The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-17
AMERICAN NEWS.

Hospital for Fordham.-The FORD
ham University Hospital for Women,
the first maternity hospital in the
Bronx, was opened on the 18th inst
when the Rev. DR.. McClusky, presi-
dent of Fordham, took over the title
of the hospital at exercises held in the
building at SIS East 149th street. The
hospital is in a remodeled five-story
apartment house.
Jew Recommends Catholic.-Sena-
tor Raynor, of Maryland, has recon-
mended to the President for appoint
ment as justice of the United States
Supreme Court, Edgar H. Cans, of Bal
timore. Mr.. Cans is brilliant lawyer.
He is a convert, the son Of Protes-
tant clergyman, who also became
Catholic.
In Memory of Bishops Father.-The
Rt. Rev. Bishop Burke of Albany has
presented the Church of st. John,
Utica, N. Y, with two handsome
stained windows, as memorial to his
father, the late DR.. Uric Burke. DR..
Burke was prominent in professional
and religious circles in Utica half a
century ago.
Catholic Monthly for the Young.-
John P Mclaughlin, for six years
member of the city staff of the Free
Press of Milwaukee, has retired from
daily newspaper work to publish
Catholic monthly for young folks,
which will be known as Youth, and
which will have offices in that city.
The first number will appear soon.
For Catholic Y. M. c. A.-National
President Edward Feeny, of the Fed
Grafton of Catholic Societies, has
appointed the following committee on
a Catholic Y. M. G. A.: Rt. Rev. JOS
eph Schrembs, D. D., Bishop of Toledo,
O., chairman; Messrs. G. A. Singer,
of indianapolis, Ind; John M. Walker,
of Philadelphia, Pa; Charles T. DAILY,
of Boston, Mass, and John Price, of
Columbus, o.
Cardinal FarIey's Sister Num-
The sister of Cardinal Farley is Moth
err Superior in America of the order
of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
During his stay in Rome the Cardinal
celebrated Mass in the Church Of the
Trinita Del Monti, which is connected
with the convent Of the Sacred Heart
Many of the nuns there are personal
friends either of the Cardinal or his
sister
Business Men Aid BIshop.-The
Sioux City Commercial Club, after a
conference with Bishop Garrigan, has
agreed to undertake to raise the sum
of $4,000, upon the agreement by the
Bishop that the initial cost of the pro-
posed Catholic college building shall
be not less than $4,000.
The Oldest Educational Institution.
The Oldest educational institution
for women in the whole United
States, says the Louisville Record, is
the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans.
The oldest religious congregation for
women, originating in the United
States, is that of the Sisters of Lor-
etto at the Foot of the Cross, in the
diocese of Louisville, Ky; the next,
in the same year, that of the Sisters of
Charity of Nazareth, also in the did,
cese of Louisville The last two may
be likened to twin sisters.
Cost of Catholic Encyclopedia
Father Wynne, S. j., at recent con.
ference of the Philadelphia priests,
made the statement that the cost OF
the Catholic Encyclopedia up to date
was over 100000. There is the graft.
flying increase each month in the mum.
Der of subscribers, and the promoters
hope to ultimately come out even on
the undertaking. The Boston Public
Library has subscribed for twenty.
seven SETS, or one set for each of its
branch libraries
Historic Tunnel Discovered.-The
underground tunnel, half mile long,
connecting the Alamo, the birthplace
of Texas liberty, where the band of
patriots were slaughtered by Mexicans
in 1886, with the Nilsson San Fern.
ando, in Bexar County, has been dis.
covered. A collection of we'll pre-
served relics was found in the passage
way which was used by the monks
when the missions were attacked by
the Indians.
St. Vincent de Paul Society Of St
Louisville Saint Vincent de Pau
Society of st. Louis, without making
any appeal to the public for aid, dis
tributed over $4,000 during the past
year in aiding the poor of the city
The cost of distribution was nothing
We commend this statement to the
consideration of those who would
apply to the Catholic church the test
from their fruits We shall know
them"