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RELIGIOUS DEAD
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE
SISTERS OF CHARITY IN NEW
JE r S e Y-M TIER MARY
XAVIER is NOW THE SOLE SUR
VlVOR OF THE SEVEN CO.
FOUNDERS.

On Friday evening, July 8, there
passed away at Convent Station, N. j.,
Sister Mary Joseph Plunkett, one of
the band of seven Sisters who formed
the nucleus of the Order Iof Sisters of
Charity in New Jersey The venerable
Mother Mary Xavier is now the sole
survivor of the original Jfounders, the
others, Sister Mary Catherine Nevin,
Sister Mary Agnes O,Neill, Sister Mary
Vincent Daily and Sister Mary Cleo
phas Duffy, having all passed to their
reward.
Sister Mary Joseph was born at Cas-
tie Bellingham, County Louth, Ireland,
July 3, 1885. She came to this coun-
try in her teens, and on November 20,
1858, she and four other postulants
went with Father McQuaid, then rec
tor of the Newark Cathedral, under
the late Bishop Bayley, to make their
novitiate with the Cincinnati Sisters
of Charity. After eight months of
probationship the five young women
returned September 20, 1859, to take
up the work of building up the young
order in the home state The veneer
able superior, Mother Mary Xavier
and her companion, Sister Mary Cath
crime Nevin, had up to that time been
affiliated with the New York founda-
ton, but upon the return of the postu-
lants from Cincinnati they severed
their connection with the Mount ST.
Vincent community and assumed
charge of the new foundation in New
Jersey. Sister Mary Joseph Plunkett
was ever one of the most active mem
bers of the original seven, serving for
many years on the Trenton, Paterson
and Newark missions. For the past
forty years, however, she had been To-
Gated at the Motherhouse at Convent
Station, watching, as she SO often ex-
pressed it, the acorn of 1859 grow and
strengthen into the mighty oak of to-
day. At her side when the end came
knelt more than score of her Sis
ters, among them the venerable COM
panion of her religious years, the be-
loved and venerated superior of the or
der. For fifty-five years she has di-
rected it's destinies, and though now
in her ninetieth year, is still actively
engaged in promoting the various
works to which the community is dedi-
Gated
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DIOCESE OF SUPERIOR.

Hudson: Last Sunday the Very
Reverend John A. Barney celebrated
the silver jubilee of his pastorate of
the Church of st. Patrick He offici-
ated at the solemn High Mass at
which a sermon appropriate to the
occasion was preached by a Francis
can Father. At the Mass Father Bar
ney used for the first time a magnifi-
cent silver chalice, beautifully en-
graved, jewelled and inscribed gift
from one of the families of the parish.
Father Barney is a native Of La
Crosse, Wis, where he was ordained
to the priesthood by the late Bishop
Flasch June "a, 1887. A year and a
half later he came to Hudson, sue
ceeding the late Father Kelly, and has
been in charge of st. Patrick's parish
ever since.
During these years the parish has
prospered. A $4,000 addition has
been made to the church, the school
has been completed and paid for,
Sisters house has been bought, par
ish hall has been erected and fur
nished, and many improvements have
been made in the parochial residence
and church.
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GERMAN CATHOLIC CONGRESS
WILL MEET IN MUENSTER NEXT
MoNTH-LARGE GATHERINGS
IN PROSPECT.

The General Congress of Catholics
of Germany will take place in Muen-
ster, Westphalia, August 9-13, and the
fourteen committees that have the
preliminary work in hand are leaving
no stone unturned so as to keep up
the standard of past congresses. One
of the features of the annual con-
crosses is the fact that an auditorium
is specially constructed for the occa-
sion. In Muenster they are erecting
an auditorium with "a seating capacity
of more than eight thousand.
The Catholic congresses in Germany
have been an incentive to Catholics in
other countries to hold similar ma
tional conventions. Since the days OF
the "KuIturkampf" the Catholics of
Germany have become potent factors
in public life because of their special
faculty for organizing.
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DIOCESE OF DULUTH.
Diocesan Correspondent, J. r. Nc
Kinnon, 1920 e. Bird St, Duluth.

Duluth: Rev. H. A Floyd has re-
turned from few days sojourn at
International Falls.
Rev. P. Lydon of Biwabik was Wis
itor in Duluth last week.
The annual joint picnic of the Du-
luth and Superior councils of the
knights of Columbus was held at Fond
du Lac on Thursday, July %. The
trip was made on the steamer "Colum-
bia" and was enjoyed by a large crowd
from both cities.
Members of the A. o. H. Division
No. held their annual picnic at Lin
coin Park on Wednesday of last week.
1t was estimated that nearly five hun
dred members attended A good pro-
gram of sports and games was carried
out
The Sisters of st. Benedict have de-
cided to tear down a part of the build
ing on the corner of Third Street and
Third Avenue East and remove it to
a location near st. Mary's Hospital to
provide more room for inmates of the
latter institution. The part to be re-
moved is a wooden structure and was
formerly occupied by the Sisters as an
academy.
Woodlands: The Catholic Ladies'
Aid Society gave lawn festival here
for the church building fund on Tues
day evening last week. About one
hundred people were served and more
than fifty dollars was realized.
Hibbing: The sacrament of Con-
was administered to a class
of more than seventy in the Church
of the Blessed Sacrament last Sun
day. The ceremony took place at the
High Mass which was sung by the
pastor, Rev. James Hogan. Right
Reverend Bishop McGolrick, who adj
the sacrament, also
preached the sermon for the occasion.
Cass Lake: When Bishop McGol-
rick administered the Sacrament of
Confirmation to about four hundred
Chippewa Indians here recently he
performed the service for probably the
oldest human being ever receiving it,
when John Smith, a Chippewa, credit
ed with being 127 years old, was con-
firmed. He is remarkably active for
one of SO great an age.
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while he was preparing the famous
Armada to conquer England.
That's the kind of Catholic he was
in reality.
The "book of martyrs" and the
awful tales of the Inquisition were
used as bugaboos by the government
to scare the English nation into ac-
ceptance as their Queen of bastard.
whom nine-tenths of the English peo-
pie knew to. be a usurper. All who
accepted Professionalism, however, in
Britain, France, Germany or the
Netherlands took Elizabeth's side.
And SO everything Catholic became
odious. Spain was odious and its In
QUESTION got its bad name then and
there. To sum up: The Inquisition
was at first necessary court. Later
it was diverted from it's original OBJ
ject and became tool in the hands
of the King of Spains often used per-
haps to punish their enemies, religious
or political, it mattered little. Third,
it must be admitted that in the main
its punishments were only short
terms of imprisonment, that it's
capital sentences were in many hun
dreds of years less than during the
last forty years of Queen Elizabeth's
reign. Fourth, that we Catholics hold
no brief for Spain or the kind of
courts her King chose to establish.
That is matter for their conscience,
not ours. Consequently, if every rash
word said about the Inquisition were
true, the Catholic Church, which used
every means at it's command in the
past to correct abuses in Spain as
everywhere else can in no sense be
spoken of in the same breath with a
merely human and therefore fallible
institution. The man who dares to do
SO is either malevolent, knowing he
lies, or grossly ignorant of the stand
ard sources of historic truth.
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letter. TO THE EDITOR.
MODEST GARB IN CHURCH.
Minneapolis, Mimi,

i -%0SNPSAAD1
July IA, 1914.
Editor, The Catholic Bulletin:
In a. recent issue of The Catholic
Bulletin | read with pleasure and ap
prevail an editorial in which you called
upon Catholic women, and especially
the graduates of Sisters schools, to
take a firm stand against the prevail
ing fashions in dress which show a
scandalous disregard for the ordinary
proprieties, shock decent, self-respect-
ing people, and are an outrage on
Christian modesty.
1t is well to bring this matter home
to our Catholic women although, on
the whole, the rank and file of them
are not such silly devotees of fashion
as to follow it's every vagary in style,
especially when there is question of
sacrificing, on the altar of social am
bition, the safeguards which religion
casts around Christian virtue. But
there are some who cannot resist the
temptation to be in the social swim
even at the expense of modesty and
self-respect. How they can reconcile
their allegiance to fashions fads and
their loyalty to Christian teaching is
mystery!
1t is bad enough when we occasion
ally meet Catholic women half dressed
in public places. 1t is much more
shocking to see them, as we some
times do, in church CARRIED as no
woman ought to be in the presence
of the Blessed Sacrament. In church,
especially, Catholic women should be
dressed with becoming modesty. No
loW-necked dresses or short-sleeved
costumes should be tolerated in
the House of God. 1t seems
strange that any Catholic women
would dare approach the sane
tuary rail in such mutilated garb,
to receive Holy Communion, and yet
we are told in the public press that
this prevails to such an extent in GER
tain localities in the East, that the
pastors of several churches have de-
clared that they will refuse to give
Holy Communion to any woman who
comes to the altar rail with bare neck
and arms. Archbishop Spratt of Kings
ton, Ont, announced in his Cathedral
on recent Sunday that no woman
who wore a low-necked dress need
come to the altar rail for Holy Com
munion.
How different it is in Catholic coun-
tries. There the women come to
church dressed with becoming mod
esty. The etiquette of the Vatican
demands that women who seek an
audience with the Holy Father wear
a veil and be modestly CARRIED in
black. Of course, it would not be well
to insist upon that in this country;
but our Catholic women should take
a lesson from it and all that is I'M
becoming in hat or dress should be
laid aside when they come to worship
God and especially when they desire
to receive Holy Communion. In this
way Catholic women could do much
to convince others of the absurd
and immodest character Of many of
the dresses now worn by women who
have social aspirations and who wish
to be considered in the swim. | am
glad that the Bulletin has taken a
stand on this matter and | hope it's
readers will profit by the lesson.
Yours very sincerely,
sACERDOS.
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Crtatfon-Decree OF Descent.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey, S.. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ann
Ryan, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to Whom 1t
The petition of Patrick ]. Ryan hav-
ing been duly filed in this Court, rep
resenting among other things that
Ann Ryan, who resided last prior to
her death at st. Paul, in the County
on the 18th day Of March, 1908, seized
of an estate of inheritance in certain
lands in the County of Ramsey, State
Of Minnesota, described in said petit
ton, and that more than five years
have elapsed since the death Of said
not been granted or had of said estate
in this State, and praying that the
descent of said lands be by this Court
determined and said lands assigned
to such persons as may be entitled
It is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter be cited and required to
appear before this Court, on Monday,
the 3rd day. of August 1914. at 10
Rooms in the Court House in the City
of st: Paul. in said County, and then
and there, or as soon thereafter as said
matter can be heard, show cause, IL
any they have, why said petition should
not be granted and that this citation
The Catholic Bulletin according to law.
Witness the Judge of said Court this
1st day of July, A. D. 1914.
(Sea1 of Probate Court.)
L. w. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
Attest: r. w. Gosewisch,
Clerk OF Probate.
7. ]. Doyle. Atty.
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BENED|CT|NE MONK HONORED
DOM FERoTIN OF ENGLAND MADE
HONORARY MEMBER OF SPAN
IsH AcADEMY-REcoGNITIoN
OF LITERARY WORK.

Dom Marius Ferotin, o. S. B., resid-
ing at Marlborough Abbey, England,
has just been made the recipient of an
academic distinction the more f1atter-
ing that it is SO rarely granted. The
principal body of savants in Spain
the Real Academia de la Historia-of
which he has been for many years a
corresponding member, has conferred
upon him, by unanimous vote, the title
of Honorary Member. This is the high
est mark of honor within the power
of the learned society to bestow. 1t
comes as a fitting recognition of the
valuable works of Dom Ferotin on the
history of Spain, and especially on its
ancient liturgy, the Mozarabic liturgy,
which latter have appeared in the
Monumental EccIesiae Liturgica," edit
ed by the Benedictines of Farm
borough. Dom Ferotin is also mem
Der and one of the founders of the His
panic Society Of New York.
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TO ENDOW Pc VS.
MEMORY OF PIONEER PEW-HoLD-
ERs IN ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL
TO BE PERPETUATED BY THEIR
DEscENDANTs-A UNIQUE PRO-
POSAL.

Theophile Papin, a descendant Of
Pierre Laclede, who founded the city
of ST. Louis, has proposed movement
to perpetuate the memory of the
pioneer members of the old Cathedral
parish by inducing the living descend
ants to endow the pews, occupied by
their forefathers, with al annual sub
scription of $1O0, and to occupy these
pews on high feast days, like the pa
tronal Feast of st. Louis, etc.
On ordinary days the pews will be
thrown open to the general public.
This would mean that while the men
and women of the present generation
will probably worship in the magnifi-
cent new Cathedral, the haIlowed
memories of those sturdy old pioneers
who aided in the building and main
tenance of the sacred edifice, around
which hover the spirits of the sanity
Rosati, Kahn and Kenrick, will be pre-
served from oblivion.
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Crookston: Rev. Paul Risk, pastor
of st. Maron Syrian Catholic Church,
Minneapolis, is attending to the spirit
ual wants of the Syrian colony of
Crookston, consisting of some twenty
families.
FIorian: Rev. A. Drewnicki return
ed to the diocese, having been ap-
pointed pastor of Florian.
Kelliher: Rev. S. Bouchard is hav-
ing built neat church which he will
attend from Black Duck.
Northcote: Henceforth Rev. j.
Fraling, pastor of Stephen, Mimi, will
say Mass in Northcote once a month
for the Catholics working on the large
Hill farm and those living in the sur
rounding district. He is busy at work
taking up an accurate census of his
parish and missions.
Roseau: A colony of Bohemian
people living about twenty miles from
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DIOCESE OF SIOUX FALLS

Aberdeen: Sister Mary Bonaven-
ture, member of the Presentation
Order, died at st. Luke's Hospital on
July IA, after a lingering illness. She
was known in the world as Elizabeth
Fitzgerald and was born in South
Dakota in 1885. Nine years ago she
entered the Presentation Order and
made her profession on August %,
1908.
Crow Creek Agency: The Catholic
Indian Congress held at Grow Creek
Agency last week was attended by
about one thousand Indians from
South Dakota. Bishop O'Gorman and
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in favor of the school of Our Lady O.
Lourdes. This has already been useC
in the purchase of additional ground
near the school, which will be useC
as a playground for the children.
Extensive improvements in the
school of Our Lady of Lourdes are
planned and the work has beer
started with the installation of a
scientific system of ventilation. The
church also will be improved by the
construction of a large and artistic
porch extending from the door to the
street.
League of Catholic Women: A
Japanese garden fete will be given
in the bennington Hotel, Minneapolis,
on Monday evening, July q, under
the auspices of the League. A mu-
steal program will be rendered and
refreshments served.
Pro-CathedraI of st. Mary: An in
teresting program has been arranged
for the parish social to be given in
the Pro-Cathedral school hall on
August Is. The committee in charge
of the sale of tickets on the automo-
bile, which was to be disposed of at
the Fourth of July picnic, will an
nounce the name of the winner on
that evening.
South ST. Paul: The contract for
enlarging and remodeling the Church
of ST. Augustine was awarded last
Tuesday to j. M. Hoy of st. Paul. The
contemplated improvements will cost
about $14,600, and the seating capac-
ity of the church will be almost
doubled.
Bird Island: The new parochial
school of st. Mary which is to re-
place the old structure is practically
completed. 1t is an eight-room brick
building sufficiently large to provide
for the future growth of the parish.
Half of the second floor has been set
apart for meeting room for socie-
ties and a place for holding parochial
entertainments. The building cost
nearly $4,000 and will be dedicated
early in the fall. The Rev. Anthony
Scholzen is pastor of the parish.
Belle Creek: The people of st.
Columbkill's parish gave farewell re-
ception to the Reverend Leo Ennis at
the parish hall prior to his departure
for Minneapolis where he will act as
Chaplain at st. Mary's Hospital. On
behalf of the parish Father Ennis
was presented with purse of money
as token of appreciation. Ad-
dresses were made by several mem
bers of the parish to which Father
Ennis responded A delegation of
Catholics from Goodhue attended the
reception. Refreshments were served
and program of vocal numbers was
rendered.
FaribauIt: The Right Reverend
Mgr. Slevin gave the benediction at
the unwilling of the Rice County Sol
diers' Monument erected on the Court
House Square, on Sunday afternoon,
July 10. The principal address was
delivered by the Hon. S. R. Van SAINT,
former Governor of Minnesota
The Rosary Society of the Church
of the Immaculate Conception gave
an ice cream social on the lawn at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. P.
Lynch, Thursday afternoon and even
ing, July %.
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AGENTS WANTED.

Capable and energetic solicitors
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ton Building, st. Paul, MINI.
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FOR SALE-Duplex Of IL rooms.
Modern in every respect. Large lawn
and shade trees, front and back
porches. Separate heating plants.
One block from st. Stephens Catholic
Church. A bargain. Call at 1912 Gin.
ton Ave-, Minneapolis, MINI.
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Roseau are making arrangements to
have church built in their midst
Clerical Visits: Rev, ]. B. Fon-
mosse, assistant pastor of East Grand
Forks, called at the Cathedral resi-
dence.
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FARM FOR RENT-Farm to rent on
shares, also want to hire man and
wife to work, $4,000 month; every
thing furnished.
THOS. BRADY, Worthing, s. d.
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NATIVE CHINESE NUNS
10 COMMENTS AND $50 SISTERS IN
CENTRAL ToNKIN.

1t will surprise many to learn that
there are nineteen converts of native
Sisters in the Vicariate Apostolic of
Central Tonkin, with over $50 Sisters,
which shows that religious vocations
are not lacking in that territory. On
the contrary, in spite of its bloody
past, Tonkin has produced many ex-
ceptional souls.
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LOCATE NEAR NEW CATHE-
ORAL.

Fine south-facing corner near
new Cathedral and School that
rents for $500 per month and
arranged for 2 families so that
purchaser could live upstairs
and use the downstairs rent OF
$21.00 to make monthly pay
ments of $3.50 or more. Nets
at present about 9Ia per cent.
$4,000 will handle this deal.
Particulars nc 227 IgIehart.
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a number of priests were present at
the religious ceremonies that marked
the opening of the Congress. The In
dams are attended from Stephan by
the Benedictine Fathers.
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DIOCESE OF WINONA

Winona: Twenty-Five pupils from
the Cathedral High School for girls
took the State examinations recently
and twenty of them passed in all sub
jects, a remarkable showing and one
that is gratifying to those in charge
of the school.
Mankato: Brother Joseph Volz, a
lay Brother of the Society of Jesus
for thirty-three years, died on July 10,
at st. Johns College, Toledo, Ohio,
in the tifty-third year of his age. He
was a native of Mankato and spent
most of his religious life with the Jes-
uits at SIS. Peter and Paul's Church
in that city.
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FOR RENT-A farm of 100 acres
with buildings, on the st. Paul and
Hudson road, six miles from ST. Paul,
to an experienced farmer. Inquire of
owner at place, John Berschen.
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WANTED-Position by good house
keeper. Can give best of references.
Address Mrs. S. M. Hughes, ga Car
diff ST., Dubuque, Ia.
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The resolve to fee from occasions
of sin is the first requisite to remain
ing in the state of grace.
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DIOCESE OF BISMARCK.
DIOCESAN STATISTICS.

Bishop ................ L
Diocesan priests ........... 81
Priests of religious orders. ..... 81
Total .................. 6z
Churches (white) with resident
priests ................... 50
Churchs Qndian) with resident
priests ................... 2
Missions (white) with churches SO
Missions Qndian) with churches s
Total 105
Parishes with parochial schools. 8
Pupils ................... 1872
Stations (white) ............. 20
Stations Qndian) ............. 2
College ............. ..........
Catholic Indian boarding schools 2
Hospitals NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3
Total of young people under
Catholic care .............. 1872
Combinations ............ 982
Marriages NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 324
Baptisms-
infants ..'...,...... .....' 1,(09
Adults lO0
Total .................. 1864
Deaths oU4
Catholic population, white and
Indian, about :. 81 900
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There is nothing more troublesome
to good mind than to do nothing.
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DIOCESE OF CROOKSTON.

Diocesan Correspondent Rev E. J.
MINI.