The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-22
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Poor CIares in Victorla.-The Poor
Clares have taken possession of their
new monastery at Victoria, B. G.
Chicago Women's C. o. F.-Mrs.
Rose D. Rittman, high chief ranger of
the Women's Catholic Order of Fores-
tiers, conducted the mammoth installa-
ton of officers of the North Side
courts of Chicago last week. The joint
installation was at Arcadia hall, and
400 officers took the Offices of the
order. One of the features of the in
stallation program was drill team
composed of fifty young women of the
order, gowned in Grecian costumes of
white and yellow, the colors of the
order. The officers installed gave an
exhibition drill and among the figures
were Faith, Hope, Charity, depicted
by cross, an anchor and heart.
Negroes Record Refute Socialists
Starting in 1866, with nothing but
political freedom, most of which they
have since lost, the negroes have be-
come the owners of 100000 farms
worth a half-billion dollars and an adj
ditional 100000 of personal wealth.
If the theories of the Socialists of the
Marx brand were true, the negroes
would have nothing in 1910-indeed,
they would be far worse off than they
were in 1866.
Holy Name Three
scholarships in Catholic High School
or Academy will be supported in the
future by the Holy Name Society of
st. Columba's Church, Newark, N. J.
MONDAY Masses CroWded.-The
MONDAY Mass at st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral was inaugurated on Ash Wednes-
day and the attendance exceeded even
the most hopeful expectations of the
rector and the priests of the Cathedral
and fully justified the innovation.
When the Low Mass began at 1915
the great edifice was comfortably
filled, with very few vacant seats. The
congregation was composed largely of
women, but there was also present
surprisingly large number of men.
Detroit's CoIored CathoIics.-The
colored Catholics of Detroit, Mich,
are making every effort to raise funds
for the building of church of their
own. They have obtained permission
to give entertainments in the various
parishes, presenting negro talent en-
tirely, and already have secured $4,000
by this means.
Priest Uses Old Paper-As means
of assisting in the antituberculosis
campaign, the Rev. John Robinson,
pastor of st. Leo church, st. Louis,
Mo-, collected twelve tons of paper
in one week, through the parochial
school children, whom he instructed
to bring each Monday from their
homes and those of their neighbors
old newspapers and magazines. The
waste paper is then sold for the re-
lief of tuberculosis sufferers. The col
lecting has resulted so we'll financially
that Father Robinson will extend his
efforts to all the parishes of the city
He expects to realize several thou
sand dollars a year. His work has the
approval of Archbishop Glennon.
A Child Labor Day.-The National
Child Labor Commute, the most eff
cient agency in the United States
working for better child labor laws
and suppressing it's evils, has sent out
an announcement to the educational
press of the country, concerning the
observance of a Child Labor Day.
English Speaking Monsignori.-
There are over 200 Monsignori, or
Domestic Prelates, and 33 Proton-
diaries Apostolic, in the English-speak-
ing world.
Saint Clara coIIege.-On February
10, the Reverend William J. Kerby,
D. D., of the Catholic University, de-
livered lecture in Saint Clara's Col
lege, Sinsinawa, Wis, entitled "In the
Household of the Virtues" He sug-
gested original problems for solution,
showing literature as vast source of
moral insight and power-a household
of the virtues. On February 8, Mr.
Silvio Sciont of the American Con-
servatory, Chicago, gave his annual
recital in the College Auditorium. Part
II of the program was given to the
Martucci Concerto, the most difficult
composition in piano literature. Mr.
Scionti was assisted by Mr.. Carl Blair
of Chicago.
Priests Night School In Texas.-At
Temple, Texas, Father Hickman con-
ducts a night school for men and
boys, both Catholic and non-Catholic
Wisconsin Catholic Kniehts.-The
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin have a
reserve fund of $660,000, and a mem
bership of 1880.
Porto Rico's centenary.-C Cardinal
Farley, and Archbishop Blenk of New
Orleans with several other prelates
and clergymen, sailed February Is, for
Porto Rico on the liner Brazos, to
attend the four hundredth anniversary
of the establishment of the first see