The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-12

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Con1bes' Sister Nun.-The death
took place quite recently in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, in Misericordia Hos
pital of Sister of Mercy. who was
the sister of the French Minister
President Combes, the prosecutor of
/ the religious congregations in France.
German Jesuits Prisoners.-In All
mednager, India, six fathers, fourteen
scholastics and FIVE lay brothers be-
longing to the German province of
the Society of Jesus, are held as
prisoners.
Largest Religious Sodality.-St. Al
phonsus' parish in the old city OF Linn
erick in Ireland, has the largest re-
ligious sodality of any single church
in the world. The Arch-Confraternity
of the Holy Family now numbers over
1000 persons.
English Abbey Ruins.-At Merton,
England, the Surrey Archaeological
Society has discovered the remains of
the famous Abbey of Merton, found
ed by Gilbert Norman in 1892. This
Augustinian Abbey, in it's time, had
80 Priories under it's jurisdiction.
Thomas Beckett was educated at it.
Church Buildings for Hospitals
The Papal Hospice of Santa Maria
and several other ecclesiastical build
ings in Rome are being put in readi-
ness for the reception, housing and
treatment of wounded Italian soldiers.
Mgr. Perrin, rector of the Canadian
College, has offered that institution to
the Italian government for the same
purpose.
Convert Author Dead.-English ex-
changes chronicle the death of we'll
known Catholic journalist, Miss Felicia
Curtis. The deceased, who was con-
, vert, was the author of two historical
novels, Under the Rose" and In the
, Lean Years." written in the desire to
arouse in others a love for the faith
to which she had come so happily.
Money for Invalid SoIdiers.-Cardi.
nal Won Hartmann, Archbishop OF Co.
. logne, and Bishop Korum, of Trier
visited the military quarters of EN-
peror William and handed him the
great sum of money contributed by the
? Catholics of Germany for the support
, of invalid soldiers.
e Count to the Front.-Count Della
: Tore, who was appointed by Pope
: Benedict president of the Catholic
n Union and has control of all Italian
). Catholic associations, left for the front
L last week as volunteer soldier.
Bishop HedIey'c iIIness.-The latest
Catholic newspapers received from
England announce that Bishop Hedley
o. S. B., the venerable occupant oil
= the See of Newport, Wales, is dan
gerous i'll and has received the last
: sacraments. He was born on April Is
1897 Bishops Hedley's writings have
: made him famous wherever the Eng
lish tongue is spoken. He was conse
Il CIdGcu o0pbOluDcI 1870
Lord Lieutenant at Maynooth.-The
= Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Lady
d Wimborne visited Maynooth College
d recently, and remained for luncheon
J. with the President and professors
), Their Excellencies were very cordially
J. welcomed by the President in short
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e suitably replied.
l. "Black Pope" Leaves Rome.-Fathel
t, Ledochowsk, General Of the Society
IS of Jesus, and known as the BLACK
3, Pope" arrived at the Einsiedeln mon
e astery, in the Canton of SchWiz
Il Switzerland, recently from Rome. Il
It is stated that he will remain at the
d monastery until the end of the war.
s. Mission Station Destroyed.-News
4, has just reached the Fathers of the
n Company of Mary on Vancouver
Island, Canada, that one of their mos
flourishing mission stations in British
I Central Africa was totally destroyed
IuC vi GOs hs
e catastrophe was caused by a rebellion
lc headed by socalled educated Protes
y tant natives.
u German Catholic GeneraIs.-Quite {
= number of the German generals art
- Catholics, among others Crown Primes
= Ruprecht of Bavaria, who won the frs
&c great battle of the war against thu
e French between Metz and the Vosges
- Duke Albrecht of Wurtemberg, the vic
% tor of Neuchateau; Won Zwehl, wht
- commands the army before thu
I Rheims; Won Kluck is also Catholic
: Count Spec, who defeated the Englisl
= in the battle of Santa Maria, was ;
member of the Catholic family o
= Specs in the Rhineland.
ie Where Martyrs Died.-It is an
nounced that the once terrible Blood.
,e Tower in the Tower of London is t.
k. be thrown open to visitors, but tina
n so small are it's darksome dungeons
10 and so steep and narrow its stairs
ty a charge will be made for admission
If Within the walls of this gloom.
Or prison many Catholic lay in an
IN guish, torn by the rack, awaiting tn
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