The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-15

OF the Patriarch, and he replied that
communications with Jerusalem have
been cut off.
Gift Of Chalice.--The children in
America of the late John Kelleher
near Bawnboy, Ireland, and his wife,
Jane Kelleher, donated to Kildough
chapel a beautiful and costly chalice
as memorial to their deceased par
ents.
Catholic Brigadier-General.7- Colonel
Stirling, of Keir, Dunblane, Scotland,
has been made Brigadier-General of
the British army. General Stirling,
who is convert to the Church, is one
of the founders of the Catholic Insti-
tute, Glasgow.
Decorated by the Pope.-Mr. Thorn
as II. Burns, organizing secretary of
the Stafford Catholic Federation, was
decorated by the Pope with the cross
Pro Ecclesia ct Pontifice, for his fine
work for the Federation and at the
National Conference of Catholic Trade
Unionists in England.
Belgian Rulers at Daily Mass.-At
La Panne, in the small part of Bel
GUM (between Ypres and Dunkirk).
not occupied by the Germans, King
Albert and Queen Elizabeth are ac-
customed to hear Mass every day in
the Oblate Church
Anglican Convert.-Last week we
announced that the Rev. Albert Urling
Smith, Anglican curate of Buxton,
Derbyshire, had been received into the
Catholic Church. This was an error
which arose through confusing the
name with that of another Anglican
clergyman, the Rev. Alban H. Smith,
a foreign missionary, who has become
a convert, and not the Rev. Albert
Urling Smith.
Noted Missionary Dead.-The death
of the Very Rev. Father S. J. s. Rod
rigo, Missionary Apostolic and parish
priest of Newra Eliya, Ceylon, is an.
nounced. Father Rodrigo studied in
Rome and was ordained in 1888. He
was a man of great intellectual
achievement, and during his sojourr
in Ceylon accomplished much fruitful
work in combating Buddhism. Or
this subject he was a volunteer writer
The deceased priest was widely known
in connection with may cases of ex
orcism, some remarkable instances OF
possession having been dealt with By
him. He was much loved by the Cling
alese people, among whom he labored
Polish Workmen Abstain
| chief organization of the Polish work
men in Western Germany, Westphalis
and the Rhenish Province have decid
ed on a day of complete abstinence
that the money may be saved by thu
Polish people and sent to their roofles:
and starving compatriots in the in
Vaded districts of the unhappy king
dom. On certain other days Poles il
| Western Germany, propose to abstain
from drink, tobacco and other un
necessary expenditure for the sam,
end. a..
The Church in Abyssinia.- Abyssini:
is one of the most ancient missions il
the world. 1t was founded by thu
Apostle st. Matthew, and the Church
OF Abyssinia enjoyed great prosperitt
during the first centuries of the Chris
tan era. Unfortunately, it was LEI
astray by the heresy of Monophysitism
Although in the course of time the Jes
uits, Friars Minor, Carmelites and Au
gustinians made efforts to re-establisl
the true Faith, they met with sucl
poor success that the effort was com
pletely abandoned in 1897. Anothe
attempt, however, was made in 1888
by the Lazarists, who now have thei
headquarters at Alitiena and ar
making great progress.
| Catholic in London CounciI.-C Cath
olic representation on the Londol
County Council has been strengthens
by decision arrived at by that au
thority at a recent sitting. A va
cancy occurring in the Representative
of Chaplain, by a majority vote tn
Council decided to elect Mr.. William
Henry Gibson, solicitor by profes
SION MIR. Gibson is Catholic, and i
a member of the congregation of 81
Mary's, Chaplain. He was educate,
at the Christian Brothers School a
Chaplain.
| Allan GRAY'S TRlISI