The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-19

Courek of Ravenna, Neb., his Vicar
General Father Macourek is a ma
tive of Moravia His theological
studies were made at Louvain univer-
sity, Belgium, where he was ordained
in June, 1892, by the late Bishop Van
de Vyver of Richmond. He came to
Omaha in September of that year.
WASHINGTON Catholic Federation
The Catholic Federation of the State
of Washington held it's second annual
convention in Seattle, July to &.
Archbishop Christie, of Portland, Ore
gon. and several Bishops took part in
the proceedings. Among the addresses
which occasioned much thoughtful dis
cussion was that of Reverend John A.
Ryan, D. D., of st. Paul Seminary, st.
Paul, Mimi, on Federation and So
.cial Reform" DR.. Mary O'Brien Por-
ter, of Chicago, in her address, PRO
lection for Women" exposed the meth
DDS of white slavers and spoke OF the
100 girls who disappeared last year
on their way from New York to Chi
cago.
American Pilgrimage to Rome.-A
pilgrimage under the lead OF Right
Reverend Bishop Then, OF Lincoln,
Nebraska, left New York for Rome,
Thursday, July 10.
Oregon Nuns Get Land.-After court
proceedings for forty-eight years, the
Society of Sisters Of the Holy Names
of Jesus and Mary at Salem, Oregon
have undisputed possession OF the
property on which is located the Cath
olic school. Circuit Judge Galloway
has granted an order quieting the title
to the property which was donated to
the society in 1866, and has been used
by it since.
First Retreat for Teachers.-The
first retreat for the teachers OF Phlla-
delphia was given in the Convent OF
the Sacred Heart, beginning on the
morning of June "a and closing on the
morning of June 81. 1t was con.
Quoted by the Rev. Charles w. Lyons,
S. j., president of st. Joseph's Col
lege.
Jubilee of Cincinnati Parish
Preparations are under way for the
celebration of the golden jubilee OF st
Anthony's parish, Cincinnati, which
will be held on Sunday, July II. The
church has been thoroughly renovated
Non-CathoIics Denounce Bigotry.-
The majority action of the Board OF
School Commissioners of Charlotte
North Carolina, in refusing to re-elect
the two Misses Clifford as teachers
for no other reason than that they are
Catholics, has had notable sequel
On June "a, at a mass meeting Of
citizens that filled the civil courtroom
of the County Court House, after force
full addresses, delivered in every in
stance by non-Catholics, resolutions
were unanimously adopted protesting
against the action of the commits
sioners.
No Lutheran HoIiday.-"A non-Cath
Ole subscriber writes to us" says the
Boston Pilot, that the reported en-
deavor of the Lutherans to make the
400th anniversary of the birth o
Luther a legal holiday was the fiction
of some reporters brain. We are glaC
to publish the correction, which hal
not appeared in the daily press; for WI
Catholics, too, know what it is to b,
made to appear ridiculous by reports
that are lies"
Restoration of Mission.-The his
toric structure in Sonoma, California
known as the Mission of Solano, il
soon to be restored to its forme
self, $4,000 having been set apart 70
this purpose by the legislature. Tn
Mission of Solano is the last of tn
long chain of Missions built in tn
early days by the Franciscan padres
Today the old Mission is owned by tn,
State, having been purchased SOM
years ago through the William R
Hearst Landmark League.
Catholic Boy Has Highest Average
-Wilfrid Pschirer, a fourteen-year-ol
schoolboy, of Pittsburg, made tn
highest average of any pupil passinj
the examinations for entrance to tn
High School The lad, who was
member of the eighth grade class il
Holy Innocents' parochial school
Sheridan, made an average of 962s.
Bishop Tells of Chinese Diocese
Bishop Modestus Everaerts, Vicar
Apostolic of Tadama, was recently il
New York en- route to his diocese il
China. His predecessor was murders
there in 1904. He informed a reporte
for the New ork Sun thas his diocese
about the size of England, has not
single newspaper, native or foreign
His episcopal city, Ich'ang on tn
Yangtsekiang, is $50 miles from tn
nearest railroad Bishop Everaerts i
a franciscan sixty-eight years old an
talks Chinese f1uently.
5ollVia's Patriotic Women.-Th
Catholic women. of Bolivia, Sout
America, are at work opposing tn
plot of officials to eliminate religion
instruction from the schools, most c
which are Catholic. They themselve
are teaching catechism and distribu
Ing good Catholic literature amongs
families and working classes.