The Catholic bulletin., 1922-10-07
(By N. c. W. c. News service.)
NUNS RECALLED.

NUNS RECALLED.
A very favorable impression has
been created by the recent action Of
the Calais Hospital Administration in
recalling the nuns to the hospitals
from which they were. banished few
years ago under the administration Of
a Soeialistic mayor. 3.
Ever since the departure Of the
nuns, serious complaints have been
made Of the poor management of the
hospitals.
The vote of the Hospital Admins
tration Committee was three to one in
favor of the return Of the religious.
VlcERoY MAY RESIGN.
Sir James Craig's recent conyersa.
tions in London with the British sig
natories to the Anglo-Irish Treaty are
stated to have referred to the action
of the Catholic Lord LieutenaEs, VS.
count Fftz-Alan, in vetoing the Belfast
Parliament's bill for the repeal Of the
Proportional Representation Act un-
der which the Catholic minority of
the six-county area had possibility
of getting even an inadequate repre-
sentation on the public boards within
the jurisdiction of that Parliament.
If the influence of the Ulster Cabi-
net be sufficient to remove the veto of
the Viceroy, it may conceivably lead
to his resignation. For if his veto
were negatived he would scarcely re-
tain Office,
cHEsTERToN CONFIRMED.
Gilbert X. Chesterton, noted Eng
lish writer, received the Sacrament of
Confirmation at the hands Of the Bish-
op of Northampton. The services
were held in st. Augustine's church,
High Wycombe. Many members of
the congregation of St. Augustine's
were present.
Chesterton recently became men,
ber of the Catholic Church, his con-
version being the cause of considera-
BILE comment on the part Of the An
glican clergy. a
POPE AND PILGRIMS.
Mgr. Schoepfer, Bishop of Tarbes
and Lourdes, has received the follow
ing telegram from the Holy Father
Deeply touched by filial homage of
magnificent national pilgrimage pray
ing to Virgin Immaculate for the Vic
ar of Jesus Christ, under the leader
ship of the Most Eminent Archbishop
of Bordeaux, Your Lordship, the Arch
bishop of Algiers, the Bishop of Cha.
Ions, Verdun, Ajaccio, Jamaica; the
Sovereign Pontiff thanks them from
his heart, and present in spirit in the
midst of his beloved children, pster
nally blesses the pious pilgrims, espe
ciaffy the dear sick, and forms the
wish that the fiftieth National Pilgrim
age may be both for individuals and
their country a fecund source of pros
perity and peace"
This telegram was in reply to one
sent to Pope Plus by Mgr Schoepfel
at the time of the Pontifical Mass O.
Thanksgiving for the fiftieth French
National Pilgrimage, which was ceie
brated at the Grotto.
VIENNA SCHOOL PRAYERS.
The order issued by the Socialis
municipal authorities prohibiting th'
recitation of prayers in the Vienn;
schools evidently is not to be enforced
The Catholic children of Vienna hence
forth will be allowed to recite th
Lords Prayer and the Ave Maria be
fore and after classes in the publi
schools.
When the Vienna municipal councl
attempted to introduce form of pray
er intended to take the place of tn
Catholic prayers now recited by tn
Catholic majority, it acted contrary t
the law which leaves it to the eccles
astical authorities to decide about tn
nature of religious practices. TIL
small minority of non-Catholic chi
dren not being compelled to join ]
the prayers of the Catholic majoIit!
the question cannot be one OF offen'
ing the religious feelings of those
another denomination.
Socialists Opposed Making Issue.
Thus the Vienna school conflict
going to end with the defeat-in sui