The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-05-21

ilarly supplied from distant lands,
With the result that the Indian Cath
,lic never took any active interest in
he work. Signs are multiplying
hat Catholic India is slowly emerging
INTO manhood. One Indian priest is
the foundation of a Mis-
sionary Society for Indians, another
Is planning an Indian Order for nuns,
and a Congregation of Indian Chris
tan Brothers is actually discussed in
Calcutta. These are hopeful signs of
Catholic initiative that will inaugurate
an era of renewed activity. We have
become too respectable, too European
for India. India, for instance. does
not believe in the European vow OF
poverty, for poverty in Europe means
wealth in the East. We must appeal
to the Indians to translate to the Hin
dus the ideal of the Catholic Church
and give them free hand" It is a
priest and a religious who speaks thus,
so his words cannot be discounted as
mere carping.
Memorial Altar in Church.-The new
altar erected in the Church of st.
Philip Neri, at Arundel, England, in
memory of the. AZ Catholic men of the
parish who gave their lives during
the Great War, has just been blessed
by Mgr. Heating, Catholic Bishop of
the British Army. The ceremony CT
foil hn
ing of the altar. was performed by the
young Duke of Norfolk, who was &C.
companied by his mother, the Ouch
ess of Norfolk, and members ofe the
Howard family, including the new
Viceroy to Ireland, Lord Edmond Tai
bot and Lady Talbot. The church,
which stands near Arundel Castle, the
historic home of the Dukes of Nor
folk, was built by the late Duke in
1873, and is regarded as one of the
best examples of church architecture
in England.
cork's st. Vincent Society.-The
year 1920 was in many ways the most
remarkable yet experienced by the
Society of ST. Vincent de Paul in
Cork Never before since it's estab-
lishment in Cork "a years ago were
it's receipts and expenditures in one
year SO large. Early in the year it
had to make special exertions to cope
with distress due to a protracted labor
dispute. So exceptional was distress
consequent upon unemployment during
the summer months that the Society
had to make monthly collections al
the church doors to supplement the
ordinary sources of revenue. In con
sequence of the burning of the prin
cipal business part of Cork the Society
was engaged, in the closing weeks Of
the year, in making arrangements fol
the relief of larger number of fami
lies than had ever before been enter
ed on the books. BY the beginning Of
the current year there had been al
alarming increase Of distress" These
words are taken from the report O.
the Society. Under this stress it,
funds were exhausted. Still it con
tinued to give relief; and it is nov
saddled with a heavy debt.
Catholic College at Oxford for Work
ingmen.-Following the approval Civ
en- by the Bishops of England to thu
project of establishing a Catholic Col
lege at Oxford, for the training O
Catholic working men, the Catholi,
Social Guild is making preparations tt
gather the necessary funds and &C
quire suitable quarters. The Guild!
proposal, which is now adopted by tn,
Bishops, is that the trustees of tn,
Workers School should be member
of, the Hierarchy, with governins
council in which representative clerg.
and laymen should have places, AM
that subject to the control of thi
council, the institution should b,
placed in charge of one of the relig
ious orders already established at Ok
ford. 1t is suggested that financial
support for the college will come prin
cipally in the form of scholarship
provided each year by the various
Catholic organizations. It is believe,
that the college need not begin it
| career with more than six students
! and that an ordinary dwelling woult
serve for their accommodation for
time. A central fund will be needle,
to provide for second-year scholarship
for students likely to undertake al
advanced course such as would lea,
to the Oxford diploma in economies
1t is felt that Catholic laymen, afte
a course of study in the Workers Col
lege, will, as rule, return to their lc
calities and occupations and prove eli
| ficient and conspicuous workers in al
departments of Catholic activity.
Belgian Women Organized.-Th
General Assembly of the League o
| Catholic Farm Women has just beel
held at the Academy of the Sacre,
Heart near Louvain. Three thousan,
| delegates were present. 1t was re
ported the league now has 22O loca
sections, with $1,000 members. Thi
represents a gain of 67 committee
and $500 members in one year.
| Renewed Efforts to EnIighten Scar
dinavians.-Mgr. deepen, Bishop @
Bois-le-Duc, who was appointed by Pop
Benedict last summer to visit Der
mark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland
has founded the st. Emerich Societ
at The Hague to promote the 1etur
1 Df he