The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-20

Canadian Catholic Premier to Be
Guest of English king.-Sir Wilfrid
Laurier leaves in May to attend the
Imperial Conference in London, which
opens on the %. Later he will be the
guest of His Majesty the King for the
Coronation. Lady Laurier, who has
always accompanied her distinguished
husband on his many trips to the
centre of the Empire, will not go to
London with him on this occasion.
She will spend the summer at ST.
Andrews. For number of years past
she has not been in the best of health
FeIician Sisters to Open New House.
The Felician Sisters of Detroit have
purchased a house at Jackson, Mich,
where they will open a branch of their
novitiate The Felician Sisters are
Polish nuns of the Franciscan order
They have one of the largest converts
in Detroit. The Order was founded in
Cracow, Austria, over half century
ago and were established in this
country thirty years ago.
Bishop Davis Enforces PapaI Decree.
Bishop Davis of Davenport has is
sued orders putting into effect de-
cree of the Pope requiring that all
priests shall resign from positions
they may hold as officers or directors
of banks or like business institutions.
The order instructs them to foster and
assist such institutions as much as
possible, but declares that such active
connections are liable to distract
them from their church duties.
Bill Prohibiting immoral Plays Be-
comes Law in PennsylVania.-Unde
the provisions of a bill, introduced by
Senator McNichol, Philadelphia, and
approved by Governor Tener last week,
no person will be allowed to give or
participate in, or allow as the owner
of theatrical property, any dramatic,
operate, theatrical or vaudeville ex-
hibition, or the display of any fixed or
moving pictures of lascivious, sacri-
legious, obscene, indecent or immoral
nature, or such as might tend to cor
rupt morals. This is another achieve
ment to be credited to Catholic Fed
Grafton.
Catholic Truth Society Distributes
Large Amount of Catholic Literature.
-Twenty-seven thousand books, pam
phlets and leaflets explanatory OF
Catholic dogmas and belief we're dis
tributed gratis by the Catholic Truth
Society during the past year.
Montreal Catholic Girls Club Or.
qanized for Betterment of Working
GirIs.-A number of Catholic ladies of
the city are earnestly interesting them
selves in the welfare of the Catholic
working girls of Montreal, and have
formed themselves into the Catholic
Girls Club. 1t is the intention Of those
ladies to strive to ameliorate the lot of
the Catholic working girls in Montreal
and to improve their condition as far
as possible. One of the first and most
important subjects to be considered
will be the securing of suitable home,
where the comfort of the girls may be
properly looked after, and where they
may also find some degree of recrea-
ton.
A Catholic Member of San Francis
co.'s Public Library 8oard.-The direc-
tors of the San Francisco public library
recently appointed Eustace Cullinan, a
we'll known Catholic attorney, to
membership on it's Board of Trustees.
WaverIy, Ia, Catholics Erect New
Church.-The Catholics of Waverly,
Ia, are to erect a church on the site
of the old one to cost $4,000 which
will be one of the finest in that section
of the state. The chapel will be To-
Gated in the basement. A library and
heating plant will also be located in
the basement
Teachers Dismissed on Account OF
Masonic Affiliations.-At recent meet.
ing of the Montreal Catholic school
commission five teachers, suspended
last October on account of alleged af.
filiation with Grand Orient Masonry
were formally dismissed. The action
is precautionary, in view of the fact
that one of the suspended teachers was
seeking to have the act Of the board
suspending him quashed by the courts
Buffalo Catholics Oppose Plan for
Public Funds for Private University
The Catholics of Buffalo are up in
arms against plan being pushed to
saddle the taxpayers with burden oil
$4,000 a year for the maintenance Of
private university.
Charitable women Help NeWshoys
Home.-A number of charitable womer
have planned to make house to house
canvass of st. Louis to raise the $50,
900 necessary for the erection of al