The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28
OLD WORLD NEWS

OLD WORLD NEWS |
More Convert Clergymen.-Among
the latest converts in England are two
Rev. R. B. Kenworthy~ Brown has been
received at Oxford, and Rev. D. A.
Harris of the Scottish Episcopalian
Church, has also been received and
both propose to study for the priest
hood. 4
Changes in Vatican PaIace.-By rea-
son of the recent changes made by
Pope Benedict in highest positions of
trust and dignity in the Vatican pal
ace, their arrangement returns to the
order that obtained in the days of Leo
XIII. The Cardinal Secretary of State
is no longer Project of the Apostolic
palaces. This dignity returns to the
possession of the Major Domo. And
the post of Vice Project of the Apos-
tolic palaces is abolished. Then the.
posts of Maestro di Camera and Major
Domo are filled by different prelates,
as arranged by Pope Benedict two.
years ago. The former is filled by
Mgr. De Samper; the latter by Arch.
bishop Tacci.
! Mohammedan Women and the
Blessed Virgin Mary.-Speaking of
Mussulmans, writes Father Neil
Boynton, S. j., in an article on
Some Indian Religious Customs"
in America" recalls the prac-
tice of many daughters of the Prophet,
Under the title "Bibi Miriam" or Lady
Mary, they hold in high esteem Our
Lady. They look on her as a great
Prophecies, and the Mother of a great
Prophet, and so it is no strange sight
to see some of these Mohammedan
women enter Catholic church and
head for the Lady Altar. There they
will make salaams before the statue
of the Mother of God. This often
makes one wonder how she repays
this devotion. That her tender heart
must be touched is self-evident, and
it may be hoped that as reward for
their reverence she gives these blind
ed ones sight before the end of their
lives. Among the Indian Catholics the
majority come to church, as they go
through life, barefooted. They squat
on the floor, crowding up as near the
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they use an end of their white dress
as a shawl, and throw it over their
heads, somewhat resembling Our Lady
as she is usually represented in mar
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| New Greek Seminary.-Those who
spent some time in Rome must know,
at least by fame, the Greek Basilian
| Monastery of Grottaferrata near Fras-
cati. 1t was founded at the beginning
of the 18th century by st. Nilus, Cal
ADRIAN Greek. The Greek rite ancient
ly practiced in it was restored by Leo
XIII in 1881. It has always since it's
foundation been the home of Greek
learning, and has the distinction of
having been the residence of the ia
nous Greek scholar, Bessarion, HIM
self Basilian monk The congrega-
ton for the Oriental Church has deter
mined quite recently to extend the
benefits of the Greek learning fostered
within the walls of the monastery to
the Greek Catholics of Albanian orr
gin in the South of Italy and also the
Albanians themselves. The Greek rite
is sadly neglected, owing to their ignor-
ance of it. The congregation recog-
nizing that this ignorance is due to a
want of suitable training, has deter
mined to establish Greek seminary
at Grottaferrata, where youth aspiring
to the clerical state and the exercise
of the sacred ministry in the above
mentioned regions will receive an ade-
quate training in the ecclesiastical
sciences, and especially in the Greek
rite.
The Cure D'Ars.-A writer in LA
Croix' tells us that the little church
at AIRS, is, indeed, place of benedic-
ton; that there is no spot more favor
able for peace of mind and heart or
for generous resolution. In the side
chapel of the beautiful and newer
church, which the holy cure so desired
to have erected in honor of Saint Phil
omena, the remains Of this humble and
sanity priest lie in a handsome reli-
quarry. This magnificent church has
become, as it were, temple of glory
for the lowly priest. The architect,
M. Fowler, was his penitent and his
disciple. They had planned its build
ing together, but according to the ex-.
press desire of Plus X. as one sees by
an inscription on a marble slab, the
small old church has been left I'M
touched. 1t remains. so to speak, a
living reliquary of the cure, surround
ed by moving "reminiscences of his zeal
and sanctity. The old pulpit, to which
access is by a ladder, is still standing,
from which his simple sermons were