The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01

THE CATHOLIC Bull
School, situated at Lincolndale, N. ".
and is under the direction of Brother
Barnabas of the Protectory. An in
stitute was held there recently when
the farmers of the surrounding coun-
try were afforded an opportunity of
inspecting the work of the school.
Converts at St. Louis City Hospital.
At the City Hospital, st. Louis, Mo-,
during the year 1910, 1876 adults were
baptized in the Catholic Faith The
chaplain of the hospital is Rev A. ".
Neppel, Vincentian Father.
Priest Authorized to Erect Mosaic
Tablet on Mount OTivet.-The Rev. J.
F. Durward, pastor of st. Joseph's
Church, Baraboo Wis, has received
from Jerusalem the necessary author
ization to have mosaic table erected
in the Church of the Pater Noster, on
Mount OIivet, in the Chippewa Indian
language. There are already thirty
six languages there represented.
Canadian Ex-Secretary of State an
| Exemplar and Inspiration for the
fYoung.-On February 24th last, Sir R.
| w. Scott, ex-Secretary of State for
Canada, celebrated the eighty-sixth an
niVersary of his birth. Sir Richard en-
joys excellent health and regularly
assists at the meetings of the Senate.
AS young man he was not considered
good risk by an insurance company
He is strict vegetarian, setting great
store by good fruits and fresh air.
He is, and has been all his life, tee
totaler, and his is the only name con-
nected with temperance legislation in
| Canada, for the Scott Act" is called
after him, as its author and promoter.
Whatever may be the secret of his
long life, his career, marked by so
many civic and private virtues, may
we'll be held up as an inspiration to
the young men of this generation.
First Negro Bishop in the New
WorId.-The late Mgr. Sylveria Gomez
Pimenta, Archbishop of Mariana, who
is said to have been the first Negro
| for whom Brazil is still mourning, was
born in the Brazilian State of Minas-
Geraes, of slaves parents, and, as a
bright and pious schoolboy enduring
extreme poverty, he attracted the at
tention of the Archbishop of Bahia,
by whom he was educated for the
priesthood. The Archbishop's discern
ment was rewarded; and his immedi-
ate successor in the See appointed the
native priest, at the age of 80, his
| Vicar General. In 1890 came his con-
secration as Bishop Auxiliary of the
Diocese; and when seven years later,
Leo XIII, restored the Diocese OF
Mariana, on the borders of the ANA
zon, the Negro prelate was called to
be it's ruler, with a flock numbering
two millions.
| Missionary From India Visits His
American Home.-The Rev. M. Phillip
1
visiting at Notre Dame University
Father Fallize, who is member of
the Congregation of the Holy Cross,
recently returned from India, where he
! has spent twenty-three years in most
arduous missionary work. But one trip
home has been made during all that
time, and that was eleven years ago.
Baptism of Chinese converts.-Last
Sunday, the Feast of st. Joseph, Rev.
Father Montanar, missionary to the
Chinese of New York City, baptized
! five Chinese converts.
It is now nearly two years since
Father Montanar came from China on
the invitation of Archbishop Farley to
establish mission for the Chinese
in New York, and during that time he
has baptized twenty-five Chinese. All
of them are faithful and jealous Cath
olics. and will endeavor to spread the
Faith among their pagan fellow-coun-
trymen in the big CITY,
| Mother General Of Good Shepherd
to Be Elected in June.-An event of
great interest to the Nuns of the Order
of the Good Shepherd will occur in
June, when the election of Superior
General will take place at the mother
house in Anglers, France. The Order
has houses in all parts of the world,
and each province will send it's pro-
vincia1 and one other delegate to the
election.