The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-12
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THE CHIC mi Ills Ills 1ANl And Q7ER LANDS,
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acres Oh ldnQ dQJO1u1nS Ln6 new ana
growing town of Charlotte in Atascosa
County, to the Sisters of the Holy
Ghost of San Antonio. In addition to
this the Charlotte Town Site Com
pany, through the instrumentality of
it's local manager, Mr.. J. F. Edwards,
has likewise donated twelve town lots,
adjoining the above plat, to the same
Sisters for a convent and boarding
school.
Old Church. Burned.-The old
Church of the Immaculate Conception
at Wooster, Ohio, dating from 1847,
was destroyed by fire recently at a
loss of $4,000.
For Milwaukee's Auditorium.-Arch-
bishop Messmer has suggested that
100 citizens of Milwaukee donate $3.50
each to purchase an organ for the
Milwaukee Auditorium He offers
himself as one.
Laymen's League for Retreat
The first retreat of the year at Mount
Manresa, Staten Island, was opened
Friday, March g. This retreat was
conducted by the director, the Rev.
T. J. Shealy, S. ]. There will also
be retreats opened on the Fridays of
April, 18th and 25th. The hours are
from six o'clock Friday evening to
eight o'clock Monday morning.
Seminary to be Re-opened.-Be-
cause of dearth of priests, the Arch
bishop of Cincinnati will endeavour
to reopen his preparatory seminary
hoping to foster vocations.
Jubilee of Convert Priest.-Very
Rev. Hiram F. Fairbanks for thirty.
two years rector of St. Patrick's
Church, Milwaukee, Wis, recently OBJ.
served the forty-ffth anniversary of
his ordination to the priesthood. He
was born in Leon, N. Y, May rs, 1916,
the son of Methodist minister.
st. Vincent de Paul Society.-Su-
perior Council of the st. Vincent de
Paul Society of New York suggests
that the general meeting and Com
munion of the Society, by rule held
on the second Sunday after Easter be
this year transferred to Sunday, April
9th, to conform to the centennial
celebration in Paris, and that special
public meeting, addressed by clerical
and lay personages, be held on that
day.
Move Against White sIavers.-The
Vice Commission of the Illinois State
Senate lately went to Washington to
interest the President in a nation.
wide crusade against white slavery
He has promised to consider their re.
quest that he call conference of
Governors and representatives of vice
commissions from all the States to
study the problem of the social evil
and to agree on remedies to be uni.
versally used. At the next session OF
Congress bill will be introduced by
Representative Robert Hill to create
vice commission for the District OF
Columbia
A Generous CathoIic.-The late R
G. Cushing of Los Angeles had a
notable career. While a resident OF
Omaha, in 1889, he was elected mayor
of the city and served for three terms
during all of which he gave his yearly
salary of $1,000 to the poor. He de
clined the Democratic nomination fol-
governor in 1892, but in 1893 accepted
complimentary vote for United
States Senator. He was prominently
mentioned as Middle West candi
date for the vice-presidency in 1896
He was a contractor for large enter
prises.
Jubilee of de Paul Society.-Or
Sunday, April 9Th, the Particular
Council of San Francisco, Society o.
st. Vincent de Paul, celebrated the
twenty-f1fth anniversary of it's fina
aggregation with the Council Genera
of Paris, France The celebration
took place in st. Francis Technica
School and Convent, where the mem
bers received Holy Communion in /;
body. His Grace Most Reverend
Archbishop Riordan celebrated tn
Mass in the Convent Chapel
i A Reminder of LincoIn's Reverence
Holy Week was observed by tn
President and his family as far a
avoiding public amusements and pr
vate entertainments are concerned
Mr.. Wilson declined an invitation t
the theatre, saying that he would b
glad to go some other time, but wa
unwilling to go during week, whic
is, by so many people, devoted in
special manner to the most solem
observances of religion. This remind
one of Lincoln's unwillingness to a
tend Ford's theatre on Good Frida
night 1866, the night of his assassin;
ton. When asked to go that fat;
: evening he refused several times b.
cause, as he said, the day is sacred I
many of our best people. He Wa
finally prevailed upon to go.
t Hospital for Mason city.-In Masc
/ City, Ia, the Sisters of Mercy CO.
a template the building of $4,000
: hospital
i New PauIist Parish.-The corne