The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

did not long survive the horrors and Il
anXieties of the flight to Ireland.
New Zealand's Militant Bishop.-Af-
ter a stay of few weeks in the Eter-
nal City, the Rt Rev. Henry w.
Cleary, d. D., Bishop of Auckland, has
left Rome for France. Twelve months |
ago Bishop Cleary went to Europe to
recruit his health after a grave and |
protracted illness. Nine months ago |
he happened to be visiting the New
Zealand troops at the front. He
found them in need of chaplains, and
with characteristic zeal and energy
| the Bishop took off his coat without
| moments hesitation and did two
| chaplains' work for his countrymen for
the next few months. He went with
them into the firing line, and remain
| ed on one occasion in that lively quar-
ter for thirty-two consecutive days.
Military men who were with this in
trepid Bishop say they have never
| known drawer man. His steel he'll
|
life has been in serious danger more
than twenty times.
Benedict XIV and Mexican Students.
During the past three years nearly
every country in Europe has had oc-
casion to express gratitude to Pope
Benedict XIV for his Intervention in
some form or other on behalf of the
suffering. His Intervention has now
come to the aid of Mexican students.
AS is we'll known, the bandits who
rule the distracted Republic of Mexico
have deprived Mexican priests and re-
ligious of their rights as citizens. A
Mexican priest is in their eyes one
who can claim no rights, no protec-
ton from the land of his birth. When,
therefore, three students, Mexican
subjects, had finished their ecclesias-
teal course in the South American
College, Rome, some weeks ago, they
found themselves, owing to the atti-
tude of their Government, unable to
get the passports necessary for leav-
ing Rome. They desired to sail for
: the United States. But without pass
ports this course was impossible.
: What, then, were they to do? They
: proceeded to the office of the Papal
Secretary of State and stated their
case. With characteristic promptitude
Cardinal Gasparri Immediately
stepped into the breach. The Holy
See, he said, would give them pass
ports Forthwith three passports
from the Holy See were prepared and
: were vised at the French and the
Spanish consulates. At this moment
the three young ecclesiastics, bearing
Pontifical passports, are nearing the
l United States
5 Veteran Priest Dead.-The vet
5 eran Father Sheehy, the first
: priest to suffer under the Coercion
| Act, and great fighter of the land
!, League days, is dead. He organized
3 the protests against the evictions
' which finally eliminated in reduc-
5 ton of the tenants rent, and he was
: wont to attend the evictions and COM
r fort the people while expressing his
opinion of the authorities who per-
mitted such proceedings. For his SYM
, pathies and his acts he was thrown
e into prision and kept there for nine
2 months in 1880 Immediately on his
3 release he came to the United States
t and gave a series of interesting lee
| lures here on the condition of Ireland.
J. On his return he was advised to stay
r in Paris for a time by his Bishop, as
f another warrant had been issued for
i his arrest. He died at the age of 76,
i having been living in retirement, ow-
y ing to ill health, for some years.
;, Pilgrimage of cro.yh Patrick
This years pilgrimage to Croagh
> Patrick took place last Sunday, and
: despite the removal Of all railway IA
:. :, cilities, the curtailing of trains and
= the absence of low fares, there was
a goodly number of pilgrims, many
of whom came from distance on
foot, while others came in outside
cars. Confessions were heard all Sat
urday afternoon by large number of
priests, and the communions on the
summit on Sunday morning consti-
> tuted a record. The Masses began at
: a. m. and continued uninterruptedly
till noon. At the last Mass there were
l sermons in Gaelic and in English.
The former was preached by Father
Corcoran and the latter by Father Ma
: guire, of the China mission from
: Maynooth. The preacher recalled Ire
! lands conquests in the past, mightier
: conquests than those Of the sword, for
while the names of her politicians
: were forgotten, the names of her
l saints still echoed up and down the
European countries they had evange-
I lized. He recalled the last visit of
st. Patrick to the hallowed spot, how
in vision he saw the sorrows and
martyrdom which Ireland was to en-
= | dllrc for: tla<, lao h ID hrnuoht har.