The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-03
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Beaupre.
Death of Sister Gabrlel.-On the
eve of the celebration of the diamond
jubilee of her entrance into the re-
ligious life and when invitations were
out for a special Mass by Archbishop
Mcneil, Sister Mary Gabriel Mac
kassy was stricken with paralysis and
died on the 14th at the House of
Providence, Toronto. Sister Mary
Gabriel was in her eighty-fifth year,
and joined the community at the age
of twenty-five years.
Mission for italian children.-The
Rev. Cherubino Viola, o. F. M, visited
the two public schools within the linn
its of the parish Of st. Anthony, New
York, and obtained from the prin-
cipals permission for the Catholic
children, nearly all of whom are
Italians, to attend special instruc-
tions. Boys and girls, numbering
above 1000, came to the church for
an hour on three successive days, and
were given instruction. Among the
number were some who had rarely
If ever been at church before. Four
hundred of those thus gathered are
now preparing for their First Com
munion and Confirmation on May %.
Zeal for Catholic Prisoners.-The
seventeenth annual report of the
American Society for Visiting Cath
Ole Prisoners has been issued The
committee appointed to visit the East
ern State Penitentiary of Pennsyl-
vania, made 428 visits to the institu-
ton during the year 1912 and SLIT
visits to the Catholic prisoners. Dur
ing the seventeen years existence of
the society $3.50 visits we're made to
the penitentiary and 146,445 visits to
the Catholic prisoners. The number
of Catholic prisoners received into the
penitentiary during the year was 141;
number discharged, 81; pardoned and
paroled, 80. The active visiting COM
mittees number thirty-four members;
the contributing members, $50.
Converts from Mission.-A class of
seventy-five men and women are pre-
pairing to enter the Catholic Church
as the immediate result of the two
weeks mission which the Paulist
Fathers have been conducting in the
Church 0f g. DoTI tho Ar0c&1o OF
Fifty-ninth street and Ninth avenue,
New York.
New Shrine to Our Lady.-Recent-
ly there was erected a shrine to Our
Lady of Perpetual Help in the church
Of that name on Fifth avenue and
Sixtieth Street, New York. At the
novena in preparation for the cree
ton of the shrine an average of two
thousand persons attend the service
each night.
Catholic University Fund.-The
diocese of Pittsburg sent the Catholic
University last year diocesan collec-
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K. of C. Building, SeattIe.-The
cornerstone of the Knights of Column
bus building in Seattle, Washington,
was laid, Sunday, April 20. Bishop
O'Dea delivered an address on the
occasion.
Irish History schoIarships.-Un-
usual interest is being evidenced this
year in connection with the contest
for the Irish History Scholarships in
the state of Iowa which will take
place on May 30.
New Irish American Organization
The second public affair of the Celtic
American League in the form of an
was held at the Amster-
dam Opera House on April 26. The
birth of this society was first pub
licly announced on March IL when
over 300 members and friends gather
ed at the banquet at the Hotel Mar
settles. The object of the new society
is to work solely for the betterment
Of the Irish people in this country
and it will use every effort to ensure
that none but worthy men shall be
their representatives in public life.
Jubilee of Milwaukee Parish.-The
iftieth anniversary of the founding of
the ST. John Nepomucene congrega-
ton, Milwaukee, will be celebrated on
Sunday, May Is, with a Pontifical
High Mass by the Archbishop, assist
ed by Auxiliary Bishop Koudelka, and
all former pastors of the church. 1t
Is the oldest Bohemian parish in the
city.
Milwaukee Knights Start Club
on the new $3.50, 900
Knights of Columbus club house,
was started May l. The
new building, which will be construct
ed of brick, will occupy the entire
space back of the old club house and
will face on Fifteenth street A large
central entrance leading from that
street will be erected. Connecting
stairways will lead from the old build
Ing to the new on each story. A
swimming pool and bowling alleys
will be placed in the basement.
Large Donation for Seminary
The members of Holy Angels Church,
st. Thomas, in the diocese of Lon
don, Canada. on Sunday. April Is.