The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26


the dates assigned to the different |
groups, the men in these groups |
would be held responsible and re-
quired to furnish necessary informa- |
ton to the authorities.
A Divorce Trick.-Italy is happily
free from divorce law, but recently a
very insidious attempt was made by
it's promoters to introduce at least
the thin edge of the wedge. Italian
subjects have travelled to Fiume, ap-l
piled to the local tribunal there for
divorce, and obtained it; recently in
the name of "the sovereign people of
Fiume, through the Italian Regency Of
the Carnaro-but up to short time
ago, simply ''in the name Of the King
of Italy" Returning to Italy, these
parties would apply to the Italian
Court for execution" of the DEGREES
of divorce pronounced at Fiume. Al
ready two Courts of Appeal, in Milan
| and Naples, had accepted the applica-
ton and granted the execution. But
| fortunately now the Court of Casa
ton (the supreme judicial authority
in Rome) has quashed these judg-
ments-it is true, so far, only "sus-
pensive," /. e., holding up the execu-
| ton Of the sentences, so that they
| cannot be acted upon till further
study and pronouncement. 1t is to be
| hoped that this attempt at 'infiltra-
ton" will be entirely defeated"
| A Priestless ToWn.-The step TAX
en- by the French Bishop of Grenoble
| to remove the clergy from the parish
of La Tour Du Pin, as long as the
municipality would persist in raising
the rent of the presbytery, has proved
a umbling-stone to the local anti
clericals. In addition to the protests
made by Catholics, who were not a
| little offended at finding themselves
without any spiritual assistance, the
| Superior of the Sisters of st. Joseph,
who are in charge of the town hospi-
tai, notified the Mayor that they
could not think of continuing their
services in a place where they could
not even hear Mass. Consequently,
the municipality had to give way and
accepted the Bishops terms as to the
renting of the presbytery. This incl
dent shows that even enraged anti
| clericals can find a shortcut to Canos-
sa, when there is no better main road
thereto, and this will be a valuable
encouragement to Catholics to resort
to energetic measures, when circum-
4 stances call for them.
i Dublin Notwithstanding the
i work done during the past year the
Il Committee of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society entrusted with the manage
ment of the Free Night Shelter fol
homeless Catholic men in Dublin
r says: Few realize how many mer
there are-on any one night in the
, year-in this city of Dublin who are
, homeless and penniless." Many {
stalwart laborer, many skilled arti
san, many a respectable clerk has
sought admission to the shelter aftel
. a turn of bad luck or spell of severe
illness. The reason of this is tina
for large body of men it is utterl!
impossible to save in times of employ
q ment and health enough to tide com
pletely over bad season, slump il
any particular trade or long ,conva
, lescence after illness. The admis
, sions to the st. Vincent de Paul Shell
ter in Dublin in 1920 were 1876 O.
$50 more than in 1919 Free meals
were supplied to 26,S00 men, bein!
9,400 in excess of the preceding year
6 Bit of a Bounder.-Father Degel
= of Leicester, England, Roman Cath
olic priest who has aroused much in
terest in his denouncing of certain
o crazes, has now devoted his attention
). to dancing. Dancing" he says, is ;
o spontaneous expression of joy
promotes sociability, and is conduciv
n to good health and department" HI
!. then sounds the warning note. "Bu
!, mixed public dancing, where the dane
ers are strangers, is fraught with dar
ger, even if the dances are shorn o
the passionate and freakish move
; ments. If no one cries halt Fathe
- Degen continues after dep1oring tn
escorting home of the girls by thei
latest admirers, "the rising genera
ton, with its feeble hold upon dog
matte religious truths, and it's flexibl
moral code, will jazz itself straigh
into hell" The priest regrets tina
!, couples "seclude themselves from tn
!, body of the dance hail." and that 9Th
> frail, fiimsy, daring attire" evokes i'm
u pertinences from the sort of a maj
who boasts that he is "a bit of
bounder."
81 A Dying Cardinals Foundation
. The foundation of a Catholic Univel
= sity in Milan is undoubtedly an even
of the greatest Importance. 1t i
placed under the invocation of the So
: cred Heart, and the presidency of it
munificent benefactor, Count Ernest
: Lombardo. The building is nearin
- completion, and will be of such vas
size as to shelter also other works, s
:, as to become a real center of Catholi
. activities in the city of Milan. TIL
Congregation of Studies has pull
! lished the decree of foundation
of the new university. With touchin
: thoughtfulness, it is therein declare
= that the Holy Father ordered it's in
= mediate publication "lest delay shout
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