The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-09

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Professor P. van den Ven, of Louvain
University, has become a Spencer.
Trask lecturer at Princeton UniVer-
sity. He will give graduate courses
in Byzantine history and art
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g. K. Chesterton Catholic?--It is
widely reported that the brilliant
writer, G. K. Chesterton, has entered |
the Catholic Church. His brother,
Cecil, was converted some time ago. |
Both are confreres of that pronounced |
and celebrated Catholic writer, Hilaire
Belloc.
Picking Catholic Normal Schools.
In Picking, China, the Church has had
normal schools for the training of the i
cathechism teachers and recently one;
has been established for the educa-
ton of Christian teachers.
Belgian Missionary Dead. From
the abbey of the Premonstratensians
at Tongerloo, Archdiocese of Malines,
Belgium, is announced the death of
Monsignor Adrien Deckers, who
founded the Belgian missions of Uele
in the Congo.
Archbishop of Posen.-Dr Dalbor,
Archbishop of Gnesen-Posen, was con-
secrated at Posen on September 81
by Cardinal Won Hartmann, assisted
by Bishops Bertram and Rosentreter.
The Assistant-Bishop, DR.. Jedzink,
was consecrated on the same day.
Hollands Envoy to the Holy See
M. Louis Regout, the Minister of Hol-
land to the Holy See, is an all-sided,
Catholic leader. He heads the Catho-
lie Party in Holland. He is an able
lawyer, engineer and manufacturer
and a graduate of the University of
Louvain.
Cardinal 6ourne's Trip.-Cardinal
Bourne, Westminster, Eng, is shortly
to make tour of the naval bases and
to visit the grand fleet in his capacity
as head of the naval and military
chaplains. The Cardinal has already
been to the front, but has not so far
visited the Catholic sailors.
Badge for Disabled SoIdiers.-The
King of the Belgians has just ap-
proved of a special badge for Belgian
officers and men who have been
/ 0NyoT fad fTsr a
count of wounds or illness, since the
/ beginning of the war. This badge
will be exclusively for those who have
been under fire during the war.
Conversions in China.-Amongst
the latest conversions to the Church
in China are those of M. Lou-tseng-
ziang and M. Maliang, who are
respectively Minister of Foreign AT
fairs and President of the Committee
for drafting the Constitution. M
Maliang was formerly President oil
the Legislative Assembly of Marking
Pope Aids Armenians.-The Pope
has received a delegation of Armeni
ans who went to. the Vatican to i'm
plore his assistance in putting an enc
to massacres IN that country. His
Holiness was able to inform the dele
gates that through the Apostolic Dele
gate at Constantinople, Monsignol
Dolci, he had succeeded in inducing
the Turkish authorities to issue or
ders for the cessation of the persecu
ton.
Privilege for Spanish Church,
curious privilege has been accorded
the clergy of the Church of San Fran
cesco ell Grande, Madrid. BY Pom
tifical brief just issued the rector O
this royal church and his priests arr
permitted the privilege of wearing
purple cassocks with scarlet buttons
rochette and purple manteletta at al
great functions in the church. This il
! the dress of prelate.
Unique War Record.-A New Zea
, land Catholic family-the Malones o
$ Stratford- unique record as re
CARDS the war. We take this item
about them from the New ZealanC
Tablet: Colonel W. G. Malone ant
|. two sons, Edmond and Terence, ar
serving with the forces at the Darda
nelles, the colonel being in commant
of the tenth (Wellington) Battalion
; One of the sons, Terence, has beer
: severely wounded A third son
/ Maurice, is leaving with the Sixth Re
Inducements, and another, Brian, hai
already seen service in Samoa AM
has been accepted for the Reinforce
ments, hoping to get away within tn,
next three months A sister, Mis-
, Nora Malone, is nursing with the Re-
Cross organ. alton in England O
elsewhere. T.,is completes the recort
of the family, not one representative
of which will be left in New Zealan,
. when Brian Malone dons khaki agail
and sails for the front"
Pope Aids German Prisoners.-Th
"Osservatore Romano" states that
lowing to the Intervention of the Hol,
See, France has agreed to improve tn
condition of the German prisoners a
Dahomey by transferring them t
; healthier regions. On the other hand
Germany has suppressed the reprisa
camps at Neunkirchen.
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