The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-06-15
AMERICAN NEWS.

New Jesuit College.-The largest
college building in the world is being
built by the Jesuit Fathers on Grown
Heights, Brooklyn, between Eastern
Parkway and Prospect Park, says the
New York Times. There will be one
main structure, where the various de-
partments will be housed, instead of
separate buildings. This building will
be 700 feet long and $50 feet wide.
There will be four floors and base
ment. About a third of the structure
will be of glass. The buildings will
cost about 100000.
Three Students Join The Church,
Three students of the General Semi
nary of the Episcopalian church in
Chelsea, Mass, have withdrawn from
that institution to enter a Catholic
seminary and there prepare for the
priesthood. The three students are
Charles Danforth and Raymond Law
renee, graduates of Columbia in the
class of 1910, and Graham Reynolds,
who was graduated from Yale in the
same year.
Mass At Fort Des Moines.-Rev.
John Murphy, assistant at st. An
thongs Church, Des Moines, Ia, will
celebrate Mass every Sunday in the
chapel at Fort Des Moines. There
are nearly three hundred Catholic
soldiers, including cavalry at Fort
Des Moines
Will Demand an ApoIogy.-At a
recent convention of the New York
County Federation of Catholic Soci-
cites, Cardinal Farley declared that
he would demand an absolute retrac-
ton of the charges made in the Board
of Estimates two years ago that vari
Gus Catholic charitable institutions
had been misapplying the city's money
This declaration on the part of the
Cardinal came just after Eugene A.
Philbin, counsel for the Catholic char
liable societies which were involved
in the charges, had reviewed the whole
situation, and declared that the two
years of unopposed investigation by
the city's officials had shown that not
one cent had been misapplied.
Winnipeg Knights to Build Home.
At meeting of the knights of Col
umbus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, held
recently, the building committee was
instructed to proceed at once with the
preliminary work preparatory to the
nf TO I,
corner of Smith St., and Graham Ave.
1t was decided to construct a three
story building the ground floor. of
which will be adapted to retail bust
ness, the second floor to rooms for
the Catholic Club and knights of Col
umbus and the third story will be
utilized for hall. The building will
cost in the neighborhood of 100000.
Growth in Boston Diocese.-During
the past five years no less than thirty
five new parishes have been erected
in the Archdiocese of Boston and in
the near future there will be others
added to the list.
Medal for Cardinal FarIey.-His
Eminence Cardinal Farley, Archbishop
of New York, received recently from
the clergy of his diocese, who now
number 1902, gold medal common
Grating his elevation to the Cardin
alate. The medal is five inches ir
diameter and quarter of an incl
thick. On the front of the medal il
high relief portrait of the Cardinal
Around it are the words John Car
dinal Farley" and the date of his ele
walton. On the reverse is the Car
dinals coat of arms. In Latin arr
the words Priest, Bishop and Arch
bishop of New York" and the dates il
Roman numerals. Under this is tn,
Cardinals signature.
Franciscan Sisters in Iowa.-Sister
Vincentia and Theodore of the Fran
ciscan Order of Sisters have arrive,
in Waterloo, Ia, to make their per
manent residence at St. Mary's pare
chial school. They have inspected tn
new hospital and will superintend tn
work of finishing the interior from nov
until October, when the building i
expected to be completed. The nev
building will be inspected next mont
by the mother superior of the order.
K. of c. Seminary Assessment
According to reports received by tn
Oregon State Council of the Knight
of Columbus, which met in Eugen
on May IA, every council of the orde
in the State has voted a per capt.
assessment of 35 cents annually fo
the education of clerical students Th
fund will be apportioned between th
two dioceses, the councils in Easter
Oregon contributing to the Baker Cit
Diocese and those in Western Orego
to the Archdiocese of Portland