The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-23
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st. John. The Society has an official
representative at the station and the
wharf.
How Did He Live?-Rev. James B.
Whelan, for thirty-two years pastor OF
st. Patrick's, Scranton, Pa, who died
recently. never accepted any salary
from his congregation. v
Mother of Religious Family.-On
Ash Wednesday the Right Rev. Alb
bot Placidus, o. S. B., of the Mt. An
gel Benedictine Monastery, Oregon,
lost his mother by death. She had nine
children, four of whom, including the
Abbott, entered the religious life, two
others sons becoming secular priests,
and one daughter joining the Benedic-
tine Order. The last is now head OF
the music department of the Sisters
Academy at Mt Angel.
Lafayette Relics Sold.-The collec-
ton of relics and souvenirs of General
MARQUIS de Lafayette which descend
ed to the present Marquis de Lafay-
cite was sold last week at public auc-
ton at the American Art Galleries,
the total of the prices paid being $780,
480, or $500 less than the lowest price
at which the collection as whole had
ever been offered for sale.
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Catholic citizens of Fort Williams,
Canada, have inaugurated an organi-
cations called the Catholic Mems AS
ISOLATION. It is similar to the Y. M.
C. A., but thoroughly Catholic in tone.
Mother Katherine and the Indians.
Last year the noble religious and
convert, Mother Katherine Drexel,
Superintendent of the Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament for Indians and
Colord People, Cornwells, Pa, contri-
buted personally $73,260.27 to the
Catholic Indian Missions.
Sisters Receive Donation-The
Mother house of the Little Franciscan
Sisters of Mary which is located at
Bale st. Paul, Quebec, was visited a
few days ago by Sir Rudolphe For
get, a banker of Montreal, recently
knighted by King George of England.
At the reception rendered him and
Lady Forget by the Sisters, he an
nounced that he would give the sum
of $4,000 to the institution to help
toward the reduction of the debt
which burdens it.
Priests Library for Notre Dame
The Lemonnier Library at the Univer-
sity of Notre Dame has been enriched
to the extent of several hundred vol
umes by bequest of the late Rev.
Hugh O'Gara McShane of Chicago,
whose will was probated recently.
Boys Academy Burned.-St. Mary's
Academy for boys at Norfolk, Va,
and the residence of the Xaverian
Brothers a short distance from the
academy were totally destroyed by
fire recently.
Barry Memorial.-Franklin Park,
one of the prettiest in Washington,
has been selected for the statute of
Saucy Jack Barry, ''The Father of the
American Navy" John Boyle, of New
York, has been selected as the sculp-
tor and Congress has voted an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the memorial.
The monument will not be ready for
nearly two years.
Death of Catholic PubIsher.-Albert
J. Barr, former publisher of the Pitts
burg Post and also of The Sun, and
| former director of The Associated
Press, died suddenly last week. Mr..
Barr was prominent Catholic.
| Boston Federationists Convene
Delegates representing approximate
ly 100000 members attended the third
annual convention of the Archdiocesan
Federation of Catholic Societies, Sun
day, March 10, in st. Alphonsus Hall
Roxbury, Mass Cardinal O'Connel
addressed the delegates.
Sisters Hospital on Fort Wayne
The Poor landmarks of Christ, a re
ligious congregation founded at Dern
bach, diocese of Limburg on the Lain
Nassau, Germany less than a century
spread and work, will build a fine hos
pital at Fort Wayne, Ind, costing
about $150.000.
A Million Dollars to charity-Mr
Calvary Morris, the capitalist and Goa
magnate, who died at Lakeside Hospi
tai, Cleveland, Ohio, last month, aftel
submitting to an operation, left prac
tically his entire estate, valued a
more than a million dollars, to foul
Iof Cleveland's hospitals, Charity, ST
Johns, st. Alexis and Lakeside hos
pitfalls.