The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-06
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AMERICAN NEWS.

College Buys Property.-St. Am
brose College at Davenport has pur-
chased for $4,000 additional property
to be converted into a play ground.
Deprives Religious of Votes.-Jus-
tice Charbonneau, of the Superior
Court of Quebec, has granted the ap-
pication for the removal of the teach
ers of Bourget College from the cleo
toral lists as Rigaud, on the ground
that being religious, vowed to poverty,
they have no income qualification,
since their earnings, however great,
are not their personal property, but
that of the community.
Catholic Solicitor for Philadelphia.
Michael J. Ryan, national treasurer
of the United Irish League, has been
elected solicitor of the city of Phila-
delphia.
St. Louis Honors Bishop KetteIer.
"A mass meeting of the Catholics of
ST. Louis and County took place last
Sunday evening in Goeller Hall, of
that city, in commemoration of the
centenary of the great Bishop of
Mainz, Freiherr Won Ketteler.
Reward for Arrest, of Thieves
Governor Stubs has offered a reward
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of the men who stole the bronze fig
ure of the Crucified Christ in the
Catholic, cemetery at Timkin, Rush
County, Kansas. The bronze figure is
five feet high and contains about 200
pounds of metal and is of sufficient
value that the theft constitutes a
felony and the thieves will be sent to
prison for from five to ten years.
New Parishes for New Orleans
Archbishop Blenk has erected three
new parishes in the Diocese of New
Orleans. One is in the city itself
and three are in the country. Of the
latter one is for colored people at
BertrandviIIe. Of this the Rev. B. l..
Favard, Josephite Father, is pastor.
The Archbishop has also appointed
Very Rev. F. Racine Vicar General
for the religious congregations of
women in the Diocese.
Estate of Mgr. CapeI.-Letters of
administration for the estate of the
late Mgr. Capel of Sacramento, Cal,
have been filed. Five thousand dol
lars is the estimated value of the
estate, consisting of real estate and
personal property. No will being left,
the late Prelate's property will revert
to his only surviving relative, a sister
living in London, England.
The Church in Patagonia.-A few
years ago Patagonia, the most south
ern extremity of South America, was
a savage, cannibal land. Today the
Church is blooming there, rich in
religious orders and divided into a
Southern Vicariate and a Northern
Vicariate whose Bishops are accom-
plishing much.
Catholic Travellers Aid.-Bishop
Farrelly, of Cleveland, has installed
at the Union Depot of Cleveland a
Catholic Travellers Aid" for the safe
ty of Catholic women arriving in that
city. In the waiting room of the depot
will be found a desk in charge of a
Catholic lady, who will meet all in
coming trains and give advice and
direction to strangers.
Superior of Passionist Retreat
Rev. Xavier Sutton, G. p, who has
given hundreds of missions for non.
Catholics in all parts of the country
has been appointed superior of the
Passionist Retreat, at Norwood Park
Chicago, for term of three years.
Night Workers Want Mass.-Night
workers employed in newspaper
offices, restaurants, hotels, as well as
patrolmen and street car employees Of
Worcester, Mass, have petitionec
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morning Mass. A committee has beer
appointed to perfect plans and call q
meeting of the night workers.
Missionaries in BraziI.-ReE. JUS
tino Costa, S. j., Rev. ]. Cunha, S. ].
and Rev. Antonio Azevedo, S. j., OF
Monday left Boston College for Bra
I'll, where they have been assigned a:
missionaries. They came to this coun
try last year and have been stationed
at Boston College since last March
They were exiled from Portugal, thei
native country, at the outbreak of thu
revolution.
Polish Preparatory SchooI.-Th,
Polish National Alliance, an organiza
ton 10000 strong, has secured tn
Rider Hotel at Cambridge Springs
Penn, with it's $50 acres and capable