The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-11-19
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of st. Margaret Mary Alacoque, some
to Paray-le-Mon and some to Veros-
vres, her birthplace. Archbishop Ger
retti, nuncio to France, presided, and
eleven Archbishops and Bishops at
delegations from all French countries.
Laetare Medal Presented to Miss
Nourse.-Miss Elizabeth Nourse, an
artist, formerly of Cincinnati, but now
a resident of Paris, has received the
Laetare Medal, which is given annu-
ally by the Notre Dame University of
Notre Dame, Ind, to some American
Catholic for distinguished service to
humanity. The presentation was made
in Paris by Archbishop Cerretti, the
Papal Nuncio in Paris. Miss Nourse
was active during the war in her de-
votion to the wounded soldiers of the
Allies and to refugees who thronged
Paris.
Home of CoIumbus.-The birthplace
Of Christopher Columbus in Vico Pen
ticello, Genoa, will probably be torn
down shortly to be replaced by free
area, planted with trees. It's pres
ent position seriously interferes with
a building program contemplated by
the city, which owns the ground, and
prevents certain existing facaGes be-
ing lengthenG. A special commission
has been appointed to study the affair,
and as the house is in bad condition,
it will probably have TO come down.
Columbus and his father are said to
lave been born in the house.
Priest Teaches Three Generations
The French papers have been CON-
menting upon the remarkable case, of
a priest in the diocese of Nevers, Can
on Perreau, who is professor in the
Catholic college of Chateau-Chinon
At the age of rs, he is still teaching
foreign languages and drawing in the
same college in which he started as
professor Immediately after leaving
the seminary. In his classes today are
several children who are the grand
children Of his first pupils. 1t is GER
tainly unusual to find professor who
has taught three generations of pu-
pils in the same school.
Pope and Deaf Mutes.-The Holy
Father received recently in audience
a group Of deaf and dumb children
from the Gualandi Institute. His Ho-
illness has always been deeply inter-
ested in this work, having been Arch
bishop of Bologna when it was found
ed by two venerable priest brothers
whose name it now bears. The Holy
Father on this occasion testified to
this interest by giving First Holy Com
munion to a group of twelve little
scholars with his own august hands
| This touching function took place in
| the Chapel of the Sala Matilde, and
the day was purposely chosen be-
cause of the Gospel text which was
that of the healing Of the dumb man
by Christ. The little First Communi-
cants occupied position near the al
tar where they assisted at the Holy
Fathers Mass and afterward had the
happiness to be communicated by him.
Aberdeen Catholics UnveiI War
| Cross.-The war sacrifices made by
the Scottish Catholics of Aberdeen
were recalled when the Bishop of Alb
erdeen, Mgr. Bennett, whose See was
founded in the year 1868, unveiled
memorial in the grounds of the Cathe-
dral, in memory of the Catholic men
who fell in the war. The memorial is
in the form of cruciix, fixed on
base of Scotch granite, bearing on it's
face the inscription PRO Dec ct Pa
tria Mortuis, 1914-191S" The names
| Of. those whose memory is thus pious-
| ly preserved show Is distinctly
Irish, Is purely Scotch and two, at
least, that were possibly of German
origin. After celebrating pontifical
Mass in the Cathedral, the Bishop of
the diocese proceeded to unveil the
memorial. After it had been dedicat-
| ed, Father Mckenzie called the Roll
of Honor of those who had laid down
their lives.
English Churches Paying Off Their
Debts.-As a Catholic church cannot
be solemnly consecrated so long as it
is burdened with debt, recent events
in England tend to show that the Cath
olic body, though small numerically,
is not failing in it's duty in these days
of financial stringency. Within a fort
night the Bishop of Newcastle and
Hexham has carried out the ceremony
of consecrating two churches in his
| diocese. One of these, that of st. An
drew in the city of Newcastle, is a
church that dates back to 1875, and
is built on the site of an older church
erected in 1898, which was before the
Irish Catholic workers had come to
the city to give vitality to it's Catholic
life. The other church, consecrated
by the northern prelate, was at the
town of Warrington. The well-known
church of the London Carmelites in
Kensington, which has been erected
for many years now, has been conse-
Grated now that the debt is paid off.
The new Archbishop of Liverpool per-
formed his first conservation ceremo-
ny at the Church of the English Mar
tyrs at Preston. This church was
fist opened in 1867, but in 1888 it was
reconstructed by the late Bishop
O'Reilly. The church was burdened
with debt of $4,000, but this is
now paid off, and the building solemn.
ly consecrated.
Statue in Memory of Protection OF