The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-22
OLD WORLD NEWS

Church and Hosptals.-Dr. Virchow,
the celebrated medical authority of
Europe, says he has traced the history
of 500 city hospitals to the Catholic
Church
Irish Chldren.-In Ireland and far
away New Zealand thousands of Irish
children have pledged themselves to
say every day Hail Mary for ireland.
Distinguished Line.-The late
Bishop Browne of Ferns, Ireland, was
the seventy-second Bishop of Ferns
in succession to ST. Aidain, first
Bishop and founder of that diocese.
An Ancient Monk.-The immense
Benedictine Abbey of Maria Einsie-
deln, in Switzerland, 1000 years old,
has Monk 80 years old, and 20 years
Monk in the Abbey. He is Rev. Gle
ment Hegglin, o. S. B.
Church in CeyIon.-At Handy, in the
Island Of Ceylon, Pope Leo XIII found
ed in 1898 a seminary and placed it
under the care of the Jesuit Fathers.
1t has already given over $50 priests
| to the Church in India.
Polish language.-In Warsaw, the
Polish language is now being taught
for the, first time in all the schools
This was not the case when Poland
| was under Russia. In 1915 Warsaw
had a population of 100000. souls.
Historic HospitaI.-In June last,
the Catholic Hospital of S. Maria Nuo-
va, in Florence, Italy, celebrated it's
| 629th year. This hospital, called in
Florence the Arcospedale di Santa
Maria Nuova, is the largest in Flor
ence, and can care for 1900 patients
1t was founded in 1888 by the Father
of Dante's Beatrice
Remarkable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing and browning the Albert Cathe-
dral, in France, was a statue of the
Blessed Virgin holding the Divine
Child. 1t fell over, was caught in the
masonry, and now appears in hori-
zontal position in the open, holding
with outstretched arms the Divine In
| FAINT.
TruckIes With Infdels.-In order to
pacify the Socialists and Liberals in
his kingdom the King of Spain has de-
cided to modify the concordat with
the Vatican and has accordingly noti-
fed the Pope that negotiations to that
end will be initiated soon.
To Help University.-Eight thou
sand volumes have been collected in
America and England for the library
of the University offs Louvain which
was destroyed during the opening
year of the war.
Valuable ColIection.-In the year
1872 highly valuable collection of
documents was transferred from
Rome to Dublin These documents,
in five large trunks, consisted of the
correspondence of the famous Fran
ciscan historian, Luke Wadding, with
the crowned heads of Europe, as also
other papers.
Irish Franciscan.-Rev. Luke Carey,
rector of the Irish College, ST. Isidore,
in Rome, has been a Franciscan for
sixty years. His life has been mostly
in II
reputation of being one of the best in
formed men on Roman ecclesiastical
history. Recently the Holy Father
sent him a beautiful crucifix of ebony
and ivory.
Irish Priest Provides for Poor.
Father O'Hara of Kiltimagh, Ireland,
has purchased a farm and is having
1T vested in trustees for the benefit of
the poor, either to be let in allotments !
or grazed with mich COWS which
Father OHara intends to purchase,
the milk to be given to the deserving
poor. He is also having an up-to-date
cornmill vested in the same trustees
for the benefit of the parish.
Catholic Author Dead.-Word has
been received of the death of Franz
Won Matt, distinguished Catholic
author, in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. He
was the son of Hans Won Matt, for
mer member of the Swiss National
Council, and noted Catholic editor
and publisher. He was editor of The
Axle and Neue Welt, fortnightly |
magazine published by Benziger Z