The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-07
The Church in this and other Lands

New Jesuit ProvinciaI.-The Direc-
tor General of the Jesuits has ap-
pointed the Very Rev. James A. Rock
cliff, S. j., of Spokane, Wash, Pro-
vincial of the Society of Jesus, for the
province of California in succession to
the late Rev. Herman ]. Caller, S. j.,
who died some weeks ago. The new
provincial has Jurisdiction over all the
Jesuit communities on the Pacific
coast. FIR Rockcliff is native of
England and came to this country
some years ago.
Marchand Academy, Montreal. -
Marchand Academy, the only school
of the Catholic School Board under
the control of lay women teachers in
Montreal, was officially opened last
week by His Grace, Archbishop
Bruchesi. The new school cost $42,-
900, paid for partly by the School Com
mission and partly by grant from the
Provincial Legislature.
to a recent decision of Judge McTavish
| Ottawa, Ont, will have to pay taxes
on it's property, the chapel alone be-
| ing excepted Likewise, the Sisters of
| the congregation of Notre Dame will
have to pay taxes levied for municipal
purposes on building recently pur-
chased as an annex to the Gloucester
street convent.
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| Diocese of Buffalo is about to begin
the erection of new cathedral. The
Bishops residence and the chapel of
the Blessed Sacrament are to be re-
moved from their present sites to
make room for it on Delaware avenue
in the fashionable residence district.
The cathedral, according to present
estimates, will cost half a million dol
lars.
Anglican Sisters converts.-The
Superioress of a community of An
glican Sisters, with five of her COM
panions, have arrived at Graymoor, N.
Y, from England to be received into
the Catholic Church and then, as post
ulants, to seek admission into the
convert Franciscan community of the
Atonement there.
Native Priests for PhiIippines.-Rev
Filipe Lumain and Rev. Angelo Juman-
wan, two Filipino students, who have
completed their theological courses at
st. Demands seminary, will leave
Rochester early in January for the
Philippine Islands, where they will be
ordained to the priesthood. Both
young men we're sent to st. Bernard S
seminary by the late Bishop Thomas
A. Hendrick, who was head of the
Diocese of Cebu, Philippine Islands.
Following ordination the young priests
will labor in the diocese of Cebu.
During their years at st. Bernard S
the two young men took high places
in all their examinations and acquired
fluent command of the English Ian
guage.
Hungarian Immiqration.-Withi the
past ten years-1899 to 1909-at
least 100000 Hungarians have arrived
in America according to the statistics
furnished by the Commissioners of
immigration. Altogether there are
now nearly million scattered over all
parts of the United States. Of these
a very large portion is Catholic
nearly one-half. Of Hungarians in the
city of New York, there are over 1907
900, and of these about two-fifths are
Catholic. New Jersey and Connecticut
account for large bulk of the entire
population, and in the West they are
variously scattered among the manu-.
featuring and mining centers of Ohio
Indiana and Illinois. West Virginia
counts many of them in the mining re
kgions.
Catholic papers in school.-The Vim
centian Fathers at st. Vincent's
Church, st. Louis, Mo-, have just set in
motion the laudable practice of turning
over to the use of the pupils at their
parochial schools all the dozens or sc
of current Catholic papers and periodi
Gals that are received by the Fathers
at the rectory. Part of the papers
will go to the girls schools and the
rest to the boys schools, where they
will be read aloud in the two higher
classes and later given Individually
to interested pupils to take home In
this way the Fathers will supply not
only supplementary reading for the
) more advanced pupils, but also to
awaken in them an interest in, and ar
acquaintance with Catholic news and
Catholic newspapers.
Miles O'Brien's Work for Educa
: tion.-The late Miles M. O'Brien Of
: New York, who died December %
, was well known for his interest iI
educational matters. For twenty years
he was member of the Board Of
: Education and was President of il
during Mayor Strong's administra
} ton. AS result of his efforts free
baths for poor children in crowded
J districts were established; nigh
, schools and free lecture courses were
) instituted; the High School of Com
MERGE was brought into existence; ant
adequate pensions for teachers was
: successfully advocated. In many
, other ways he strove to raise the
i standard of New York's educationa
system.