The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-07-30

Established 1873
School, which is to be held in Oxford
this summer. The promoters of the
Summer School have been able to
secure the use of Ruskin College
one of the two Labor Colleges at
Oxford-for the sessions. With this
and outside accommodations they
have been able to accept one hundred
members for the course. The Sum,
mer School this year offers consider.
able advantages, because it's sessions
will coincide with the celebration Of
the Tooth anniversary of the coming
of the Dominicans to Oxford, which is
a prelude to a still more important
event-the return Of the Dohinicans
to Oxford as an integral partsof the
academic functions of the University
The Dominican connection with Ok
ford is something of the highest i'm
portance in the whole history of that
University, since its making and prog
ress was largely the work of the
Dominicans and Franciscans com
bined, who made it one Of the centers
of teaching for the whole of Europe.
Chapel to FaIIen.-A touching and
magnificent ceremony was held re
Gently in Paris when Mgr. Julien
Bishop Of Arras, blessed the corner
stone of the chapel which is to be
erected on the plateau of Notre-Dame
de-Eorette in memory Of the soldiers
who fell on the Artois front. Thou
sands of pilgrims crowded every road
which led to the famous summit. They
were led by Marshal Petain, himself q
native of Artois and former com
mander of an Artois regiment. During
the war Marshal Petain returned to
his native province to command the
Army Corps which won Carency and
Abalin-St Nazaire after a long and
sanguinary conflict. With him was
General Maistre who in 1914 and 191s
was chief Of the troops which defend
ed the hill. Three generals two
bishops, all the civil authorities, all the
engineers of the mining basin were in
the, front ranks of the enormous
crowd: Miners in their work cos
tune, peasants from Flanders, Picardy
and Artois, former soldiers, wounded
men, groups of Catholic Young PEG
pies Associations, ETC., parents
widows and orphans of soldiers were
there from all parts of France, in addi
ton to Belgians and Poles, and. even
a former student of st. Mary's
Seminary Of Baltimore.
The Swiss Catholic Societies.-The
Catholic social movement at Laus
anne, Switzerland, is assuming a re
markable development. Recently, un
der the temporary Craftsmanship o.
Able Charrieres, there was, consti
tuted the Union Sociale Catholique.'
which is a group Of nine organiza
lions: The Union of WoFkhen, the
Union of Working Women, The
Christian-Social Treasury, the Ab
stainers, the Christian-Social Syndi
cate, the Young Mems Association
the Study Circle, the Concordia Co
operative, and the Union, a mutual
benefit association. The Catholic
Social Union will coordinate the eft
forts and work Of these various soc
ieties. The first step was to organize
a social conference which has just
been held at the House of the People
The program of the conference com
prised four public lectures. Able
Andre Savoy spoke on Social Doc
trines; Able Pilloud on ethics an6
the social question, and M. Maxine
Raymond, deputy for Lausanne, ex
planned several aspects Of the brgani
cation Of labor. M. Degerine, deput,
at the Grand council of Geneva, CLOSED
the conference with talk on the
Family extra-salary and compensa
ton funds"
Ancient Bishopric Revived.-Thar
WHICH had been impossible under thu
monarchy and during the government
of the Catholic King of Saxony, ha.
been brought about by the politica
revofgtion and the Weimer Consti
tuition, namely: the revival Of thu
Diocese of st, Benno. On June 26
the Cathedral of Bautzen celebratet
the Tooth anniversary of its founda
ton. Ever since the death Of .tht
Apostolic Vicar for Saxony, who wa
also Dean of the Chapter of Bautzen
negotiations had been under way will
Rome, the result of which is presen
establishment of the ancient Dish
opric of Nielsen, in Saxony.. TIL
religious celebration of this grea
event was conducted by the Nuncio
Mgr. Pacelli, who arrived in Bautze,
on June %. On the following Sun
day the Pope's letter was read ii
the Chapter Hall, and Pontifical Higl
Mass was celebrated by the Nuncio
At the same hour High Masses wer,
celebrated in every parish in Saxony
After the reading of the Gospel, tn,
Papal Bull re-establishing the ancien
Diocese of Meissen was read to tn,
congregations. This diocese hat
ceased to exist after the Reformation
and until its re-estab lishment it hat
been the Vicariate Of Saxony.
Poles Favor Union Of Rites.-Ac
cording to the Right Rev. Monsigno
Casimir Lutoslawski, editor of TIL
Catholic Bulletin Of Poland, and
member Of the Polish parliament, tn