The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-01
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Cross, in charge of Columbia College,
Portland, Ore, are preparing to erect
"a handsome residence hall for stu
dents. The building will be of brick,
three and one-half stories in height,
and will contain 113 students rooms.
A chapel and library will also be part
of the equipment When completed,
it will cost about $4,000.
Bequest for Little Sisters Of the
Poor-The will of Amedee G. Fargis,
of New York City, leaves $4,000 to
the Homes for the Aged of the Little
Sisters of the Poor.
Chaplain of New York Fire Depart
ment.-The Rev. Vincent de Paul Nc
Gean, assistant rector of the Church
of Our Lady of Good Council, East
Ninetieth Street, was appointed chap
lain of the Fire Department recently
by Fire Commissioner Johnson on the
recommendation of Archbishop Farley
to succeed the late Rev. William st.
Elmo Smith.
Iowa Total Abstinence Convention.
The annual convention of the Iowa
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
opened in Clinton on June 5. The state
president, Rev. w. j. Convery of FL
dora, presided at the meeting, and ad-
dressed a great temperance rally in
the Clinton theater at night. Other
speakers were Judge A. P. Barker of
Clinton, Judge P. B. Wolfe of Clinton,
the Rev. James Mcnamara of Joliet,
and the Rev. P. J. O'Callaghan of Chi
cago, the National President. The con-
vention chose the following state Of
ficers: Rev. w. J. Convery of Eldora,
president; P. T. Lillis of Clinton, first
vice president; Eugene Quinn OF &C.
dar Rapids, second vice president;
Mrs. T. l.. Connole of De Witt, third
vice president; C. L. Anderson of
Dubuque, secretary, and James L. Nc
Carthy of Clinton, trustee.
Growth of the Knights of Columbus.
The total membership of the order
of the Knights of Columbus April 80,
1910, was 237,0l3, on April 30, 1911, it
was 255,O28, a net gain for the year of
1908 members. On April 80, 1910,
the order had 1,425 subordinate coun-
ellis, while on April 80, 1911, 1908, a
net gain for the year of SO councils.
Commencement At Nazareth AGA
demy.-The Commencement Exercises
at Nazareth Academy, Nazareth, Mich,
took place on June Is. Twenty-eight
Young women received diplomas and
gold medals; and seventeen young
BOYS of Barbour Hall won medals and
honors. The Honorable W. J. Onahan,
LII. D. of Chicago, delivered the ad'
dress to the graduates.
New Work for St. Vincent de Paul
Society in PhiladeIphia.-The st. Vim
cent de Paul Society of Philadelphia
has taken up a new special work in
that city-the weekly visitation, by
means of committee, of the Catholics
in the Almshouse. Catholics leaving
the institution will also be helped
when they return to their parishes.
Mexican PreIate En- Route to Spain
Right Rev. Bishop Echavarria of Sal
tillo, Mexico, was a visitor at st. Louis
University recently. He was accom-
panied by his secretary; and went to
st. Louis to meet Bishop Monies de
Oca of San Luis Potosi, with whom
he is to proceed to the Eucharistie
Congress in Spain. Both prelates are
from the Mexican Archdiocese Of
Linares.
Funds for Outing for Poor Children
The Ladies of Charity have pre-
sented the ST. Vincent de Paul Society
of Philadelphia with $1,000 for it's sum
mer outings for poor children.
Catholic Protective Society of New
York Observation-Disclosures Far
ley, the Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Cusack
D. D., Auxiliary Bishop of New Yorl
City; Rev. Thomas ]. Lynch, Henri.
Hype and Paul Fuller, all of New
York, are directors of the Catholic Pro
tective Society of New York, which
has just been incorporated. Amon'
the objects of the society is to remov'
temptation and obnoxious surrounding
from those who are exposed to viola
lions of the law.
Field Mass in Staten Island.-Ol
Staten Island last Sunday, field Mas
was celebrated on the Campus of tn
Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, Nj
ILoretto, in honor of the visit of tn
st. Vincent de Paul Society. Tw
thousand of the Missions younger boy
, assisted at it, as also about 1,500 men
bers of the Society. Father Fit;
, patrick, the Spiritual Director of tn
Mission preached, and addresses wer
made by visiting clergymen, Thoma
Mulry of Manhattan and Thomas v
Hymer of BROOKLYN,