The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-12-05
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

New Lithuanian Church.-On
Thanksgiving Day the cornerstone of
the new Lithuanian church at Joliet,
4. ILL.,, was laid by the Right Reverend
Peter Paul Rhode, D. D., Auxiliary
Bishop of Chicago.
Admiral Notwithstanding Rob-
ert NJ. Doyle, U. S. n, in command of
the Pacific reserve fleet, retires for
age on May 5, 1915. Admiral Doyle
is a Catholic.
New Hospital ENTHUSIASTICALLY
the imposing st. Francis Hospital at
Cape Girardeau, Mo-, was dedicated by
Archbishop Glennon. 1t is 16SX75 feet
and contains about 100 rooms.
Catholic Progress in Vancouver
Fifty years ago the Vicariate of Brit
ish Columbia was erected with Bish.
OPP J. Herbomez, o. M. l., as the first
Vicar Apostolic. Vancouver is now
an Archdiocese with 48 priests and
Catholic population of $4,000.
CoIored Catholics of Detroit.-Un-
der the leadership of Rev. Joseph
Wuest, C. S. Sp, the colored Catholics
of Detroit, Mich, have purchased the
property of the ST. Mary Episcopal
Church Society, and will convert the
edifice into place of Catholic wor-
ship.
he In l1n In oil oh.
speaking world the Oldest Bishop still
in active service is Cardinal Gibbons,
Archbishop of Baltimore, who was
consecrated in 1868 and is now 80
years of age.
Notre Dame and Louvan.-The Uni
versity of Notre Dame, Indiana, has
rendered it's hospitality to the faculty
and students of Louvain University.
The President Very Rev. DR.. Cavan-
augh, c. S. c., cabled this to Cardinal
MERCER of Malines, Belgium, the
Chancellor Of Louvain University.
Cardinal Opens Surgeons Congress.
More than two thousand delegates
from all parts of the United States
and Canada gathered in Washington
recently for the third annual meeting
Of the American College of Surgeons.
Cardinal Gibbons formally opened the
convention with an invocation.
o. Catholic Aumnae Association.-The
Catholic alumnae societies already
comprise seventy-fve colleges and
81 academies for enrolment in the pro-
jected National Catholic alumnae AS
ISOLATION A general convention was
held at Hotel McAlpin, New York, on
November 1880.
campion College Gets Painting
Campion College, Prairie du Chen,
Wis, has been presented with a beau
tiful large oil painting of the Blessed
Edmond Campion, by Mr.. Anthony
Matre, X S. G. The picture was
painted by Chevalier Taylor, of Lon
don, England, from the historic pic
ture of the martyr.
Vice-Presdent's Daughter Presents
AItar.-Mrs. Winthrop Rutherford,
daughter of former Vice-President
Levi p. Morton, has had placed in the
new Catholic Church at Alamuchy,
diocese of Trenton, N. j., of which
Rev. Julian Zielinski Is pastor, an
altar of white Dover marble, seven
feet long and three feet wide, which
it took two years to carve. The in.
scription on the altar is Presented
by My Mother, Anna Livingston Nor
ton" Mrs. Rutherford provided the
money to build the church.
Volunteers Excavate for New
Chureh.-Several hundred men, includ-
ing striplings and white haired old
veterans, volunteered with pick and
shovel to excavate the cellar for the
new Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
in the Watching Heights section OF
West Orange, New Jersey. Before
nightfall the cellar, 125 feet long and
35 feet wide, was excavated to depth
of eight feet. The first sod was turned
= by the Rev. Nicholas A. Marnell, the
rector of the church.
Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Associa-
tion.-Next April, the Ladies' Catholic
Benevolent Association will celebrate
the twenty-fifth anniversary of it's or
ganization. 1t was founded by few
Catholic women who had in mind the
formation of fraternal insurance
organization composed entirely of
women. 1t was uphill work on the
start. Persistence and enthusiasm,
however, won the day. Today the
Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Associa-
tion has a membership of $4,000 and
is conceded to be one of the greatest
women's organizations in the world
I. Since its incorporation the society has
paid in beneficiaries, $12,000,000, and
it has q reserve fund of $3,000,000.
Successors to Bishop Hayes.-The
recent conservation of Right Reverend
Patrick J. Hayes as Auxiliary Bishop
of New York, necCssitated his retire
ment from two important offices which
, he had held for the past eleven years,
These offices are the Chancellorship
of the Archdiocese and the presidency
of Cathedral College. He will be sue
ceeded as Chancellor by Very Rev.