The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-21
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

On Film Censor Board.-Mayor Har-
rison has appointed Miss Katherine |
F. Birmingham member of the
Chicago board of moving picture GEN.
sors. Miss Birmingham is a member
of one of the oldest Catholic families
of Chicago and is niece of the late
Reverend P. Birmingham. She is
graduate of the Sacred Heart Academy
and a member of the Sacred Heart |
alumnae as we'll as of almost every |
Catholic organization in Chicago.
Gift of Tower cIock.-In addition to
it's famous "old college bells" the
steeple of st. Louis University College
Church, ST. Louis, will be adorned |
with a magnificent $4,000 clock, the
gift of Mr.. julius Walsh, a member
of the parish, former student of the
University and a member of it's ad-
visory board.
Finerty Memorial Fund.-About $780,
900 has, been subscribed to the fund
for the erection of monument of the
late John F. Finerty, the Irish leader.
The monument, which will cost about |
$1,000, will be unveiled in Garfield
Park, Chicago, in May under the aus
pices of the Irish societies in Chicago. |
James Brady ordained.-On Satur-
day morning, March z, at st. Ambrose
College Chapel, Davenport, Iowa,
James Brady of Clinton was ordained
to the priesthood by Rt. Rev. James
Davis, Bishop of Davenport. Father
Brady took his theological course at
st. Paul Seminary, completing his
work there three weeks ago.
PauIist for Iowa University.-The
Catholic Students Association of Iowa
is planning to secure a chaplain at
the State University of Iowa at Iowa
City. Plans are being made to have
a chapel installed by Rt. Rev. James
Davis, Bishop of Davenport. D. J.
Murphy of Waukon will go to Chicago
to induce Paulist father to come as
chaplain.
Addition to Ottawa University
The contract for the four-story addi-
ton to the Ottawa University, Ottawa,
Canada, has been awarded to G. A.
Beakin, contractor, of Montreal, at
$106,192. The work will be COM
menced as soon as the snow is cleared
away Reading, cloak, and private
rooms, as we'll as the rector's Office,
will be included in the new building,
Work of Notwithstanding the
past twenty-five years the A. o. H.
and Ladies' Auxiliary have paid out
for sick and funeral benefits more
than $7,500,0O0. For charity they have
given during these years the sum of
$4,275,000 The greater portion of this
has been spent for Catholic churches.
1t was the first to set the example in
endowing a chair of 100000 at the
Catholic University for the preserva-
ton of the language, literature, his
tory and antiquities of Ireland.
Purchased for Convention Mt.
Washington in Pittsburg, the Cliff
House property, was purchased last
month by Rev. E. P. Griffin for st.
Mary's of the Mount parish. The Cliff
House will be renamed St. Mary's of
the Mount Convent, and will be occu-
pied by seventeen Sisters of the I'm
maculate Heart of Mary, who consti-
tute the teaching staff of St. Mary's
of the Mount school. The new con-
vent is directly across from the school
and is ideal for convent purposes. The
price paid was $22,500.
Sunday School Losses.-A loss of
more than 10000 pupils from the Sun
day schools of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in the United States
within the last three years is reported
by the Committee on the State of
the Church of that denomination.
innate Church in South.-The
Church of ST. Elias for Syrians at
Birmingham, Ala, was recently dedi-
Gated by Rt. Rev. E. P. Allen, D. D.,
Bishop of Mobile Rev. FIR. Bellama
is the rector. This is the first church
south of Philadelphia and st. Louis to
unite the ancient Eastern rites with
those of the Roman Catholic Church.
"The Queens Work."-The first is
sue of a new Sodality Magazine, "The
Queens Work." published in St. Louis,
is announced for the middle of March.
Jubilee of Brother Priests.-On
March II, three Carmelite Fathers
celebrated their silver jubilee of or
dination. They are Rev. Cyril Kehoe
of st. Augustine Seminary, Toronto,
Canada, Very Rev. Dionysius Best, o.
C. c., Provincial of the Calced Car
melite Fathers, and his brother, Rev.
Philip Best, o. c. c., of Engelwood,
n. ].
For Homeless Chidren.-Homes for
homeless children and children for
childless homes are the objects of
the Catholic Home Finding Associa-
ton of Illinois launched by the
Knights of Columbus at a meeting in
Chicago. Bishop Muldoon of Rock
ford originated the idea.
Irish Pageant for Charity.-At the
last meeting of the executive commit