The Catholic bulletin., 1920-11-06

to their wishes, and after 127 years
exile they are about to return to the |
Brioude Basilica.
caruchins In lndia.-A band of |
Minor Capuchin Fathers has arrived
in India, where they have opened up
new mission at Teraspar. on the
banks of the Ganges River, some fif- |
teen miles from the Hindu holy city
of Benares. According to conditions
ruling during and since the war, there
were certain formalities to be gone
through by the British authorities
But the Indian government has given
all the required facilities, and the
Fathers have received every encour-
agement to open up their mission.
Charity from HoIland.-As a result
of an appeal of the Prince Bishop of
Vienna, Cardinal Fruhwirth, there has
been formed committee of prOmi-
nent Dutch Catholics for the allevia-
tion of the appalling distress among
the secular Catholic clergy in Austria.
Eye-witnesses sent out by this COM
mittee have reported an increasing
number of deaths, due actually to lack
of nourishment, of priests in the
poorer quarters of Vienna, while cler-
ical clothing and footwear are getting
rare, because of the prohibitive prices.
to over $4,000 has been sent to the
Cardinal, with clothing, underwear
and shoes.
China, the Adopted child.-Secular
papers state that China has warm
regard for America. Catholics of the
United States will do much to cement.
this bond, since all eyes, from mis-
sion point of view, seem to be turning
Chinaward. In connection with this
tion from Bishop P. Dumond, C. NJ, of
Tientsin: "A telegram from Rome
tells me that l am to be transferred
to Kiang ST, to direct new Vicariate
now being formed. My residence will
be at Kan Chow XII. News has also
reached me that priests for these mis-
sions will be recruited from .Lazarists
of the United States, but nothing Off
cial regarding the matter has as yet
come. Monsignor de Vienne, Coadju-
tor at Peking. will administer the vi
cariate of Tientsin"
Lord North's Birthuay.-Tuesday,
October 5, was Lord North's eighty
fourth birthday, and he celebrated the
occasion by going out with his basset
hounds. He is known as "the Father
of English Hunting. He is also Bailli
Grand Cross and President of the
English Association of the Sovereign
Sacred Military Order of ST. John of
Jerusalem. Lord North, who was re-
ceived into the Church with the late
Lady North in 1867, is the eleventh
baron, in succession to the late Baron
| ess North, the peerage being one of
the Baronies by Writ, called out of
abeyance in consequence of the fam
Gus Redesdale report of 1921. 1t was,
however, Lord Braye's grandmother,
the undaunted Sarah Cave,' who
fought the first case and established
the precedent. =
MiIlerand's Message.-The Catholic
Congress of Metz, in Lorraine, brought
together 10000 men and was presided
over by Bishop Pelt, assisted by Car
dinal Dubois and several members of
the French Senate and Chamber.
After the usual telegram to the Holy
Father, the following telegram was
sent to M. Millerand and arrived in
Paris two days before his election to
the Presidency: Ten thousand men
gathered at Metz for the Catholic Con-
gress happy of their reunion with the
great family of Frenchmen, beg to ex-
press their undying loyalty to their
fatherland and to thank you for the
| comforting assurances you have re-
Gently renewed, to them regarding the
| maintenance of their religious tradi-
| tions. They look upon the fulfillmcnt
Of these promises as the surest token
of social peace and national unity"
A Loss to the vatican.-A dispatch
announces the death of Prof. Alberto
CALI, Director-General of the Vatican
Museums and Galleries. He came of
several generations of artists and had
enjoyed the esteem of four Popes, hav.
ing occupied his important post since
the pontificate of Plus TX. At the
festivities in connection with the in
auguration of the Aberdeen Museum
Scotland, Professor CALI represented
Pope Plus x and received an honorary
degree from the Scottish University
AS sculptor, the late artist may be
judged by several fine statues in the
principal churches of Rome, notably
the group of st. Joseph and the Child
Jesus, in the Church of st. Theresa
and colossal figure of the Redeemer
He also executed several lifelike busts
OF the late Pope Leo XIII. In all
probability he will be succeeded by
his son, Professor Guido CALI, the
present ub-Director.