The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24

Sacred Vessels and Vestniehts. -
| The following special cablegram was
published in The Cincinnati Enquirer
Paris, August 6.-Chaplain John j.
| O'Leary, of Scranton, Penn, today
| brought into the Office of the Knights
| of Columbus here chalice and a
| ciborium, which a sergeant had found
| in German dugout The chalice was
| half full of beer. Vestments also were
| found in the dugout The knights of
Columbus are seeking the church,
from which the articles have been
taken, so they may be returned.
Catholic Lieutenant.-First Lieu
tenant Patrick Bowling, listed in last
| weeks casualty as killed in action,
was reported to have been the first
American across the Ourcq River. He
led his men over, wading waist deep
| in the water under a whitening fire.
Born in Ireland, Lieut.. Bowling came
to America as stowaWay when
| boy and soon enlisted in the regular
| army. He saw service in Cuba, the
Philippines and Mexico. He won his
commission after course at Platts-
burg and was assigned to the One
| Hundred and Sixty-fifth, formerly the
| SiXty-ninth New York National Guard.
| The Magic Lantern.-There are now
| few cities in Italy in which the scenes
of the Old and the New Testaments
are not Illustrated by the aid of the
magic lantern. Reports from Naples,
| Milan, Venice as we'll as other cities
all over Europe go far to prove that
an easy way of bringing home to the
minds of the young the lessons con-
tanned in Holy Scripture and those of
the catechism. One of the foremost
cities active in this respect is Flor
ence which has commenced a special
course for the summer. Than the
! Holy Father there is none more firmly
convinced that time spent in teach
ing catechism is so many hours vast
ed unless the young mind grasps what
is being explained to the child. Hence
it is that His Holiness aims at the
greatest simplicity IN the new text
which he hopes shortly to engage eel
ebrated catechists representing many
lands in compiling.
Chaplain Bapst.-Denver friends OF
Rev. Julius Bapst, formerly chaplain
of st. Vincent Orphanage, are delight
ed at the news that he has been cited
for bravery in action by General Per
shing. Father Bapst has been in
France for some months administer
pany and at the same time exerting
the influence over his charge as mer
and soldiers that made him such &
successful director of the boys at st
Vincent Home in the years he served
as chaplain of that institution. Dis
patches from France state that Father
Bapst volunteered to go into actor
with an organization with which HI
was not connected and that, while 81
seTYing, he went thirty-six hours with
out sleep in order to give the last rites
to the dying Catholics and administel
spiritual comfort to all the stricken
heroes, regardless of religious differ
ences. For that act of heroism ant
Superhuman endurance, General Per
shing has recommended him for dec
grafton.
Catholic Premier.-In Holland there
are possibilities of a situation unprec
edented in history-the Premiership
of a Catholic priest and prelate in {
Catholic country. Even for Catholic
countries, apart from the States O.
the Church, we should have to go bacl
to the days of ''le roi soleil' for {
precedent-for we assuredly rule GU
the apostate Bishop of Autun. The
situation has arisen in consequence o
the great Catholic successes in the
recent General Election in Holland
The Queen has been impelled by Thu
!. cause to endeavor to form Catholic
ministry, and for this purpose ha
summoned Mgr. Willem Hubert Mol
ems to form a Government. Mgr. Mol
ems, says the Times, was born in 1856
and ordained priest in 1887. Fo
twenty-five years he has been a mem
Der of the Second Chamber. Alread.
domestic prelate to the Pope, h
was appointed Apostolic Prothonotar
in 1916. He is distinguished for COO
ness in calculating political changes
for caution, and for ability in handling
Parliamentary situations, among sui
jects in which he displayed great mas
terry being the workers insurance an
the Limburg mine questions.
The Popes and Controversies. L
Italy keen interest is taken in tn
reply recently given by Mgr. Duchesne
Director of the French Institut
: in Rome, to an enquiry by Abbot Mis-
, some. In this letter, dated Februar
) 28, 1918, Mgr. Duchesne wrote: Il
| there is history any case in which tn
Pope was found to intervene in poli
ical controversies having no connet
5 ton with religious interests for whic
he was responsible, to summon tn
dlsputants to his tribunal and give
decision on the matter, afterwards en-
ploying means at his disposal to er
sure the execution of his decision?