The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-01


presence of the Royal family at the
Frauenkirche, which is the Cathedral
of Munich.
Swiss Catholic Journal Condemned.
The Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland,
has just suppressed religious paper
in his diocese which had been marked
for its systematic attack on French
Catholics. The proprietor OF the jour.
nal, also Catholic, appealed to the
Pope against the Bishops decision.
The Pope's reply has now been re-
ceived. He entirely upholds the
Bishops views, and condemns the
journal in question, which has now
suspended publication.
Pope's Sympathy Appreciated
Count Itchas, member of the Russian
Duma, and president of the Lithuan-
ian Central Committee, has just been
received in private audience by the
Holy Father, to whom he expressed
his respectful thanks for his practical
sympathy with the Lithuanian suffer-
ers from the war, and his generous
donation of ten thousand francs for
their relief, also explaining fully pres
ent conditions amongst those people.
His Holiness evinced great interest in
what he heard, and promised to do
all he could to help the sufferers.
To IndustriaIize Rome.-Prince Co
lonna, Mayor of Rome, has inaugu-
rated movement for the industriali-
cation of Rome. He wishes the Eter-
nal City to become great center of,
trade and commerce, and he thinks
this end can be assured if Romans
will wake from their traditional
apathy. A fourishing port might be
built at the mouth of the Tiber, the
Tiber itself might be deepened up to
the city from the sea, lines of railways
and tram-lines might be constructed
between Rome and Ostia, a great in
dustrial quarter might be built beyond
st. Pauls.
Polish Celebration in Warsaw.-The
one hundredth and twenty-fifth ami
versary of the granting of the Polish
constitution by King Stanislaus Au-
gustus was celebrated with great sol
emnity at Warsaw, Wednesday, May
8. The celebration was begun with
High Mass at the Johnes Cathedral,
| at which Archbishop Kokovsky offici-
lated, and was continued with civic
PROCESSION in which about 100000 per-
sous participated. Ciergymen Of all
denominations, together with veterans
of the Revolution of 1863, participated
in the demonstration.
Jubilee of Australian Diocese.-The
diocese Nof Bathurst, Australia, OBJ
served last month the fiftieth ami
versary OF, it's establishment. Ten
years before the conservation of it's
first bishop, Right Reverend Matthew
Quinn, in November, 1865, the diocese
of Bathurst was but lonely settle
ment on the plafxs, the only white in
habitants being b, handful of stout
hearted pioneers. No sound broke the
| eerie stiffness of that solitary wilder
ness save the ring of the settlers
axe. Today, the roar and rattle of a
big city sound in ones ears; an i'm
posing Catholic Cathedral lifts it's
towers into the sky, and an around are
evidences of highly-prosAerous and
progressive community. The diocese
of Bathurst now boasts of 108
churches, 131 secular priests, Z regu-
lar priests, 10 religious brotherS, ZIG
nuns, colleges, 3 training colleges,
novitiates, II boarding schools Tor
girls, Is superior day schools, 49 phi
mary schools, and one orphanage.
| Another Anglican Convert. = The
i Rev. J. E. Dyson, B. A., was recently
received into the Church at Birming
ham, England. He was formerly at
tached to st. Johns College, Oxford
and being married, and therefore
debarred from the priesthood, has
taken up the teaching profession, and
has received an appointment at the
Oratory School, Edgbaston.
New Canons of Westminster.-Ir
virtue of special privilege granted
by the Holy See, Cardinal Bourne has
j appointed the following to be honor
airy canons of his Metropolitan Cattle
}, dral: The Very Rev. Mgr. Arthur
Jackman, D. D., his principal private
secretary; the Rev. Emmanuel Bans
Administrator of the Crusade of Res
cue: the Rev. James Driscoll, D. D..
Rector and Headmaster of the Cardi.
nal Vaughan Memorial School.
Catholic Successes at Oxford.-The
Rev. Edmund Conyers-D Arcy, S. j.,
(Pope's Hall) has just been announced
as the winner of the Charles Oldham
prize for 1916. This prize is to the
value of G70, and is awarded for the
best dissertation on some subject con-
nected with Greek or Latin literature.
Father Darcy had a brilliant career at
the University, securing first-class
honors in both Mods and Greats.
| Over forty Jesuit students from Pope's
Hall have now taken University de-
grees.
Baron RusselI.-The Hon. Charles
Russell, on whom a baronetcy has
been conferred, is the second son of
i the late Lord Russell of Killowen. He
-rl~ IL