The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-07-23
OLD WORLD NEWS,

OLD WORLD NEWS
Mass at Verdun.-For the first time
since before the war, Mass has been
celebrated at the high altar Of the
cathedral at yerdun.. Former Presi-
dent Poincare attended the services
which were held in commemoration
of the battle of Verdun.
Cardinal Marks Anniversary
Cardinal Dubois, Archbishop of Paris,
celebrated the twentieth anniversary
of his episcopal conservation July 2,
with a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the
Cathedral of Notre Dame. In 1901,
when the present Cardinal was forty
four years old, he was appointed
Bishop of Verdun.
St. Boniface in Eneland.-The Feast
of st. Boniface, the Apostle of Ger
many and the patron Saint of the
Plymouth Diocese, England, was
recently observed At Creditor, where
special efforts have been made by the
parish priest of Exeter to bring the
people back to the ancient faith, and
where st. Boniface was born, there
was high Mass. St. Boniface Is known
as essentially a -Devonshire Saint.
Not only was he Creditonian, but he
passed through the Benedictine Priory
of st. Nicholas, Exeter, before he
became the Apostle of Germany, and
a martyr for the Catholic faith. =
Bishops JubiIee.-Right Rev. DR..
Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leigh
lin, recently celebrated the silver
jubilee of his episcopal conservation.
Following out his expressed wish,
there were no addresses or other pub.
lie celebrations of the event on the
day. The Bishop sang Pontiical High
Mass in the Cathedral at Carlow, and
received many messages of congratu.
lation. The jubilee was that of the
prelatefs conservation as Coadiutor
to the late Bishop Lynch, on Trinity
Sunday, 1896. with right of succession
Bishop Lynch died in December of the
same year, and DR.. Foley has nearly
completed also his silver jubilee as
Ordinary of the Diocese.
Writers Pledge Themselves to Sacrec
Heart.-The corporation of Christian
Publicists held it's general annual as
sembly at Paris, June IL, under the
craftsmanship of Rene Balm. The day
began with Mass in the Basilica OF
Montmartre, after which the president
Of the Syndicate of Journalists an6
the president of the Syndicate of Writ
ers each read the public act of con
secration to the Sacred Heart. The
general assembly of the Syndicate O.
Journalists, after having reelected it.
officers, voted the admission to it!
syndical council of six new members
all directors or editors-in-ch of larg.
dai1ies of Lille, Lyons, Bordeaux, Tou
louise, Metz and Strasbourg. The edi
tors from two last mentioned cite.
are priests, Canon Collin, senator from
Lorraine, and Canon Deslor, senate
from Alsace
Church Parade In Glasaow-Th
seventh annual church parade" o
the Glasgow Catholic Boys Guilds
which was held on a recent Sunday
was a notable spectacle. Grea
crowds lined the route of the process
sion to watch the event. The guild
assembled in st. Aloysius' Playground
Garnethill, and marched through tn
principal streets of the city to 81
Andrews Halls, where a religion
service was held. Thousands of CatI
olic boys from every part of Glasgow
marched in the procession, to tn
music of many bands. Most of Their
wore white sashes, though there wer
also sashes of yellow, red and greer
An impressive feature of the line wa
the band of the Irish pipers, who's
costumes were of unusual interest t
the Scot spectators. Many priest
marched in front and in the rear {
their companies.
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\ Pioneer Missionary is Dead.-FroI
Bombay, India, comes the sad news {
the death Of the veteran Jesuit mi
sionary, Father Otto Weishaupt, VIII
has labored ever since 1888, with tn
zeal Of st. Francis Xavier, for th
conversion of the heather. 1t woul
fbe impossible to describe the untol
difficulties and obstacles which he ta
to face, or to give an idea of his dew,
| ton in the plague epidemics an
famines which are of frequent occu
renee in India. Despite the climat,
so hard for Europeans to endure,
made but one trip to- Europe in all th
years Of his missionary work Shortl
before his death he wrote to one Of hi
nephews: IF were to be born agail
should pray God to call me again I
the priesthood and to missionary worl
How comforting it is, as death al
proaches, to be able to say: / hay
not lived in vain; despite my veal
ness and mistakes. / have won man
souls to God, who will intercede fc
/ me on my death bed" He was sixt,
], six years Of age.
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