The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-24
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

islature making the reading OF ten
verses from the Bible every day in
the public schools compulsory, and pro-
viding a penalty of dismissal for any
teacher who refuses or neglects to
comply with it.
international Convention, X. of c.
Knights of Columbus from the United
States and Canada will assemble in
Boston in August for their annual
national convention.
Nicaragua Is CathoIic.-The Nicara-
guam Congress has adopted in its Con-
stitution this article: 'FThe religion
of the State is the Catholic, Apostolic
and Roman. No laws can be passed
contrary to the liberty of the Church
or restrictive of it's juridical person
atty. No one shall be molested for
his religious opinions, nor compelled
to profess any creed, or observe any
practices contrary to his conscience"
Last December Nicaragua officially
consecrated itself to the Sacred Heart.
Venetian Painting In New York.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New
York; has acquired the Tintoretto
painting executed in Venice in the six
teenth century, and known as THE
Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. !"
The painting is thirteen and one-halt
feet wide and over five feet high.
ST. Aqnes' Home, Hartford.-Next
Friday, June 80, the cornerstone of st.
Agnes Home, Hartford, Connecticut,
will be laid. So far, $83,734.27 has
been contributed towards the home.
Bishop Hanna Administers Pledge
In San Francisco, the Bishop-Auxiliary
DR.. Hanna, received the renewed tenn
perance pledges of LOO young men
of the League of the Cross.
Bureau of Catholic information
In New York Bureau OF Catholic
Information" has been formed with
the object of safeguarding the name
Catholic. It will prevent the indis-
criminate use of the word Catholic
for purposes not previously stated to
the ecclesiastical authorities, and the
name Catholic" being used for polit-
ical ends.
Catholic Department of Panama Ex-
position.-Rev Joseph P. McQuaide, of
San Francisco, has been appointed spe-
cial commissioner in charge of the
Catholic Department of the Panama
Pacific International Exposition.
New York's "6Oo."-On Sunday, May
4, six hundred prominent Catholic
women of New York, among them
Mrs. Henry W. Taft, Countess O'Leary,
Countess de Laugier-Villars, Mrs.
Thomas Hughes Kelly, and others,
after the Vespers in st. Patrick's
Cathedral, were received by Cardinal
Farley into the Vatican lay order"
of the Society of the Ladies of Charity
of ST. Vincent de Paul. Each was in
vested with a silver cross, the en-
blem of the Order.
Dominican House of Studies.-Rev.
Martin Augustine Waldron, o. P,
Master of Sacred Theology, has been
appointed prior of the Dominican
House of Studies at Washington.
ParochiaI Schools Lead.-In the
prize spelling contest inaugurated re-
Gently by the Leader, of Johnstown,
Pennsylvania, 1854 pupils took part
and of these sixty were perfect. The
largest number in any one school was
seven, who were pupils of st. Bridget's
parochial school, Lilly; and the sec.
ond largest number was six, who were
pupils of st. Johns parochial school
Johnstown. The final contest of the
sixty who were perfect will take place
at a later date, when the prizes will
be awarded.
Honor for Or. Pisani.-Dr. Antonio
Pisani, of New York, has been honored
by the King of Italy with the title Of
Chevalier of the Crown of Italy fol
his work among the Italian people
here. The official notice came to DR.
Pisani through the Italian Consul Gen
eral, Giacomo Fara-Forni. DR.. Pisani
who is one of the trustees o.
st. Joachim's Church, is president O.
the Italian Children's Protective Asso
citation, chairman of the Italian Child
Welfare Committee on Health, and +:
member of the scholarship committe,
of the Committee of New York Chile
Labor. The doctor was born in New
York and educated in the schools o
his native city. He has been an in
structor of medicine in the New Yorl
Post Graduate Medical School.
Feast Of ST. 5oniface.-German Cath
olics of st. Louis and st. Louis count,
are planning to celebrate the Feast o
st. Boniface, June 8, as part of ns
ttonal movement among the German
Catholics to observe this feast day
Services in the morning in the pal
ishes and joint service in the after
noon in Holy Cross Church, in Bader
preceded by parade, will constitut
the celebration.
Priest Honored in Houston.-One G
the last acts Of Mayor Rice, of Hou:
ton, Texas, was to name the Mort
Side Park in honor of Rev. Thomas
Hennessy, pastor of the Church of tn
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