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

made discovery of the remains of
some of the walls of buildings COM
prised in the old abbey. These are
said to be undoubtedly the walls that
enclosed the refectory of the monas-
terry in the old days. The more mod
ern abbey was built for the Benedic-
tines by the Lord of the Isles, and
has been restored almost entirely, the
only exceptions being the gabled roof
and the central cloisters.
Soldiers Present Statue.-While sta
toned recently in the Channel Islands
the soldiers of the Second Royal
Irish Fusileers made gift of splen-
did statue of st. Patrick to the Church
of st. Anne and ST. Mary Magdalene.
Novitiate Suppressed.-The munich
pal council of Talence, Gironde,
France, has pronounced in favour of
the suppression Of the novitiate of the
Christian Brothers in that commune.
Out of eight of such novitiates six
have already been doomed by the anti
clerical authorities.
Redemptorist for South Africa
Father Howell, C. IS. R., has left st.
Mary's, Chaplain, England, for South
Africa, where he will join the Redemp-
torist Community. He will be accom-
panied by three lay Brothers from st.
Mary's.
Discovery by Priest Astronomer
Father Stiattesi, the Bologna astrono-
mer, has announced that he has discov-
cred that the moon is oval-shaped, not
spherical.
Jesuit Observatory in Spain.-The
Jesuit Fathers direct the famous OBJ
servatory of the Ebro near Tortosa,
Spain. 1t is now an official Observa-
tory. They have begun the publication
of the "Rvista Iberica," a new scien-
tific review.
PreIates at Lourdes.-Within SO
years, from 1858 to 1904, 1,643 Bishops
and &c Cardinals visited the grotto of
Lourdes, and nearly five thousand or
ganized bodies of pilgrims.
To Confiscate Jesuit Property.-The
Italian government intends to put for
ward a claim to the ownership of the
entire Apollinare building, including
the old vicariate of Rome, valued at
100000. It was originally built by
the Jesuits, who have been left in I'M
disturbed possession of the Church
since the taking of Rome in 1870. The
government maintains that it was
only left to the Holy See because it
contained the offices of the vicariate
of Rome, and that now that it is
no longer used for that purpose the
property belongs to the government
the same as other ecclesiastical
property.
CIontarf's Centenary, April 23.-
Preparations are being made in many
cities by people of Irish race to cele-
brate the ninth centenary of the Bat
tie of Clontarf This historic struggle
took place on Good Friday, April %,
1914. It's victor was Irelands greatest
king. The battle was the most glori-
GUS in Ireland's history. 1t destroyed
the Scandinavian Empire which
threatened to dominate the West. 1t
saved Christianity in Ireland, in Eng
land, and perhaps western Europe. 1t
exhibited Ireland at her greatest, for
the Danes had at that time enslaved
both France and England. 1t showed
that when the principalities of Ireland
were united, Ireland was almost in
vincible.
The Holy Souls Nuns in China
The great missionary centre Of the
Helpers of the Holy Souls is at Shang-
hal, where they have already very
f1ourishing community and orphanage,
and have made much Roadway among
the natives. For there, as here, the
mothers work is eminently active and
practical, and the special development
of catechetical and instruction classes,
which has proved of such value
in the West, is also feature of their
labours in the Far East. Devotion to
the Holy Souls is better understood by
the Chinese than by any other pagan
converts, for the practice of ancestor
worship has prepared their minds to
receive the Catholic doctrine of the
Communion of Saints in specially
clear way.
Chinese Nun Professed.-Among
eleven Franciscan Missionaries of
Mary had made their profession in
Rome recently was Chinese Sis
ter, who pronounced the VOWS in
her native tongue.