The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-18
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sence of 20 years, Rev. James McDon-
nell, Trinidad. visited his native town
of Passage West, County Cork. His
old friends and acquaintance present
ed him with ciborium. The Sisters
of Mercy also made him presenta-
ton. Father Mcdonnell is returning
Ito Trinidad. Rev. T. j. O'Sullivan,
la native of Shannonale, in Munster,
was presented with gold watch and
travelling rug by friends in Glasgow,
Scotland, where he had labored on the
mission for five years.
| German Churches Desecrated.-Sac-
rileges committed by thieves in
churches and tombs have been of fire.
quent and general occurrence in Ger
many within the last few weeks. The
church at Marburg, in Berlin. where
lie the remains of ST. Elizabeth, and
several churches in Bavaria have been
desecrated and robbed by these Grim
mails. Forcing their way into royal
mausoleums, thieves stole silver
crowns and other precious decorations.
In some villages in the neighborhood
of Aix-la-Chapelle, musical instru-
Iments were taken from churches.
Eighty bronze statues were taken from
a cemetery near MainZ. Chalices, os-
Itentoriums and ciboriums also have
jbeen taken.
| Catholic Strength in Labor Party
Out of the 73 Labor members in the
British House of Commons, no fewer
than 20 are Catholics. Mr.. Sexton, a
| Catholic member, made this statement
in discussing the manifesto of the
Catholic Confederation published at
Sheffield this year, which called on
Catholic trade unionists to refuse to
pay their parliamentary levy to the
| Labor party. Speaking from his thir-
ty years experience in the Labor par
ty, Mr.. Sexton said that very. few
catholics had been influenced by the
SOCIALISM of the Labor party, and that
leven where they had been led away,
he had never known an instance
where the Faith had not been regain
led. Admitting that the British Labor
lparty had allowed itself to become inn
lpregnated with Continental socialism,
Mr.. Sexton argued that the place from
which the Catholic trade unionist
Eshould fight this socialism was from
inside the Labor movement and not
from the outside. .....
BRAND and the church.-M. Brands
definite stand during the recent de.
bates in the French senate and in the
chamber on religious questions, par
ticularly the representation of France
!. at the Vatican, might lead some PEG.
pie to believe that the ministerial cri
!, sis resulting in his resignation was
caused by the resentment of the anti
clericals. This is not the case, how.
ever The disagreement was entirely
, lon the methods applied to the direc
ton of the foreign policy, and it is
worthy of note that while the MAORI
sty disagreed with him, M. BRAND, in
! this case, had the radical and social
list deputies on his side, although they
had all been the adversaries of his re-
: Iligious policy. The hostility against
the Cannes negotiations was manifest
, ed principally by the Republican En-
ltente group, which includes practical
ly all the Catholic republican deputies
in the chamber. There is, therefore
! absolutely no relation between the
r resignation of NJ. BRAND and his re
, ligious policy
: Roman Nobility Raise Fund.-One
: of the last wishes of the late Pope
. Benedict is in the way of being full
u filled by the Roman nobility to whom
i he expressed it on receiving them OF
Epiphany. The Pontiff suggested tina
: they raise fund to provide for tn
leducation and support of missionar,
in foreign fields, as is done by tn,
catholics of other Italian cities at hi
;, request. The noble Roman familie
S have begun the subscription of fund
y which will perpetually maintain mis-
l, sloner to carry the gospel into regions
n which are still without it's light
e Speaking of the centenary of tn,
e founding of the Society for the Propa
:" cation OF the Faith, to be commemo
rated this year, Pope Benedict sal,
/ that it would be a beautiful thing i
the Roman nobility would help in tn,
spread of the faith in this way, 81
u that if some explorer travelling in bar
barous lands should meet a mission
} airy, it could be said of the latter
|. This is the missionary of the Roman
q nobility"
e Ulster the Barbarous.-No cores
lponding benefit has come to the vi
ster Catholics for the withdrawal o.
: the boycott on Belfast goods, accord
e ing to Bishop MacHugh of Londonder
q ry, who declares that Catholics will
0 always suffer from bigoted oppression
I under the Ulster parliament. He an
lpeals to the provisional government
Iof the Irish free state to maintain the
e rights of the Ulster Catholics, wher
+ arranging the boundaries of northern
: Ireland. The Provisional government
i maintains that Catholic areas, wheth
Ter counties or parishes, are, by tn,
;, terms of the treaty, entitled to vot,
themselves out of the northern parlia
! ment's jurisdiction. Appalling revela
: tions as to prosecutions inflicted upo1
! the Catholic population by British
;, forces continue in law courts. Mer
lchants and farmers were beaten til
;, their bones were broken and wer,