The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-19
AngIicans Restore All Souls Day.

land at the recent York Convocation
has aroused considerable comment
among both Anglicans and Catholics.
The proposal was carried by an over
whelming majority, despite the vigor-
Gus opposition of the Protestant Bish-
op of Liverpool. In his speech he de-
clared his belief that it would open
the door wide to Masses for the dead
and other practices entirely alien to
the Church of England and would
therefore cause great distress among
very large number of the best and
most loyal churchmen, who would be
disturbed indeed if the Church of Eng
land revertd to pre-Reformation days
and practices. Only eight votes were
cast against the measure.
Wrong Was Righted at Joan Cere-
mony-In preaching to the vast crowd
in the grounds of the Westminster
Cathedral in London, at the ceremon-
les in celebration of the canOniZatiOn
of Joan of Arc, Father Joseph Bamp-
ton, S. j., said that the day saw the
righting of great wrong committed
five centuries before, and time had
brought it's own revenge. The crime
of committing Joan to the flames OF
Witchcraft was not that of the English
nation alone. The action of time-serV-
ing prelates, like the English Bishop
of Winchester and the French Bishop
of Beauvais, was largely instrumental
in procuring Joan's condemnation.
Catholics, Father hampton said, claim
ed no immunity from error of the
Church's ministers in such circum-
stances. To hold the Church herself
responsible would be most unfair.
Joan's petition to appeal to Rome was
refused But the condemnation, never
theless, was pronounced in the
Church's name. and the Church owed
it to Joan's name and to the Church
itself to reverse the verdict.
St. CoIumba's Knights in Glasgow
The Catholics in Scotland have an
organization very much on the lines of
the Knights of Columbus. This sOci-
ty, known as the Knights of st. Co.
lumba, aims at establishing in the
hearts of the Catholic men of Scot
land, a spirit of unalterable fidelity to
the faith that will face and fight every
difficulty that stands between them
and the state in tn recognition of the
Catholic Church and her children as
important factors in religious and So
clay life. The annual reunion of this
organization the order has made great
Glasgow, where 200 members met in
session. The mainstay of the order
are the Irish Catholic men of Glasgow.
The supreme knight is Mr.. P. J. o.
Callaghan, who is we'll supported by
his compatriots, Brothers Neary, Hor-
gan, Cryan and Henry. In point of
years the knights of st. COLUMBIA have
not very great record, but since it's
organization the order has made great
strides and already is a power for
good in the life of Scottish Catholic
ism. In particular the order has taken
up a strong stand in the matter of
| Catholic education in the schools.
Catholic Growth IN Geneva.-The
Swiss city of Geneva was formerly
best known as the home of John Cal
vim. More recently it has been asso-
ciated with the international admins
tratiOn of the Red Cross and in the
future may be distinguished as the
seat of government Of the League of
Nations 1t is of interest to note that
Calvin's town has lost much of it's for
mer Calvinistic aspect, and is now a
Catholic community by a comfortable
| majority. 1t still retains, however,
| "reminiscences of its former position in
| its discrimination against things Cath
Ollie. The Catholic churches which
were delivered into the hands of the
| Old Catholic schiSm in the seventies
| of the last century have been restored
to Catholic worship mainly through
| the work of NJ. Ador, Genevas fore
most citizen. '"The Catholic majority
in the entire province" says the Mis-
siOnary,' is nearly 10000, and all polit-
zeal pOrtents point to the early future
| OF the spectacle of the city of Geneva
being ruled by adherents of Rome
| Though the city is far more Catholic
| than nOnCathOlic, yet religious re-
Strictions exist; cur Sisters must wear
| secular clothes out of doors, and
| priests are forbidden SO much as the
use of the surplice on such occasions
as funeral professions"
| Malefactors Rob Catholics and Prot.
estants.-An ignorant myth sometimes
represents Irish Catholics as desiring
| the determination of Protestants. In
| the wave of crime that has followed in
! the wake of the war many alien
| thieves have penetrated Ireland. And
these malefactOrs have not hesitated
| to invade churches for plumber. All
| denominations have suffered from
such robbery. Recently in Navan
| County Meath, the Protestant church
was broken into by bandits. At a
| Catholic mission in the town one of
the priests expressed his horror at the
| incident and rendered on behalf of the
people the deepest sympathy to the
Protestant rector and his parishioners.
| This is typical of what has occurred
at other places throughout the coun.
| try.
Joan of Arc Day National Festival
A bill has been presented to the Paris
| Chamber by Maurice BarreS Mr. Ferry