The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-09-14
ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. PAUL.

Assignment of Priests: The Rever-
end Andrew j. Loeffen of Richfield
has been appointed Dean of Discipline
at st. Paul Seminary; Reverend John
Gmeiner of Hampton will be stationed
at Richfield in succession to Father
Loeffen; the new pastor of St. Ma
thias' parish in Hampton is Rev. J. III.
Leydeckers of Belvidere; Rev. Jos.
Heinz of the Cathedral has been ap-
pointed pastor of st. Francis Church
at Buffalo; Rev. Joseph Weber as
sistant at st. MichaeIs Church, st.
Paul, has been assigned to the Cattle
dral; while his place at St. Michaels
will be filled by Rev. Lawrence Lynch
who has just returned from a two
months visit to his home in Ireland;
the Reverend A. Funke, of Morgan,
succeeds Father Leydeckers at Belvi-
dere; Rev. v. Bozja, assistant at the
Church of St. Bernard, St. Paul, has
been appointed pastor of the parish of
Morgan, and Rev. E. Rickert succeeds
him as assistant at st. Bernard's.
St. Paul Seminary: The St. Paul
Seminary opened Tuesday and the reg
istration on that day reached n hun
dred and seventy-five. This is the
largest number registered on the open
ing day in the history of the institu-
ton. A few more seminarians are eX-
pected and the Rector, Very Reverend
Father Schafer, says that the new
residence building now in course of
construction could be used to adVan-
tage at the present time if it were
ready for occupancy. About forty stu
dents registered for the first time.
The semi-annual retreat for the
seminarians will begin Monday even
ing, September 16. 1t will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Valerius Nelles, o. F.
NJ, pastor of the Sacred Heart Church,
the senior t%heologians will be ordained
to the ~diaconate by the Right Rever-
end Bishop LaWler.
Mgr. Riordan Appointed Chaplain:
The Right Reverend Mgr. William
Riordan, for thirty-one years pastor
of the Church of st. John, Rochester,
has retired from active parochial du-
ties and has been appointed Chaplain
of the new st. Joseph Novitiate, Ran
dolph Street and Fairview Avenue, St.
Paul. Mgr. Riordan has just returned
from a s~ojourn of four months in Eur
ope and the Holy Land during which
hn ho1 tho honor of two 9TI6innPnC
with the Holy Father. Last week he
took up his residence at the Novitiate
which is the provincial training school
for the candidates for admission to
the Sisterhood of st. Joseph.
Veseli: A new convent and paro-
chial school under the direction of the
(black) Franciscan Sisters of Milwau-
kee has been erected in the parish of
the Most Holy Trinity of which the
Rev. James Jiracek is pastor. The
school was opened last week for the
reception of pupils.
Parish Of St. James: Plans are be-
ing made for the erection of another
parochial school in st. Paul in the
parish of st. James of which the Rev.
J. O'Connor is pastor. 1t is expected
that the new school will be ready for
occupancy in the course of a year.
State Chaplain, K. of c.: The Very
Reverend H. Moynihan, D. D., Presi-
dent of the College of st. Thomas, has
been appointed State Chaplain of the
Knights of Columbus in Minnesota.
Montgomery: On Sunday after
noon, September 1, the corne stone
of the new parochial school for the
parish of the Holy Redeemer, of which
the Rev. Emil Polasek is pastor, was
blessed and placed in position. The
Rev. James J. Woods of LIE Sueur
Center preached the sermon which
was followed by Benedicticn of the
Most Blessed Sacrament. In the cor
n%erstone was placed a copper box con-
tanning the history of the parish and
other records.
Father Dolphin in Portland: Rev.
John F. Dolphin, formerly pastor of
the Church of st. Stephen, Mime
apolis, has been assigned to the Pro-
Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, Portland, Ore, by Archbishop
Christie. Last winter his failing
health compelled him to resign his
parish in Minneapolis and to seek re.
covery in travel. He spent several
months in the Western states and
In Australia and New Zealand