The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-06

Bishop of CambysopOlis opened new
branch of the Catholic Reading Guild,
a public library in the heart Of Lon
don, tastefully decorated and equipped,
with hall for meetings attached and
the nucleus of study circle.
Numbers of non-Catholics come in
daily to scan the Catholic papers and
periodicals and to borrow books on
Catholic doctrine. There is a good Sc
lection of the latter which are always
out. Catholics themselves are also
welcomed if they come with desire to
prepare themselves by deeper knowl-
edge of the faith to spread the light
among our separated brethren and to
use the franchise in it's extended form
for the moral and spiritual advantage
of their fellow-countrymen.
Priest Honored for Valor.-From
France comes the word that the Rev.
Osias Boucher, of New Bedford, Mass,
one of the first knights of Columbus
auxiliary chaplains to go abroad, has
been decorated for valor in 'No Mans
| Land"
The meagre press dispatches sent
out did not specify in what particular
| way Father Boucher had distinguished
himself, but those who know this quiet,
Jealous priest may easily imagine that
during a patrol attack he did not spare
himself, but with unt1inching bravery
went into the midst of the fighting to
| ricto fD No.
| the conflict.
Sacred Heart Baslica for Jerusalem
London, March 17.-From the com
mencement of the war few pious
souls formed the project of building al
Jerusalem a basilica in honor of the
Sacred Heart. This project was taker
up by the Archconfraternity of Geth
semane at Toulouse, France, and re
suited in the solemn formulation of the
wow" at the Chapel of the Visitation
there on the feast of the Sacred Heart
last year.
The project is now being promoted
enthusiastically by large public
since the conquest of the Holy Cit,
opens the way to it's realization. 1t il
hoped that the nations whose repre-
sentatives participated in the entr,
into Jerusalem will combine to max,
this basilica an international work o
Thanksgiving for the liberation of tn
sacred places from the hands of tn,
Turks
Kansas City Priest Is Domestic Pre-
Iate-Rome, March 20.-Pope Benedic
has appointed Very Rev. E. Zechente
of Kansas City, Mo-, domestic pre-
late, with the title of Monsignor.
Oldest Priest in the WorId.-Las
Saturday, Father Dandurand, o. M. I
of st. Boniface, Manitoba, entered hi
? one hundredth year. Nine-nine year
ago he first saw the light in the oil
Province of Quebec. For seventy
seven years this patriarch of the Car
adian clergy has performed the one
GUS duties attaching to the priesthood
He has been blessed throughout wit
, exceptional health and strength, a
though he never spared himself in tn
service of God and his fellowmen. e,A
multOS amos.
The Church In FinIand.-The fol
mer Grand Duchy of Finland, Russia
has become, it is stated, an indepe1
dent state. and as such has been recos
: nized by the Holy See. Its populatio
!. is about 100000 It's Christianity bt
gan in the thirteenth century. It's frs
Bishop, Henrick, of Upsala, died tn
l martyrs death in 1853. The Churc
in Finland has had many Bishop!
: some dying in the odor of sanctity. l
the sixteenth century the Church a
l most ceased to exist in FINLAND
About 100000 Firms emigrated to tn
United States. In 1869, the Catholi
Church was revived in Finland TIL
I number of Catholics is yet small. TIL
Orthodox Greek Church number
about $4,000 souls, under an Archbisl
op, with several very fine churches
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