The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-29

James ID. Phelan has recently brought
to San Francisco a famous Catholic
painting which he purchased at the
Munich salon. 1t is Hermann Glenn
entz's "Golgotha," and is one of the
most striking pictures of the Crucifix-
ion ever painted. 1t is now on view
at the Sequoia Club.
Erie Cathedral to BE Consecrated
Next Month.-The Cathedral Of Erie,
Pa, fine specimen of Gothic archi-
lecture, will be consecrated on May
II. The city of Erie has thirteen par
ish churches; the diocese has a popu-
lation of about $4,000 It's Bishop,
Mgr. Fitz Maurice, succeeded to that
See in 1899.
Municipal Support for Orphans in
Catholic Institutions.-The Roman
Catholic orphan asylums of New York
are taking care of 1900 homeless city
orphans, under contract with the city.
at the present time. Under the ar
rangement with the asylums, made by
the Board of Estimate, 81 a week is
paid for each child for care and main
tenance, and cents day during $50
days in the year for schooling.
commander-in-Chief Of G. A. r. a
Catholic.-The commander-in-chief OF
the National G. A. r. is John E. Gill
man. He is member of ST. Hugh's
Parish, Roxbury, Mass. He has just
issued call for the Forty-fifth Ma
tional Encampment of the order. which
will be held at Rochester. NJ Y, the
week beginning August 81.
Mgr. Loughlin's Library Bequeathed
to Seminary.-The extensive and valu-
able library of the late Mgr. Loughlin,
of Philadelphia, was devised by him to
the Seminary of st. Charles Borromeo,
at Overlook, Pa.
Bryan to Lecture for Knights of Co.
lumbus.-Hon. William Jennings Bry-
an has accepted the invitation of En-
glewood and McHale Councils of the
Knights of Columbus to lecture on
"The Sign of the Times" at the White
City Casino, Chicago, Friday evening,
May 5. The proceeds of the lecture
will help swell the building fund of
the two councils, who are working
together to establish permanent
home.
Mass for Night Workers in New Or
Ieans.-With the approval of Most
Rev. James H. Blenk, SIN, DID,,
Archbishop of New Orleans, Mass
for night workers employed in the
various newspapers and otherwise, is
soon to be celebrated regularly in a
new chapel in st. Patrick's Parish. The
plan to be followed will be similar to
that in New York, Boston and Detroit.
New italian Immigrant Home.-A
Home for Italian Immigrants was
opened recently in Philadelphia.
Among the speakers on the occasion
were Mayor Reyburn and Bishop
Prendergast. The object of the in
stitution is to give aid and direction
to arriving immigrants, and to take
care of destitute Italian boys.
National Catholic Women's Mission
Catholic Church Extension Society has
issued call for the organization of a
National Catholic Women's Missionary
Movement, which is destined to be a
powerful auxiliary in the great work
of Church Extension throughout Amer
lea.
Annual Military Mass for Nations
Dead on Memorial Day.-The Glouces-
ter Command, United Spanish War
Veterans, acting with the Knights of
Columbus, is making elaborate ar
rangements for the annual military
field Mass on the campus of the Ma
rine Barracks, Navy Yard, on Me-
mortal Sunday, May %, in memory of
the Nations dead soldiers and sailors.
AS a religious and military spectacle
this great occasion will be one of the
most impressive ever witnessed in this
country.
Newsboys' Home to Be Enlarged
Father Dunno proposes to erect an
east wing to cost $4,000 to his News
boys Protectorate in st. Louis.
Cardinal Gibbons Will Address Ma
tionaI Peace Congress.-The Third Ma
tional Peace Congress will convene
at Baltimore on May 8. President
Taft, Cardinal Gibbons and Andrew
Carnegie will occupy seats on the plat
form, and each will make an address
at the opening exercises.