The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-11-04
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Maryland, s1O,6961S; Washington,
$14,19O29: States, $49,996.12; Rome,
Italy, $125; Philippine Islands, $25;
China, SIS. New York gave $15,266;
Pennsylvania, $4,000; Illinois, $4,373;
Louisiana, s3,OS6; Massachusetts,,
81, 760.
Jesuit College for Toledo.-The
Jesuit Fathers of Toledo, Ohio, have
purchased the Avondale Club proper
ty for $4,000 as site for new col
lege buildings.
Sisters Normal School Begun On
October 18th Archbishop Bruchesi laid
the cornerstone of the new normal
school, which the Sisters of the Con-
gregation are building on Sherbrooke
Street, Montreal, at cost of 100000
The land for the institution was CIV
en- by the Sulpician Fathers,
Mount Carmel Guild.-Nearly a
year ago the Rev. DR.. Thomas J.
Walsh, chancellor of the Buffalo Do
cese, began the formation of So
ciety known as the Mount Carmel
Guild whose object is to do good
among the children of Catholics who
have come to us from foreign lands
and who do not speak English. The
Guild it now in good working order.
Americas First SCHOOL, Francis
can, Peter de Gante, O. F. M, founded
the first school in America, and it
was for native Americans, too-for
them to whom all the rest of us must
yield precedence-the Indians. This
was in 1924; ninety-six years before
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth
Rock; and more than one hundred
years before there were any Pilgrims
or Puritans.
Proposal to Buy Laval University
The Montreal Council has decided to
write to the Laval University authori-
ties regarding the sale of the college
property to the city. If the answer
is favorable, the college will be con-
verified into a public library.
Diocese of Des Moines.-It is ex-
pected that the official documents
from Rome erecting Des Moines into
Diocese will arrive about Novem-
Der Is. The meetings of the con-
sultors of the Diocese and of the
Bishops of the province will be- held
soon after that date to select a
tterna" for the new See.
Catholic Minister of Justice.-ln
the new Borden Cabinet Hon. c. J.
Doherty has the high and RESPONSE
BILE Office of Minister of Justice. There
have been able men in that Office in
Canada since it was first instituted
and none of them will more justly and
satisfactorily discharge it's duties than
the present incumbent. 1t is a pleas
ure for every Catholic in Canada to
hear the universal word of esteem
and confidence which is ungrudgingly
given to ex-Judge Doherty.
Commemorative Medals for the Car
dinaI.-To commemorate Cardinal
Gibbons Jubilee, Mr.. Michael Jen-
kins of Baltimore, and his family, have
designed and had made two gold,
twelve silver and about five hundred
bronze medals. They will be given
the Cardinal for presentation to his
friends. One of gold will be sent to
Pope Plus x.
Another PauIist Parish in New York
A new uptown parish is about to
be established in New York City by
the Paulist Fathers. For the new
church and other buildings practical
| ly a whole block has just been pur-
chased, bounded by Broadway, Islam
Cooper and Emerson Streets, the last
being more generally known now as
207th Street. The property cost
about $15O,OOO 1t is the intention OF
| the Paulist Fathers to begin on a
small scale, widening the scope OF
their work as the population grows
in that part of the city.