The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-04
The Church in this and other Lands

Home for Friendless Men to be run on
lines similar to those of Father Demp-
sey's Hotel" in st. Louis, which has
proved boon to homeless and friend
less wanderers.
Catholic Papers consoIidate.-The
Indiana Catholic published at Indian
apolis has effected installation with
Das Sternenbanner (The Starry Ban
ner), the we'll known German Catholic
publication of Evansville, owned and
edited by the Hon. Peter Wallbrath.
The next issue of the Indiana Catholic
will be an anniversary number COM
memorative of the close of the first
year of it's existence.
Catholic Chaplain For Missouri Pen
itentiary Provided For in BilI.-A bill
has been introduced into the Missouri
Legislature providing for the appoint
ment of two chaplains for the state
penitentiary one of which shall be a
Catholic priest. Up to the present the
spiritual needs of the Catholic inmates
have been attended to by priest
without any compensation whatever.
Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Hail.
A movement has been set on foot to
commemorate the Golden Jubilee of
Cardinal Gibbons ordination, which
occurs next year, by the erection of
Gibbons Memorial Hall at the Cath
Ollie University, Washington. The
funds for this are to be secured by
popular subscription from all parts of
America. Rt. Rev. o. B. Corrigan,
Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, is treas
urer of the fund.
+ Holy Name Society at Blackwell
IsIand.-The Rev. J. w. Casey, chap
lain at Blackwell's Island, has been
for some time past engaged in the pre-
liminary work of organizing a new
branch of the Holy Name Society
among the inmates of the institutions
under his care; and, as a result, on
Friday evening, January 6, four hun
bred of his men were received into
the society and the occasion presented
a most inspiring scene to all pres
ent, many delighted friends from all
over the city being present to wit
ness it.
An Assyrian Bishop Tours America.
-Rt. Rev. Bishop Heger, of Assyria,
who attended the Eucharistic Con-
gress at Montreal, is the guest of
Rev. M. T. Szalewski, of st. Hedwige
Church at South Bend, Ind. The Bish-
op is making tour of the United
States and will not return to his did,
cese until next summer.
Father O'CaIIaghan Lectures in Mon
treaI.-Very Rev. P. J. O'Callaghan, G.
S. P, of Chicago, President of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America, lectured under the auspices
of the Total Abstinence Union of Can
ada, Montreal, on the 31st inst.
Christian Brothers Institute.-The
| Christian Brothers have erected in
Vedado suburb of Havana, Cuba, a
handsome 100000 day school and
Brothers residence. That makes the
sixth large school which the Brothers
now possess in Cuba.
Priest Rings the Curfew.-Curfew
still rings in Chicago. Down in the
section 'back of the yards" the chill
dren are warned that it is bed time
by the bell of the church of st. Rose
of Lima, which is rung every night at
promptly three minutes to nine. Fa
Their Dennis Hayes rings the bell fol
the three minutes and then sa1lies
forth to look for recreant youngsters
who disregard the warning. 1t matters
not whether the child found be of Fa
Their Hayes little flock or not-he
leads the little one home. The police
say Father Hayes curfew has done
more to check juvenile delinquency il
the district than any other measure
that has been tried
Sisters Of Charity to Erect Hospital
The Sisters of Charity of Provi
dence, who conduct st. Vincent Hos
pital in Portland, Ore, and many
others, have agreed to erect 75-roon
hospital, which will entail an invest
ment of over $4,000, in Medford, Ore.
in consideration of $4,000 bonus
The Commercial Club of Medford ha
secured the requested amount. TIL.
site of two acres has been purchased
TWO Catholic Chief Justices,-It il
worthy of comment that the Chief Jus
tees of the Supreme Courts of bot
the United States and Canada ar,
: Catholics.
Catholic Indians of Maine.-Th
biennial election of the Penobsco
: tribe of Indians, of Old Town, Me
was held recently Nearly all the Ii
dams are sober and Industrious, an
+. devout Catholics.