The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29


Monsignor Hogan, ID. D., president st.
Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland,
presided recently, at the annual con-
ferring upon the students of degrees
and other distinctions gained at the
national Universities. In the course
of an address, he urged them to be on
their guard all their lives against ex-
aggerated language, violent express
sion of their opinions, and ''the pre-
possessions and delusions that some
times seize unreasoning multitudes."
Mass for Fallen.-The French and
| Belgian Colonies, under their reSpec-
| tive Consuls, met as usual in the Eng
lish College Chapel, Valladolid, Spain,
on All Souls Day, to attend Solemn
| Requiem for the officers and men of
| the allies troops who have fallen in the
war. The Mass was sung by Rev.
j. Humble. D. D., Rector of the Royal
Scots College. The French Consul
afterwards gave an admirable address.
He expressed the hope that their next
meeting would be one, not of mourn
ing, but of rejoicing for victory.
Devotion to the Papacy.-An associ-
alton has been established in Rome
under the title of the Committee of
st. Peter, the first Pope, which has for
it's object the promotion of devotion to
the Papacy, one of the signs of pre-
| destination, as Father Faber tells us.
It proposes among other means that
every year on the feast day of the
| Pope and on the anniversary of his
birth the faithful throughout the world
will unite in prayer and receive Holy
| Communion for the intention of the
Sovereign Pontiff.
| Another Convert.-Another crop OF
interesting converts is reported this
week in England. One is the remark.
able case of lady, whose name is
not yet made public. An American
by birth, she joined an Anglican SIS
terhood twenty-three years ago, and
during the eighteen years has lived
the life of a recluse within the sister
hood. She was a friend of the famous
convert, Father Basil Maturin, but still
remained outside the fold after his
conversion, although for twenty years
she has been tormented by doubts re.
garding her position. She has now
been received by Mgr. Ottley at Hove
and will probably be candidate fol
admission to one of the strictest re
ligious communities, although past the
usual age of postulants.
| The Italian Chaplain-in-Chief.-
Right Rev. Monsignor Bartolomasi
Auxiliary Bishop of Turin and "Epis
| copus Castrensis' of Italy, is much
before the public eye at present. With
a good deal of admiration Italian Cath
olics follow the movements of this
young prelate, whose vigor and yea
seem to make him ubiquitous. Though
the city of Rome, where the members
of his Curia Castrensis are constantly
employed, is Bishop Bartolomasi's
headquarters, he is to be found every
where. Wherever military chaplain
is stationed, the Bishop pays him one
or more visits. In the first trenches
on the Alpine encampments upo1
Mount Zebru, at the gates of Venice
in southern Italy, he is working
the fortitude of a brave man. He i:
revered by the men and officers alike
| Head of Italian Catholic Party
Count Santucci recently resigned the
presidency of the Catholic Union o
Italy and has been succeeded by ;
well known Catholic journalist, Mr.
Giorgo Montini, director of the news
paper, Cittadino di Brescia. SignO
Montini is commander of the Orde
of the Crown of Italy and vice-presi
dent and communal assessor of the
Provincial Council of Brescia, and ha:
for thirty years been head of thu
Catholic party there. He is noted fol
his tact and administrative capabili
ties, which have helped to an alliancs
for Catholic purposes between the Lib
erals and Conservatives, which hal
endured since 1898. Signor Montin
has been director of the Catholic daily
of BreScia Is years.
IreIand's National Novena.--A move
ment is on foot in Ireland to propa
gate a national noyena of prayers fol
Ipeace. 1t has been started by the con
fraternity of the Sacred Heart wht
are petitioning the Bishops to inaugu
rate a public and official appea
throughout the country aided by {
novena of rosaries to the Queen O.
Peace. King George has ordered {
day of prayer and intercession for the
United Kingdom in the New Year, bu
no general crusade of prayer for vic
tory and peace has taken place in the
churches of Ireland, although since the
Italian Invasion there have been spe
cial prayers in some parishes for the
protection of Italy, while in all thu
churches of the Westminster Arch
diocese, devotions, before the Blessed
i Sacrament exposed, take place or
Wednesday evening every week for {
victorious end to the war.
I! PreIate Condemns Sim Fein.-A
Especial dispatch to the Toronto Globs