The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-19
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Named After the Pope.-In the
state of Texas new town has been
named Sarto, and is getting to be
a very thriving community. The town
was named after the present Pope.
Priest Heads Demonstration Farm.
An eighteen-acre demonstration
farm, the sixth on the lines of the
Iron Mountain railroad, has been To-
Gated on the grounds of the Arcadia
College at. Arcadia, Mo. Rev. John
Adrian, head of the college, will be
in charge of the farm, under the gen.
eral supervision of L. A. Marksam of
Little Rock, commissioner of agri-
culture of the Iron Mountain lines.
Father Adrian has been student of
scientific agriculture for several years
and will train students of farming on
the new railway tract. It is expected
that this demonstration farm will be
extended to twenty-five acres next
year.
Retreat for Women.-A retreat for
women is being given in the Convent
of the Cenacle, Brighton, Massachu-
sets, from Thursday, April II, to Mon
day morning, April 81. 1t is con-
Quoted by Jesuit Father
Generosity of Poor CIares.-The Sis
tiers of the Poor Clare Monastery,
Dayton, Ohio, though victims them
selves to a certain extent of the tor
nado, gave away practically all they
had in the monastery towards the re-
! lief of the victims of the tornado.
They gave the last food they had in
the convent to thirty colored people
who suffered in the calamity. They
gave away all their coal and for two
days during the snow storm had no
fire. All the sheets were torn for
bandages for the wounded who were
taken there on Sunday night.
University Memorial Library.-The
dedication of the Bobet Memorial Ii
brary took place recently at Loyola
University, New Orleans. This valu-
able adjunct was the gift of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. j. Bobet, whose donation rep
resents the handsome sum of $4,000.
For Immigrant Girls at Halifax
The women of st. Mary's, st. Patrick's
and st. Joseph's parish in Halifax and
st. Peters, Dartmouth, N. S., have
formed a ladies' branch of the Catho-
lie immigration Society recently estab-
lished in Canada. This branch will
assist in the work of safeguarding the
morals and the faith of Catholic immi-
grant girls arriving at Halifax.
| Archbishop GIennon's Father Dead.
Archbishop Glennon of st. Louis re-
ceived cablegram on April Z an
nouncing the death of his father,
Matthew Glennon, in Hardwood,
County Meath, Ireland. The elder
Glennon was seventy-nine years old.
He lived in the United States from
1851 to 1859.
Catholic Chapel in Soldiers Home.
The movement for Catholic sol
diers' chapel at the Soldiers Home,
Togus, Me-, has been renewed. About
three hundred members of the home
are Catholics and they are obliged to
worship in a room which was fitted
up for a chapel thirty years ago. 1t
will seat only $50 persons. Tentative
plans have been drawn for chapel
to cost $4,000, of which sum it is
expected the government will appro-
pirate $4,000.
X. C. Aid Flood Victims.-The board
of directors of the Supreme Council,
Knights of Columbus, have set aside
$4,000 toward relieving distress in
the flooded districts of Ohio and In
diana and are sending their agents to
assist in its distribution.
Ozanam Celebration in Chicago
The one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Frederick Ozanam, founder
of the ST. Vincent de Paul Society,
will be celebrated in Chicago on April
9th, by the Society of that city and
with the cordial approval of the Arch
bishop Various committees have
been appointed in connection with the
commemoration. Besides the religious
celebration, dinner will be given on
the 28th inst in the Hotel La Sale
Archbishop Quigley will pontificate in
his Cathedral.
Gift of Church in South.-Peter T
Hallahan, founder and head of the
famous shoe firm, which bears his
name, has the honor of erecting the
first church in the new Abbatia Null
Illus, in charge of the Benedictine
Fathers in North Carolina.
New Head Of Alabama College,
Rev. Edward Cummings, S. j., ha:
been named president of Spring Hill
College, Alabama, to succeed Yer!
Rev. F. x. Twellmeyer, S. J. Father
Cummings was formerly vice-presi
dent of the college.
Mass for Spanish War Veterans
His Eminence, Cardinal O'ConnelI
will oficiate at the open air Mass tt
be celebrated on Sunday, May %, a
Fort independence, Castle Island, Bos
ton Harbor, under the auspices o
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