The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
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The Church in Alaska.-The CathO'
lie population of Alaska is about H.
500. Priests reside at sixteen churches.
1t has two academies, three boarding
schools, five day schools, four hos
pitfalls and one orphanage.
Charities Remembered.-The will of
the late Charles B. Kenney, we'll
known attorney of Pittsburg, contains
the following liberal requests to char
liable institutions: Mercy Hospital.
$4,000; st. Paul Orphan Asylum, $780,
600; Bishop Canevin, for st. Joseph
Protectory, $4,000; st. Vincent de Paul
Society, $4,000. Georgetown Univer-
sity, his alma mater, was bequeathed
$4,000.
Catholic Women's League of Port
Iand.-The Catholic Women's League
of Portland, Ore, will build summer
home on the banks of the upper Will
lamette, where outings can be given to
the girls and their friends. The league
has also erected tennis court at Six
teenth and Everett Streets.
Priest on National Board.-Rev.
William F. Carr, of st. Lawrence
ORIOLES Church, ST. Louis, who is
greatly interested in child welfare
work and is chaplain of the Juvenile
Court of that city, has been elected a
member of the Advisory Council of the
nj Of Of
which st. Louis has just organized a
branch.
American College AIumni.-The an
nual reunion of the Alumni of the
American College of Rome will be
held this year at Cleveland, Ohio, May
and 9. Rev. Thos. G. O'Reilly, D. D.,
chancellor of the Cleveland Diocese, is
president of the association. A most
distinguished company of prelates and
priests is expected to attend.
For the Wichita CathedraI.-Rt.
Rev. j. J. Hennessy, of Wichita, Kan,
has purchased beautiful chalice and
ciborium for the Cathedral at Wichita.
The chalice and ciborium are in har-
mony with the architecture of the
church. The filigree work in relief
is in two kinds of gold; around the
knob are four fine opals and hand-en-
craving surrounding them. The base
has the four Evangelists in high relief
in white metal. The Paten has the
Last Supper" and high reliefs in sill
yer, mounted with amethyst gold work
in several colors.
Milwaukee Diocese Established Six
ty-eight Years.-On May 3 occurred
the sixty-eighth anniversary of the
founding of the Diocese of Milwaukee
when Bishop Henri, accompanied by
Father Heiss, arrived in that city.
Bishop Henni had been consecrated
on the 10Th of March, 1874, in the
Cathedral of Pittsburgh, by Bishop
Purcell, assisted by Bishop O'Connor
of Pittsburgh, and the Bishop of
Natchez. Hardly seven years before,
in August, 1887, the first Mass we
have any record of, was said in Solo
man Juneau's house in Milwaukee, by
Rev. Father Bondesil, of Green Bay, a
French missionary. From the coming
Of Bishop Henni dates the glorious his
tory of the Church in Milwaukee.
Golden Jubilee of Sister of Notre
Oame.-During the entire week be-
ginning Monday, May 20, there will be
series of religious, musical, dramatic,
social and athletic exercises at the
Academy of the Holy Angels at Fort
Lee, N. j., in honor of the golden
jubilee of the Superioress, Sister Mary
Norma, of the School Sisters of Notre
Dame. Sister M. Norma founded the
Holy Angels Academy thirty-two years
ago and has lived to see her institute
develop into one of the largest educa.
tional institutions in the Diocese OF
Newark, with building which, in size
and equipment, will compare favorably
| with any college or academic building
in the country.
Spanish Chapel in New York.-The
cornerstone of the new Spanish chapel
at One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street
and Broadway, New York, which is to
be known as Our Lady of Hope, was
laid on April 9 by Mgr. Lavelle. II
is expected that the building will be
completed in June, and will then be
consecrated by Cardinal Farley. II
will be one of the group comprising
the Hispanic Museum, the Numismatie
Society building and that of the
American Geographical Society. The
ground was given by Archer Hunting
ton, and the architect is Charles P
Huntington, who also designed the
other buildings of the group. Mrs
Manuel de Barril first interested Mr.
Huntington in providing a place Of
worship for Spaniards in New York
and since her death her daughter, Miss
Marie de Barril, has done much in pro
noting the raising of funds. Roman
renaissance is the style of the new