The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-04-10

Christian Brothers General Coming.
The General of the Christian Broth
ers, Rev Brother Imier of Jesus, will
make a visitation of the houses of
the order in the United States. He
will be the first General of the Order
to visit this country.
Pontifical Nominations. = Amongst
the principal recent nominations of
the Holy Father are those of Cardi-
nal Bisleti and Cardinal Gasquet to
the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
Church for Lepers.-Father Ryan,
o. NJ l., is very anxious to build a
church for the 1epers in Pretoria,
South Africa. That the project has
the warm approval of Lord Miner,
formerly High Commissioner for
South Africa.
81 Redemptorists kiIIed.-The Rev.
Brother Jean Baptiste Jean-Marie, who
died of wounds received in the battle
of Vigny, was the thirty-first member
of the Redemptorist Order killed in
this war.
Altar Stones For War chapIains.--
Sixty more altar stones for use by
the chaplains at the front and in Lon
don military camps, were consecrated
at Westminster Cathedral recently by
Bishop Butt Altogether about one
hundred thirty of these stones have
been consecrated.
Granddaughter of Bismarck Cath
oIic.-Countess Hannah Won Bismarck
daughter of the late Count Herbert
Won Bismarck, and granddaughter Of
the Iron Chancellor, was married re
Gently to Captain Won Bredow. She
is Catholic.
Catholic Page to RoyaIty.-The
latest Page of Honor appointed by
King George of England is a Catholic
Mr.. Francis Edward Stonor. The
uncle of the new Page is the Hon
Harry Stonor, who has been attached
to the Royal Household for over thir
ty years.
Refugee Students at oxford.-Ther,
are at the present moment thirty-ont
junior refugee students in residence
at Oxford, distributed among the diff
ferent colleges. All are Belgians ex
cept one, who is French. During thI
term nearly all those who are in col
leges are supported entirely by thu
college or by some members of it.
African Missionaries.-Five of thu
Scheut Fathers have just left thu
community at sc, Stamford Hill
London, for the African mission field
Fathers Colen and Van Kasteren q
to the Vicariate Apostolic of Kasai
whilst Fathers Vaullden, Schellens
and Janssens proceed to the Belgian
Congo. All were ordained last yea
in England.
Church Bell ToIled BY Electricity
A cotton bell at the Church of thu
Sacred Heart, in Paris, is tolled b!
electricity. A choir boy operates thu
mechanism.
Anton Lang in Army.-The men o
the Passion Players of Oberammer
gau, who are physically fit, are il
the German army. Anton Lang, wht
was the Christus of the play of 1911
has joined new corps of troop:
equipped with skis which the Germans
have formed to oppose the French il
the Vosges.
Prince-Bishop Kahn Dead.-Righ
Rev. Joseph Kahn, Prince Bishop O
Gurk, in the Province of Salzburg
Austria, died recently, and the re
mains were laid to rest in the cryp1
of the Abbey Church of Tanzenberg
near Klagenfurt, Germany. The
Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, Curl
and Laibach officiated at the burial.
Gift for London church.-The mis-
sion of st. Boniface, footing, Lon
don, S. w, has benefited by an anony
nous donation of $4,000. The deb
on the parish originally stood a
$1,000. Thanks to the zeal of the
pastor, Father w P. O'Halloran, this
was gradually reduced to $4,000.
Cause of 5eatifieation of Irish Mar
tyrs. Pope Benedict has signed the
DEGREES authorizing the introduction
in the Sacred Congregation of Rites
of the cause of the Identification and
canonization of Archbishop Hurley