The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-26
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Iowa Academy Dedicated.--On
Thursday. July 18th, Right Reverend
Bishop Davis, D. D., of Davenport,
dedicated the new academy and chapel
of the Sisters of the Humility of Mary
at Ottumwa, Iowa.
Anti-cathoIic Speaker Retracts.-
The Western Catholic publishes an ex-
tract from a letter of T. Augustine
Dwyer, the quondam anti-Catholic lect-
urer in which he writes:
In the presence of God, and of His
Divine Son, Jesus Christ, and of the
Holy Immaculate Virgin Mary and of
all the saints, l, the undersigned, T..
Augustine Dryer, do express the sin
cere sorrow of my heart for the scan
dial have given the faithful in what
ever places l have, in any way, OPP
posed the Holy Catholic Church-the
one true church of the Living God.
have no words to express the horror,
which by divine grace, l am made to
feel for the scandal have given"
Mgr. Stagni in West.-His Excel
lency Most Rev. Mgr. Pellegrino-
Francesca Stagni, D. D., Apostolic
Delegate for Canada, arrived in Van
couver, Wednesday, July &c.
London Exhibition at Milwaukee,
The Catholic Reading Guild Exhibi-
ton, recently shown in London, will
be sent across the Atlantic to be dis
played at the Federation convention
in Milwaukee in August.
Old Church Burned.-"Old Mountain
Church" near Mt. st. Mary's College,
Emmitsburg, Maryland, was destroyed
by fire, July 4. 1t was the mother
church of the college, built in 1905
and used until 1895.
Warriors Profession of Faith.-An
old Indian chief, Three Bears, from
Glacier National Park, with many of
his tribe was visiting New York re-
Gently. While he was in Brooklyn
the Eagle" entertained him, printed
his picture, and in giving descrip-
ton of this old warrior of eighty-seven
years, said:
HE is devout Catholic, and at a
banquet which these Indians gave at
Hotel McAlpin last night to party
of white friends and Great Northern
Railway officers he said grace with
deep reverence and simplicity"
Gaelic Feis in Chicago.-Thousands
of Irish inhabitants of Chicago and
hundreds of Americans are preparing
to assemble at Comiskey park on
August 8, to witness the great Gaelic
Feis now being organized by the
Gaelic League of Ireland in accord
ance with the campaign planned by
Rev. Michael O'Flannagan, Donal
O'Connor and Fionan MacCollum a
year ago. A large contingent is being
organized in Milwaukee by Joseph
Callan, state president of the A. o. H.,
and Professor Rohan.
Catholic Indian Picnic.-The ex-
mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia,
Mr.. McNeish and his wife give an
annual picnic to the children of the
Indian Convent school at North Van
couver This year, July 8, steam
ship was chartered to take the chill
dren with several of the Sisters in
charge to Bowen Island for an all
day outing. There were hundred
children in the party.
Ancient Gaelic Games Renewed
In Chicago, Sunday, July 6, the ancient
Tailton Games were seen for the first
time since the year 1859 A. D. in the
reign of the last Irish kings. The con-
test was planned by Reverend ]. X.
Fielding, president of the Gaelic Park
Athletic Association. The contestants
represented the Knights of Columbus,
the Illinois Athletic Club, the Chicago
Athletic Association, the Seventh
Regiment Athletic Association, and
the Gaelic Park Athletic Association.
The Knights of Columbus athletes
won the meet by score of SO points
out of total of 1S9.
Bishop Schrembs Favored.-The
Holy Father, Pope Plus X, granted
several important favors to Right Rev
erend Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of
Toledo, Ohio, at the close of the
Toledo pilgrimage to Rome last month
The favors for which the Bishop asked
included indulgences and special facul-
ties for the priests of the Diocese.
The Holy Father reminded his petit
toner that these favors were to be
granted only by the Holy Office;
nevertheless after celebrating for
some time the Pope wrote at the foot
of the petition, the following authoriz-
alton: "The petition asked for is gran
ted by special favor, Notwithstanding
the Motu Proprio of the Holy Office
of April Z, 1910"
Columbia Asks Aid of CIerqy.-The
government Of Colombia has written
to the Archbishop of Bogota, asking
the help of the clergy in the movement
for improving the condition of the
agricultural laborers. 1t was cordially
promised.
L. c. 3. A. National Conventions
On July 18th the Ladies' Catholic
Benevolent Association opened its
fourth triennial convention in Atlantic
City, NJ J. Twelve hundred delegates