The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-02
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and Nine Calvo, last month took the
veil at the convent of the Sacred
Heart at Kenwood. New York.
Wisconsin Catholic Knights.-The
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin show
an increase in six months of 400 mem
bers and $4,000 reserve fund. At
present, that fund is $690,000.
Home Rule Meeting-To devise
means of sustaining financially and
morally the Irish party during the
last stages of the struggle for Irish
home rule, a special meeting of the
national executive committee of the
United Irish League of America has
been called in Boston for August 8.
Argentine Heirarchy's Joint Pastor
aI.-Archbishop Espinosa of Buenos
Ayres and the ten suffragan bishops
of the Argentine Republic have adj
dressed to their fiocks collective
pastoral in which they lament a re
Gently passed law which would tend
to reduce marriage to merely civil
contract, and they set forth at the
same time the Catholic teaching on
the subject.
Bishop Byrne Bans Dances.-Right
Rev. Bishop Byrne, of Nashville, Tenn
esse has put the ban of his official
censure on animal dances. His edict
was read from every Catholic pulpit
in the diocese a few Sundays ago
1t is the most drastic yet recorded in
the fight against rag dancing. 1t bars
all offenders from participating in the
sacraments.
Deaf Mutes' Feast Observance
of Ephpheta Sunday, July 81 was gen
orally followed by the Catholic deaf
throughout the country, and in not a
few foreign lands where there are
Catholic missions for the deaf. In
New York at st. Francis Xavier's
Church where the celebration origina
ted some eight years ago, a large mum
Der of the deaf received Holy Com
munion in body. Today the Xavier
Center of the Ephpheta Society has ar
enrolment of two hundred active
members in good standing. Warataw
Australia; San Francisco, Cal, and
Hartford, Conn, are the latest cities
to formulate Ephpheta societies. Gin
cinnati and other American cities are
expected soon to add their strength
to this organization for the spiritual
and material uplift of the Catholic
deaf, which is in line with the st. Vim
cent de Paul Society in that no official
reimbursement is permitted.
Auxiliary Bishop of ST. Boniface.-
Rev. Arthur Beliveau recently appoint
ed auxiliary Bishop in aid of Arch
bishop Langevin of ST. Boniface
Manitoba, was born at Mount Carmel
Quebec, in 1870 He came to st. Boni
face in 1882 and entered ST. Boniface
College where he made a brilliant
course graduating in 1890 with the de-
gree of. Bachelor of Arts from Mani
toba University. He proceeded at
once to Montreal and entered the
Grand Seminary where, after full and
thorough course in theology he was
ordained to the Holy priesthood in
1893. He then went to Rome and
made a two year course in the Uni
versity of Propaganda, obtaining the
degree of D. D. in 1895. Father Bell
veau returned in the same year to ST.
Boniface and since then has served
curate at the ST. Boniface Cathedral
for one year, was secretary to his
Grace Archbishop Langevin, bursar
and chancellor of the Archdiocese,
chaplain at Manitoba penitentiary, and
has been Procurator of the Archdio-
cese for the last eight years.
Catholic Education Board.-Mem-
bers of the New Executive Board of
the Catholic Educational Association
are: Right Rev. Mgr. T. j. Shahan
of Washington, D. c., president-gen-
eral; Very Rev. Walter Stehle of
Beatty, Pa; Right Rev. Mgr. ]. A. Con-
molly of st. Louis, Mo-, and Very Rev.
James A. Burns of Washington, D. c.,
Observation-Disclosures; Rev. Francis
w. Howard of Columbus, Ohio, secre-
tary-general; Rev. Francis T. Moran
of Cleveland, Ohio, treasurer-general;
Rev. Joseph F. Smith of New York,
Rev. J. F. Green of Chicago, Rev. H.
T. Drumgoole of Philadelphia, Rev. H.
G. Boyle of Pittsburgh, Brother John
Waldron of Clayton, Missouri; Rev.
James ]. Dean of Villanova, Pennsyl-
vania; Rev. H. S. Spalding of Chicago,
Rev. John B. Peterson of Brighton,
Mass, and Rev. e. R. Dyer of Balti-
more. Most of the members were
reelected to the offices held last year.