The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-08

WIN alS pASpetiihS LII OuoihSoo,
trades, professions and commercial
life. The French Academy awarded
to the nine French educational insti-
tutions of Jerusalem 10000 francs
$4,000, to be divided according to
the merits of their work. portion
of the 10000 francs was to be given
for the best charity work. The fol
lowing Institutes shared in the prizes:
The Christian Brothers (boarding
school and day SCHOOL,; the White
Fathers Greek Melchite seminary
the Dominican Fathers (higher BIZ
blical SCHOOL,; the Benedictines (semi-
nary of the Syriac rite); the Ladies
of Sion (girls' academy; the Sisters
of st. Joseph of the Apparition (hos-
pital, orphanage and schools; the Sis
tiers of Charity (home for the aged and
children's asylum the Benedictines
(orphanage for girls of the Greek
rite).
To Restore Louvain.-Througho
Europe and the United States the
movement which has for it's object the
restoration of the library of the Uni
versity of Louvain is being enthusiast
ically supported. The library, it will
be recalled, was destroyed in the early
days of the war soon after the Ger
man invasion of Belgium, as a result
Of the wanton bombardment of the
University buildings. The conduct of
the Germans in destroying the library
caused a shock throughout the civil
lied world, and even the ex-Kaiser
thought it advisable at the time to de-
clare that "his heart bled for Lou
vain" Now that the time has arrived
when Belgian territory has once more
been restored to the Belgian nation,
the great universities and scores of
learned societies throughout the world
are organizing to come to the aid of
Louvain. In the United States a ma
tional committee, headed by Dr. Mich
olas Murray Butler, president of Co.
lumbia University, has been formed,
and this Committee has arranged to
cooperate with citizens of twenty-three
other nations in rebuilding the Lou
vain University halls and restocking
as far as possible the shelves of the
great library SO wantonly burned with
it's scores of thousands of precious
Volumes
Ceylonese Sacred Music.-Our con
temporary, the "Ceylon Catholic Mes
senger," commenting on Indian Sacred
music, has something interesting tc
tell Western readers of the sacred
music of Ceylon. Here is an extract
from its article: There is much truth
in Father Giles suggestion that ma
tive music does not seem to be appre
ciated at its proper value. We have
of course, no idea Tin Ceylon) of thu
Indian music to which our contempt
rary refers-probably it is similar tt
our own native (Ceylonese) music il
churches-but we make bold to sa,
that the chanting of prayers by con
gregations in our mission churche
will evoke as enthusiastic encomium
from lover of plain chant like Fa
Their Gille. In the most ordinary o
these chantings there is rhythm, al
JUNCTION, and soul that, at least TO
the Fastener can rarely be surpasse,
in their devotional power There ar
J hymns and devotions connected prir
, cipally with the Passion whose trad
: tional airs still ring in the ear an
move in the heart long years afte
they have been heard. Or, again, wha
musical effort in the approved style Q
the best masters can take the place @
the vernacular invocations at the Ele
!, walton that, rising deep from tn
heart, seem to pierce the very sane
tuary of God? We should not allov
this traditional music, adapted in
. particular manner to the genius of tn
, people, to die out through undue pre-
erence for more classical music. Cha
teaubriand's description of music a
the child of prayer and companion c
religion is capitally realized in tn
chanting of vernacular prayers, whic
therefore should, we think, be pr.
:, served and developed in spite {
changes of environments or progress
in English education.
}, War on Religion in Russia.-War O
!, religion has started in real earnest
e Russia; and, while the Catholi
: Church is particularly prosecuted, a
Christian forms of religion are tabo,
Starving children are attracted to tn
$ schools by army rations, and compu
: sorry lessons are there given, Gale
:. atheism courses, which train the chi
+ dren from the youngest EDWARDS
D the idea of the non-existence of a D
l vine Being. Divorce and marriage al
e civil affairs, completed and dissolve
e in ten minutes. All young girls owe
q 16 have to hold themselves at the di
v posal OF the state as common breedin
;. property; and all children must b
/ given up at birth also to the stat
Sacred images and ikons are heavil
taxed. All church property has bee
) confiscated; priests are not allowed [
Il wear their sacerdotal dress; and tt
/, Catholic Poles are martyred whereve
g found
q Cardinal Gasquet's History.-Ha
u it not been for the war the History