The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-08
AMERICAN NEWS.

Large Number of Orphans Cared
For.-The Roman Catholic Orphan
Asylum Society of Brooklyn, is taking
care of 1000 orphans, distributed
among five institutions.
A Generous Benefactor of Catholic
Indians.-Last year, Mother Katherine
Drexel gave to the Catholic Indian
Missions, $73,316.S2. The United
States government gave $126,297.66.
Churches and Schools for CoIored
PeopIe.-In the diocese of Nashville
are two churches and two schools for
Catholic colored people; one in Nash
vile and one in Memphis.
Memorials for the Late Archbishop
Ryan.-Plans are already under way
for permanent memorial to the life
and works of the late Archbishop
Patrick John Ryan. One of the first
concrete steps was the pledging of
$1,000 to a fund for the erection of a
statue of the late prelate along the
Parkway, as a tribute from the Holy
Name societies, of which there are
forty in Philadelphia alone Another
suggestion made was that fund open
to subscription from the public be
instituted, to be applied to the build
ing of new dome to the Cathedral
of IS. Peter and Paul, in which Arch
bishop Ryan made so many of his dis
courses. This would be in connection
with the proposed Parkway improve
ments. A third form of the proposed
tribute is the erection of great home
for children. His life was largely
spent in arranging for the care of the
various orphans and homeless children
Church, and in each of the institutions
for children in Philadelphia he was
a familiar visitor and fast friend of all
the tiny inmates.
Cardinal Gibbons Approves Tuber-
cuIosis Day.-Cardinal Gibbons has
expressed his approval of tuberculosis
day, which is to be observed by the
churches of the United States on or
about April 30th, and of the general
organized anti-tuberculosis campaign.
Franciscan Fathers to Give Mis-
sons Among ItaIians.-A year ago two
Franciscans, Rev. M. Braghetti and
Rev L. Nanetti, came to America and
held missions in a number of Italian
centers They returned to Italy last
June, but have now come back, COM
missioned by their Order to remain
here for two years, to hold missions
among Italian Catholics.
Sale of Shamrocks for Orphan
Home.-On st. Patrick's day one
thousand Catholic women of Portland,
Oregon, sold shamrocks in aid of the
st. Mary's Home for Orphan Girls
near Oswego. The proceeds amounted
to $4,000 The citizens, irrespective
of class or creed, contributed gener-
ously. This amount together with what
was obtained from the banquet given
recently by the Catholic laymen of the
city will be applied to reducing the
debt of the institution. There is still,
Catholic Builder of New York Sub
way Dead.-John B. Mcdonald, the
eminent engineer and builder of the
subway, died at his home in New
York, March II. He was born in Ire
land in 1874 and came to this country
at an early age. He entered the con-
struction business. In 1889 he began
his first big work, the construction of
a tunnel for the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad to connect it with the Balti-
more Belt Line. Between 1900 and
1904 he built the New York Subway
which is regarded as his GROWING
Catholic. At the time of his funeral
in St. Patrick's Cathedral, all the cars
in the subway stopped for few min
utes out of respect for his memory.
Lenten Lectures on Socialism.-Rev-
erend James J. Fox, S. T. D., Associate
Professor of Ethics at the Catholic
University, is giving Lenten course
of lectures at the Catholic Club, New
York City, under the auspices of the
Catholic Summer School. These lee
lures constitute a study of various
phases of Socialism. The following
are the subjects:
The Socialist Movement and Social
ism; The Bible of Socialism: Marx
and His Doctrine on Labor and Capt.
tai; Socialistic Aims and Constructive
Schemes; The Fundamental Errors OF
Socialist Philosophy; The Right OF
Ownership-Its Limitations and It's
Abuses; and The Attitude of the Cath
Ole Church Towards the Socialist
Movement
University Professors in Lenten
Lecture course.-Among the lectures
given in the Lenten Course in Carroll
Hall ST Patrick'S Church. Washing