The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-15


| Glynn was ordained in 1866 in Paris,
having finished his studies at the
| Irish College in France. He was made
| pastor at Stranorlar and vicar general
of Raphoe in 1891. He was made a
Domestic Prelate in 1896 and in 1908
! became dean of the Raphoe chapter.
Benedictines in England England
owes her. faith under God, to the
Benedictines. ST. Augustine, a monk
of the order, was sent by the Bene-
dictine Pope ST. Gregory the Great
| to that island in sos. And from that,
day To this England has never beenI
entirely without the sons of st. Bene.
| dict. For six hundred years, every
Archbishop of Canterbury, with one
exception, wore the monasticl habit.
| The English hierarchy was chiefly
Benedictine. The English Cathedrals
were half, at least, Benedietine. The
schools and universities of England
were founded by Benedictines Cath
Ollie England was so predominantly
Benedictine that it has been called
| the Apostolate of ST. Benedict"
Cardinal Manning). At the time of
the dissolution of the monasteries un-
| der Henry VIII, there were close upon
| three hundred houses belonging to
the Benedictines in England; and,
even in the fiercest days of persecu-
tion, few monks braved the danger
| and remained.
The italian Government.-TO the
! priests of Italy the Italian Minister of
Grace and Justice has just turned in
crisis which he desires to see hap
PLY ended. In this letter from Cardi-
nal Mistrangelo, Archbishop of Flor
ence, to the ecclesiastics of his do
cese a proof is found of the loyalty
of the priests to their country: II
communicate to you, dearest brethren
and co-operators, the following circu-
lar from the Minister of Grace and
/ Justice, so that with zeal and all
necessary prudence you may cooper
ate, in conformity with your ministry,
for the common veal in the hard trial
!; word, no encouragement, no comfort
can reach souls and hearts with more
efficacy in these moments than can
the words, the encouragement, the
consolation that come from the priest
In the name of the Lord, then, console
the spirits of your people, soothe theil
sorrows, dry their tears, animate them
with the holy word of faith and Chris
) tian charity for the sacrifices which
: duty imposes upon all today for the
, safety and fortune of the country, tt
, which is indissolubly united the mora
and material weH-being of each ant
every Citizen"
Australian Hierarchy.-Hon. Johr
> Dillon, chairman of the Nationalist
4 party in the House of Commons, has
received the following cable from
Archbishop Kelly of Sydney on behal
l of the Australian hierarchy: Con
, sidering the persistent refusal of re
spective governments to grant Home
Rule to ireland, despite the votes O.
the British people and petitions O.
the dominions, we, voicing Irish an(
Australian democratic sentiment. cal
upon the government to grant Home
Y Rule for Ireland forthwith, and con
+ sidering the invariable failure of coer
5 clon in Ireland, we strenuously pro
i, test against any attempt by the Brit
e lsh government to conscript Ireland.
Y Priests Shot.-The following five
S priests have been shot by the Ger
e man authorities at Antwerp! Frs
2 Looms, vicar of Mirtelf near Louvain
Vanberche, of Brussels; Watiten, O
Bremel; Ecourte Gespers and Larcy
e Morlaert of Antwerp. For three ant
: half years the Germans have vainl.
+ prosecuted the little paper "Librt
XII Belgique," imprisoning and deportins
n scores of people in the hope of stop
S ping its circulation Two months agt
S two priests named Denis and Martin
n We're arrested on a charge of pub
: fishing the journal, but the arrest O
s the supposed editors did not proven
n the paper from appearing. The Ger
e mans would not, however, admit thei
r failure, and one of the accused priests
r (Reuter is informed) has been con
e demned to death.
: Death of Heroic Priest.-In tn,
London Tablet, England's leadins
Catholic weekly, a letter is published
e from Staff Captain Bernard J. Smith
e stationed in Palestine. Captain Smitl
e writes: We had little scrap yester
; day in which we were successful
Z. Such scrap is not worth while 70
i the papers to mention nowadays, Blu
n IN the Boer war it would have file,
j. the front page of The Daily Mail
d One of our r. G. padres, Fathe
e Kavanagh, was killed. He was actu
k ally pronouncing dissolution over
r, man and was just saying amen,
e when he stopped one with his hea,
IS and never recovered consciousness
e He died during the night. 1t was hi
e. Mass | attended last Sunday. He wa
!" good man. r. C. padres are though
e well of out here. People cannot ur
IS derstand why they go into the from
o line. A splendid death, wasn't it?