The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-10

Prisoners Thank Pope The "Os-
servatore Romano" learns that the
English and French prisoners in
Turkey greatly appreciated Christmas
presents sent them by the Pope
through the Apostolic Delegate.
The Little Sisters.-The Little Sis
have now charge of 307 houses in diff
ferent parts of the globe. These
houses shelter $4,000 aged men and
women.
Pope Benedict-Pope Benedict Nv.
is hard worker. He begins his daily
task after his Mass, which is said at
$50 every morning.
Apostolic Delegate Feted. - Mgr.
Zaleski, lately Apostolic Delegate in
the East indies, arrived at Barcelona
on his way to Rome. There were
popular demonstrations in his honor
before he left for Europe.
Brother of Sir Douglas Haig a Re-
demptorist.--Rev. Father Haig, G. IS.
r., the Superior of the Redemptorist
House at Perth, Scotland, is a brother
of Sir Douglas Haig, commander-in-
chief of the British army in France.
Father Haig is a convert to the Faith.
Two Centenarians Dead.-At Dublin
Road, Bray, Ireland, James McGarry
| died recently at the age of 105 years,
and at Kildalkey, County Meath, in
the same country, Mrs. Tyrrell died
at the age of 100 years.
Nuneios Start for Posts.-Mon-
signor Marncco, interIruncio to Costa
Rica, and Monsignor Lauri, inter
| nuncio to Peru, have left Rome for
their new posts via Spain. Both are
sailing under the Papal and Spanish
flags.
Irish Girls in EngIand.-A large
! number of girls and women from the
| rural sections of Ireland have been
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in munition plants. Because of the
serious scarcity of labor, particularly
in relation to munition manufacture,
English agents have been touring Ire
land in search of female workers,
Offering unusually large wages ''for
| the period of the war" An Irish
newspaper estimates that between
twelve and fifteen thousand accepted
the offers.
A Priests Club in London.-A new
institution in London is club for
priests at So Grosvenor Gardens, S..
W., a place where priests can meet,
| talk, write, read the papers, eat, and
| (within the limits of the accommodate
tom sleep. The club is three min
| utes walk from Westminster Cathe-
dral and attached to it is a chapel
where priests who obtain the neces-
sary faculties may say Mass.
Murderer of Skeffinaton.-In the
House OF Commons recently, jeremiah
| McVeagh, NJ. p, asked the British
| Secretary of War whether Captain
| owen-Colthurst - the murderer of
| Sheehy- ellington - had been ''rc-
tired" from the Army on full pay,
half-pay, or no pay. No answer was
given. Pressed on the point, Mr..
| Lloyd-George said he must have no.
| tice of such question. Mr. McVeagh
said the public should know whether
an officer who had been convicted of
four murders and declared lunatic
was still drawing public money. He
would repeat the question later.
Missing Crown JeweI.-One of the
| jewels OF the imperial crown, which
was reported missing after the
coronation Of King Charles, has been
| found in the Cathedral at Budapest.
| 1t was not known until after the loss
was discovered that the settings of
several of the stones were loose. A
| thorough overhauling of the crown has
now been ordered.
| Carmelite Nuns Two Miracles Ap-
| proved.-On February 26 there took
| place in the presence of Pope Bene-
dict the solemn reading of the decree
OF approval of two miracles alleged to
have been wrought through the inter
| cession of the Venerable Anne OF st.
Bartholomew, Carmelite Discalced)
! nun. The Holy Father congratulated
the order upon the decree, and urged
that the lesson to be drawn from the
happy event is the medication of the
spirit Of prayer.
Important Catholic Congress- Since
| the war began and the Catholic Con
crosses have been in consequence
| postponed, the principal gathering of
Catholics in England during the year
has been that held at Birmingham,
which has taken on more than a local
significance. This year the reunion
In the strong Midland center of Cath
ol1city, despite the absence of Cardi-
nal Bourne, who is still abroad, and of
Archbishop Ilsley, who is ill, was a
great success.
Renewing Louvain Lihrary.-A COM
mlttee to collect books suitable for
the replenishing of the library of