The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-08-05
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cles mansion and 80 acres of land at
Oconomowoc, Wis, on the shores OF
Lake La Belle The property is
worth 100000 and will be used as a
House of Studies by the Order. The
solemn dedication will take place Au-
gust 81, the Feast of ST. Alphonsus,
founder of the Redemptorist Order.
cudahy Scholarship Awards.-The
Patrick Cudahy scholarships in Irish
history, which were given through the
Milwaukee branch of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians, were awarded in
the Gesu Auditorium recently, follow
ing a competitive examination held
in the Gesu school to which two stu
dents, boy and girl, were admitted
from each of the seven parochial
schools in the city.
Joseph P. Mcmahon, a student in
the eighth grade of Holy Rosary
school, was awarded the boys scholar
ship, four-year course in Marquette
Academy, valued at $24O.
The girls scholarship was awarded
to Rosemary Blackburn, a pupil in the
Gesu school. She will receive a four
years course in Holy Angels Acad-
envy, also valued at $24O.
Knights to Build Chapel at State
CoIIege.-The Knights of Columbus
of Pennsylvania are now contemplat-
ing the erection of a chapel for Cath
Ollie students at the State College
which is situated in Centre County
twelve miles from the nearest Cath
Ollie Church. The Catholic student
body has increased so rapidly at the
institution that Right Rev. Bishop
Garvey, of the Altoona Diocese,
deemed it incumbent upon him to ap-
point priest to care for the spirit
ual wants of these Catholic young
men. Rev. B. A. O'Hanlon was ap-
pointed chaplain.
Home for Laymen's Retreat and So
ciaI Study Eeague.-The Catholic
Laymen's League for Retreats and So
cial Studies took title to Fox Hill
villa, near Fort Wadsworth, Staten
Island, on July 81 and expects to hold
it's first retreat for men there about
August II. The house will accommo'
date forty to fifty guests.
The plan of the retreats is that they
begin at p. m. on Friday and end
early on Monday morning, so that
men lose only one business day, and
in summer that day is a half holiday
The retreats will be kept up through
out the year, every Friday to Monday
The handspring of the enterprise is
the Rev. Terence J. Shealy, S. j., for
some time connected with Fordham
University, where the first retreats
were held. He will conduct the re
treats or most of them.
The social study classes will be-
gin about October Is. 1t is now
planned that these studies will be
conducted in the rooms of the Ford
ham University Law School, which
are to be changed from the present
Vesey street address to new and larg
er quarters in Nassau street.
Convention of Daughters of Isabella
The national convention of the
Daughters of Isabella was held re
Gently in the Knights of Columbus
Auditorium at Utica, N. Y.
Reports showed that there were
branches of the society in 26 states
with three state courts, 143 subordi
nate courts and a total membership
of 10000. The order has mortuary
fund of $4,000, general fund O.
$11, 900.
The next convention of the ordel
will be held in Utica in 1913 The di
rectors were authorized at the recen
convention to acquire a building fo
it's main office in Utica.
Conversions in Montreal Since Eu
charistic Congress.-The Archbishop
of Montreal, Mgr. Bruchesi, is report
ed as saying that four hundred con
versions have taken place in Montrea
since the Eucharistic Congress hel,
last year.