The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08

Recently Sister Mary Lourdes Lacy
was decorated by King George in the
royal palace, London.
To New Fields.-Mgr. Ratti, who
was recently appointed Apostolic Wis
itor to Poland, left Rome Monday for
his new field of labor.
Honor Mercier and President.-Pres-
ident Wilson and Cardinal MERCER,
the Primate of Belgium, probably will
be elected as foreign members of the
Academy of Moral and Political Sci
ence, according to. the Echo de Paris.
The election occurs on June Is, The
newspaper says 1T is expected both
candidates will accept election. !
Visit to Pope.-Chancellor Bonar
Law, spokesman in the House of
nounced in reply to a question from a
: member, that the visit recently paid
: by the Prince of Wales to Pope Bene.
dict was ontthe advice of the British
{ government and strictly in accordance
with precedent.
FabioIa in Film.-Just now there is
being shown in Rome the film of ia.
biola." We can imagine no film which
: could entice Catholics more than these
pictures of Wiseman's great story OF
the early centuries. "Fabiola" was
recently exhibited before the College
of Cardinals, who came at the invita-
: ton of Cardinal Gasquet, the learned
English Benedictine. We hope to have
: the pleasure of seeing this fine film
in America, and the producers of 1.-THE
l Victim" are the solid, representative
Catholic firm which should exhibit j,
in the United States.
D Redmond's Dauehter.-Mrs. Max
Green, who formerly was Miss Johan
ma Redmond, daughter of the late
. John E. Redmond, makes a strong ap
vtpeal for unity between Ireland anC
. England against the common enemy
Germany, in a letter printed in the
t Manchester Guardian. Mrs. Greer
d blames Germany for widening the gul
between Great Britain and Ireland
and calls upon her countrymen to sup
plant the religion of hate which Ger
many is spreading in Ireland with
league of good will.
e Bethune Cathedral Destroyed.-Th,
q French city of Bethune, just benin,
IS the Flanders battle front, has beel
l, set On fire by incendiary shells from
k German artillery and is in flames, sal
le a news agency dispatch from the from
y The famous Bethune Cathedral is i
le ruins. Bethune is an important Brir
ish railhead position, between sever
IL teen and eighteen miles north of Al
is ras. 1t is n of the local objective
of the Germans, who have deliyere
numerous blows in an effort to brea
s., through at that point and secure tn
he railroad.
Id Halt Air Raids.-The British go
In eminent consented, on religious an
n humane grounds, that so far as it
concerned there should be no air raiG
on cities not in the vicinity of til
TT battle front during the day of til
lg Feast of Corpus Christi. This decisio
"a followed the receipt through the Vat
can of the request recently made
"a the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardini
u Won Hartmann, that in view of tt
serious damage done lately by BIRTHS
op air raids in that city there should
no bombing there during the time
the Corpus Christi procession.
Chaplain's Death.-The Rev. JANE
Shine, who was dangerously wounde
on April 9, died on April 81 in IL
y military hospital, Boulogne. He W;
a native of Ireland, but pending
III vacancy in his own diocese had give
his services since his ordination
the dioceses of Plymouth and Dunkel
rs and it wal while acting as curate
la st. J~oseph's, Dundee, that he volu
ILL., teered as army chaplain. Prior to G
Id ing to the front he served at Aide
ne shot, where he was a general favorit
and during his two years in Franc
according to the testimony of Il
ne chaplain general, Father Shine d
excellent work with his division" 81
ne emn Requiems were celebrated
III Dundee and Lochee.
ne
English Catholic Schools.-At Il
beginning of the last, or nineteen
Sc century there were in England on
ne about ten primary Catholic school
ne The Jesuit Stonyhurst College
~ Lancashire was founded in 1894; tt
e. Benedictine Ampleforth College
Vi Yorkshire, in 1903, and a .Cathol
school at Sedgley Park, near Wolve
hampton, in 1852. At the present tin
ar there are in England 1901 Cathol
le' elementary schools, with 388,123 CHI
'ts dren.
IN,
NJ Conservation Of Cardinal.-At Pc
III ~tecost, May 10, Cardinal Rossum, tt
newly appointed Project of Propaga
da, received episcopal conservation
IN the hands of the Holy Father. Care
OF nal van Rossum is a Redemption
a and was a simple religious when Poi
ms Plus x called him to Rome in 10.
mt to the Sacred College; nor was