The Catholic bulletin., 1919-02-22
OLD WORLD NEWS

Catholic doIland.-The Society of
ST. Peter Canisius, in Holland, is
made up of clergy and educated laity
and is, in an intellectual way, doing
much for the conversion of that
country.
French Catholic Society.-In France
there has been formed a Catholic So
ciety for the revival of religious art.
The society is called 'L'Archo." 1t
publishes an organ La Vie ct les
Arts Liturgiques.'
Christian Democracy.-In new Ger
many the great Catholic party, 'The
Centrum" is to be reorganized as a
christian Democratic Party Car
dinal Won Hartmann, Archbishop of
Cologne, in an open letter, strongly
protests against the issue of the de-
cree for the separation of Church and
State on April l, 1919.
Priests Silver JubiIee.-On the oc-
casion of his silver jubilee in the
priesthood on January %, Mgr. Ar
thur Hinsley, Rector of the English
College in Rome. received from the
Holy Father photo of His Holiness
with an autograph inscription.
Yankees Enjoy French CathedraIs.
American base hospital No. Al is
situated in Saint Denis, Paris, hard
| by the famous Cathedral in which the
kings of France have been buried for
so many centuries. One often sees
convalescents walking up and down
| the aisles of this most beautiful
church. They listen to the organ and
study the architecture and the won
derful stained glass windows.
Special Eucharist Devotion.-For
the further carrying out of the appeal
| for prayers in Pope Benedict's Ency-
clical of December l, in addition to
whatever functions the Vicar of Rome
may appoint, the Society of Catholic
Youth of Rome with all it's affiliated
organizations set aside Sunday, Jan
uary 26, as a day of solemn Eucha.
ristic celebration, with Holy Com
munion at early Mass Exposition
was given afterwards and the mem
bers of the society took turns in
alteration of the Blessed Sacraments
throughout the day.
A Pontifical Institute.-The Holy
Father has inaugurated in a palace in
the Piazza Scossa Cavalli, near ST.
Peters, Rome, course of study for
priests in the Oriental lands. The
institution is known as the Pontifical
Oriental Institute, with the Abbot Ar
senio as librarian. The languages
taught in it are: The Coptic, the Rus
sian and Paleo-Slova, the literary Sy
riac, the literary Arabic, the Coplio
language, the literary Armenian, the
Ethiopian language, and the Georgian
language.
New Bishop For GIasgow.-It has
been decided to appoint an Auxiliary
Bishop for the Archdiocese of Glas
gov, Scotland, and the chapter of the
archdiocese has submitted three
names to the Vatican Much specu
lation naturally exists in clerical cir
cles in Glasgow as to the probable
choice of His Holiness, and the gen
eral expectation seems to be that a
clergyman who has hitherto been
prominently identified with educa
tional work in the archdiocese will be
appointed to the new dignity. The
appointment has been rendered neces.
sary by the uncertain state of the
health of Archbishop Mcguire and his
Coadjutor, Archbishop Macintosh.
Some Dare Anything.-Rev. Father
Gleeson, c. F., writing from Flixton
Park Camp, Suffolk, England, to Cap.
tain Gwynn as to the moral condition
of the Irish regiments in the war,
says: Thousands of the men l min.
istered to in France were members of
Sodalities and Confraternities in Cork,
Limerick, Tralee, Ennis and other