The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-10
AMERICAN NEWS.


Aid to Foreign Missions.-The AS
ISOLATION of the Holy Childhood, of st.
Louis, contributed nearly $4,000 to-
wards the Foreign Mission work.
Walsh on New York Herald.-Dr.
James J. Walsh, of Fordham Univer-
sity, has assumed the position of med
ical editor of the New York Herald.
Administrator of the Diocese of Pan
ama.-Rev. Guillermo Rojas, pastor of
the parish of Gorgona, Canal Zone, has
been appointed Administrator of the
Diocese of Panama. The appointment
has been hailed with joy by the Cor
COMA Catholic Club, which is composed
of Americans engaged in the construc-
ton of the great canal.
Some of the Older Dioceses.-The
Diocese of Louisville will, this year,
enter upon the 105th year Of it's cor
porate existence; the diocese of Gin
cinnati will enter upon it's 92nd; the
diocese of Indianapolis upon it's 10th;
Nashville, on it's 10TH, and Covington
on it's Goth year.
Holy Cross College Burned.-On
January 29th, fire destroyed the Holy
Cross college on the Yamaski river
near Farnham, Quebec. There were
about $50 boarding pupils in the col
lege at the time, but they all got out
safely. The loss is estimated at
100000
Precious Stones for ChaIice.-Ma-
dame Caroline lie Roy Bonaparte, of
Baltimore, in her will, left a diamond
brooch and three stones with request
that they be set in chalice for the
Church.
The Church in Hawaii.-In the Ha-
waiian Islands the Church is Vicari-
ate Apostolic. There are about $4,000
Catholics. The Church there is -four
ishing, with IS priests, college, four
academies and nine parochial schools.
Sympathy of Canadian Hierarchy
His Grace Most Rev. Mgr. Begin, in
his own name and that of the HER
archy of Canada, wrote a consolatory
letter to the Patriarch of Lisbon
expressing the sympathy the Cana
dian hierarchy felt over the misfor-
tune of their Portuguese brethren.
In reply, very gracious reply was
received from the noble Patriarch ex-
pressing his heartfelt thanks for the
words of encouragement from Can
ada
Diocese of IndianapoIis.-The pre-
sent fast growing diocese of Indianapo-
lis, says the Louisville Record, was
formerly the Diocese of Vincennes,
erected in 1884 from the diocese of
Bardstown-Louisville. It's first Bish-
op was the sanity French nobleman,
Simon William Gabriel Brute de Re-
muir. 1t has over $4,000 Catholics
and about $40 priests. It's Catholic
history dates from Fort Vincennes in
1902.
Pyx and Rosary for Bishop Cotton.
Col. Ward, Commissioner of Streets,
of Buffalo, accompanied by several
gentlemen, presented Bishop Cotton
with a solid gold Pyx, and Rosary,
whose chain was of gold, the beads OF
amethyst and it's five inch crucifix OF
solid goId-all secured by him on a
recent trip to California.
Noted Church Burned.-Nearly a
century old, the Church of the Nativ:
ity, in Second avenue, New York, was
so swept by flames recently that II
will probably be abandoned, and one
Of the oldest landmarks on the East
Side will pass away. Originally a
Presbyterian place of worship, it has
been a Catholic institution since 1912
but it's worshipers have dwindled away
under the influx of non-Catholics.
Argentine's Catholic Statistics.-The
new Catholic Directory for Argentina
which has Just been received, gives
the number of Catholic publications in
that fiourishing republic as one hun
dred and one. Besides the Directory
which is issued yearly, there are eight
dailies. six semi-weeklies, seventy
three weeklies, and twenty-three
monthlies. Three of the publications
are in Italian, two are in English, and
one is in German. Enthusiastically
Argentina is divided into one archdio
cese and ten dioceses, one of which
that of Santiago del Estero, wa!
established in 1870.
Triple Jubilee Celebrated.-An uni
que celebration took place in st
James Church, Baltimore Sunday
Monday and Tuesday, January %, 2!
and 80. Three priests, members o
the Redemptorist Order and stationed