The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-02-20

in the year of the Saracen invasion |
of Rome, SAG, are now in st. John |
Lateran Church, enclosed in golden |
cases and exposed for veneration, over
the high altar.
Pontifical mnations.-Among the
most recent Pontifical nominations
are Mgr. Patrick Enright of Little
Rock, Ark, to be Domestic Pfelate;
Mr.. Gerald Mark Borden of New York
to be Privy Chamberlain of Sword and
Cape. Mgr. John Joseph Fox, resigned
from the See of Green Bay, is nom
mated Titular Bishop of Ionopolis.
Catholic Manxman Mayor.-Mr. w.
Flynn, who has just been elected may
| or of Douglas, Isle of Man, is a Catho
lie. He has been an active member
of the Douglas Corporation for years,
and his splendid works of charity dur
| ing the weary winter months in Doug
las have gained for him widespread
fame. AS a member of st. Mary's
Catholic church, he erected the beauti-
full high altar in that fine church.
CathoIicity in Sancian lsland.-The
evangelization of Sancian Island was
started about forty-five years ago by
the missionaries of the Paris For
eign Mission Society belonging to the
Canton Mission. Progress is now be-
/ ing made, as the following report for
nv oft mil oI,
| Total population, 10000; Catholics, l.
9S5; chapels, 10; boys schools, Z; pu-
pills in these, 240; girls schools, 5;
pupils in these 226; catechists, men
and women, IL; baptisms of pagans,
1893; of Professionals, So; confessions,
1866; Communions, 1898, catechu-
mems (students), 1905.
i Irish Prisoners of War.-Father
O'GOrman, the Irish Augustinian, has
returned to Rome after having minis
tered to the spiritual wants of the
Irish Catholic prisoners in Germany.
He says that there are 1920 of them
in reservation near Limburg. They
are In good, health, and are being we'll
cared for. Facilities for the practice
of their religion are accorded to them
/ in generous measure. Father Crotty
is staying with them.
Army Officer Dead.-The death of
Surgeon-General William Henry Nc
Namara, c.. NJ G.. occurred suddenly
, i'll his sixty-nuth year. Born in Linn
erick, Ireland. he was educated at
Queens College. Cork, and the Led
u wick School of Medicine. Dublin. He
, took the NJ. d., at the Royal Univer.
sity Of ireland i'll 1867, and entered
the Army the same year. He served
in the Egyptian Expedition of 1882
t taking part in the Battle of Tel-el
, Kebir. AS Principal Medical Officer
of the British Brigade he was with
the Nile Expedition of 1898.
Prayerbooks for German Prisoners
Seeing that German prisoners if
England were in need of Catholic
prayer-books, a priest of the Diocese
of Stafford has issued q handy and in
! the usual prayers and devotions il
2 German. 1t is being supplied to the
. sOldier-prisoners free of charge.
Belgian Missionaries in England
The Belgian missionaries of Scheut
. les-Bruxelles, now installed at the
s Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle
4 London, Eng, have transferred theil
] Novitiate to Norman Potter's Home
: at Clapham. They have received {
letter of benediction and encourage
ment from his Holiness Pope Bene
I dict XIV.
h Ancient Statue Found.-Libya, il
: Africa, again has given an ancien
! piece of sculpture to the world. A
Cyrene, once the principal city of an
cient Cyrenaica, colossal statue O
= Alexander the Great, lacking only
S part of the right forearm, has bee1
y unearthed. 1t is magnificent marble
:, copy of the celebrated bronze of Alex
s ander by Lysippus, which is know
f only by the copies of it on coins, tn
original having been destroyed. Tn
statue probably was made fifty 0
, sixty years after the original in TIN
), third or fourth century before Christ
b 1t is larger than life size and repre-
It sents Alexander standing, looking uI
d ward and with his right arm out
). stretched and his left holding a spea
e on which he is leaning.
Pope's Fund for Earthquake Vic
:, tims.-The s. lscriptions sent to tn
, fund which Eope Benedict started 70
:, the relief OF the victims of the re
cent earthquake. and which he head
:. ed with the sum of $4,000 from hi
own purse, now amounts to tota
Of 100000 The money has all beef
;, sent to the Bishops of the diOcese
! that are included in the devastated
q region.
Native Chinese Priests.r-1n the Die
: cese of Nagasaki, Japan, thirty-on'
Japanese priests will soon be read.
for missionary work.
z Aged Jesuit Bishop.-Bishop Cazet
n a Jesuit, has been in Madagascar fit,
J, years. He is now eighty-seven year.