The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-28
OLD WORLD NEWS

Midnight COMMUNICATE one place
in France, Catholic soldiers under or
ders to march, went to Confession and
received Holy Communion in the
church in the night, with only the al
tar candles Illuminating the interior.
Virgin of Loretto.-In documents be-
fore 1872, has been found Bull of
Pope Clement v, dated July, 1910,
alluding to a pilgrimage made by the
Chevalier Charles Louis of Scheveden
to the feet of the miraculous Virgin
Mory at Loretto, Italy.
A Bombardment.-Att the front in
France about thirty shells fell around
a convent home for the poor. All Sis
| tiers and their charges were gathered
| in a lower room. On a little table
with crucifix burnt blessed candle.
AS the shells exploded, the Sisters
continued the recitation oof the
Rosary. Gradually the storm of shells
shifted elsewhere. No one was hurt;
| all were SraLe1ul TO GOQ.
Catholic Poland.-Poland is always
Poland, the land of Catholic faith, of
saints and of sacrifice. Its people are
now rallying with big hearts around
the Apostolic Visitor sent them by the
Pope. With land horribly devastated
by war, they are despite their poverty
/ and suffering planning to establish a
Catholic University at Warsaw
and have given for it sum equal to
$4,700,0OO.
Tuam's New Archbishop.-The new
Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland, Most
Rev. DR.. ,Gilmartin, has just taken pos
session of his sea see, which has
an unbroken line of bishops from the
time of st. Jarlath, fifteen hundred
years ago. He was received at the
railway station, by procession, which
conducted him through decorated
streets, where all business was sus-
pended, to the Cathedral, where the
Papal Bull of his appointment was
read. Afterwards the Archbishop
went to st. Jarlath College, where he
received number of addresses In
response he said he was warm advo.
cate of impartiality which was essen.
| tial to just government; and he wished
that every priest in his diocese would
speak the Gaelic tongue.
Relics of ST.. Remy.-It is little
disappointing from the human point
of view to find that the great act OF
heroism performed by three officers
and three soldiers in rescuing the
great reliquary from the burning
Church of St. Remy at scissors and
transporting it to Chalons, was only
responsible for saving the beautiful
receptacle in which the bones of the
Saint are usually preserved. The
relics of st. Remy were removed t.
Dijon in the month of March before
, the city was evacuated and there they
rest. Nevertheless the initiative O.
the rescuers cannot be too highly
; praised.
} Statue at Aibert.-The celebrated
: Church of Albert, France, with 1T
: golden Virgin has suffered great.
3 since the March offensive. 1t was thel
/ reparable, now it is no longer so. TIL
/ golden Virgin has fallen and only ;
: few fragments of walls stand on tn,
e edge of the Somme battlefield of 1916
] The soldiers always said when tn,
: Virgin of Albert fell the war would b,
E near its close. and we must see j
Y events in the near future justify thi
prophecy. The Germans before retir
ing destroyed even the cellars, onl,
t those being left in which they had Sc
a traps in the shape of clockwork bomb
9 timed to explode in three weeks from
!. their departure.
r Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Despite tn
Z difficulties of transport no less thai
j twenty-five thousand persons havl
J taken place in the National Pilgrim
} age to Lourdes which Is just cor
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