The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
AMERICAN NEWS

refuge for wayfarers known as
Brother Christopher's Inn. 1t was
established by that Graymoor COM
munity, formerly Anglican, but now
Catholic, of which Father Paul James
Francis is the head. The wanderers
who come to the Inn are given what
ever the place affords free of charge.
Nor are they dubbed "tramps" or "ho
boes" by the community. They are
given the name of Brother Christie
piers"
Father Lacombe's "Home."-Mr. P.
Burns, a leading Catholic gentleman,
of Calgary, donated the 200 acres on
which the venerable Father Lacombe
has built his Home" at Midnapore,
eight miles south of that city. The
Sisters of Providence from Montreal
are in charge After sixty years of
missionary life, Father Lacombe is as
full of energy and zeal as ever in the
cause of charity.
An "Extension" Church. - The
Church Extension Society of the
United States has recently erected at
independence, Oregon, a handsome
church with $1,000 donated by the Sui
livan Brothers, of Lowell, Mass. The
gift is the direct outcome of discus
sion which took place at the National
Convention of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, in Portland, Ore, on Church
Extension. Both brothers are Hi
bernians.
AIIemany CIub-A new club for
Catholic men has just been instituted
in San Francisco. 1t is called the
Allemany Club, in honor of the first
Archbishop of San Francisco. The
membership is limited to unmarried
men between the ages of twenty-one
and thirty-five years.
Monument to 1.-THE Poet-Priest of
the South."-A sum of $4,000 has been
raised by popular subscription
throughout the South for a monument
to the late Rev. Abram J. Ryan, ''the
pOet-priest of the South
Holy Name Society Formed in Peni-
tentary.-One of the latest branches
of the Holy Name Society is that re-
Gently established in the Missouri
penitentiary It was organized by
Rev. L. G. Melies of St. Peters Church,
Jefferson City, and has an enrolment
of A names. A Catholic choir of 20
voices Was dlSO lOln0u' OSNS4 al OCACA
new members have since been re-
ceived into the society, and their de-
vout demeanor and disposition are
consoling to behold Much spiritual
good has been accomplished among
them by the establishment Of the So
ciety.
The ST. Vincent de Paul Society of
Boston has inaugurated a fund for the
purpose of erecting a summer home
for children and convalescent women,
in Hingham Mass, Miss Ellen Roche
of that town having presented the So
ciety an estate of ten acres in mem
DRY of her mother. The home will be
known as the Williams Farm" the
late Archbishop Williams having
founded the St. Vincent de Paul So
ciety in the Archdiocese.
New Scholarship at Catholic Uni
Versity.-Mr. Herbert G. Squiers, for
merly United States Minister to Pan
anna and a convert to the Catholic
Church, has donated two scholarships
worth two hundred and fifty dollars
each, to the Catholic University
These scholarships are available tC
worthy lay students for period OF
ten years. The present holders are
Edward Dannaher of Nashville, Tenn.
and Vincent Scully of Albany, N. Y
Mr.. Squiers has chosen most eff
cient way of rendering service to the
Catholic Church. This is one of sew
eral similar gifts made by Catholics
to Catholic educational institutions
1t augers a new era in the promotion
of Catholic education. Endowments
and gifts of this kind are of inesti
mable value in affording opportuni
ties to deserving youths to obtain &
good education.
Games of Chance Barred.-Raff1e
of all kinds will be barred in Kansa:
City, Mo-, after Jan. 1. The order tx
this effect was made on Monday fol
lowing conference between Chief o
Police Griffin, Mayor Brown and TIT
County Prosecutor Even the sellin.
of chances on a piece of embroider.
or box of homemade candy at churcl
bazaars is to be stopped.
With reference to church raff1es
Mayor Brown said:
'"They throw cloak of righteous
ness around gambling. In themselve
they are not so bad, but their effec
is demoralizing. They make children
believe it is right to gamble
Catholic Quebec.-Quebec is pre-
eminently a Catholic city. Out of
population of $4,000 there are scarcel
500 non-Catholics.
Home for St. Francis Xavier Co
Ieee-Mr. Neil MacNeil, contracto
and builder of Boston, Mass, nativ
of Antagonist, has recently presente
st. Francis Xavier College with a
elegant summer home, situated on tn
shores of the Bay of st. George, abou
eight miles from the town of Antil
onish 1t is intended as summe
resort where the professors may Ell
joy much needed rest during tn
summer vacation.