The Catholic bulletin., 1915-05-15

Very Reverend Jean Baptiste, prior |
of the Trappists at Woodleigh, Eng
land, who is in charge of the Kings
bridge mission, has been appointed |
chaplain to the Catholic troops in
Kingsbridge, Eng. The men belong
to the East Lancashire Regiment, and
good number are Catholics.
For the African Missions.-Seyeral
Belgian missionaries of Scheut left
England recently for the mission field
Father De Cleene, Provincial of the
Congo, took back with him Fathers
Janssens and Schellens, while Fathers
| Colen, Vankastoren and Vanllden
have gone to the Prefecture of Kasi.
Few Catholics in choIon.-The city
of Cholon is one of the largest of
Cochin-C China, having at least 100000
souls. Nearly all are pagans. Father
Colson, P. F. NJ, has small congre-
cation of Catholics. His parish has
furnished several nuns for the Daugh-
ters of st. Theresa and the Sisters
of st. Paul de Chartres.
Franciscans in High PIaces.-At
present the Order of Friars Minor
numbers among it's members two
cardinals, six archbishops, two papal
delegates, fourteen apostolic Wears,
two apostolic projects, twenty-five con-
sultors to the various Sacred COngre-
cations of the Roman Curia, and two
apostolic penitentiaries.
Belgian UniversitieS.-Until the
University of Louvain, Belgium, which
: suffered the loss of it's famous library
} and other property last August, has
been re-established, the universities of
Belgium, Liege and Ghent will not re-
sumo work, according to Leon Van
7 Essen, Professor of History at Lou
: vain, who addressed the Chicago chap
ter of the Sigma Chi fraternity on
May 5.
!. Death of Distinguished Convert
: Frederick, Lady North, wife of the
/ Catholic Lord North of Kirtling and
, a relative of Mrs. Theodore Roose-
e Velt, died at her country seat, Wrox
ton Abbey, Warwickshire, recently
Lady North, convert to the Church
with her husband in 1867, was the
daughter of Commander r. H. Cock
erell, r. N.
Converted by Good ExampIe.-Fa
: ther Bennett, C. SS. r., recently re
!. ceived into the Church a nephew o1
y the noted English physician, Sir Viii
liam Roberts. The convert declared
!. that he had been led into the Church
: by the example of a Catholic fellow
. student in the medical college.
Process Of franciscan Tertiary
: The beatification process of the fam
GUS and sanity Monsignor Segur
= franciscan Tertiary, is being carried
y on very successfully. Several mira
cles have been wrought through hi
intercession.
" Growth Of Chinese Mission.-Twen
i ty-four years ago in Taichowfu, China
ts there were but eight Christian sta
tions. Now there are forty-eight. II
1912 Father Fraser native of To
u ronto, Ontario, Can, was placed il
oI charge of one-half of this district
10 having as aid native priest, Fathe
, Yai. The converts continued t.
u multiply, and since then a numbe
of centres have been formed. TIL
latest is the Sub-Prefecture of Ta
e. pin, where another Chinese priest
le Father Chi Ling, has been entruste
with large congregation.
Noted Jesuit Dead.-The death too
place recently, in the Madras, India
Tx General Hospital, of Father SeWel
re S. j., noted missionary. He wa
n the son of General Sir Williar
IS, Sewell, and was born in Madras i
30 1886. When he was youth of eight
rs cen he entered the army and got hi
commission and eventually rose t
the rank of Major. After the deaf
IN of his wife in 1877 he retired fror
e. the army and joined the Society c
of Jesus in 1879. From 1888 he wa
connected with st. Joseph's College
Trichinopoly.
at Nuns Killed Aiding Orphans
d. Three hundred refugees from Popel
IT. inghe, eight miles west of Ypre:
which has come under the fire of Gel
man artillery, arrived in Paris recen
III lily on special trains. Most of ther
IN are inmates of an orphanage and
in home for the aged conducted by Frar
as ciscan Sisters. Three nuns wer
q. killed while experimenting the remoV
N. al of their charges and several c
as the inmates were wounded.
Restoration of Poor CIares Church
no The venerable Church of the Poo
ct Clares in Viterbo, Italy, is undergoin
he a thorough renovation which wi
is cost almost $4,000. In one of tn
re chapels of this church, rests the bod
of st. Rose of Viterbo, the famou
young Franciscan Tertiary, who die
is in 1852 at the early age of seventeen
in Her body is still .incorrupt and supple
lis
RI Gave Statue to Pope.-On April 19
nd deputation of the clergy and faithfl
of the city of Genoa went to Rom
to thank His Holiness for giving thel
he las Archbishop their felloW-citizel
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