The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-17
AMERICAN NEWS.

Priest Studies Medicine.-Rev. Nor
bert Gottbraith, who has been at St.
Francis Hospital, New Jersey, for
some time past as an inferno, will fin
ish his course of study this year and
will then go to his post among the In
dams in Arizona. Father Norbert,
who is a member of the Franciscan
Order, labored for some time among
the Indians in the West He will grad
uate as a physician this fall, and will
then be able to provide for the ply
steal as we'll as spiritual wants of
his charges il the West.
BeIleviIIe CathedraI.-Work on the
rebuilding of St. Peters Cathedral at
Belleville, ILL.,, which was partly de-
stroyed by fire last January, has pro-
crossed rapidly and contractors say it
will be finished by September. The
walls have been rebuilt and the new
roof is now being put on. About $685.
900 will be spent on the rebuilding,
most of it on interior decorations and
furnishings. Services are now being
held in the Cathedral School Hail.
Catholics Grow in Numbers.-Dr.
F. L. Hoffman, of Newark, N. j., told
the International Eugenics Congress
recently in London that Catholics are
gradually making a Catholic country
of the United States because their re-
ligion forbids race suicide and their
children are consequently much more
numerous than in Protestant families.
New italian School in St. Louis
An Italian school, to form part of the
property of the Church of Our Lady
Help of Christians, a colony of the
Church of St. Charles Borromeo, ST.
Louis, Mo-, will soon be built. Rev.
Caesar Spigardi is pastor of both
churches and through his activity the
new school has been made possible
The entire plant will cost about $685.,
900. The school will have accOmmo
dations for about 600 children, eight
Sisters being required. These Sisters
who are members of an Italian order
the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, will
come from New Haven, Conn, and
will live in a residence to be built on
the lot, plans for which have been
practically completed
Foundress of New Sisterhood.-
Mother Francesca Xavier Cabrini
Superioress-General>a and foundress OF
the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred
Heart, is at present in the United
States. The Order which she founded
is only twenty-three years old, and has
it's MOtherhouse in Rome. The Holy
Father has named her as Superioress
General for life.
New College PIanned.-Rev. J. H
Hueser, D. D., former rector of IS
Peter and Paul's Church, Huntington
Ind, and for several seasons past &
resident of Carlsbad, n. NJ, for the
benefit of his health, has decided tt
erect college. Toward this end he
has purchased a site and the new in
stitution is to be known as the Glenn
entinum, where boys will be educated
who are DESTROYS of entering the
priesthood.
Canadian Knights Help Rutheniar
Paper.-The West Canada Publishing
Co., Ltd, of Winnipeg, Man., is in re
ceipt of a very handsome donation
from the Manitoba and Saskatchewan
State Council of the Knights of Co
lumbus for the support of the Ruthen
ian paper, the Canadian Ruthenian
The amount donated is $9O5.9O, it be
ing the first installment of a large
contribution promised by the knights
of Columbus for this important Cath
Ollie journalistic enterprise.
Oldest Man in the WorId.-Fron
Manzanelo, Mexico, July 23d, comes
the extraordinary intelligence tina
Jose Calavario died at Tuxpan in tn.
1S5th year of his age, and as the old
est man in the world; Furthermore
that it is fully established by thu
Church records of his baptism that h.
was born in 1927. For seventy-fv'
years before his death, he was reputet
at Tuxpan, as the oldest man in tn
world.
Ambassador Kerens Visits America
Hon. Richard G. Kerens, Unitet
State Ambassador to Austria-Hungary
has arrived at his home in St. Louis
Mo, on his vacation. Mr.. Kerens is
Catholic and in 1904 received from
the University of Notre Dame tn
Laetare medal for distinguished sery
ice to the Church. The ambassado
was born in Ireland, but came to tn
United States in infancy He serve