The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

the same order, and at least one
dowager queen has sought and found
! peace within the walls at Ryde, which
are empowered in the most charming
sylvan scenery.
4 Continuation School of Munich
The Catholic city of Munich has the
finest Continuation Schools in the
world. In the year 1908, in that city
of nearly 100000 inhabitants, all boys,
with the exception of eight per cent,
went straight to definite trades when
j they left the elementary school at the
age of fourteen. But of the boys who
passed through the eighth class
i (2,300 out of a total of 3,200) only
fifty Tor 2A per cent? went into the
blind alley trades. In 1890, before the
introduction of practical work, 1000
boys went into unskilled trades. In
1896, under the voluntary systems, 667
went into unskilled trades. In 1908
(when the number of schools had
doubled), only so or IA per cent went
into unskilled trades.
Death of Descendant of Crusader
The death occurred with tragic sud-
denness recently of Mr.. William
Francis Plowden, of Plowden Hall,
Lydbury, England, near relative Of
Mr.. PloWden, the London magistrate.
Mr.. Plowden, who was found dead in
his dressing-room, was born in 1858.
He was magistrate for Salop, large
landowner, and member of one of
, the oldest Catholic families in the
country, being a direct descendant of
Roger de Plowden the Crusader, who
other ancestor, Edmund Plowden, a
celebrated lawyer, refused the Lord
CHARACTERISTIC offered him by Eliza
beth, on condition that he would
change his religion. At PloWden Hall
there is still a number of priests hid
ing places that were used in penal
times.
Eucharistic Congresses.-The first
! Eucharistic Congress was held at
Lille, France. 1t was followed by the
, congresses at Avignon, in 1882; Liege,
: 1888; Fribourg, 1885; Toulouse, 1886;
Paris, 1888; Anvers, 1890; Jerusalem,
1893; Rheims, 1894; Paray-le-Monial,
1897; Brussels, 1898; Lourdes, 1899;
Anglers, 1900; Namur, 1902; Angou-
leme, 1904; Rome, 1905; Journal,
1906; Metz, 1907; Lourdes, 1908; Co
logne, 1909; Montreal, 1910; Madrid,
1911; Vienna, 1912; Malta, 1913. This
years congress met at Lourdes,
France.
| English Clerical StatIstics.-Detailed
results of the tabulation of the occu,
! pations of the population of England
and Wales, as shown by the census OF
1911, have now been published and
| supply very interesting facts. For in.
stance, it appears that, whilst Angli.
can ministers decreased in number
from 1886 in 1901, to 24,S59 in 1911
ministers of the Nonconformist bodies
: increased from 11,572 to 1881, and
: Catholic priests from 2,849 to 1902
the number of foreign born priests be-
ing increased from 277 to 492. There
were 1876 monks, nuns and Sisters
: an increase of 21.7 per cent, said to be
due largely to the arrival of members
of religious Orders from other coun
tries.
> Old Dominican conVent.-The Dom
inican convent at San Pablo, Spain
was founded in the year 1876. It's
/ church has a remarkable front, richly
, carved.
S University of Vienna.-The Univer
Il sity of Vienna was founded in 1865
; It's endowments amount to 4,539,60(
/ crowns.
capuchin notwithstanding tt
. the franciscan Annals" the Mos
= Rev. Father Venantius, minister gen
: eral of the Capuchin Friars Minor
. was, before he entered the order, {
{ distinguished barrister attached to the
Court of Appeal at Paris. Amongs
T. his fellow-students at Paris was Presi
= dent Poincare, the present head O.
the French Republic. Father Venan
: thus was ordained in 1895. Father An
thony (Brennan), chosen to represent
the English-speaking provinces in the
: Supreme Council of the order, was
o born at Tasson, County Monaghan
Ireland. Father Anthony entered the
English province of the Capuchins il
9 1873, and was ordained in 1880. He
i has been three times provincial of the
q English province.
o Vincentian Sisters Heroism Re
+ warded.-The French Academy ha:
J. conferred on two Sisters of st. Vim
cent de Paul at Saloniki, the Crane
Montyon Prize of 10000 franc!
($2,000) for their l~roic self-sacrificins
: work during the Balkan War. The
Broquette Prize of 5000 francs was
also conferred on the Sisters of AID
: rianople for heroic conduct during
: the siege of that city.
!, Death of Dominican SchoIar.-Mgr
> Louis Albert Gaffre, the noted French
!. Dominican priest and Psychologist
:. died at Berne, Switzerland, recently
!. at the age of fifty. He was for many
? years one of the most prominent
preachers in Montreal and was vel
known in New York. Boston and Bal