The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-04-17

society those priests who become mis-
sionaries to Italian emigrants to
European countries, as soon as the
consent of the Ordinary of the place
whittier they are repairing is obtained
In addition to this the ''beneplacet"
of the Sacred Consistorial Congrega-
ton is necessary for the priests intend
| ing to go to these missions. It will
be the duty of the Bishop of Vicenzal
to exercise surveillance, either direct
ly or through the agency of visitors or
other priests deputed for this, and
particularly through the Ordinaries of
the places in which the missions are
situated. To these Ordinaries the mis-
sionaries are subject in everything |
that appertains to ecclesiastical dig
nifty.
Causes of Reatification.-At the last
meeting of the Sacred Congregation of
Rites the causes of Beatification of
the Venerable John Marie Robert de
Lamennais, priest and founder of the
Institute of the Brothers of Christian
Instruction. brother of the more
famous F6licit6 de Lamennais- the
i Venerable Marco d'Ayiano, protested
Capuchin priest and Apostolic Mission
airy, and the Venerable Emmanuel
: Ribere, Redemptorist, were discussed.
Other subjects under consideration
: were the reputation of the Venerable
Madeleine, Archduchess of Austria,
for sanctity of life, virtue and mira
: cles; and the validity of the processes
in the causes of the Venerable Gius-
tino De Jacobs, Bishop of .Nilopolis,
r and Apostolic-Vicar of Abyssinia; and
: the Venerable Servant of God, John
5 Baptist Trona, priest of the OratOry
!. of ST. Philip Neri in Mondovi.
Dioceses of lndia.-Vast are the do
ceses in India. That of Bombay is as
d large or extensive as the Kingdom of
f Prussia; that of Calcutta is nine times
!, larger than Belgium; that of Poona, is
J. equal to England and Wales, and the
p diocese of Agra is ten times the size
Y of Ireland.
If A Church for Every 1900 People,
h The two millions of Catholics of Hol
d land, are divided into 1,120 parishes
e There is church or chapel for every
d 1900 of the faithful. r
L University of Bologna.-The UniVer
J. sity of Bologna dates from the elev
enth century. At the beginning of the
thirteenth century it had 10000 stu
e dents. AT present the University com
% prises about 100 professors and in
" structors and 1900 students. It's Ii
c, brary contains 100000 volumes.
n Franciscan Mission Statistics.-Ac
cording to the latest available stats
tics, the Order of Friars Minor has
charge of 40 different foreign mission
centers scattered over Europe, Asia
Africa, America, and Australia. Tt
prepare the missionaries for this vas
= vineyard of the Lord, the Order ha:
- an international Missionary College il
Rome, where young and jealous Friar'
undergo rigorous probation in prepa
ration for their arduous work among
:, the heathens. During the year 1913
- twenty Franciscan missionaries passed
from their labors to their heavenly
reward. The Order counts 1888 mis-
% sionaries, of whom 1878 are priests
= 119 student clerics, 633 lay brothers
and % novices. In the franciscan
= missions, there are 1921 secular Ter
- tiaries, of whom 672 are priests. The
= entire Christian population of the mis-
- sions over which the Friars have juris
diction is 10,699,O42, not including Thu
101, 1902 catechumens. Moreover, thu
- Order has in it's foreign missions 2,37
churches and chapels, % seminarie
~ with 463 students, 36 colleges witt
% $3.50 pupils, and numerous hospital
and orphan asylums, that shelter NOR
than 36,675 inmates.
= PapaI Privilege for University.-Th
:, Holiness Pope Benedict XIV, has cor
Oh ferred upon the ancient University o