The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-02-12
OLD WORLD NEWS.

| ST. Peters BasiIica.-In st. Peters
Basilica, Rome, are about forty affairs.
10000 Marian Congregations. - In
| the Universal Church there are about
100000 congregations of Mary.
Sisters Aid ependents.-The Holy
Faith Sisters in Dublin care for 600
children and are entirely dependent
on voluntary contributions.
Marble Altar MemoriaI.-A beauti-
| full marble and stone altar, the gift
OF Mrs. p. r. M'Cartan, has been
! erected in ST. Malachy's Church,
Castlewellan, Ireland, to perpetuate
| the memory of her late husband, a
brother of the late Mr.. M. M Cartan,
formerly NJ. P. for South Down.
| Proportion of Priests.-In Ireland
there is one priest to every 900 Cath
olics; in England one to every 470.
Episcopal Consecration.-On Janu-
airy 8, Mgr. Colliard, Bishop of Laus-
anne and Geneva, received the
episcopal conservation in the Chapel
of the French Seminary in Rome. His
Eminence Cardinal de Lai was the
consecrating prelate.
| French Journalist Dead.-M. Francis
Charmes, of the French Academy, who
has just died at the age of seventy
| five, became director of the Revue
des Deux Mondes" on the death of
| M Ferdinand Brunetiere. He was an
earnest, practicing Catholic.
Irish Abbess Dead.-Mother Mary
Glare O'Loughlin, Abbess of the poor
Clare Convent, Harolds Cross, Ire
land. died recently. She was 76
years of age and spent So years in
religious life. For SO years Mother
Mary Clare held the responsible posi-
ton Of Abbess.
| sister Superior Honored.-The
French Academy has awarded a prize
OF two hundred dollars to Mother
| Zenaide, Superior of the Sisters of st.
Joseph Of Cluny, at Madagascar, in
recognition of her ability as an edu-
| Gator.
King Aids Church.-King Ludwig of
Bavaria has given contribution of
ten thousand marks for the erection
of a Catholic Church at Nurnberg as
a war memorial.
Cathedral of Milan.-The tower OF
the Cathedral of Milan is ascended
l by 494 steps. On the outside of the
cathedral are 1923 marble statues; in
the inside are $50 statues. The
cathedral has 145 spires or pinnacles.
It's length is 500 feet; its width 1876
feet 1t is the most glorious marble
edifice in the world.
Dutch Aid Holy Father.-The Cath
olics of Holland are generous in con-
tributing to the now pressing needs
of the Holy Father. Rich and poor
are alike in sending his donations.
The diocese of Harlem alone con-
tributed upwards OF $4,000.
/ Nuns Care for War orphans.-The
good Nuns of Rome under the presi-
dency of Cardinal Lualdi have gather
ed in the Villa Flaminia no fewer
than 5000 children of Italian soldiers
at the front. 1t was the aim of
proselytizers to get hold of this class
of children if possible. However, the
| Nuns, whom the invaders fear SO
much, are first in action. The prime
minister of Italy and Cardinal Lualdi
recently met in this villa and the for
mer expressed his delight at the Nuns
| work
Chaplain of Belgian Refugees
Canon Kempencer, professor at the
Grand Seminary at Malines, Belgium.
who is at present resident in Eng
land, has been appointed chaplain
general of the Belgian refugees in
France, succeeding Canon van Battel,
who has been wounded. Canon van
Battel retains the general chaplaincy
for Belgian soldiers serving at the rear
and for the soldiers who are invalids