The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-02

of a monastery at Detroit, Mich, and
held several other positions in the
Capuchin Order. At the time of his
death he was pastor of st. Michael
Church, Brooklyn.
Relics Of Martyr Priest.-Through
the efforts of Rev. ]. T. Banahan, pas
tor of st. Paul's Church, Athens, Ohio,
the blood-stained vestments of mar
tyred Filipino priest have been with
drawn from the museum of the Ohio
University at Athens. The yestments
were given to FIR Ranahan, who will
see that they are properly treasured.
Connecticut Catholics.-The statis-
tics submitted to the ChanCery office
of the diocese of Hartford for the clos
ing of the year 1911 show that the
Catholic population of the diocese of
Hartford amounts to 412,973, or rather
more than one-third of the entire
population of Connecticut. There are
$50 priests affiliated with the diocese
of which forty-four are members of
religious orders. In the parOchial
schools of the state, which now num-
Der eighty-one, 34,375 pupils are reg
istered. These pupils are being taught
by 731 teachers, the vast majority of
whom are members of religious orders.
Priest Burned to Death.-At an
early hour Saturday night, February
8, fire broke out in the four-room
frame parsonage of st. Boniface
Church, Corpus Christi, Texas, and
the house was completely destroyed.
It was thought at first that the pastor,
Rev. r. Joseph Goebbels, had made
his escape and was in the crowd.
was made and at length his charred
remains were discovered in the ruins.
Father Goebbels was over sixty years
of age, and as he had been afflicted
with heart disease, it is supposed by
some that when the fire, started he
was suffering from an attack and was
unable to save himself. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
Catholic Women Incorporate For
Charity.-A number of wealthy Catho-
lie women who have organized to do
charitable work filed in the Supreme
Court New York, articles of incorpora-
ton of the Association of Catholic
Charities and the certificate was ap-
proved by Justice Lehman. The OBJ
jects of the association are to assist
the poor and needy by voluntary con-
tributions, to aid prisoners and those
afflicted in any way and to obtain cor
dial cooperation among the workers
in Roman Catholic charities.
Father McGloin's JubiIee.-On March
9Th, James F. McGloin, pastor of the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
Buffalo, N. Y, will observe the Silver
Jubilee of his ordination to the priest
hood. Invitations have been sent to
the clergy to assist at solemn high
mass to be celebrated at the church on
that date, to be followed by dinner at
the new school hall on Atlantic ave-
nue.. Father McGloin received his
early education at St. Joseph's Col
lege, after which the late Bishop Ryan
sent him to the English College at
the College of the Propaganda, Rome,
where he was ordained March 5, 1887.
The same year he returned to Buffalo
and for two years, was an assistant
at st. Joseph's Cathedral When Bish-
op Ryan removed to the new episcopal
McGloin was placed in charge of the
chapel.
Church at Watertown, Mass, Burned.
The Church of the Sacred Heart,
Mount Auburn, WATERFOWL. was des-
troyed by fire last Saturday, entailing
a loss estimated at $4,000 The loss
is fully covered by insurance. The
pastor, Rev. Thomas w. Coughlan,
his assistant, Rev. R. H. Splaine, and
John Hogan, the sexton, saved the
vestments and altar furnishings. The
conhagratlon was caused by an over
! heated furnace. The parish of the
Sacred Heart was created in 1896 and
the church built the same year. II
| was stone structure
Distinguished Guests of Honor
The Charitable Irish Society of Boston
will celebrate it's one hundred and sew
enty-ffth anniversary on Monday
March Is. In the morning a business
meeting and the annual election of Off
GERS will be held and in the evening
the annual banquet will take place. Al
the latter function His Eminence Car
dinal O'Connell and President Taft
will be the guests of honor and will
make addresses
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