The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-01
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Denver Priests OrQantZe.-ln view OF
the fact that the new Mothers Pen
sion Act of Colorado, provides that
the Catholic children declared depend
ent by the courts and sent to the State
Home may be adopted into families of
means, or into families without suf1-
cient means to care for them, if other
wise satisfactory, the State helping to
maintain them, or committed to the
asylum, the State then not being
obliged to give them any aid, the
priests of Denver held meeting few
days ago and formed Home-inding
Association to look after the interests
of Catholic children. The committee
will hold monthly meetings.
Toronto's Scripture Endowment
Archbishop Neil Mcneil, of Toronto,
asked his priests to contribute out of
their own incomes $4,000 for the en-
downing of the Chair of Holy Scripture
in his new Seminary, and in his Pas
toral says the greater part of that
amount is already subscribed.
A Hard Blow at DiVorce.-Excom-
munication for any Catholic in his
diocese who wilfully and culpably at
tends the marriage Of divorced per-
son whose divorced partner is still
alive, is the decree announced by
Archbishop John B. Pitaval Of Santa
Fee, New Mexico, in Lenten pastoral.
Gift to Helena Parish.-A statue of
st. Ann with the Blessed Virgin was
recently ordered from the Giuliani Sta
tuary Company of st. Paul for the
parish of SIS. Cyril and Methodius in
East Helena. The people making the
gift reside in Montana but wish to
remain unknown.
Portland A. o. II. Protests.-Strong
resolutions against the display of carl
catures of members of the Irish race
have been passed by unanimous vote
of Division Number 1 of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and by Divisions
Number 1 and Number 2 of the
Ladies' Auxiliary of that organization.
Home Rule Funds in Syracuse
Within less than half an hour $1,700
was raised to advance the cause of
Home Rule in Ireland, at mass meet
ing in the Wieting Opera House jan
uary 26. The meeting was under the
auspices of the John e. Redmond
Branch of the United Irish League.
Attendance at MONDAY Mass.-On
Ash Wednesday at the opening of the
MONDAY Mass at st. Andrews, Duane
Street, over 1850 were crowded into
the church from the altar rail to the
doors, with every available spot filed
and hundreds could not even get in
side the doors.
Americans for PapaI Guard.-Appli-
cations have come from America for
the Noble Guard of the Sovereign
Pontiff They are from "distin-
guished Catholic families chiefly of
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Chicago, New Orleans and st.
Louis"
Four Generations of Holy Name
Men.-The place of honor on the title
page of the "HoIy Name Journal" for
February is given to a half-tone repro
duction of photograph in which are
grouped Mr.. John Gensheimer; his
son, 1. Gensheimer; his grandson,
Eugene J. Blakely, ST., and his great
grandson, Eugene J. Blakely, Jr., all of
whom walked in the recent Holy
Name procession in Erie, Pa.
Large italian Parish.-Tn Brooklyn
Rev. Peter Schroeder, S. P. M, has
about 2,400 italian boys and men or
ganized in the parish of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus and Mary. On the last
communion Sunday of the st. Aloysius'
Society 1900 boys and young men re
ceived Holy Communion. Not a day
passes that Father Schroeder does not
visit many italian homes. Not a
month passes that he does not send
letter or some religious literature into
the homes of all his Italian boys and
young men.
Chicago's Dominican Nuns.-The
Dominican Sisters in Chicago cele-
brated their 40th anniversary at st.
Jarlath's. They have done splendid
work in that city.
italian Priest for Western Missions.
Rev. A. Bandizzone, pastor of the
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary,
Kenosha, Wis, has resigned, and will
go to Arizona as a missionary. His
successor will be an italian priest
from Chicago.
Columbia National Exchange
There has been organized in Omaha
a concern that will be of some ma
tional importance If the ideas and
aims Of the organization succeed. They
intend to have the home ONCE per-
manently in Omaha with branch Offices
or representatives In every city and
town in the United States, and are
already soliciting worthy Knights of
Columbus or Catholics to act as repre-
sentatives in different parts Of the
country. Their aim will be to run a
general employment agency for all
trades and professions and also handle
real estate, different kinds of business,
furnish information at all agencies