The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-31

OF the Legion of Honor in recognition
Of the courage with which he has
carried out his civic duties since the
of the war.
Many JubiIees This Year.--In the
year, eighteen priests will celebrate
their diamond, golden and silver
jubilees of ordination
Canadian ChapIans. -Recent cable
dispatches have announced some i'm
portant appointments and promotions
in the Canadian Chaplain Service.
Father Wolstan Workman has been
gazetted Senior Catholic Chaplain in
England: and Father Frank French,
Senior Catholic Chaplain in France.
Japanese on the Church. - DR..
AneZaki Masaha, professor Of Com
parative Religion in the University OF
Toxic. Japan, who made 1t research
tour in Europe, in lecture said:
THE Catholic Church is the most
most perfect, and the most
sublime institution with which the
history of mankind is acquainted
New Franciscan Bishop.-On Sun
day, February %, Cardinal Merry del
Val consecrated in the Basilica of
st. Peters, Rome, Reverend A. Lemos,
O. F.. NJ, who was recently nominated
Administrator of the Diocese of Jaen,
Spain. The Bishop OF Urgel and the
Bishop of TuV were the Assistants Of
the Cardinal.
Converts Ordained.-Australian
Catholic papers record the ordination
to the priesthood Of two converts,
Rev. w. j. Greer, NJ. A, son of the
late Anglican vicar of Mildura, and
Rev. w. Bisset-Carrie. Father Bisset-
Carrie is a graduate of Cambridge
University, England, and worked in
England as an Anglican clergyman.
Both priests studied theology at St.
Patricks College, Manly, New South
Wales
Dearth of Priests.-The Church in
Europe is now looking to the Church
in the United States for priests. The
dearth in Europe is very great.
Superannuated priests are being re-
called to active service. Many
churches are without priests. Aged
priests are speeded in automobiles to
churches for Masses. Religious orders
are appealing to this country for
young men.
Catholics in gIand.-Under the
British flag there are 100000 Cath
olics under the United States there
are about 26,000,000. In England
about 33 Catholics hold peerages en-
titling them to seats in the House of
Lords One of them, that of the 9th
Baron Mowbray. dates his House from
the year 1888 In 1914 there were Sc
Catholic members of the British
Parliament In England Sc Catholics
are Baronets.
Primate of lreiand.-Father Mac
Inerney; 0. p, writing to the Dublin
"Freeman's Journal with regard to
the statement of Mr.. Ronher, K. c.,
in the Court of Chancery that In the
middle of the fourteenth century the
College of Cardinals decided that the
Archbishop of Armagh should take
the title of Primate of All-Ireland and
the Archbishop of Dublin the title OF
Primate of Ireland says this is
merely a novel version of an old fc.
ton.
Gives Pledge to Pope.-Pope Bene
dict has received an autograph letter
from the Empress Zita of Austria, in
forming him that open Italian towns
and cities will no longer be lombard
ed by Austrian aviators. When the
Austrian Emperor replied evasively to
repeated protests against the bomb
ing of Venice and other Italian cities
the Pontiff finally addressed his re
quests to the Empress.
Missionary Spirit.-One often meets
people who say, I'VE have enough
heathens at home; our China is
here There is nothing original in
this. One hundred years ago il
called forth the historic rejoinder:
Religion is commodity the peculiar
nature of which is that, the more yoU
export the more you have left" Re
ligion lives and grows by giving
Like charity it begins at home, but
it cannot stay there. 1T is wei
known that the DIRECTORS are the per
sons who in no way trouble about
''the heather at home" The helpers
of the foreign missions are also the
helpers of the home missions. The
light that shines farthest shines
brightest at home
The Patriarch of Antioch.-Some
time ago it was reported that the
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Mgr
Rahmani, had been murdered in his
residence at Mardin. The report
however, is fortunately without foun
dation, as letters from the Patriarch
have quite recently been received by