The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-30
ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. PAUL.

The Eucharistic Congress: The
Most Reverend Archbishop, accom-
panied by Right Reverend Bishop
LaWler, left last Tuesday evening
Tor Cincinnati, o., where they partici-
pated in the deliberations of the fifth
National Eucharistic Congress. The
Most Reverend Archbishop preached
the opening sermon, and Bishop Law
Ter delivered an address.
Visit of Bishop McGolrick: During
the early part of the week Bishop
McGolrick of Duluth, who conducted
the annual retreat for the students of
st. Paul Seminary and presided at the
ordination service on the 23rd inst.
was the guest of the Most Reverend
Archbishop
Tabernacle Society: The Taberna-
Gle Society will open it's seasons work
on Saturday, October 6, when the
members will meet at the Knights of
Columbus hall, 400 Cedar street, at
two o'clock there will be a business
meeting presided over by the Right
Reverend Bishop Lawler who will de-
liver an address. All the members of
the Society are expected to attend,
as we'll as all other who take an in
terest in the work of the Society,
which is the furnishing of vestments
churches.
Sleepy Eye: The interior decora-
ton of the Church of ST. Mary Help
of Christians, of which Rev. w. NJ
Stulz is pastor, were completed re-
Gently by Mr.. o. J. Kover of Fort
Wayne, Indiana. The interior of the
church is a gem of artistic beauty.
On September II, there was special
service to commemorate the COM
pletion of the work. The sermon on
that occasion was preached by the
Rev. P. Schirmers of Cologne, who
dwelt upon the symbolism of the de-
signs and colors and pictures that en-
bellish the walls and ceilings and
sanctuary of the churcn In the sane
tuary two large pictures represent
ing the Last Supper" and "Our
Lord Blessing the Five Loaves" are
especially noteworthy. On the walls
of the church are eight beautiful
paintings depicting scenes in the
life of the Mother of God. In the
dome, around central cross, encir-
cled with crown of thorns, are four
representations of the Blessed Vir-
gin, the patron Saint of the Church,
namely THE Help of Christians, -
''The Mother Immaculate 'The AS
sumption of the Blessed Virgin and
The Growing of the Blessed Virgin
in Heaven" The rosette windows
are adorned with pictures of angels.
The whole effect is most pleasing and
devotional
c. r. A. U. of St. Paul: The Cath
Ollie Total Abstinence Union of st.
Paul intends to commemorate the
birthday of Father Mathew by holding
a public meeting at the old State Cap
itol, on Tuesday evening, October To-.
A splendid program of musical and
literary numbers is being prepared,
and an address on some phase of tenn
perance work will be delivered. Full
details of the program will be publish
ed in our next issue.
Guild of Catholic Women: The
first of the monthly meetings which
will be held by the Guild of Catho-
+ho INT will
take place next Monday afternoon at
half past two o'clock at the knights
of Columbus Hall on Cedar Street.
At this meeting the members will dis
cuss various phases of the charity
work in which the Guild is engaged.
An effort will be made to increase the
membership during the coming year,
and a program for the different
monthly meetings will be mapped out.
This program will consist largely of
lectures to be delivered before the
Guild by persons who are prominent
in charity work A new feature of the
years work will be the effort which
the Guild will make to prevent the
presentation of unbecoming plays at
the local theatres, and to warn Catho-
lies against attending places of amuse-
ment which cater to depraved public
taste in the matter of plays etc. To
facilitate work along these lines the
Guild will take measures at the COM
ing meeting to become affiliated with
the Drama League of America through
which it will keep in touch with theat-
rical productions. In addition to these
monthly meetings, the Guild holds
weekly meetings for the purpose of
providing wearing apparel of all kinds
for the needy poor.