The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-20
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lege, has been fixed for Saturday, May
4. A splendid program has been pre-
pared. All the old students of the
famous Jesuit institution are invited
to be present Cardinal Gibbons, Pre-
sident Taft, Chief Justice White, and
others, will deliver addresses. The
sculptor is Mr.. Jerome Conner, whose
life-like bust of Tom Moore is one of
the treasures of the Corcoran Art Gal
lery.
Catholics in COMPENSATORY mem
bers of the United States Congress
are members of the Catholic Church.
Priest Elected Mayor of Lapeer.-
The Rev. P. DUNCAN, pastor of the
Church of the Immaculate Conception,
Lapeer, Mich, was elected mayor of
Lapeer by majority of 100.
Pictures for Boston.-At the auction
sale of the celebrated Weber collec-
ton of Hamburg, Feb. 20, the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts bought for $751;
900 a a triptych by the earl German
painter known as the master Of St..
SEVERN and an early Flemish mas
ter's Christ on the Cross with Mary
and Joseph" for $500.
Hibernians Convene in Chicago
James T. McGinnis, national secre-
tary of the Ancient Order of Hibern-
ians, has sent out the notice and pro-
gram of the national convention of the
order, to be held in Emmett Memorial
Hall, Chicago, July 16 to Fl.
Milwaukee Bureau of Catholic Char
Messmer has sent
out letter to the Catholic clergy of
the city to be read to their congre-
cations announcing the establishment
of bureau of charities of the Cath
olic Church. 1t will have a down.
town Office, and one clergyman will
direct the work all over the city. The
purpose is to coordinate and simplify
the charitable work of the various
Catholic parishes of Milwaukee, and
to cooperate with other similar organi-
cations of the city.
Good Friday Charlottesville report
of Father Godfrey Schilling, O.. F. M,
shows that the Good Friday collection
taken up in this country last year, by
order of the Holy Father for the sane
turiaries and missions in Palestine,
amounted to $25,710.79
Succeeds Mgr. Burtsell.-The ire
movable rectorship of st. Mary
Church in Roundout, N. Y, made va
cant by the death of Mgr Richard L.
Burtsell, has been filled by the ap-
pointment of Rev. John J. Hickey.
Father Hickey was born forty-one
years ago in Manhattan, and is a
graduate of st. Francis Xavier's Col
lege and st. Joseph's Seminary, Troy,
N. Y, at which place he was ordained
priest June 8, 1895. His charge prior
to his promotion to the rectorship of
st. Mary's was the pastorate of st.
Peters Church, in Rosendale.
A. o. n. of New York Build Theatre.
Work is well under way on the
theatre which the Ancient Order of
east corner of 18th street and Fifth
avenue, New York City, at a cost of
$155,000. Present conditions indicate
that it will be ready for opening early
in September. AS soon as the struc
ture is completed the Hibernians will
responsibility for it. That side of the
buildings life will be directed by the
Fifth Avenue Amusement company
who will take charge of the theatre
under 25-year lease, with two renew.
al privileges for the same length OF
time. It's use will be those of vaude
vile, and the house, it is estimated
will have capacity of 1900. The plot
of ground upon which it is to stand
measures 10Ox11O feet.
An Unusual Loan Agency.-The
Rev. John w. Keyes, pastor of St
James Church, Kansas City, Mo-, put
the Christmas offering of his congre
cation to good use, during the late
severe cold spell, and at the same time
established little loan welfare agency
of his own. Thinking there might
be distress among his people which
could not be reached by other means
he announced at the Sunday services
that he still had the Christmas collec
ton intact, and if any members of the
congregations stood in need of a little
money to tide them over the cold
weather, he would be glad to advance
it for thirty or sixty days without in
terest. Many availed themselves OF
the offer.
Jesuit Missionary a Leper.-Word
has been received by Jesuit priests
in New York, that distinguished
member of their society, Pere Isadore
Dupuy, has been stricken with leprosy
and is at present confined in the leper