The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-05
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Retreat for LeaVenWorth Priests
The clergy of the Leavenworth do
cese were in retreat last week at st.
Mary's College, Kansas.
Wisconsin Social Study Course
The German Catholic State Leagues
of Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri
have already appropriated stipends
and agreed to send representatives to
the Social Study course arranged by
the G. R. C. Central Verein through
its Central Bureau, to be held at
Spring Bank, Wisconsin.
Convert Dominican Dead. - Very
Rev. F. A. Spencer, o. P, died in
Washington, D. c., on June IL. He
was once an Episcopalian minister,
as was his father. His two brothers
are preachers in that sect still. After
his conversion he joined the Paulists,
but later became a Dominican. He
was provincial of his order for term.
He had just finished translation OF
the New Testament into modern Eng
lish.
ORGANIZATION of Catholic Choirs.-
The choirs of the twenty-five Catholic
churches of Rochester, New York, are
united in one organization.
Joseph Scott EIected.-Mr. Joseph
Scott has just been reelected to the
Board of Education of Los Angeles,
California, despite the great efforts OF
the Ministerial Union and others to
defeat him. In thanking his fellow
citizens, Catholic and non-Catholic, fol-
their support at the polls, Mr.. Scott
writes: "They helped to win the only
victory which l was DESTROYS of achiev
ing namely: to establish once and fol
all that this city wants no more OF the
religious bigot or the narrow minded
minister
New Jersey Hospital Opened.-The
completed addition to ST. Mary's Hos
pital, Orange, N. j., has been thrown
open for public inspection. The cost
was $250OOO. The hospital can now
take care of two hundred patients
without crowding.
Iowa Women in Retreat.-A general
retreat for the order of the Daughters
of Isabella in Iowa was given in OF
tumwa at st. Joseph Academy, under
the auspices of Adelaide Proctor Court
No. 43, June 10 to %. It was conduct
ed by Rev. John A. McClorey, S. j.,
Gettysburg Memorial Mass. = The
fiftieth anniversary of the Battle OF
Gettysburg was celebrated in Paw
tucket, Rhode Island by the Ladies
Auxiliary A. O. H. of that city, with q
Solemn Memorial Mass, celebrated al
nine o'clock, July 4, in st. Mary's
Church The panegyric on the Irish
Brigade which, under Meagher played
such a gallant part in that desperate
struggle, was delivered by the pastor
of st. Mary's, Rev. John G. Tennian
himself the son of Civil War volun
teer of the First Connecticut.
Vancouver Knights Generous.-Five
thousand dollars was voted to the
Catholic Children's Aid Society, Of
Vancouver, by the Knights of Column
bus State Convention, which was hello
at Nelson recently.
Lourdes Reproduced in New Jersey
A reproduction of the famous grottc
of Lourdes has been established ad
Joining the Church of ST. Anastasia
Turner, Orange County, N. j., Of
which Rev. Patrick F. MacAran is the
pastor. The new shrine will be known
as "Our Lady of Turner"
The Catholic Press Association
The Catholic Press Association will
hold it's third national convention
simultaneously with the American
Federation of Catholic Societies in
Milwaukee The sessions will be held
either at the Cathedral or st. Mary's
Hall and will be presided over by
Hon. E. J. Cooney, of Providence
Rhode Island.
Home for Poor ChiIdren.-The Sher
man estate in Perry Street, Trenton
N. j., has been purchased by Rt. Rev
Bishop McFaul, D. D., from Mrs. Car
oline Story of Washington, D. G. A re
ceiving home for poor children will be
erected on the land. The new build
ing will cost $4,000.
Mixed Marriage RuIe.-ln an edic
recently made known to the various
churches in the Trenton Diocese,
new rule regarding mixed marriages
is set down. A non-Catholic wht
wishes to marry Catholic, must re
ceive instructions in the Catholic faitl
for one month previous to the maj
riage, the instructions not less thai
three times week.
Bryan at Holy Cross.-In an address
to the graduates of the Holy eros
Academy, Baltimore, Secretary c
State Bryan said: Universal peac
is the goal toward which we are mo7
ing. The Christian world is wearie
of wars. 1t is wearied of internationS
chickering's that do not always end /
the shedding of mems blood, but to
often engender bitter feelings tia
only the passing years can wipe ava,
It is a mistake to think that by the Kill
ing of our felIoWmen we prove OF