The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-06-03

cape OF his ecclesiastical habit. me
bust is the work of Mr.. A. Broadbent,
the sculptor, and is the gift OF Mr..
ID. La Motto, M. A., who, 1t Is stated,
is not Catholic.
Bishop Fenton's JubiIee.-The AS
sistant Bishop of Westminster, Eng,
Right Rev. Patrick Fenton, has re-
covered from his recent illness and
will shortly celebrate his golden jubi-
lee. An influential committee is at
work to make him suitable presenta-
ton. Not only is Bishop Fenton
Vicar General of Westminster, he is
also Provost of the Chapter.
Highland Prelate Dead.-The death
occurred at Elgin Diocese of Aberdeen,
Scotland, of the Right Rev. Mgr.
Canon Wilson, V. G., who had been in
charge of the local Catholic congrega-
ton until obliged by advancing age
and infirmity to resign in 1914. He
had attained the ripe age of eighty
| four years and was native of Aber
deem. He came of Quaker family
and he professed that faith himself
| until he was nineteen years of age,
when the conviction of deep study.
| brought him within the pale of the
Catholic Church. He was justly re-
garded as one of the pillars of the
Church in the Highlands of Scotland.
Irish Clergy and the Uprising.-The
behavior of the Catholic clergy dur
ing the recent uprising in Dublin,
Ireland, was SO courageous that Gen.
| eral Maxwell, commander of the
British forces, sent Archbishop Walsh
a special letter of thanks few days
ago requesting him to give the names
of priests who had displayed especial
| gallantry. Archbishop Walsh has re-
piled, expressing appreciation, but
declining to give names as, he said,
the numerous cases."
Famous EncycicaI Letter.-A pleas
ing feature of the first of May OBJ
servances in Rome was the frequent
visits made by patches of Catholic
i working men to the monument erected
beside the Basilica of ST. John Lateran
in commemoration of the Encyclical
"Rerum Noyarum," which consists of
marble statue of workman hold
ing alOft a cross and having imple-
ments of labor by his side. Bronze
! n19f0C which amor VT q
from the Papal Encyclical are affixed
to the pedestal. AS the present year
is the tWenty-ffth anniversary of the
PRONUNCIATION of this great document
by 1.-The Working Mans Friend" as
Leo the Thirteenth was affectionately
called, the "Azione Cattolica Italiano
commemorated the event on the fiji
teenth of May throughout all Italy.
Papal Delegate in Colombia.-F'rom
the Republic Of Colombia, tidings have
come to Rome of the arrival there oil
the Most Reverend Henry Gasparri
Titular Archbishop of Sebaste and
: Delegate Apostolic to Colombia. His
Excellency met with cordial recep
ton from the civil and the ecclesiasti
cal authorities on arriving at the port
of Sabanilla. On the presentation o.
his credential letters to the Presiden
: of the Republic, who received then
from the Apostolic Delegate, surround
ed by the Ministers of the Govern
ment, the judges of the Supreme
Court, and the principal civil AM
military functionaries of the State
/ His EXcellency referred to the pei
S feet accord between Church and Stat
: in the Republic of Colombia and tn
!. union of the powers of the Govern
ment with the salutary influences O
j religion, which have been always al
I earnest for people of happiness an
: progress" In his reply His Exec
! lency DR.. Concha, President of tn
e Republic, dwelt in glowing terms O.
y 1.-THE devotion of his country to tn
Z. reigning Pontiff and it's happiness a
Il the harmony which exists between tn
Holy See and Colombia.
It italian Magazine Condemned.-A1
d other journal has just been condemn
I, ed. This is new Italian pape
d lentitled the Review of the Scienc
of Religion ("Revista di Scienz
della Religioni'D the first number 9
e which has issued recently from tn
Il printing press of the Senate. 1t
n condemned by the Church as an OF
q gan of modernist propaganda and
Z. is vigorously forbidden to all tn
L faithful, especially to ecclesiastics
e Catholics must neither read it, sui
e scribe to it, nor collaborate with it.
Buried Among Lepers.-The Rev
Joseph Bertram, dei oted priest VIII
r was for twenty-three years in charg
d of the leper settlement in Japar
e which was started by Father Teste
e vuide in 1888, is dead. For the las
+. three years he had been ailing an
s his last request was that he shout
n be buried in the leper's graveyard.
e English Sisters Centenary-Th
e Sisters of the Holy Family, Exmoutl
e Eng, celebrated the centenary of tn
foundation of their religious Congrt
cation on May 2, and 3. 1t wa
4 founded in France by the Venerabl
n Mother Emile de Rodat on May ;
$. 1916, the cause of whose beatific;
I, ton is now being tried in Rome.