The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-02

LudL uSuCSIO1IA III AhAANO AAANSN
cases, both parties thereto must at
tend instruction in the catechism for
at least six weeks. The Right Rev.
Bishop says in his order:
"A rule, found most beneficial in
many Dioceses, that both parties to
a mixed marriage attend instruction
in catechism at least six weeks pre-
vious, is henceforth to be enforced in
the Diocese of Alton. Full notice
thereof must be given in every parish.
The non-Catholic, of course, remains
free, acquiring needed information.
Provincial of Sisters of Notre Dame.
Mother Mary Borgia, who has been
appointed American Provincial of the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is
a native of Philadelphia, and former
resident of St. Philip Neris parish.
She made her novitiate and was pro-
fessed at the mother house in Namur.
For twenty years past she has been
superior of the Convent of Notre Dame
on East Sixth Street, Cincinnati. 1t
is understood that under new ruling
the American Provincial will take up
her residence at the Eastern novitiate,
in Waltham, Mass The Eastern
novitiate was established in 1877, pre-
vious to which time the novitiate of
Cincinnati was the only one in the
United States
Dominican Superior for New Or
Ieans.-At the general meeting of the
Order of Dominican nuns, held recent
~ at the St. Charles Avenue Convent,
New Orleans, Rev. Mother De Ricci,
was elected superior of the Order in
Louisiana. Her administration has
been marked by progress in every line
of educational and religious endeavor.
Columbus acknowledgement
for a magnificent memorial fountain
to Christopher Columbus on the plaza
of the new Union Station in Washing
ton received impetus with the opening
of the bids for it's construction. Arthur
l.. Smith & Co., was the lowest OF
twelve bidders, offering to erect the
memorial in granite and complete the
plumbing for $60,939, or in marble
for $4S,491. The memorial will con-
sist of a life-size statue of the dis
coverer against background formed
by an enormous fountain and several
allegorical figures.
Pioneer Sister of Holy Name Dead.
Sister Francis Xavier, who died re-
Gently at st. Mary's Academy, Port
land, Ore, was one of the twelve
founders of the Holy Name Sisters in
the Northwest, and afterward became
Mother General Of the Order. The
venerable religious was in her eighty
first year, and the sixty-irst of her
religious profession.
Louisiana Catholic Colonization
Rureau.-The Louisiana Colonization
Bureau was organized few weeks ago
under the auspices of Archbishop
Blenk. The organization is the out
growth of the Catholic Colonization
Congress which was held in St. Louis
last May, during which the Catholic
Colonization Society of the United
States was formed. Steps will be
taken for the importation of a large
number of immigrants from Holland to
Louisiana.
Modification of Recent Ruling
Sought.-A petition is being circulated
in the various Catholic congregations
throughout Ohio asking the Pope to
modify the order regarding the teach.
ing of boys of the parochial schools by
the Sisters of Notre Dame. The order
as it now stands will not permit the
Sisters teaching boys over the age OF
nine years.
Columbus Day Celebration in Bos
ton.-President Taft will be in Boston
on October IL and will review the
Columbus Day parade. The night be
fore, the President will be rendered 9
banquet at the Hotel Somerset a
which 600 covers will be laid. The
parade on Columbus Day will include
the members of Cheverus Assembly
Fourth Degree, and most of the coun
ellis of the Order in New England. Be
sides the Knights of Columbus, thu
italian societies of Boston will join IL
honoring the memory of their famous
compatriot. The line of procession
will be headed by more than LOO
fourth degree knights of Bishop
Cheverus Assembly of Boston, in full
regalia, and with military band. The
will be followed by the Fourth Degre
assemblies of the eastern and western
section of Massachusetts.
Requests to Catholic Institutions
Hospitals and charitable institution
in Brooklyn will receive the bulk 9
the estate of John Curley, carriag
manufacturer in that borough fc
many years, who died on July 80 las
in Austria. There are sixty-three b.
ond Ef+v re fhoCo ORC m oha r