The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30

inherited by her, lived in practical Il
poverty, not spending on herself more
than about $4,000 a year.
Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque.-
At meeting of the Cardinals and /
Consultors of the Sacred Congrega-
ton of Rites held in the Vatican Pal
ace on May %, two miracles attribut-
ed to the intercession of Blessed Mar
of the Order of the Visitation of the |
Blessed Virgin, were adduced in fav-
our of her canonization and consider
ed.
The Catholic Party.-That the Cath. |
Ollie Center Party holds the balance of |
power in Germany and that without |
it no premier could be successful, is
the statement of Ray Beverage, an
American newspaper correspondent,
now in Germany. In a dispatch dated
Berlin, June 49," he points out that
the Center Party is commoners'
party, favoring the extension of the
right of suffrage, and that without it's
practical support Germany would not
today be so far advanced in the mat
ter of social legislation.
Chaplain Wounded.-An Irish Cath
olic Chaplain, DR.. Nevin, of the Clon-
fert Diocese, and the Propaganda Col
lege in Rome, who has been with the
troops eighteen months in France,
has been severely wounded. 1t is now
hoped he may recover, but he has al
| ready lost leg and sustained several
| other injuries. He was in a casualty
clearing station when a she'll explod-
| ed, and despite his terrible injuries he
remained quite calm and gave the last
absolutions to the dead and dying
around him. The non-Catholic officers
of the ambulance pay high tribute
| to his courage and character.
Soldiers consecrated.-La Patrie, of
Montreal, prints dispatch describing
a striking scene which took place on
May 6 at Witty Camp, England, when
5000 Canadian Catholic soldiers were
solemnly consecrated to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus. In the Witty division
there is one battalion exclusively
French Canadian, commanded by Lit
Col. Barre. 1t was this battalion which
initiated the pious idea of consecra-
ton to the Sacred Heart. Catholic
soldiers in other battalions, when they
heard of it, asked to be associated
with the ceremony of conservation, so
that the total number was 5000.
Oranqe Hatred-A special writer
sent to Ireland by the New YORK
World to report the situation there
refers in one of his articles to the VIC
lent hatred of all things Catholic felt
by the Orangemen of Belfast. A man
named Clarke, said to be director
and manager of ship-building con
Germ in that city, was interviewed
and in way not to be misunderstood
, recalled with pride the fact that wher
the Catholic workmen some months
ago resented insults to their faith
many of them were seized by the anti
Catholic Orangemen and "singed' il
: the furnaces of the ship-yard. 1t il
narrow, ignorant, scalawags like
Clarke who oppose all measures OF JUS
= tice to Ireland.
Catholics in NetherIands.-In thu
= Netherlands a great movement Il
growing in favor of syndicates o
Catholic workmen and the enrollmen
increases daily. 1t is said that more
than one-half of the Catholic workers
today are members of Catholic organ
, citations. A fine spirit of Catholic
charity is shown in the working
classes who have taken in many o
: the refugee children from the >coun
tries engaged in war.
= Marchesa de Medici.-The death o
. the Marchesa Peruzzi de Medici, sis
: ter of Julian Story, has been announc
ed in a cablegram received in New
York from Florence, Italy, by the not
ed artist. The Marchesa, before he
! marriage, was Miss Edith Story
daughter of the late William Wetmort
! Story, the sculptor. The Marches;
was born in Boston about sevent.
), years ago, and was the granddaughter
of the late Chief Justice Joseph Story
About forty-five years ago Miss Stor!
was married to the Marchese, wht
was directly descended from Lorenzo
!, de Medici, and whose family wa'
among the oldest of the Florentine no
bility. The Marchese died abou
twelve years ago in Florence.
Il Works Of Mercy in London.-Car
ef dinal Bourne and the Lord Mayor o
r London paid a state visit to st. An
E drew's Hospital, DOLLS Hill, a few
days ago. 1t is Catholic hospita
stated by nursing Sisters and Catho
4 lie doctors, where in ordinary times
S priests and middle-class Catholics cal
E receive the best medical attention TO
9 operations, etc., at a cost less thai
! that of the nursing homes which ar
beyond the reach of so many, whil'
the free hospitals are not suitable TO