The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-11-20

Little Sisters of the Poor.-The Lit
tie Sisters Of the Poor have seven
houses in Paris, and more than one
hundred in France.
Franciscan convents.-So far, six
Franciscan converts have been de.
stroyed in the war, 80 are used as
barracks and 80 as hospitals.
Shrine of st. Cronan.-In the church
yard of Roscrea, Ireland, is stone
cross which is called the shrine of
st. Cronan. Near it is an ancient
round-tower 80 feet high.
Royal Duke a Religious From
Rome comes a report that the youth
full Prince Aimone, Duke de Spoleto,
of the Royal House of Italy, is to en-
ter a religious congregation.
Australian chapIains. Fathers
Tighe, S. j., r. Mullins, and T. King,
of the Archdiocese of Sydney, New
South Wales, have left for the front
as additional chaplains to the ex-
peditionary forces.
Catacombs of Rome and Paris
The catacombs of Rome contain the
remains of about 100000 human be.
ings, those of Paris 100000
Empress Eugene is S9.-Eugenie,
deposed Empress of France, who is in
England, visits Catholic Church
daily to pray for her son and husband.
She is eighty-nine, but retains all her
faculties.
Cardinal PiffI Heads AIIianee.-By
the death of Count Won Trautmans-
dorf the Catholic Peoples Alliance"
in Austria has lost it's founder and
leader. Cardinal Piffl, of Vienna, has
taken his place as president of the
association for the war period.
Jesuit Dies Of Wounds.-Rev. John
Gwynn, S. j., one of the most prom
inent priests of the Jesuit Order in
Ireland, brother of Mr.. Stephen
Gwynn, M. P, died in a field hospital
in France on October IL as the re-
suit of wounds which he received
some time previously.
Gondola for Patriarch.-The lead
ing citizens of Venice, Italy, have pre-
scented to Archbishop La F'ontaine,
Patriarch of Venice, splendid gon-
dola and an album bearing an address
signed by thousands of the young men
of Venice.
Mass for Dead in War-A Mass for
the repose of the souls of all who
have fallen in the war, of all ma
tions, was celebrated in the Church
of st. John Lutheran, Rome, on Sun
day, November Z, in presence of the
Sacred College of Cardinals, the diplo-
matte bodies and others.
Nuns for South Africa.-Re DIR.
O'Byrne, Grahamstown, South Africa,
who was on visit to his native place
at Cushinstown, County Wexford, Ire
land, has taken out with him sixteen
postulants for converts in South Afri-
ca. They hail from different parts of
Ireland.
King Ferdinand Of Bulgaria King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, before his ac-
cession to the throne, was well known
in the principal European capitals.
When on a visit to London he was
often seen at the little French Catho-
lie Church of Notre Dame in Leicester
Square.
Pope Is Protector-To honor his
old diocese Benedict XIV has consent
ed to become Protector of the Contra
ternity of SIS. John and Petronius of
the Bologna residents in Rome. The
Dominican Order, the Benedictine Or
der, and the Greek monastery at Grot-
tafarrata enjoy a similar privilege.
Change in Jesuit Mission. English
Jesuit Fathers serving on the Demer-
ara mission have, it is reported, been
appointed to succeed the German
Fathers, who, until recently, had been
attached to the Jesuit College at Bonn
bay. Their posts at Demerara viii