The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-18
OLD WORLD NEWS.

OLD WORLD NEWS.
Catholic Lord Mayor.-The recently
elected Lord Mayor of London, Eng
land, is Catholic.
New Jesuit CoIIege.-The Society of
Jesus will build a new college in the
harbor of Belize, in British Hon
duras.
LOO Priests in Austrian Army
The Austrian army has in the field
/, 100 priests; they undergo many
and privations.
College for Converts.-In London,
England, there has been opened a
house of studies for convert clergy
men,
Planet Discovered by Catholic
Professor Sofa, of the Barcelona Uni
versity, Spain, announces the discov-
cry of new planet in Pisces Constel-
lation.
Mgr. Benson's Life.--Father Martin
dale, S. j., announces that he has al
most completed the official Life" of
Mgr Benson, and is about to publish
a selection from the sermon notes Of
the dead priest.
Masterpiece Damaged.-Tiepolo'
magnificent fresco of the Translation
of the Holy House of Loretto" in the
Church of S. Maria, Venice, Italy, was
damaged by the recent bombardment.
Catholic Population of New Zealand.
There are some 100000 Catholics
in New Zealand. Seventy-fiye years
ago there were only five hundred.
Catholic Baronet Passes AWay.-A
grand old Catholic Baronet passed
away in England the other day in the
person of Sir Walter de Sodington
Blount. The Blounts were originally
a Norman family, and in medieval
days were Lords of Mountjoy, of
Thurston and of IXworth, in Suffolk
Sir Walter was born in 1888.
German Jesuits Return.-The Brit
ish Government has sent back to
Europe the German Jesuits of the
Bombay-Poona mission, India All but
the Archbishop of Bombay and few
aged priests were ordered to leave by
November.
Pope's Mediation Fruitful. - The
"OsSeryatore Romano announces the
success of the Pope's mediation in the
case of Count Hemptinne of Belgium,
who had been condemned to death for
treason, but whose sentence has now
been committed to life Imprisonment.
Hollands Seminaries FuII.-Little
Holland seems to be doing her best to
fill the gaps caused by the terrible
war. While all the other European
missionary seminaries are depleted,
word comes that her seminaries can
accommodate no more students, so
great has been the increase in mis-
SiOnary VocationS.
Noted Benedictine a Chaplain
Dom Bede Camm, o. S. B., the his
torian of the English Martyrs, and for
merly of Erdington Abbey, Birming.
ham, sailed for Egypt recently. Dom
Bede has been appointed military
chaplain, and has for some time been
in charge of military hospital in
Scotland. He is one of the most ia
nous of the Anglican converts during
the past quarter of century, and
will always be remembered for the
share he had in the reception of the
Galley Benedictine (Anglican) Broth
erhood into the Church.
CeyIon's Catholic Schools.-In 1916
there was not even one Catholic
school i'll all Ceylon. At the present
time there are in the diocese of Co.
lombo alone 4S7 schools, built by the
Catholics at their own expense
though now receiving a small grant
In the immense majority of cases the
schools are vernacular. There are,
however, English schools, both for
boys and girls. The Catholic schools
are more than half of the schools in
the diocese recognized by the Educa-
ton Department. In the Cathedral
parish of Colombo there are nine
schools-six vernacular, two English
and one Anglo-vernacular.
Noted Priest Succumbs. = Among
the latest victims of the war is Pere
Compagnon, who for many years filled
the responsible position of "procura
tor" at the Seminary for Foreign Mis-
sions in Paris. He was once a mis-
sionary in Japan, and SO successful
was his apostolate that, in the eyes
of his ow-missionaries, he seemed
a fitting candidate for the episcopal
See of Nagasaki. But his health hav
ing broken down, he returned tC
France and for twenty-four years lived
in the big seminary of the Rue du
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