The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-09-14
AMERICAN NEWS.

new PaFOCnlaI SCnOOi IN
Occupying n of the finest school
buildings in Tacoma, erected at a cost
of $4,000, and containing every facil-
ity for convenience and comfort, the
new st. Leo's high school will open
its doors Monday, September 9. 1t is
a four-story ~fireproof brick structure
occupying the half block adjoining the
church. In equipment it will be one
of the best appointed schools in Ia
coma, with a very complete gymnasium
including a swimming tank and all
the other features which appeal to
boys. A thoroughly modern and SAM
tary kitchen and lunch room is part
of it's equipment so that pupils may
obtain lunches in the building.
Gift to Apostolic Mission House.
Joseph Cudahy, son of the late Michael
Cudahy and the administrator Of his
fathers estate, gave a donation of
$4,000 to the Very Rev. John j.
Hughes of New York, Superior General
of the Paulist Fathers, during his re-
cent visit to the Paulist house in Chi
cago, to be used for the work of the
Paulist Mission House at Washington,
D. c., where priests of the community
are trained for mission work in the
United States.
Requests for Catholic Charities
Under the will of Miss Theresa Foy,
about $4,000 of her estate is to be
divided among charitable institutions
of New York City. The value of the
legacies which each institution will
receive is said to be about $4,000. The
institutions mentioned in the list are
the Catholic Orphan Asylum, Sisters
of the Poor of st. Francis, Little Sis
ters of the Poor of st. Vincent, Char
ity Organization society. New York
Association for Improving the Condi-
ton of the Poor, Children's Aid socie-
ty, Tribune Fresh Air society, Cooper
Union for the Advancement of Science
and Art and st. Vincent's hospital.
New ParochiaI Neutrality-suspicious. is
in progress for the building of a new
$13, 900 rectory for st. Mary's Church
at Marshalltown, Ia, and when COM
pleted will provide n of the finest
r~ectories in the state. The house will
be of brick tWo-stories with ground
dimensions 41x58 feet. 1t will contain
twelve rooms.
Built by c. M. Schwab.-St. Thomas
congregation, Braddock, Pa, is making
preparations for it's fiftieth a%nnivers-
ary this fall. Charles M. Schwab built
the present church at a cost of more
than $13O,559. The organ, costing
5 1855, was donated by A. Carnegie.
The present rector is Rev. Robert
Mcdonald.
Ancient Crucifix. Miss Ellen
O'Brien, of Albany, N. Y, has a family
heirloom in the form of a crucifix bear
ing date of 1884. It is Of black wal
nut and beautifully carved. It is the
work of Father Kavanaugh, a priest
of the parish of st. Mullens, Drum
mond, Carlow county, Ireland. in the
eighteenth century.
Will Visit carmelites.-Very Rev.
Elias Magennis, assistant to the
Father General of the Carmelite Order
in Rome, has arrived in New York and
will begin a visitation of the Carmel
tie communities in the United States
and Canada.
Cancer Hospital in New York;
After laboring twelve years, Mother
M. Alphonsa Lathrop, a daughter of
Nathaniel Hawthorne, with the assist
ance of Sister Mary Rose and friends,
has completed a new fve-story build
ing for st. Roses Free Home for In
durable Cancer Victims, at II Jackson
street, New York. The building is
having the finishing touches put upon
its interior, and Mother Alphonsa is
arranging with Cardinal Farley to
have him bless the building at a pub
lie ceremony before the patients take
possession early in October. When
this home is opened the original can
Ger cottage of Mother Alphonsa, at
426 Cherry street, will be abandoned,
anu IIS seventeen pdLISAIS dAu 1OuA
Sisters will be moved to the new
building, in which there will be room
for 100 victims of the disease.
Old Volumes Discovered.-Two al
most priceless volumes were brought
to light recently. They have been
presented to the University of Cali
fornia az a gift from the city of Placer
vile. The two volumes are entitled
"Monasticon A~nglicanum," and were
published in London in 1865. They
were written by the Franciscan
Fathers. The volumes recount the
Franciscan expeditions to America.
The history is written in Latin and
the books are carefully indexed as
to historical incidents and events.
The books are extremely heavy, each