The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-07
ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. PAUL.

Will of Monsgnor oster-The will
of Monsignor Oster has been filed
In the probate court of Ramsey County.
The inventory of property shows
values amounting approximately to
eight thousand dollars. The requests
are: To the College of St. Thomas,
$4,000; to the st. Paul Seminary,
$4,000; to the Diocese of st. Paul
for the new cathedral $4,000; to the
House of the Good Shepherd, 500;
to the Little Sisters of the Poor, $500
the remainder of the estate going for
funeral expenses, and small gifts, as
tokens of kindly remembrances, to
nephews and nieces in France.
Clerical Appointments.-R Thorn
as Cushen, assistant pastor of the par
ish of st. Joseph, st. Paul, took charge
of the parish of st. John the Baptist,
Excelsior, on January /. The Rev.
Laurence Ryan has been transferred
from the cathedral to st. Joseph's and
his place at the cathedral has been
taken by Rev. Thomas F. Gibbons,
who recently arrived from England,
where he labored in the Diocese of
Birmingham.
ST. Thomas coIIege.-St. Thomas
College re-opened after the Christmas
holidays on Jan. 5. Forty new names
were added to the student roster
which now registers $50 names. This
year will mark new era in the his
tory of the college. Plans for new
dormitory are under consideration and
the estimated cost is $125,000. This
is the first of series of buildings to
be erected to meet the needs of the
institution. st. Thomas college has
passed the twenty-ffth milestone in it's
existence and when these substantial
additions to it's equipment are com
pleted, will take it's place among the
foremost educational institutions in
the country, few of which can boast
of such well-equipped classical, com.
mercial and military departments.
On January 8, the Rev. P. q O'Brien
of the College of St. Thomas, Iectured
at D'Youville College and Academy OF
the Holy Angels, Buffalo, N. Y, on
''The French Salon and the Old
Regime"
The new assistant commandant at
st. Thomas College, is R. V. Ramsay
John Manlius Military Academy, N. Y
The Knights Of the Cross.-The
Knights of the Cross of the Immacu
late Conception parish, Minneapolis
will hold the first meeting of the new
year, on January 9, in their club
rooms in Association Hall, which have
just been refurnished and redecorated
In honor of this event the knights
have decided to make this first meet
ing an open one and they wish to have
as many of the men of the parish
there as possible.
Rev. James Donohue, of st. Paul
will be the guest of honor and will
speak to the knights and their friends
about "The Work of the City Mis-
sionary." so
Mr.. William Arthur, a prominent
young business man of Minneapolis
will give brief outline of the credi
system used by large retail firms
Mr.. Raymond Caverly, formel
student at the Catholic University o
America, Washington, d. c., will tel
about the wonderful growth of tina
institution in the last few years ant
about the great work that is beinE
accomplished there for the cause o
Catholic education.
The quartette have several new sc
lections which they promise to rende
for the first time that evening.
The entertainment committee wisl
also to call attention to the midwife
dancing party which they hav,
planned for Friday evening, Januar,
twentieth. 1t will be given in the Min
neapolis School of Music on Eight
street South. A good time is assure,
as number of original features hav
been devised by the committee.
Confirmation at ST. Elizabeth
Church.-The Most Rev. Archbisho
will administer the Sacrament of Cor
firmation on Sunday, January 8, at tn
Church of ST. Elizabeth, Minneapolis.
Knights of Columbus Installations
On January 8, the newly-elected off
GERS of St. Paul Council No. 49,
Knights of Columbus, were installed
District Deputy J. H. Burns. The off
GERS for the present year age: Gran
knight, Frank ]. Schaaf; Deput
Grand Knight, DR.. Owen McKeon
Chancellor, Leo Kennedy; Financis
Secretary, J. J. Maggie; Records
Thomas w. Henry; Treasurer, Georg
A. Mcclure; Advocate, D. F. Lyons
Warden, Raymond L. Kelly; Insid
Guard, Cornelius Reardon; Outsid
Guard Joseph Erren; Trustee, M
Enright; Lecturer, M. J. Dougherty
Chaplain, Rev. Fl. R. Jordan. An il
teresting entertainment, followed by
lunch, brought the exercises to a clos