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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30

AS announced some time ago, the
Catholic Church Extension Society of
the United States, through its Presi-
dent, Very Rev. DR.. Kelley, has under
taken the establishment of a seminary
for the education of priests for the
Mexican missions. For that purpose
it secured an old school building,
known as Garden Academy, in San
Antonio, Texas, and intended to re-
model it so as to make it suitable for
the purpose.
AS soon as the project became
known, the Congregation of the Sis
ters of Divine Providence of San An
tonic, offered their old Motherhouse
at Castorville, about twenty miles
from the city, as a more suitable
building to house the seminary faculty
and students. The Sisters have late.
ly built beautiful academy in San
Antonio and, knowing how inadequate
the Garden Academy would be for
seminary purposes, they decided to of
fer their former Motherhouse to the
Society and, needless to say, the offer
was gratefully accepted. The new
quarters are more spacious and can
accommodate more students than the
building first selected and they have
the additional advantage of being 10
Gated some distance from the city in
locality more conducive to the work
of a seminary.
This new arrangement had another
beneficial result. There are in San
Antonio many Marist Brothers who
are refugees from Mexico. They had
twenty schools and colleges in that
Republic before the revolution, all but
four of which have been closed. Since
their arrival in San Antonio they have
been living in the summer house of
the Oblate Fathers in Lavaca. As
soon as the Extension Society learned
that it would not need the Garden
Academy for seminary, it turned the
building over to the Marist Brothers
who will soon be able to resume their
work of education in the new quarters.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
PAPAL C0NsIsTORY
NO CARDINALS cREATED-PoPE'
ALLoCUTloN DEALS WITH
THE WAR.

On January %, His Holiness Pope
Benedict XIV held the second con.
sistory of his reign in the course
of which he preconized several bish.
ops and delivered an allocution deal.
ing chiefly with the war. No cardi.
nails were created.
The Pontiff emphasized the neutral
ity of the Holy See and referred to
his efforts to mitigate the disastrous
consequence of the conflict. He urged
his hearers not to heed those condi.
tions which separated the faithful, but
rather to consider those which made
them brothers in the faith, and he
called upon the invaders of territory
Of the enemy not to commit excesses
In conclusion the Pope invited all
the faithful to participate in great
expiatory function in Europe, Febru.
ary Z, and outside of Europe, March
81. He said that on February z he
and the Cardinals would take part in
a special service at st. Peters.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
FRENCH ACADE MY
: HON0Rs NUNS
SISTERS ARE AWARDED CHIEF
PRIZES IN RECOGNITION OF
DEvoTEDNEss DURING WAR.

| have already had occasion to re-
mark, writes the Paris correspondent
of the London Catholic Times" that
the war and its attendant horrors have
brought to the front the quiet courage
of many religious men and women,
whose attitude under fire has, in not
few cases, been publicly praised by
the military authorities. That the
French nuns heroism is not confined
to their own country was eloquently
demonstrated by the distinguished
Academician, NJ. Maurice Donnay,
when, on December 18, he presided at
the annual meeting where the "Prix
de Vertu" are distributed.
AS my readers know, these prizes
we're founded, more than century
ago, by M. de Montyon, to reward
acts of courage and devotedness.
This year the most important prizes
were awarded to nuns, and there was
a striking similarity between the acts
of heroism recorded by M. Maurice
Donnay in his remarkable report and
those now performed daily by the
nursing Sisters in the French prov.
inces that are devastated by the enc
my.
A prize of 10000 francs was award.
ed to the Sisters of Charity at Salon
ica, for their devotedness during the
Balkan war At Uskub, in October,
1912, they lodged, fed, clothed, COM
forted and nursed thousands of refu.
gees who came to them in pitiable
condition. According to the varying
fortunes of war, their charity went
out without distinction to the Turks,
the Greeks, the Servians and the Bull
garians; their houses we're open to all.
Catholics, Protestants, Mahometans
and schismatics, of whatever nation,
were made welcome by these large
hearted women, If they needed assist
ance. The fiercest fighters became as
children in their hands, the most fan
atical Mussulmans forgot their hatred
of Christians in presence of the white
"cornette," more than one declared
that the Sister whose gentle ninistra-
tions soothed his pain was loved by
him "as mother"
A prize of 5000 francs was award
ed to another congregation of women.
which possesses thirty-one houses in
Turkey, Asia Minor and Bulgaria The
Il 'Oblates de IAssomption. to give
them their official name, are branch
of the Order of the Assumption found
ed sixty years ago by Pere d'Alzou;
they devote themselves, in a special
manner, to the Eastern missions. In
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30

1912 the went through the siege Of
Adrianople, and M. Maurice Donnay
quoted passages from the journal that
one of the nuns kept during the siege.
The Sisters who wished to leave the
town before it was invested were en-
couraged to do SO by their superiors,
but, says the journal, mo one among
us wishes to desert her post at the
hour of danger" The siege began to
october &C. Soon shells fell thickly
round the convent, where the nuns had
established an ambulance, and for
weeks this continued without the Sis
ters' courage, activity and good humor
lessening. The annalist owns that the
whizzing of the shells sometimes dis
tracted their attention during Mass,
but mo one moved" Only prayers
were said with more fervor than
usual. An English physician, DR..
Haigh, who was their neighbor during
these tragic weeks, commented upon
their cheerfulness, and M. Donnay re-
marks how cheerfulness and activity
often go together. His words hold
good in stricken France in 1914:
People who are pessimistic and hope
lessly depressed are generally those
who do nothing" he aptly remarks.
Cheerfully the Sisters at Arianople
discussed their chances of being mar
tyred for the faith. who knows"
says the journal, IF the life we are
now leading will not close by mar
tyr's death?" And the prospect had
nothing that could frighten or depress
these brave women.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
.HON0REO BY THE POPE
THE MISSES McGILL ARE MADE
"LADIES OF THE HOLY SEPuL-
cHRE" IN RECOGNITION OF
THEIR 1ENEFAcTIoNs TO THE
CHURCH.

Miss Sarah and Miss Mary A. Nc.
Gill of Mobile, Ala, are the first re.
cipients in the United States of one
of the highest honors that woman
can receive in the Catholic Church.
The Sovereign Pontiff has bestowed
on them in insignia of Ladies OF
the Holy Sepulchre," and the cere.
mony took place at the Chapel of the
Visitation Convent in Mobile on Jan.
uary z. Bishop Allen bestowed the
decoration and preached sermon, in
which he explained the full import OF
the dignity to which the Misses Nc.
Gill had been elevated.
The claims which the Misses Nc
Gill have to the honor are many. The
beautiful home of the Little Sisters OF
the Poor, lately completed at cost
of $4,000, is one of the manifesto
tions of their charity; another is the
McGill institute, free high school
for young men of Mobile, handsomely
endowed. The need of schools for
colored children was met by them;
they founded scholarships in Catholic
colleges. made contributions to local in.
stitutions, the Jesuit college of Spring
Hill being among them. They were
the friends of the outcast and the or
phan contributing largely in money. in
literature and personal influence to
better their condition. Their lives and
wealth have been freely given to the
aid of their fellow men, and the honor
from the Holy Father is a recognition
of their manifold services.
The crosses with which they were
decorated are about four inches in
length, of gold, inlaid with diamonds
and five other small crosses, one al
each of the two arms, the head anC
foot of the cross and one in the cen
ter. The small crosses are red, indi
cative of the blood of Christ, and are
five in number, commemorative of the
five sacred wounds from which thi.
blood flowed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
new CHAPEL CAR
WILL BE DEDICATED NEXT
MONTH IN NEW RLEANS-"ST.
PAUL" THE SECOND CAR IN
THE SOUTH.

On February IA, the solemn dedi.
cation of the new Chapel Car, "St.
Paul." will take place in New Orleans.
The Most Rev. Archbishop Blenk will
officiate, assisted by several other pre-
lates and many priests.
This Chapel Car, which was built
in Dayton, Ohio, is the gift of the
members of the family of one of Day.
toms we'll known citizens, Mr.. Peter
Kuntz, to the Catholic Church Exten-
sion Society. This is the second car
donated to the same missionary So
ciety by the same family, the other
one being the chapel car "St. Peter"
which was dedicated in Dayton two
summers ago.
The chapel car "St. Paul" in inter
ior appointments, surpasses the for
mer one. The interior style of dec
orations is strictly ecclesiastical, of
the Gothic style of architecture, exc
cuted in Cuban mahogany wood. The
larger space of the car is fitted up
for chapel purposes, while the remain
ing space is divided into four COM
partments for living quarters of the
Grew" consisting of chaplain, as
sistant and attendant. Every detail of
the inside appointments of Catholic
Church are carried out minutely and
artistically. The sanctuary, with the
beautifully ornamented altar, the pret.
ty communion rail. art glass windows
presents very attractive appearance
suitably complemented by the we'll
selected and executed furniture deco
rations of the auditorium, which In
cludes a rich-toned organ and the Sta.
tions of the Cross.
Every other convenience found in
well equipped private and sleeping
railroad cars is provided. The car, in
word, is combination church and
pastors residence on wheels. The en-
tire length of the car is S6 feet, and
its weight $4,000 pounds.
This car is destined for exclusive
use in the South. for which purpose
the general construction of the cal
and its equipment have been designed
and executed.
Besides the three railroad chape
cars, the Catholic Extension society
operates two automobile chapels ir
the South. The latter are being uset
mainly among the Mexicans living il
the lower part of Texas. These car:
and motor chapels are met by large
crowds of people wherever they go
and the successful mission work that
they achieve is most gratifying.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
CENTENNIAL
ST. MARYS CHURCH, LANCASTER,
OHIO, WILL CELEBRATE ONE
HuNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.

In 1917 will occur the centennial OF
the celebration of the first Mass in
Lancaster, Ohio. and in 1920 st.
Mary's Church will observe the hun.
dredth anniversary of its foundation.
The pastor of ST. Mary's, Rev. j. B.
Mattingly, is planning to commemo.
rate this notable event by the improve.
.ment of the church and the erection
of monument. The exterior of the
church will be veneered with grey
pressed brick so as to conform to
the parochial residence, convent and
school; and it is estimated that the i'm.
preyement will cost in the neighbor
hood of 100000.
The centennial monument suggest
ed by Father Mattingly will be erect
ed on the lawn between the church
and the parochial residence. 1t viii
be surmounted by a statue of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and win cost
about $1,000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
TO BE SAID BY THE FAITHFUL
FOR THE CESSATION OF WAR
AND THE RESTORATION OF
PEACE AMONG NATIONS.

The following is translation OF
the prayer composed by Pope Benedict
for the restoration of peace among the
warning nations and for the spiritual
welfare of those to whom the war has
brought misery:
Appalled, by the horrors of the war,
into which peoples and nations have
been plunged to their ruin, we seek
refuge in Your heart, Oh, Jesus, as
the only place of safety.
From You, oh, Merciful God, we i'm
plore cessation of this immense and
cruel hecatomb. From You, Oh King
of Peace, we desire place to which
we may hasten with our woes.
From Your Divine Heart You IRA
dated charity on earth in order that
every dissension might be removed and
that only peace should reign among
men.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
PSALM w.
MIsERERE MEL, DEUS.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Helen Hughes tiieIscher.)

For mercy, Lord, to Thee / cry,
Downtrodden meath mems feet | lie,
In battles fierce the long days die.
All day they tread me in the dust,
In mid-noon cen feel their thrust,
But in Thee, Lord, / put my trust.
Ny words of Thee are prayer ant
praise,
And hope in Thee illumes my days,
| will not fear mems wicked ways.
Their ears are deaf to my appeal,
Their thoughts of me are hard as
steel,
They lie in wait to sting my heel.
My soul, oh, Lord, it was their prize
For this crime let Thine anger rise,
Grind them to dust before mine eyes
My life bare unto the light,
My tears are ever in Thy sight,
Put Thou, Oh Lord, my foes to flight
What day soe'er | call Thy name,
know that Thou wilt hear my claim
Nor cast me off to fear and shame.
My vows pay, for in the race
My faltering feet Thou held'st in place
That | might in Thy sight find grace
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
WHY THE VATICAN MUST BE
REckoNE0 WITH IN EVERY
EFFORT TOWARDS PEACE
CATHOLIC STRENGTH OF THE
WARNING NATIONS.
(From New York Post, Jan. 2, 1st5.)

Frequent manifestations from the
Vatican of a sincere desire to be in
strumental in bringing to an end the
European war may we'll prompt a con-
lecture as to what real influence may
be exerted ultimately by the Pope in
the direction of peace. Of the attitude
of the Papacy toward world peace
there can remain no doubt.
Pope Benedict XIV, at his election,
voiced his awe before the responsible.
ity he accepted at a time when most
of the countries of Europe were stain
ed with blood and wounds were being
inflicted alike upon humanity and
upon the Church. Since then he has
issued more than one encyclical urg-
ing peace upon the warning nations.
His Christmas message to the world
was PAX Hominibus'
That all the resources of the head
of the Catholic Church may be count
ed upon in every effort to bring about
peace seems certain. How effective
these resources might prove is an in
teresting speculation
A very serious claim can be made
for papal influence in world councils
today, however much it may seem to
be in decline as compared with thir-
teenth-century conditions. In SO far
as any external human power may be
looked to to be of avail in pacifying
Europe, the Vatican must be reckoned
with.
The estimate placed upon it by
astute diplomats is suggested by the
action of Sir Edward Gray, head of
the British Foreign Office, in sending
an envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to His Holiness the
Pope This addition of the Papal See
to the list of Powers in diplomatic re-
lations with the British Crown was an
emergency measure. Delay was not
risk,id by consulting Parliament.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
THE POPE AND PEACE

A review of the Catholic strength
in the countries involved in war is il
Illuminating. Belgium, to begin with,
is one of the strongest Catholic coun.
tries in Europe. When the tenfold
enlargement of the electorate took
place in 1894, the Liberal party, the
chief antagonist of the Clerical par
ty, was overthrown for good. The
free and far-reaching Catholic school
system was made possible by the
fundamental law of 1881 giving free
dom of worship and of education. At
its top is the Catholic-controlled Uni
versity of Louvain. The last figures
obtainable place the Catholic popula-
tion of Belgium at 100000 (Catho-
lics) as against 10000 Protestants.
France is credited with a Catholic
population of 38,10O,OO0, out of to-
tai Christian population of 3S,S00,0
Germany's population in 1910 was
56,7 per cent Catholic. In Austria,
on the other hand, in the same year,
the Catholics constituted 1873 per cent.
of the population, and in Hungary 52.1
per cent. The Emperor of the Aus
trian Empire and his household are
among the staunchest upholders of the
Catholic faith. Portugal is Catholic
almost to a soul And in Italy Catho-
lies claim 97.12 per cent of the total
population. Even Russia contains
over 100000 Catholics, or more than
one-eighth as many as are counted in
the Orthodox Greek and United
Church.
The feature of the present confu-
sion in Europe which cannot but give
the most intense anxiety to the Holy
See, is the indiscriminate way in
which jealous churchmen are arrayed
against each other. Catholic Belgium
is devastated by armies containing
many Catholics from Bavaria; Aus
tria, one of the chief Catholic nations
of Europe, finds herself hard pressed
by Servia, also friendly to the Pope,
and momentarily facing hostilities
with Italy. AS the present Pope de-
clared at his accession, the war has
armed faithful against faithful, priest
against priest, while bishops of each
country offer prayers for the success
of armies of their own nations
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
OF COLUMBUS AUTHOR
IzE SPECIAL COMMISSION TO IN.
VESTIGATE CAUSE AND SOURCE
OF ANTI-cATHoLIc PRoPAGAN.
DA-$5o,ooo APPROPRIATED FOR
THE PURPOSE.

The delegates to the National Con-
vention of the knights Of Columbus
held in st. Paul last August, author
lied the supreme officers of the Order
to appoint Commission on Religi-
GUS Prejudice" for the purpose of in
yestigating the cause of the anti-Cath-
olic propaganda now being carried on
in this country and finding out, if pos
sible, who are responsible for it. The
National Council appropriated the sum
of $4,000 to enable the commission
to carry on its work.
In accordance with this resolution
the following committee was recently
appointed: Colonel p. III. Callahan,
Louisville. KY, Chairman: Hon. Jo-
Iseph Scott, Los Angeles, Cal; Albert
G.. Bagley, Vancouver, B. G., Canada;
Thomas A. Lawler, Lansing, Mich,
and j. C. Pelletier of Boston, Supreme
Advocate Of the Order.
This committee, together with Su-
preme knight Flaherty and Supreme
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
POPE AND MIKAD0

The "Osservatore Romano publish
es telegram from the Emperor OF
Japan to Pope Benedict, expressing
the warm desire of the Japanese ruler
to relieve the ills resulting from the
war.
The Emperor adds in his telegram
that no Japanese soldiers are being
kept in hostile country as prisoners
Of war, and gives assurance that all
prisoners of war in Japan are treated
with the greatest kindness.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
FIRST MASS IN 800 YEARS
OFFERED IN cuDWoRTH, ENG.
LAND, THIS MONTH.

An event of great interest and i'm.
portance to the Catholics of Cudworth,
England, has taken place at that vii
lage. Father O'Shaughnessy, parish
priest of Grimethorpe, celebrated Mass
in the Workingmen's Club in that vii.
Iage recently. 1t is the first time for
over three hundred years that Mass
has been offered there, and naturally
it was the occasion of great joy to
local Catholics, who assembled in
large numbers in the spacious hall OF
the club, where an improvised altar
had been erected.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30

literary attainments, and a fnguist OF
no mean ability. Since the fall OF
Rome in 1870, in the defence of which
he took part, he devoted himself al
most exclusively to literature, and pub.
lished in the Dublin Review" the
American Catholic Quarterly Re.
view," and other leading publications,
historical articles of considerable
value. as he was most conscientious.
ly paistaking as to the accuracy of all
he wrote.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
POPE HEADS RELIEF FUND
GIVES $1,000 TO FUND FOR EARTH
QUAKE VICTIMS.

Pope Benedict has opened a relief
fund for the victims of the Italian
earthquake heading it with contribu-
tion of ten thousand lire -$2, 900. Al
ready several million dollars have been
subscribed. All the Catholic organiza-
tions are actively engaged in the work
of rescue among the masses of ruins
in the stricken districts.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30
SEMINARY FOR MEXICO

SISTERS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
OFFER THEIR FORMER MOTHER.
HOUSE FOR THIS PURPOSE
OFFER ACCEPTED BY THE Ex-
TENSION SOCIETY ON BEHALF
OF MEXICAN HIERARcHY-GAR-
DEN ACADEMY GIVEN TO MAR.
IST BROTHERS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-31
Was Officially Dead.

A queer case occurred in the state
of Louisiana. A man disappeared.
He was thought to be dead and his
effects we're distributed. He came
back after 20 years and went into the
court issuing the decree and asked
an order to give him his property.
The judge said; In the eye of this
court you are dead. This is not the
place for you to get mistakes recti-
fed. Get a lawyer and he will tell
you what to do The man persisted
and said he wanted his property and
it was an outrage to deprive him OF
it another day. The judge said; u
tell you that in the eye of this court
you are dead. Sheriff, take this appli-
cation out of court
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-31
New Definition.

"The study of etymology." says the
Philadelphia Record, causes no end
# trouble among that class OF school
children whose knowledge OF English
limited to words which figure in the
ordinary street conversation, and
many curious results nave followed
rhe custom usually observed by the
eachers is to require such definition
II the word, then its derivation, and
inally sentence in which tine word
s properly used. The word "ligament
ell to the lot OF a rather difiident boy
eccntly. He defined it properly as "a
,and," but followed up the correct
derivation with this remarkable sen
ence: Il was wakened up last night
~ hearing brass ligament going
lown the street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-31
$1OO Reward, 500 .

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-31
COLDS NEED ATTENTION.

Internal throat and chest trouS,es
produce inflammatioii, irritation.
swelling of soreness and unless checked
at once, are likely 10 Lad to serious
trouble Caught in time DR.. Bells
ne-Tar-Honey loosens the phlegm
and destroys the germs which have
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soothing and healing. Pine is anti
septic; honey is soothing-hoth to-
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qualities for fighting cold germs. In
sist on DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey. 25c
all druggists. d&w