The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-12
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Blessed Sacrament for Indians and
Colored People, has received from the
Sacred Congregation for the Affairs
of Religious final approval of the con-
stitution of that order.
Submarine BIessed.-The first of
two war crafts built in Seattle for the
government of Chile, the submarine
Iquique, was launched last month.
AS the vessel started along the ways
the blessing of the Almighty was in
voked upon the little warship by Very
Rev. Daniel J. Hanly, Chancellor of
the Diocese of Seattle. New, perhaps
to all those present except the Chilean
navy officers and seamen, the brief
religious ceremony clothed the
launching with more than ordinary
dignity.
convicts confirmed.-Fo the first
time in the memory of the oldest
keepers at Ossining, N. Y, convicts
were confirmed, June 13. In all, forty
six Catholic convicts, some of them
old men, were confirmed by Right
Reverend Thomas F. Cusack, D. D.,
Auxiliary Bishop of New York.
Catholic Author Sues JournaI.-The
we'll known Catholic poet, Mrs. Teresa
Brayton, has begun an action for libel
against the New York Evening World
for $4,000, not, as she says, "for any
monetary satisfaction, but to draw
attention to the poisonous undercur-
rent of ridicule which men and women
of the Irish race are constantly sub
jet to when written up by certain
New York newspapers"
irish Nuns for Texas.-Twenty-six
postulants, who arrived in New York
last month from Belfast, have en-
tered the novitiate of the Sisters of
Charity of the Incarnate Word at San
Antonio, Texas Sister Marie Alexis
was in charge of the girls who are
from the north of Ireland.
Brownson House Association. = The
Right Reverend Thomas J. Conaty, D.
D., Bishop of Monterey and Los An
geles, Cal, has given his approval to
the plans of the Brownson House AS
ISOLATION for it's three new buildings.
The aim of the Brownson House Asso-
citation is to cooperate more fully in
the general Catholic scheme for social
betterment, especially among the great
foreign population.
Holy Name in Baltimore. - Balti-
more is planning a great Holy Name
demonstration for Sunday, October s..
1t is expected that $4,000 men will be
in the procession.
indiana Catholic Federation.-The
Indiana state officers of the Fedora
ton of Catholic Societies are now
making arrangements for the annual
state convention, which will be held
in indianapolis Sunday, August 8.
Four Priests With Their Father
Very Rev. E. A. Kirby, D. D., pastor
of st. Roses Church, Girard, Ohio,
sailed for Europe early this month on
a remarkable voyage. He will visit his
home in Ireland where his father is
now eighty years of age. There he
will meet his three brothers who are
also priests, two of whom he has never
seen. The father, with his four sons,
will travel to Rome, where he will
present the four brothers to the Holy
Father.
Montreal Nuns Renew Vows.-At
the Mother House of the Congrega-
ton of Notre Dame, Montreal, twelve
of the nuns renewed their vows and
re-consecrated themselves to the holy
service after fifty years spent in the
work of the order. Of the veteran
band all were between the ages of
seventy and eighty years. In addition
to those who renewed their VOWS of
conservation after fifty years in the
order we're Mother Ste. Marie Jose
phine, who has just been elected to
the position of Superior General.
Holy Name in HaWaii.-The Holy
Name Society has gained a solid foot
hold in Hawaii. st. Louis College,
Honolulu, in charge of the Brothers of
Mary, has Junior Holy Name Society
of over $50 members, divided into
fourteen branches. There are Hawaii
ans, Americans, Portuguese. Swedes,
Chinese, Japanese and youths of other
nations among the members.
Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Associa-
tion.-The fourth triennial and elev-
enth annual conventions of the Ladies'
Catholic Benevolent Association will
be held at Atlantic City, N. j., July Is
to %.
Catholic Addresses Congregation
aIists.-Rev. Albert r. Williams, pas
tor of Congregational Church in
East Boston, held series of meet
ings which he called BE Fair" meet
ings, in his church, and invited Car
dinal 0'Connell to speak at one of
them, on the Catholic point of view
J. E. Burke, assistant Superintendent
of Public Schools, spoke in the Car.
dinals absence. He dealt with the
evidences of European civilization and
culture preceding the reformation
period.
Jubilee of Oregon Sacred