The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-09-16
OLD WORLD NEWS

Becomes Convert. - Mrs. Magee,
wife of prominent Anglican High
Church clergyman who is the son of
the late Anglican Archbishop Magee
Of York, has been received into the
Catholic Church together with her
daughter in London.
Cathedral Bell Repaired.-The big
bell in the Berlin Cathedral which has
been broken and silent since the day
the former Kaiserin died, has been re-
paired without being removed from
the cathedral tower. The bell, which
has thickness Of $50 millimeters,
was found to have a crack about go
centimeters long. Repairs were made
by means of an oxy-acetylene process
during which temperature of about
400 degrees was attained.
Irish Stop Fighting When AngeIus
Rings.-A touching and typical i'm
cident took place during the fighting
at Kilmallock, which was most
severe. Republican and Free State
forces were engaged in hand en-
counter when the Angelus sounded
from the tower of nearby church.
Instantly the men on both sides
ceased firing and paused to pay
homage to the Mother of God in the
words of the beautiful prayer.
Congress at Munich.-The sixty
second General Congress (katho-
likentag) of the Catholics of Germany
was solemnly opened in Munich with
a record attendance. A large resi-
Dental estate, in which temporary
roof had been constructed, failed to
accommodate the throng that had
gathered from all parts of Germany
A colossal statue of the Sacred Heart
was the central figure of the interior
decorations. Christian art exhibits
and the musical programmes in sew
eral Of the churches were in keeping
with Munich's reputation as an art
center.
Priest is TransIator.-A young
Greek priest, DR.. Antony Sigalas, a
graduate of the University of Munich,
is translating the popular tales of
Christoph Won Schmid into modern
Greek. Canon Schmid, according to
the Catholic Encyclopedia, was the
pioneer writer of books for children
and his great merits are fully acknowl.
edged by both Catholic and Protestant
writer's on pedagogics. His stories
have been translated into twenty-four
languages Gncluding English), and to
| this day he is regarded in Germany
as the prince of story-writers for the
young
Methods of Healing.-Father Boyd
| Barrett, in the Month, shows that the
! Coue method of healing diseases by
suggestion is not the invention of M
Coue, but may be found fully de
veloped in book by Father Eymieu
S. j., published in 1903 underline title
lie Commencement de Soi-meme." II
/ can be seen from this work that the
method of healing both bodily and
mental troubles by. suggestion is very
effective and may be applied by ev
cry good Christian, though psyche
analytic therapy, as now practiced. is
ineffective and dangerous, and mus,
be scrupulously avoided.
Sing Rare Mass.-The cathedra
choir of Munich sang Palestrina's
Mass, Illumina oculos meos, on the oc
casion OF the Catholic congress hello
in that city during the past week
This is one of the masters three so
called conciliar Masses and has beer
but rarely produced. In annoIncins
the musical ! programme for the
katholikentag, Domkapellmeister Der
berich said that the hard times ii
| Germany have had at least one goof
result, namely, to do away with ths
orchestras in Catholic churches ant
substitute for the instrumental music