The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-28

an Anglican curate, had the happiness
of receiving both his mother and ia
Their into the Church as one of the
first acts of his priesthood, at Red
hill, near London, last week.
Senior New Zealand Chaplain Killed
at Messines.-English Catholic ex-
changes report the death in action at
Messines of Major the Rev. James
Macmenamen, the Senior Catholic
Chaplain with the New Zealand forces
Father Macmenamen was native of
New Zealand, and belonged to the
Diocese of Wellington. He had been
with the troops in Egypt, Gallipoli
and France, and was greatly esteemed
by both officers and men.
The Thunder Oak of, ST. Bonface.-
The Thunder Oak" of St. Boniface
was gigantic tree, venerated by the
ancient Saxons, consecrated to their
god Thor, says Benziger's. 1t was
believed that any one venturing to
injure the oak would be struck down
by the god. st. Boniface determined
to cut it down. A vast multitude of
people gathered, prepared to see the
apostle struck down. Instead, after a
few strokes, a bolt of lightning from
a clear sky struck the tree, telling it
Immediately, and splitting it into four
equal parts. No harm came either to
the saint or any of the bystanders.
The phenomenon caused large num-
bers to be converted. The wood of
the tree was used in the construction
of chapel.
Swim dler Exposed.-A soldier
named Taillebois has been sentenced
by court-martial to years imprison-
ment and $50 francs fine for imper-
sonating Catholic priest and swim
ding Catholics in Paris, France.
| Taillebois is not Catholic. He as
sumed the name of Father Henry,
| gained the confidence of a number
of priests and parishioners of Orleans
and the surrounding country, and re-
| ceived money for charitable objects.
His downfall came from an attempt
to preach in church at st. Jean lie
Blanc. The cure of the commune
found his doctrine was not altogether
Catholic, and asked for information
| regarding the wandering priest from
Mgr. Gibier, Bishop of Versailles, who
exposed the sWindle.
Scholarship in Germany.-The war
has by no means arrested the progress
of Catholic scholarship in Germany.
Word reaches this country that Mgr
DR.. Joseph Wilpert has completed his
! monumental work on the Roman mo-
sales and paintings in church struc-
| lures from the fourth to the thirteenth
centuries. The work, chiefly because
| of it's costly illustrations, is sold at
the high price of $3.50, but before the
last impression of the first edition
was off the press every volume had
been disposed of. DR.. Harnack, the
| noted Protestant theologian, bestows
unstinted words of praise upon the
| author, referring to his labors as a
| splendid evidence of the fact that
the artistic and scientific pursuits of
peace are not being suspended in
| Germany under the stress of the war
Son of Charles Stanton Devas is
kiIIed.-Lieut. Bertram Ward Devas,
| Suffolk Regiment, reported missing on
| November Is last, is now, says The
| Tablet, known to have been killed in
action at the age of thirty-four The
third son of the late Charles Stanton
| Devas, he was educated at Beau
mont at Stonyhurst, and at Corpus
| Christi College, Oxford, England,
where he graduated NJ A. He was
assistant editor of the Dublin Review
from 1907 to 1911, member of the
Universities Catholic Education
| Board, and Poor Law Guardian for
Stepney. He was called to the Bar
in 1907 At Mapping, where he made
his home, he was devoted social
worker. He obtained his commission
in December, 1914, and received pro-
motion in March, 1915.