The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16

Ills QuSeA were present dC Inc oOl6llA
Requiem Mass which was celebrated
before the removal of the body. The
| king was also present at the railway
station when the remains left for
| France. They arrived at Marseilles
via Bayonne, accompanied by the dead
| ambassadors family
Remains of San Petrono.-Cardinal
| Gusmini, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy,
| and Mgrs. MenZani and Belvedere,
travelling in a special car, brought the
remains of San Petronio, protector
of Bologna, to the Vatican last week.
They were received by the major domo,
| Mgr. Tacci, and taken to the Sistine
| chapel, where religious ceremonies
were held. The Pontifical gendarmes
acted as guard of honor. In the aft
ernoon the Pope descended to the
chapel to venerate the relics of the
saint. They were then transferred to
| the new urn in the Roman style con-
| structed in Milan. The urn also holds
| the bones of San Zeno, first Archbish-
| OPP of Bologna, and of SIS. Ambrose
and Felix, the three being the Bologna
martyrs of the prosecutions of Diocle-
| tan, Vitellius, AgricOla and Proculus.
The final ceremony was marked by
discourse of the Pope, to which Car
dinal Gusmini responded. The urn
was taken back to Bologna finally and
deposited in the Church of Santo
Stefano now the vigil of San Petrono.
Known in Madras.-From the Cath
Ollie Waterman of Madras we clip the
following interesting item Major the
Rev. j. j. OGorman has done the
Catholic cause a distinct service by
collecting facts and figures to disprove
the charge brought by Sir Sam Hughes,
the Hon. Mr.. Rowell and others, that
the Quebec clergy were responsible
for the comparatively poor voluntary
recruitment for the army by being
themselves shirkers, when everywhere
else French priests, 'expulses' and 9TH
ers had hurried to the defense of
France. On active service were SO
Franciscans, "a Oblates, II Eudists,
10 Peres de Montfort, ii MariSts, 10
Capuchins, AZ others and SO Brothers,
total of 1877. Of these, 10 have al
ready made the supreme sacrifice, 2
are missing, probably dead; and ac-
cording to an incomplete list, % 9th
ers are wounded, while among the
honors are one Cross of the Legion
of Honor, IA Military Crosses, 10 Mil
itary Medals and 81 Mentions in Dis
patches"
Church in Russia.-The Able STAN
islaus Trzciak, one of the professors
of the Ecclesiastical Academy of Pet
rograd, gives in La Liberia of Fret
burg, Switzerland, some idea of con-
ditions in Russia. He states that Ker-
ensky's government liberated the
Church, giving entire liberty in the
nomination of the bishops and educa-
ton of the clergy. Dioceses were also
established and old Sees restored re-
ligious houses could be opened, and
gave an allowance to the clergy. I'm
der the soviet government the allow
ance was stopped, as it was for all,
even the national churches, but the
clergy remained otherwise free. In
fact, the Catholic clergy were prefer
red to the orthodox, because the So
Wet was impressed with the connec-
ton between the old Church and mon
archy, and believed it anxious for it's
return. The result of these condi-
tons has been favorable to CONVEX
sions to the Church, and many promi-
nent people have left the Orthodox
Church for the Catholic, and some old
Catholic families who conformed to
the Orthodox Church on account of
persecution have returned repentant.
Head of Ancient Family.-By the
death from wounds on August % of
Captain Francis Charles Plowden, the
ancient Catholic family of the Plow-
dens of Plowden has lost its head.
Captain Plowden had but recently sue
ceeded to the headship of the family,
when he answered the call to arms,
and now has met with soldiers death
in France. His brother Godfrey pre-
coded him, dying of sickness in the
east, and the headship of the family
now devolves on a younger brother,
Roger Plowden, now on active serv-
ice in Palestine, the descendant of one
Roger Plowden, who many centuries
ago fought in the Crusades and met
his death on the sands of the Holy
Land. Of the death of this pious
! Catholic soldier an intimate friend has
written: Francis Plowden belonged
to type clearly drawn for us in the
excellent Memorials of Sergeant Bal
lasis.' Outwardly a plain English
squire, he was splendidly faithful to
the pious practices traditional in
line that has known no recreant
Proud of the great confessor Edmund
Plowden, whom Elizabeth vainly es-
sayed to bride with the lord chancel-
lorship, and other forefathers who suf-
fered for the Faith, a home lover,
sportsman, the late Captain Plowden