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The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
Archbishop Prendergast
LATE PRELATE WAS LAID TO
REST IN CRYPT UNDER cATHE-
ORAL ALTAR-INTERMENT PRI-
VATE.

With as much simplicity as the
rubrics of the Catholic Church per-
NIT on such an occasion the body of
the late Most Rev. Edmond F. Prem
dergast, Archbishop of Philadelphia
and Metropolitan of Pennsylvania, was
laid to rest on Tuesday, March 5, in
the crypt beneath the high altar of
the Cathedral of SIS. Peter and Paul.
Thousands of persons attended the
funeral services in the Cathedral, ad-
mission to which was by card. Pope
Benedict was represented by Arch
bishop Bonzano, Apostolic Delegate.
Other dignitaries of the church pres
ent included Cardinal Gibbons and
Cardinal Farley, more than a score of
bishops and monsignori from many
parts of the country, and hundreds of
priests and members of religious or
ders.
Right Rev. Bishop McCort, the late
archbishop's auxiliary, was the cele-
brant of the Pontifcal Requiem Mass,
and Right Rev. Bishop Canevin Of
Pittsburgh preached the .euIogy. The
actual entombme1t was witnessed by
the clergy only.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
FUND is STARTED FOR FUTURE
CLUB HoUSE-NEEDY CATHO-
Lie CENTER EXAMPLES OF
TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA.

The Students Catholic Association
of the State University presented
three one-act plays, at the little thea
ters on the campus, Friday and Sat
urday, March Is and Is. The purpose
of the entertainment was to start a
building fund for the club house, of
which the Association has long felt
the need.
There are several hundred Catho-
lies among the students at the Uni
versity, yet they have no gathering
place which they can feel is their
own. They have meeting once a
week in the auditorium of the main
engineering building; but that is the
only opportunity they have of extend
ing their mutual acquaintances to any
great degree. And indeed this week
ly meeting affords little opportunity
for individual social intercourse.
There is the set program which takes
up the full time allotted for. the meet
ing and, while all present become bet
ter acquainted with those on the
program, they do not meet one an
other to any great extent.
The result is that there are always
number of isolated Catholics, and
the very students who need most the
association with their co-religionists
are often the worst sufferers from
this isolation. The Catholic student
who. is not well instructed or who
has not the instincts of Faith deeply
imbedded by sturdy Catholic pare..ts,
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16

Lieut.. A. L. Girard, Chaplain of
1O8th Sanitary Train and formerly Of
Chicago, left Camp Logan last week
for Fortress Monroe, Va, where he
will attend the Chaplain's school. 1t
is not known whether he will be an
Instructor in French at the school or
pursue some course in Italian.
The Secretary of War has signed
an order approving the establishment
of a training school for army chap
lains at Fortress Monroe, Va. AS the
duties of army chaplains are in many
respects different from those of
priests and ministers in civil life, it
is deemed wise to give candidates
special training for their work. In
cluding the large numbers recently
appointed, there are now approx
mately 500 chaplains in the service,
and this number will gradually in
crease with the passage of expected
legislation permitting appointment OF
one chaplain for every 1,200 officers
and men.
The training school at Fortress
Monroe will give the candidates 8
knowledge of military law, interna
tional law, military science and tao
tics, hygiene and other things aidins
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
Military Vicar General
REV. WILLIAM FOLEY, OF CHI.
CAGO, HEADS CHAPLAINS
IN EIGHT STATES.

Two more names were added this
week to the list of Chicago priests,
now totaling sixteen, who are serving
the government either as commits
stoned or K. of c. chaplains. One
appointment is particularly interest
ing, since it takes a well-known Chi
cago pastor and gives MIN spiritual
authority over all the Catholic army
and navy chaplains, as well as the
Knights of Columbus chaplains, in
eight states.
Rev. William Foley, pastor of st.
Ambrose Church, has been appointed,
according to the announcement made
by the Chancery Office, to serve as
Vicar General to the Rt. Rev. Patrick
j. Hayes, D. D., who, until his recent
designation by the Holy Father as
Field Ordinary for the American
forces, was Auxiliary Bishop of New
York. On Tuesday Father Foley left
for New York to consult with Bishop
Hayes regarding the spiritual direc-
tion of the chaplains of this military
district.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
CHAPLAINS' TRAINING SCHOOL

a candidate to become both soldier
and a chaplain.
Plans for the Chaplains' school
were presented by the Rev. Clyde F.
Armitage, secretary of the general
committee on Army and Navy Chap
lains, and were revised and approved
for the War Department by Chaplain
Alfred A. Pruden of Fortress Monroe.
Chaplain Pruden has the highest
rank now obtainable by chaplain
and has served eighteen years. With
him on the faculty, it is expected, will
be Chaplains Ernest P. Newsom, John
T. Axton and George ]. Waring.
While undergoing this training the
chaplains will live under military dis
cipline among soldiers and officers,
under conditions similar to those un-
der which they will later serve.
Candidates will be selected with
the greatest care by the General
Committee on Army and Navy Chap
lains and by the Roman Catholic
Chaplaincy Bureau After passing
the physical examination they will be
ordered to the school, There they
will take the months training, re-
ceive the approval of the faculty, and
be graded by the official rating scale
as officers of the line are rated in the
Reserve Officers Training Camps. If
the candidate. fails to pass his exam
ination, he will return to civil life,
and will be paid for his time and ex-
penses as candidates for commission
in the line are paid in the Reserve
! Corps.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
Enemy Raids Venice

Advices from Rome state that grave
damage was done to the Ducal palace,
the Bridge of Signs, the Church of S.
John and Paul, and the Church Of ST.
Simon as well as other treasures of
Venice in Teuton moonlight air raid
over that city February 26 Fifty ene-
my airplanes took part in the raid,
dropping three hundred bombs. 1t
was the most violent raid on any Ital-
ian objective since the war began
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
CATHOLIC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

needs the corrective of frequent as
sociation with others of his own faith
if his faith is not to suffer ship
wreck. The silent, invisible influences
Of unbelief are deadly to the faith of
the weak or poorly instructed Catho-
lie.
Catholic students in other univer-
sites have taken measures for the
protection of their faith against out
side influences by the erection of
Catholic club houses Perhaps the
best known of these is the Newman
Club at the University of California.
Thanks to the generosity of the late
Archbishop Riordan, the Catholic stu
dents in that institution have one
of the finest club houses at the uni
versity. The Archbishop's jubilee
gifts of $4,000 were devoted to the
building of this club which has be-
come a real center of Catholic life
at the university. Weekly lectures,
Lenten devotions, social activities of
the most varied character take place
here, and while giving opportunities
to the Jealous to advance the inter-
ests of the Faith at the university,
they strengthen the faith of the wav-
ering and the timid. At the state
University of Texas is another New
man club in charge of the Paulist
Fathers, and its standing in the life
of the institution is equally beneficial
to the Catholic students. Not only
the Catholics, but the on-Catholic
students and the authorities of the
university are benefited in many ways
by this club. and the proof of this is
in the cordial relations which exist
in both these schools between the
Catholic and the non-Catholic elea
Continued on page 81
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
IRISH HOSPITALITY
UNUSUAL HoNoRS PAID SUR.
WVoRs OF WRECK.

William Endicott, American Red
Cross Commissioner to England, in a
cable to national headquarters in
Washington, relative to the condi-
ton of the survivors of the torpedoed
Tuscania, pays the following tribute
to the Irish people:
TOO much praise cannot be given
for the hospitality, kindness, and as
sistance rendered by the Irish people
of all ranks-military and civil. Com
mander-in-C Chief, Irish command, and
staff present Sunday morning at the
departure of the largest detachment.
Colonel commanding, staff, and band
turned out at o'clock in the morn
ing to escort some survivors to sta
tion."
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
TX. OF C. SERVICE FLAG
DEDICATION HELD LAST SUNDAY
IN ST. PAUL-FATHER JAGER
AND DANIEL LAWLER WERE
SPEAKERS.

Last Sunday afternoon more than
LOO persons paid honor to 161 mem
bers of the Knights of Columbus, VIII
have Joined the colors, at the dedi-
cation of the clubs service flag at
the K. of C. hall in st. Paul. The flag
was unfurIed while Dan w. Lawler
was paying a high tribute to the
Catholic youths in the service.
In addition to Mr.. LAWYERS ad-
dress, Rev. Francis NJ. Jager, gave a
vivid description of the suffering that
the war is causing in Europe, espe-
cially in Serbia.
Father Jager was a member of the
American Red Cross mission, headed
by c. A. Severance of st. Paul, that
toured Serbia. Stereopticon views
were shown.
In paying tribute to the st. Paul
Catholic young men who have Joined
the colors, Mr.. Lawler quoted figures
from a magazine article to show that
35 per cent of the National army
men, 55 per cent of the jackies and
65 per cent of the marines are Catho-
lies.
Father Jager's description of con-
ditions in Serbia brought tears to
the eyes OF many in the big audi
torium. He told how the women and
children died from starvation, and
how the soldiers died from malaria
because there were no hospitals, ply
sicians or Red Cross nurses to aid
them.
John A.. Barry was chairman. The
Knights of Columbus chorus sang
patriotic airs.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
GLIMPSES OF WHAT ONE CON-
MUNITY ENDURED WITH He
RoIc FoRTITUDE IN THE WAR
ZoNE-SUBJEcT TO SUFFER-
INGs AND HARDsHIPs OF WAR.

An old Ushaw chaplain in England
contributes to the Ushaw Magazine an
interesting article in which he re-
counts a few personal incidents to
illustrate the courage, heroism and
loyalty the French nuns have dis
played:
THE first time l went up the line
was after a heavy attack on the part
of the Germans, in which they met
with partial success. 1t was at a time
when the English were none too nu-
merous, and candidly, we cid not
know what would follow. Villages
near the line we're ordered to be
evacuated, and those who have seen
the exodus of these poor people will
never be able to forget it. / must dis
miss the description with the phrase
that it was heartrending, but every
where you saw the nuns, who must
have been as much afflicted as any
one, aiding, helping, and giving con-
ISOLATION. They were guides, philoso-
pliers, friends, and in the hope of
helping | asked one of the Sisters
what could be done. She actually
smiled in answering that it would be
all right, they would be we'll cared for
by the good Sisters in the Convent de
Ste. -, in a town few kilometres
back. Gas had just been used by the
Germans, and fear of the hidden death
was gripping US in way that made
that smile thing of value. We were
not finished with the Sisters even on
that day, for later on, and within
measurable distance of the line, we
were greeted by the Reverend Mother
and her community from the steps of
a convent, which even then held some
of our wounded and gassed.
Making Gas-Masks for the British.
Continuing, the chaplain tells the
following:
LAS is well known, the gas found us
more or less unprepared, and even in
the zone of it these Sisters had ma
terially helped our own authorities to
cope with the CHASTITY results that at
tended it's use. Ror2 tAan t.at, for
hour after hour all through the night,
with death imminent to each and
everyone of them, they helped to make
the first of. our gas-masks. My briga-
dier knew this, and he passed the
word down for eyes left and gave
them the full military salute, as the
men passed their convent"
Why the Nuns Could Not Leave.
Later. when attached to an advanced
dressing station near the German
lines, the chaplain, on his first morn
ing there, went round the ruined
place.
Coming round the ruins Of the
church, l suddenly came face to face
with a nun, and naturally l expressed
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
FRENCH NUNS AT THE FRONT

| my surprise. | then learned that the
| second respectable abode in the place
| had been, and was still, a convent.
The Sisters had obtained special leave
to stay where they were, though apart
from ourselves they were the only oc-
cupants OF the village. l knew the
place to be frequently snelled, indeed,
there were abundant proofs of the fact
everywhere one looked, so l asked
why they stayed The answer was, to
bring me inside the convent and to
take me to the chapel We cannot
leave it, said the Sister; besides we
help at the other convent over yonder,
and there is no room for us to stay
there"
Their Utter Destitution.
Then follows the pathetic reference
to the straits TO which the Sisters
were reduced
After breakfast | went over to the
other convent which lay in one of
those lucky neighborhoods where
shells had never fallen. and which con-
sequently found full of refugees who
were being cared for by the nuns.
Later on in the day, saw two nuns
obviously returning from little tour
of the soldiers billets farther down
the line; they were carrying a huge
clothes-basket which was full of
things that we English soldiers had
thrown away. Curious again-but |
they would do with it all, and was
promptly told, Eat it Only a few
days later a shell tore it's way through
the kitchen of the little convent oppo-
site to our dressing station, and
though the shells were coming with a
steady regularity, one of our orderlies
came to me with the message that one
of the ladies wanted me. 1t was to
tell me that two Of the Sisters were
killed and two others wounded. l
found white faces but no tears and
no Mysteries; indeed, the bearing of
the Sisters lent a dignity to the
tragedy that is impossible to explain"
On British Rations.
Eventually the nuns gave up their
school to the British authorities, re-
tanning only an isolated part of the
building for their own use.
The writer was asked where he
was billeted, and when he returned
TO his billet after aequainting the
general Of the offer, he found that
bed, pillow, and sheets, and little
odds and ends had been sent from the
convent to make him comfortable.
Subsequently, the general came to pay
his respects to the Sisters, the imme-
diate result Of which was that, as they
had none too much to live upon, they
were put upon the rations Of the
British EXpeditionary Force. A field
ambulance soon after took up its sta
ton near the convent, and indeed
utilized all that was left of it for its
work, and from that time on friendly
rivalry existed between the Sisters
and the unit as to who would show
more acts of kindness the one to the
other.S
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
ECHO OF HALIFAX
TWO HUNDRED DEAD IN ONE
PARISH.

After weeks of work the Rev. C.
E. McManus, pastor of st. Joseph's
parish, Halifax, and his assistants,
have compiled a complete list of the
members of the parish who lost their
lives in the disaster of December 6.
The list, which is alphabetically ar
ranged, and gives the name, age and
address of each of the victims in life,
was published in the Halifax papers
last week, and shows the number
killed in the parish to have been 4O4.
1t is a truly appalling document.
Family after family appears in it,
ranging from three to eleven in mum
Der. Children naturally predominant.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
St. Andrews $ Church
FIRE OF ACCIDENTAL ORIGIN DAM.
AGES CHURCH STRUCTURE.

Fire of accidental origin damaged
the Church of ST. Andrew, Oxford and
Hatch Streets, st. Paul, last Tuesday
afternoon. The main altar with stat
ues and furnishings was completely
destroyed. Other portions of the edi-
flee, including valuable set of seen
cry in the church basement, were par
TALLY or wholly destroyed by fire or
water. Temporary repairs were at
once made, and the Lenten devotions
will be held on Sunday, Wednesday
and Friday nights as usual. The pas
tor Is Rev, z. a. Priptop:
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
The Upper Room

Mgr. Benson's play, The Upper
Room" will be presented in the
Knights of Columbus hall during the
coming week. There will be mat
inee performance on Tuesday after
noon, March 10, at 80 O'Clock and
two evening performances, on We'd
nesday and Thursday, March 20 and
21. at $50. The audience is request
ed not to applaud at any time, and
to. preserve silence and reverence
throughout.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
New Bishop of Trenton
MGR. MEEHAN APPOINTED TO
SUCCEED THE LATE BISHOP
McFAUL.

The appointment of Very Rev.
Mgr. Andrew B. Meehan, D. D., di-
rector of st. Bernard's Seminary OF
Rochester, N. Y, as Bishop Of the
Diocese of Trenton, N. j., was an
nounced last week. Mgr. Meehan is
Professor of Canon Law, Liturgy and
Italian at the seminary @
The Diocese of Trenton was estab-
lished IN 1881. Rt. Rev. Michael Jos.
O'Farrell was the first Bishop. He
was succeeded in 1894 by Bishop
James A. McFaul who died last June.
The Catholic population of the dio-
cese is approximately 10000.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
CATHOLICS IN ARMENIA

his dynasty was Tigranes II, called
the Great, who lived from so B. G..
to So B. G. From his days Armenia
rose to be a great power, and her
prosperity continued until the ardor
of the Crusaders began to fail, when
she was deprived of the assistance of
Western Christendom to protect her
against the two great Moslem nations
of Turkey and Persia.
Under their oppression from 1893,
when the last Armenian king died in
Paris, her name as nation was
blotted out from history. From then
down to modern times massacres,
Continued on page 81
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
Abandon Banquet

The Friendly Sons of st. Patrick of
Brooklyn have decided to dispense
with their annual dinner this year.
The society was organized in 1861
and has held annual dinners on ST.
Patrick's Day since that time without
interruption, with the exception of
1879, the year of the famine in Ire
land. Instead of entertainment of
their friends as heretofore, it was de-
cided to- make a substantial contribu-
tion to the Catholic Orphan Asylum
Society of Brooklyn.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
CHURCH BURNED DOWN
PASTOR MAKES INEFFEcTUAL
ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE
BLESSED SACRAMENT.

The Nativity Church in Broughton,
Pa, was burned to the ground last
Monday morning. The fire was dis
covered by neighbor, who awak-
ened the pastor, Rev. Charles j. Hint
zen. When he rushed over to the
church, the building was mass of
flames and it was impossible for him
to save the Blessed Sacrament.
In trying to reach the sanctuary
Father Hintzen was burned on the
face and hands. No vestments or
church furniture could be saved, and
the sacred vessels with all their con-
tents were destroyed.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
Archbishop's S Offer

In order to encourage thrift among
the Catholic school children, Arch
bishop Glennon of st. Louis, has pro-
posed that Thrift Stamps be bought
until a sufficient sum be raised to Sc
cure $1,000 Bond, same to be added
to or made a nucleus of a school en-
dowment fund. To encourage the
movement he agrees to contribute
the excess over $500 required to ex-
change for the bonds.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16
suFFERINGs OF DEVOTED RACE
ARMENIA RECEIVED THE FAITH
THROUGH SAINT GREGORY.

Darley Dale contributed to recent
issue of The Catholic American Quar-
terly Review an interesting article de-
scriptive of Armenia and its people,
their character and religion. The
writer says: The name of Armenia
was first applied to the country in his
tory in the fifth century, B. G. The
first King Of Armenia was Tigranes |,
who lived in the sixth Century. B. G.,
but the most renowned monarch Of
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-03-16

John E. Redmond, the Irish Nation
alist leader, died Wednesday morn
ing, March 6. Mr.. Redmond passed
away peacefully at 7:45 o'clock.
Death was due to heart failure, fol-
lowing a recent operation.
The body was conveyed to Wex-
ford, where it was buried in the fam
lily vault Fully $4,000 persons, who
had come from all parts of Ireland,
followed the coffin from the station
to the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ceptiOn, where the Requiem High
Mass was said. The coffin was drap-
ed with the same Irish flag used at
the funeral of the famous Irish leader,
Charles Stewart Parnell.
Long Home Rule Leader.
For more than 25 years John E.
Redmond fought for home rule in Ire
land, and for the greater part of that
time he was the recognized leader Of
Ireland's struggle for liberty. AS
chairman of the Irish Parliamentary
party-the Nationalists-he eXerted a
powerful influence in bringing about
the creation of the Irish convention
organized in July, 1917, to devise a
system Of government for the island
When David Lloyd George, the
British premier, in that year offered
two methods of settling the vexed
Irish question, it was Redmond who,
as spokesman for the Nationalists, re-
iected the proposition for a partition
of Ireland and, instead, accepted
Lloyd Georges alternative plan for
the convocation of the Irish conVen-
ton in which Irishmen of nearly all
parties and creeds might meet in the
effort to compose their differences
and draft a constitution that would
afford justice to all.
Redmond was one OF the delegates
to the convention which sat at vari-
GUS times at Dublin, Belfast and Cork,
in 1917 and 1913.
In Public Life Since 1881.
Born in 1851, son of w. A. Red
mond, deceased, member of the Brit
ish Parliament from Wexford, Ire
land, John f. Redmond had sat al
most continually in the British House
of Commons since 1881. There his
Parliament fights for home rule earn.
ed for him the sobriquet of the
stormy petrol of the house.
Educated in Clongowes Woods Col.
lege, Kildare, and Trinity College,
Dublin, Redmond was called to the
London bar in 1886 and the Irish bar
the following year, but he never prac-
ticed law He devoted himself al
most wholly to his parliamentary and
political duties.
Prior to his first election to Parlia-
ment from New Ross, Ireland, Red
mond was for some time clerk in
the vote office of the House of Com
mons. From 1885 to 1891 he repre-
sented North Wexford, but in 1891 he
was elected from Waterford and had
been returned from that district
since, generally without opposition.
He Twice Visited America.
Redmond's eloquence and his grasp
of parliamentary procedure won his
early recognition in Parliament, and
when in 1891 the Irish party was dis
rupted, consequent on the Parnell