The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
annuities of $1,000 each for the cree
ton and maintenance of the new Cath
Ole Cathedral in Galway.

War and Evil.-The Bishop of Sal
ford, England, says THAT whilst the
war has been the cause of many con-
versions, it is lamentable fact that
side by side with that there is a ter
rible spread of evil and sim
Eminent Convert.-"Guy Thorne," is
the pen-name of the author of when
1t Was Dark (now in it's five hundred
thousandth printing!, and a dozen
other novels. His real name is Cyril
son of the Rev. j. e. Gull, rector of
Rushall. Mr.. Gull is an Oxford grad.
uate, and lives in the island of Guern-
sey His conversion to the Church
adds still another eminent novelist
to the long list of Rome's recruits
from the ranks of men of letters.
House Of Studies.-A very fine
House of Studies is that of st.
Thomas, at Zwolle, in Holland, erect
ed under the administration of the
present Master-General of the Domin,
leans, Father Theisseling, o. p, who
is now on official visitation of the
houses of the Order in the United
States. The House in Holland is a
nursery of theologians and mission
aries.
Japanese Trappist Monks.-At Hok-
kaido, Japan, is the largest Trappist
monastery in the Orient The monks
of this austere congregation have
made the desert bloom like the rose,
though when they first went to the
island Empire they were coldly re-
ceived by the natives. In the past
twelve years ten young Japanese have
been enrolled in the community, and
seven at present are waiting for pro-
fession.
Ancient Shrne.--In the ancient, his
torical ecclesiastical city of Orleans,
in France, so rich in Saints and
churches, is the Shrine of Our Lady
of Miracles dating from the Seventh
Century, and which Joan of Arc Wis
tied on May 8, 1929. A few years ago,
| Orleans as diocese had II hospi-
! tails and asylums.
Unusual ACCOMPLISHMENTS
and browning the Albert Cathedral, in
France, was a statue of the Blessed
Virgin, holding the Divine Child. II
! fell over, was caught in the masonry
and now appears in a horizontal posi-
ton in the open, holding with out
position is to say the least a remark
able one-a veritable Our Lady o.
| Peace presenting to the world be
meath the Infant Saviour.
New Air Line.-Recently an aviato
arrived in Rome, Italy, from Turin
to inaugurate the aerial mail service
between that city and Rome. Amongs
the letters which he carried was on,
of homage to Pope Benedict from Car
dinal Richelmy, Archbishop of Turin
Propagation of the Faith.-The SC
/ ciety for the propagation of the Faitl
reached it's ninety-fifth year this May
It's usefulness to the mission caus
was never more clearly evinced thai
at the present time, when the FAITH
though no longer an alien in the ia
distant places of the world, is in dar
ger of expiring for want of nourisl
ment. True the contributions to tn
| Society have steadily increased eac
year, but so have the needs of tn
missions, and upon it's help now de
ponds their very life.
Bishop o'Dwyer-Bishop O'Dwye
of Limerick, Ireland, has, says news
agency, addressed letter to the pres
reviewing the political situation in Ire
land and questioning the action of tn
Irish Parliamentary Party in allowin
the Home Rule Bill to be hung up dul
ing the war. There would not, h
says, have been the trouble of las
year in Ireland but for the policy G
the party. He condemns general
Mr.. Redmond's leadership.
Irish Missions.-A Franciscan prizes
who has just returned to Ireland for
vacation after four years of mission
airy work among the tribes of Putt
mayo, made public the fact that tn
establishment of the mission STATIC
for the Irish priests in Putumayo, was
to large extent, due to the represer
tations of Sir Roger Easement, VIII
was a generous contributor to tn
funds for it's work. AS an instance Q
i the absurd rumors, spread by Case
ment's enemies through these remot
districts, the statement was circulate
that he was executed, not for what b
had done, but because he had RUNE
the Peruvian rubber trade.
Catholic Observation-Disclosures Rol
ert Colingsby Clarke of the BIRTHS
army in France, who was recently re
ceived into the Church, is the autho
of nearly hundred songs and plan