The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-30

tors arDltrary dcLlOn is DlLJeTly re-
sented, and the Catholic organizations
have banded together to resist this
onslaught on their most sacred rights,
and a strong demand has been made |
for the withdrawal Of this obnoxious |
ordinance.
Moravian Prelate Consecrated.-l
Catholic Slays from all parts found
their way into the city of Olmuetz on
April 3, when Mgr. Cyril Stojan, be-
loved figure among the Slovaks, was
consecrated to the episcopate as Arch
bishop of Olmuetz, the Metropolitan
See of Moravia. Mgr. Stojan sue
ceeds Cardinal Skrebensky, who re-
signed the archbishopric on the
grounds of i'll health, and who has
been appointed Cardinal in Curia
by the Pope. Wonderful scenes were
witnessed at the conservation, which
was memorable not only for Czecho-
Slovakia but for all the Slavs.
Pilgrimages to Lourdes.-A number
of imposing national pilgrimages to-
the famous shrine at Lourdes are
scheduled for this year, according to-
statement published on the authori-
ty of Mgr Schoepfer, Bishop of Tarbes
and Lourdes. The first national pill
grimage, that of the French-speaking
Swiss, takes place in May, and during
the first week in June the English ma
tional pilgrimage sets out from Lon
don under the direction of the Bishop
of Brentwood. Belgium has two ma
tional pilgrimages, one in April and
the other in September. The French
national pilgrimage, which takes place
in August, promises to be the most
important of the year.
Crucifix is Banned.-Teachers in
the Austrian schools are forbidden to
wear the cross or crucifix or religious
| medals while engaged in teaching, &C
cording to decree issued in. the
name of the Under-Minister of Educa-
| ton in Vienna. The Minister'S action
| is part of plan to make the schools
| which formerly were confessional now
undenominational. The attendance of
| school children at Mass and at the
| Sacramento is also forbidden, except
in specified cases where it may be in
sisted on. State interference with the
religious rights of school children is
strongly resisted by the parents, who
| for the moment are almost pOwerless
| in the face of a Judeo- Masonic com
bination which largely controls the
educational policy of the public
schools.
PreIate Denounces '.Y."-Cardinal
Andrieu, Archbishop of Bordeaux, has
published the following note in the
bulletin of the archdiocese. eve
urgently beseech the priests of Bor
deaux and of the whole diocese to re
mind their parishioners from the pull
kpit that the Y. M. C. A. has recently
been denounced by the Sovereign Pom
tiff, Pope Benedict XIV, as being en-
gagged in proselytism of the most dan
r gerous kind, since, under preteXt o
= purifying the faith of young men, i
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; above all churches and outside of an.
, religious confession This associa
ton, although calling itself Christian
r is nothing short of school of relig
ious indifferentism. 1t has just openet
a center in Bordeaux to which it il
, endeavoring to attract young people
/ We declare that Catholics of all ages
but more especially the young, shout,
refrain from entering it., for thei
, faith would be menaced."
enforcement of Welsh Archbishop
The enforcement of Mgr. Mostyn
+ Archbishop of Cardiff and Metropoli
tan of Wales, which took place in ST
David Cathedral, Cardiff, last week
was national event and one of tn
:, most significant in the history o
Wales. What it means for Wales will
!. be gathered from telegram sent b,
Premier Lloyd George to the Arch
bishop, regretting his inability to al
tend the ceremonies. "The event,
a the Premier wired, "was a signal win
! dication of the enduring vitality O
:, Welsh natiOnhood, inasmuch as tn
, appeal which Gira1dus Cambrensis il
> vain carried to Rome, in the Twelfth
. century, for an Independent archbish
f opric for Wales has been conceded b.
the Holy See in the twentieth Ger
E tury." This distinction is made NOR
. marked, the message read, because O
, the famous Welsh lineage of the ney
! Archbishop and his loyalty to the ira
;. ditions of his nation. Such messag
: to a Catholic Archbishop from
!. Welsh Baptist has given the livelies
8 satisfaction to the Catholics of Wales
+ Elections in lreIand.-Elections ur
a der the Partition Act are, accordin
a to arrangements made by the Britis
n government, to take place on May
s. next in Southern Ireland" and "NortT
ern Ireland" So detested is partitio
by the majority that the refusal of tn
people of four-ffths of the country t
work the act is a certainty. Wha
are the facts and the prospects in re
: gard to Southern Ireland?" For 2
: counties an attempt is to be made t
l. establish {. so-called parliament. Ur
# der the provisions of the act this i