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

| Rev. rather BOeS, chaplain OF the
| Lakeland Asylum for the Insane, re-
questing Catholic literature for the use
of the $50 patients there of the faith
In his letter Father Boes stated that
books and reading, with a few excep.
tions, had happy and soothing effect
on the unsound mind A library for
the Catholic inmates is now being
formed at the Lakeland Asylum.
New York Knights of Columbus Pay
Probation Officers saIary.-New York
Council Knights of Columbus, has de-
cided to pay the $1,000 annual salary
of probation officer who will assist
Rev. Thomas J. Lynch, recently put in
charge of correction work in the Arch
diocese.
Philadelphia Catholic High School
for GirIs.-The new Catholic High
School for girls in Philadelphia will be
an imposing structure fronting two
streets 1S0x76 feet, and lofty stories
with upper basement accommodating
1000 pupils.
Italian Paper for Des Moines.-Rev.
Father Romanelli is going to start an
Italian paper in Des Moines. The paper
is to be printed in Italian and is to be
devoted to the interest of Catholic
Italians in this section of the country.
Father Romanelli is starting the paper
to combat the evil influence of litera-
ture that is being spread among his
people here and throughout the
country.
New Convent for Notre Dame Sis
ters.-Plans are being perfected for
the erection this summer of large
and neat but unimposing two-story
brick home for the Notre Dame Sisters
of the St. Mary's Parochial School at
Fort Madison, Ia. Details are not yet
completed, but the structure, 40 by Ga,
costing between $4,000 and $4,000,
will contain nineteen rooms.
Bequest to Catholic Institutions
Four Catholic institutions of Denver
will benefit by the will of the late Den
mis- McKenna, presented for probate.
The estate will be divided as follows:
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred
Heart, $1,000; Sisters of st. Clara's
Orphanage, $1,000; Sisters of the Good
Shepherd, $1,000; Sisters of st. Vim
cents Orphanage, $1,000.
Catholic Members of Alberta Uni
versity Senate.-The newly elected
Senate of the Alberta University, AL
berta, Can, met in Strathcona last
Friday. Among the members was P.
J. Nolan, X. c., the famous criminal
lawyer of Calgary. He is the only
Catholic elected to the Senate, except
Justice N. D. Beck, who, as eX-Vice-
Chancellor, is a member ex-officio.
Bishop Conaty Gives Land for New
School.-The trustees of the San Luis
Rey school district, four miles east of
Oceantide, CAL, have received from
Bishop Conaty, without consideration,
deed to an acre of land just south of
the historic San Luis Rey mission as
contribution to the district toward
the site of the new school building.
Catholic Free Library of St. Louis.
"A recent issue from the Catholic
Free Library of st. Louis, shows that
the volumes on file in that library
have increased to almost 1000 About
| 1000 have been added in the year,
and the list of borrowers is now 1900
The highest daily issue of books has
been seventy-f1ve.
Saloons to Be Closed on Columbus
Day In Massachusetts.-Mr. John T.
Shea, President of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of Boston, prizes the
pen which was presented to him by
Governor Foss, who signed the bill
eliminating the weak spots in last
years Columbus Day BILL It Is bill
which closes every saloon in the state
on Columbus Day, thus placing it or
the same footing with the other State
legal uOl1QayS.
Lecture for "Day Homes" at Los
AngeIes.-Rt. Rev. Bishop Conaty o.
Los Angeles, was the lecturer this
year for the Sisters of the Holy Fam
lily. This lecture for the benefit o.
the Day Homes was given in st
Mary's Cathedral, on May 49, Bishol
Conaty's subject was ideals of Amer
lean Citizenship" In the Day Home!
built up by the Sisters in differen
parts of the city, hundreds of little
children, even the smallest infants
are cared for, educated and trained
while their parents are at work.
First Catholic Church and School II
Charlottesville first Catholic Churcl
in what is now Colorado was built OF
the Conejos river, in 1853. The frs
Catholic school was opened at Denve
in 1868.