The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01
AMERICAN NEWS.

Girls Academy PIanned.-The Right
Reverend NJ. C. Lenihan D. D.. of the
Diocese of Great Falls, Mont, an
nounces that work will begin in the
spring on the new girls academy to
be built in Great Falls, at cost of
100000. Mother Irene, Provincial of
the Ursulines of North America has
arrived at ST. Peters Mission to confer
with the Bishop in regard to the new
academy. The new building will have
accommodations for about 800 girls.
AS soon as it is completed the old
one at St. Peters Mission will be
closed as a boarding school and will
be converted into an Indian school in
which will be continued the good work
which the Ursulines have done among
the Indian children for the past quar-
ter of century.
President of Mount St. Mary's Col
Iege, Emmitsburg, Seriously lII.-Right
Reverend Mgr. Flynn, President of
Mount St. Mary's College, Emmits-
burg, Md, is seriously ill, and no
hope of his recovery is entertained.
He was born in 1857.
The Catholic Converts League of
Washington.-The first annual report
of the Catholic Converts League OF
Washington, D. c., has been issued.
The League was organized December
8, 1909. 1t has a membership of 1913.
It's purpose is to assist non-Catholics
who are studying the Catholic religion
with view of joining the Church. 1t
has published a catalogue of the Cath
Ollie books in the Washington public
library.
Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Hail.
Contributions towards the erection of
the Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Hall at
the Catholic University in commemora-
ton of the silver jubilee of his eleva-
ton to the Cardinalate now amount to
$4,000. The Memorial Hall will cost
about 100000. Several large dona-
tons have already been received.
New italian Parish.-On March IL,
ground was broken for the new Church
of Our Lady, Help of Christians, for
the Italians of New York 1t is to be
erected on the site of the old Catholic
Cemetery, East Twelfth street, and
will be in charge of the Salesian
Fathers. The ceremony was witnessed
by 10000 Italians. A small band Of
Italian anarchists and socialists at
tempted to disturb the ceremony, but
they were quickly dispersed by the
police. The new church will be 1876
feet long and will have a seating cap
acity of 1000. 1t will be built of brick
and the basement will be ready for
occupancy in about four months.
For some years the Italians of this
part of New York have been holding
services in the basement of st. Bird
gets Church. In the Sunday School,
which is in charge of one English
Salesian, Father Marsh, there are over
700 children.
Seattle Priest Appointed Delegate
to Peace Convention.-Rev. John E.
O'Brien, pastor of the Church of Our
Lady of Good Help, Seattle, was ap-
pointed by the directors of the Wash
ington branch of the National Indus
trial Peace Association, delegate to
the Pacific Coast Convention of the
Association which will be held the
third week of April, at San Francisco.
Statue of Archbishop Carroll to be
Erected at Georgetown University.-A
bronze statue of Archbishop Carroll
will be erected in front of the main
building of Georgetown University.
It's base will be marble or granite.
The alumni of the institution will un-
dertake to raise the necessary money.
The Archbishop was the founder of
the college and the first Archbishop
in the United States.
Catholic School and Children in
America.-The Catholics of the United
States own upwards of $125,000,00
of school property With 4,972 paro-
chial schools, there are 1,237,250 Cath
Ollie children in our schools. Counting
in the orphans and other dependents,
there are 482,699 children who are be-
ing educated from the private funds
of Catholic citizens.
Catholic Poets Poems to Be Pub
lished.-The complete poems of the
late Charles J. O'Malley, formerly edi-
tor of the New World, will be publish
ed this spring by the firm of A. C.
McClurg & Co., Chicago.
Costly Addition to coiIeae.-Work
has begun on $15O,OOO addition to
st. Joseph's College in Philadelphia.
Polyglot Catholic Services.-There
was Greek Mass in the Shutter Street
Church, Sunday, at 10 o'clock, says
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