The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-11-27

ing distributed widely among the Ital-
ian troops. The Society OF Catholic
Youth of Italy" has undertaken the
work IS
Deaths in Sacred College. Within
the brief period of sixteen months,
thirteen Cardinals have passed away.
Irish Home for Crippled Boys.--At
Coole, Westmeath, Ireland, Catholic
Home for the treatment and training
of Crippled Boys was established I'M
der the charge of the Sisters of Char
ity of St. Vincent de Paul
G. K. Chesterton Not Catholic
The Catholic Universe, of London,
gives an authoritative contradiction to
the report, many times circulated and
recently revived, of the conversion of
Mr.. Gilbert K Chesterton. The ad.
vanced "Anglo-C Catholicism" of Mr..
lChesterton and the closeness OF his
point of view, as shown in his bril-
liant essays, to the Catholic position,
account for the persistency of these
rumors.
The Church in Japan.-It is estimat-
ed that there are now 10000 Catholics
in Japan. Descendants of the ancient
| Christians number about 100000; the
remainder are converts, made by re-
Il I1Or IF ri
Foreign Mission Society, Dominicans,
F'ranciscans, Marianists, Trappists and
the Fathers of the Divine Word are
engaged in this difficult field, as are
many nuns who work among the WOm-
en-, children, lepers and sick.
Recent English converts.-The Lon
don Universe announces these con-
verts in England Rev. Mr.. Wade,
ordained in 1908, and recently curate
in charge of st. Luke's, Saltley, Biz
mingham, was received at the Ora
tory, Birmingham. Mr.. Wade is the
third convert clergymen from Saltley
within the past two years, the others
!, being the Rev. P. e. Gateley and the
Rev. j. l.. Lopes, whose conversions
were recorded in the Universe at the
T time; Rev. James Cormack, late cur
ate of the Elton Mission, Hackney
Wick, and st. Clements, Noting Hill
has been received into the Church by
+ Father John Eskrigge, o. S. c., at st
! Francis Church, Noting Hill. Mr.
! Cormack is now. at Fribourg (Switzer
! land), in the Novice House of the oh
, lates of st. Charles, where he is study
ing for the priesthood; Lieutenant l.
Barrow was received into the Church
, by Mgr. A. r. Cocks, of st. Peters
g Hove. He is a son of the Rev. A. H
Barrow, rector of the parish of Al
, Saints, Hastings
: Anton Lang SAIive.-Anton Lang
= who, in 1910, played the character Of
Christ in the Passion Play" at Ober
9 ammergau, Bavaria, and who was re
9 Gently reported to have been killed il
! battle, is alive and we'll and at home
> with his family, according to recen
reports. Lang has never been at the
= battle front.
= Marist Brothers ProvinciaI.-Broth
er Clement, who was recently appoint
! ed Provincial of the Marist Brothers
lOrder in Australia, was director of, the
: Sacred Heart College, Auckland, dur
ing the last six years. Previously, fol
similar period, he was director of st
). Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, where
i his headquarters now are.
y Belgian Kings Sons-The King o
= the Belgians has two sons. The elder
, Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, i
+. fourteen years of age, and has alread!
) been enrolled as private in the Bel
: gian Army; and Prince Charles Thee
+ dore, Count of Flanders, is twelv,
this month.
! Australian Jesuit Dead.-Late pa
pers from Australia report the dealt
of the Very Rev. T. Brown, s. j., fol
. merly Superior of the Jesuit Order il
= Australia, which took place on Ser
!, TENDER %, after three years of patien
. suffering. Father Brown, who was il
4 his SEVENTEEN year, was born in New
+ Efoundland, and after receiving his edu
. cation abroad, was ordained in Eng
s land. Subsequently he was appointe
!, Provincial of the Jesuit Order in Ire
i land, and held that distinguished Of
= fee from 1883 to 1888. The follow
: ing year, 1889, he went to Australia
= where the fruits of his labors Wer
: manifest as Rector of Xavier College
!. Melbourne, which appointment he he'll
a for ten years, and later as Superior O
!. the Jesuits in Australia.
!. vincentian Council in New zeaIanc
with the blessing and approval O
the Most Reverend Archbishop Rec
wood, it has been definitely decided t
= establish the first Central Council O
!. the st. Vim, ant de Paul Society i
n New Zealand at Wellington. The 81
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