The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-21
AMERICAN NEWS


Kelley, Pastor of the Parish of st.
consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of De-
troit on Jan. g. The conservation
ceremonies will take place in the
Church of St. Thomas, Ann Arbor,
Mich. His Eminence, Cardinal Glib
bons, will be Consecratorr and the
Most Reverend Archbishop Ireland
will preach the sermon.
A. o. H. Pounds Scholarship at
Catholic University-Thef five divis-
ions of the Ancient Order of Hibern-
ians of the District of Columbia have
united their forces for the purpose of
establishing a scholarship at the Cath
Ollie University of America. 1t will be
available in September, 1911.
New Order of Sisters for San An.
tonic, Texas.-FrOm Barcelona, Spain,
where the mother house is located,
Mother Maria Teresa Rubio, mother
secretary, the general mother, has
come to San Antonio, Texas, for the
purpose of establishing the first con-
vent of the Order of Saint Teresa in
the United States. Mother Maria
Teresa is accompani. by five Sisters
of the order and will be joined by five
or six others. They are now in pos
session of the former Episcopal resi-
dence on Dryer avenue and are hav-
ing everything put in readiness for the
opening of the convent February 1.
The work of the order is educa-
tional, and in the convent about to be
opened special attention will be given
to French, music, drawing and paint
ing, and every kind of fancy work
The order has an interesting history.
1t was first organized about thirty
seven years ago and took for it's pa
iron Saint Teresa. Since that time it
has had a wonderful growth, and now
numbers more than 1000 members. It
has forty houses located in Spain,
Mexico and South America. The Or
der was driven out of Portugal during
the recent revolution, and in the late
uprising in Spain also lost a house
which was kindled into flames by riot
erS.
Ursuines Open School in Alaska
The Ursuline Sisters are about to open
a school at st. Michael, Alaska, for
Indian children. It will be opened by
Mother Mary Amadeus, the foundress
of the Indian Missions of Montana,
former Provincial of the Order and
delegate to the General Chapter in
Rome last September She has just
reached Nome after her memorable
trip to Rome. These good Sisters
have a heroic task before them in the
work of evangelizing the Indians of
the frozen north.
German Parish in MontreaI.-The
Archdiocese of Montreal has already
two parishes of Poles, two of Italians
and one of Greeks, and it's cosmopoli
tan organization will shortly be in
creased by the establishment of a
German parish. The subjects of the
Kaiser think themselves in sufficient
number in Montreal to have church
of their own and the religious authori
ties, interviewed on the question, have
agreed.
Early Mass for Night Workers in
San Francisco.-San Francisco has
joined the cities in the East that
provide an early morning Mass fol
night workers. The Mass that before
the earthquake was celebrated every
Sunday morning at three o'clock in
st. Patrick's Church was resumed or
November 20. In addition to this there
will be Low Mass at noon every
Sunday hereafter at the same church
School for Deaf Mutes in Pittsburg
Bishop Canevin of Pittsburg, Pa, is
building a school for the deaf mutes
of his diocese. The building in Brook
line will accommodate 100 pupils anC
will be in charge of the Sisters o.
Mercy.
DR.. Raupert's Wife convert.-Tht
gifted wife of DR.. Godfrey Raupert
whose books against "Spiritism" anG
against "Freemasonry" have done
much good work for God and thu
Church, has joined her husband il
the Catholic communion. Their son i:
a Jesuit, but the woman held ou
against becoming Catholic until now
Oldest Nun Dead.-Rev. Mother st
Croix is dead at the Ursuline Monas
terry, Quebec, in the ninety-third yea
of her age, and the seventy-third yea
of her religious profession. Mother st
WuO Was d COuNSIL, was UOI1
in New Hampshire, and was perhap:
the oldest member of the Ursulin'
community on this continent
Maine Aids Sisters Educationa
Work Among Indians.-The Legisla
ture of Maine, through the efforts o
Representative Dr. G.. G. Meld, of Oh
Town, appropriated $5,000.O0 for thu
erection of a new convent home TO
the Sisters of Mercy, who have entir
charge of the educational work amonI
the Old Town Indians. Bishop Walsl
of Portland added $1,5O0.00 to thu
fund and the Sisters now have a splen
did residence with every modern cor
venience.
Horace GreeIey's Catholic Relatives
There is movement on foot to erec
a monument to Horace Greeley, VIII
was a warm friend of the Church AM