The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-10-28
OLD WORLD NEWS

Very Rev Joseph Scannell, M. A., D.
D., has been appointed chaplain to
the National forces in Cork City. DR.
Scannell also served as a chaplain in
the European war in which he was
awarded the Military Cross. Previous.
ly he had been professor in the dio.
cesar seminary at Farran Ferris.
5000 Swiss Pilgrims.-Conducted
by Mgr Besson, Bishop of Fribourg,
5000 Swiss Catholics recently came
to France to make pilgrimage to
the tombs of Saint Francis de Sales
and Saint Jane de Chantel at the
Visitation Monastery at Annecy.
Grouped by towns and parishes and
carrying banners, the pilgrims march
ed in a picturesque procession through
the town. Three Bishops were pres.
ent.
Novel Church BeIIs.-The parish
priest in little village near Bremen
has provided his church with unique
set of church bells to replace those
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metal for the manufacture of MUM
tions. The priest secured the metal cas-.
ings of two high explosive shells and
inserted two hammers as improvised
clappers. According to the villagers,
the tone quality of the new bells is
equal to that of the bells of pre-wa1
days.
A Great German Catholic Congress
More than $4,000 German Catholics
attended the Catholic assembly held
in Munich recently. The Socialist
Mayor, Schmidt, of Munich, welcomed
the assembly in the name of the NUM-
cipal government and expressed the
hope that the influence of the Cath
Ollie element might be exerted to bring
about a solution of the grave problems
now confronting Germany. A letter
from Pope Plus XI was read in which
His Holiness impaired his Apostolic
Blessing to the assembly.
international Troops at Foo-chow.--
American, British and Japanese ma
rines have been landed to preserve
order at Foo-Chow, seat of the latest
outbreak of fighting in China, said a
dispatch from Shanghai. A revolu
tionary government has been estab
lished at Foo-Chow by the rebel
faction. Foo-Chow is capital of Flu.
ken province. The Right Rev
Francisco Aguirre, Bishop of this city
was a visitor in Duluth, the Twin
Cities, and Faribault, Mimi, during
the past summer During most of the
disturbances in late years, he has
stood well with all the warning fac.
tons which have several times swept
back and forth over his extensive
vicariate.
The Church in china.-There are
2,062,0S9 Catholics in China. The
Catholic clergy comprises lap Euro-
pean missionaries and $50 native
Chinese priests. There are 341
brothers and 2,265 members in the
various religious orders for women.
The chief needs of these missions are
described as more Catholic literature
and a more generous provision for
higher Catholic education. In one
district near Shanghai alone, it is
said, are eight Protestant institutions
of higher learning and only one
similar Catholic institution. In Foo
Chow there are twenty-five non
Catholic institutions to the one Cath
Ole college conducted by the Spanish
Dominicans of the Philippines.
Catholic Explorer Honored.-Among
the famous centennials celebrated this
year in Spain, was that of the first
voyage around the world, which was
happily accomplished by a Spanish
Catholic, Sebastiano de Elcano After
Magellan was killed near Cebu, Philip
pine Islands, this intrepid explorer
conducted the remnant of the expedi-
ton amid great dangers through the
East Indies and eventually back to
Spain. In his ship, the Victoria" he
sailed the seas over which the
Spanish missionaries were later to
carry throughout the world the light
Of the Gospel. This celebration mark.
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