The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-14
ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. PAUL.

Cotored Missionary: Reverend John
HI. Dorsey, of Montgomery, Alabama,
last Sunday evening closed weeks
mission at the Church of st. Charles,
Fourth Street and Thirteenth Avenue
South, Minneapolis. The Most Rev
erend Archbishop was present at the
closing exercises and addressed the
congregation. At four o'clock Sunday
afternoon Father Dorsey delivered a
special address on the Condition of
the Negro in the South" He spoke
on the same subject Wednesday even
ing at the st. Paul Seminary. The
missionary left yesterday for Milwau-
kee, where he will conduct a weeks
mission in the Capuchin Church, be-
ginning Sunday, December Is.
Reverend S. L. Theobald, pastor OF
st. Peter Claver's Church, st. Paul,
will continue the work begun in Min
neapolis by Father Dorsey. Beginning
Sunday, December %, he will preach
at the evening services in st. Charles
Church on every alternate Sunday.
His sermons will be chiefly for the
benefit of the colored people of Min
neapolis.
Officers of Tabernacle Society: The
annual meeting of the st. Paul Taber-
nacle Society was held November 20.
The following officers were elected:
Honorary President, Mrs. Benjamin
Thompson; President, Mrs. John M.
Schwartz, st. Paul; First Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. J. HI. Mccarthy, Mime
apolis; Second Vice President, Mrs.
M Rueth, ST. Paul; Third Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. J. A. Byrnes, Minneapolis;
Fourth Vice President, Mrs. J. W..
Willis, st. Paul; Recording Secretary,
Mrs. Grace M. Gum, Minneapolis;
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. VIM. J.
Murphy, st. Paul; Treasurer, Mrs.
John M. Byrnes, st. Paul; Auditor,
Mrs. D. C. Daley, Minneapolis;
Superintendent of Linen Department,
Mrs. Mathew Mcdonald, Minneapolis;
Superintendent of Vestment Depart
ment, Mrs. e. J. Brennan, st. Paul.
This organization is composed of
more than two hundred Catholic wom-
en- of the Twin Cities, who meet in
the knights of Columbus Hall, 400
Cedar Street, every Friday morning
at half past ten o'clock, from Septem-
Der to May. The twentieth anniver-
sary of the society will occur next
year. During the past year fifty-three
sets of vestments and nearly one thou
sand pieces of altar linens were sent
to the needy churches throughout the
Northwest.
Bishop LawIer Addresses League:
On Monday afternoon, Bishop Lawler
addressed the League of Catholic
Women of Minneapolis on What the
Catholic Woman of Today Should Be. :"
Among the requisites of ideal woman
hood he emphasized the knowledge
and practice of their religion, virtue,
patriotic devotion and the cultivation
of the social life among Catholics as
Catholics.
Pro-CathedraI: Sunday, December
8, was the patronal feast of the Pro-
Cathedral Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Minneapolis, and was the
forty-frst anniversary of the estab'
lishment of the parish. The festival
was marked by the formation of a
rosary society for the men of the
parish.
Marysburg: Right Reverend Bishop
Lawler administered Confirmation on
Thursday, December 5, to class OF
sixty-five children in the Church OF
the Immaculate Conception of which
Reverend P. G. Maloney is pastor
The class made an offering of $41.0C
for the Cathedral fund.
Cologne: The Church of st. Bern
ard is undergoing repairs and inn
provements to the extent Of more
than $4,000. A new steam-heating
plant has been installed, high altar
is being erected and new set Of
Munich stations, costing $1,000, now
adorn the walls. The body of the