The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-16
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bestow the Order of st. Gregory upon
Dr. J. Godfrey Raupert, formerly an
Anglican clergyman, who has written
several books on Spiritualism and
kindred subjects.
Buys Home Of Pasteur.-John D.
Rockefeller has purchased the house
in which Pasteur, the great Catholic
scientist, was born, and will present it
to the French nation.
Archbishop Prendergast's House.
The new residence of Archbishop
Prendergast on the north side of Race
street, Philadelphia, and adjoining the
site on which stands the Cathedral,
will cost possibly $4,000. Ground will
be broken in a few weeks.
Cardinals gift for 1owery Mission.
I'm a letter expressing his high ap-
probation of the work done during
the winter for the unfortunates of the
Bowery, and especially with the new
religious life which has been intro
duced to the jewellers in that highway,
Cardinal Farley sent a check for $1,000
to Father William Rafter of the Mis-
sion of the Holy Name on the Bowery,
New York.
Succeeds Bishop-elect DoWling.-
The Rev. Peter E. Blessing, D. D., has
been appointed rector of SIS. Peter and
Paul Cathedral, Providence, to succeed
the Right Rev. Austin Bowling, Bish'
op-elect of Des Moines. From Novem-
Der, 1908, until last July, DR.. Blessing
was editor-in-chief of the Providence
Visitor, which under his management
became a successful journal.
Properly Not Subject of inheritance
Tax.-In an opinion lately handed
down, Probate Judge. Robert L. Shack
elford, of Clayton, Mo-, ruled that
Archbishop Glennon would not have
to pay a five per cent inheritance tax
on the property bequeathed to him by
the late Mrs. Agnes Barnum, of Man:
chester, Mo. The estate is valued at
$9S,977.25. The will provided that the
money was to be used for the needs
of the Catholic Church.
Father Nugent Goes to New Or.
Teans.-The Very Rev. F. V. Nugent
C. NJ, one of the best known priests
of st. Louis, and formerly president
of Kenrick Seminary, has been trans.
ferred from the passionate of st. Vim
cent Church to st. Stephen Church
New Orleans. Father Nugent's latest
undertaking in st. Louis was the es,
tablishment of the Guardian Angel
Settlement work. His place will be
filled by the Rev. J. A. Linn, c. M
of New Orleans, with whom he ex
changes pastorates.
Chicago st. Vincent De Paul Society
Archbishop Quigley addressed the
annual meeting of the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul of Chicago recently at
the Holy Name Cathedral He reviewed
the work of the society and urged that
conference to promote the work oil
the society be organized in every par
ish in the Chicago diocese. Five hun
dred delegates from conferences in
fifty-six parishes were in attendance
The annual report showed 929 active
members. The organization has pro
cured work for 463 persons and the
total expenditures for the year was
| $2S,912.
Father kavanaeh a Domestic Pre-
late.-Rev. Charles F. Kavanagh
former secretary to the late Archbish
op Ryan and Chancellor of the Arch
diocese of Philadelphia, has been made
domestic prelate of the Pope's house
hold. This honor was bestowed upor
him in response to request made by
Archbishop Ryan just before his deatt
and renewed by Archbishop Prender
CAST.
New Works Contribution to Propa
cation Of the Faith.-Mgr. John ]
Dunn, director of the Society for thu
Propagation of the Faith in the New
York Archdiocese said last Sunda,
that the contributions of the diocest
of New York last year amounted tt
$1O9, 1895, an increase of $8,736.O;
over the previous year, and SURPRISING
every other diocese in the world.
Retreats for Laymen.-Since it's in
ception on July 8, 1909, the Laymen
League for Retreats and Social Stud
les has held fifty-one retreats for men
Mount Manresa-the first house il
America, devoted exclusively to lay
mems reats-was opened Septembe
s, 1911, at Fort Wadsworth, Slater
Island.
America not Protestant Nation.-
1t is interesting to note that, if Amer
lea is Protestant nation, the religi
GUS statistics of Dr. Carroll for 1911
are great paradox. They show tina
in the United States, the Roman Ca
tholics, with nearly fifteen million