The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Statue of Christ Proposed.-Former
Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long,
proposes that a statue of Christ be
erected on a mountain overlooking the
Panama Canal.
Home of John Boyle o'ReiIIy.-The
town of Hull, Massachusetts,, has
bought the John Boyle O'Rellly cot
tage, the last home of the Irish poet
and patriot, for public library.
To Aid French Shrine.-The stu
dents of the Visitation Convent and
Academy, in Baltimore, gave a bazaar
lately i'm aid of the 100000 basilica
to be erected at Annecy, France, as
a shrine for st. Frances de Chantal.
Military Mass in Boston.-On Castle
Island, Boston Harbor, Solemn Mill
tary Mass was celebrated for deceased
Spanish War veterans, on May rs.
Jubilee of Boston coIIege.-The
Alumni of Boston College will raise a
substantial fund for the golden jubilee
of that institution. Ten thousand dol
lars has already been contributed OF
which SUM are nine gifts of $1,000
each.
Appointment of Chaplain Confirmed
Notwithstanding the opposition tc
the presidential appointment of Rev
erend William Richard Arnold, OF
Peru, Indiana, as Chaplain, U. S. Army
by some of the Indiana delegation II
Congress, his nomination was con
firmed by the Senate, and he has beer
assigned to the Porto Rico Regiment
of Infantry, with headquarters at Sar
Juan. He has been ordered to report
in person on June 9, 1918, to the Com
handing Officer, Washington Bar
racks, D. c., for temporary duty.
X. of c. in Massachusetts.-The
Knights of Columbus of Massachu
sets report a gain of nearly 24,OOC
during the past year.
Beaupre PIIgrimage.-The Maritime
Provinces yearly pilgrimage to the
shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre will
take place ON Tuesday, June "a.
Father CesteIIi's JubiIee.-On Thurs
day, May 29, was celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of the priestly or
dination of Rev. Alexander Cestelli
chaplain of ST. Vincent's Hospital
Portland, Oregon. The jubilee Mass
was celebrated at st. Mary's Cattle.
dral. Rt. Rev. Denis O'Connell, Bish-
op of Richmond, Virginia, preached
the jubilee sermon. A dinner was Civ
en- in honor of the jubilarian at the
Hotel Portland after the church serv.
ices.
Pay for Observation-Disclosures Els
sex County, New Jersey, will pay
$4,000 a year to clergymen to act as
chaplains at the county institutions.
Heretofore the Catholic priests and
an Episcopal clergyman have visited
the hospitals and prisons regularly
but this service has cost the county
nothing.
Court Denies Incorporation.-In
Buenos Aires, South America, the Su
preme Court of Argentine has refused
to consent to the incorporation of the
Catholic University with the National
University.
Catholic Students Win.-In the re
cent writing contest held in the Third
congressional district of Indiana un
der the auspices of the State BOARD
of Education, ten out of fifteen posi-
BILE honors went to Catholic schools
Eight went to Jasper schools, taught
by the Sisters of Providence; one tt
Ferdinand and one to Celestine
taught by the Sisters of st. Benedict
Prof. H w. A. Hemmer, superinten
dent of schools and non-Catholic, has
paid a high tribute to the Jasper
school.
German Settlements in Oregon
Last month a party of a dozen OF
more Germans came to Baker at the
invitation of Reverend J. B. Wand
Diocesan Director of immigration, tt
look over the land in Baker County
with the prospect of settling in East
ern Oregon in the near future. Since
his appointment last January to thi:
Office, Father Wand has been doint
efficient work locating good lands anC
people to settle on them.
PauIlst Church in PortIand.-Th,
cornerstone Of the Paulist Fathers
new church in Portland, Oregon, wa
laid on Sunday afternoon, June 1, a
three o'clock.
Generous Purse for JubiIarian.-
Rev. Eugene Murphy, rector of 81
Johns Church, Manayunk, Pennsy
vania, celebrated the twenty-fifth ar
niversary of his ordination to tn
priesthood, and in connection with tn
exercises was presented with purs
Of $4,000 by his congregation.
Father O'Brien In ChIeago.-Irelan
taught continental Europe to rhyme
the Rev. Patrick f. O'Brien recentl
told the members of the Irish Fellow
ship Club at the luncheon in the Hots
La Sale. Father O'Brien, who ha