The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-07
AMERICAN NEWS.

Mother General of Precious Blood
Sisters.-Mother Emma, superioress
at the Convent of the Sisters Of the
Precious Blood, Phoenix, Arizona, has
been elected Mother-General of the
order and will now reside at the moth
er-house Maria Stein, Ohio. This is
the second time that Mother Emma
established school for Indians and
held. that important Office. 1t was
during her first term as Mother-Gen-
school for Indians and another for
Mexicans at Phoenix and has accom-
plished splendid work in the order of
which she has been a member for
many years.
On the Way To Sainthood.-Pro-
ceedings for the canoniZation of FIR.
Magin Catala, who went to California
in 1894 and was stationed at Santa
Clara, have passed their first stage,
according to advices received from
Rome. A commission appointed by
the Pope to examine FIR. Catala's
writings has reported that there is
nothing Objectionable in them. In
vestigation now will be made into the
testimony of 81 witnesses concerning
his sanity life and the miracles which
he is declared to have performed.
Proposed School for Polish Girls
A Sc, To cfoh 1ich q
great Polish Catholic training school
for girls at Lisle, DuPage County, ILL.,,
where there is now small school of
that character. The name of the pro-
posed school is ST.. Hedwig's Indus
trial School for Girls. 1t is proposed
to establish a school of the proper
tons of St. Mary's training school at
Feehanville. The proposed incor-
porators and first board of directors
are: Rt. Rev. Paul P. Rhode, John M.
J. Kosinski, Francis x. LANCE, Francis
M. Wojalewicz, Margaret Wasiele-
waka, Anna M. Zegler, Mary Osuch,
Josephine Gorecki and Ludwika
Szwaikart. The principal Office is in
Chicago.
Sunday Observance In Kansas
BY ruling of the Attorney General
of Kansas that state will hereafter
have no more Sunday Jvaudevilles,
moving picture shows or theatricals
of any kind.
Descendant of John knox.-John
Knox's only lineal descendant is a
member of the Congregation of the
Holy Cross of Notre Dame. Brother
Philip" was a Methodist preacher in
his early manhood, but. for thirty
years past he has been a teacher in
various schools directed by the order.
Request to Charity.-Joseph E. Bur
guieres, who died recently in New
Orleans, left in his will $4,000 to es-
tablish a home for incurables which
is to be placed in the care of the Sis
tiers of Charity. He also left 1000 to
the Catholic churches at Franklin and
Patoutville, and $4,000 each to the
Catholic churches at Cypremort and
Houma.
Institutions for Working People,
Rev. Gerald McShane, pastor of st.
Patrick's Church, Montreal, Is now
engaged in the task of founding a
Catholic young mems club and a
working girls home. The latter in
stitution is badly needed in Montreal,
and Father McShane believes that an
institution founded along the line of
Father Dempsey's Working Girls
Hotel in St. Louis will do much to
solve the problems of many Catholic
young women who board and room far
from their work and who have to pay
too high for meagre accommodations
and Indifferent board The young
mems club building is already well
under way.
National Prison congress.-The Ma
tional Prison Congress will meet in
Omaha in October. The association is
composed of men who are striving to
ameliorate prison conditions in this
country. Rt. Rev. John H. Then, D.
D., of Lincoln will deliver an address
before the Congress Sunday after.
noon, Oct. Is.
Negro Bishop Founded Cathedral
The old Cathedral at Panama was
built about the year 1850, not about
1874 as is stated in recent magazine
article. According to the Inscription
over the main entrance, it was found
ed by Doctor Don Francisco Xavier
Luna Vitoria, most worthy Bishop o.
Panama" 1t may surprise many tx
know that Bishop Vitoria was negro
a citizen of Panama, exceedingly
charitable and in every way a doer o.
I good.
Pittsburgh cathedral.-The Cattle
dral of Pittsburgh, with its ground
cost S1,090,481 It's length is over 22I
feet; interior width 100 feet. 8 inches