The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21

of the Assumption this year in the
Vatican the usual celebrations were
held. The Swiss Guards and the Pom
tifical Gendarmes wore their gala at
tire, and in the evening, in presence
of a privileged crowd in the courtyard
of S. Damascus, the band of the latter
body played selections of music fol
a couple of hours. During the day the
Holy Father suspended audiences,
Don Boscos Sons,-With that spirit
of enterprise that characterized Dor
Bosco, the Salesians have opened al
Mandrione in the vicinity of Rome g
practical school of agriculture for the
orphan boys of Italian soldiers killed
in the war. The American Red Cross
has donated $4,000 as it's first offering
to the project. The Salesians of Italy
must certainly be said to live up tC
the spirit of patriotism which God i'm
planted in every honest mans breast
Chaplain is Cited.-Among the vet
Grams of the Catholic Chaplain's De
partment in the British Army is
Father r. H. Nash, who received his
commission in 1898. Father Nash has
been mentioned for meritorious serv
ice, for the third time; in the dis
patches of General Allenby, Com
mander-in-C Chief of the Egyptian Elk
peditionary force. Father Mash
served through the South African war
during which he was mentioned in
dispatches, and he has been men
toned before for his work with the
forces in Palestine. He has seer
much service with Catholic troops
overseas, and has been stationed al
Bermuda and Pretoria.
For Crippled SoIdiers.-Pope Bene
dict XIV has decreed that Catholic sol
diers who have been mutilated in the
war and are therefore unable to benz
their knees or bow their heads whe1
praying before the Blessed Sacrament
shall not for this reason be deprived
of the indulgences which they coult
otherwise gain. His Holiness grant!
that soldiers so impeded may gair
the indulgences merely by recitins
the prayers that under ordinary cir
cumstances are indulgences in com
bination with these acts.
Auxiliary Patriarch.-The appoint
ment of Don Luigi Barlassina as AUX
| Hilary to the Patriarch of Jerusalem il
| important. Monsignor Camassei, tn
| Patriarch, is, as far as can be known
still at Nazareth, where he was de
ported by the Turks previous to tn
| Allies entry into Jerusalem TIL
| Turks refuse to let him return Their
and he declines to leave the country
His VicarGeneral had been removed
to Damascus and died there. So tn
Holy City is without any one o
episcopal authority to uphold Cath
Ollie interests. Don Luigi Barlassin
has had experience of the Near East
| He was consecrated in Rome on Ser
TENDER s and will leave for Jerusa
| ISI1l SOOu DIS pUSSlUlS.
Churches Destroyed.-The Bishop o
scissors, France, Monsignor Pechen
ard, was on confirmation tour of hi
| diocese when the bombardment of tn
city by the Germans was begun. TIL
Bishop states that one hundred
churches in the diocese had beel
razed to the ground before he left tn,
city, and that since his departure
quite hundred more have been pill
LACED and partly demolished. TIL,
Cathedral of scissors has suffered Sc
verely, but the whole of the northern
facade is still standing, though Their
are great rents in it stretching t.
about 100 feet, and 200 yards of tn,
yaulting have fallen in.
Sainte ChapeIle.-The Sainte Cha
pelle, or Holy Chapel, is probably tn,
most beautiful Gothic edifice in Paris
1t forms today part of the Palace o
Justice. It was built by ST. Louis
King of France, to contain the Hol.
Grown of Thorns and other parts o
the instruments of the Passion of Gu
Lord, which st. Louis himself received
from Jean de Brienne, King of Jeru
salem, and while st. Louis was there
The Chapel dates from 1245-1248. Til,
length Of the Chapel is ia feet; it
height is also ia feet. It's window
are 4S feet in height and 13 in width
It's gilded spire is 80 feet in height
The precious relics are now, however