The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
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Clara SGLJl0n0uI has appointed d
committee of Catholic ladies in New
York to give the blind children rec
cation and outings this summer.
Church Planned by Priest.-The
new ST. Gerard's Church, Buffalo, is |
% be most imposing structure built
On the Campanile model. The esti-
mated cost will be about 100000. 1t |
Is expected that the church will be
dedicated September goth. The rec
tor is Rev. William ]. Schreck, who
designed the church.
Catholic College Theatre.-The new
theatre of st. Charles College, Cations
vile, Md, was dedicated June Srd
with a performance of Hamlet" by
the rhetoric class of the institution.
Charitable Bequests-The will of the
late Ellen Casey, of Brookline, was
probated recently. She made the fol-
lowing requests: To the Mission
Church, Roxbury, $1,000; President of
Boston College, $500, for the new uni
versity; Little Sisters of the Poor,
Roxbury, $500; st. Johns Home for
the Blind, Jersey City, N. j., 500; St.
Johns Ecclesiastical Seminary, Brigh-
ton, 5000; and to the pastor of st.
Mary's Church of the Assumption,
Brookline, $500.
Police Become Holy Name Men,
At the Church of st. Vincent Ferrer,
New York, on Wednesday evening,
June 18th, took place the public re-
ception of hundred members of the
New York police force into the Holy
Name Society. This large accession
of new members includes representa-
tives from nearly every parish in the
city.
Jesuits Ordained in st. Louis.-Most
Reverend Archbishop Glennon of st.
Louis, ordained twenty-four young
men as Jesuit priests, on Sunday,
June 22nd.
Catholic Congressman's Funeral
At the funeral of the late Congressman
George KONG, June 4th, from ST.
Bridget's Church, Baltimore, the pro-
cession from the home to the church
was so long and so dense the crowd,
that the Solemn High Mass of Re-
QUEEN was delayed an hour.
The honorary pail bearers included
judges of the Supreme Court and
members of Congress. Mr.. KONG was
always very active in the affairs of
st. Bridget's and st. Sanislaus' par
ishes.
First Mass in Maine Centenary
The real celebration of the Catholic
tercentenial of Maine, will be on the
island of Mt. Desert where the early
missionaries in 1913 set up their first
cross, for here magnificent memo
rial church, the finest on the island
will be dedicated. The observance in
Bar Harbor, which will be both civic
and religious, will be held on August
9Th; the observance in Portland,
which will probably be wholly relig-
ious, will be on September 14th.
Fourth Degree in Portland.-A class
of eighty members of the Knights of
Columbus, representing Wisconsin,
South Dakota and the far off Philip
pines, received the fourth degree in
Portland, Oregon, June 9th. The days
program commenced with Mass at ST.
Mary's Pro-Cathedral. Archbishop
Christie delivered the sermon.
Lightning Strikes Marinette Con-
Vent.-While six nuns were praying
for safety on the first floor of st. An
thongs convent, Marinette, Wis, dur
ing heavy electrical storm on Thurs
day, June 10Th, lightning struck the
convent chimney and set the building
afire. Before she knew the place had
been struck, Sister Wilbrod, the con-
vent housekeeper, went to her room
and found her bed, which she had left
just minute before, ablaze. The fire
was extinguished with a small loss.
immigration Society in Victoria.-
Right Reverend Bishop Macdonald, of
Victoria, B. c., is endeavoring to form
a Catholic immigration Society in Vic
toria, and for that purpose recently
called a general meeting of delegates
from all parish societies. 1t was de-
cided to form a Catholic immigration
Society to work along the same lines
as similar societies are doing in Van
couver, Toronto, and Montreal.
Catholic Japanese on Coast.-There
are said to be 10000 Japanese on the
Pacific coast and 10000 of them are in
Southern California. Among these
little brown men and women are some
Catholics, and though comparatively
few in number, they are credit to
those who taught them the faith in
far-off Japan. In Los Angeles they are
now rejoicing over the privilege of
having with them a priest who speaks
their own language, Father Breton,
who spent five years in Japan, in the
diocese of Hakodate.