The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-09-21

Supplies Vestments and Altar
Linens for Poor Parishes-Thirty-
five Sets of Vestments and $50
Pieces of Linen Distributed Last
Year-Oficers for the Year-WiII
Resume Work Next Week.
The Tabernacle Society, an organ
ization composed of Catholic women
of st. Paul and Minneapolis, will re-
sumo work for the coming winter on
Friday, September ~, at 10:30 a. m,
at it's rooms in the Knights of Colum-
bus Hall, 400 Cedar Street, ST. Paul.
The purpose of the Tabernacle So
ciety is to supply poor churches with
new vestments and linens to be used
in the service of the altar During the
nineteen years of it's existence it has
assisted hundreds of churches in re-
mote districts where the congrega-
tions were too poor to supply suitable
vestments and linens for the offering
up of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
Its benefactions have not been con-
fined to the Archdiocese of St. Paul
nor to the Northwest. Appeals have
come to it from parishes on the Pacific
slope, on the wind-swept prairies of
the Canadian Northwest, and on the
borderland of Mexico, and in every
case the request was granted as soon
as the necessary supplies could be
provided. The vestments and altar
linens are made by the members of
the Society who meet once a week
during the winter months and prepare
the different articles. Each member
of the Society pays three dollars a
year dues and this money is used to
buy the material from which the vest
ments and altar furnishings are made.
Last year the Society distributed thir-
ty-five sets of vestments and over
eight hundred and fifty pieces of altar
linen. This gives an idea of the
amount of work done by the members
at their weekly meetings during the
year. uA@.
The Tabernacle Society was organ
lied on the first Friday of August,
1898. The initiative was taken by
Mrs. Benjamin Thompson of st. Paul,
who, with the approval of the Most
Reverend Archbishop, was instrumen-
tai in bringing together about fifty
Catholic women for the purpose of
starting it. Mrs. Thompson was elect
ed first President of the organization,
an Office which she held until March
%, 1911, when she resigned and was
succeeded by the first Vice President,
Mrs William Reuth. At the regular
meeting of the Society held on the
first Friday of November the follow
President, Mrs. Benjamin Thompson;
President, Miss Mary J. Chute; First
Vice President, Mrs. Frank Thuet;
Second Vice President, Mrs. Mathew
Mcdonald; Third Vice President, Mrs.
J. w. Willis; Fourth Vice President,
Mrs. J. T. Moore; Recording Secre-
tary, Mrs. J. s. Melady; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. Grace M. Gum; Treas
urer, Mrs. J. P. Frye; Auditor, Mrs.
B. G. Daley. Mrs. M. Reuth is Chair
man Of the Vestment Department,
and Mrs. III. J. Mccarthy of the Linen
Department. The Society meets every
Friday at half past ten o'clock in the
Knights of Columbus Hall, 400 Cedar
Street. At present it has a member
ship of two hundred and eight in
good standing The active members
of the organization attend the weekly
meetings and make the altar supplies.
1t is the rule of the Society not to go
into debt, and hence the amount of
work done by the Society during the
year is limited by the amount of
money obtained from the membership
dues. Out of this fund it also pays
rent for the room which it occupies.
The objects of the Society are such
as to appeal to all Catholics and espe-
cially to Catholic women who have
time and means at their disposal to
devote to the work of making vest
ments and altar linens Considering
the number OF Catholics i'm the Twin
Cities the membership of the organi-
zation is deplorably small. In every
parish of the Twin Cities there are
women who have the time and the
ability to assist it i'm the work which
it is endeavoring to do for the well
fare of religion; and it is hoped that
during the coming year many new
names will be added to its member
ship roll.
The Society is not without it's spirit
ual benefits. It has made it rule to
have an annual Mass offered up for it's
deceased members. Arrangements
have been made to have the Mass
celebrated at the Cathedral on Friday,
October 4, at half past nine o'clock.
All the members are expected to at
tend. On the following Friday, Octo-
ber IL, there win be solemn exposition
of the Blessed Sacrament under the
auspices OF the Society. Mass will be
said at half past nine, after which the