The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
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OLU WUKLU NEWS
Roman Confessors.-TheD Dominican
Fathers are the confessors in the
Basilica of st. Mary Major, Rome;
the Minors Conventual are in charge
at St. Peters.
Perpetual Way Of the Cross.-In
the French army at the front, a num-
Der of officers have banded together
and established an Association of the
Perpetual Way to the Cross. Each
in his turn recited it on his CrucifiX.
In Old Amsterdam. - Amsterdam,
Holland, has twenty-seven Catholic
parish churches, many of them large
structures and of much architectural
beauty. The Catholic population
numbers nearly 100000.
Spanish CoIonies.-The Archbishop
of Tarragona, Spain, officially visited
the churches of the Spanish colonies
in Morocco. His visit resolved itself
into a triumphal progress; every
where he was received with enthusi-
asm.
Monsiqnor CoIombo.-There is an
appointment in which Roman alumni
in the United States will feel inter
ested, inasmuch as those ordained
in Rome in the last fifteen years had
him in Propaganda as their professor
in Sacred Scripture, viz, Monsignor
Bernardo Colombo, who now becomes
Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
Mission Hymn.-The flynn of De-
parture," so frequently sung on Mis-
sionary Sundays and similar occa-
Gounod, who for a time was student
at the Foreign Mission Seminary in
Paris.
English Catholic Mobiles. - The
pinch of war has caused many of the
Catholics noble families of England
to dispose of their art treasures and
estates The Earl of Denbigh and
Desmond has been obliged to sell his
famous collection of books, contain
ing valuable Americana, and his Rem
brandts and Van Dycks were auction
ed off recently in New York.
Aged Fenian Dead.-The death &C.
Cured recently in Dublin, Ireland, of
Mr.. Alexander O'Leary at an ad-
vanced age. In his early days he was
central organizer in Cork for the '67
movement, and got six months i'm.
prisonment for his connection with
the Fenian organization. He was a
personal friend of the late O'Donovan
Rosa.
PapaI MedaIs.-In letter address.
ed to Father Caterini, S. j., Rector of
the Gregorian University, Rome, the
Holy Father makes permanent the be-
stowal every year of three gold
medals which Plus x used to present
to the three students of that Univer.
sity who won the first places in Theo.
logy, Canon Law and Philosophy.
Delegate Apostolic.-In the pres.
ence of a large number of prominent
personages took place in Rome on
December 10 the conservation of the
Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi
Delegate Apostolic to the East Indies
and Titular Archbishop-elect of bio
clea. The consecrating prelate was
his Eminence Cardinal Serafini, Pre-
feet of Propaganda, the co-conse
Grants the Right Rev. Mgr. Zampini
Titular of Porireone and Sacristar
of the Pope, and the Right Rev. Mgr
Legrand, Bishop of Dacca
Mgr. Szeptycki. - The Ukrainiar
Bureau in Switzerland makes through
the "Liberte," of F'ribourg, an appeal
in the name of their compatriots tc
the Holy See, the heads of neutral
States, and the representative of the
Red Cross Society to do what they
can to secure the release of Mgr
Szeptycki, Ruthenian Archbishop oil
Lemberg, Galicia, who was deported
by the Russians two years ago and
is now imprisoned at Souzdal with
criminals.
Tribute to Charlottesville indigna
ton shown by the Italian Catholics in