The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-01-17

of western Oregon is unusually favor
able for the rose species and began
scientific experiments. Last year
from the sweet briar rose he pro-
duced new variety which has at
tracted wide attention among rosar-
ians. The flowers are almost four
inches in diameter, in clusters of from
five to ten in each group. The scent
Of the foliage is the same as that of
it's mother, the Oregon Sweet Brier.
Working Girls Entertained.-The
Christmas celebration of the Working
Girls Catholic Clubs of Pittsburg
took place in ST. Francis Xaviers Hall
on December 20, when Mrs. Stotes-
bury gave dinner to 500 members,
all the hall could accommodate.
Festivities for Prisoners.-The fed
eral prisoners in Alcatraz, California,
enjoyed Christmas tree program in
the afternoon of Christmas Eve in the
the direction of Chaplain Timothy P.
O'Keefe, who holds the rank of Major.
Dancing followed the distribution of
presents, the prison orchestra playing.
Dinner was then served.
New Rector Of Texas Seminary
The vacancy in the Office of Super
ior of the Theological Seminary, San
Antonio, Texas, created by the promo
ton of the Very Rev. A. Antoine, o.
M. l., to be Provincial of the Southern
Province of the Oblates of Mary I'm
maculate, has been filled by the ap-
pointment of the Very Rev. T. La
boure, o. M. l.
Lutherans Denounce Bieot.-Lu.
theran clergymen from all parts OF
northeastern Pennsylvania, met in
South Scranton, Pa, last month, and
denounced the nti-Catholic lecturer
who had spoken at Carbonate.
Work for the c. o. F.-The big
of Foresters during the coming year
will be the raising of 100000 for the
Catholic Church Extension Society
the extension of the order in the South
east and the West, the preparation
of new ritual that will be thoroughly
Catholic and designed for present-day
conditions and the adding of another
million to the reserve or accumulated
benefit fund.
Priest Pacifies Indians.-The great
love and respect that the Indians OF
the missions feel for the. Catholic
priest was strikingly illustrated in the
recent troubles among the Navajos OF
Arizona. Eight hundred warriors
were armed and ready for fight, but
they accepted peacemaker in the
person of FIR. Anselm Weber, o. F. M.
who with General Scott, U. S. A., and
another party, remained thirty-siz
hours parleying with the angry In
dams. The result was satisfactory.
81 NIHCCHI oOSICIy VI SuIS0SS' IA
meeting of the representatives of the
sixty-five conferences of the Society
of st. Vincent de Paul in Chicago
was held just before Christmas. A
summary report of the work accom-
plished by conferences for the period
ending September Goth, was submitted
by James F. Kennedy, president O.
the Particular Council. This showed
439 families aided, comprising 1,79;
persons; 1859 visits and expenditure
of s4,9O5.39.
New Orleans Catholic CIub.-Th'
Young Mems Catholic Club of New
Orleans was organized last month will
a. membership of 500.
Federation Grows in Kansas.-Twen
ty-seven Catholic Societies of Jackson
County, Kansas, have signif1ed thei1
intention to join the America Fedora
ton of Catholic Societies. A consti
tuition is now being drafted for thei1
guidance.