The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-24
AMERICAN NEWS.

announces To us Iu0IuUCLS LudL ISlShC
Rev. Monsignor J. Freri, D. G.. L.,
President of the Society in the United
States, owing to i'll health, has been
compelled to take long rest. The
Rev. George ]. Juillard, S. T. L., Vice
President, has been requested to act
in his stead during his absence.
New Editor of Messenger of Sacred
Heart.-Rev. John Corbett, S. j., has
been appointed editor of the "Mes-
senger of the Sacred Heart" succeed
ing Rev. John H. O'Rourke, S. j., who
has been appointed rector of Brooklyn
College. Father Corbett was former
O'Conor, S. j., Father O'Rourke's pre-
decessor at Brooklyn College, has
taken Father Corbett's place as as
sociate editor.
Cathedral of the Diocese of Erie
The Cathedral of Erie, Pa, conse-
Grated two weeks ago, is a massive
Gothic edifice of red Medina sand
stone. 1t is 22O feet long, 100 wide
in transept, and IS wide in auditor
ium, and nave Is feet high; to top
of cross is 265 feet; seating capacity
is $500. 1t has magnificent chime
of IL bells. The city of Erie has a
population of only 66,525 souls.
Philadelphia Physicians organize.-
The Catholic physicians of Philadel-
phia, like those of London and Bos-
ton, have organized a Guild of st.
Luke.
St. Joseph's College, Dubuque.-The
commencement exercises of st. Jo-
seph's College, Dubuque, Iowa, took
place on the 18th of June in the
auditorium of the college when large
class of young men were graduated
from the college department and an
equally large class from the academic
department. Hon. J. B. Sullivan, of
Des Moines, delivered the bacca-
laureate address at the commence
ment The Alumni held their an
nual meeting and banquet on the night
of the 14th of June.
Extension of Time for Essays on
Reigion.-The nineteen essays sub
mitted to Notre Dame University for
the prize of $1,000 offered by DR.. Max
Pam, of Chicago, for the best essay on
the place of religion in education have
failed to come up to the standard set
and the judges have decided that the
time shall be extended to March, 1912.
New Hospital for Tacoma, WASH
An evidence of the great progress of
the Church in this country is seen in
the proposed st. Joseph's Hospital at
Tacoma, Wash. 1t is a five story
structure of great frontage and depth,
the estimated cost of which will be
about $45O,OOO.
"Mount Manresa" for Laymen's Re-
treat.-The Laymen's League for Re-
treats and Social Studies of New York
has achieved it's great wish in the
purchase of a home for the retreat
work. 1t is situated near Fort Wads-
worth, within 80 minutes ride of New
York. The place will be renamed
Mount Manresa," in honor Of the
Spanish town of Manresa, where st.
Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the
Jesuit Order wrote his famous Spirit
ual Exercises.
Cardinal Gibbons at Unwilling of
L'Enfant Memorial.-Cardinal Gibbons
pronounced the blessing and made an
address at the unwilling of the me-
mortal to L'Enfant, the distinguished
Frenchman who came to this country
in 1777, served in the Revolutionary
War and mapped out the City of
Washington, the nations capital.
Boston's Catholic Chinese Contrib
ute to Famine Fund.-The Catholic
Chinese of Boston are living up to
their reputation for generosity. Re-
Gently, they took up collection
among themselves for the famine suf-
ferers in their native land, and gath
cred S25. This amount has been for
warded, through the Diocesan Office,
to Mr.. Woo the Catholic Catechist in
New York, who is a member of the
Relief Committee.
Assistant General of Resurrectionist
Fathers.-The Catholics of Kentucky.
says the Louiville Record, will be glad
to hear that the Very Reverend Fa-
Their David Fennessy, G. R., former
President of st. Mary's College, KY,
and for several years Assistant Gen
era1 of the Congregation of the Resur-
rection, resident at II, San Sebas-
tianello, Rome, will, at the expiration
of his term of office in June, probably
return to St. Mary's College.
Death of Aged Vincentian Father
The Very Rev. James McGill, G. M.
one of the most widely known priests
in the United States, died at st. Vim
cents Seminary, Philadelphia, on May