The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-15


carry out similar program in Rome
for his Catholic children Something
like 10000 children frequent schools
supported by the private almoner of
the Pope.
the Imitation of Christ" will feel
pleased to hear of the erection of a
monument to the memory of Thomas
a Kempis at Zwolle, Holland, one OF
the places claiming the honor of being
the birthplace of the great mystic.
The monument is in the form of
cross with representations of the four
Evangelists on the ends and the
motto:
in Cruce Salus."
The inscription runs:
Here in the service of God Thomas
a Kempis lived and wrote the 1mita
ton of Christ"
The claim set forth here could not
be more definite, but it will not set
at rest the controversy which the
name of a Kepmis carried with it.
Queen Visits Girls HosteI.-Queen
Amelia of Portugal was present re-
Gently in London at a garden party
held at the beautiful old manor house
of Finchley by the Sisters of Marie
Auxiliatrice, who have established a
hostel for city girls away from home.
The work is an excellent one, very
much needed for Catholic girls, and
will in time be self-supporting. But
the place needs a good deal of re-
pair The many visitors were inter
ested to go over the well equipped
house and note the remarkable I'M
provements, which had been made in
it's accommodations. The Sisters will
extend their work, which is already
we'll known in France. if this first
venture proves successful.
BeIqian Anti-Clercals. - Monsieur
Janson, deputy from Journal and one
of the leaders of the Belgian Liberty
party, has written an article on the
coming election, in which he trounces
the policy of hostility to the Church
that was vigorously pursued by his
party before the war. M. Janson
says: They are a poor-spirited and
mean lot, who at the present moment
are trying to stir up pronounced
anti-clerical policy. The nation looks
for something better than that, and it
! l., irof in 1nino
no use for these doctrinaires, who,
if they hope to gain the confidence of
the public, will do we'll to rid them
selves of their former hostility to re-
ligion. If they keep up their old tao
tics, they will never secure popular
favor"
Chapel of Val dor Dedicated.-Mgr.
| Gibier of Versailles, presided at the
benediction and Inauguration of the
Chapel of Val dor at st. Cloud, near
Paris. The chapel is placed under the
protection of Notre Dame des Airs.
! patroness of aviators. The building
of the chapel was interrupted by the
war, but now it is completed. 1t APP
pears to be work of art, inspired by
! the traditions of religious architec-
ture of the thirteenth century. The
statue of Our Lady of the Air meas
ures some ten feet from the base. 1t
is placed above the campanile, where
it could be seen by the many thou
sands of persons who attended the
ceremony of benediction. After the
ceremony the celebrated Aviator Brin-
dejonc des Moulinais mounted in an
aeroplane, and cast down quantities
statue.
Noted Catholic Artist Dead.-Word
has been received of the death at
Kevelaer of the noted artist, Friede.
rich STUNNED X. S. G.. He made his
early studies at the art institute al
Dusseldorf, and spent several years
in Italy under Ludwig Seitz, the emf
nent master. He helped in the fres
Going of the Cathedral of Treviso
forming the acquaintance of the
Bishop of Treviso, who became Pa
triarch of Venice, and later Pope Plus
X of blessed memory. Upon his re
turn to Kevelaer, Mr.. STUNNED threw
his whole soul into the marvellous
paintings that adorn the chapels OF
the shrine of Our Lady" among his
finest works being "The Last Judg
ment." In recognition of his work
the Holy Father conferred upon hin
the Order of knight of st. Gregory
A Figure in Leo xIII's Life.-One
day recently the priests of Rome gath
cred around a catafalque in the
Church of St. Andrea dele Fratte fol
the celebration of a Solemn Requiem
for the soul of rather historic mem
Der of the Roman clergy, the Right
Rev. Monsignor Enrico Folchi, who
passed away at the age of eighty
His life was closely connected with {
period in the pontificate of Leo XIII
and day shone on which all the high
est offices in the Church seemed oper
to Monsignor Folchi. However, this
was never realized. One of the high
est officials employed in Pope Leo's
time to take charge of the finances
of the Vatican was Monsignor Folchi
He had the fullest confidence of the
, aged Pontiff, to whose service he de
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