The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Sacred Heart Cathedral OF Davenport, |
Iowa, for the building fund of the new |
school provided that the parish raises
$4,000 by January LIST, 1915. This an
nouncement was made on May 8, by |
the rector, Very Reverend ]. T. A.
Flanagan. In his annual report
Father Flanagan showed that the
property purchased for the new school
was paid for in $12,500 cash, and
there is on hand, for the beginning of
the work about $4,000.
Father McDonald's New Charge
Rev. Ernest Mcdonald, who for some
time past has been the assistant pas
tor of St. Patrick's Church of Dubuque,
has been temporarily assigned to the
pastorate of St. Patricks Church of
Cedar Falls to succeed Rev. Luke Don
Ian. 1t is understood that Father Nc
Donald will remain in charge of st.
Patrick's Church until such time as
the Archbishop assigns permanent
pastor. Father Mcdonald studied at
st. Paul Seminary, where he was or
dained year ago.
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Justice Whites Old Teacher Dead.
A few weeks ago Reverend J. A.
Downey, S. j., of New Orleans cele-
brated the sixtieth anniversary of his
=. ordination and it was then noted that
among his pupils who have won dis
tinotion is Chief Justice White of the
= United States Supreme Court, whom
Father Downey taught more than fifty
years ago. The aged Jesuit died Sun
< day, May 3, at Spring Hill, La, of
which college he was at one time
= president, and where on May he
= was laid to rest. Father Downey was
: born in London, England, of Irish
parentage, and was brought to New
) Orleans when an infant. He studied
= in France where he was ordained and
- spent nearly all of his priestly life in
, teaching and pastoral work in and
= about Louisiana.
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Bishop Rhode Dedicates Church.
The new Church of st. John
Nepomucene, Chicago, which was COM
pleted in March, 1914, was dedicated
by the Rt. Rev. P. P. Rhode, D. D., on
Sunday afternoon, May II. The parish
of st. John Nepomucene was founded
in 1871, and contains now about 800
Bohemian families. The new church
and rectory were built at cost of
$4,000, with present debt of $4,000.
Academys Growth at Regina
Some years ago the Sisters of LIE
Danes des Missions in leaving France
established their motherhouse in Eng
land and some of the Sisters were
sent to Canada as teachers. They
founded houses principally in the
West, the first in Saskatchewan being
located at Wolseley and the next one
: at Lebret. Regina was the next house
established and the first or eastern
wing of the three buildings erected on
what was then nothing but prairie. On
April 18th last, the contract was let
for a $4,000 addition to the convent
which will be known as the main
building of the Sacred Heart Academy
The western wing will be erected at
a later date.
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Catholic Tourists to Colorado
Thomas J. Mansfield, knight of Co
lumbus living at Mancos, Colo; has
evolved new and unique scheme for
& entertaining Catholic tourists in
Colorado. 1t is his purpose to estab
lish a cooperative camp for Knights
of Columbus only, and to spend two
months this summer viewing the
grandeur of the Rockies. The propo
siNion is not money making plan
While collections are to be taken ur
among the campers weekly to meet
the actual expense of the food and
y other necessities, no one is to be al
lowed to gain anything, and Mr.. Mans
field, in a circular letter he is having
sent out, expressly stipulates that he
himself is not to be the treasurer.
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Charitable Hequests.-The Rev
Daniel Doody of Utica has filed ar
executors petition for the probate oil
the will of Miss Ellen Kennedy, sister
of the late Mgr. Kennedy, first pastor
of st. LNey's parish, Syracuse, N. Y
The Will sets aside the sum of $1,000
fer Masses for the repose of the souls
of herself and members of her family
other requests to churches and chart
ties amount to $4,000.
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Schools Needed for Philippines
Catholic education of the young is the
great need in the Philippine Islands
OF 100000 Catholics in the islands
but small percentage gain the ad
.sVAAtages of Catholic education. The
better class of natives send their chill
dren to the Catholic schools, but they
are overcrowded. The oldest univer
Gity over which the American f1al
waves is located in the city of Manila
established long before Harvard wa:
ever heard of. Through the gener
osity of Spanish Catholics, there is {
school for the maintenance of ovel
600 children in the city of Manila, al
orphan asylum for boys, an orphan
asylum for girls, an institution for the
insane, home for boys and hospita
which provides for more than 2Ot
FiNpinos.
Protection for Belgian immigrants
The New York Catholic Bureau foI
the protection of Belgian Immigrant