The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-07


proposal to erect a college for Cath
Ollie Lithuanians in Rome. He will
give the Lithuanians the basilica of !
ST. George and the adjacent buildings |
for this purpose.
Notable Clerical conversion.-The
Rev. ROLAND Tudor chaplain to the
nuns of the Episcopalian Convent,
Dundee, Scotland, has made his sub
mission to the Church. In June he
left the city, in which he had labored
for three years, for the Benedictine
Abbey at Fort Augustus, where he
was received. He is graduate OF
Durham University, acted as an Epis-
copalian clergyman in England, and
prior to coming to Dundee, labored in
missionary work in the Western High
lands of Scotland.
Fire Salute in St. Rarbara's Honor.
A picturesque cOmmemOratiOn OF
Santa Barbara, Virgin and Martyr, as
the patroness of gunners, is made in
Malta. On December salute OF
| mortars is fired by the Royal Malta
Artillery at Fort st. Angelo or from
the saluting battery at Fort Lascarls.
In a church dedicated to st. Barbara
in the little metropolis of Malta, there
appear on the vestmentS used during
Missa Cantata and VesperS on Deem
Der 4, the emblems of artillery and the
coat of arms of the knights who gave
these presents to the Church. In
Spain Santa Barbara is the patroness
of miners.
Reds Free Bishop.-Bishop Cieplak
| of Evaria, Russia, has been liberated
| by the bolsheviks. The protest of the
| Catholic population was so energetic
and public opinion so strong that. the
soviet leaders felt compelled to re-
lease the heroic Churchman, whom
| they had cast into prison because of
a sermon against bolshevism in st.
| Katherine's Church. Bishop Ciepak
stood by and helped the people
throughout the years of war and rev.
Olution.
Dutch Catholic DaiIies.-In 1929 the
first Dutch Catholic daily, DE Nord
| Brabander," was established. In 1S45
a second daily, DE Tijd," came into
existence. Two years ago DE Mas
| bode' celebrated it's golden jubilee as
a Catholic paper, a daily since 1885.
In 1908 there were twenty Catholic
| dailies in Queen Wilhelmina's realm,
and since that year at least five more
have been founded, so that today this
small and predominantly Protestant
land has no less than twenty-five daily
advocates and defenders of the Faith.
Revive Custom of St. Philip Neri.-
The old custom followed by st. Philip
Neri, of assembling young men of
Rome for familiar discourse on mat
tiers spiritual, has been put into prac.
tice again by the Fathers of the Ora
| tory, it is announced in news from
Rome. The first revival of the Gus
tom as new experiment was recently
made in the sacristy of the Chiesa
Nuova, in which lies enshrined the
body of st. Philip. A large number
of men, both young and old, who were
eager to see the return of the custom
of the kindly Saint, attended.
Swiss CathoIics.-The Swiss gov
eminent has definitely decided to re-
sumo diplomatic relations with the
Vatican. 1t is understood that an
Apostolic Nunciature will be estab-
lished at Berne Diplomatic relations
between the Vatican and Switzerland
were severed in 1873, when the perse-
cution of the Church in Switzerland
reached it's height. A dispatch from
Berne says that the Federal Council
has decided gradually to revoke all
laws inimical to the Catholic Church.
Belgium Honors EngIishmen.-The
King of the Belgians has honored a
Taunton, England, Catholic, Mr.. T. 81
beth, by bestOwing upon him the Me-
daille du ROi Albert, in recognition of
his work during the war as secretary
of the Ramsgate Belgian Refugees
Committee. The letter received from
the Belgian Embassy, London, and
signed on behalf of the Ambassador,
says: THE Foreign Office has grant
ed permission to wear the decoration
in this country. | should like to add
my personal thanks, in the name of
my cOmpatriots, to whom you gave
such devoted assistance" The same
honor has been bestowed upon the
Rev. J. P. O'Reilly, c. R. L., of st.
Ives, in recognition of his devoted
services to Belgian refugees.
In Dante's Memory.-The restora-
ton and decoration of the Church of
st. Francis of Assist, Ravenna, Italy,
which was Dante's favorite devotional
retreat, is one Of the projects which
the committee in charge of the cele-
bration of the centenary of the great
poet has in mind for it's observance
next year. Dante has admira bly,
sung of st. Francis in the splendor of
his 'Paridise,'" says the committees
announcement, land it is not without
singular significance that the great
poets tomb should be found within
the shadow of the church dedicated to
the Poor Man of Assist; the name of
Dante thus remaining intimately
united with that of the great Italian
saint" Dante, it is recalled, was a