The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-06-03
OLD WORLD NEWS

| by year the Irish Catholic Church
Property Insurance Company is in
| creasing its business and prosperity
Last years report sustained compare
son with the best of the 10 previous
years. It's surplus for the year was
| the largest ever realized in the his
| tory OF the company. 1t has accumu-
| lated a reserve fund equal to more
than double the paid-up capital The
Irish Hierarchy is largely Interested
in the company
| Are You a Papist?-The Belfast
| Catholic Protection Committee has
disproved the assertion in the London
Spectator that the Belfast workers
were attacked for being Sim Feiners
and not for being Catholics The com
mittee shows that the test question
was: Are you a Papist?" The COM
mfttee adds that to be a Catholic is a
crime punishable by death in Belfast,
spared, from the babe unborn to the
octogenarian
New Mission for China.-The Hun
garian Jesuit province has received
instructions to establish a mission
station in China. According to pres
ent plans, Fathers Nikolaus Szarzas
and Johann Hemm, who complete
their studies this year, will leave for
China very soon. They will be the
first Hungarian missionaries to go to
heather lands since the days of Father
Menyhart and Father Zimmerman
the famous Hungarian missionaries
who died in Africa twenty years ago
Plus XII to See Ball Game.-A Pope
for the first time is to witness a base
ball game soon. In donating to the
Knights of Columbus a site for an
athletic field at the foot of one of the
seven hills of Rome, Pope Plus XII, it
was announced, expressed to Edward
L. Hearn, director of the organiZa.
tons work in Italy, the hope CT see
ing the American game played. Pope
Plus will be able to watch the game
from the window of his study over
looking the field. II want to see with
my own eyes the development of your
work." His Holiness said
Foch Prefers to Be Active Member.
Recently, when at the wedding of
his niece, at Tarbes-his native town
Marshal Foch was approached by
the local Federation of War Veterans
and asked to become honorary presi.
} dent of the federation. "Why should
be honorary" asked Foch. 'T'll join
and as one Of the men of Tarbes who
fought in the war" Returning to
Paris, the marshal Immediately sent
in his membership form, accompanied
, by check for twenty-five francs, dues
for one year.
Fine Work by Convict Artists
Some splendid art work by convict
artists is to be seen in the Catholic
chapel of Wandsworth prison, Lon
don. There is some notable vine leat
and grape-cluster stenciling around
, the walls, and hand-carved pulpit
: with similar motif. There are
: hand-wrought wood pedestals ane
inches for statues of Christ and of st
Patrick. Over the altar appears al
impressive "Crucifixion" picture by {
convict artist, which is a remarkable
:. piece of work Above a door there
is large picture by another convict
depicting Christ walking on the sea
Gives Jubilee Money for Organ
The committee working under the
craftsmanship of Sir John Gilbert tt
present some suitable recognition tt
Cardinal Bourne, in memory Of hi!
Episcopal jubilee. has in hand a sun
of $4,000, and this was made over t,
: the Cardinal in the Cathedral Hall a
Westminster on the day that the an
5 nual episcopal conference met. Con
sidering that Catholics in England an,
Wales are by no means a numerous
: body, the sum of money raised TO
: the testimonial is an indication of tn
3 affection and esteem with which tn,
. Cardinal Archbishop of Westminste
: is regarded by the English and Welsl
| Catholics. When the Cardinals JUBILEE