The Catholic bulletin., 1914-11-28
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Dublin Priests IN BfookiynI-olA
young priests from Dublin have been
temporarily assigned to duty in the
diocese of Brooklyn.
One Hundred and Seven Years Old.
The dioceses of New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston and Louisville are now
in the 107th year of their corporate |
existence.
100000 Parochial School.-A paro- |
chial school costing about 100000 has
just been completed by Rev. William
]. Costello, of the Church of the Holy
Innocents, Brooklyn.
War Takes Professors.-Prof Tell |
lard and Rev. G. M. Savage, of the
teaching staff of the Catholic Univer-
sity Washington, D. c., will not return
to their chairs because of the war.
Six new instructors have been added
to the faculty.
Nuns Sixtieth AnniVersary.-Rev.
Mother Stanislaus of the Convent OF
the Incarnate Word in Brownsville,
Texas, recently celebrated the sixtieth
anniversary of her profession.
Memorial Church.-The beautiful
brownstone church at Fillmore, N. Y,
the gift of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Shay in
memory of their deceased son, and
costing over $4,000, was recently con-
II. n loo
H. Cotton, D. D., Bishop of Buffalo.
New Jersey lIIiterates.-New Jersey
has 1852 illiterates and 25,522 of
them live on the farms. There are a.
975 boys and 10,547 girls and women
on the farms Of this state that can
neither read nor write
San Francisco Catholic Truth So
ciety.-San Francisco is to have a
Catholic Truth Society. Rev. Thomas
Cullen, G.. S. P, rector of old St.
Mary's, is at the head of the move
ment, which is cordially approved by
Right Reverend Edward J. Hanna, D.
D., Auxiliary Bishop Of the diocese.
ST. AIMS Hospital at Juneau.-St.
AIMS Hospital at Juneau, perhaps the
finest hospital in all Alaska, was
formally opened recently. Governor
Strong delivered a dedicatory address,
dwelling at length on the good work
the noble Sisters of ST. Ann have done
and are doing in the country. The
new institution was erected at a cost
of 100000.
Advertising, as College subject.-St.
Xavier College, Cincinnati, has added
practical course in advertising to it's
other similar courses in commerce, ac-
counts, finance and journalism. The
new course will be in charge of Rem
Mulford, Jr., vice president Of the ad-
vertising agency of the Blaine-Thomp-
son Co.
Sisters Academy Dedicated.-The
new villa Maria Academy of the Sister
Servants of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, near Frazer Pa, was recently
dedicated by Archbishop Prendergast.
It is 317X136 feet and occupies 200
acres. It's dome is 149 feet high,
topped by 10-foot statue of the I'm
maculate Conception.
Priest Represents State.-In the
program arranged for the presentation
of the new silver service to the battle
ship Texas, which took place at Gal
weston, Texas, recently, the place OF
honor was assigned to Very Rev. ]. M
Kirwin, Vicar General of the diocese OF
Galveston and president of the dio
cesar institute, st. Mary Seminary
La Porte. Father Kirwin, in his ad
dress on the occasion, represented the
State of Texas.
Venerable Nun Dies.-On All Souls
Day, the remains Of Sister Mary
Bridget Smith we're laid in the Do
minicans' tomb in st. Louis cemetery
New Orleans She was in her eighty
fourth year, and on November 5, woulC
have celebrated the sixtieth anniver
sary of her profession. She was one
of the first band of Dominican Sisters
to come to New Orleans from Ireland
more than fifty years ago, to found the
southern community.
5equests to Catholic Charities
Francis Higgins, vice-president of thC
Board of Managers of the New Yorl
Catholic Protectory, who died Novem
ber Is, 1913, left a total estate o
$255,7S3, having a net value of 1924,
182. His charitable bequests included
Catholic Orphan asylum, st. Vincent'
hospital, Little Sisters of the Poor
Society of st. Vincent de Paul, Sana
torium Gabriels, the Seton hospita
and the Servants of Relief, each $4,000
Mexican Sisters in New Orleans
Six refugee Sisters from Mexico
known as the 'tSiervas de Maria" o.
Servants of Mary, who have enjoyed
the hospitality of the "Motherhous,
of Our Lady of Providence" in Sal
Antonio, Texas, during the past month
have gone to New Orleans to establish
a house in that city, at the invitation
of the Most Reverend Archbishop
Blenk. The Sisters will live on aims
and devote themselves to the care O
the INDECENT sick in their homes, a.
they did in Mexico.