The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-23

200 Catholic Army chaplains.-
There are now over 200 Catholic
chaplains with the British forces, ex-
GLIDING those with Colonial units.
oratorio BY Father Perosi.-The
Pope has authorized Father Perosi to
write an oratorio for the benefit of
the Italian Red Cross Society.
Episcopal See Changed.-Mgr. Lob
bedy, Bishop of Arras, France, has
published a pastoral letter announc-
ing to the faithful of his diocese that
he has taken up his residence pro-
visionally at Boulogne.
Raised to AbbatiaI Dignity.-The
Benedictine monastery of Kergenau,
in the diocese of Vannes, France, has
been raised to the dignity of an abbey.
It's first Abbot was blessed in Sep
TENDER by the Bishop of Namur, Mgr.
Heylon.
Aged Soldier Dead.-Count de la
Poer, of Gurteen lie Poer, County Wa
terford, Ireland, died recently at the
age of seventy-four years. He was
Knight of st. John of Jerusalem,
served as a volunteer in the Papal
Forces in 1870, and in the Ambulance
(Carlist) in the last Carlist War,
1866.
The QuirinaI Now a HospitaI.-The
Quirinal is one of three Apostolic
palaces of the Sovereign Pontiff, the
Pope The other two are the Vatican
and Lateran. In 1870, the Italian
Government forcibly seized the
Quirinal It's great hall is 100 feet in
length. 1t is now hospital for
wounded soldiers.
A Soldier Convert Dead.-The late
General Goodfellow, " c., who died in
London early in September, was a
convert to the Faith.
L
newspaper, Glas Narowdu, of Cracow,
ISLAND, has published an appeal to
all Polish Catholic clergymen to set
apart November 81 as day of prayer
for destitute Poland, and asked them
to collect money for their suffering
countrymen.
Received Into the Church.-The
London Universe chronicles the re-
ception into the Church by Father
Wonnacott (himself a convert) of
Mr.. John Cox, prominent member
of the Catholic League" (Anglican
and Secretary of the South London
Branch of "The Living Rosary of Our
Lady and S. Dominic"
Catholic Of Austria.-The total
population of Austria-Hungary was,
in 1910, 49,458,421. OF these there
were 33,418,73S Roman Catholics,
5,442,5OS Greek Catholics, 1000 Ar.
menian Catholics, 100000 Old Catho.
lies, 1000 Armenian Orientals, 1850,
472 Evangelical Professionals, 1887,
1853 Greek Orientals, 1926 Unitarians
1000 other Christians, 2,246,000 Jews
and -42,458 of othe religions. AS
shown by the above figures the Ro
man Catholics are in a very large
majority in the empire.
Cardinal Bauer IlI.-Cardinal Bauer
Archbishop of Olmuetz, Austria, is
seriously i'll.
Catholic BaroniaI Seat.-Talacre
Hall, North Wales, the ancient Tudor
seat of the illustrious Welsh Catholic
family of Mostyn, has been turned
over to the Belgian Benedictines as a
temporary shelter for them in their
exile from their native land. The
Mostyn family is represented by the
present Baronet of Talacre and by
Baron Vaux of Harrowden. So great
was this family in name and posses.
sions during medieval days that there
was common saying among Welsh
men to the effect that Even Mr.. Mos
| tyn has a master" The Bishop OF
Menevia, Wales, the Rt. Rev. DR.
Mostyn, is member of this old
family. It was due to the efforts OF
the late Baronet and his wife that
the famous national shrine of Wales
S. Winefride's Well, was saved from
secularization.
Pope AS Arbitrator.-Pope Benedict
has been designated arbitrator of the
question of delimiting the frontiers Of
Bolivia and Peru.
| Catholic Winners of a ". Gre
quested by reader to place on record
a list of Catholic soldiers who have
won the Victoria Cross for excep
tional bravery in the present war, the
Universe of London recalls twelve
but says that there may be others
| Those given by the Universe are:
Lieutenant Maurice Dease (kiIled)
Sergeant Hogan, Corporal Holmes
Corporal Kenny, Sergeant Michael
lOLeary, Lance-C Corporal Dwyer
Lance-C Corporal William Angus, Cap
tain John Aidan Liddell killed
Corporal Cosgrove, Private vii
liam Keneally, Captain Gerald Robert
lO'SulIivan, and Sergeant James
Somers. The v. C's so far awarded
total about 100, so that Catholics, as
the Universe points out, are more
than proportionately represented.