The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14

were SIX IllOuSdlu CdJHOl1CS ana ten
churches. Today there are in the
same state two hundred and thirty
eight churches and over 10000 Cath
olics.
After Sixty-seVen Years.-ReCently
in Austin, Texas, one of the Paulists
received back into the Church Wom-
an who had been away from her du-
ties for siXty-seven years. She is now
eighty-One years old.
Spanish Press MISUNDERSTANDING
1913 the ApOstleship Of the Press in
Spain published $4,000 volumes,
| 81 900 booklets and distributed $4,000
popular publications free of charge in
the various institutions OF that coun-
| try.
Converts in Denver.-Onethird of
the baptisms in the Immaculate Con-
ception Cathedral, Denver Colo, in
the year ending, October !, were of
adult converts. Thirty persons are
now under instruction at the Cathe-
dral expecting to come into the
| Church.
Catholic Students Club Officer
The Catholic Students club of Ann Ar
| Dor, Mich, has elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent Willard Mcintyre, Mackinac Is
land; vice-president, Eva StrOh, De-
troit; recording secretary, Maurice
Dunno, Springfield, ILL.,; Corresponding
secretary, Marie Sullivan, Muskegon;
treasurer, William Kronner, Port
Huron.
Celebrates 111th Birthday.-Near
Bloomington, H., on a farm, lives
James Moran, born in County Mayo,
Ireland, and now III years old.
Captain Benson Convert.-Captain
William Benson, recently of the Bat
tleship Utah while Rev. William Hen
ry Ironsides Reaney was the chaplain,
is a convert and is a Knight of Column
bus. He is now the commandant of
the Philadelphia navy yard
Catholic Author Wins.-Mr. James
B. Connolly, the famous Catholic
writer of fiction and sea stories, has
just been declared the winner of the
$4,000 prize given by Golfers Maya
zine for the best short story submitted.
Hundreds of the best writer's of the
United States competed and TheO-
dore Roosevelt was one of the judges.
Social Study in Boston.-A lecture
course for the study of social problems
has been inaugurated by the Young
Mems Catholic Association of Boston
The Rev. Michael J., Scanlon, director
of the Catholic Charitable Bureau, is
in charge of the course, and he de-
livered the opening lecture, giving a
review of the National Conference OF
Catholic Charities.
Methodist Church Becomes Catholic
School.-What was formerly a Metho.
dist church near the corner of Leal
and Colorado streets, West End, San
Antonio, Tex, is now a Catholic
school for colored children. 1t is in
charge of the Sisters of the Holy
Ghost, who devote themselves princi,
pally to the education of colored chill.
dren.
Toronto Priests WiII.-The will OF
the late Rev. Francis F. Rohleder, OF
Toronto, Ont, Can, has been probated
Under it's provisions $500 has been
left to Rev. DR.. Treacy for Masses
for the repose of his own soul. The
total value of the estate amounts tc
$14,413, half of which has been willed
Club in connection with St Michaels
parish. The bulk of the deceased
property was inherited.
A HERDS MemoriaI.-The City Coun
Gil of Havre de Grace, Md, has
granted permission to erect tab
let to the memory of John O'Neil, who
during the War of 1872, fought single.
handed to defend Havre de Grace from
an attack of the British under AID
, miral Cockburn. The unwilling cere
monies will be held this month, when
a cannon will be set in place on a
granite base on the old Notifications
Lithuanian Church Burned.-A few
: weeks ago in one of the fiercest fires
in the history of Mahanoy valley, the
new Lithuanian Church of st. Louis at
VAUDEVILLE, Pa, and fifteen nearby
dwellings were destroyed The
church was a brick structure erected
at cost of $4,000. Father William
; McCook, of Huntingdon, Pa, was in
the neighborhood at the time of the
: fire and he saved all the sacred YES
; sells and the Blessed Sacrament.
Settlement Work in Baltimore.-A
committee of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society recently met at Cardinal Glib
/ bons' residence to put into active oper-
: alton Catholic settlement plans. A
| home, nurseries and travellers aid
) bureau will probably be established
I in Baltimore Men and women have
; volunteered to aid by cooperating
with the Society of st. Vincent de
; Paul.
The italian Amhassador.-Coun
Vincent Macchi hi CpIIern who hac