The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-27
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diocese: three for the Albany diocese;
two for the Trenton diocese, and four
for the Paulist community.
Three Thousand Police at Church.
The annual memorial services for
members of the police force were held
in ST. Patrick's Cathedral Sunday
afternoon, June Z. Besides Police
Commissioner Woods and Deputy Com
missioners McClintock and Rubin,
there were present about 5000 mem
bers of the police force, from in
spectors down to patrolmen. The
officiating clergy included Monsig-
nor Mooney, Monsignor Lavelle and
the Rev. Francis j. Sullivan, chap
lain of the Police Department.
Soldiers Lot in Cemetery.-Impres
sive ceremonies attended the dedica-
ton of the new Soldiers Lot at Mt.
Olivet cemetery on Memorial Day,
says the Gazette OF Kalamazoo, Mich.
These services were held under the
auspices of the Catholic Church.
Speakers for the dedication services
were Judge Timothy Howard, of South
Bend, former Justice of the Supreme
Court of Indiana, and Sir William
Hoynes, X. e. G., Dean of the Law De-
partment of Notre Dame University
Both men are veterans of the Civil
War and served with distinction. A
new flag donated by I. NJ. Carroll was
hoisted on the flag staff presented by
Charles A. Blaney A new flag will be
hoisted on the staff every Memorial
Day. The soldiers lot is a particular
ly fine piece of work. Four large can
non balls, each weighing 500 pounds,
mark the four corners of the lot
These were donated by the War De-
partment. A huge cannon stands in
the center surrounded by pyramids Of
small cannon balls.
Priest With U. S. Midshipmen.-
Among the officers who have been Sc
lected for the transatlantic cruise of
the midshipmen of Annapolis Naval
| Academy on board the battleship Mis-
souri,, OF the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, is
! Chaplain Edmund Alexander BTod-
mann of the United States Navy. The
Missouri sailed from Annapolis June
7, and will stop at Naples and Graves
end, thus giving all aboard an oppor-
tunity to see Rome and London. Fa-
! Their Brodmann is a Swiss by birth
and was appointed a chaplain on
| March 16, 1910, and is one of the five
| Catholic chaplains now in the Navy.
PapaI Delegate and Governor.-Most
Rev. j. Bonzano, d. D., Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States, presided at
the closing exercises of the Ursuline
College, New Rochelle, N. Y. The
5accalaureate address was given by
the Hon. Martin H. Glynn, Governor
of New York.
| Bishops Grave Decorated.-On
Memorial Day the tomb of Rt. Rev.
Lawrence T. Mcmahon, Bishop of
Hartford, Conn, from 1876 to 1878,
was strewn with flowers in common
with the graves of other Civil War
veterans. During the Civil War
! Bishop Mcmahon answered the call
! for chaplain that came from q
| Massachusetts regiment in the South.
He went through the campaign and
returned home with a record for fidel-
ity and bravery that is not forgotten
! in Connecticut or Massachusetts. A
! basket of flowers was placed on the
tomb Of the lamented prelate, in the
crypt of st. Josephs Cathedral by Col
onel William Murphy.
Prospects of CathoIicity in u. S.
With 1866 more students preparing
for the priesthood last year than the
year previous, and 2S4 more parish
schools with an increased enrolment
| of 1892 pupils, the future of Cath
olicity in America is certainly rich in
| brilliant prospects.
Progress of CoIored Parish.-In Pine
Bluff, Ark, st. Peters parish for
colored Catholics had twenty-five
members June 1, 1913, and only one
child to receive First Communion On
June /, 1914, there were 119 Catholics
and thirty-four first communicates.
The increase is due chiefly to the set
Element of new families. A series of
lectures were recently given in the
church for the benefit of the non-Cath-
Ole colored people and six converts
were publicly baptized, while the
prejudices of many others were re-
moved.
Minister Barred From School Clos
ing.-Judge E. A. Coufal of David
City, Neb., granted an order recently
restraining the Rev. Earl N. Grigg
| from participating in the commence
ment exercises of the Ulysses public
school. Rev. Mr.. Grigg was to have
pronounced the benediction at the
commencement exercises at which
time the diplomas are to be issued to
the graduates. The injunction was
asked by the parents of two children
/ who were graduated, and who profess
the faith of the Catholic Church. The
restraining order of the court recites
that the Rev. Mr. Grigg delivered the
| baccalaureate address to the class of
1913 at Ulysses, and then attacked and
DETAINED the Catholic creed the priest
hood and the entire institution and
that when called upon to apologize he
refused.
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