The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-08
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Pope to Receive Our Sailors.-The
officers and men of the American fleet
will be received in audience by the
Holy Father this month.
Our New italian Ambassador.-The
new Italian Ambassador to the United
States, Count Macchi-Celere, is said
to be the nephew of Cardinal Macchi.
His experience in immigration mat
tiers and knowledge of trade condi-
lions, which are to be affected by the
new tariff laws, are thought to be
among his qualifications for the post.
Monsignor Murray's Jubilee
golden jubilee of ordination to the
priesthood of Right Reverend Mon
signor John B. Murray, pastor of ST.
Edwards Church, Cincinnati, and
Vicar General of the Archdiocese, was
celebrated Thursday, October %. Sew
eral Bishops and about two hundred
priests were present on the occasion.
Monsignor Murray was ordained in
1863.
PauIist House of Studies Within a
few weeks work on the new Paulist
House of Studies at the Catholic Uni
versity, Washington, d. c., will begin.
1t will be erected on a tract of land,
comprising twenty acres, and will cost
100000.
To Rebuild Kansas convent.-One
hundred committees, irrespective of
religious belief, have begun a cam
paign for $4,000 to restore the con-
vent of st. Mary, Wichita, Kan, which
was recently destroyed by fire. The
institution belongs to the Sisters of
st. Joseph.
Non-cathoIic Generosity-Cheney
Brothers, non-Catholic firm, in South
Manchester, Conn, have recently pre-
scented two handsomely bound mount
ed silk United States flags to the Holy
and Wethersfeld.
"Serra Day" in caIifornia.-The
Governor of California has proclaim
ed Sierra Day." a legal holiday in
honor of CALIFORNIA; pioneer mission
airy, Father Junipero Sierra.
Catholic University Dining Hail.
The new dormitory and dining hall of
the Catholic University, Washington,
is approaching completion. 1t CORE
spends with the great Gibbons Hall.
1t is 265 feet long, As feet wide. The
dining hall will accommodate 600 stu
dents. In the upper stories are study
and bedrooms for 100 students. The
upper floors of the towers will be
halls for clubs and debating societies.
This Tudor Gothic edifice will cost
$250,00O.
Increase of Schools and Priests
The parochial schools in the United
States are increasing in number at
the rate of about 140 year; the num-
Der of priests is increasing about 460.
1.-THE Lamps" Mite Box.-The
Lamp, the monthly publication edited
by Father James Paul Francis at
Graymoor on the Hudson, N. Y, is
establishing a mite box crusade for
the purpose of helping the missions.
Cardinal Appoints Committees
Cardinal Gibbons has appointed the
Federation Convention committees.
the convention in Baltimore next sum-
mer.
Distribution of Jews.-At the be-
ginning of this year the total number
of Jews was 11,817,783. OF these
1884, were in America and 1862
600 were in New York. Russia had
5,11O,54S; Austria, 1,224,S99.
Bishops MuIdoon's AppeaI.-An ap-
peal for the erection of a separate
building at every state institution to
be used solely for religious purposes
was made by Bishop Muldoon in an
address at one of the recent mass
meetings of the Illinois State Charity
Conference The Bishop said that
every encouragement should be given
the representatives of the gospel in
state institutions and in general so
cial work. He entered an objection to
the practice of using entertainment
parlors, clinic rooms, or some other
apartment which speaks of pleasure
or punishment or distasteful work, for
religious exercises, claiming that in a
Christian state God should have a spe-
cial house.
A. o. H. Chaplain-GeneraI.-Rev.
John ]. Ryan, P. R., of ST. Paul's
Church, Cambridge, has been appoint
ed Chaplain General of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians in the Archdio-
cese of Boston.
Mexican Nuns in Texas.-There ar
rived at Galveston, Texas, Sunday,
October 10, thirty-three Sisters of the
Incarnate Word, under Mother Mary
Vincent from Torreon. Mexico. They