The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-27

far the greater number, namely, 81 |
100000, are in Poland, the balance be- |
ing in Russia. There are approximate |
Iy some 1900 parishes, $500 churches, |
2 900 chapels and 1900 secular priests. |
Each priest is said to have an average |
Of 5000 souls in his care In the in
dustrial city of Lodz, however, with
It's population of $4,000 Catholics,
there are only 10 priests, and the town
of Praga, near Warsaw, has popula-
ton of over $4,000 with only four
priests to minister to their spiritual
wants.
Religious Aid orphans.-The Sale
sian superintendent, Rev. Paul Al
bera, has just received into various
colleges of the Order in Italy, and
undertaken to provide for free, It's
boys who were made orphans by the
earthquake. The Sisters of Our Lady,
Help of Christians, also founded by
the Venerable Don Bosco, have re-
ceived 107 girls.
Requests for ReIgious.-The late
General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny left
personal estate of the value of G83,221,
of which G78,523 is in England. He
left G10O to the Sisters of Mercy of
the Convent, Kilrush, for the poor,
G100 to the Little Sisters of the Poor
at Hove for the poor, and G100 for
RI hn oh OF IICh
Death of Roman Count.-The death
has taken place in Florence, from
poisoning of Macmillan Count
Michel, "Patritio Veneto," Count of
the Holy Roman Empire. Count
Michel was connected with Ireland
through his mother, niece of the
late DoWager Lady O'Connell.
Belgian Jesuit NoVitiate.-The beau
tiful House of Retreats at Oakwood
Hall, Romiley, Cheshire, Eng, which
has been conducted with such great
success by the Jesuit Fathers, has
been temporarily diverted from it's
purpose as a consequence of the war
The house has been handed over by
the Society to the Belgian Fathers of
the Order, by whom it is being used
as novitiate. 1t will continue to be
SO used until the Belgian Jesuits are
able to return tootheir own country.
Professors Appointed.-TheS Senate
has appointed the Rev. P. Power, NJ.
r. /. A., Professor of Archaeology, and
Miss Bride Danaher, M. A., Professor
of German, at University College,
Cork.
Memorial to Mgr. Benson.-With the
appreciation of his Eminence Cardinal
Bourne it is proposed, as memorial
to the late Mgr. Benson, to undertake
the completion and endowment of
Buntingford Catholic Church, in which
he was much interested.
Biblical Scholar Dead.-The Able
lVigouroux, who has passed away at
Issy, near Paris, had reached the age
of seventy-eight. Educated in the
Summaries of Rodez and Paris, he
joined the Sulpicians in 1862, and
afterwards as professor lectured on
Holy Scriptures at the Institut Cath
clique. He was the first secretary of
the Biblical Commission. His books
on Holy Scripture are very valuable.
Amongst them are Les Livres Saints
ct la Critique Railroads.&c. and LA
Bible ct les Discoveries Modernes en-
Palestine, en- Egypte ct en- Assyrie."
Members of VuIgate Commission
Father Chapman, o. S. B., formerly
Prior of st. Thomas Abbey, Erdington,
Eng, has been appointed a member of
the Vulgate Commission by Cardinal
Gasquet, o. S. B., and has now taken
up his residence at st. Callista's, Rome
Mgr. Ben3on's Estate.-The estate
of the late Mgr. Benson has been val.
ued at E16,9O5 IS. Cd gross, with net
personally G14,6O6 It's. I'd.
Australian Catholic knighted.-His
Holiness Pope Benedict XIV has con.
ferred upon the Hon. Thomas Hughes
a member of the Legislative Council
of Australia, the title of knight Com.
mander of the Order of st. Gregory
the Great. The honour has been con
ferred upon the recommendation OF
the Most Rev. Michael Kelly, Arch.
bishop of Sydney. Mr.. Hughes filled
the position of Mayor of Sydney sew.
eral times.
French Bishop Dead.-Mgr. Douais,
Bishop of Beauvais, died recently at
the age of sixty-six. He was the au-
thor of work on the Inquisition and
other publications of ecclesiastical in
terest.
Archbishop of Posen and Gnesen.-
BY the death of the Most Rev. Edward
Likowski, Archbishop of Posen and
Gnesen, attention is once more called
to the long quarrel between the Ger
man Government and the Catholics
of the great united dioceses of POsen
and Gnesen. For five years after the
death in 1906 of DR.. Stablewski, Arch
bishop Likowskis predecessor, the list
of candidates chosen by the clergy to
be despatched to the Holy See, with
a view to the selection of successor,
lay pigeon-ho in the Office of the
Minister of the Interior. The Govern
ment would have a German as Arch