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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20

Father Gordon is still close to the
primitive Indian of America. With
all the culture that conscientious
study, extensive travel and the best
Catholic seats of learning can give
to one of his years, the young priest
still loves his race with patriotic and
religious devotion. He is proud of
his Chippewa blood and hopes to Ia
Dor in the Indian missions of his ma
tive diocese. He will celebrate his
first Solemn High Mass on the Feast
of the Epiphany at the Odanah Indian
Reservation in st. Mary's Church,
which stands alongside of his first
Alma Mater, st. Mary's Industrial
School. On this occasion Father Cor
don plans to have among the clergy
assisting him several of the truest
friends of his race, the Indian mis-
sionaries. The scholarly historian of
the Indians, Reverend Chrysostom
Verywyst, o. F. M, of Ashland, whose
Indian title is. Akinwensi (Gray
Haired Old NAM, will act as chaplain
to Bishop Koudelka. Other noted mis-
sionaries who will assist are the Rev
erend Simon Lampe, o. S. B., who
has spent twenty-five years among the
Indians, and Reverend Oderic De
senthal, o. F. M, whose Indian title
is Egashind Inini Oittle Man,.
Father Gordons gratitude to his
early teachers is indicated by his anx-
ious desire to advance the interests
of the Indian schools in the Diocese
of Superior. These schools formerly
received liberal aid from the govern
ment, but this aid is gradually being
withdrawn. st. Mary's School itself,
where this young priest first came
under the influence of Catholic Sis
ters, is now suffering by reason of
this withdrawal of government sup
port In it $50 Indian children are be-
ing educated and trained in various in
dustrial pursuits by fifteen Franciscan
Nuns. Yet only two of those nuns
now receive pay from the govern
ment, and when they quit teaching no
others will be allowed to become gov
ernment teachers. The school will
then have to depend entirely on the
generosity of the public. y
In letter to us Father Gordon
speaks of the present state of st.
Mary's Industrial School Call the
attention of all your readers" he
writes, ito the condition of our Indian
schools. These schools are not self
supporting and the Sisters have about
all they can do to keep above water,
not to mention very necessary addi-
tions that ought to be made. The Sis
ters' school at Odanah is actually in
state of physical decay and no money
to repair it."
Father Gordon is now enjoying a
few weeks vacation with his parents
in Superior. Later on he will go to
Odanah to prepare for the Solemn
High Mass on the Feast of the Epiph.
any.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
POLICE GAZETTE BARRED.
SECRETARY OF WAR APPROVES
REQUEST OF CATHOLIC ARMY
CHAPLAIN AND THE PAPER
WILL NOT BE FURNISHED FOR
THE SOLDIERS.

The Army Regulations prescribe
that at each permanent post suitable
rooms will be set apart for use as
library, reading-room, chapel and
school. The Chief of the Quartermas-
ter Corps will procure and forward
to post Libraries such newspapers and
periodicals and to post schools such
schoolbooks, stationery and school
material for the use of enlisted men
as are authorized by the Secretary of
War.
AS a rule, a chaplain is detailed as
post librarian, who will have charge
Of the post library.
Rev. Franz J. Feinler, the Catholic
chaplain of the 18th Regiment Of In
fantry on duty in the Philippine
Islands, requested that the Police Ca
zette be removed from the list Of
newspapers and periodicals supplied
for use of the enlisted men Of the
army. Father Feinler's request has
been approved by the Secretary of
War, and the Police Gazette will not
be included n the next list published
for supply OF newspapers and periodi-
calls Co military post libraries.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20

fight against the Indians, while the
Sisters crouched in fear and tremb-
ling in the caravan. The soldiers put
the Indians to flight and escorted the
Bishop and his party for some dis
tance on their homeward journey.
Years afterwards Lieutenant Gerlach
visited Santa Fe on business and was
most kindly received by the Bishop
and the Sisters who tried in every
possible way to show their apprecia-
ton of the assistance which he gave
them in their hour Of need.
Colonel Gerlach rose from the ranks
and all his promotions were due to
merit He is a gallant soldier with
an enviable record for fidelity to the
best traditions of the United States
army and to the highest duties of
American citizenship. Despite his age
he is still vigorous and bids fair to en-
joy for many years the blessings of
the true faith which have come to
him in the evening of life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
PRIEST ORDAINED.
GORDON, THE FIRST IN
DIAN ORDAINED IN AMERICA
OTHER INDIAN PRIESTS - A
SKETCH OF FATHER GORDON'S
LIFE-FIRST HIGH MASS WILL
BE SUNG AT ODANAH, WIS.

The first Indian priest to receive
Holy Orders in the United States, Rev.
Philip B. Gordon, was ordained by
Right Reverend Bishop Koudelka in
the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Superior,
Wis, on the Feast of the Immaculate
Conception.
There are, it is true, a few priests
in this country with Indian blood in
their veins and one full-blooded In
dian, Reverend Albert Negahnquet of
the Pottowattomie tribe, who was
ordained in Rome in 1907. Another
priest of Indian descent is Reverend
w. H. Ketchem, Director of the
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions,
Washington, D. c., who is one-six-
teenth Choctaw.
Bishop Fenwick, of Cincinnati, who
died in 1882, sent two young men of
the Chippewa tribe to the Propaganda
in Rome to study for the priesthood.
One of them was accidentally killed
during the carnival festivities in
Rome; the other gave up his studies
and returned to his tribe, where he
lived a good Catholic life and served
as Catechist to his fellow tribesmen.
Father Gordon is seven-eighths In
dian, his mother being of pure Chip
pewa blood and his father, three
fourths Indian. He was born in 1887
at Gordon, little village in Douglas
County, Wisconsin, which received it's
name from Father Gordon's grand
father, Antoine Gordon. The old log
house in which Ti-bish-ko-gi-jik, the
Indian name of the young priest, was
born is still standing.
Philip Gordon received the greater
part of his education in Catholic in
stitutions. He was sent for three
years to the district school of his ma
tive village and then was entered as
a boarder at st. Mary's Industrial
School, Odanah, Wisconsin, conducted
by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual
Alteration of La Crosse, where he re-
mained for four years. He was not
yet sixteen when he took the exam
ination for teachers certificate for
Ashland county and was successful
In the following June he graduated
from st. Mary's and the Sisters then
urged him to attend the State Normal
School at Superior. This he did for
one year, during which time he stayed
with Reverend Walter Fardy, now
Monsignor and Vicar General Emeri-
tus of the Diocese of Superior.
After leaving the normal school he
entered the College of st. Thomas,
st. Paul, where he remained for five
years. He graduated in June, 1908,
and in the following September en-
tered the St Paul Seminary, where he
remained one year. The next year
was spent in the American College,
Rome, after which he. went to Inns
bruck, Austria. On his return from
Europe he spent another year at St.
Paul Seminary and finished his
studies at St Johns University, Col
legeville, MINI.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20

Announcement has aready been
made in these pages that the new
Cathedral of st. Paul will be ready for
occupancy before the close of next
year The task of putting on the roof
of the main building and of the cupola
is progressing rapidly; and already
plans have been prepared for the COM
pletion of the interior. Unfortunately,
it will not be possible to finish the
interior entirely before the sacred edi-
fee will be opened to divine worship.
The contract for the ceiling will soon
be awarded, and whatever is neces-
sary to make the Cathedral ready
for the celebration Of Mass will be
provided during the coming year
In view of the fact that we are now
entering upon the final stage in the
construction of this magnificent edi-
fee, it may be we'll to call attention to
what is needed for it's interior adorn-
ment, as well as to the plans that are
being matured for furnishing it with
all that is necessary for Cathedral
of such proportions and magnitude. 1t
is proposed to finish the walls of the
Cathedral itself and of the chapels in
marble or some other suitable stone.
The finish of the sanctuary walls and
their adornment will be in harmony
with the material and design of the
main altar, and will have to be COM
pleted before the Cathedral can be
thrown open to worshippers.
But, in addition to the sanctuary and
main altar, there is number OF
chapels-ten in ALL Two of these,
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary
and to st. Joseph, are located just
inside the vestibule of the Cathedral
The Chapels of St. Peter and of st.
Paul at each side of the sanctuary
are linked together by the chapels en-
circling the sanctuary and dedicated
to the patron saints of the six nations
whose inhabitants make up the pres
ent population of the Northwest, name
ly, st. Patrick, of Ireland; st. Angus
tine, of England; ST. Remy, of France;
St. Boniface, of Germany; SS. Cyril
and Methodius, of the Slavic nations;
and ST. Ansgarius, of the Scandinav-
ian peoples.
These Chapels-both affairs and
walls-will be finished in different
kinds of marble or other stone char
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
RECEIVED INTO THE CHURCH
COLONEL GERLAcH
BECOMES A CATHoLIc-NoTED
INDIAN FIGHTER WHO ROSE
FORM THE RANKS-INSTRuCT-
OR IN MINNESOTA NATIONAL
GUARD.

Last week Lieutenant Colonel Will
liam Gerlach, of Minneapolis, was re-
ceived into the Catholic Church by
the Right Reverend Bishop Lawler
Colonel Gerlach, though a German
Lutheran, has always been very favor
ably disposed towards the Church
Mr. Gerlach was born in the Pro-
vince of Upper Hessen, Germany, No
yember Is, 1885. He landed in Amer
lea in 1852, and four years later be-
came private in the Fourth U. s.
Artillery. During the Civil War he
served as hospital steward, and in
1867 was commissioned Second Lieu
tenant in the Thirty-Seventh Infantry.
Two years later he was transferred
to the Third Infantry. He was made
First Lieutenant in 1879, Captain in
1890, and Major in 1899. He was re-
tired from active service on reaching
the age limit on November Ia, 1899.
Five years later he was made Lieu
tenant Colonel At the request of
Governor Van SAINT, the War Depart
ment detailed him as military instruc-
tor in the Minnesota National Guard,
and at the urgent solicitation of Gov
ernor Johnson the commission was re-
newed indefinitely.
AS an officer in the Thirty Seventh
Infantry Colonel, then Lieutenant,
Gerlach, saw active service In the
field against the Indians along the
Santa Fe route. On one occasion with
a calvary escort of twenty soldiers
and fifty infantry men in wagons he
went to the rescue of Paymaster Rod
ney Smith who, with an escort of
forty men, had been corralled by the
Indians on his way from Fort Dodge
to Fort Lyon. On his return after
escortfng Major Smith beyond the
danger line, he met Bishop Lamy and
a number of Sisters whom he was
taking to Santa Fe to teach in the
schools. They were accompanied by
a number of Mexicans. On the way
they were surrounded by Indians and
when Lieutenant Gerlach came to their
rescue the Bishop was encouraging
his Mexican followers I'm their gallant
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20

acteristic of the countries they repre-
sent. A study of the different kinds
OF material suitable for this purpose
is being made, and when the chapels
are completed their furnishings and
mural adornment win be indicative of
the nation to whose patron Saints
they are dedicated.
1t has already been decided that the
Catholic women of the Archdiocese of
st. Paul will be asked to provide the
altar, furnishings and decorations of
the chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
and preparations are being made to
carry this project into execution. This
chapel and that of ST. Joseph will cost,
when completed, about $4,000. A
smaller sum will be needed to pro-
vide affairs and furnishings for the
chapels of the nations. The honor of
furnishing these chapels will be given
to the people of the different nations
represented among the Catholics of
the Diocese of ST. Paul. Thus, the
chapel of ST. Patrick will be furnished
by Catholics of Irish descent; that of
st. Augustine by the English; that of
st. Remy by the French; that of st.
Boniface by the Germans; that of IS.
Cyril and Methodius by the people of
the Slavic nations. 1t is hoped that
some generous donor will offer to
furnish the chapel of st. Ansgarius as
a tribute to the Norwegians and their
splendid loyalty to the faith in pre-
Reformation days.
1t has not yet been decided what
kind of material will be used in fin
ishing the four large chapels of the
Blessed Virgin, of st. Joseph, of st.
Peter and of st. Paul.
In addition to these chapels, many
things will be needed to complete the
interior furnishing of the new Cathe-
dral, and, no doubt, generous souls
will be found eager to compete for
the honor of doing something special
in this line for the glory of God and
the welfare of religion. 1t may not
be out of place to mention some of
the most important of these fixtures
the main altar and it's furnishings,
lamp, pulpit, baptistry, chandeliers,
stations of the cross, etc. No doubt,
many will be found eager to take to
themselves the honor of providing
some of these necessary furnishings
for the House of God; and those who
can afford to do so should deem it
privilege to come forward as speedily
as possible and tender their services.
Later on, full particulars will be given
and complete information furnished re-
garding the progress of the work.
Now is the time for our generous
Catholics whom Almighty God has
blessed with considerable share of
material riches, to show their graft
tude to Him for the temporal gifts He
has bestowed upon them, by expending
portion of their earthly wealth in
beautifying the magnificent temple
which their generosity and that of
their less-favored Catholic brethren
are erecting, as monument to mark
the progress of religion in the North
west and a worthy temple for the
celebration of the Holy Mysteries.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
The SCOPE OF CHARITY
\ TEXT BOOK ON CATHOLIC
CHARITY WORK FOR ALL WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN SOCIAL RE-
FoRM-WRITTEN BY FATHER
DoNAHoE, CITY MISSIONARY OF
ST. PAUL.

"The Scope of Charity" is the title
of what may not inaptly be called a
textbook for Catholic charity work
ers, written by the Reverend James
Donahoe, City Missionary of st. Paul.
In this book of eighty-seven pages,
Father Donahoe gives the result of
his studies and experience in the do
main Of Catholic charity, especially in
the Twin Cities. The greater part of
his priestly life has been devoted to
this work. As City Missionary of ST.
Paul he has come in contact with peo-
pie of all classes and conditions who
stand in need of material and moral
help-the poor and dependent who
seek financial assistance to enable
them to procure the necessaries of
life, as well as those who stand on the
brink of moral and physical ruin, or
are tending in that direction, and who
need the sustaining hand of encourage
ment and sympathy to rescue them
from their perilous positions and lead
them back to the paths of virtue and
right living.
Father Donahoe's message is ad-
dressed, not merely to those who are
actively engaged in charity work, but
to all Catholics whom he would arouse
to fuller realization of their duty
towards their fellowmen. He places
before them the aim and excellence
of Catholic charity in it's relief, pre-
vention, and rescue work, and calls
attention to the need of greater finan-
cial assistance in order that those who
are personally engaged in this line of
work may not be hampered by want
of funds. He criticises severely the
lack OF practical interest in social re-
form shown by Catholic individuals
and organizations whose cooperation
should be taken for granted In a spe-
cial chapter he deals with the evil
power of the liquor traffic which
he regards as one of the fundamental
causes of the poverty, misery, and
criminal tendencies which he encoun-
ters in the course of his missionary
Even though one does not agree
with all his conclusions, one cannot
fail to realize the sincerity and de-
votion to an ideal which permeates
every page of this volume. 1t is a
work which should be read by all
Catholics, whether they are actively in-
terested in some form of charitable
work or not. It is stimulating and
thought-provoking, and gives one an
excellent idea of the extent and
variety of the work that falls to the
lot Of a city missionary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
NEW CATHEDRAL CHAPELS

PLANS ARE BEING PREPARED FOR
THE FURNISHING OF THE NEW
CATHEDRAL AND ITS TEN CHAP
ELs-FoUR LARGE ONES IN AD-
DITIoN TO THE cHAPELs OF THE
NATIoNs-THE CATHOLIC WoM-
EN- OF THE ARCHDIOCESE WILL
FURNISH THE CHAPEL OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN-THE NATION
AL cHAPELs WILL BE FURNISH
ED BY THE CATHOLICS OF EACH
NATIoN-MANY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR GENEROUS CATHOLICS TO
ASSIST IN SOME SPECIAL MAN
NER.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20

The death of His Eminence Cardi-
nal Rampolla, which took place rather
suddenly in the early morning hours
of December IL, removes from the Sa-
cred College one of it's most illustri-
GUS members. For some time he had
suffered from serious attacks of influ-
enZa, but no one dreamed that the end
was so near. Since the death of Leo
XIII he has lived in retirement in the
Palace of ST. Martha, near ST. Peters,
and devoted himself entirely to his of
fetal duties as a member of some of
the most important Roman Congrega-
tfons, and holding aloof entirely from
affairs pertaining to the foreign pol
icy of the Holy See. He was Arch
priest of st. Peters Basilica, and Sec
retary of the Congregation of the Holy
Office of which the Pope himself is
Prefect.
Cardinal Mariana Rampolla del Tin
daro was born in Polizzi, Sicily, on
August IL, 1843. He was created and
proclaimed Cardinal by His Holiness
Pope Leo XIII in the Consistory of
March IA, 1887, under the title of st.
Cecilia, and was then appointed
Papal Secretary of State, a position
which he occupied until the death of
that Pontiff in 1903 In the Conclave
called to elect successor to Pope
Leo XIII, Cardinal Rampolla would
undoubtedly have been elevated to the
Papal Throne were it not for the veto
interposed by the Emperor of Austria
in the exercise of an old prerogative
which has since been entirely abol-
ished.
Cardinal Rampolla has always been
regarded as one of the most promi-
nent members of the Sacred College
of Cardinals. AS Papal Secretary of
State he was called upon to deal
with some of the most important ques-
tions ever brought before the Holy
See and showed himself an astute
and tactful diplomat In his private
life he was an austere and sanity
prelate, dignified, yet humble, a man
of great learning and unusual ability,
the soul Of kindliness and hospitality.
In his death the Sacred College
mourns a distinguished member and
the Church devoted prelate who
had no other ambition in life than to
serve her interests with the utmost
fidelity and self-consecration.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
.OLD MISSION RESTORED
SAN DIEGO FOUNDED BY FATHER
SIERRA WILL BE RESTORED.

Excavations will soon begin for the
restoration of the old San Diego Mis-
sion, ereEted by Father Junipero Sierra
in 1869.
One of the first pieces of real restor-
alton to be accomplished will be the
erection of cross over the grave of
Father Jayne, in the northeast cor
ner of the grounds. Father Jayne
was the first Jesuit priest killed by
the Indians in California. He was
shot while bearing a cross at the
head of a procession which marched
forth from the mission during an ND
rising Of the Indians.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
SISTERS BRING SUIT
ITALIAN PAPER MADE DEFEND
ANT IN LIBEL SUIT FOR
sLANDERING SISTERS.

Rev. Morgan Sheedy, of Altoona,
Pa, has just brought suit on behalf
of the Sisters of Charity of the Moth
erhouse of the Order at Greensburg
against La Stella D'Italia," an Italian
paper published at Greensburg, Pa,
for printing a scandalous story about
two Sisters from st. Johns Convent,
Altoona. The suit was brought in
the name of the Mother Superior.
A number of suits against non
Catholics who have been vigorous in
the lies published by this
Italian paper are also TO be filed in
connection with the case.
The suit of the Sisters of Charity is
the second of it's kind filed in the
United States recently.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
PRIMATE OF SPAIN
ARCHBISHOP MENENDEZ OF VA.
LENcIA TRANSFERRED TO
TOLEDO.

The primatial and patriarchal See
of Toledo, which became vacant at
the death of Cardinal Aguirre, has re-
ceived a new occupant. The Holy
See in agreement with the Spanish
government has transferred Monsig-
nor Guisasola y Menendez, Archbishop
of Valencia to Toledo.
The new Patriarch of the Indies was
born at Oviedo in 1852. He became
Bishop of Osma in 1893, was trans
ferred to Jaen in 1897, promoted to
Madrid in 1901 and to Valencia in 1905.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
TO THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM

written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Helen Hughes Hielscher.)
Oh, Mary's Child! A shelter rude
Was thine that "holy night"
The beasts around the Manger stood,
And only stars gave light.
Grant me to make within my heart,
A little home for Thee,
OF gold inwrought with wondrous art,
And purple tapestry.
The gold shall be Faith, Hope and
Love,
The purple tapestry
My blood that I would shed to prove
My loyalty to Thee.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-20
CARDINAL RAMPOLLA DIES
SUDDENLY IN ROME

ONE OF THE MOST lLLUSTRIoUS
MEMBERS OF THE SACRED COL
LEGE-PAPAL SECRETARY OF
STATE UNDER POPE LEO Kill
MEMBER OF MANY IMPORTANT
coNGREGATIoNs-LIVED IN RE.
TIREMENT IN ROME.