The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
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theological studies at ST. Paul Sem
mary three years ago.
Priests Make Heroic Rescue.-The
pastor of the Church of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help, Buffalo, Rev. Thomas
Lynch, and his assistants, Rev. F. A.
Clancy and Rev. Francis Hunt, went
down into a manhole of the natural
gas main, and rescued three of the
employees who were overcome by gas.
Two of the laborers have recovered,
but one is in the hospital in a serious
condition Father Hunt is still affected
by the fumes that almost overcame
him while rescuing the men.
Hibernians in IIIinois.-The Ancient
Order of Hibernians and Ladies' Aux
Hilary of Illinois held an important
meeting recently when the state Irish
history committee announced the
large number of scholarships in Cath
Ole Colleges and academies which
will be awarded Irish history gradu-
ates this year. A prize has been do
mated by the Cook County Board for
the best essay on 1.-THE Educational
State of Ireland in the Fifth Century"
A meeting of all graduates and contes-
tants for prizes will be held in Emmett
Memorial Hall on Sunday, June 10Th.
Every teacher Of Irish history in the
state will be presented with copy
of Miss Alice Stopford Green's Irish
Nationality"
Memorial Day In omaha.-Right
Reverend Bishop Then, of Lincoln,
Neb., delivered the address Of the
day at the memorial exercises, May
80, in the auditorium. Three thousand
children of the parochial schools took
part in the program. The opening
prayer was said by Rev. S. L. Dowd,
who was ordained at ST. Paul Sem
mary in 1907. Father Dowd also
closed the exercises with prayer for
the soldier dead.
Pennsylvania Knights Generous
At the annual meeting of the State
Council of the knights of Columbus,
at Scranton, Pa, it was decided to
contribute $1,000 to the fund being
raised for the building of hospital
in the Diocese of Jaro, Philippine
Islands, and an appropriation of $1O,-
900 was made for the erection of a.
chapel at the Pennsylvania State Col
lege.
Military Mass for JubiIee.-Prof. A.
G. Eimar, of ST. Louis, has composed
a grand Military Mass in honor of the
sacerdotal silver jubilee of Rev. 10
seph T. Shields, of st. Matthew's
Church in that city, which will occur
June 21st.
People Build Their Church.-The
new St. Joseph's Church at Frackville,
Pa, dedicated two weeks ago by
Archbishop Prendergast, was partly
built by the people of the parish. A
little over a year ago, in their spare
time, they started the excavation for
the foundations of the structure which
has recently been completed After
they had finished the work of excavat-
ing the men went out on the noun
tains and themselves quarried the
stone which was used in the struc-
ture.
Support for Study House.-The In
diana state convention of the Central
Verein pledged it's generous support
to the social science study house prof.
ect in Chicago. Every individual So
ciety represented at the convention
pledged itself to give from 5000 to
$500 to the fund. Right Reverend
Monsignor Oechtering, of FIT. Wayne,
started an individual subscription list
with a gift of $1OO. Indiana will give
more than $4,000. The institution will
be known as the Won Ketteller study
house.
Catholic Indians LoyaI.-The recent
Presbyterian Synod of British Column
bia, which met in Vancouver, listened
to a report by DR.. Campbell of Vic
toria, who bewailed the fact that the
older Indians on Vancouver Island
were almost impossible to convert.
The Oblate Fathers, who converted
over 10000 Indians of all ages, will
accept the failure of DR.. Campbell as
an unconscious tribute to the superior
missionary labors of their Order in
British Columbia.
Society Girl Enters carmeI.-Aban-
doning a tour through Europe, where
she was to have completed her educa-
| ton in music, Miss Bertha Vesper,
the nineteen year old daughter of
Joseph Vesper, wealthy merchant
of ST. Joseph, Missouri, and prominent
; socially in that city, made flying trip
, to Davenport from st. Paul, Mimi,
/ and made formal application to enter
the order of Mr.. Carmel. She will
take the veil in August.
Gonzaga Law School.-To mark the
: successful closing of the first years
: course of the first class of the re
3 Gently founded law school of Gonzaga
3 University, Spokane, Wash, the stu.
e dents and faculty dined together at
Davenport's Thursday, May %. The
legal course is to be three years and
4 the dean of the school, Edward ]. Can
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