The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05

Holy Fathers AimS.-The Holy IA
Their has given Mgr. Heylen, Bishop of
Namur, ten thousand francs, for the
benefit Of the poor of his diocese.
Holy Father l~ntervenes for Belgian.
to the intercession of the
Holy Father and the King of Spain,
the German Emperor has reprieved
the Belgian, Madame Dentrelagne, who
Of high treason.
Appointed consultors of the Holy
Office.-Mgr. Bernardo Colombo,N
Regent of the Sacred P~enetentiary,
and Father Leonard Lehn, Vicar-Gen-
eral of the Dominicans, have been ap-
pointed Consultors of the Holy Office.
FIR. F%uIaentius, o. M. Cap, Dead
Very Rev. ~Fulgentius of Gossensass,
Elk observation-disclosures of the Capuchin
Order, who was stationed for thirty
years in Rome, died recently in Tyrol.
Ruins of Howth CastIe.-Seven
miles from Dublin, at the entrance to
the Bay of Dublin, are the ruins of
HoWth Castle and church. In the
south aisle of the church is the tomb
of the Goth Lord Baron of Howth.
He is represented in complete armor
A. D.. 1890. The castle dates from
1898.
English Bishop Consecrated.-The
conservation of Monsignor Bernard
Ward as titular Bishop of LYDIA and
erected in the County of Essex, Eng
land, took place in Westminster Ca
thedral on Easter Tuesday, with the
express permission of the Holy
Father.
Ancient Diptych Purchased.-An
ivory 14th century diptych, 10 inches
high, opening S12 inches wide, mount
ed in a Sheraton mahogany showcase,
has been purchased for $4,620 in a
IOIluOI 0dlCSI jill lIlllSCll SuUJCSt0
are depicted in the panels in high
relief. The diptych, which has been
exhibited at the Dublin Museum, was
formerly the property of the late Col.
Forster of Swords House, Co. Dublin,
Ireland.
Protestant Lord Leaves Stringent
Will.-Col. Laurence Badham Thorn
hill, j. P, of Cleagmore, Ballinasloe, Co.
Galway, late Connaught Rangers, who
died on the 18th February, 1916, aged
~seventy-siX years, left unsettled per-
sOnal estate in the United Kingdom
valued at G4,901, of which $500 is
in England. The t~estator left his es-
tate in trust for his six children, pro.
vided they profess the Protestant faith
as taught by the Church of England
or Ireland, the share of either pro-
Tossing the Church of Rome to be one
shilling, a ~clergyman's certificate to
be produced.
Baptist Minister Plays Organ At
Midnight Mass.-Speaking at a lecture
recently, Mr.. Whitley, deputy speaker
of the House of Commons, paid a high
tribute to ministers of different
denominations at the front for their
broad-mindedness. AS an instance, he
mentioned that a Baptist minister
played the organ for a Catholic priest
at midnight Mass, and gave up his
bedroom in order that the priest
might hear confessions there.
spiritual Mobilization" in France.
In the Basilica Cathedral of st.
Pierre, Montpelier, his people have
just celebrated the forty-third ami
versary of the episcopal conservation
OF the venerable Cardinal de Cabrie-
res, doyen of the French hierarchy.
An enormous crowd assisted at the
ceremony. From the pulpit the ven
Grated prelate expressed his JOY at
their new testimony of affection from
priests and people. Speaking OF
present events, he eXhorted the faith.
full to implore more than ever the
succor Of God in favor of the Allied
Nations and particularly of France and
Russia. Apropos of this appeal, a
spiritual mobilization as it is well
named, is taking place in the French
army, where hundreds of thousands
OF "poilus' are at this moment being
enrolled in the Living Rosary of the
trenches. The response has been
magnificent, and it may be said that
the voice of prayer is never silent in
one or other section of the long
French line.
Votive Churches in ltaly.-This
week two important dioceses have
been added to the number of those in
Italy that have registered vows to peti,
ton the Almighty for the blessing OF
peace, viz, Piacenza and Padua. In
the Cathedral of Piacenza the Bishop
of the diocese, the head of the Munich
pality, and the Chapter and citizens,
have vowed to keep the day of the
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin as a
holyday, binding themselves to abstain