The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-12
OLD WORLD NEWS

Vicar General of Tuam.-Most Rev.
DR.. Gilmartin, Archbishop of Tuam,
Ireland, has appointed Very Rev. Dean
Barrett, Headford; Ven. Archdeacon
Kilkenny, Claremorris, and Right Rev.
Mgr. MAlpine, Clifden, to be Wears
general of the Archdiocese.
Many ConVerts.-It is said that the
Jesuit missionary, Father Constantine
Lievens, made 10000 converts in six
years in the Western Bengal mission
To do this he mastered three Bengal
dialects and lived in small hut hav-
ing no openings except lowly door.
In Vatican Internationally, deep
in the recesses of the Vatican Gardens,
where is the Shrine of Our Lady Della
Guardia, surrounded by distinguished
ecclesiastics with the birds chirping
over head and round about, the Holy
Father celebrated Mass in the open
and gave Holy Communion to many.
Two hundred pilgrims from Genoa
were also there.
Ancient Soissons.-Soissons, the Ca
thedral City now ruined by lombard
ment, began as a diocese about the
year 800. Among it's Bishops are sew
eral Saints. ST. Gervais, it's Cathedral,
is now nearly ruined. It's great and
ancient abbey of st. John des Mignes
is crumbling.
Cardinal and kine.-The review OF
American troops in Rome by the King
of Italy recently has acquired a spe
cial interest from the fact that among
the guests of honor at the review was
one of the Cardinal Bishops of the
city. The cordial meeting between
the king and the Cardinal has beer
specially commented on by the cor
respondents in their reports of the re
view.
Bohemian CHARACTERISTIC bitter re
sistance of the Austrian government
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of the declaration of the Czech depu
! ties in favor of an independent Slovai
state, all of the clergy of Bohemis
have united in endorsing it. This &C
ton of the clergy, as reported in cable
dispatches, led to strong denunciatiol
by the Vienna newspapers.
Cistereian Abbey Ruined.-The al
lacking German armies have done thei
worst to the Cistercian Abbey on Mon
des Cats, and the building is now
heap of dust and rubbish A crumt
ling wall or two is all that is left o
the church; the floor is heaped wit
debris and the cloisters piles of bro
ken brick and stone. The ground ey
erywhere is strewed with shattere
glass lamps and broken metal work
Outside the walls of the abbey stan
the ruins of an ancient windmill, an
between the windmill and the abbey
on ground of which it is impossible
to find square foot that is not phi
ted with shells, stands absolutely Ut
touched a large Calvary with the out
stretched arms of Christ still extend
ed uninjured to the world. Everythin
around is chaos and ruin.
An Ancient Fair.-Lammas Fail
commemorated in Exeter, England
last week, is still observed by quain
custom, though the actual celebratio
has faded to a mere name. Yet it pc:
sesses it's interesting Catholic lin
with the past, which the bulk of tn
citizens are probably not cognizant o
This fair was, as to one moiety, in tn
, hands of the Beuedictine Prior an
Convent of ST. Nicholas, Exeter, up
the reign of Henry VIII, when, at tn
suppression of the Priory, it's moiet
. was purchased by the Mayor and Cor
! monalty of the city. Fairs are no
: much on the decline, and many di
continued; but at the time when the
were inaugurated there was far MOI
reason for their tolerance than thel
: can possibly be for their continuant
:. today. Pope Gregory the Great is ere
tied with having instituted fairs soc
after the conversion of the Anglo-Sa
. OPS to Christianity. Being well a
quainted with their prediction fl
Il their ancient customs of revealing {
particular days, dedicated to their fall
deities, he recommended to st. Augu
y tine that there should be an annu
! celebration in all parishes, on Il
7 yigils of the Saints days, to who
Q their churches were dedicated. F
the accommodation Of visitors sms
pavilions were constructed of bougl
:. in the church yards. In these Thu
snent their nights, after prayer
l. Hence, it will be seen, that many
: our fairs are-or were-held on son
: Saints day.
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