The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-08-13


Anglers to the parish church at
Obernai in Alsace, are now being
made. The patriotic bishop had look
ed forward to the day when Alsace
would once more be under French
rule and wrote in his will: 81 want
my heart to be taken into the parish
church of Obernai when Alsace be-
comes French land again" The body
of the Bishop now lies in the Cathedral
of Anglers.
Social Week a Success.-Twelve|
hundred leaders in the field of social
action attended the Social Week at
Toulouse, July 24-31. Among the
delegates and visitors were priests,
authors, engineers, lawyers, deputies
and senators. Delegates from foreign
countries include those from Belgium,
Switzerland, Spain, Chilli and Peru.
Cardinal de Cabrieres was present
with the Archbishop of Toulouse and
Bishops of Arras and Painters and
General Castelnau. The week was a
complete success.
Catholic Poet Honored.-Paul
Claudel, one of the foremost literary
artists of France, has been appointed
by his Government as French ambas-
sador of Tokyo. M. Claudel has
already served as French Minister in
Brazil and in Copenhagen. But his
| appointment as plenipotentiary of
| the first class appears in French dip
lomatic circles. In the literary
world Paul Claudel is best known by
his mystical play, "The Angel An
nounced Unto Mary" work of art
which has placed him at the head of
| modern French poetic writer's.
Bishops For Czech Nationalists.-
| The so-called Czech National
| Church, the establishment of which
called forth degree of excommunica
ton from the Holy Office in Rome, is
now making plans to secure Bishops
Among the founders of this body
which separated from the Catholic
Church in Bohemia, there have been
no Bishops UP to the present, and the
body is faced with extinction when
i its present clergy either dies out OF
returns to it's former religious obedi
ence. The plan under consideration
now is to get men consecrated Bishops
by some schismatic prelate, such as
the Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Nish
whose presence in Bohemia was re
Gently the subject of a parliamentary
Interpolation.
I Belfast Catholics Generous t.
OrphansL-The Diocese of 'Dowr
, and Common which includes Belfast
has organized the most successful or
!, phan society in Ireland. Although the
, people there have passed through Sc
!, we're trials, their contributions to the
? society last year surpassed previous
, records. During the year ended las
March the society supported who'll,
J or partly LOO orphans. The expen
/ diture was $24,10O Speaking at tn,
> annual meeting of the society, Bishol
!, MacRory said that without his hell
many of the LOO orphans would hav,
/
standing the many. calls and the ex
. ceptional drain made upon the Cath
olics of the diocese to support tn,
expelled workers, they had responde,
with noble generosity to the call mad
on behalf of the orphans.
Il Catholic Teachers Organize.-As
RI sociations of Catholic teachers wit
an aggregate membership of 400 hav
been organized in Czecho-S lovakia t.
+ counterfeit the influence of the ant
8 Catholic and atheistic instructors il
the state schools. DIR. Joseph Novah
of Vinohrady, is president of tn
central association. The new organize
i ton intends to defend the right
J. of Catholic teachers, parent
). and pupils against the hate an
j. bigotry now rampant in the schools
S At present the Catholic priests, a
r catechists, visit the national school
# to give religious instruction to tn
e children for about two hours weel
s but their work is neutralized by tn
effect of the fidicule ana contemI
with which the teachers treat tn
C Church, her sacraments and practice
h Children in the schools are Above
vi to receive religious instruction onl
IT when the parents give their consen
l.
III islanders Aid the Faith.-Contrib
D. tions of the native Catholics of til
eel remote Marquesas Islands in ocean,
IT to the work of the Society of the Pro-
vi agation of the Faith during 49,
Iamounted to thirty cents per capt.;
while those of the Catholics in til
e.l United States amounted to nine cent
s. per capita, according to the late.
s., number of the Annals of the Propag
s. ton of the Faith. The natives of til
r. MarQuesas we're only recently addic
ID ed to cannibalism and other horror
s. of the primitive state. There are 2,0(
eel Catholics among them and they col
,rl tributed 3,108 francs, or about 81
x hundred dollars. during 1920. In til
n same time the 17,735,553 Catholics
If the United States contributed $1,62s
$50. The diocese Of New York led