The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-08-19
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Catholics in HaWaii.-The current
number OF Catholic Missions contains
some interesting information concern
ing the status OF the Catholic Church
in the Hawaiian Islands. The total
population of the islands is placed at
260 900 The japanese number 100000,
and the Chinese about 10000. Almost,
all these Orientals are pagans. The re-
mainder of the population is made up
of native Hawaiians, Portuguese, Fill
pinos, Porto Ricans, Coreans, Span
iards, Englishmen, Germans, Ameri-
cans, and Russians,-truly a cosmo-
politan crowd! The religions profess
ed by these people are as varied as
the races. The Catholic Church main
tains an honorable position with 68,-
S21 members. The vicariate possesses
one Bishop, forty-three priests, forty
six Brothers, and seventy-three Sis
tiers. There are more than a hun
dred churches and chapels, an orphan
age for boys and another for girls.
Finally, Catholic priests and nuns
have charge of one large government
asylum for lepers and several smaller
ones for leprous children or children
of lepers.
Pilgrims visit Shrine.-One of the
oldest and most popular pilgrimages
in England was that to the shrine of
st. Thomas in Canterbury Cathedral.
Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims" is a
still living witness to the influence
that the martyrdom of st. Thomas of
Canterbury had on the English Cath
olics of a bygone age. This old pill
grimage, which used to set out from
Southwark, in London, has been re-
vived some years by the League OF
Our Lady of Ransom, and the annual
pilgrimage along the Canterbury Way
has Just been concluded. The event,
under modern conditions, is shorn of
nearly all it's medieval romance. The
pilgrims set out by train, and the
journey there and back is easily made
on the same day. The body of the
Saint no longer rests in Canterbury
Cathedral The shrine was rified by
orders of Henry VIII, and the relics
destroyed, all but certain portions
which had been safely preserved on
the Continent. But the Chapel of the
Martyrdom still exists, and here the
pilgrims made their way, with the
Catholic Bishop of Southwark at their
| head.
Feast of Pine Trees.-The Feast of
the Three Pine Trees" an original
ceremony in special honor of Saint
| Thiebaud, founder of the city of
| Thanh, in Alsace, was held this year
on the Square Marechal-Joffre, in
| front of the cathedral. The celebra-
| ton opened with Mass and pro-
cession. Then three pine trees, select
ed from among the most beautiful in
| the forest, were lighted, one by the
sub-perfect, one by the mayor and the
other by the canon of the cathedral.
This ceremony recalls an old legend
of the eleventh century. Saint THE
baud was returning to Alsace from a
pilgrimage to Italy. AS he was pass
ing through the dense pine forest, near
Vieux-Thann, miracle occurred.
| Overtaken by the darkness, he rested
his stick against a tree, stretched out
on the ground and fell asleep, for he
! was weary. When dawn came he want
ed to resume his journey, but try as
he could, he found it impossible to
| pull his stick from the ground. The
inha bitants of the village fastened to
witness the miracle. At the same time,
Count Engelhardt, lord of the country,
who dwelt in the castle on the neigh
boring hill, perceived three lights in
the forest at the spot where the saint