The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-18


Diocese of st. Paul:
Beloved Brethren:
The annual collection for the bene-
fit of the Holy Father will be taken
up in the churches of the Diocese of
st. Paul on Pentecost Sunday, May
18th.
l bespeak from the faithful Catholics
OF the Diocese of st. Paul a generous
response to the appeal | now make in
favor of the Supreme Head of the
Church. This response will be on their
part an act of faith in the Church,
it's unity and it's catholicity. The
Church proves it's divine life by it's
unity and it's catholicity. One it is in
it's faith and in it's obedience; Catholic
it is in it's diffusion through the ma
tons of the earth. And One and Cath
olic it is through and by means of the
POntificate of the Successor of Peter
ever the self-same in time and in
space-its faithful sons in every land
raising their voices to Heaven in one
faith and in one obedience, because,
whoever they are and wherever they
are, all look to Peter to teach what
they are to believe, to direct in what
they must do towards the work of
their eternal salvation. The test of
the Catholic faith-of the faith once
forever delivered to the saints-is
closest union in mind and heart with
the successor of Peter, prompt and
willing obedience to his every COM
mand. 1t is we'll for us, that now and
then the opportunity is given to make
proclamation of allegiance to him, to
make it at the cost of some sacrifice,
as an earnest of the sincerity and
fervor with which we lift towards him
our souls in adhesion to his supreme
authority, as the Chief Shepherd of
the Flock, the Vicar and the visible
representative of the divine Founder
of the Church. Dioceses there are,
and parishes there are: but to little
or no purpose were they honored and
sustained, unless we be assured that
they are of Christ, instinct with His
truth and life. The evidence that
they are of Christ, is the evidence
that they are parts and parcels of the
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
Church in which and through which
Christ lives and works: and that evil
dence is given in the union of diocese
and of parish-intimate and vitalizing
with the Supreme Shepherd to
whom in the person of Peter it was
once said: Feed my lambs, feed my
sheep"
AS to the temporal needs of the
See of Peter, that it may bear burthens
laid upon it by the vastness of it's
office, and the trials and tribulations
through which it passes in these days
of warfare against the faith, all Cath
olics easily comprehend them: all
Catholics joyously do their share in
softening and relieving them.
This letter will be read at all the
masses on the Sunday preceding the
Feast of Pentecost, and on the day on
which the collection will be taken up.
pray God, Reverend Father, to
bless you and the faithful people en-
trusted to your pastoral zeal.
+JOHN IRELAND,
A1SAOAoAOp vi NJ L 0uA"
ST. Paul, May Is, 1912.
Death of Sister Gerald: Sister Ger
aid Coreoran died at st. Mary's Hos
pital, Minneapolis, last Monday, after
a brief illness of less than two weeks
duration. The funeral services were
held in the chapel of the hospital on
Wednesday morning, May Is, the Mass
of Requiem being celebrated by the
Rev. James M. Reardon, who also gave
the final dissolution. The remains
were inferred in St. Mary's cemetery,
Minneapolis.
The deceased Sister was born at
Baldwin's Road, Prince Edward Island
Canada, on April Is, 1885. She came
to st. Paul in 1900 and joined the
Sisters of st. Joseph at St. Joseph
Academy. After her profession she
taught in different schools conducted
by the Order in North Dakota and
Minnesota, and during the past year
was located at Fulda, MINI.
Church Of st. John: At the nine
o'clock Mass next Sunday class OF
seventy-five children will be admitted
to their first Holy Communion by the
Rev. Thomas F. Gleason, pastor Of
the parish.
The Rev. Father Tuohy, who has
been assistant pastor of the Church Of
St. John for some years, left last
Monday on return to his native Dio
cese in Ireland.
saltwater: A new Council of the
Knights of Columbus was organized a.
Saltwater last Sunday. The candi
dates to the number of fifty and many
visiting Knights attended Solemn High
Mass at the Church of st. Michael
which was celebrated by the Rev
Henry Cahill, of Faribault, assisted b!
the Rev. Charles Corcoran and tn,
IS Oh III