The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-10
AMERICAN NEWS.

Commencement at Notre Dame Uni
versity.-Two prominent men who will
take part in the commencement exer-
cises of the University of Notre Dame
are Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of Canada,
and Judson Harmon, Governor of
Ohio The speech which the latter
will make on Saturday evening, June
10, will open the exercises. Sir
Charles has been chosen to deliver
the commencement grafton. The Rev.
Walter Elliott, the well-known Paul
list, will preach the baccalaureate
sermon.
Archbishop Ryan Gave His Crucifix
to His Secretary.-Rev. Charles F.
Kavanagh, secretary to the late Arch
bishop Ryan of Philadelphia for five
years, was presented by the Arch
bishop, Just prior to his death, with
what he said was the dearest posses
sion he had in the world, small
silver crucifx which he had brought
from Ireland as boy. Father Kava-
nagh was born in ST. Francis Xavier's
parish, Philadelphia. He received his
education at La Sale College and st.
Charles Seminary, Overlook, and
was ordained to the priesthood in
1897.
Savish Temperance Union Or
qanized.-The first annual convention
of the first Slavish Temperance Union
in the United States was held at st.
Clair, Pa, recently, the delegates at
tending Mass at which the celebrant
and pastor, Rev. Francis Straud,
preached a sermon on temperance.
The convention opened in the after
noon, and constitution and bylaws
were adopted. Monday a parade OF
the various Slavish temperance So
cieties in the district was held.
German Catholic journalism in Mil
waukee.-German Catholic Journalism
in Milwaukee dates from the early
fifties, when Rev. DR.. Joseph Salz'
mann, so prominent in early day Cath
Ollie affairs in Wisconsin, and founder
of st. Francis Seminary, started The
Seebote, in the year 1858.
Father Ledvina to Report on Mis-
sionary Situation in Tennessee.-The
Executive Committee of the Exten-
sion Society at it's last meeting in.
structed Father Ledvina, the Vice
President and General Secretary OF
the Society," as soon as circumstances
would permit, to look over the mis-
sionary territory of the East Tennes
see Mountain district and, with the
previous permission and approval OF
the Bishop of the Diocese, to desig'
nate the location of chapels where
most needed; and to assign to these
places such portions of the three
thousand dollars appropriated by the
committee for the Mountain Missions
connected with the ST. Francis de
Sales Center of East Tennessee, as he
finds necessary.
Two of the largest designated gifts
IhaI bCCA AOSO1fCu oAACC IAO
ception of the Society were the direct
result of Father Ledvina's close scru
tiny and accurate report of the con-
ditions as he found them on his trip
through Texas and Oregon, at the
close of last year.
lnvestiture of Mgr. RusseII.-The
investiture of Monsignor Russell, d
D., Rector of St. Patrick's church
Washington, took place on June
Cardinal Gibbons officiated, Very
Rev. Bonaventura Cerretti, D. D., sang
the High Mass, and Rev. John T
Whelan, a former assistant at St
Patrick's Church, preached In the
afternoon of the same day the Cardi
nal administered confirmation.
SlaVonians to Build New Church In
San Francisco.-The Slavonians Of
San Francisco have made arrange
ments to build a permanent church tC
replace the present small temporary
quarters. In 1906, when their hand
some new church, the Church of the
Nativity, had been standing but two
years, the building was entirely de
stroyed by fire. But undaunted, they
set to work with the same persistence
that had characterized their efforts il
building the first church, and using {
temporary structure for worship, be
gan to raise funds for a new edifice
These have been secured and hand
some church of the architecture o
the Slavonian Renaissance, built o
concrete and steel will be erected
Rev. Francis Tark is pastor of tht
parish.
Erie Cathedral Consecrated.-Ol
May II the Cathedral of st. Peter
Erie, Pa, was consecrated by Rt. Rev
John E. Fitzmaurice. Bishop of thu
Diocese. The altar was consecratet
by the Most Reverend Diomede Fal
COMO, Apostolic Delegate, who cele