The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-20

Sir David Beatty, of the home fleet,
Vice Admiral Sackville Hamilton Car
den, who is in command of the Franco
British feet operating against the OAR
~danelles, is an Irishman. He was
born at Templemore, in the County
Tipperary, in 1857.
Rome's New Art Gallery.-The new
Pinacothica Gallery in the Vatican,
opened in 1909, and to which over $50
works of art were brought from the
Lateran Picture Gallery, is probably
in point of superiority, the finest in
the world.
Jesuit Assistants Re-appointed.-The
present Assistants of the Society of
Jesus in Great Britain, Italy, France
and Spain are confirmed in their ap-
pointments. Father Oppenraij has
been selected as Assistant for Ger
many in succession to the new Gen
eral of the Society.
Prayerbook For German Prisoners.
The excellent German prayerbook
which, under the title "Fuhrer yum
Heile," was prepared by the Rev. DR..
Holm, st. Bede's College, Manchester,
Eng, with the appreciation of the
Bishop of Stafford, for the use of Ger
man prisoners, and which has been
distributed free, has been SO much ap-
preciated that the author has just
brought out a second edition.
Foreign Colleges in Rome.-In Rome
are the following foreign theological
colleges: The French, German, North
American, South American, Belgian,
Canadian, English, Scotch, Spanish,
Greek, Polish, Maronite, Irish, Bohe-
milan and Beda College.
Scotch Bishops JubiIee.-Bishop
Smith, of Argyll and the Isles, Scot
land, has just celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of his ordination to the
priesthood. The occasion was marked
by the presentation of a chalice and
various articles of altar furniture.
The Bishop was born in 1910, ordained
in 1854, and consecrated Bishop in
1893.
Mass in German Prison Camp.-Tn
the German prison-camp near Vessel,
Masses are celebrated every day from
4:30 to 500 A. M. Every day 400
soldiers receive Holy Communion;
1000 soldiers crowd the church.
Restoration of Rheims Cathedral
The chief architect of the French Gov.
eminent says the Rheims Cathedral
can be restored, as casts were
long ago taken of nearly all the details
of ornamentation that we're destroyed
and mathematically precise documents
exist from which the jewel of architec
ture may be reconstructed in every
detail.
Death of italian Nun.-The Italian
community and the poor in the West
Central district of London, Eng, have
lost a good friend in Sister Louise OF
the Italian Hospital, who died recent
ly. Sister Louise was n of the band
of Sisters of Charity who founded the
Italian Hospital twenty-nine years ago
In the early days she did a large
amount of district visiting in the par
ishes of Lincoln's Inn Fields and
Maiden Lane, but latterly her time had
been fully occupied in the work of the
hospital.
Catholics With the coIors.-Accord
ing to returns prepared by the Scot
fish U. 1. L., 25,747 Irishmen from
Scotland have joined the British forces
since the outbreak of the war, and il
addition to this there were 10000
Irishmen in the services when wal
broke out. Including Scottish Catho
lies, a total of $4,000 Catholics from
North Britain alone are serving will
the colors.
Sisters of Mercy.-The Sisters Of
Mercy, one of the most f1ourishing SO
~cieties in the whole church, are to be
found in nearly every State of the
Union, and in every other English
speaking country. They were founded
in 1927, in Dublin, by Miss Catherine
McAuley, ito carry on all the works
of mercy, both spiritual and corporal
The foundress made her noyitiate
with the w%elI-known order of the Pres
entation, and the rule of the Sisters
of Mercy with some slight modifica
tions, is taken from that society.
Glasgow Retreat House. - Father
Middleton, s.. j., st. Aloysius', Glas
gow, has secured possession of the
family residence of the late Father
Gerard, S. j.. at R~ocksoles, near Air
drie. The Building will be used Is q
retreat house, and it will be ready fol
occupation early in the summer. 1t is
admirably adapted for its new purpose
as it is situated within easy reach Of
Glasgow and the other large industrial
and mining centres of the Clyde basin
obIate Superior Dead.-The Very
Rev. James O'Reilly, head of the Brit
ish Province of the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate, died on February 10 in
London. He was born in Kingscourt
County Cavan, and was ordained al
Autun, France, on May Is, 1877. A
noteworthy phase of Father O'Reilly's
activities was his conductorship OF
many important p~ilgrimages from Lon.