The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-20


certainly meet with generous re-
Spouse.
Daisy Ashford, a cathoIic.-Those
who recall the press speculation as
to whether the author of an English
best seller" was really the little child
her publishers represented her to be.
may be interested in news notice
from the universe: Miss Daisy
Ashford, whose story, The Young
Visitors, still attracts widespread at
tention, will give the first public read
ing of her book in aid of the funds of
of the Catholic Stage Guild. Mr.. Hill
aire Belloc has consented to take the
chair at the meeting, which will take
place in the Aeolian Hall, London, on
December 5, at $780,
A Portable Church.-All around
what was once the junction of Terg
nier, France, now exists a devastated
region where six villages have been
deprived of their churches. 1t is in
the diocese of Scissors, river and
canal district. The boat formerly
used as a chapel for Mass in country
districts is now the only church. Mass
and Vespers are sung on board The
people gladly attend. A recent in
auguratiOn was the celebration of a
Solemn First Communion for nearly
two hundred children on the floating
church.
Plight of Missions.-The host OF
priests and religious laboring in the
foreign mission field consists of some
$4,000 priests, Brothers and Sisters
who are spending themselves for the
conversion of 10O0,0OO,0O0 pagans
The war inflicted incalculable damage
on the missions. France called to the
colors all missionaries, and many mis-
slons were almost completely depict
ed. Many were killed or mutilated in
the war, and German missionaries
were expelled from their missions oc
cupied by the Allies There is, more
over, an edict against these German
priests return to their former dis.
tricts, with the result that hundreds
of missions will run to ruin in the
next ten years unless an almost super
human effort is successfully made.
SiiesIans Loyal to Holy See.-The
Prince-Bishop of Breslau, Mgr Der
tram, has issued a solemn warning
to his people to observe very carefully
the trend of the times People OF
Europe the Bishop admonished them
have a care to watch where your
supreme good lies. Our loyalty to
the Apostolic See shall remain as firm
as rock, and our allegiance to the
commands of that See unwavering
We shall stand loyal in submission to
the authority of the Church, and apply
the axe to the tree of falsehood which
seeks to lead the people astray"
Diaz CathoIic.-General Diaz
Chief of the Italian General Staff. has
conferred the silver medal for military
valor on Mgr. Bartolomasi, Chaplain.
General to the Forces, with the follow
ing official motivation: In order to
encourage the troops by his presence
and spiritual comfort, he repeatedly
and fearlessly visited the front trench.
es under heavy enemy fire. seriously
fulfilling his episcopal ministry, and
giving, by his contempt of danger and
by his ardent faith, a splendid exam.
pie of Christian and military virtues
June Is, 1915-October, 1918" 1t
is satisfactory to know that Diaz is
as good a Catholic as Cadorna. as he
showed on his recent visit to London
Roosevelt on Missionaries.-The
late Col. Theodore Roosevelt appre-
clated the missionary, for he said: at
takes mighty good stuff to be mis-
slonary of the right type, the best
stuff there is in the world. 1t takes
deal of courage to break the shell
and go twelve thousand miles away
to risk an unfriendly climate, to mas.
ter a foreign language, perhaps the
most difficult one on earth to learn
to adopt strange customs. to turn
aside from earthly fame and emolu-
ment, and, most of all, to say good
bye to home and the faces of the
loved ones virtually forever"
The Miraculous Preface.-The Pref
ace of the Mass on feasts of the
Blessed Virgin is called "The Miracu-
lous Preface" for, as the legend goes,
the greater part was miraculously put
on the lips of Pope Urban H., as he
was one day singing High Mass in the
Church of Our Blessed Lady of Pla-
centia. He began by chanting the
common Preface; but when he had
come to that part where the words
change to suit the occasion, he is said
to have heard angels singing. He
afterwards caused their words to be
inserted in the common Preface at
the Council of Placentia in 1895.