The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-11


of Mary have already five converts.
Ten Thousand Missions. Mission
airy priests today are proclaiming the
Gospel in over ten thousand different
places.
Catholics in coIogne.-The Catholic
population of the Archdiocese of
Cologne, of which Cardinal Won Hart
mann is the Archbishop, is 1921, 169;
that of the German portion of the
Archdiocese of Breslau is 100000.
Cardinal Falconio, Protector.--Cardi-
nal Falconio has been appointed pro-
tector of the Sisters of the Patronage
| of ST. Joseph.
Priest Aviator Is Decorated.-The
Saint Caprais, in the diocese of Agen,
France, and in the wartime an aviator,
who was taken prisoner after the raid
on Karlsruhe on June %, has been
awarded the Cross of the Legion of
Honor.
Chinese Seek the church.-Cap-
tain Ki-Fong-Ling, Commander of the
Military Post of Eul-tao, China, and
his assistant, Sergeant Kion, have
completed instructions and become
Catholics. %
Russian Count a Benedictine.-A
son of Count Ostrowski chamberlain
to the Gar of Russia, has been or
dained priest at the Benedictine
| (Belgian) monastery, at Edermine
County Wexford, Ireland.
Roumanian corcordat.--It is re
ported that Roumania is negotiating
a Corcordat with the Holy See. The
great bulk of the Roumanian people
belong to the Schismatical Orthodox
Church, which is independent of Con
stantinople. The Catholic population
is only about two and a half per cent
of the whole. The Catholic Archbish
op of Bucharest has one suffragar
See.
French Academy Awards Prize t.
Sister-The French Academy has
awarded a prize Of $4,000 to Mother
Zemaide, Superioress of the Sisters Of
st. Joseph, of Cluny, at Madagascar
in recognition OF her ability as an edu
Gator,
Church of Our Father.-In the
Church of the Our Father, on Noun
Olivet, in Jerusalem, which is on thu
spot on which Christ taught it, thu
Our Father is written in differen
languages on thirty-five slabs.
chaplains Wounded.-The names O
, two Catholic chaplains appear in the
, weeks list of wounded casualties-tht
| Rev. Charles c. O'Connor, C. F., at
tached to Connaught Rangers; ant
, the Rev. Francis M. Browne, S. j., c
r.. (Castleknock and Belvedere), wh'
| has been with the Irish Guards since
March.
: Pope's Relatives in italian Army
Giovanni della Chiesa, brother of TIL
Pope, is an admiral in the Italian
; navy, and has a son fighting on tn
, Isonzo front. Young della Chiesa wa
studying in the Genoa Engineering
College before Italy went into the wal
He at once joined the Military Schoo
at Turin and was among the first O
y the new officers to go to. the front.
slI Angel of Antwerp Sister Mari
q Corners, a brave Belgian nurse, VIII
!. is known as the "Angel of Antwerp,
has been presented with two medal
in recognition of her saving the live
of three Royal Marines recently. On
!, medal, the Order of King Leopold II
was presented to her by King Alder
, of Belgium, while the other, the Mil
taire War cross, was conferred on he
by Gen. Konings of the Belgian army
Unusual Request. English ez
changes chronicle a very unusual BIZ
quest made by the widow of tn
] Anglican rector of Princes, Ris
borough, the lady herself having ais
J died an Anglican. The bequest COZ
: sists of her late residence, Bardolp
!; House with its spacious grounds, form
ing together one of the most attractiv
. spots in that part Of the country,
! the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese i
which it is situated. The house is t
!, be used as a permanent home fo
thirty girls, and the residue of a
estate of 5000 pounds is also to b
handed to the Bishop for it's mali
+ tenance.
. The Patroness of Bird-Men.-S
. Christopher is called the patron sair
II of automobiles. French aviator
. now have their own patroness
II Notre Dame-des-Platin, or Regin
Coeli, whose chapel is erected
u Charente-Inferieure The Bishop (
q the diocese, Monsignor Eyssentier, hs
20 authorized special services in til
II chapel for the safety of ayiators an
s has blessed a large quantity (
5 medals of Notre Dame-des-P latin fl
,! distribution amongst the flying men.
y 6enedictines' Great Work.-Cor
5 menting upon the work of the Ben
y dictines, the London Catholic Times
= remarks that no other religious ordt
fe can claim tn have aoconnIishod 6