The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-14
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Cardinal Mercier Issues PASTORAL
Cardinal MERCER issued a pastoral on
December 4, which has received uni
versal notice, as it draws a lesson
from the recent Belgian elections,
when the Catholics gained nine seats
in the Chamber, and increased the
popular vote for their candidates from
$4,000 in 1919 to 10000, while the
Socialists at the same time lost four
seats.
Centennial of Saint Dominic.-The
seventh centennial of Saint Dominic
will be celebrated in Paris by solemn
ties presided over by several bishops.
The celebrations will take place in the
church of Saint Thomas dAquin,
which, since the eighteenth century,
has had a fine chapel dedicated to st.
Dominic, and in the church of St.
Dominic, dedicated only a few weeks
Il ago. The preachers will be the Bishop
of Amiens, Dominican father and a
Jesuit.
Catholic Author Wins Novel Award.
M. Emile Baumann, who received
the Alfred Nee prize for novels is, in
the words of a critic, "a Catholic
writer in the whole force of the term
This Catholic sees everything from the
angle of revelation, he sees, he per-
ceives, he conceives everything in the
Catholic form and in the Catholic
spirit" His books, PImmole, La Fosse
aux Lions, LIE Bapteme de Pauline
! Ardel, LIE Fer sur PEnclume, have a
common trait: "The Catholic idea in
its most essential point, the fall and
it's corollary, redemption .
Scottish PreIate Made Prothonotary.
| -Monsignor Turner of st. Andrews
o-Cathedral in Dundee, has been ap-
pointed Prothonotary Apostolic by
Pope Benedict XIV. The comforting of
the insignia of this dignity and the
| reading of the Papal Brief was the &C.
| casion for very dignified and happy
ceremony that took place in the epis-
copal church of the Dunkeld diocese,
/ "hOu tlC SCS1CIoIy VI IlC D1OCC0dlk
Chapter read out the Apostolic Brief
of appointment, and the Bishop of the
Diocese conferred the insignia on the
newly appointed prelate. The new
| Parliamentary was presented after this
ceremony with various articles of the
insignia by members of the Chapter
and the diocesan clergy. The canon,
a silver bugia, the ever and basin,
were among the gifts received by Mgr
Turner,
Plight of Organists.-Even church
music, for centuries the boast of Wien.
ma, may be denied the people because
of the economic situation, which has
forced directors and organists to de-
mand more for their services than the
parishes are able to pay. The choir
directors of all the churches there
have sent circular letter to the &C.
clesiastical authorities declaring their
inability any longer to continue theil
work in the churches at the rate OF
from so to $50 crowns a month. They
demand henceforth compensation
some twenty times that amount. Car
dinal Piffl has admitted that the claims
of these musicians are just. They are
indeed very moderate, considering
that youth, of Is years, devoid of any
intellectual or technical training what
ever, are receiving $4,000 crowns a
month.
10 DniA Sc
session of the French Academy, M
Frederic Mason, perpetual secretary
of the illustrious company, gave the
report on the distribution of the liter
airy prizes, the majority of which were
given for books written by priests
Here are five books" said NJ Mason
"and four are the work of priests
Astonishment has been expressed that
in our competitions, especially the his
tory competitions, so many priests re
ceive mention, and that their names
appear so often in the list of awards
To collect data for thesis, the i'm.
portance and value of which must be
recognized, some priests have worked
for many years, and they bring to the
Academy the result of their efforts
Why should their cassock disqualify
them? What right would we have to
put them on the index and inf1ict ha
tired upon them? Should not everyone
rejoice to see them develop a taste
for high historical studies in a spirit
of fraternal emulation with laymen?'
| Seek Recognition by League Of Ma
tions.-The Italian Popular Party
has Joined hands with the Italian Co
Operative Federation and the Italian