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

be requisitioned to fill the needs of |
war industries.
Big Monastery Burned.-The mag |
nificent Carthusian monastery of Hahn, |
gem of Gothic art near Dusseldorf |
on the Rhine, has been destroyed by |
fire.
AS UsuaI.-A few days ago the
American papers reported the seizure
of a Russian Nun, Mother Superior,
by the peasants, and their forcible TAX
ing possession of the convent proper
ty. The Nuns, We were told, refused
to aid the starving people from the
produce of the extensive convent
lands. They were Russian schismatic
Nuns. But, remarks contemporary,
did the papers say so? Not much.
They couldn't let slip such a splendid
opportunity to have rap at the
cloister."
Holy Father Penned Peace Docu-
ment.-The peace proposals of Pope
IoCHCulNt WSIC III HlS OWA
handwriting. The Pope consulted
Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of
State; Archbishop Ceretti, Assistant
| Papal Secretary of State, and Mon
| signor Tedeschini Papal Under-Sec-
rotary of State, in formulating the
| document
Augustinian from the Philippines
In Spain the active life of the Right
! Rev. Arsenic Del Campo, Titular-
Bishop of Epifania, has just closed.
For many years Bishop Del Campo
labored as pastor in the diocese of
Nueva Carceres in the Philippines as
a member of the Augustinian Order.
With the change of government in the
Philippines Father Del Campo return.
ed to Spain, where he worked until
his death at the age of seventy-seven
years.
Slams Catholic CoIIeee.-Siam is
not falling behind in the genera
movement toward better things. One
: of the surest evidences of this is the
fact that in Bangkok, a city of 100000
Inhabitants, the Bishop, Monsignol
Rene Perros, p F. NJ, has established
college which boasts of 1850 stu
dents. A fourth of these young mer
are already Christians, and the re
J mainder, even when not converted
, undergo a change of heart that pre-
; disposes them to the Catholic Faith.
Souvenir of Fallen ChapIains.-A
2 the Office in Rome of the Militar.
4 Chaplain-in-C Chief of the Italian forces
. the Right Rev. Bishop Bartolomasi
4 Auxiliary of the Archbishop of. Turin
I an interesting souvenir of the Euro
Y pean war is just now inspected b.
t many visitors. This is collection O
the photographs of the numerous tia
ian chaplains who have fallen at tn
J. front, with indications of their birth
: place, their rank, and the many dis
!; tinctions decreed them by the militar
n authorities for acts of valor.
Pope Is Thanked.-His Holiness ha
n received a letter from Herr Won Betl
Il Holweg-one of the EXCHANGE
i lor's last acts before resigning-thanl
= ing him, on behalf of the German Coy
n eminent, for all his humanitarian e.
J. forts on behalf of prisoners, and a
t. luding specially to the recently az
complished exchange for internmen
# in Switzerland of prisoners, fathers {
J. families.
J. Converts Erect ChapeI.-Yet al
d other of the chapels of Westminste
# Cathedral has just reached compile
j. ton, and it is significant of the time
J. that it is one the entire cost of whic
J. has been betrayed by offerings fro1
r. recent converts to the Church. Thi
r is the chapel of st. Paul, which lie
V to the right of the high altar. TIL
. roof is a fine example of mosaic an
l. the walls are covered with marble
while the delicate neutral tints of tn
whole decoration fall into harmon
i with the rest of the finished portion
q of the vast fabric, which is maxim
! satisfactory progress even in wa
% time.
8. The Holy Fathers Holidays
10 everybody who can go has left Rom
j. for the hills or for the sea-coast, Pop
! Benedict XIV is about to take what on
70 may, through lack of more corret
# term, call holiday In the offici;
- ecclesiastical circles of Rome the VI
q cation lasts from August 10 to Octobe
70 l. During this interval the officials {
n the Sacred Roman Congregations an
n Tribunals are free to leave Rome, an
10 only a few remain in each office
,r expedite urgent matters of bushes
h. At this time Benedict XIV may be sal
"a to enjoy comparative leisure, that
At if one of the Pope's temperament ca
n really enjoy freedom from wor
70 Papal audiences will proceed as usu;
g during the vacation, but they will I
necessity be much decreased in nun
Der.
New Devotion.-The new dew
ton of the enforcement of the S.
cred Heart, for the purpose of cons
al Grating homes schools institution