The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-17

Mission and Industrial School, five
miles from Cranbrook.
A Generous observation-disclosures
Phelan, of Lynn, has given $4,000 to
the building fund of ST. Elizabeth's
Hospital, Boston. He and his wife
gave the main altar in the Church of
st. John the Evangelist, Swampscott,
which was renovated recently.
Father Vorwerk, o. M. Cap, Dead
Very Rev. P. Lawrence Vorwerk, for
three times former Provincial of the
st. Joseph Province of the Capuchin
Order, was found dead in his chair at
the Monastery, in Detroit, Mich, April
rs. His age was seventy-one years.
Mass at Peace Congress.-ln connec-
ton with the opening of the Peace
Congress in st. Louis, there was a
Solemn Mass in the Chapel of st.
Louis University, at which Archbishop
Glennon preached.
Jubilee of Catholic HospitaI.-The
silver jubilee of st. Agnes Hospital,
Philadelphia, was celebrated Monday,
MAY IL, with a Solemn High Mass of
Thanksgiving. From 1883, the year
that witnessed the opening of the
institution, to 1912, inclusive, 166,2O7
cases received attention in the dis
pensary, involving 711,729 visits. In
the same period the hospital wards
sheltered 51,212 patients.
Brooklyn College Accredlted.-The
Board of Regents of the University OF
the State of New York, acceding to
the request of the authorities OF the
Maryland-New York province of the
Society of Jesus, has allowed trans
fer of the charter Of the College of st.
Francis Xavier to Brooklyn College
AS a result of this change Brooklyn
College is now empowered to grant all
degrees that may be conferred by any
college in the State of New York.
Revered Nun of the West Dead
Sister Frederick, "the Angel of the
Camp" in the mining districts of Ne,
vada and California, born in Tip
perary eighty-two years ago, is dead
in San Francisco.
Catholic Society's Splendid Work.
The work of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society in the Archdiocese of Phila.
delphia for the year 1912 was reviewed
at the annual meeting held in the Ca
thedral Chapel on Sunday evening
April q. The occasion was also the
centenary celebration of the birth OF
Frederic Ozanam, founder of the so.
ciety. A summary Of the work per-
formed by sixty reporting conferences
was read, showing that 1891 families
had received relief, as compared with
2,946 the previous year. The mem
bers made 1888 visits to the homes
of the poor, and secured employment
for 2O1 persons. The society expended
S43, 1851 and received $42,244.71. The
report of the sailors committee stated
that 6O2 visits had been made to ships
2l4 men brought to Mass, 267 to con
fession.
Reuuest to Orphan Asylum.-The
late John e. Toole, of Baltimore, de
vised the residue of his estate OF
about $4,000 to st. Mary's Orphan
Asylum.
Chapel for ConsumptiVes Dedicated
On Sunday, May II, His Eminence
Cardinal Farley dedicated the Sacred
Heart chapel lately erected at the Tu
bercular Infirmary on BlackWelPs
Island. The chapel has seating
capacity Of 800. 1t is built of blue
stone with terra Gotta trimmings an6
is neatly furnished with everything
necessary for the convenience OF the
patients. The Mass of dedication was
sung by the Very Rev. Anthony Mas
s. J., Provincial of the Society Of
Jesus.
Ladies Help UrsuIine Nuns.-A banC
of ladies has been organized under
the name of the Ladies' Ursuline
Provincial Auxiliary, to aid the Ursu
line nuns of the northern province II
building a new novitiate on the tract
of land recently presented to the
Order in New York.