The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-19

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member of the Colonial Council of
Belgium and was charged with h
course of the language of the Congo
at the University of Louvain. He is
also the author of several linguistic
and chronological works on the Congo.
Teaching catechism.-There are
now few cities in Italy in which the
scenes of the Old and the New Tesla
ments are not illustrated by the aid of
the magic lantern. Reports from
Naples, Milan, Venice, as well as other
cities all over Europe, go far to prove
that parish priests have at last struck
upon an easy way of bringing home to
the minds of the young the lessons con-
tanned in Holy Scripture and those of
the eatechism. One Of the foremost
cities active in this respect Is Flor
enee, which has commenced a special
course for the summer. Than the Holy
Sea there Is none more firmly con.
WINGED that time spent in teaching
catechism is SO many hours wasted
unless the young mind grasps what is
being explained to the child. Hence it
is that His Holiness aims at the great
est simplicity in the new text which
he hopes shortly to engage celebrated
catechists representing many lands in
compiling.
1.-THE Holy crusade."-A few months
before the death of Plus x, n OF
two priests in Rome conceived the
idea of organizing what the Romans
now love to call ",The Holy Crusade"
It's object was to help by prayer the
dying. 1t was given the name of the
Society of the Death of st. Joseph ana
had las it still has) it's seat in the
Church of st. Joseph on the Via Tri-
umphalis, of the edifices erected
within the past ten years. It's mem
bers were to pray each. morning for
all who were to die during the day,
and again in the evening for all who
should pass away beforc morning. The
project was laid before the Holy Faith
er, and the result was that his own
name vas at once placed on the rolls.
That is only five years ago. How
many members has 'the Pious Union
of. Death of st. Joseph" On it's books
today? The small plant has grown
into a large tree. Today the Pious
Union is composed of a pope, twenty
cardinals, eighty archbishops, and
bishops, over $4,000 priests, friars and
nuns, and more than 100000 of the
Catholic laity.
Archbishop Gives Patriotic Advice.
Cardinal Mafi, Archbishop of Pisa,
Italy, addressed the recruits of 1900
at Marina di Pisa, after celebrating
Mass in camp at the end of their
period of Instruction. He closed his
discourse with these words: May
the God of battles be with you. Go
where the bugle calls you. Go to join
your brothers, who await you, eager
to take new cheer from your coming,
in their devotion to discipline. Obey
this discipline yourselves wherever
you are, sincerely and faithfully. On
your return you can joyfully lay down
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of victory and glory at your mothers
feet. Depart, the refugees will all be
with you; we shall accompany them
with our hopes and prayers. Restore
our lost ground to Italy. The prayers
of those who stay behind will add to
the discipline, which nobody can
escape, because it means the veal,
the salvation and the glory of Italy
The solemn ceremony at which the
head of the diocese augured victory
for Italy aroused great enthusiasm.