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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
CATHOLIC DEAF MUTES
CONVENTION OF THEIR SPIRIT
UAL DIRECTORS AT NEW Or
LEANS WILL DISCUSS TOPICS
OF INTEREST.

Under the guiding hand of Rev. F.
A. Moeller, S. j., of Chicago, ILL.,, those
who labor for the spiritual welfare of
Catholic deaf mutes have been gath
cred into an association known as the
Catholic Deaf Mute Conference. This
conference holds it's annual meeting
at the time of the convention of the
Catholic Educational Association, and
under the patronage of this organiza-
tion. The program for the next meet
ing, which will be held at New Or
leans, June 80 to July 8, is given
herewith:
Address-Rev. F. Bede Mailer, 0. S.
B., Chinchuba, La.
Paper-Ts 1t Worth While?" by a
Sister of st. Joseph, ST. Louis, Mo.
REPRESENTATIONS of the Adult
Deaf in the South" Rev. Daniel D.
Higgins, C. SS. R., New Orleans, la.
Paper-"Our Silent People in the
Northwest" Rev. James A. Donahoe
ST. Paul, MINI.
General Topics School Manage
ment, Boarding and Day Schools, ;
"The Oral Method in the Preparation
of Children for First Holy Com
munion,' Teachers of the Deaf" "Vo
cational Classes" Monument to Able
De IEpee."
There is no doubt that much has
been done for the spiritual welfare OF
our silent brethren through the me
dunn of these annual conferences. The
workers in this field know one an
other, they exchange views in regard
to conditions and methods of work
and there is a zeal shown in provid
ing for the spiritual needs Of this
class that has already borne good fruit
and must produce even better results
in the future.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
FOR SISTERS
FRIENDS UNIVERSITY, KANSAS,
GIVES DIPLOMAS TO TWO SIS
TIERS OF ST. JOSEPH FOR POST
GRADUATE WORK IN ENGLISH.

At the Friends University, Wichita,
Kan, this month, two of the teachers
at the Catholic school, Sisters Ade-
laide Marie and Sister Edith, will re-
ceive the degree of Master Of Arts,
for exhaustive studies prosecuted dur
ing the past three years in the regular
branches of English Literature.
Friends University ranks very high
among the recognized educational in
stitutions of the state of Kansas. It's
curriculum and the standard of its de-
grees are substantially the same as
those of Princeton, Yale and Harvard.
The subjects of theses for the treat
ment of which the Sisters have quail
fed for their diplomas, are: "a Study
of the Style of John Henry (Cardinal)
Newman and "The Kingsley-Newman
Controversy"
Sister Adelaide Marie completed her
preparatory work in Roxbury, Mass,
and Rochester, New York, while Sis
ter Edith pursued her previous studies
at the State Normal School of Kansas
and at the affiliated institutions Of the
Catholic University, Washington, D. Z.
Two other Sisters of the same COM
munity, Sister M. Louise and Sister
Mary Gregory, will return from Wash
ington, d. c., this month, after having
secured the degree of B. A.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07

ing tinted green and tan blending into
ivory. The woodwork is painted
light green to match the walls. A
noteworthy feature is the lighting
system which is semi-indirect, the
light coming from concealed bulbs
arranged on three sides of the room
near the ceiling. Additional illumin-
alton is secured through a skylight,
thirty by forty. feet in size. through
which thirty-six electric bulbs shed a
mellow glow. The remainder of the
floor is divided into a ladies' recep-
tion room, mems room, lobby, dining
room, kitchen, and check-room for
five hundred people. This floor can
be reached by an outside stairway
opening from the vestibule, and when
ever the auditorium is used for a pub
lie or semi-public function it's patrons
can pass in and out without going
through the private club rooms on the
first floor.
The third floor is divided into
twenty-three outside bedrooms which
are occupied by members of the Coun-
Gil. These rooms are supplied with
hot and cold water, clothes closet
and the usual furnishings Above
this is roof garden, one hundred by
forty feet in area, with a pergola ex-
tending beyond the parapets. A sys-
tenn of house telephones connects
every room in the building with the
secretarys Office.
In the basement there is gymnas-
ium as large in area as the audito-
rum, swimming pool twenty-four by
sixty-one feet, a locker room, twenty
by twenty-eight, Turkish baths and
special shower baths for the ac-
commodation of the patrons of the
gymnasium. This portion of the build
ing is not yet completed. Plans are
being made to equip it with all the
modern accessories of an up-to-date
gymnasium and it is estimated that
$4,000 will be required for this pur-
pose. The athletic department will,
it is hoped, be ready in the fall and
will be opened not only to the
members of the Council, but also to
the Catholic young men and women
of st. Paul for whom certain days
each week will be reserved exclusively.
Between the Club House and
Fifth Street there is plot of ground,
fifty by one hundred and twenty feet
in area, which is valued at $4,000.
This will be made into lawn courts
and tennis grounds for outdoor re-
creation for the members of the Coun-
Gil
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A Living Martyrdom.

Such an ignominious punishment
was not suffered long. A few weeks
later the Roman priests came by night
and carried off the Pope from his ter
rible occupation to the palace of the
matron Lucina, who, like the mobiles
of Ireland, England, Germany and
France later on, often served the
Church in need During his period
Of captivity in the stables the holy
Pontiff directed his clergy by letters
conveyed to them secretly, and now,
among his own again, he set about
rearranging ecclesiastical affairs.
But the Emperor was not to be
baked of his prey. Marcellus would
not stay with the beasts? Well, the
beasts will stay with Marcellus. And
one morning the peaceful household
was rudely awakened to find that the
tyrant's cruelty had actually sent a
number Of beasts with their attend
ants to be kept in the mansion of
Lucina and to be served by the Pope
himself. Perhaps fiendishness could
not go further. The Supreme Pontiff
was back at his old work, this time
in the oratory which Lucina had fitted
up, but which was now turned into
a stable. The end was nigh. The
fetid stables, the ill-treatment re-
ceived during his hours of degrading
labor, his fasts and watchings were
soon to use up the Pontiff's strength
and the day came when Marcellus
sank down and died in that disgusting
spot.
Today on the Corso the Church of
st. Marcello, tended by the Servites
stands upon the site of that mansion
which the Emperor had turned into a
stable for his beasts. Under the high
altar lie the remains of Pope st. Mar
cellus inclosed in an urn of basalt, at
which the faithful kneel in reverence.
And the name of his prosecutor is re-
membered mainly because he had
made the pontificate of Pope Marcel
lus, which lasted two years, six months
and twenty-one days, living martyr.
DOM
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
TRINITY COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT WEEK BEGAN
WITH PONTIFIcAL MASS BY THE
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE AND SER
MON BY DR.. TuRNER-DlPLo-
MAS CONFERRED BY BISHOP
GARRIGAN-ADDRESS BY DR..
PALLEN.

Trinity College, Washington, d. c.,
inaugurated commencement week on
Sunday, June 1, with Pontifical High
Mass celebrated by the Most Reverend
Archbishop Bonzano, Apostolic Dele
gate, at which the Reverend William
Turner, D. D., professor of Philosophy
at the Catholic University, preached
the baccalaureate sermon.
Monday, June 2, concert was Civ
en- by the Cecilian Society; Tuesday,
June 8, 'Tngomar" was presented by
the Dramatic Society, and Wednesday
was "class day"
The final exercises of the week took
place Thursday, June 5, with the con-
ferring of degrees by the Right Rev
erend Bishop Garrigan of Sioux City,
Iowa, formerly Vice Rector of the
Catholic University, and member of
the advisory board of the college The
address to the graduates was delivered
by DR.. Conde B. Pallen, managing edi-
tor of the Catholic Encyclopedia.
This was the most successful year in
the history of Trinity College and its
graduating class is the largest. Great
interest centers in these exercises,
which are attended by large numbers
of people from all sections of the
United States.
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new CHURCH DEDICATED
CARDINAL GIBBONS PoNTIFIcA-
TED IN ST. AGNES CHURCH,
BROOKLYN, WHICH WAS DEDI-
GATED BY BISHOP MCDONNELL
SERMON BY BISHOP o'coN-
NELL OF RICHMOND.

The new ST. Agnes Church, Brook
lyn, N. Y, of which the Right Rever-
end Mgr. James S. Duffy is pastor,
was dedicated with impressive cere-
money last Sunday by Right Reverend
Bishop Mcdonnell of Brooklyn, as
sisted by number of the clergy.
After the dedication ceremony Sol
emn Pontifical Mass was celebrated
for the first time in the new edifice by
His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, who
ordained Monsignor Duffy in Balti-
more forty-one years ago. The ser
mon was preached by Right Reverend
Bishop O'Connell of Richmond.
In the evening Solemn Vespers and
Benediction of the Most Blessed Sac
rament were held in the new church,
the Right Reverend George W. Mum
delein, Auxiliary-B Bishop of Brooklyn,
being the officiating prelate
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
CATHOLIC ORDER Of F0REsTERs
THE MOST REVEREND ARCH
BISHOP PRAISES THEIR GEN.
ERoslTY TOWARDS THE COL
LEGE OF ST. THOMAS.

The following letter, addressed to
Mr.. G. w. Stenger, State Secretary of
the Catholic Order of Foresters, ac-
knowleges the receipt of their large
donation to the College of ST.
Thomas:
St. Paul, Mimi, May 8, 1918.
My dear sir:
Permit me to ask that you be my
intermediary in thanking for me the
members of the several Courts of
MEMS Catholic Foresters" of Mime
sofa, for the generous donation they
have made to the College of st.
Thomas, st. Paul. The donation
amounted to the sum of $5,650.5O
This was of great value to the Col
lege in the effort it's directors were,
at the time, making to secure from
it's friends at home total of an en-
dowment fund upon which was con-
ditioned a rather large contribution
from the American Educational Board
of New York; and as the one most
deeply concerned in the welfare and
the growth of the College, am very
specially grateful to all who, in it's
hour of need, rallied bravely to the
rescue.
BY their donation of the sum of
$5,650.5O the Catholic Foresters of
Minnesota have proved both their in
telligence of mind, in understanding
the Importance to the interests of
religion of having among them high
class institute of Catholic education,
and their liberality of heart, in max
ing sacrifices towards it's maintenance
and further prosperity.
The Catholic Foresters of Mime
sofa have merited we'll the title of
valiant auxiliaries to the Church in
it's work of charity and of education;
in return I gladly declare myself their
grateful debtor.
Very sincerely,
JOHN IRELAND,
Archbishop of st. Paul
Mr.. George w. Stenger.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
HEADS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
BROTHER INFER ELECTED SU-
PERIoR GENERAL-SPENTS SOME
YEARS IN AMERICA.

The general chapter of the Order of
the Christian Brothers in session in
the Motherhouse at Lambecq-les-Hal,
Belgium, elected new general of the
Order.
Brother Imier, who spent several
years in the United States, was
chosen head of the community. With
him we're elected ten new assistants,
who will aid in the general govern
ment of the Order.
Brother Imier was born in France,
entered the Order very young and
later became Provincial of one of the
French districts. He came to the
United States and after several years
of residence in this country he was
promoted to the Office OF assistant to
the Superior General, having under
his jurisdiction the Brothers Colleges
in Ireland and England.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
LAST or MARTYRED POPEs
CELEBRATION AT ROME OF THE
SIXTEENTH CENTENARY OF
THE ELECTION OF POPE MAR
CELLUS l.

On May 27 Rome celebrated the six
Pope Marcellus l, the Pontiff to whose
lot it fell to be the last successor of
Peter to suffer martyrdom for the
faith. Marcellus was a Roman born
in the vicinity of the busy Corso, now
the principal street of Rome. His
whole life was passed in the Eternal
City, and on the Corso his death took
place. The Romans love dearly their
own saints and Pontiffs, so that it was
with eagerness they looked forward
to the fiesta" worthy of the last mar
tyred Pope.
When Marcellus came to the throne
in 308 the chair of Peter had been
vacant for four years. Persecution
and turmoil had prevented gather
ing of the clergy, and it fell to Mar
cellus, first priest of the late Pope
Marcellino, who had been beheaded,
to administer the affairs of the
Church until conclave could be held.
At last the opportunity came and the
clergy of Rome elected Marcellus to
Peters throne on May 27, 308, the
thirty-frst Vicar of Christ.
His rule was firm yet mild. He
feared not the two powerful enemies
whom he should confront sooner or
later, the Emperors Licinius and Gal
lerius, between whom the world was
then divided. If he knew any fear,
it would be of the renegades from the
faith, who at this time returned ask
ing pardon for their lapse and read
mission to the Church. For the "lapsi'
were many, and the weaker and vainer
of the penitent ones refused to per-
form the public penances upon which
the new Pope insisted. And SO the
crisis which the Pope foresaw the
day of his coronation was precipi-
tated. Heraclius was not to be out
done by stern Pontiff. He would ap-
peal to the Caesar, the Pontifex Maxi
mus of pagandom, against the require
ments of Marcellus. And Emperor
Maxentius grew wroth on hearing that
the head of "the new superstition, :
as the pagans called Christianity, re-
fused to lay aside the title of Supreme
Pontiff, and the imperial decree laid
down that Pope Marcellus was to offer
sacrifice to the pagan gods of Rome
or die But Maxentius was too re-
fined in his cruelty and his vanity was
too deeply wounded by this Christian
rival of his to dispose of the Pope in
the ordinary way. The '1apsi" who
had played the part of Judas might
now be satisfied, for the Emperor con-
demned the Pope, the Supreme Pastor
of the Church, to attend the wild
beasts in their stables, which were
then near the spot on which the
Roman College now stands beside the
Corso.
So the Vicartof Christ had to con-
sort with the lowest of the Roman
rabble I'm the capacity Of 'cata-
bulenses," a keeper of the stables of
the wild animals!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
LETTER OF THE MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP
SPIRITUAL RETREATS FOR THE CATHOLIC LAITY

tion is for the body, what the process
of an exact taking of stock is for the
man of business. The spiritual re-
treat may seem unusual and extraor-
binary, because the health of the soul
is so seldom thought of, because the
great question of it's life and saliva
ton is so crowded out of view by the
waves of worldliness through which
we journey across the earth, because
the continuous sight of the temporary
and the transient so blinds us to the
vision of the realities of the super
natural and the eternal.
The spiritual retreat for the laity
is not accounted among the obliga-
tory methods of working out ones
salvation: nor is it, indeed, within
the compass of the multitude. 1t is
reserved for the privileged few. Only
the few can, even for brief period
of time, cut themselves off from their
daily labors: only the few have that
high sense of the value of things
supernal which counsels the uncom-
mon in the cultivation of the soul
and of it's heaven-reaching interests.
To such, however, as are capable of
it, the spiritual retreat comes as a
special favor from Almighty God, as
a precious means of winning over to
the soul richest graces and blessings
in time and in eternity
Spiritual retreats for members of
the Laity are rather of recent intro
duction among Catholics in America.
Where, however, they have come into
practice, the results have been most
gratifying. Hence the provisions
now made for retreats near our homes
the retreat for men, at the st. Paul
Seminary; the retreat for women, at
the St. Joseph's Academy.
While for reasons already stated I
do not expect throngs of attendants
at either of those retreats, should
be very much surprised If / were not
to see there goodly numbers of those
Catholics in whose intelligence and
piety have been long accustomed
to repose the pride and the hope of
the Diocese of st. Paul
+JOHN IRELAND,
Archbishop of st. Paul.
ST. Paul, June 5th, 1913.
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new COLLEGE BUILDING
CORNERSTONE or BOSTON COL
LEGE ADDITION TO BE LAID
JUNE is.

The Right Reverend ]. G. Anderson,
D. D., Auxiliary Bishop Of Boston, has
appointed Sunday, June Is, for the
ceremony of laying the cornerstone of
the Administration Building of the
new Boston College on University
Heights, Newton, and the blessing of
the building. The sermon will be
preached by Rev. Walter A. Drum, S.
J., professor Of Sacred Scripture i'm
Woodstock College. The religious
ceremonies win begin at o'clock
Following these exercises there will
be a celebration in commemoration
of the golden jubilee of the college
under the auspices Of the Alumni As
sociation.
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TO THE CLERGY OF THE DID,
CESE OF ST. PAUL:
Rev. Dear Father:


cEsE OF ST. PAUL:
Rev. Dear Father:
You will please make known to the
within the next few weeks spiritual
retreats for the Laity will be held in
st. Paul-that for men, at the St.
Paul Seminary, beginning on the even
ing of Thursday, June 26th, and clos
ing on the morning of the following
Monday-that for women, at st. Jo-
seph's Academy, beginning on the
evening of Thursday, July 18th, and
closing on the morning of the follow
ing Monday.
The retreat for men will be in the
charge of Very Rev. Walter Elliott,
Superior of the Paulist Missionary
Home in Washington; that for wom-
en-, in the charge of the Rt Rev. John
P. Carroll, Bishop of Helena.
Detailed information with regard
to the retreat for men may be had in
response to letters addressed to "Rev.
Bernard Feeney, the st. Paul Semi
nary and with regard to the retreat
for women, in response to letters ad-
dressed to Sister M. Eugenia, st.
Joseph's Academy, st. Paul."
The intent of the spiritual retreat
is to afford to such Catholics as may
be drawn thither the opportunity of a
few days retirement from the dis
fractions of ordinary life with view
to the special and uninterrupted con-
centration of thought and attention
upon the all-important question pro-
pounded by the Saviour: What doth
it profit a man if he gain the whole
world, and suffer the loss of his own
soul?"
The spiritual retreat is the close
and thoughtful introspection into
ones soul under the guidance of pru-
dent and skilled direction, a thorough
diagnosis of its condition, present
and prospective, as God himself sees
and knows this condition, to the end
that maladies be healed, menacing
dangers be averted, growth in grace
and holiness be encouraged and
strengthened.
The spiritual retreat is for the soul
what the searching medical examina-
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X. OF C. HOME DEDICATED

THE MOST REVEREND ARCH
BISHOP, THE SUPREME KNIGHT
AND THE STATE DEPUTY DE-
LIVER ADDRESSES COMMEND
ING THE COUNCIL, PRAlsING
THE WORK OF THE ORDER
AND MAPPING OUT THE LINES
OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
THE MOST REVEREND ARCH
BISHOP RECOMMENDS SPECIAL
EFFORTS TO SPREAD CATHOLIC
LITERATURE.
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BUILDING ERECT
ED BY ST. PAUL COUNCIL HAS
ALL THE APPOINTMENTS OF A
MODERN CLUB HoUSE-FINEST
AUDITORIUM IN THE NORTH
WEST-ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
FOR CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN AND
WON FURNISHINGS AND
FIXTURES OF THE FINEST-AN
IMPOSING STRUCTURE COSTING
ABOUT $4,000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-07
CATHOLIC SETTLEMENT WORK
PLAN FOR SOCIAL BETTERMENT
WORK AMONG FOREIGNERS
IN LOS ANGELES.

The Right Reverend Thomas ]. Con-
atty, D. D., Bishop of Monterey and
Los Angeles, Cal, has given his ap-
proval of the plans of the Brownson
House Association for its new build
ings, three in number, and architec-
turally harmonious. One of the build
ings ID a beautiful chapel, and one is
for settlement workers. The aim of
Brownson House Association is to CO.
operate more fully in the general
Catholic scheme for social betterment
especially among the great foreign
population. Most OF these people of
foreign birth are Catholics.
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FIRST CHINESE NUN DEAD
SISTER MAGDALEN TAM IN RE-
LIGIoN FOR OVER FIFTY
THREE YEARS.

The first Chinese woman to become
a nun died at the Italian convent at
Hong Kong at the ripe old age of
eighty-three. Sister Magdalen Tam
entered the Italian convent in Hong
Kong in 1860 as novice and after
ward took charge of the orphan girls.
this duty until lately, when
the weight of years made it impossi-
BILE for her to do so.
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CARDINAL FERRATA
ARcHPRIEsT OF ST. JOHN LA
TERAN TAKES POSSESSION.

His Eminence Cardinal Ferrata, the
new Archpriest of st. John Lateran,
took solemn possession of the famous
basilica during the last week of May,
and presented to it the beautiful jewel
studded gold chalice which was given
to him during the Eucharistic Con
gress at Malta over which he presided
as Legate of the Pope.
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PSALM XII.
UsoUEoUo, Domino.
written for The Catholic Bulletin
by Helen Hughes HieIscher.)

How long, Oh Lord, wilt Tnou forget
And turn away Thy face?
Wilt Thou forget me to the end,
Nor show me hope nor grace?
How long must l within my heart,
Take counsel with my grief,
And see the foe exult DER me?
Come, Lord, to my relief.
Oh! Light give to my weary eyes,
Lest they in death should fail;
And foes above my fallen head
Should boast that they prevail.
The enemies that watch my steps
Rejoice when I am moved,
But I will put my trust in Thee,
Whose mercy I have proved.
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FROM FOREIGN LANDS
LARGE NUMBER OF POLES AND
ITALIANS IN CHICAGO.

Warsaw, the leading Polish city,
has 100000 Polish citizens, and Chica-
go is the second Polish city, with
100000 Chicago's italian population
now numbers 100000. All these peo-
pie are, or should be, members of the
Catholic Church.
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ANCIENT CATACOMB

On Sunday, May 25, His Eminence
Cardinal Cassetta, Bishop OF Frascati
and Prefect of the Congregation Of
of Studies, oficiated at Solemn Bene-
diction in the second century cata-
comb which was recently discovered
at TuscuIum i'm the Alban Hills, ten
miles from Rome, and which has now
been fully explored.
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The Auditorium.

From this floor a broad iron stair
way leads to the second sttry, where
the principal feature is an Auditorium,
or Council chamber, one of Ehe largest
and most artistically finished in the
Northwest. 1t is eighty feet long by
sixty-five wide, with a stag twenty by
thirty, and a thirty-foot broscenium
arch. The seating capadty is one
thousand. The auditoriumlis finished
in ornamental plaster, tn walls be