The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-09-07
AMERICAN NEWS.

Valuable Painting on Exhibitions
The Madonna of st. Anthony of Pa
dua," costing $50O,O0O, has been placed
on exhibition in the Metropolitan
Museum of Arts, New York, by Mr.. J.
P. Morgan.
Made Prison ChapIain.-Rev. Ed
ward G. Griffin, D. D., who recently
succeeded Mgr. Pozzi at st. Joachim's
Church, Trenton, N. j., has been ap-
pointed by the Board of Prison Inspect
ors to be chaplain of the State Prison.
Father Griffin follows Rev. A1oysius
Fish in the prison work.
Missionary Sisters in Philadelphia
The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred
Heart have established house in
Philadelphia, paying $4,000 for the
property. Five Sisters have already
taken up their residence in the new
home which is attached to the parish
of st. Donate, and three others will
join them next month. The principal
work of the Order is the instruction
of youth, for whom they conduct day
schools, academies, industrial schools
and sewing schools. The orphaned,
sick and aged are also cared for by
them, while they visit hospitals, pris-
ons, and conduct retreats at their con-
vents. They have missions in eight
States of the Union and numerous
houses in Europe and South America.
Old Mission Records.-Father Gro
gan, who has served an honorable and
interesting career of fifteen years at
the venerable Old Mission Church of
San Buena Ventura, CAL, has closed
forever the original Book of Deaths of
the parish, says the Ventura Demo-
crat. The precious old volume which
was opened on January 8, 1924, when
the first record was made, will be
taken care of among the remaining
archives of the old church. 1t con-
tains a record of 2,7S9 deaths, the last
entry being made on June 80, 1912.
In the fifteen years that Father Grogan
Church there have been entered in
the book IT'S deaths.
"Corkmen" in Wyoming.-Casper,
Wyoming, contains over one hundred
Corkmen who have settled there dur
ing the last twenty years, and have
all made good" in their respective
lines. Although able to attend
church only couple of times a year.
(they are mostly engaged in the sheep
business in isolated districts), they
nearly all pay twelve dollars year
per man to the support of the Church,
and about fifty of them are members
of the Knights of Columbus.
Free ParochiaI SchooI.-The Bishop
of Seattle, in order to place the bene-
fits of the Cathedral schools within
the reach of every child in the parish,
has decided to eliminate fees for tut
ton, thus making it free school.
Gift from a Priest.-Rev. John Van
den MORT, pastor of Mary's Church
Putnam, has presented to Mount st.
Joseph Seminary, Hamilton Heights,
his pathological collection. Father
Van den Mort has long been lover
of Ornithology. His gift to the SEM
mary will add notably to the geological
collection of the school.
Augusta Church to be Consecrated.
The Church of the Sacred Heart,
Augusta, Ga, will be consecrated in
November, a ceremonial made posi-
BILE by the generosity of the Messrs.
O'Dowd, who, as a memorial to their
father, paid off the remaining debt of
the church.
Home for SaiIors.-Under the lead
ership of Cardinal Gibbons, commit
tee of prominent Catholics have laid
plans for building at Locust Point,
Md, one of the largest homes for i'm
migrants and sailors in the country
The estimated cost is $4,000. 1t will
be four stories high and will cover al
most whole city block. From the
exterior the building will have the ap-
pearance Of a large church.
First Canadian Diocese.-Quebec is
an old Archdiocese. Its Catholic popu-
lation of 100000 is French Canadian.
1t has the great, old Laval University
and three classical colleges with 1850
students, besides 1872 other Catholic
schools.
Archdiocese of MontreaI.7The Mon
treal Archdiocese numbers 472,OOO
Catholics. They have classical col
leges and 731 Catholic schools with
$4,000 pupils.
Conservation of Bishop of Panama
Mgr Rojas, the new Bishop of Pan
anna, was consecrated at the cathedral
on August IS, by Bishop Stork of
Costa RIGA. There was distinguished