The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-15


French and German in the schools,
the maintenance of the rights of the
Church, and the adoption of special
labor laws.
Bishop Amigo Decorated. - Bishop
Amigo of Southwark, England, has
been decorated by the King of the
Belgians with the Order of Leopold,
of which he becomes a. commander.
This distinction was conferred at the
request of the Belgian government in
recognition of the help given by the
Bishop to Belgian refugees. 1t is he
who has entertained Bishop De Wach-
| ter, Cardinal Merciers assistant
Bishop, at his house in Southwark
since the early days of the war, CIV
ing up to him the best rooms, and
placing at his disposition all the ia
| cilities of the center of a diocese to
enable him to carry on his work. He
| has also himself gone amongst the
! refugees in the various centers, has
| ordained many Belgian priests cut off
| from their own ordinaries, and has
| rendered innumerable services to the
| people of Belgium.
Received in MISUNDERSTANDING those
received in private audience recently
| by the Pope have been Father Thesis
| ling, General of the O. P, and Father
| Cimino, General of the O. F. NJ. Peo-
! pie reading the name of Dom Colombia
Marmion, O. S. b., Abbot of Mared-
sons, Belgium, on the list of those re-
| ceived by His Holiness, would scarce
| ly think him a priest from the Emer-
| aid Isle. And yet Abbot Marmion was
a student of the Irish College, Rome,
and after his ordination a curate in
| Dublin. After six years he joined the
| Benedictines. When the Abbot of
| Maredsons died, twenty years ago,
| Dom Marmion was elected Abbot by
the $50 Belgian Benedictines who
formed the community.
Catholic Huts.-We went over the
Canadian camps in England and found
we could desire, says writer Clean
comfortable, and inviting, they pre-
scented a home-like appearance, and
were well filled with our boys, some
| of whom we knew. They are looked
after by the Catholic Women's League,
a splendid organization of self-sacri-
ficing women, who work long hours
without any other pay than the sat
isfaction they enjoy in looking after
the comforts of home-sick boys. They
run the canteens well at very low
prices. In fact none of them show a
profit. There is no fixed price at
which they sell, so they get as near
cost as possible. They give credit to
anyone who asks it, and report that
very few have ever cheated them.
Late General of Carmeites. "A
good deal of regret is felt in Rome at
the death of the Very Rev. Simone
| Bernardini, ex-general of the Order of
Calced Carmelites, who passed away
February 8, in the monastery attached
to the ancient Church of S. MARITIME at
Monti at the age of eighty-one, sur
rounded by his brethren, after receiv-
ing the Last Sacraments and the
Pope's blessing. Father Bernardini
was born at Castel Plano, Province of
Ancona, Italy, and successfully filled
the positions of Provincial Procura
: tor General, and Prior General of his
illustrious order. The respect in
which the late general of the Carme
: lites was held was amply testified by
the large number of prelates, priests
of the secular and regular clergy, and
laymen who attended the funeral OBJ
sequies in S. MARITIME al Monti. In
this church two General Councils were
held Cat one of which Emperor Con
stantine the Great was present., viz.
in 1926 and 1926. st. Martin |, Pope
and Martyr, lies buried under the high
altar.
Frances RepIy.-The universities oil
Leipsic and Heidelberg have trans
Knitted a letter to all French universe
ties requesting that their pre-war re
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