The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

BaItimore's Catholic WeekIy.-"The
Baltimore Catholic Review" the new
Catholic weekly, makes its first ap-
pearance this month. The Rev. DR.. G..
f. Thomas is it's editor. On it's staff
will be: Rev. Louis O'Donavan, Rev.
Lawrence A. Brown and Rev. John E.
Graham Baltimore has had no Cath
olic weekly since the suspension of the
Mirror" several years ago.
Home for Michigan Knights.
Knights of Columbus of Grand Rapids,
Mich, are planning to erect $4,000
home next year. At banquet of the
council given last month and previous
to it $4,000 was subscribed and a
whirlwind campaign was inaugurated
to raise the necessary balance.
Late Police Official a Convert
Police Lieutenant Louis Nolte of st.
Louis, who died November "a, was
baptized Catholic few weeks ago.
Lieutenant Nolte was the founder of
the Efficiency Board of the Police De-
partment and during the police graft
trials in 1906 he was always referred
to as the square copper"
DepIores SensuaIistic Literature
The American Academy of Arts and
Letters and the National Institute of
Arts and Letters assembled in Chi
cago last month for their annual gath
ering, urged the purging of sex from
the poetry, literature and drama of
the country and lamented the slough
of sensualism' into which American
letters are sinking and the manner in
which American poets in particular
are dipping their pens into the mire'
and degrading their calling.
A Loyal Catholic AthIete.-Charles
E. Brickley, the Harvard fullback,
who kicked every one of the fifteen
points which defeated Yale in their
annual football game this year, is a
Catholic of the loyal type. He made
a visit to the Blessed Sacrament i'm
mediately before the memorable
game: and within an hour after it was
over, while thousands throughout the
country were admiring the record of
his wonderful achievement, he was
found again before the tabernacle at
prayer in St. PauIs Church, near the
Harvard Campus.
A Catholic Sailors FAREWELL
Goodbye, dear ones, 1 might see you
in heaven. Pray for me-" was the
farewell message sent by U. S. Mar
shall Christopher keenan,, custodian
of the barge Plymouth that went down
in Lake Michigan with all hands. The
note was in a bottle picked up on the
beach near Pentwater. The funeral
of Christopher keenan, was held from
ST. Johns Church, Menominee, Mich.
Permission for Chapel Denied.-The
War Department at Washington has
refused to grant permission for the
building, by private subscription, of a
chapel and site for Catholic soldiers
on the reservation in the Philippine
Islands. Such permission was granted
the Y. M. G. A. The matter may be
laid before Congress as was the ques-
ton of the Y. M. C. A. chapel for
which a special act was required.
Archbishop Confirms Deaf-Mutes.-
On the morning of December s, the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
Most Rev. Archbishop Glennon con-
f1rmed a class of adults and children
at the DeafMute Institute, conducted
by the Sisters of st. Joseph, st. Louis.
The Archbishop's sermon on the &C.
casion was interpreted for his audi
ence by the Reverend Superior of the
school, Mother Borgia.
Parochial Schools of Philadelphia
At the end of the school year in
Philadelphia there was an attendance
at the eighty-four parochial schools of
the city, of 1929. The estimated cur
rent expense of the Catholic schools
in that city was $5SO,0OO, or about
$500 per capita.
Vancouver Has S. v. p. Society,"
Vancouver has followed in the wake
of Eastern Canada and has now a
branch of the ST. Vincent de Paul
Society The organization was com
pleted early this month.
Jewish Converts in Religion
Among Jews who have become priests
are the following: Revs. James Welt
of New York City, Hilary Resented,
o. S. B., of Davenport, Ia, and Paul
Schaffel, d. d. Che changed his first
name from Saul to PauD, assistant
pastor of st. Roses. church, Racine,
Wis. Then there are Brother Antony
of the Society of the Atonement, and
Brother Walter of the Alexian
Brothers, and Miss Blanche Elkan
now Sister of the Good Shepherd
Boston.
Judge Lindsay Wins Long Struggle
Judge Ben Lindsay's plan to have
all Catholic dependent children placed
in Catholic homes has been approved