The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-27

ly given IN Memphis by Fatner DOT-
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OLD WORLD NEWS.
French Students in Army.-One hun
dred and ten of the $50 students of the
French College in Rome are in the
army.
Scion of Noted Family.-Captain
Hugh O'Neill of Shanes Castle, a de-
scendant of the O'Neills of Antrim,
Ireland, has been elected Parliament
tary representative for Mid-Antrim.
| Rene Balm Bereaved.-The great
French Catholic writer, Rene Bazin,
has Just suffered a severe loss in the
death of his mother, the Countess Par
do Bazin, who has passed away peace
fully in her beautiful chateau of Tore
de Meiras. She came of an old Span
ish family of Galicia and consecrated
her fortune and her talents to her ma
tive province, identifying and restor-
ing the family seat and estates. She
was very pious Catholic and died
fortified with the last rites of the
Church.
Prussian Catholic PupiIs.-In the
kingdom of Prussia there are 2,383,000
/ oI,:1 10 No
Louvain Professor at Harvard.-Pro-
fessor Leon DuprieZ, of the University
of Louvain, Belgium, who has been
visiting Harvard, received at the last
meeting of the President and fellows
of that University the appointment OF
Godkin lecturer for the present year.
Professor Dupriez will also lecture on
Roman law and the political institu-
/ lions of Europe.
i Aged Canon Dead.-Very Rev. Can.
on Cahir died at Lahinch, Ireland, re-
Gently, at the venerable age of eighty.
seven. He was one of the best-known
clergymen in the Diocese of Killaloe
and had been for forty years parish
priest of Mullough, West Clare, until
his advanced age necessitated his re
tirement to Lahinch last summer.
Dutch Envoy to the Holy See.-The
appointment of Dutch representative
to the Papal Court has not yet been
made. Last week, however, the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs declared in the
Dutch chamber that he would not op
pose on principle the establishment Of
a diplomatic mission from the Neither
lands to the Vatican. The moment
however, was not in his opinion propi
!, tious. When the occasion for a tenn
porary or permanent mission arrived
would certainly be taken advantage
Of
: New Religious COMMUNICATIVE
| Archbishop of Madras, India, ha:
founded religious community of ma
tive nuns, drawn entirely from the
| Pariahs. They practice great self
{ denial, and are devoted to teaching.
Figure on Cross Uninjured-Durin,
the battle of Laarburg, in Alsace OF
August 20, 1914, a monument of thu
. Franco-Prussian war was damaged b!
} cannon ball, the wood forming thu
) cross being shot away, the Immense
figure of our Lord, the Corpus, remain
/ ing perfectly intact and unmoved, thu
feet resting on the stone base, the fig
ure retaining it's upright position. Lat
er a wooden support was placed il
| position to insure it's stability and Il
/ prevent it from being blown over b!
the wind.
Pope Encourages science.-His Holi
ness Benedict XIV, to encourage TIT
study of mathematical and natura
7 sciences, has permitted his name to bt
enrolled among the honorary members
: of the Academy of the Nuovi Lincei
whose president is Father Lais, O
) the Oratory.
AbsoIved Dying Archduke.- 1t is o
interest to know that Friar Minor il
: Serajevo gave dissolution to the Arch
7 duke Ferdinand of Austria, and hi
: consort moment before they breathet
} their last.
) Catholic King Writes to Pope.-Mgr
Genez, Vicar-Apostolic of Basutoland
Africa, has brought to the Holy Fathe
a letter from the king of that countr.
} couched in the most devoted terms
, praising highly the work of the Oblate
| Eof Mary Immaculate in his kingdom
) but saying how vast the country i
j and how few are the priests. Tn
king has been Catholic for fou
years.
/. Bishop of Hildesheim.-The Yer.
Rev. DR.. Joseph Ernest, rector of tn
| Episcopal Seminary of Hi1desheim
) Germany, has been appointed Bishol
of that See. His age is 81 years.
Prelate and Priest imprisoned
: dispatch from the Polish paper Gloi
) Narodu, dated Cracow, says: Fathe
Rostworowski. rector of the Jesui
college of Chirow, near Przemysl, wht
was arrested by the Russians in No
: vember last and deported to Kiev
J has now been sent to Astrakhan. TIL,
Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lem
berg, Count Szeptcki, has been de
ported to Kursk. The Russians arr