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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-02
" Tins PEACE PRIZE
STUDENT OF BOSTON COLLEGE
SECURES FIRST PLACE IN
ORATORICAL CONTEST.

A Boston College student, Mr.. Leo
M. Murray, won the first prize, $100,
offered by the Massachusetts Peace
Society, for the best Grafton on Inter-
national Peace to undergraduate stu
dents of Massachusetts Colleges, says
the Sacred Heart Review. The con-
test took place Thursday evening,
April 16, in Jordan Hall. Four young
men took part, representing respec-
lively Boston College, Boston Univer-
sity, Massachusetts Agricultural Col
lege and Tufts College. The second
prize, $75, was won by Mr.. w. F. Kel-
ley, of the latter institution. The Hon.
Louis B. rockingham, former Lieu
tenant Governor of Massachusetts,
presided and presented the prizes.
The Committee of Award was made
up of Professor George Grafton Will
son, Harvard University; Professor
Eugene Wambaugh, Harvard Law
School; Mr.. Edwin D. Mead, Chief
Director of the World Peace Founda-
tion, and Denis A. Mccarthy of the
Review.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-02
FOR WOMEN
SECOND ANNUAL RETREAT FOR
WOMEN WILL BE HELD AT ST.
JosEPH's ACADEMY, JUNE 1920
-FATHER o'HERN OF WASH
INGToN WILL CONDUCT IT.

The success which attended the first
retreat for the Catholic women OF
the Archdiocese of st. Paul, held al
st. Joseph's Academy last summer
gave assurance that the movement sc
auspiciously inaugurated would be q
permanent feature of Catholic activ'
ity. Those in charge of the project
were so pleased with the results that
it was determined to make the retreat
an annual affair
The second retreat for Catholic
women will open in st. Joseph's Acad
emy on Tuesday evening, June 16, and
close on Saturday morning, June 20
It will be conducted by the Reverend
Lewis O'Hern, G. S. P, of the Apostol.
ic Mission House, Washington, who
will also preach the laymen's retreat
in the ST. Paul Seminary.
The purpose of this retreat is to
give Catholic women an opportunity
to take part in a series of spiritual
exercises and conferences during
which their duties and responsibilities
d0 A1OA4OC10 VI IAS
Church and of society will be pointed
out to them. Apart from the work OF
their own spiritual upbuilding to which
they will devote themselves during
these days, they will be told how to
make the best use of their oppor
tunities as lay apostles in preaching
the truths of Christianity by word and
example.
This second retreat should attract
a greater number than the first which
was largely experimental. st. Jo
seph's Academy again opens it's hos
pitable doors to all who desire to
profit by these spiritual exercises, and
it will be a great encouragement tc
the Sisters in charge, as well as tc
all who are interested in the success
of the movement, if the capacity o1
the Academy be taxed to it's utmost tC
accommodate the retreatants.
All applications must be filed moi
later than June 10. Full information
in regard to the details of the retreat
can be obtained by addressing the
Sister Dfrectress, st. Joseph's Acad
emy, ST. Paul, MINI.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-02

The formal opening of the Colored
Mems Club of the Church of st. Peter
Claver, st. Paul, took place last Tues
day evening. A large and representa-
tive gathering of the colored people
of st. Paul assembled in the club
rooms to participate in the exercises
which marked the dedication of them
to the purpose for which they are in
tended, namely, the social, civic and
religious betterment of the colored
people of the Twin Cities.
The principal features of the even
ing's program were the addresses de-
livered by the Most Reverend Arch
bishop and the Honorable G. D.
O'Brien, both of whom congratulated
the colored people of St. Paul on the
social and Industrial progress made by
their race during the past fifty years
and pointed out the means to be en-
ployed in advancing their future well
fare along these lines.
The speakers were introduced by
the Rev. S. L. Theobald, pastor of st.
Peter Claver's parish, who briefly out
lined the purpose of the club as CEN
ter for social reunion for the mem
bers of his parish and especially as
meeting-place for the young men
where they can enjoy special facilities
for healthful recreation and physical
and mental development. The remain
der Of the program consisted of vocal
and instrumental selections and
sleight-of-hand exhibition.
The club rooms occupy the greater
part of the basement of st. Peter
Claver's Church on Aurora and Far
rington Avenues. Pool tables and va
rious athletic devices have been in
stalled and the nucleus of library
provided for the members of the club.
The rooms are open every evening in
the week and one evening is set apart
for the women of the congregation
1t is the purpose of the promoters to
give entertainments from time to time
for the benefit of the members and
their friends and to secure sufficient
funds to equip the club rooms with all
that is necessary to make them the
center of fraternal activity for the col
ored people of st. Paul.
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IT WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS
YEAR BY THE REV. LEWIS j..
o'HERN, c. S. r., OF WASHING
TON, .. CA SKETCH OF HIS
WORK.

The great success of last year S
Laymen's Retreat at the st. Paul Sem
mary, was due, in the first place, to
the earnest dispositions of those en-
gagged in it and, next, to the zeal, ab1l-
ity and experience of Father Elliott
who conducted it. We would have
him return and conduct this years
retreat also; but his many Eastern
engagements obliged him to decline
our invitation with regret. He is
sending, however, at our request, a
worthy substitute in distinguished
member of his community, the Rev.
Father O'Hern, formerly director of
the Paulist Missions in the South,
and at present professor of Dogmatic
Theology in the Paulist House of
Studies, Washington, d. G.
All honor to the Catholic family that
gives four sons to the Church and a
fifth to the nation as military Off
Ger. Such has been the family of Fa-
ther O'Hern. He and three of his
brothers are priests; while another is
now Major in the U. S. Army and
head of the Gun Department. After
his ordination in 1903, the young
priest was sent to the Paulist Mission
at Winchester, Tenn, and for seven
years was engaged in preaching the
Gospel continuously to Catholics and
non-C Catholics all through the South.
During this time he came across a
pamphlet by the late (EpiscopaD
Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac, Wis,
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SENSATIONAL STUDY-HoW
MODERN NATIONS ARE CURSED
BY STRONG DRINK.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Cecil UnderWood.)

In the current number of the Nine
teenth Century Mr.. H. H. Johnston
publishes a lengthy article upon the
evil effects of alcohol. He made care
full study of the pernicious influence
Of strong alcoholic beverages upon
the various modern civilized nations
The publication of his report has at
tracted general attention throughout
England. 1t is revelation of an in
sidious tyranny, and the report in
some particulars borders on the sen
sational. In condensing it for the
readers of The Catholic Bulletin / no
tice only the main points.
alcohol today is the greatest and
most insidious tyrant against which
modern nations have to struggle. A
continuous civil war could hardly be
more costly, more fruitful in crime,
more demoralizing."
"The tyranny of alcohol is most
fragrant in Great Britain, France, Ger.
many, Russia, the Scandinavian coun.
tries and the United States. The
southern nations of Europe, although
not free from the curse, suffer less
from it,
However much medical opinion
may be divided on the use Of wine,
beer, ales and other drinks containing
a small percentage of alcohol, the
opinion is unanimous that drinks con-
tanning forty and sixty per cent of
alcohol are a poison and therefore
most harmful in their effects. And
such drinks form the staple Of con-
sumption in the northern European
countries"
alcohol in it's worst form of dis
titled spirit has been the bane of Rus
sfa during the last two hundred years.
1t keeps the masses in a degraded
condition which in some districts ap-
proaches semi-savagery. 1t causes the
greatest deterioration of character
among women. According to the sta
tistics Of Russian courts and prisons
it is responsible for over seventy per
cent Of the poverty and crime"
What is true of Russia applies with
equal truth to all the northern coun-
tries. The Scandinavian countries
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APPROVAL OF THE MOST REVER
END ARCHBISHOP.

With especial pleasure l give my
approval to the work now set on foot
to finish and adorn, in the new Cathe-
dral of st. Paul, the Chapel of Saints
Cyril and Methodius. The Catholics
of the Diocese through whose zeal and
generosity the work is brought to com
pletion are neither many in number,
nor rich in worldly goods. The task
will be harder to be borne than sim
liar tasks undertaken by representa-
tives of other races of our Catholic
population. But as it is the harder,
so it is the more praiseworthy and
the more meritorious.
1t could not have been that when
patron saints of national chapels in
the new Cathedral were to be chosen,
the names of Cyril and Methodius
were left aside Those are the apos-
ties Of the great Slavic race, under
whatever peculiar appellation the vi
cissitudes of centuries have hidden it
take rank amid the peoples of Eu-
rope. The Slavic race-it is the Pole,
the Bohemian, the Slovak, the Ruthe-
nian, the Slovenian. Is not the right
indubitably that of the Pole, the Bo-
hemian, the Slovak, the Ruthenian,
the Slovenian to answer to the call
when public appeal is made to his
toric Catholic apostolates, to historic
Catholic glories? In the Diocese of
st. Paul, today our immediate concern,
the Slavic race stands out prominent
ly among the builders and faithful
supporters of the Catholic Church.
One of our noblest pioneer priests
was child of the Slavic race, Rev.
Francis Pierz: through it's whole sub
sequent history names of Slavic
priests have been inscribed on it's rolls
of honor. Slavic parishes have yield
ed to none other in deeds of Catholic
faith, in loyalty to Catholic principles.
The title of Mother Church of the
Diocese would i'll fit the Cathedral of
st. Paul were there not within it's
walls a Chapel of the Slavic race, the
Chapel of it's first apostles, Cyril and
Methodius.
To the priests and laymen, who take
to their charge the Chapel of Saints
Cyril and Methodius, I impart my
most earnest blessing.
+ JOHN IRELAND,
Archbishop of St. Paul.
st. Paul, April 25th, 1914.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-02
CHAPEL OF SIS. CYRIL AND METH0DIUS

We are confident that this appeal
will receive a hearty response among
The Slavic peoples of our country. If
we cannot rival the other nationalities
in numbers and wealth, we can com
pare with them in zeal and generosity
The faith of our fathers has often been
tried by the fire of persecution. For
centuries they bore the crown of mar.
tyrdom for their faith; in our own
time many suffer for the same cause
Our faith has lost none of it's former
strength and vigor. Let it find expires.
sion in our ready willingness and in
our hearty generosity to perpetuate
the memory of our great apostles. The
other national chapels are to be com
pleted within two years. Let our
united efforts speedily make our
chapel reality, make it worthy OF
our fathers in the faith.
Plan of Campaign.
The members of the committee in a
special manner solicit the co-opera-
tion of their brethren in the sacred
ministry. Their assistance, we are
confident, can be counted upon. We
appeal to them, to make this undertak.
ing success, to explain further the
purpose of this letter, and by their
words to encourage their parishioners
to be worthily represented in the
work. Their prudence and knowledge
of local conditions will best suggest
the means to be employed, so that
the work may go on Systematically
and speedily.
We cannot reach all through the
parish organizations, those, namely
who live in places where there is nc
Slavic parish. To them we make a
direct appeal. The treasurer of the
committee, Rev. John Rynda, 1877
South Western Avenue, st. Paul
Mimi, will receive their contributions
or these may be forwarded through
the local pastor.
We have two years to gather the
necessary funds for the chapel of ou1
national apostles. The sooner we take
active steps to provide the necessary
funds, the sooner will the plans take
definite shape, and the sooner shall
we have Cur Chapel of SS. Cyril and
Methodius.
The committee: Right Reverend
Mgr. Francis ITCHY, pastor of st. 10
seph's Church, Silver Lake, president;
Rev. John Rynda, pastor of st. Stan
islaus Church, st. Paul, vice presi
dent and treasurer; Rev. Peter Roy
pastor of st. Adalbert's Church, st
Paul, secretary; Rev. Henry Jajeski
pastor of st. Casimir's Church, st
Paul; Rev. Ambrose Kryjewski, pas
tor of Holy Cross Church, Mime
apolis; Rev. J. Cermak, pastor of st
Wenceslaus Church, New Prague;
Rev. Matthias Saws, pastor of ST
Peters Church, Delano. Rev. Francis
Hrachovsky pastor of IS. Cyrillus anG
Methodius Church, Minneapolis; Rev
John Seliskar and Rev. Aloysius Zis
kovsky of st. Paul Seminary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-02
100000 WORKING
GIRLS HOTEL
SISTERS OF MERCY OF NEW YORK
RECEIVE GIFT FROM MRS. SU-
SAN DEvlN FOR A HOME FOR
CATHOLIC WORKING GIRLS.

Mrs. Susan Devin, a woman well
known in New York Catholic circles
has made a gift of 100000 building
to the Sisters of Mercy. The struc
ture, the foundations of which will be
laid shortly, will be used as hotel
for Catholic working girls. While the
direction of the institution will be un.
der the auspices of the Sisters and a
handsome little chapel will be an ad.
junct, it will not be home in the
popular sense. Reasonable board
charges will be made; there will be
some $50 private rooms and the
equipment will be such as is found in
most hotels of the better class.
Mrs. Devin is making the gift in
memory of her husband, John c. De
vim, and her deceased daughter,
Claire. Hence she has conceived the
idea Of bestowing upon her gift the
appropriate and rather attractive
name, "The Devin-C Claire" This title
still further carries out the intention
of the honor which is not to have the
building known as a "home," but
rather hotel with patronage limit
ed to Catholic working girls.
The structure to be erected at No.
Ais West 120th Street, Manhattan, will
be a six-story structure, Is feet in
width and 100 feet in depth. The con-
struction will be fireproof throughout
and among the novel features will be
an elaborately arranged roof garden
where the guests may entertain their
friends during the summer months.
On April 20 the ground was blessed
by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Joseph r. Mooney,
v. G., and the formal presentation Of
the gift made to the Sisters of Mer-
cv.
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THE TYRANNY OF ALCOHOL

have an increasing lunacy rate which
is little short of appalling-and the
increase is due to alcohol"
Since 1850 the percentage of in
sane in Ireland has increased twenty
fold, while the population has per-
ceptibly decreased; and the root of
the evil is alcohol"
Scotland, especially the big cities.
is worse off than Ireland Only in the
last decade has there been any effort
made to stem the tide of drunken
ness"
In Germany and France the money
sunk in alcoholic drinks would pay
the entire expense of running both
governments, keep the standing
armies and meet all the increasing
war tax for both army and navy. And
there would be enough left to support
all the churches and schools of both
countries"
England tells similar story; and
the United States is not far behind"
The real tyranny of alcohol con-
s1sts In the manufacture of distilled
spirit of forty degrees or more of al
cohoI or the concocting of heady
wines and liquors containing a dan
gerous proportion of alcohol; and
then this poison is forced on the COM
munity by the weakness and corrupt
bility of governments. In other
words, it is the wealth which still
lies behind this noxious industry
that keeps England, Ireland, Wales,
France, Russia, Poland, Germany, the
United States, good deal of India
and Africa under the thraldom of an
element which all scientific men OF
any repute declare to be most deleteri-
GUS in its effects on mind and body"
Mr.. Johnston closes his paper by
observing: 1--WE want substitutes in
attractiveness of taste to take the
place OF strong alcoholic drinks. A
little has been accomplished i'm that
direction: much more remains to be
done.'
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE
FOR COLORED PEOPLE
FATHER THEoRALD OF ST. PAUL
WILL ADDRESS THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD-
VANcEMENT OF CoLoRED PEo-
PIE AT THE CONFERENCE IN
BALTIMORE NEXT WEEK..

The Reverend S. L. Theobald, pas
tor of the Church of st. Peter Claver,
st. Paul, will be one of the speakers
Of the sixth annual conference of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, which will
take place in Baltimore on May 8,
and 5.
the public, will be attended by both
white and colored speakers who will
discuss the social, educational and
economic problems confronting the
colored man in the United States.
Father Theobald's subject is 'The
Catholic Church and the Negro"
The program as announced from
the headquarters of the association at
20 Fifth avenue, New York, promises
to be both practical and courageous
Practical, in that the problems will be
concrete, and courageous in that the
association by it's platform, is com
mitted to the premise that all men
are created equal before God and
have inalienable rights which the
State, following the Church, must
learn to respect.
The Honorable Moorield Storey of
Boston will preside at the opening
session of the conference on Sunday
afternoon, May 8. Addresses will
be made by Mrs. Robert La Toilette
on "The Colored Working Woman;
Rev. r. w. Bagnall, an Episcopal cler-
gymen from Detroit; DIR. Howard Kel-
ley of Johns Hopkins University and
Professor jacques Loeb of Columbia
University. The Monday sessions
will be devoted to such themes as
"The Problem of the Colored Child;
Discrimination in the Professions" !;
The Negro and the Land; "The
Civil Rights Acts; and ''The Delin-
quent Colored Woman"
The session Tuesday afternoon
will be presided over by DR.. w. e. B.
Du Bois and will be addressed by
Miss Adelene Moffatt, a Southern
white woman, on "the Southern Rem
aissance"; by Mr.. Butler r. Wilson
of Boston; DR.. G. r. Waller Of Balti-
more; and by Father Theobald, who
will bring the conference to q close
with statement Of the Church's po-
sition on the so-called race prob
lem and the consistent expression Of
that position by the Church today.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-02
PSALM XxXIII.
BENEDIcAM DoMINUM.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Helen Hughes Hielscher.)

/ bless the Lord in all His ways,
And l will praise Him all my days.
Unto my soul He giveth fame,
The weak shall hear and bless His
name.
Oh! magnify the Lord with me,
And sing His praise in unity.
I sought the Lord and He has heard,
My trouble ceases at His word.
Come We to Him who seek the light,
Be not confounded in His sight.
The poor man cried in his distress,
He saved him from his wretchedness.
The angel Of the Lord shall be
His strength in his adversity.
Draw near and know He is the friend
OF those who trust Him to the end.
Fear ye the Lord with holy fear,
They want not who His name revere.
Who seek the world must hunger still,
They will not want who seek His will
Come, children, listen unto me,
And let me teach His fear to thee.
Let him who seeketh peace in life,
Keep free his tongue from guile and
strife.
Do thou the good, from evil cease,
Pursue and seek thou after peace.
The Just are ever meath Gods eye,
His ear is open to their cry.
Against the vile He sets His face,
Forgotten is their name and race.
The Just cry out and He will hear,
In all their struggles He is near.
Affections fall upon the Just
But they are saved who in Him trust.
No sorrow comes they cannot bear,
The wicked die in their despair.
The Lord will save His servants all,
And none that trust in Him shall fall.
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LAYMEN'S RETREAT

written to keep his followers out of
the Church. The misstatements made
in the work were taken up and re-
futed by Father O'Hern in series of
articles published monthly in the
Paulist magazine, the Catholic World,
New York. They are now collected and
issued in book form. His superiors
sent him next to complete his studies
in Rome, that he might be perfectly
equipped to teach Dogmatic Theology
in their House of Studies. While
there, he preached in the Church of
San Silvestro in Capite the Advent
course of sermons to the English
speaking residents. He was also Sc
lected to deliver the annual English
Grafton within the octave of Epiphany
in the Church of San Andrea della
Vale. These are honors never con-
ferred except on distinguished preach
ers. After two years of assiduouS
study, he received the degrees of Doc
tor of Divinity and Doctor of Canon
Law, returning to America in Septem-
Der, 1912. Since then he has been
teaching Dogma to the Paulist scho-
lastics, lecturing in the Apostolic Mis-
sion House, experimenting the Cath
olic army and navy chaplains, writing
for the Catholic press, and preaching
on special occasions in Washington,
Baltimore and New York. Even his
vacation is we'll filed with work. Aft
er conducting two retreats in st. Paul,
he will lecture in August at the Cliff
Haven Catholic Summer School, his
subject being, "The Vatican and the
Quirinal."
Such a record of varied achieve
ment in pulpit, classroom and mission
field augurs the best results for all
who will have the happiness of hear
ing his conferences next June in the
Saint Paul Seminary chapel
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PROVINCIAL DEAD
FATHER BEST SUccUMBS SUD-
DENLY AT HIS SILVER JUBILEE
CELEBRATION IN PITTSBURGH.

The Reverend Dionysius F. Best, O..
c. c., of Englewood, N. J., Provincial
of the Carmelite Order in the United
States and Canada, dropped dead on
April 26 as he was about to enter the
Holy Trinity Church in Pittsburgh,
Pa, to celebrate the silver jubilee of
his ordination. Father Best, who had
been ill for some time, arrived few
days prior to the event. He was fifty
two years old.
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A 100000 FOR EDUCATION
ESTATE WILLED TO THE CATH
oLIC UNIVERSITY BY Mr.. RAS-
SELIN-ERECTIoN OF A HALL
TO BEAR HIS NAME.-oTHER
REQUESTS.

The Catholic University of America,
at Washington, will receive the great
er part of the estate of $1,00O,O00 left
by Theodore B. Basselin, of Croghan,
N. Y.
He makes the request that hall
to cost 100000 be erected in connec-
tion with the university, and that his
name be suitably recognized by the
institution. He gives $4,000 for a
parochial school at Croghan and $780,.
900 is put in trust for many years for
it's maintenance.
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YOUNGEST BISHOP
IN The WORLD
BISHOP DE AoUINo OF BRAZIL Is
ONLY ENT WHINE YEARS
oLD-FoUR YEARS A PRIEST.

The youngest bishop in the world is
Mgr. De Aquino, who presides over
the Diocese of Prussiade in Brazil,
South America. He is only twenty
nine years of age. He is a member of
the Salesian Order and the first to be
elevated to the episcopate.
His ecclesiastical studies were made
in the Gregorian University of Rome,
one of his professors being His Emf
nence Cardinal Billot. He was or
dained priest in Rome by the late Car
dinal Respighi in 1909.
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c LORED MEMS CL B

FORMAL OPENING LAST TUESDAY
EvENING-ADDRESSEs BY THE
MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP
AND HON. C. D. o'BRIEN-A GEN.
TER FOR SOCIAL, ATHLETIC
AND INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY
FOR THE coLoRED PEOPLE OF
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.