The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03

Emmett National Monument.-A ma
tional movement is now under way to
erect a statue of Robert Emmett, the
great Irish patriot, at Washington. Mr..
Jerome Conner, sculptor and designer
of the Archbishop Carroll statue, has
been given the commission to pre-
pare plans and designs for the EN-
met statue.
Prominent Canadian Convert
Among recent prominent converts in
Canada is Rev. George Benson Hewet-
son, of Milestone, Sask., kinsman
of the late Anglican Archbishop Ben
son of Canterbury and OF Mgr. Robert
Hugh Benson, another noted convert
Forty Years in One Parish.-Rev
Eugene Cogneville, pastor of st. Hip
polytus Church, Frenchtown, Pa, COM
pleted passionate of forty EIGHT years
in that parish on September 3, 1914.
Father Cogneville began his work at
Frenchtown on September 3, 1866, and
it is claimed that the record stands
without parallel in the State of Penn
sylvania.
First American Rook.-The Spirit
ual Ladder of ST. John Climachus,"
was the first book printed on the
Continent of America.
Nuns for Coiored chiIdren.-A no.
table addition to the religious COM
munities of San Antonio, Texas, has
Sisters of the Holy Family from the
New Orleans Motherhouse. These
nuns will at once take up their work
among the colored children of the
city.
Syracuse Diocesan Synod.-At the
recent Synod of the diocese of SYRIA
cuse, the salaries of assistant priests
were raised to $500; dancing was per-
mitted under direction of pastor and
for charitable purposes, and at all
early Masses instructions must per-
tain to the catechism of the Council
of Trent.
Priest Represents city.-Rev Will
liam Hughes, assistant director of the
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions,
was appointed by the mayor of Sacra-
mento, California, to represent the
Getty of the Blessed Sacrament" at
the celebration in Baltimore of the
one hundredth anniversary of the
writing of "The Star Spangled Ban
ner."
English in Ottawa University.-New
and important steps have been taken
in regard to Ottawa University. On
it's opening for the new term, this
month, the English-speaking pupils
are to be in charge of an English
rector and English teachers. Steps
have also been taken for the estab-
lishment of an English branch of the
Oblate Order in Ottawa.
Pastor of North AIaska.-Father
Joseph Bernard, S. j., is the mission
ary-pastor of Northern Alaska and
the territory to the North Pole. His
last visitation of his. mission required
43 days, and many dogs to pull his
sled 700 miles.
Pennsylvania Hibernans.-At the
recent Pennsylvania state convention
of the A. O. H. and l.. A. held in Du-
bois, Pa, it was shown by the secre-
tary's report and there are $4,000
members in the state, and that there
was an increase of 5000 during the
past two years. P. A. Kilgallen of
Pittsburgh was elected state president,
and John O'Dea of Philadelphia state
secretary Miss Margaret McQuade of
Pittsburgh was elected state president
of the L. A.
New York ParochiaI SchooIs.-New
York Catholics opened for the school
year seven new buildings that have
cost 100000, or if the land be in
cluded considerably more than $1,000
900. These are parochial schools in
the parishes of st. Margaret, st. Plus,
st. Rita of Cascia, st. John Chrysos-
tom, st. Thomas, the Apostle, st.
Lucy, and st. Mark colored parish. The
cornerstone of still another parochial
school was laid a short time ago. 1t
is that of the Church of Our Saviour
in fremont. Last year in Manhattan
there were seventy parochial schools
and in the Bronx twenty-six. In Man.
haitian there were $1,000 pupils. This
year there will be $4,000. Last year
in The Bronx there were $1,000 pu-
pills, this year there will be 10000.
The figures of growth for Brooklyn
are 10000 last year and $4,000 this
year
Pittsbureh's Italian SchooI.-The
work of Rev. A. Parziale, o. F. NJ, pas
tor of st. Peter parish, Pittsburgh, Pa,
brought about the completion of the
handsome four-story school, which was
dedicated recently by Right Reverend
Bishop Canevin. A sermon, appro-
pirate to the. occasion was preached
by Very Rev. Ferdinand Parri, of New
York, Provincial of the Order of
Friars Minor The Italian children
who have been attending the public
schools in the vicinity of st. Peter
Church, will now have one of their
own, conducted by Franciscan Sisters.
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