The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13

Venerable LegisIator.-sir Edward
Dalton Shea for twenty-five years pre-
sident of the Legislative Council OF
Newfoundland, and for fifty-seven
years a member of the upper house,
now in his ninety-second year, is re-
firing.
Superior General Is Expected.-The
Fathers of the Society of the Divine
Word, located at Techny, ILL.,, are ex-
pecting a visit from their Superior
General, Rev. Father Blum, who will
arrive in this country from Holland in
May. Father Blum has been making
a visitation of the Society's missions
in Togo, Africa, which twenty years
ago contained hardly any Catholics
and today numbers 10000 converts.
Centenary of Columbus.-The CEN
tenary of the foundation of the city of
Columbus, O., will be celebrated from
August 27 to September 6. Among the
commanding features of the pageant
will be scenes representing La Sale
discovering the Ohio and the first
efforts of the early missionary Fathers
for the spread of religion among the
savages. Of course, the memory of
the great Catholic discoverer in whose
honor the capital city of Ohio has
been named, will be duly honored.
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.-The
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, KY,
numbers between 800 and 900 Sisters,
says the Louisville Record. The
mother-house and Academy, in Nelson
County, form one immense institution
or series of buildings, at which is a
Normal School for the training of it's
teaching Sisters attended by about 40
Sister-students also a Museum second
in value and eXtensiveness to no
other in the Church in this country;
Hall, perhaps the largest in Ken
lucky, and a handsome church, con-
secrated nearly sixty years ago.
Death of Venerable Missionary
Rev. Father Fouquet, pioneer Mis-
sionary of British Columbia, died re-
Gently at Mission City. For over fifty
years Father Fouquet labored among
the Indians of British Columbia, his
life often being in peril, not only from
the natives, but from wild beasts and
other dangers encountered on his long
Journeys. Until few weeks ago the
aged priest continued his work, visit
ing the Indian tribes ON the Fraser.
He was SO years of age.
Passionist General in America
Most Rev. jeremiah Angellucci, c. P,
Superior General of the Congrega-
tional of the Passion, is making
canonical visitation of the houses of
his order in America. Father Jere-
miah is Neapolitan by birth, about
So years of age, and is in the fourth
year of his six-year term of Office. His
headquarters are at IS. John and
Paul's, Rome, and his jurisdiction ex-
tends all over the world. His present
tour includes the province of Mexico
as we'll as the two provinces of the
United States, which latter alone COM
prise about 1873 protested priests.
New Hospital for 8oston.-A mag
nificent new hospital, which will be
one of the finest in the country, is to
be erected in Brighton, one of the sub
urbs of Boston, near the Monastery
of the Blessed Gabriel, to replace st.
Elizabeth's Hospital, Brookline street,
ri Of
fury, has been carrying on it's work
of mercy under the direction of the
Franciscan Sisters. Cardinal O'Con-
nell has approved of plans and speci-
fications for the new building, and
work on it will be begun in the near
future. The board of directors has
purchased ten acres of land in Brigh-
ton, where the expansion of the hos
pital may be carried on without hind
rance and where ideal conditions Of
elevation, of light and freedom from
noise, smoke and oyercrowding are
possible. The picturesque irregularity
of the site, together with the proximity
to the Passionist Monastery at the top
of the hill, has led to the adoption of
the Mission style of architecture.
Theatre at Old Observation-Disclosures
Cassian and George, two Franciscan
monks, lately broke ground at the old
st. Gabriel mission, California, for the
erection of theatre. They were sum-
moned to the work by the old mission
bell for the first time since 1885, and
used the same pick-axe and shovel
used by their predecessors in break
ing ground for San Gabriel Mission,
nearly $50 years before. The purpose
of the theatre is the housing of mis-
sion play, which is to be deliberately
staged in the hope of making it as
great pageant as the Passion Play
of Oberammergau. Mr.. John McGroar-
ty, of Los Angeles, the California poet
and author, has written a drama COW
ering the complete history of the mis-