The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-01-11
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Dean of observation-disclosures
ment of the election of James Kelley,
general manager of the Chicago Trib-
une, as dean of the college Of journal
ism at Notre Dame university, was
made January 2.
A Notable ConVert.-Miss Katrina
Page-Brown, daughter of Mrs. Arthur
Page-Brown, the New York social lead
er, and granddaughter of ex-Justice
Roger A. Pryor, has been received into
the Church,
Catholic Social SerWce.-The Most
Rev. Archbishop Glennon, of st. Louis,
in a letter to his clergy and the off,
GERS of Catholic societies, approves OF
the Catholic Social Service Commits
sion and recommends the service prof
fered by the Commission. The gen.
eral Social Service Conference of the
Commission opened Thursday, Janu-
airy 9.
Catholic Colony in Missouri.-Fa-
Their C. Moening, of New Hamburg,
has secured several hundred acres of
land on which he proposes to estab-
lish a Catholic colony. The proposed
farms will be in the southern part OF
Cape Girardeau County, Mo.
Site of Early Mission Marked.-A
cross of reinforced concrete, twenty
feet high has been placed on the hill
overlooking the first mission of La
Pursima Conception, Lompoc, CAL,
standing within a few feet of where
the first cross was erected by the
Mission Fathers. The site for the
present cross was given by the city
trustees and will form a part OF
large park which will in time be de-
veloped and beautified by the city.
The cross is in a most commanding
position and is the gift of the entire
community, regardless of creed. 1t
was recently blessed by Rt. Rev.
Thomas J. Conaty, D. D.. Bishop of
Los Angeles.
scuIptress in conVent.-Miss Anna
J. Woollett, of No. / Park Place, ia
maica PIain@a most promising young
sculptress, and well-known in social
and literary circles of the city, has
entered the Convent of the Sacred
Heart at Albany, where she has taken
the white veil and entered upon her
novitiate of two years. Her mother
accompanied her to Albany recently.
Gently Trinity College, conducted by
the Sisters of Notre Dame in the
vicinity of the Catholic University at
Washington has received many valua-
BILE books and works of art. 1t now
has a carefully selected library of
eleven thousand volumes. It's art col
lection, for its size, is the most beau
tiful around Washington
Noted Priest Dead.-Rev. Henry G.
Ganss, rector of st. Mary's Church,
Lancaster, Pa, and distinguished as
writer, musician and composer, died
on Christmas Day of apoplexy, after
an illness of only a few hours dura-
ton.
Bells for Churches of Ireland
Thomas J. Roche of Philadelphia,
will provide the churches of Ireland
with bells aggregating fifty thousand
dollars in cost.
Ediscn's Daughter to Marry Catholic.
Miss Madeleine Edison, daughter OF
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, is to
be the wife of an inventor, John Eyre
Sloane, son of DR.. and Mrs. T. O'Con-
nor Sloane, of South Orange, N. j.
Mr.. Sloane is a young man, but he
already has obtained a number of i'm
portant patents, from which he derives
an income. He worked for some time
with Edison, but met Edison's daugh-
ter in a social way. Miss Edison is
an earnest worker in the Orange
Methodist church, while her prospec-
tive husband is a Catholic.
Redemptorist Parish.-Right Rev.
M. F. Fallon, Bishop of London, On
tario, has decided to establish parish
in the city in charge of the Redemp-
torist priests, to be known as st. Pat
rick's. Besides the church there will
also be erected a monastery, the total
cost of both being estimated at about
$4,000. The Redemptorist Order will
finance the whole undertaking. The
monastery will in reality be house
of missionaries. The Bishop has made
the announcement that the intention
was to establish a studentate for the
training of young men for the Redemp
torist Order.
Catholics in New York.-According
to recent returns, the state of New
York contains more Catholics thar
any other state in the Union. The
number is 2,77S,S00, of which more
than one-half live in New York City.
Requests in 5aItimore.-James L
Herman, of Baltimore, who died re
Gently, left $4,000 to st. Francis
School for Deaf Mutes and $4,000 t.
st. Agnes Hospital.
BY the will of the late Mrs. Berth;
Gutman, wealthy Hebrew of Balti
more, st. Mary's Female Orphan Asy