The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01

i he Nh i j IN
land may be gained from the fact
that on recent visit to the parish OF
st. Patrick's in Sunderland, the Bish-
OPP of Hexham and Newcastle con-
firmed class of 500 candidates
Sisters On Missions.-More espe-
cially on the continents of Africa,
Asia and in great sea islands the Sis
tiers known as the White Sisters, the
Servants of Mary, the Sisters of st,
Joseph of Cluny, st. Paul of Chartres,
| the Daughters of Mary, Help of Chris
| tians and the Franciscan Missionaries
of Mary, are at work among the more
than one thousand millions of pagans.
Irish OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dublin di-
ocesan priests are in the army as
chaplains. The regular clergy in Ire
land have furnished the army with
chaplains, as follows: Jesuits, 80;
Vincentians, s from Dublin; Francis
cans, s.; Capuchins, 5; Dominicans, g;
Passionists, IA; Sanguinists, or Order
of the Holy Ghost, 35; Oblates, 4;
Marists, 2, and Carmelites, 2.
"Releio DepopuIata. THE people,
who take stock in the alleged proph-
ecies of ST. Malachy, regarding the
Papal succession, will find little diff
Guilty in justifying the application of
L ali ri 10 pn1i paU.
| aged" to the reign of Benedict XIV.
| The robbing and wrecking of church
| es, schools and converts; and the per-
secution of bishops, priests, nuns and
laity of France, Belgium and Mexico,
make the task easy.
| Venerable Bernadette.-The Bishop
| of Nevers in pastoral letter has an
nounced the opening of the Apostolic
| Process of the Beatification and Can
onization of the Venerable Bernadette
| Soubirous, the favored child of Our
Lady of Lourdes The Bishop says:
The whole world should rise in sup
| plication towards Heaven, for Berna-
| dette is inseparable from the name
4 of the Immaculate Virgin. Bernadette
has repeated to the great world the
Dogma of the Immaculate Conception,
of which she received from the lips
of the Virgin Most Pure on the 25th
of March, 1853"
Veteran convert-At meeting of
the committee of management of the
Catholic Truth Society of Ireland,
held recently in Dublin, Ireland, the
Right Rev. Mgr. Dunno, D. D., presid-
ing, the following resolution was
passed unanimously: THAT the COM
mittee of management of the Catholic
Truth Society of Ireland, having
learned that our Holy Father, Pope
Benedict XIV, has raised Mr.. James
Britten, honorable secretary of the
Catholic Truth Society of England, to
the dignity of Knight Commander
of the Order of st. Gregory the Great,
in recognition of his being SO years
in the Church, and of his conspicuous
services, continued for over % years,
/ to the cause of Catholic Truth, unani-
mOusly desire to convey to Mr.. Brit
!, ten the expression of their cordial
and fraternal congratulations on the
distinguished and welldeserved hon
or which our Holy Father has been
Z lhleased to4eonfer upon him, and their
earnest hope that he may be long
spared to enjoy this dignity"
Catholics Honored.-In one issue of
The Tablet of London, England, there
is recorded the awarding of the Vic
toria Cross to no less than three
Catholic soldiers. One of. these, Pri-
vate Wilfrid Edwards, of the York
shire Light Infantry, is youth of
; tWenty-four and a convert to the
Church. He enlisted Immediately
upon the outbreak of the war and has
been twice wounded Another recip-
lent is Quartermaster Sergeant Will
ham H. Grimbaldeston, Kings Own
Scottish Borderers, of Blackburn, who
in the early days of the war had been
; severely wounded at Loos while as
, sisting comrade. The third recipi-
ent of the Cross was Private William
!. Radcliffe of the South Lancashire Reg.
iment, who had won the Military
Medal at Messines. The present dec
. Grafton was bestowed for the valiant
capture of a gun from the enemy
The same issue of our London con
temporary gives particulars ofs thir-
teen recent cases of Catholic officers
awarded the Military Cross.