The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-29
Donnell who fell in action during the
discharge of his duties on April 3.

| d.,
cording to a statement of the Knights
of Columbus committee on war activi-
! ties Two huts and a number of tent
recreation rooms are being maintained
| in France. Others are to be erected
| in the immediate future. The Cath
olics of the Dominion of Canada keep
| in constant touch with their chap
lains through the overseas secretary
treasurer, who has an office in the
Canadian headquarters building in
| London. A large amount of religious
supplies have been sent to the chap
lains and soldiers by their people in
| Canada.
Founder of the Marists.-On Friday,
May 10, Benedict XIV, at an audience
accorded to Cardinal Vico, Project of
Rites, sanctioned the introduction of
the cause of Identification and canOni-
cation of the Servant of God, Joseph
Chaminade, founder of the Society of
Mary, which, on the previous day, had
been submitted to the examination of
the Cardinals of the Congregation of
Rites. The Sovereign Pontiff has
given his august acquiescence by sign
ing thus his personal name, ''placet ia
cObO, as is the custom for the intro
ductiOn of causes. Father Chaminade
was born at PerigueuX in 1861. Dur
ing the trying period of the French
Revolution he continued the exercise
Of his sacred ministry in face of great
danger. Father Chaminade founded
the Marist Fathers in 1917 The Or
der spread rapidly throughout Europe,
and was introduced into Ireland in
1861, when st. Mary's College, Dun
dalk, came into being. In 1867 the
Catholic University School, Dublin,
which is conducted by the Marist
Fathers, was founded.
Receives War MedaI.-A Catholic
member of the Queen Alexandra
Nursing Service, Nurse Agatha Brown,
has been awarded the Military Medal
for bravery while on active service.
! Nurse Brown was educated by the
Sisters of NOtre Dame at Sheffield,
England, and Namur, Belgium, and
one of her sisters is a nun of that
Congregation. At the outbreak of the
war she left the staff of nursing
home to join the forces. For six
months she served on the Red Cross
trains in England, was for eighteen
months at the Netley Royal Hospital,
year at Boulogne, whence she was
recently transferred to a casualty
clearing station. There, in the recent
great offensive, she worked on while
enemy bombs were falling into the
station and wounding men and nurses
alike. The awarding of the Military
Medal in these circumstances is rare
distinction.
New Catholic Work-A new Cath,
Ole work has been opened in London
during the past week. This is St
which has been established in beauti
full premises at Ealing, through the
efforts of Lady Annabel Kerr. The
Hostel was inspected by the military
authorities and those of the Ministry
of Pensions, who expressed them
selves well satisfied with its situation
: and equipment and praised the consti
tuition which permitted the reception
OF soldiers Of any denomination
Nevertheless, the fact remains tina
the Home is primarily for Catholic
men, and to give such Catholic meI
the spiritual advantages which the!
do not receive in non-Catholic estab
lishments. A resident chaplain vii
be always at their disposal; the nurs
ing arrangements are in charge of Re
i ligious, and the decoration and atmO
sphere of the Hostel is Catholic.
indicates Bishops.-Rev. Peter Fin
/, lay, S. j., Professor of Catholic Theol
ogy, National University of Ireland
explains the attitude of Irish Catho
lies and of their Bishops towards con
. scription in Ireland. The eminen
= Jesuit theologian points out that tn
question whether obedience is due Il
the law of conscription in Ireland hay
p ing arisen, the bishops were by thei
= Office bound to determine it. Thei
r unanimous decision was that it doe
= not bind in conscience; that resistanc
' 10 it by all means, cOnsonant with tn
1 law of God is lawful; and that pledg
6 to so resist is also lawful. Fathe
o Finlay goes on to give the reasons TO
f which resistance to CONSUMPTION i
Ireland is egitimate-viz., the nation
hood of Ireland as distinct from Grea
i Britain giving her alone the right t
! impose CONSUMPTION on herself; tn
;. ceaseless struggle against alien dom
y nation; the gross disagreement G
n the past by which Ireland has bee
@ drained of her population; the unequs
J. administration of the law; the pal
J. tialities in the public services; tn
o suspension of the Home Rule Act t
satisfy Orange prejudice, etc.
Destruction of Churches.-Som
writer's in the newspapers have bee
@ conjecturing of late that the ne1
3 Cathedral which the Germans woul
q attack would be that of Amien
" Since they have written thus the new
o has come from France that what the
q feared has actually happened. On tn
Is official order of the evacuation of TIL
lasf hotr \