The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
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st. Josephine.
The Cross to Shine at Night.-The
new st. James Church at Redondo
Beach, Los Angeles, Cal, is rapidly
nearing completion, the graceful tower
being already an object of interest to
the thousands of visitors to the pretty
seaside town. The cross surrounding
the tower will be electrically lighted,
and, as the site of the church COM
mands a magnificent view of the Pa
cific, the sign of the cross" will be
seen at night for miles out at sea.
Franciscan Mission Never Aban-
doned.-Santa Barbara, which was
founded December 4, 1885,. is the only
mission in California which the Fran
ciscan missionaries were never
forced, even by the act of seculariza-
ton of 1884, to abandon.
New Building in st. Louis Asylum.
The German ST. Vincent Orphan
Asylum in ST. Louis is to have a new
asylum building costing about $780,
900.
The Right Kind of Memorial.-As a
memorial to her father and mother,
Miss Emma Curran has given beau
To Eot
Dempsey's Day Nursery in st. Louis.
Death of Young Kansas Pastoral
Fort Worth, Texas, recently died the
Reverend James Cronin, pastor of
Scammon, Kansas. He had been suf-
fering from tubercular trouble for
more than two years. Born in Beal-
killa, Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland,
September, 1884, he made his studies
at st. Michaeps College, Listowel, and
st. Patrick's College, Carlow. He was
ordained June IS, 1909, and arrived
in Wichita September of that year.
After staying at the Cathedral for
about year he was appointed pas
tor of Garden City. The climate there
was too severe for him and twice he
wintered in San Antonio, Texas. About
eighteen months ago, he was made
pastor of Scammon, Kansas, having
care of the adjoining mission of Weir
City.
Californian Leaves Quarter Million
to Catholic Institutions.-Dr. G. w.
Seifert, who recently died in San
Francisco, in his last will and tesla
ment has proved himself a magnani-
nous patron of Catholic institutions
The University of Santa Clara
through his munificent gift, has been
made the residuary legatee and will
receive in the neighborhood of $780,
000 The College of Notre Dame, San
Jose, gets $4,000, and the O'Connor
Sanitarium $4,000, while other insti
tutions outside the State are treated
with equal generosity.
Sisters New Infirmary.- Joseph's
| Infirmary and Chapel at Paris, Texas
erected by the Sisters of Charity OF
the Incarnate Word, and recently
dedicated, is fireproof structure con
tanning a hundred private rooms be
sides medical and surgical wards and
two operating rooms with all the most
modern adjuncts.
Vincentian Dies on ST. Vincent:
Day.-Rev. John J. Schlereth, G.. M.
native of ST. Louis, died on the
Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, founder
of the Order, at st. Vincent's Insti
tute, st. Louis, Mo. The cause of hi:
death was tuberculosis of the bone
He was forty-three years old, and was
educated in st. Louis in the Christian
Brothers College and made his theo
logical studies at st. Mary's Semi
nary, Perryville, Mo-, where he Joined
the Congregation of the Mission. Afte1
graduating he went to Los Angeles
Cal, for his health. While there, IL
1896, he was ordained by Bishop Mont
gomery. He returned to st. Mary:
Seminary in 1896, where he became
professor of sacred Scriptures anC
Canon law, teaching there until 1904
Since 1904 he served as assistant a
st. Vincent de Paul, st. Louis.