The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-01-04
NEW WORD ITEMS.

New Catholic Social GuiId.-The
Catholic Social Guild of Louisiana was
established in New Orleans, December
10, with the approval of Archbishop
Blenk. It's subtitle will be, "The
Militia of Christ for Social Service"
1t will adhere unreservedly to the di-
rections given by Pope Leo XIII and
Plus x for Catholic social action. Its
direct activity will be limited to the
state of Louisiana where it will strive
among other things for Christian
solution of the labor problem.
ParochiaI Teachers in omaha.-The
teachers of the parochial schools OF
Omaha were invited to attend the
convention of the Nebraska State
Teachers Association, in session in
that city, and accepted.
Religious of Texas ApproVed.-The
Holy See has formally approved the
constitutions of the Congregation OF
the Sisters of Divine Providence, OF
San Antonio, Texas, and has pro-
visionally approved of the Constitu-
tons of another Texan Congregation
the Sisters of the Incarnate Word
of Galveston.
To Fight Cocaine Evil. Judge
Swami of general sessions, Father
James B. Curry, of st. James church,
and State Senator James Foley in the
city of New York, have formed triple
alliance to fight the cocaine evil which
has assumed appalling proportions in
that city during the past ten years.
They have begun an energetic cam
paign with a view of inducing the
next legislature to pass new law
which would prove more effective in
stopping the sale of cocaine than the
law now on the statute book.
Priest in Government Hospital
The President has appointed the Rev
George G. Frund the chaplain Of the
Government tuberculosis Hospital at
Fort Stanton, Ariz.
Cincinnati Hospital. = The Cam.
paign" for the Good Samaritan Hos.
pital of the Sisters of Charity, at Gin
cinnati, reached before December 15
a total contribution of 100000.
Brothers of the Sacred Heart
Brother Maurice, for the past year
director of st. Vincent's Academy
Mobile, Ala, has been appointed pro
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Heart for the United States, succeed.
! ing Brother Isidore, who relieves
Brother Maurice as director of St
Vincent's Brother Maurice as provin
cial of the order, will soon start upon
an extensive tour, during which he
will visit all institutions of the order
in the country. His headquarters, ii
is said, viii be in New Jersey.
Against Sectarianism.-Becau the
Cresco, Mich, township school trustees
have ordered that school be opened
with prayer, Charles Conroy, Cath
Ollie, has refused to send his children
to school. He was arrested by the
truant officer and says he will carry
the case to the supreme court.
Generous Gifts.-The Sisters of the
Poor of st. Francis, in ST. Joseph's
Hospital, East One Hundred and Forty
second street, as well as in st. Fran
els Home in Fifth street, New York
have lately been made the recipients
of a gift from Peter F. Meyer of his
home at Mamaroneck, N. Y, which
they will utilize for incurables othel
than consumptives. This gift came as
a surprise to the Sisters, and they viii
have to depend on the public to enable
them to furnish and equip it for its
new purpose They are pleased to an
nounce that the first gift towards the
furnishing has come from Michae
Haffen, Of The Bronx, who will donate
all the beds, bedding and requisites
for that purpose.
A Religious FamiIy.-Miss Martha
Hickey, the last of a family of sever
to embrace the religious life, last Sat
urday entered the novitiate of the Sis
tiers of Notre Dame, the Summit, Wal
nut Hills, Cincinnati There were
seven in the Hickey family, five
brothers, who are all priests of the
Cincinnati archdiocese, and two sis
tiers. One sister has been a Notrt
Dame Nun for many years.
A NameIess Benefactor.-Rev. Ste
phen Chaboud, pastor of the Church
of Our Lady of Guadalupe, New Yorl
City, found $4,000 in the poor box las
week. The amount was in five 1000
bills. The person who placed the gif
in the box did not leave any clue tx
his identity. This church is for Span
ish-Americans of the city.
Another ConVert.-Robert Adams
Buell. of Milwaukee, the pianist, wa
received into the church Friday o
last week, by one of the Jesui
Fathers, and made his first Com
munion at the Gesu church. Mr.. Buel
was formerly Protestant Episcc
palian.
Cancer Home Dedicated.-Sunday
December Is, Cardinal Farley blesse
st. Roses Free Home for Incurabl
Cancer at II Jackson street which /