The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-30

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Soldiers Letters PrlviIeged.-Amer-
lean soldiers, sailors and marines,
whether in the United States or not
may send their letters without the
prepayment of postage to any place in
the domestic mail service by marking
them soldiers letter." sailors let
ter or marines letter." and having
them endorsed by their commanding
officer, under an order recently issued
by Postmaster General Burleson. Only
a single rate of postage will be
charged and this will be collected
when the letter is delivered.
KopIing House Opened-The mag
nificent new headquarters of the
Katholischer Gesellen-Verein (Society
of Catholic Journeymen), known as
the Kolping House, at 165 East Eigh-
ty-eighth street, New York, was form
ally dedicated by the Right Rev.
Monsignor Joseph F. Mooney, P. A.,
v. G., on Sunday evening, May 10. A
representative gathering of Germans
and German-Americans filled the
house. Father Otto Kolping, after
whom the new house is named, was
born in 1913 of humble parents. He
| learned the trade of shoemaker and
as a, journeyman travelled from city to
city to improve his skill, as was the
custom in those days. In his travels
he had ample opportunity to become
acquainted with the miserable condi-
lions which surrounded young work
ingmen, far from their homes and
without the protection and guidance
of their priests. These conditions
touched his heart and fastened his
resolution to become priest and to
devote his life to the moral and social
welfare of the working class, especial
ly of mechanics.
Dinner for PreIates.-Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Burial Hoffman, of New
York, gave Cardinal Gibbons and Mgr.
Shahan a dinner before they sailed for
Naples. Mgr. Shahan was present
ed with a handsomely Illuminated re-
port of the National Organization of
Catholic Women for the building of a
National Shrine at the Catholic Uni
versity. This report is to be present
ed to Plus x
A Pertinent Question.-This month
at the Cornerstone laying Of the Cathe-
dral parish school, Philadelphia, Mgr.
McDevitt, superintendent of parochial
schools, in his address, put this query:
For the moment let us suppose that
next all parish schools should be
closed, and that the Catholics of Phil
adelphia should no longer carry on at
their own expense the education of
$4,000 children; that this army of
little ones should present themselves
at the public schools in September for
free education. What would be the
result of this order? We can readily
picture the CONSERVATION of the Board
of Education"
Workmen Honor Cardinal Begin
His Eminence, Cardinal Begin, re-
ceived most gratifying evidence of the
esteem in which he is held in Quebec,
on his departure for Rome Hundreds
of workmen, in their working clothes,
thronged the palace, to congratulate
him; and there were many other DEM
onstrations of affection. On his re-
turn, in June, celebrations on large
scale will take place.
Military Mass at Vera Cruz.-The
soldiers of the Fourth Field Artillery
were present at the military Mass, at
Vera Cruz, May 10. The service was
conducted by two chaplains, Father
Reaney of the Utah, and Father Joyce
of the Fourth Artillery. 1t was a
quaint ceremony. The altar was made
of ammunition boxes, with the regi-
mental flags held on either side. The
band was in front, and beyond that a
semicircle of hundred men with
heads barred as the Mass was said.
Along the shattered facade of the ma
val school men perched in balconies
and broken windows. Beyond; rows
of army mules we're eating hay, and
still further beyond were the sea and
the anchored feet. Chaplain Reaney
said Mass, Chaplain Joyce added a
few words, and the band, which had
played at intervals during the Mass,
played 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner
at the end.
Catholic Home for Pacific Sailors.
l-Bremerton, Wash, the station of
the Pacific Reserve Fleet of the u. s.
Navy, is to have Catholic Home for
Sailors. The Catholic population,
numbering sixty families, has pro-
vided a most desirable piece of build
ing ground, 100 by 100 feet, valued at
$4,000, and commanding an excellent
view of Puget Sound and the navy
yard and turned it over to the com
mittee. The clubhouse to be built on
this property will be known as the
| Robert Monaghan Home" Ensign
Monaghan was a native son of the
state of Washington, Catholic who
gave up his life to rescue his wounded
commanding officer from the enemy
on the bloody battlefield near Apia,
Samoa, on April 1, 1899. Bishop
O'Dea warmly approves of the project,
as the opening of the Panama Canal
will double the number of sailors at
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