The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-11
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and prayers not prescribed in the rit'
ual of the Roman Catholic Church.
will not be allowed. If a priest Is not
present at a burial, friends and reia'
tives have the privilege of Offering
silent prayer. The prayers OF secret
societies, ritual and ceremonies at the
grave of dead members will come
under this order. They may take
place in the homes, but not in the
cemetery.
Seminary Collection in Philadelphia.
The annual collection for the Sem
mary of st. Charles Borromeo, OF the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia, amounted
to $62,009.
Good Work of K. of c.-The Knights
of Columbus, of Twin Falls, ldaho'
are doing commendable work by their
method of supplying Catholic litera-
ture to the reading public. At their
own expense they have had built a
neat and substantial bookcase con"
tanning a very good selection of up-to-
date books, also a file rack on winch
many of the leading Catholic week
lies and periodicals can be FOUND.
Above the case is a neat inscription
reading Catholic Literature" These
have been placed in conspicuous
place in the Public Library.
Addition to St. Ambrose College,
The consultors of the Davenport do
cese have authorized the building OF
an addition to st. Ambrose college
this summer. The east wing OF the
building which was added few years
ago will be extended to the south so
that it will conform with the extern
sions of the old building. The new
addition will provide for ten more
private rooms for the students, sew
eraI professors rooms, and also a
general science laboratory, in addi-
ton to the present laboratories. The
addition will be four stories in height
and will be designed so as to harmo-
nize with the architecture of the pres
ent structure.
Atheist Writer, A convert.-Franz
Joseph Geissler, of Cleveland, former
atheist writer, and the author Of
many bitter attacks upon religion and
the Church, has become convert.
Geissler says his conversion was
caused by vision of the Blessed V1r-
gin in which he was admonished to
follow other ways. He has written
to all the papers to which he had sent
articles, ordering the publishers to
withhold them. Geissler was a writer
for many German papers in the United
States, and has been steady contrib
utor' to periodicals in Vienna, Dus-
seldorf, Salisbury, Dresden, and other
European cities.
Church for The BIind.-The Church
of the Holy Child, church for the
blind at Aqueduct avenue and Bergen
street, New York, was dedicated re-
Gently by Monsignor Lavelle, V. G.,
rector of the Cathedral. A school for
the blind will be started in connection
with the church.
Silver Jubilee Of Catholic Charities.
On April 9th, the Association Of
the Catholic Charities of New York
celebrated it's silver jubilee. Cardinal
Farley was the chief speaker, and the
Rev. Bernard Vaughan, s. J., paid a
handsome tribute to American meth
DDS of handling the problem of pow
erty.
Indian Girl Becomes Nun.-On the
Feast of st. Joseph, the first Indian
girl in British Columbia, who has ever
taken the habit of religious order,
was received into the Sisterhood of
the Congregation of Instruction, Van
couver. His Grace, Archbishop Nc
Neil oficiated.
Death of Blind Priest.-Rev. Conrad
Tintrup, former pastor of st. Paul
Church, st. Paul, Mo-, died recently
dC IuC SOANOAI VI LAN 0A0-
tiers, Arcadia, Mo. He was born in
Westphalia, Germany, eighty years
ago. Two years following his ordina-
ton, in 1857, he was assigned to ST..
Paul, Church, of which he remained
pastor until 1903, when his blindness
compelled him to resign his charge.
BY special privilege granted to blind
priests, he daily celebrated the Mass
of the Blessed Virgin, which he COM
mitted to memory. His sister was
the late Mother Seraphine, Superior
of the Ursulines, with whom he ended
his days.
Bishops Testimonial Goes To Char
ity.-The Right Rev. Bishop Harkins
of Providence, r. l., was presented
with testimonial on the recent oc-
casion of the silver jubilee of his
episcopate. His grateful priests and