The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-26

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Belgian Senate Controlled by Cath
oIics.-As consequence of the recent
elections the Catholics have just re-
gained their former majority in the
Belgian senate. At present, they hold
sixtytwo seats in the upper house, as
against thirty eight held by the Lib
erals and twenty-one by the Social
lists Formerly they stood fifty-eight
against thirtysiX Liberals and twenty
seven Socialists. The elections were
caused by the invalidation of eight So
cialist senators elected according to
proportional representation. Out OF
these eight seats the Socialists re-
gained only two In fact, in the pro-
vince of Brussels they had given up
all the idea of fighting. The Catho-
lies polled 20 per cent more votes than
they did last November. In Antwerp
the number of Catholic votes jumped
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Offerings at Canonizations.-The
significance of the "offerings' which
are presented during the Mass for the
canonization of saints, was the sub
| iect of no inconsiderable study among
the pilgrims who flocked to Rome.
The Offerings were placed at the
Gospel side of the Confessio and i'm
mediately caught the chances OF those
who had been studying the ceremony
| in advance In the great ornamented
| wax candles, the wax signified the
| Christ as man, born of the Virgin and
the tapers typifed his Divinity. The
bread symbolized the spiritual food
of the saints; the wine indicated sane
| tifying grace; the turtle-doves were
emblems of fidelity to God. Small
| birds in gilded cages typified the de-
Heaven.
"PuIpit Dialogues" Draw Crowds
The revival of pulpit dialogues at
| the Church of the Immaculate Con
ception has attracted no little inter
| est among the Catholics of London.
! An improvised pulpit has been erect
ed on the epistle side of the church
and from this the antagonist" the
Rev. A. Day, S. j., propOunds queries
| to the preacher Father Gallon, S. j.,
who occupies the regular pulpit.
Father Day is attired in a black cas-
sock, while Father Cation wears the
Gotta and stole. Marriage" was chos-
en- as the general subject of the dia-
| logues for May and they attracted
great audiences, due to the agitation
over the Buckmaster divorce bill.
! Pulpit dialogues" were for long
| time practiced in Italy, where they
were introduced by the Jesuits more
than two hundred years ago. The
priest who asked the questions was
known as the "ignorante' Some
years ago Father Bernard Vaughan
conducted a series of dialogue ser
mons in the East End, where objec-
lions were made in the vernacular of
the dockside 1aborer
BelIoc Pays Tribute to Poland
| The Fisher Society, a Catholic society
in the University of Cambridge found
ed in honor of the English martyr,
| Blessed John Fisher, has just cele-
brated the silver pubilee of its foun>
dation at Cambridge. The anniver-
sary banquet, which was attended by
the Polish minister, Prince Sapieha,
and a number of Catholics distinguish
ed in university and academic circles,
is worthy of record on account of a
speech made by Hilaire Belloc on the
subject of Poland, which stands out
in sharp distinction to the rough
handling to which Poland has been
subjected recently in some Catholic
circles. In proposing the toast, "The
Minister of .Poland,' Mr.. Belloc said
| that the presence of the Prince Sapie-
ha was a sign that the tide in Europe
had turned. Poland had arisen from
the dead and was the chief spiritual
| result of the great war. All the judg-
| ments-and there were many, based
| upon the past-which pretended that
there was insecurity in that resurrec-
ton, and that it could not survive on
| account of the quality and the num-
| Der of it's enemies, were in error. The
| world would know as much and as
| we'll what Poland meant and was for
Europe, as in their youth they knew
| what Prussia meant. Prince Sapieha.
who replied to the toast, said it was
| the first time he had heard an Eng
lishman say what was in the soul of
! every Pole. In Poland, he said, the
Church and the nation we're a brother
hood, and they had become linked to-
gether by the prosecutions they had
suffered in common in the past.
Massacre of Christians: In the
| three Christian villages of Ainibi,
Dbl, and Alarmash, in Upper
| Galilee, the Mohammedans have COM
| mitted a series of atrocities that are
equal to the worst outrages ever COM
mitted by the Turks on the Armen-
ians. A few weeks ago the Moslem
schismatics of the Metwallis tribe, a
| quarrelsome and warlike people, de-
manded of the Christian Ainlibis the
sum of $4,000, or an amount equiva-
lent to this. The villagers reported
this to the French who sunn1ied them