The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-25

THE CA
ganized by the Catholic Committee
for the Centennial Of Dante,in Paris.
An ode to Dante written by Paul Clau-
del was read. The lecture was given
for the benefit of the restoration Of
the Church at Ravenna where Dante
was buried for many years.
Passion Play Next Year.-The COM
mittee having in charge the arrange
ments for the renewal of the famous
Passion play has decided.to give thirty
performances in 1922, at Ober-
ammergau. The first performance
will take place May II and the last
September "a. Selection of the cast
will not be made until next October.
Anton Lang, who has played the
role Of "Christus," probably again
win have that part. Ottilie Twink,
who played MARY" in 1910 has mar
ried since that time, and as no mar.
ried woman is permitted to enact
the role, another actress must be Sc
lected.
Catholic Woman Barrister.-Miss
Olive Catherine Clappam, a Catholic
woman of Hull, is the first member
of her sex to be admitted to the
English bar She received her uni
versity education at Oxford, in the in
stitution maintained there by the sis
tiers of the Holy Child, and was award
er the Oxford degree of Bachelor Of
Civil Law. She is the second woman
in England who has received this
degree. During the coming month
Miss Clappam will be called to the
bar at Middle Temple, London, and,
after fulfilling specified terms as a
member of Middle Temple and attend
ing the Benchers' dinners in Temple
Hall, she will be admitted to plead in
courts as full barrister. Although she
is only twenty-three years old, Miss
Clappam has already attained high
honors in the study of law and juris-
prudence.
Catholic Doctors Guild.-Founded
in July 1910, the Catholic Medical
Guild Of st. Luke, st. Cosmas and
st. Damian, exists ito facilitate in.
tercourse between Catholic members
of the medical profession Of Great
Britain, Ireland anG the British EN-
pire, with view to the study and
discussion of medical questions
and of UNFOLDING the principles OF
Catholic morality against an un
scientific materialism" All Catholic
members of the medical profession
in the British Empire as well as
medical students are eligible for
membership, and the Guild is also
| affiliated to the French, the
| Spanish, and the American Guilds oil
the same name. The Guild now has
a membership of 257, of whom nine
are women doctors. In Ireland 29
/ Catholic medical men are mem
bers of the Guild. One Bisnop, al
least, is a member of the Guild
Mgr. Hopkins, S. j., Vicar
Apostolic of British Honduras
The Chaplain of the Guild Is Rev
Dr. John R. Fletcher, who besides
being a distinguished priest is also q
qualified Member of the Royal College
Of Surgeons, one of the most highly
priced medical distinction in the
world.
Burial Place OF Prosecuted Cath
olics.-The Pensioners of st. Mi
chaels parish in Liverpool have
just made a pilgrimage to the
burial place Of Catholic recus
ants at Crosby Hall, the seat
of the Blundell family, and
herein lies a tale of the pettiest in
justice that the mind of man could
conceive. In the penal days if an
English Catholic refused to attend
the ministrations of the Protestant
divines set up by Elizabeth, he was
fined and fined, and when he lost all
by fines, he was more likely than not
thrust into some filthy JAIL The
meaness did not end there, how
ever. If by any chance an Eng
fish Catholic was allowed to die in
his bed, his sorrowing relatives found
that burial in the churchyard of his
Catholic ancestors was denied him
Hence, the Catholics used to con
vey the bodies Of their dead
by night secretly and stealthily, tt
sequestered hooks where they might
lie in peace. Such a spot is the
| Harkirk. at Crosby Hall. which has
just been visited by the Liverpool
pilgrims. The spot is marked by 3
memorial cross, and there is also 9
small chapel erected there, under
whose shade lie the bones of Liver
pool Catholics whose loyalty mo-
even the ferocity of Elizabeth couls
shake.
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