The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-02
AMERICAN NEWS.

Home for SaiIors.-Under the lead
ership of Cardinal Gibbons, COM
mittee of prominent Catholics has
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
almost whole city block.
For Catholic Settlement House.-A
campaign has begun among the Catho-
lies of New York to raise $4,000 for
the erection OF the proposed White
Memorial Catholic Settlement House.
The plan, first suggested by Francis
|. Carmody, is meeting with hearty
cooperation from all sides. Men and
women of all denominations and ma
tionalities from as far away as Buff
falo have not only written letters to
Mr.. Carmody and the fund treasurer,
Herman A. Metz, but have also sent
in checks to help along this cause.
Well Balanced Charity.-The will
Of Thomas Burns, for seventy years
resident of Indianapolis, who died o.
tober 9, divides his estate, estimated
to be worth $4,000, among relatives
and various charities. One thousand
dollars is to be given to the Rev. F.
H. Gavisk, rector of st. Johns Catho-
lie Church, of which Mr.. Burns was
the oldest member, to be used for the
church. A personal gift of $500 is
also made to Father Gavisk. The will
provides that $500 shall be given to
each of the following Catholic insti-
tutions: The Society of Good Shep-
ffo1 hn T 10
Sisters of the Poor, all of Indianapolis,
and to the Catholic Orphans
Asylums of Vincennes and Terre
Haute The will also bequeathes $500
to the st. Joseph's Industrial Society
of Indianapolis.
Gift to Bishop schrembs.-A hand
some gift of $4,000 was made recent
ly to Bishop Schrembs, of Toledo, by
a wealthy lady of Fremont, Ohio, a
member of St. Joseph's parish. Of
this amount $4,000 was presented to
the Bishop for the maintenance of a
seminary for the instruction of young
men for the priesthood, and the other
$4,000 to be used for the new diocese
as Bishop Schrembs wishes.
Jubilee of Bishop FitzMaurice.-The
celebration of the sacerdotal golden
jubilee of Right Rev. John E. Fitz-
Maurice, D. D., Bishop of Erie, Gull
minated Wednesday, October 16, in
the Solemn Pontifical Mass of Thanks
giving celebrated in st. Peters Cattle
dral by the venerable jubilarian him.
self. The occasion was graced by the
presence of Archbishop Prendergast,
eight Bishops, twenty-five Monsignori,
heads of four religious orders and
about two hundred and fifty priests.
Sixty Years a Nun.-The diamond
jubilee in religion of Sister Mary
Bernardine McElroy was celebrated
on October at the De Sales Heights
Convent of the Visitation, at Parkers-
burg, w. Va. Just before Mass the
venerable nun renewed her vows
of sixty years before. Sister Bern
ardine is the only living founder of
the Visitation Convent in Parkers-
burg, having gone to Parkersburg
from Frederick, Md, nearly fifty years
ago. She received a cable blessing
from the Pope and written one from
Cardinal Gibbons.
Priest in Honor Legion.-Rev. Fran
els J. Sullivan, rector of st. Anne's
Church, New York City, who is also
a chaplain in the fire department, has
been elected an honorary member of
the Legion of Honor of that depart
ment. The legion at present is COM
posed of 375 men, every one of whom
wears the button for distinguished
services.
FeIician Sisters.-The thirteenth an
niversary of the establishment of the
Convent of the Felician Sisters, Pol
ish Franciscans, in Detroit, Mich, was
observed on the Feast of st. Francis.
Pontif1cal Mass was celebrated by
Bishop Kelly. Through the kindness
of Bishop Foley the community has
secured the privilege of a daily exposi-
ton of the Blessed Sacrament in per.
petuum.
Missionaries for Eskimos.-Two
Oblate Fathers, Rouviere and LIE Roux
will this coming year go to the White
Eskimos recently discovered by Stef.
anson in the Coronation Gulf.
Saint Clara CoIlege.-On Friday
October 18th, Professor Hugh A
Smith, head of the Department OF
Romance Languages of the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, gave lect,
ure on Chandelier, in the auditorium
of Saint Clara College, Sinsinawa
Wisconsin. In brief exposition he in
Dictated the conception and prepare
ton of the famous play, gave re
sumo of the plot, and an interpreta
tion of the salient ideas. Stereopticon
views of the chief characters and
scenes aided in giving a clear under
standing of the difficulties successfully
met in the staging of the drama
Saturday morning, Professor Smith
talked in an illustrated lecture on the
life and customs Of the people oil
Brittany.
Mr.. Alfred Calzin, the distinguished
French pianist, gave recital, or
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