestry.
secretary of the Jubilee fund of Bishop
Amigo of Southwark has announced
that the fund is making satisfactory
progress. Including promises and
donations actually received the fund
has reached 100000 within twelve
months
Australian Catholic SchooIs.-The
success of Australian Catholic colleges
and schools at the University Public
Examinations is very gratifying, says
the Melb urne correspondent of the
Freeman's Journal. 1t is worthy OF
note that the study of mathematics
which the carping critic in past times
would have us believe was neglected
at convent schools, is to the front in
the results, there being many distinc
tions in arithmetic, geometry, algebra
and trigonometry, credited to the can
didates from convent colleges and
schools
PortugaI's Patriarch Returns.-Due
to the amnesty for political prisoners
proclaimed by the new President OF
the Republic of Portugal, the Patri
arch of Lisbon has been able to return