The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-23

Generous requests to Charity.-Be-
quests to Catholic charities aggregat-
ing $1S0,000 are provided for in the
will of Mrs. Marion Cutting, of New
port, R. l. The Home for the Aged
in New York City, conducted by the
Little Sisters of the Poor, is bene
ticiary to the extent of $4,000, and
like sum is bequeathed to the Asylum
of St Vincent de Paul, also of New
York The sum of $15O,O00 is left to
the st. Glare Home, of Newport;
$4,000 to be used for the erection of
a building in memory of Mrs. Cuttings
two sons, Brockholst and William, and
the remainder to be held in trust for
it's maintenance. The st. Clare Home
is conducted by the Daughters of the
Holy Ghost, who, in addition, care for
the sick poor in their dwellings.
New Seattle College. - Tentative
plans for the erection of handsome
new building for Seattle College have
been announced by Rev. G. F. Carroll,
S. J., president of that institution. The
plans include the erection of new
church. The buildings and grounds
Will Lu0 City U1OCh dI-
ready belonging to the Jesuits.
Citizens Pay Church Debt.-The
citizens of Lapeer, Mich, of which
town Father Dunnigan is Mayor, have
raised $4,000 to pay off the debt on
the Catholic Church. Lapeer is a
city of 1000, only thirty-one of whom
are Catholic voters.
Catholic Judge at Quebec.-Mr. j.
N. Belleau, K. c., of Lewis, has been
elevated to the Supreme Court of
Quebec to fill the place left vacant by
the resignation of Judge Pelletier.
Judge Belleau is consistent Catholic,
and brilliant jurist.
st. Louis Cathedrai.-The task of
supplying the interior decorations for
the st. Louis Cathedral, has been
undertaken recently by the Tiffany
Studios, of New York, the whole cost
ing in the neighborhood of $2,000,000.
Arrangements for the donation of a
marble altar costing upward of
100000 for the New Cathedral have
been completed, and other funds for
the building of thirty-six marble pill
lars costing $1,000 each, as we'll as
for the installation of the two rose
windows at an expense of $4,000, are
forthcoming, according to information
given out by Archbishop Glennon. The
name of the donor of the main altar
will not be made known at present,
owing to the wishes of the person
making the gift.
Knights Build ChapeI.-The Knights
of Columbus of Pennsylvania will erect
and endow a $4,000 chapel at the
Pennsylvania State College.
Priest on Grand Jury.-Father An
thony Stein, Rector of the Church of
Our Lady of Lourdes, Paterson, N. j.,
has been named by Justice Minturn,
of Passaic, foreman of the grand jury.
This is the first instance, probably, of
a priest in this country appointed to
serve in such capacity.
Appropriation for ChapeI.-Senator
Johnson. of Maine, will shortly intro
duce bill to appropriate $500 for a
Catholic chapel at the Soldiers Home
at Togus. Father NiIIigan, who minis
tiers to the Catholic veterans at the
home, has a promise of $4,000 to be
used for the furnishing of the chapel.
Denver's Home for the Aqed.-The
announcement was made last week
that J. K. Mullen will shortly COM
mence work on a home for the aged
poor of Denver. A block of ground
has been secured and the Little Sisters
of the Poor will be given charge of it.
Home for Working Girls.-Vancou-
yer, B. c. has finely equipped home
for Catholic working girls. One of it's
features is cement rink in the base
ment for skating for those in sedentary
occupations.
Priest Leaves Scientific Society,"
Very Rev. Father Biever, S. J., Presi-
dent of Loyola University, New Or
leans, La, after receiving notification
that he was elected vice-president of
the Academy of Sciences, recently or
ganized in the city, resigned the Office
and withdrew from the organization
because the society elected to the
presidency Prof Benjamin Smith, of
Tulane University, whose recent scien-
tific work denies not only the divinity
of our Lord, but places the great
Saviour of mankind in the category of
myths, in fact, denies that Christ
ever existed at all.
League Of Catholic Women.-Miss
Ellen L. Donovan, of Arlington, Mass,
has been appointed national organizer
of the League of Catholic Women.
The league, if organized along the
lines now proposed will be, it is said,
the largest organization of women in
the world. More than half million
members have already been enrolled.
Late Aviator a Convert. L. Long.
state, the aviator who was killed in a
flying accident on Long Island, N. Y,
recently was convert to the Catholic
faith, and was the son of Judge Long.
static, of Leeds, England, where a
Requiem Mass for the repose of his