The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-06
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when sun spots would form and appear
and the verifcation of the predictions
is the browning achievement in that
line of research. Sun spots now in
full view on the sun were predicted
early in January, according to Father
Ricard. Their appearance was coinci-
dent with the present storm in Cal
ifornia.
Services to Form italian PARISH
The Servite Fathers of Italy have
been invited by Archbishop Mcneil to
open house in Vancouver, B. c., for
the purpose of forming an Italian par
ish.
To Elect Superior GeneraI.-Sister
Catherine Aloysius, President of Trim
ity College, Washington, in company
with the Provincial of the Sisters of
Notre Dame de Namur, sailed from
New York on March 9 for Belgium,
where they will attend general
chapter called for the purpose of elect
ing a Superior General, owing to the
death last month of Sister Mary
Aloyse.
New Novitiate for ObIates.-Very
Rev. H. A. Constantineau, D. D., Pro-
vincial of the Southern Province of
the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, has
completed arrangements for the build
ing of a novitiate for his congregation
at La Lomita on the Rio Grande, three
miles from the station of Mission, Tex
as.
L'Enfant's Father.-Ambassado JUS
serand has discovered that the father
of Major Pierre Charles LEnfant,
who made the first plan for the city of
Washington, was a painter of renown
in France. He was Pierre LEnfant,
born at Annett in 1704, and a royal
painter attached to the Gobelins
manufacture. He died June rs, 1887.
The French Ambassador has pres.
ented to the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia photographs OF
four of the artists paintings.
Death of WelI-Known Lorettine.-
The death occurred recently of Moth
er Evangeline O'Gorman, Superior OF
Loretto Academy, Springfield, Mo-,
after short illness. Mother Evange'
line was so years old, and had been
a member of the Lorettine Order for
3S years. Since 1910 she had been in
charge of the Springfield Academy.
Many Charities Remembered.-Be-
sides the $4,000 which he left to his
sister, Mother Bernard, of Our Lady OF
Mercy Convent, Cincinnati, the will OF
the late Thomas J. Kenny, of Pitts
burg, gives requests to several eharit-
able institution in Pennsylvania. The
estate is valued at 100000
To Protect Workwomen.-Under
Catholic auspices a club of business
women it was recently organized in Chi
cago. 1t is "for the protection and pro-
motion of the interests and well-being
of girls employed in Office capacities. "
When it is understood that the stenog-
raphers alone of Chicago number up
wards of $4,000, which number is
doubtless more than duplicated by
those employed in other capacities,
the extent of the undertaking may be
imagined.
DistinctiveIy American Religious
Orders.-Loretto and Nazareth, in the
diocese of Louisville, KY, are the
first two, and the only two, Religious
Orders of distinct United States Or
igin, formally approved by the Holy
See. Both will, in the course of this
year, 1912, celebrate the centenaries
of their foundation-the completion of
their first century. Both were found
ed in Kentucky in the year 1872, and
both have grown national in their ex-
tension.
New Cathedral for Victoria, 3. Co.
The site for the new Cathedral at
Victoria, B. c., has been chosen and
purchased. The Rt. Rev. Bishop
Mcdonald, personally negotiated the
transaction The price paid for the
site was $4,000. Building operations
will not be commenced until the pres
ent cathedral is sold. The site of the
latter is said to be worth more than
four times that of the new. The new
building will be an enlarged reproduc-
ton of the old.
Beaver Hall Planned.-Rev. Joseph
N. Dinand, S. j., president of Holy
Cross Colleges, has announced the
plans for Beaver Hall, the new $780,
900 building of Holy Cross College,
which is the gift from the clergy of
the Springfield diocese. The new
building will be of brick and stone,
five stories in height and of Romanes-
que architecture to conform with the
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