The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-24
OLD WORLD NEWS

Irish Priests for Africsl.--Three
priests belonging to the South African
Missioners, Cork, have just left for
Nigeria, and three others for Liberia,
in Africa.
Japanese Young Mems society.-To-
ishing Catholic Young Mems society.
One of the objects is work and prayer
for the conversion of Japan.
Centenary of cathedral.-A four-day
observance of the one hundredth an
niversary of st. Mary's cathedral of
Sydney, Australia, was held this fall,
in which prominent members of the
hierarchy in that country participant
ed.
Celebration of Anniversary.-The
eleventh anniversary of the founda-
ton of the Catholic Reading Room
and Reference Library on Victoria
street, London, this year was mark
ed by the reception into the Church
| of the one hundredth non-Catholic
| reader. This was record which
made an outstanding feature of the
| observance of the occasion.
| RhineIand NotabIes See Rheims
Ruins.-Notable persons from the
Rhine country in Germany, professors,
mayors, commercial and industrial
men, recently came to visit the dew
| astated regions to observe the
amount of damage suffered by France,
ton work which has been done. At
Rheims, the principal architect of the
cathedral showed the mutilations of
the basilica and pointed out the work
done toward it's restoration. The Wis
itors from the Rhine did not conceal
the deep impression which they felt
at sight of the ruins shown them, as
we'll as their establishment at the ac-
tivity of the people in the work of
restoration.
Discovery Of Ancient Codes of Leo
nardo Da Vinci.-While examining the
collection of manuscripts collected in
the Reggie library, Professor Toni re.
Gently discovered a complete copy OF
Leonardo da Vinc's Codes" which
the Abbot Ventura had transcribed a
couple of hundred years ago, before
Napoleon took the codes away from
the Ambrosian library at Milan an6
sent them to Paris, where they be
came partly mutilated and dispersed
4 with hn hof nf oh fc
of the main code, only sixty-three re
NAMED and only eighty out of nine
ty-six sheets of the secondary code
This interesting discovery allows thu
/ reconstruction of the missing sheet!
{ and the reorganization of the exist
3 ing ones, as copies of many notes ant
3 figures which were considered los
! have also been found.
, German Catholics Making Sacrifices
j. The change in the political cond
q tions of Germany has brought heav
. responsibilities to the Catholics. A
: all positions in public life are nov
open to them, Catholics feel that the
: are in honor bound to fit themselve
" tdhC IuO pOolIIOuo uu0 Iuculs GSpS
!. cially is this so where the young ar
O concerned, and the Catholic parents Q
n Germany feel called upon to make e,
q cry sacrifice to secure a good, highe
|. education for their sons. Only b
r means of the most rigid economy ca
:. this be made possible, and in man
r places parents are even deprivin
q themselves Of the necessities of Lii
!, in order that their children may col
;. tinue their studies. 1t has been est
q mated that a student cannot live q
less than from 500 to 600 marks pc
month. In view of the prevailin
economic conditions, this places
IL heavy burden on the parents, esp
u cially those of the poorer classe
II The Albertus- Magnus Verein, forme
u especially to aid German Catholic ST
5 dents, has been an important factor
IL promoting education among Cathol
u young people. In 1919, it gave 1925
= marks to deserving students. In 1872
e the sum given out was 2O0,530 mark
Il but the amount given out this yes
= will have to be much larger.