The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-22


once more under the care of the re-
| ligious orders.
/ Florence Cathedral to be Renovated
The great Cathedral of Florence is
to be renovated. New bronze doors
will be constructed, and the Brunei
leschi dome decorated.
Restoration of Viterbo Church.
Seventy thousand dollars will be spent
on restoring and renovating the
Church of the Poor Clares at Viterbo,
Italy. This church contains the
sacred body of st. Rose of Viterbo
who died in 1852. Her body is still
flexible and uncorrupt.
BeIgium's Tribute to Great Domini-
can.-At Client, recently Father Rut-
ten, the well known German Domini-
can, who has done such great work
for the Christian Syndicates of Bel
GUM, was feted by the whole king
dom. The occasion was the tenth an
niversary of the Secretariat of the
Christian Professional Unions.
Editions of Franciscan Scholastics.
After thirty-two years spent in re-
search in libraries, the franciscan
Fathers at Quaracchi have published
complete edition, historical and
critical, of the works of st. Bonaven-
ture, the Seraphic Doctor. While also
waiting for the publication of the
complete works of Dun Scotus, they
are engaged in the preparation of the
first "Summa Theologiae," of Alexan-
der de Hales.
New French Bishop.-Monsignor
Ernest Neaveux, Vicar General OF
Rheims, has been appointed by the
Holy Father Auxiliary to Cardinal
Lucon under the title of Bishop OF
Asinoe, which was held previously
by Monsignor Gilbert, late Bishop of
Mans. The new Bishop is f1fty-five
years old, and comes originally from
Ardennes, having made his first
studies at the Little Seminary OF
Charleville, completing his studies at
the Carmelite school at Rheims. He
has been Vicar General since 1904
under two Cardinals.
Unification of French Catechism.-
Cardinal Annette, Archbishop OF Parls,
announces in letter to his clergy
the publication of a new catechlsm.
The object is the unification OF the
catechism for the whole of France.
The text of this work was prepared
most carefully by the Archbishop and
his suffragan Bishops, and is to be
employed for the future in the do
ceses of Paris, Blois, Charities, Meaux
and Versailles. Moreover, Cardinal
Annette says that several prelates not
belonging to thu ecclesiastical prov
ince of Paris have already manifested
intention to adopt the new catechlsm.
The work is less new catechlsm
than an amended edition of those in
use in the various dioceses OF the
Paris ecclesiastical province.
Irish Layman's Generosity.-The
Bishops of Ireland, at their general
meeting in Maynooth, recently, adopt
ed a resolution conveying to Sir John
Robert O'Connell, the expression of
their appreciation of the meritorlous
purpose to which he has applied a
large portion of the Honan Trust
Fund by founding a Hostel, complete
in every particular, for Catholic stu
dents in connection with University
College, Cork.
Irish Material in Westminster Ca
thedraI.-Irish material only is being
used in the construction of st. Pat
rick's altar in Westminster Cathedral,
London.
Catholic Procession in London.-At
least 5000 Catholics recently marched
through the streets of South London
in honor of the London martyrs OF
Henry the Eighths time.
Priest Grandson of Poetess.-Catho-
lies who sing that old hymn, Ave
Sanctissima,'' by Felicia Dorothea
| HomdnS, Will De Sldu W hhOW IhoI -
grandson of it's author, Father Philip
Wynne Hemans, is priest at Dept
ford, England.
Sisters for Foreign Missions.-One
hundred and thirty-six Sisters of the
Institute of the Franciscan Mission
aries of Mary, whose London houses
are at IA st. Georges Square, Pim-
| leo, S. W., and Bethel Avenue,
Canning Town, E., are leaving the
various institutes of the order during
the next three months for the foreign
mission field. Six new foundations
are being established in Mongolia,
Manchuria, the Congo, and Syria, a
striking testimony to the activity OF
the missionary zeai of the Sisters. At
Hendela, Ceylon hey have just taken
possession of the Government leper
asylum, henceforth to be entrusted to
their care.
/ Kilkenny CastIe.-Kilkenny castle,
Ireland, is one of the oldest inhabited
houses in the world, many of the
rooms being much as they were 800
| years ago.
Delegate to constantinopIe.-