The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-24

nuns of the Episcopalian Convent,
Dundee, Scotland, has made his sub
mission to the Church. He recently
left the city, in which he had labored
for three years, for the Benedictlne
Abbey at Fort Augustus, where he was
received. He is a graduate of Dur
ham University, acted as an Eplsco-
palian clergyman in England, and prior
to coming to Dundee, labored in mis-
sionary work in the Western High
lands of Scotland.
Belmont Priory Now An Abbey
News comes from England that the
we'll known Benedictine Priory of Bel
mont has been made an Abbey. TEls
has been done after a decision OF the
Holy See. A we'll known name con-
nected with this church was that OF
the late Bishop Hedley, under whom
the priory church was the Pro-Cathe-
dral of the diocese of Newport. IN
1916 that diocese became the Arch
diocese of Cardiff, and the church was
raised to cathedral rank. Belmont
was long the home of the Benedlctlne
novitiate 1t was founded in the mid
die of the last century by the late
Francis R. Wegg- Prosser.
x, of c. School in Venice.-The
| Knights of Columbus have opened
their first free supplementary school
in Europe for service men in the Ho-
tel St. Marc, Venice, Italy. The schooi
| was opened at the request OF Admlral
| KNAPP for the benefit of the men OF
the U. S. S. Olympia and other YES
| sells of the American fleet in European
waters. The school specializes IN IAN
guages-Spanish, Turkish, Italian and
French-and courses in navigation and
| singing are given free. A social club
is operated in connection with the
| school. and the knights have charter
ed a fleet of gondolas for sightseeing
! trips through the city. Fred w. MI
! Ian of Minneapolis opened the CLUB.
A Famous Altar Piece.-An offer OF
| $500 900 has been made by an Amerl-
can to the German government TOR
| sections of the famous altar piece
painted by Jan and Hubert Van Eyck
formerly in the Cathedral of st. Ba-
Won. Client, and now in the Berlin
museum. The government connot ac-
cent the offer as the treasure must be
returned to Belgium.
Treasure Returned to ltaiy.-The
original manuscript of Tasso's "Jeru-
salem Delivered" is among a vast
quantity of art objects and other
treasures just turned over to the ltal-
ians under the treaty terms. 1t is
said to have been plumber of early
wars.
Priest-Scientist ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ton of a priests genius in inventlng
device that located the big gun
which bombarded Paris and wrecked
the Church of Saint Gervais in the
spring of 1918 is given in bill grant
ing credit of ten thousand francs TO
promote his further labors. The priest
in question is Able Rousselot, profess
sor of physics at College de France.
Gates sound enabled the French army
to find the exact spot from which the
gigantic German cannon was firing on
Paris at a distance of one hundred
kilometers.
Jubilee of English Society.-The
Fisher society, Catholic society in
the University of Cambridge, Eng
land. founded in honor of the English
martyr, Blessed John Fisher, has just
celebrated the silver jubilee of its
foundation at Cambridge.
| Passion Play to be Revived.-It
seems assured now that there will be
a production of the Passion Play at
Oberammergau, the little Bavarian vii
lage, next year. The whole district
surrounding Oberammergau has been
so stricken by the war and so many
of the actors in the sacred drama
have been killed or disabled that it
was impossible to present the play
this year. Seventy of the villagers
were killed. Richard Lang, who ap-
peared as Lazarus, is among the dead.
Anton Lang, for many years Christus
of the Oberammergau play, says that
he has again received an offer from
an American impresario to present
the drama in the United States, but
has refused. He and the mayor of
the village are at work selecting the
new players who must take the places
of those who have died. Except for
the character of Lazarus none of the
chief actors is wanting. Many mu-
sicians, however, will have to be re-
cruited.
, Irish College in China.-Among the
regular clergy none are more active
as missionaries than the Irish Vincen-
tians. From Dublin they send mission
aries frequently to England and Scot
land. But they have gone much far
Their afield. Away in China they have
taken charge of considerable dis
trict in Peking, where they have es-
tablished church with a congrega-
ton of 1000 Chinese. Seeing how
deeply the desire for education has
been stimulated in the people of
China, the Irish Vincentian Fathers
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