The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-21
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Generous Gifts.-At the silver jul
bilee celebration of the ordination OF
Rev. James T. Coffey, of st. Louis,
his parishioners presented him with
two purses totaling nearly $4,000.
Ohio Pilgrimage to Rome.-In a
PASTORAL Letter which was read in the
Catholic churches of the diocese of
Toledo recently, the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Schrembs made the announcement
that it is his purpose to conduct pill
grimage to Rome upon the occasion
on his visit to the Holy Father next
spring.
Mrs. Wilson's Secretary Catholic
Miss Mary Bayless of West Union, O.,
who has been engaged by Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, wife of the president
elect, to act as her private secretary
during her residence in the White
House, is Catholic The young wom-
an has already entered upon her
duties in the Wilson mansion in Sea-
girt, N. J.
Indiana Extension Society. - At
the meeting of the clergy of the six
deaneries of the diocese of Fort
Wayne, Ind, last month, plans re-
garding the formation of a Church
Extension Society were carefully con-
Sidered. The movement has been
under way since the meeting of the
Consultors in June, when among other
matters, Bishop Alerding presented for
consideration the fact of numerous
immigration from foreign countries
to northern Indiana. These imml-
grants are Poles, Slovaks, Hungar-
ians, Croatians, Lithuanians and
others, whose spiritual needs demand
attention.
Gift to Former Prison Chaplain
Officers of the New Jersey State
Prison in Trenton have purchased an
imported gold chalice which they will
send to Rev. Aloysius Fish, of Carey,
Ohio, formerly Catholic chaplain of
the local institution. During his serv-
ice Father Fish secured passage of
the indeterminate sentence law,
started night school for the convicts,
and had much to do with having the
LEGISLATURE amend the execution law,
so that the death sentence could be
carried out within the prison walls.
Catholic Editor in Legisature.-Mr.
James T. Carroll, editor of the "Catho-
lie Columbian" of Columbus, Ohio, has
been honoured by election to the Ohio
State Legislature.
Memorial to Col. Finnerty.-More
than 1000 members of the United
Irish Societies of Chicago on Novem-
Der oath, pledged their support to
erect monument to the memory of
the late Col John F. Finnerty, former
ly a Congressman from Illinois, and for
more than thirty years a leader in
Irish-American affairs in the United
States.
Site for Sisters Seminary-Mary
Briody, of Racine, Wis, has given the
Sisters of st. Francis 100 acres of fine
land on one side of Lake Racine, and
known as Michs Summer Resort, for
seminary purposes.
SaIesian Sisters of the Eucharist
His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons has
changed the title of the Sister of St.
Francis de Sales of Baltimore to that
of 'Salesian Sisters of the Holy Eu-
charist." The new title is in recogni-
ton of the extensive and many-sided
works of charity accomplished by
them. Their community situated at
Hanover and Barre streets, has been
able, among many other works in the
year ending Dec, 1911, to serve 75,448,
meals to children (264 enrolled; to
give days care to children 1882
times; nights care to childen whose
mothers were in the hospital, 80
times; to assist 81 families; to pro-
vide with food, during hard months of
winter, 2,476 persons; to provide,
2,439 pieces of clothing to the needy;
to assist AZ persons in getting work.
Protest Against Dangerous Fad.-At
the last meeting of the school board
of Denver, Colo, Father G. Burke pre-
scented the protest of the Federated
Catholic societies against the teaching
of sex hygiene in the schools The
board took no action upon it, however,
for it had entered into contract last
June with Mrs. Noble, engaging her
for the current year to teach this mat
ter. The public was not aware OF
this arrangements until after the open
ing of the schools. Now Father Burke
proposes that Mrs. Noble teach the
mothers for the balance of her term;
thus observing the conditions of the
contract with her, and removing the
actual teaching of this subject from
the school room proper
Work of the Manresa Retreat.-The
closing retreat for 1912 at Manresa,
Staten Island, was given Friday, De
cember Is. The hours of Retreat are
from P. M. Friday to A. NJ, Mon
day. In order that the work accom-.
plished by the Retreat Movement may
be realized, the following summary
of facts is submitted:
(D It has purchased House of Re
treat known as Mount Manresa," at
Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. This
is a beautiful property of 20 acres with
a magnificent view of both bays.