The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-15


Lift. D., Rector of st. Joseph's Church
Charleston, S. c., has been appointed
Vicar General by Bishop Northrop.
PolygIot Confessors.-In the Church
of the Immaculate Conception, Bos
ton, confessions are heard in six Ian
guages: English, French, German
Italian, Spanish and Gaelic; and il
St. Vincent's Church, Los Angeles
confessions are heard in seven Ian
guages: Excepting the Gaelic, besides
the above five, they are heard in Pc
lish and Portuguese, one priest hear
ing confessions in five languages.
KNIGHTS Assist Canadian Hospital
"A short time ago the Grey Nuns
who have charge of the hospital ir
Regina, Canada, found their opera
tons hampered on account of lack
of modern sterilizing apparatus. This
state of affairs was brought to the
attention of the local council of the
Knights of Columbus, which prompt
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tiers with guarantee of $1,000.
Catholic Truth Society Report
During the year 167,3SS pamphlets
we're sold by the Catholic Truth So
ciety, Brooklyn, N. Y, 5000 more
were distributed gratis, $4,000 were
given to affiliated societies, and 1854
new families we're supplied with liter
allure, making the total unmber OF
families, now being supplied 11,761
Over 10000 papers and magazines
were remailed during the year from
the office of the society, and the total
periodical literature sent (approxi
mate1y) was 336,S97 pieces.
Detroit Catholics Aid Victims Of
White PIague.-More than one-third
of $4,000, the cost of a new building
which will be given to the Detroit
tuberculosis Sanatorium by the Cath
olics of the city, has been subscribed
and it is expected that sufficient funds
will have been received within the
next fortnight to warrant breaking
ground for the structure. Although
the building will be maintained by
Catholic societies and people, it will
be open to patients regardless of their
religion.
Changes At Creighton University
Rev. William F. Dooley, S. j., who has
been Vice President and Project OF
Studies at Creighton University, Oma'
ha, Neb., for the past three years, has
been appointed Rector of Detroit Col.
lege, recently raised to the rank of a
university. Father Dooley succeeded
Rev. M. J. O'Connor, S. j., at Creigh'
ton, when the latter was summoned
to New York to be one of the editors
Of the Catholic review, America,
when that publication was started
early in 1909. Rev. f. K. McMenamy
s. J., of st. Louis University, succeeds
Father Dooley as Vice President of
Creighton University.
Huge Statue Blessed.-A statue Of
the Sacred Heart, 20 feet high and
weighing $4,000 pounds, was solemnly
dedicated in the churchyard of Sacred
Heart Church, Roslindale, Boston, re-
Gently. It was chiseled from block
Of white Tennessee marble by Hugh
Cairns. Auxiliary-Bishop Anderson
was present, and 5000 people attended
the ceremony.
North Carolina Society to Honor
Cardinal Gibbons.-The North Caro-
lima Society of Baltimore has appoint
ed a committee of five of it's members
to compile and have bound a history
of Cardinal Gibbons life and work in
North Carolina, where he spent the
first years of his life as Bishop. A
copy of the history will be presented
to the Cardinal at the ecclesiastical
celebration in October. Mr.. Oscar D.
Green is President of the Society.
More Room Needed for "Men of the
Vincent's hotel, in New
Orleans, patterned after Father Demp-
sey's hotel in st. Louis, threw open its
doors for the reception of the "men OF
the road" a few days ago, and the
venture inaugurated through the
jealous efforts of Rev. Peter Wyn-
hoven is such success that the neces-
sity of having more commodfous
quarters already presents itself.
To Widen Scope of 1.-THE Field Affair.""
THE Field Afar,' a monthly maya
zine, devoted to the interest of Cath
Ollie Missions and published in Boston,
will hereafter be the organ of the Cath
Ollie Foreign Mission Society OF
America. 1t will remain under the
same editorship, and preserve its
present character
New Brooklyn chapei.-On Mem
orial Day in Brooklyn the cornerstone
of the Cathedral Chapel of the Queen
of All Saints, at Lafayette and Wander.
bilt Avenues, was laid. It will be the
new house of worship of the people
of st. Johns Chapel, of which the
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