The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
OLD WORLD NEWS

OLD WORLD NEWS
Seminary closed.-Owing to the in
fuenza epidemic among students, st.
Mary seminary for clerical students of
the Birmingham archdiocese at Os-
colt, England, has been closed, and
professors and students have been
dispersed for several weeks.
Lectures are PopuIar.-Catholic
open-air meetings, conducted by the
Catholic Evidence Guild in the Bull
Ring" public place at Birmingham,
England, have been so successful that
the archbishop of Birmingham has
blessed a new literature library open
ed by the guild for the benefit of non
Catholics. 1t is similar to the library
conducted by the guild in London,
where it has been found that fees paid
by visitors are sufficient to meet the
expenses.
No Such Personal statement has
been issued to the effect that Rev
R. Barton Roman Catholic priest"
has been publicly received" into the
Church of England at a church in
Chaplain, says the Universe, publish
ed in London, England. The state
1nent continues that this Mr.. Barton
"ministered for many years as priest
in Carolina, U. S., and more recently
in England. He had requested that
he might now, for conscientious rea-
sons, be received into the Church of
England" There is no such name as
R. Barton in the official clergy list of
the Church in the United States for
1918 or 1921, nor in the Catholic di-
rectory of recent years.
Students Honor Joan of Arcs Men,
ory-The foreign Catholic students of
Paris assembled recently to honor St.
Joan of Arc in the old church Saint
Denys in the quarter of La Chapelle
La Chapelle is now a thickly populat.
ed labor quarter, but was formerly a
humble village on the side of the road
which Joined Paris with the royal city
of Saint Denys and recalls a wealth
of religious and historical memories
Saint Genevieve, the patron and sa.
vior of Paris, prayed there, St. Joan
of Arc received Communion there be-
fore her vain attempt to enter Paris
Saint Vincent de Paul and the Bless
ed Louise de Marillac accomplished
their admirable works of charity in
this neighborhood also.
Bishop Elected to Diet.-Middle
Lithuania has held it's elections and
the result appears to be the return of
a majority in favor of uniting with Pc
land. The new Diet, which will as
semble in Wilma, will be dominated by
the National democratic party, and
among the most important and most
influential members of that party
elected to the parliament, is the Cath
olic Bishop, Monsignor Charles Hry-
niewiecki. He is titular Bishop of
Perge, and is extremely popular not
only on account of his sound political
common sense, but also on account of
the sufferings he has undergone in
| the national cause. In what manner
Middle Lithuania will unite itself to
| Poland remains to be seen. In any
case. the decision of the Wilma Diet
will have to be endorsed by the league
| Of nations
u. 5. Consular Force Attends Mass.
american consular officials attend
ed midnight Mass on Christmas in
the Franciscan Church of st. Gather
inc adjoining the Grotto of Bethlehem,
for the first time since the United
States has been represented officially
| in the Holy Land. Members of the
British civil and military establish
ment in Palestine and the consuls of
France, Italy and Spain were also
present at the Mass. His Excellency,
Monsignor Barlassina, Latin Patriarch
of Jerusalem, celebrated the Mass,
which was preceded by the chanting
Of Mathis and Lauds. Following the
| Holy Sacrifice, there was the Gus
tomary procession to the Grotto, the
birthplace of the Savior. The Amer
lean consul at Jerusalem is Addison
E. Southland. George c. Cobb is Amer.
lean vice consul.
Pope Benedict XIV Excellent Art
critic.-One of the last audiences
granted by the venerated Pontiff Ben.
edict XIV, was that given to the French
sculptor Denys Puech, director of the
French School of Rome. The Holy
Father had long interview with him
and M. Puech has said that His Holi
ness showed a consummate knowledge
of art, and a perfect understanding oil
the art of today. M. Denys Puech is
now working in Rome on a magnifi
|cent monument intended for the Bias
ilica of Fourvieres. 1t is an altar
screen of marble for the chapel of the
Nativity of the Virgin, and will be
placed in the basilica next summer
after first having been exhibited in the
Paris Salon. Another altar-screen, in
tended for the chapel of the Annuncia
ton, is the work of the Lyonnais
sculptor, Castex. Still another Lyon
nails artist is executing magnificent
Pieta for the chapel of the souls OF
Purgatory.