The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-11-20

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be taken by Fathers from one Of the
American Jesuit Provinces.
Bishop Dies in lndia.--Mgr. Auguste
Basic, Bishop of Mysore, India, died
at Bangalore, aged sixty-four years.
He was born at La Guerche, diocese
of Rennes, France.
BeIgians Appeal to the Pope.-Pope
Benedict has received number of
letters from Belgian clergymen and
members of the Church in Belgium
imploring. him to aid in saving num-
Der of persons who have been con-
demned to death or to serve long
terms of Imprisonment.
Bishop MacRory Consecrated.-The
Right Rev. DR.. MacRory, Bishop-Elect
of Down and Connor, Ireland, was,
consecrated on Sunday, November IA,
in st. Patrick's Church, Belfast, by
his Eminence Cardinal Logue, assist
ed by the Bishops of Raphoe and Ar
dagh. Professor Beecher, d. D., M. A.,
of Maynooth College, was the preach
er.
! Finances Of Maynooth.- heavy
strain on the financial resources of
the famous Maynooth College in Ire
land has become SO stressful of late
that the Bishops of Ireland at re-
cent meetings gave publicity to the
financial needs of the college in the
hope that those DESTROYS of giving
for charitable purposes, whether in
life or by will, and also those by
whom such persons are advised, may
be disposed to place Maynooth Col.
lege amongst the charities to be bene.
| fitted by their bounty.
i Franciseans in Jerusalem.-News
of Turkish persecution of Catholic in
situations in Jerusalem has caused
anxiety in Rome, the Propaganda es
pecially being troubled about the lot
of the Franciscans there, of the Gus
tody of the Holy Land. There is al
the moment no actual Guardian of the
holy places, Father Serafino Ciminc
|. having been elected general of the or
der in June last But there are there
many Italian Franciscans about whom
it is impossible to get any news
whether they have been sent into con
] centratiOn camps in the interior a:
, has happened to the French fathers
who did not get away, or whether
they are still in Jerusalem
: Royalty at Catholic SchooIs.-Th,
only daughter of the king of the Bel
gians, Princess Marie Jose, has beef
placed with the Ursuline nuns o
! Brentwood, Eng, for education. TIL,
: young princess will inhabit small
| detached house in the conven
7 grounds which is being prepared 70
her and where she will have a small
retinue. The son of the Duchess d.
q Vendomo is also at Catholic school
Stonyhurst having been chosen TO
> his education, for the present; how
: ever, the brother. of the princess, TIL
young Due de Brabant, remains a
Elton.
;, Spanish Priest Dead.--Don Migue
! Maura, brother of the celebrate,
statesman and ex-Premier, Don An
tonic Maura, recently died in the is
land of Mallorca. He was the found
er of the Eucharistic Center, popula
: through Spain, and particularly -four
fishing in Madrid. It's purpose cover
in part the work of the Extension Sc
ciety in our own country, by supply
ing poor churches with all the art
: cles necessary for duly and decor
J, ously carrying out the Divine wol
! ship" He was moreover the autho
:. of various devotional books, the bes
known of which, "Eucharistic Hal
monies" likewise draws it's inspire
ton from the Hidden Lord within til
!. Blessed Sacrament. For His servic
), too, he educated and trained SCUM
! and highly cultivated clergy durin
the twenty years Of his rectorship o
: the Seminary of Palma de Mallorca
The magnificent college church whic
he erected is considered one of tn
wonders of the island. His loss vii
be felt by the Spanish Church an
clergy.
Ill Marists in Japan.-Considera
J progress has been made by the Maris
Brothers in Japan. Their pri1nar
school and lyceum at Tokyo coun
$50 pupils; Osaka has 700 pupils, o
/ whom 625 are following the catechet
! cal instructions. There are sevel
}. Japanese lay teachers engaged at thi
+ institution, all of them converts an
s deeply interested in the work flo
n souls. Native Catholic teachers, grad
uated by the Japanese Government
have the confidence of the pupils an
r enjoy greater influence among then
o it is said, than Europeans. At tn
+ Nagaski school the number of boy
h has in creased from 100 to $50 sine
+ its transformation from a Commercial
e Ischool into a lyceum. Urakania ha
j. some sixty boys destined for tn
Church; st. Joseph's College at Yoka
hama has likewise begun the new