The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-13


classes in the city and thus providing
an effective antidote to the cheap,
pernicious reading with which the city
is flooded from across the channel.
Ancient Spartan Tomb Found.-At
Rhodes, Greece, last month, the tomb
of Aristomenes, the famous Messenic
hero of the second Spartan war, seven
centuries before Christ, was discover
ed by Italian archaeologists.
"IdyIIs of Theocritus."-Th Egypt
Exploration Expedition has unearthed'
sixth century fragment Of papyrus
containing the Idylls of Theocritus.
A Measure of Religious Life.-The
Mother Abbess of Ubesy, France, re-
Gently sent to the Bishop of Saint Die
France, the account of the altar
breads furnished by her monastery
during 1913 to 125 parishes or insti-
tutions in the diocese. Following is
the total-In 1912, 1888 large altar
breads, 565,5O9 small altar breads; in
1913, 85,632 large altar breads, 702, 180
small altar breads. These figures
speak for themselves and are sure
indication of the growing fervor of
French Catholics.
"The Times" on French Catholicity.
The London Times in the course of
a leading editorial on the Religious
Revival in France says: Some of
the new writer's avoW opinions which
are frankly Roman Catholic, while
others speak of religion with respect
as a great moral and social force. The
ablest of the unbelievers themselves
recognize that there Is more in heaven
and earth than the laboratory can re-
veal. It is rather remarkable that,
next to the young men of the schools,
the bourgeoise is the class in which
the reaction is most conspicuous. M.
Homair still fourishes, and measures
the universe with his foot-rule, but
he dimly feels that, outside certain
cliques, he no longer commands the
admiration that he did. And in some
quarters, at least, of Paris and her
cities, there are plenty of working
men and working women who quietly
perform their religious duties, while
| among others who remain strongly
'anti-clericap the old bitterness
against supernatural beliefs has large
ly died away"
Spanish Jurst Dcad.-The cele-
! brated Spanish statesman, MOnterO-
Rios, died on May IA, at Madrid, in his
| 9ighty-second year. He was famous
canonist and jurist.
| An Apostles Tomb.-At Trier, in
| Germany, the Church of the Apostle
st. Matthias, wherein he is buried, is
| to be restored.
Religious Houses Transformed
4 The French Government offered the
property at Marseilles which it confs-
| Gated from the Religious Orders and
| the Church, for a sum much below
it's real value to the Department of
Les Bouches du Rhone. The munic-
| ipality last month decided to purchase
| from the state the College of Saint
! Lgnatius. The manificent buildings
| and beautiful chapel will be complete
| ly transformed and converted into de-
partmental and municipal offices and
charitable institutions. In exchange
| for it's financial assistance the Mar
settles municipality is to be placed in
| possession of the Ecole Belsunce, for
merly the seminary of the Diocese of
! Marseilles. The building is to be
| pulled down to make room for the
| construction of monumental flight of
steps leading to the Saint Charles rail
way station. At the same sitting the
municipal councillors decided to trans
form into a public hall the old Church
Of Saint Martin, rendered vacant a
| year ago by the suppression of the
episcopal authority of the parish Of
that name.
Vacancies Made by consistory.-
The changes which the recent Con-
| sistory have produced in the Roman
Curia are numerous, as, owing to their
elevation to the Sacred College, Arch
bishop Serafni, Mgr Giustini, and
Mgr. Tecchi have vacated the re-
sponsibile positions of the Assessor
ship of the Supreme Congregation of
the Holy Office, the Secretaryship of
the Sacred Congregation of the Sacra-
ments, and the Assessorship of the
Sacred Consistorial Congregation. No
change is anticipated in consequence
of the elevation of the Right Rev. Alb
bot Gasquet, as Dom Gasquet will re-
main President of the Commission for
| the Revision of the Vulgate.
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