The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-08-05
AMERICAN NEWS.

Knights of Columbus University
Fund.-The 100000 scholarship fund
pledged to the Catholic University OF
America by the Knights of Columbus
is more than half completed. The
fund, when completed, will endoW
fifty full scholarships at the univer-
sity.
One Thousand in Sacred Heart
League.-The Canadian Messenger OF
the Sacred Heart is authority Tor
the statement that the branch of the
Sacred Heart League at the Cathedral,
St. Johns. Newfoundland, is the larg-
est either in Canada or NeWfound-
land. This branch has over thou
sand communicates every first Friday.
Catholic Quebec and Its BasIIca.-
Quebec is re-eminently a Catholic
city. Out of a population of $4,000
there are scarcely 500 nOn-Cathol1cs.
Perhaps the chief point of Catholic
interest in the city is the French
Cathedral. This basilica is a wonder
full structure, begun as early as l647,
and dedicated by the famous Bishop
Montmorency de Laval who was the
founder of the Laval University at
Quebec His Diocese extended from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from
the Gulf of st. Lawrence to the Gulf
of Mexico.
Civic Committee to Present Gift to
Cardinal Gbbons.-The committee in
charge of the recent civic celebration
of Cardinal Gibbons Jubilee, reports
a remaining surplus of three thousand
dollars, which will be applied for the
purchase of a suitable memorial to be
presented to His Eminence.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart in
Amerca.-Martin I. J. Griffin, the
Catholic American historian, states
that the Venerable Bishop Neumann
of Philadelphia was the first Amerl-
can Bishop to introduce the devotion
to the Sacred Heart into the United
States.
DELEGATE of C.. T. A. U. to Anti
Alcoholic Congress.-For the first
time in the history of the Catholic To
tai Abstinence Union of America that
organization is sending a delegate to
an international congress. At the
Boston convention last year Rev. Ul-
rich Mueller was elected as delegate
to the Anti-Alcohol Congress, which
meets at The Hague on September
II, II and Is.
Dubuque Tailor Makes Request for
Church.-The will of Joseph Maresch,
for many years tailor in Dubuque,
Ia, leaves practically all of his es-
tate, amounting to $4,000 to charity.
The most notable bequest is one for
$4,000 for the erection of a German
Catholic Church in Dubuque. The six
societies of st. Vincent de Paul re-
ceive $500 apiece. The Humane So
ciety also received $1,000.
Abbot of Gethsemane Presented
With ChaIice.-The Right Reverend
Abbott of Gethsemane, Kentucky, has
been presented with a beautiful
chalice and paten as an appreciation
from Governor Wilson, of Kentucky,
the members of his staff and num-
Der of friends who visited the Abbey
of Gethsemane several weeks ago.
The chalice has engraved on its front
the coat-of-arms of the Abbot and
that of the State of Kentucky and a
suitable inscription on it's base.
Father Doyle Lectures on Mission
airy Work.-Very Rev. Alexander P.
Doyle, C. S. P, Rector of the Apos-
tolic Mission House, Washington, is
giving a series of lectures on mission
airy work, which is attended by all the
sisters of the University Summer
School, They are delivered in Nc
Mahon Hall, at s o'clock, the first
q four evenings of each week. The lee
lures are illustrated by stereopticon
views.
Contingent Request to New York
Churches and Charities.-The greater
part of an estate valued at $525 1000 is
bequeathed Professionally to Catholic
churches and charitable institutions
in New York City by the will of Cor
nelius Callahan. The contingency in
the requests is that the testator's
daughter, Mrs. Edith M. Callahan
Smith, Newark, N. j., who receives 6
life interest in the residuary estate
has issue at her death, in which case
the residue will go to such issue.
Site for Father Jogues' Monument
A committee representing the New
York Historical Society has selected
a site for the memorial to Fathe
Isaac Jogues the martyr and pionee
discoverer of Lake George, or as h
named it, Lac du Saint Sacrament
The northernmost island of tn