The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-16
THE CHURCH IN UGOSLAVIA

Sodalities of the Blessed Virgin.
These number already 100000 mem.
bers. A special paper, devoted exclu.
sively to ascetic purposes, Bogoljub
I The Lover of Cod, has attained a
circulation Of $4,000. The Glasnik
! (Messenger), a religious paper Of Mar
j burg has 10000 subscribers
Literary Activity OF SIovenes.
The literary activity of the Catho-
| lie Slovenes is not confined to the pub
LEGATION of ascetic papers. There is
an intense cultural movement which
was inaugurated by Dr., Ivan Krek, the
| chief of the Catholic popular party,
who represented Garniola in the Aus
TRAN Parliament and who died in
1917. All his initiatives are prosper
Gus. The Society of st. Hermagor at
Celovec (Klagenfurt), has $4,000 men,
bers. Each member pays about one
dollar a year, and the sums collected
are spent for the printing and diffu-
sion of Catholic books. The same pur-
pose is the aim of the Catholic Print
Ing ooClCly, WllCIl ISSUES
two Catholic daily papers, Slovenec
CThe Slovene) and Vecerni List
(Eyening JournaD, and several popu-
lar, literary and scientific papers A
similar society 1ourishes at Maribor
| (Marburg). Almost all the parishes
of Catholic Slovenia possess local
chapters of Prosvete (Culture), lit
erary association aiming to foster pop
ular instruction, to spread popular
books, and to help schools and stu
dents
The Catholic faculty Of theology in
the university of Ljubljana have con-
stituted Catholic Academy. They
hope to publish in November the first
issue of the Bogoslovski Vestnik
Theological Messenger), the official
organ of the Slovene clergy AS yet,
the best organ of Catholic scholars in
Slovenia has been Gas (The Time)
founded in 1906 by the Society of
Leo At the head of the theological
movement are DR.. Joseph Srebrnic
and Alexander Usenickik, both profess
sors of the new University of Ljub-
Llama.
Clergy Patriotic.
From political point of view, the
Catholic clergy in Slovenia have
shown clearly their devotion to, the
cause of the South Slavic Unity. Dur
ing the war, many priests were i'm.
prisoned or exiled. The Slovene chief
in the struggle for political fusion of
all the Jugoslavs, whether Catholic,
Orthodox or Mohammedan, is a priest,
DIR. Koresec, to whom the Serbian gov
eminent has confided the Ministry of
Worship. The Catholic society, known
under the name of Apostleship of SITS.
Cyril and Methodius. has largely con-
tributed to the spreading of the Slav
Catholic ideal in Jugoslavia irredenta.
There are 10000 members in Slo-
venia, and $4,000 in Croatia.
1t is to be hoped that the services
rendered by the Catholic Slovenes to
the cause of Jugoslavia will have far
reaching results in the religious field.
Ill bIlC pcSL, k1Ci bldAl VI CllouoAy hoSA
no acquaintance with the Catholic
Church Serbia is now beginning to
appreciate the spirit and vitality of
the Catholic Church. A closer friend
ship and a mutual tolerance will in
duce the Jugoslav, both Catholic and
Orthodox, to forget the religious
hatreds of old, and to join hands in
the Christian revival of their race. A
Serbian bishop, Nicholas Velimirovic,
who has lived in the United States,
wrote not long ago that "the fences
set up between the churches are in
credibly petty and that the most
complete harmony will reign in Jugo-
slavia between the two priesthoods,
the Catholic and the Orthodox. The
future of the new nation depends
upon religious tolerance. If this be
duly established and loyalty observed,
Jugoslavia will undoubtedly play an
important part in the triumph of Cath
Ole ideals and principles in the East,
ern countries.