The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-03-18

the first representatives of the. Chris /
tian faith and European civilization
in the immense empire of the Mon /
golians which was then the terror OF |
all Christendom. The new documents
confirm what was known of the great
role of the Papacy in the defense and
radiation of the spiritual life in the
Middle Ages.
Catholic Peeresses Win.-Five Cath
Ollie peeresses of England will have the
right to sit in the English House of I
Lords, as a result of the decision Civ
en- by the House of Lords in favor of |
Niscountess Rhonda, who indicated /
her right, as peeress in he. own
name, to be summoned to Parliament |
by the king. Catholic noblewomen,
who have succeeded to peeresses in |
their own right and not by marriage |
are: The Duchess of Norfolk, who is |
Baroness Harries; Baroness Furnivall, |
Baroness Beaumont, Baroness Went |
worthsand the Countess of Loudoun, |
who is Baroness Botreaux. All these
titles go back previous to the Reforma-
ton, and the holders represent an
cient Catholic families that have kept
the faith unbroken.
T Would Control Irish Picture Thea
ters.-Rev. ]. s.. Skeehy, c. NJ, who
recently addressed the Irish Vigilance
Association on the necessity of more
lstrict supervision of cinema theaters,
declared that American visitors to Ire
land had assured him that films had
been shown in Irish picture houses
(which had been definitely turned down
in the United States The greatest
inheritance of the Irish as race was
a spiritual one, he said, and material
prosperity without that would be a
lcalamity The corroding influences of
lAnglicization had done much to weak
len the moral fibre of the Irish people.
That things were not worse was due
to the religious instincts of the Gaelic
mature and the principles of the Irish
Ireland movement. The time had
come when a Department of State
should deal with the activities of the
Icinema and the theater so as to give
the sanction of law to the censors
when they exercized their Judgment as
to what was Objectionable or unobjec-
Itionable
Sister Maurice Won Devotion From
Poor.-Some curious and touching an
ecdotes have been published on the
subject of the life and vocation of
Sister Emile Maurice, Superior Gen
eral OF the Sisters of Charity, whose
funeral was held short time ago in
Paris. Sister Emile Maurice was
born in Paris, just a few doors from
the Mother House of the Sisters of
Charity, in the rue de Babylono. 1t
is told that when still little girl she
would point to the doors of the build
ing and say: Here is where | am go
ing to enter" Her father was an Of
ticer. There were four children, one
son and three daughters The son
was fatally wounded in the wac of
1870, and died offering his life to God
as sacrifice that his three sisters
might consecrate themselves to God.
Two sisters became Sisters of Char
ity, each serving in turn as Superior
General of the Congregation. The
third entered a missionary order and
is now in China. The great devotion
won by Sister Emile Maurice wher-
ever she went, is shown by the fact
that in Naples, where she lived from
1903 to 1916, the Sisters are being
stopped in the streets by the poor
: people, who want to know whether
good Sister Maurice is really dead, .
| and who give money to have Masses
7 said for the repose of her soul.
Catholics Withdraw From Interna-
tionai League.-Opposition to the I'm
! lternational Catholic League" formed
in Graz, last August, has been growing
among German and Dutch Catholics,
' who have practically disclaimed all
I connection with this organization
i, Catholic Esperantists also are with.
drawing from membership in the
n league, and the Bishops of Holland
have forbidden all propaganda in its
behalf in their dioceses The Aus
: ltrian Bishops withheld their approval
e lof the International Catholic Congress
e cpdl dLlUIlS IOr l were C6guD
h in the spring of 1921 Notwithstand
z ing this failure to obtain episcopal an
e lproEal of the undertaking. those who
e promoted 1T were able to bring about
L La considerable gathering of Catholics
h in Graz. There were no American
l. delegates at the congress- Painful dis
e lcussions have been provoked by the
t. calling of the congress and by the
d foundation of the international Cath
C Iolic League Father Ludwig He'll
f. lmeier and Rev. DR.. Wilhelm Hotzelt
J. Bamberg are taking decisive attitud,
D toward the league Dr. Hotzelt- BAN
II berg is chairman of the South German
e section of the League of Catholic Els
Is perantists. Both he and Father Hell
II meier have published declarations tina
O. the International Catholic Esperan
t. lists Association, which heretofor
has supported the league, is now with
&c drawing from it, and will hencefortl
x have no relations with it.
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