The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
Catholics on his journey en- route to
Rome, which he will soon visit.

Catholics on his journey en- route to |
Rome, which he will soon visit
Largest Bible.-The greatest manu- |
script Bible in existence has just been |
completed by the Oxford University |
Press for the Bible crusade in Eng |
land. The Bible (Protestant) is writ |
ten, not printed. The manuscript was |
prepared by 10000 persons, and the
binding required dozen large goat |
SKINS The book measures six feet, |
two inches, by three feet, ten inches,
and covers seven feet, ten inches |
across when Open
Catholic Writer Dead.-The death |
OF Franz Won Matt, a distinguished |
Catholic author, is reported from Elm |
siedeln, Switzerland. Won Matt was
the son of Hans Won Matt, former
member of the Swiss National Coun-
Gil, and noted Catholic editor and pub
Usher. He was editor of the Alte
und Neue Welt, fortnightly maya
zine published by Benzinger Bros for
many years. Before the war, this
publication had a large American cir
culation.
Blessed Thomas More's Shrine
Chelsea, England, was the scene of
striking ceremony on Saturday when,
| in ideal weather, a pilgrimage was
made under the auspices of the Guild
| of Our Lady of Ransom to the Shrine
| of Blessed Thomas Moore There
was large assembly, including mem
bers of the Guild, and visitors from
many parts of London at the church
attached to the Convent of Alteration
Reparatrice, erected on the spot
where the famous Lord Chancellor
| himself resided.
French Generals Visit Switzerland.
General Pau of the French army
has been paying a visit to Fribourg,
seat of the Swiss government. On
his way he visited the two sane
tuaries of Notre Dame de Lorett and
Notre Dame de Bourgillon After
visiting the universities, he called on
the venerable Able Nern, a military
chaplain of 1870, and doyen of the
priests of the city. He was also re-
ceived by the Bishop of Lausanne and
Geneva, Mgr. Colliard, who conducted
him through the head offices of the
Catholic mission for prisoners of war,
and also the seminary and the col
| legiate Church of ST. Nicholas.
Condemns lmmodest Dress.-Car-
dinal Annette, Archbishop of Paris, has
widely published the following coun-
sci. His eminence renews the adj
vice already given on the subject of
feminine fashions For some weeks
we have regretted to see reappear
even in the churches fashions abso-
lutely contrary to Christian modesty.
| To wear robe decolletee in church
is an offense to the Divine Majesty,
and it is doubly culpable to forget
the traditional rules of Christian
modesty at time when all are null
tiplying supplications and sacrifices
Let Christian women give, by their
modest dress as we'll as by the dignity
of their lives, that salutary example
that we have the right to expect from
| Them
Forcing Priests to Fight in Trench
es.-The recent amendment passed in
the French Chamber at the instance
| of Mons. SiXte Quentin, which calls
to the colors and the trenches priests
up to As and even so, and withdraws
to the fighting line all those serving
at present in the Service de Sante, -
has had disastrous effect on the par
ishes of France. Whole regions are
now deprived of their priests, and the
aged and infirm clergy, who alone
are left, cannot fulfill the place of
all the absent ones. Cardinal Dubois
has written letter to the president
of the council-general of the Seine,
who has proved sympathetic. He
asks the president to take up this
serious matter with the Chamber of
Deputies, which refuses to recognize
the Bishops. '
! Dean Kelly of Elphin.-The death
he'S IdhSu pace VI MSF. j. u. nelly
V. G., Dean of Elphin, Ireland. Mgr.
Kelly celebrated his golden jubilee
last year. For upwards of thirty years
he took an active part in Irish politi-
cal affairs. Dean Kelly was for some
years examiner in Latin for the Inter
mediate Board, and more recently he
became President of. the Catholic
School Managers Association for the
Province of Connaught He was the
first President of the Father Mathew
ALL Ireland Temperance Association.
He was distinguished as scholar,
and took keen interest in the revival
of Celtic studies
The Oriflamme at Montmartre.-The
venerated Orif1amme which was given
to Charlemagne by Pope Leo / on
the occasion of his coronation in 500,
and which was formerly carried be-
fore the Kings of France on so many