The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-06-17

though the total Catholic population
of Denmark, Sweden and Norway was
only fifteen thousand in a total of
eleven millions, the nucleus of large
Catholic community has already been
formed. In the United States, there
is growing body ofs Scandinavian
converts. They have a society in
New York,-St. Ansgar's Scandinavian
Catholic League, which meets month
| ly. 1t will doubtless be instrumental
| in bringing into the one fold many of
it's compatriots who are seeking the
light of truth.
Canon's Son a ConVert.-Bernard
Holland, British writer, son of a
Canon OF Canterbury, and contributor
to some of our leading reviews, has
embraced the Catholic faith.
The Church in China.-In China the
| Church is doing we'll Many of her
priests there are native Cinnamon.
Her foreign priests number 1,462.
The dioceses and Vicariates-Apostolic
number AZ. The Bishops number "a.
Society for Propagation of the Faith.
The Propagation of the Faith So
ciety was founded May 3, 1922. In
1914, the total receipts of the Propaga-
ton of the Faith Society was $780,
BELL from 10 countries of Europe,
six of Asia, 5 of Africa, of Oceanica,
and 81 of America.
Journalists Praise Pope.-In Rome,
| last month, the Corporation of Cath
Ollie Journalists expressed unanimous
| ly it's gratitude for the numerous acts
accomplished by the Sovereign Pontiff
in favor of right and humanity, during
the European war. His Holiness
sent the Corporation the Apostolic
Blessing.
Socialists Daughter Takes the Veil.
I-Germaine Jaures, the daughter of
the French Socialist deputy and per-
secutor of the Church, has left the
paternal home and has taken the
veil in a convent.
Sister Loses Life.-A distressing in
cident occurred recently near Manuni,
New Zealand, during the festivities
incident to the celebration of the
golden jubilee of the establishment of
the Sisters of st. Joseph in Australasia.
Some of the Sisters of the local con.
vent were having picnic on the river
near by, when one of the younger
nuns, Sister Mary Leonora, aged
twenty-one years, in attempting to
recover boat oar which she had
dropped over board, lost her balance
and fell into the swiftly running
stream and was drowned A priest
who was nearby attempted to rescue
her and though good swimmer
, could make no Roadway against the
strong current which swept him under
the boat. When he came up he saw
the water thirty yards away. The
priest then impaired dissolution, and
the Sister Immediately disappeared.
Catholic Schools Penalized. = The
8 Catholic Education Council of Greal
Britain, which recently held gen
eral meeting under the presidency O.
the Duke of Norfolk, has found i
9 necessary to issue a protest agains
the penalization of Catholic secondar!
schools. This it has done by means
of a resolution widely circulated ant
/ addressed to the board of education
: it is couched in the following terms
: 1.-The Catholic Education Council re
= news it's emphatic protest against TIL
Continuance in force of Articles % AM
"a of the Regulations for Secondar.
Schools, which penaliZe many schools
Il not on the ground of educationa
. inefficiency, but on account of thei
religion and which prevent the open
ing of any Catholic Independent
: schools. Accordingly the council beg
to urge strongly on the board of edu
cation the justice and necessity o
withdrawing or modifying thes
articles, in the interests of Catholi
S children, and of their future value a
z | citizens Of tho ctatp "