The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-09
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Teaching Women to Vote.--A school
to teach women how to cast the ballot
was opened last month in Chicago in
the rooms of the board of election COM
missioners in the city hall. Instruc-
tions are in charge of Mrs. N Curtis
and Miss Alice Reidy. A voting ma
chine, sample ballots, election laws, in
structions for registering, and voting
booths form part of the equipment of
the school, The president of the
Stats Verband of Illinois, in a letter
to the officers and members, calls upon
the Catholic women to perform their
new political duty.
Priest Requests to Churches.-The
will of the late Rev. H. ]. Hoven of the
Diocese of Alton, Illinois, has been filed
for probate and the entries of appear
ance of those receiving requests has
been filed. The late priest had an
estate of about $4,000 and he has
given practically all of it to Catholic
churches where he has been pastor,
and to organizations within the church.
Estate of ReIIeviIIe Diocese.-An
property held in trust by the late
Right Reverend John Jansen, Bishop
of the Belleville, ILL.,, diocese, will be
transferred to the next bishop of the
diocese, according to the bishops will,
filed in the Probate court. The estate
is valued at 100000, including
churches, hospitals and asylums.
X. of C. Nearing 100000 According
to the official statement in the July
number of the Columbiad, the Knights
of Columbus lack 1,O94 of having an
even 100000 members. The associate
membership numbers 201,411, the in
surance members 97,495. The order
is still rapidly increasing.
Bishop BeIiveau Consecrated-On
Friday, July 25, the Rev. Arthur Bell
veau, D. D., of the Cathedral, st. Boni-
face, Manitoba, was consecrated Auxi-
liary to Archbishop Langevin of that
city.
On First Ship Through Panama
Assistant Secretary of State Osborne,
as the result of his visit to the Domini-
can Republic and Hayti, suggests that
the bones of Christopher Columbus,
which are at Santo Domingo City, be
placed aboard the first ship to go
through the Panama Canal.
Navy ChapIain's Jubilee.-The Rev.
William Henry Ironsides Reaney, chap
lain of the United States Battleship
Utah, who served with Admiral Dewey
on the flagship Olympia at the time
of the Battle of Manila Bay, recently
observed his silver jubilee in Brooklyn.
The jubilarian was born in Brooklyn
on July 2, 1863. He was educated in
the schools of Detroit during his pre-
paratory course, his parents having
moved to that city when he was very
young. Later he entered st. Mary's
Seminary, Baltimore, where he was
ordained by Cardinal Gibbons in 1888.
Retreat of Christian Brothers in
West.-The annual retreat of eight
days for the Christian Brothers of the
Pacific Coast was held during the week
of July 20 to 81, at st. Joseph's Acad-
envy, Peralta Park, Berkeley, Cal.
More than one hundred Christian
Brothers from the various schools and
colleges in California, Oregon and
Washington attended
Chamber of Commerce of Rockford,
Ill, refused to invite the parochial
schools to take part in the spring
parade in that city. Bishop Muldoon
has expressed his displeasure at it's
action.
Protestants to Honor Blessed Virgin.
Wealthy New Workers have placed
the order for statue Of. Our Lady
and the Holy Child for the Episcopal
Cathedral of ST John the Divine. The
sculptor is to visit the Catholic cathe-
drals in Rheims, Rouen and Charities,
in France, and Winchester and Sher-
burne, in England, to study examples
of thirteenth century decoration. The
persons giving the order lost their
daughter a few years ago and the
statue of the Virgin is to be modelled as
far as is appropriate from her por-
trait.
Catholic Schools in America.-About
5000 Catholic parishes in all America
have parochial schools, their number
increasing by about 400 each year.
In them are 100000 students. Bos.
ton, Chicago and Seattle have well
established high schools for Cath.
Ollie youths, and St. Louis, ST. Paul
Detroit and Denver have colleges rank.
ing as high schools or that carry on
high school work.
Nuns in Educational Conference
Approximately three hundred paro
chial school Sisters, teaching about
5000 children in the diocese of Roch
ester, N. Y, attended an educational
conference, presided over by the Bish
op of Rochester last month.
Catholic Home for ConvaIescents.-
The St. Francis Home for Gonzales
cents has secured house il
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