The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-06
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Cardinal Confirms CoIored Catholics.
On Sunday, November Is, His Emin-
ence Cardinal Farley confirmed one
hundred negroes in st. Marks Church,
New York. Thirty-ive of the class
are converts and the Cardinal admin
istered the total abstinence pledge to
all.
Mayor at Home Rule RaIIy.-The
forty-one divisions of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians and thirty-nine of
the Ladies' Auxiliary of Chicago held
a grand rally on Thanksgiving Day in
aid of the Irish Home Rule fund.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison was among
the speakers.
Mission for Deaf Mutes.-A weeks
mission for the deaf and dumb of Chi
cago was given in Holy Family Church
and ended Sunday, November %, the
eve of De L'Epee day. At the end of
the mission the knights and Ladies of
De L'Epee, together with other Cath
oIic deaf, received Holy Communion in
a body. The exercises were conducted
by Reverend T. A. Moeller, S. j., chap
lain of the Ephtheta mission for the
deaf.
Archbishop Harry in ST. Louis
Most Reverend Archbishop Harry of
Manila sailed from the Philippines No
vember 8, and reached St. Louis, Mo-,
during this week He was formerly
pastor of st. Leo's Church, st. Louis,
and his two sisters reside in that city.
In the ecclesiastical Province of
Manila there are eight dioceses. The
Archdiocese was established in 1885.
Catholics on Both Sides.-While the
organization called the Catholic party
in Mexico has steadily supported Pres
ident Huerta one of the ablest officers
opposed to him is Catholic. General
Gonzales, who recently captured the
capital city, Victoria, after the blood
lest battle Of the revolution" is a
Catholic and attended the Sacred
Heart College, Denver, Colorado, for
several years.
Canadian Catholic Doctors Honored.
Two Catholic surgeons in Western
Canada, namely DR.. James McKenty
of Winnipeg, and DR.. McPhillips of
Vancouver, will be made Fellows of
the new American College of Sur
geons, the organization of which was
determined at the congress of sur
geons in Chicago November 10 to Is.
Remembered Poor SouIs-The will
of Mary A. Reilly filed in New York
last month made requests of $500
from an estate of $4,000 for Masses for
the souls in purgatory.
Chapel on Field of Seven Pines.-A
Catholic Church, erected on the bat
tlefield of Seven Pines, in Virginia,
was dedicated the third week in No
vember. The Rev. Walter Elliott, c..
S. p, and the Rev. Valentine F.
Schmidt, two veterans of the Civil
War, went from Washington to assist
at the dedication. Bishop Kelly
preached a sermon of peace where
once was war Bishop O'Connell pre-
sided.
Catholic Surgeon Honored.-At the
recent business meeting of the Clinical
Congress of Surgeons of North Amer
lea, held at the Congress Hotel, Chi
cago, DR.. J. B. Murphy was unani-
mously chosen president of the organi-
cation.
Knights Gift for State School,
A magnificent set of vestments has
been donated by the Denver Council
of the Knights of Columbus for the use
of the Catholic chaplain at the State
Industrial School for Girls, several
miles from Denver. The robes are to
be kept at the school and will be used
exclusively there.
New Settlement House Nearly Com
pIete.-The large addition to the build
ings of the Guardian Angel Settlement,
st. Louis, Mo-, will be ready for oc-
cupancy about Christmas. This insti-
tuition benefited nearly 1900 poor
women and children of foreign ma
tionalities last year The new addi-
ton, a three-story fireproof building
with medical and dental clinics, kitch-
en-, provision depot, play rooms, etc..
is the gift of an unknown benefactor
Address by Catholic Commissioner.
Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, the
new chairman of the Federal Indus.
trial Relations Commission, will de
liver the first address at the seventh
annual meeting of the American AS.
sociation for Labor Legislation to be
held in Washington, D. c., December
80 and 81 His subject will be on the
federal commission, of which he is
chairman.
Vancouver Social Reform Council
His Grace, the Most Reverend Arch
bishop Casey of Vancouver, has beer
appointed honorary president, and
Rev. w. P. O'Boyle, D. D., o. M. L.
second vice president of the Van
couver Social Reform Council.
Bible Reading In Schools.-Accord
ing to report from New Orleans the
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