The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-11

Twenty thousand dollars was paid on
the principal of the mortgage on the
Orphan Asylum Society property,
which now stands at 100000.
Portland Catholic Federation
Members of the various Catholic so
cieties of Portland, Oregon, met
March 10, at the Cathedral Hall for
the purpose of forming a federation OF
Catholic societies. Sixteen societies
were represented. A temporary or
ganization was formed with NJ. ]. Nal
ley as chairman and B. F. Jones as
secretary. The committee will meet
again April 10 to complete the organi-
zation. The societies are planning a
state federation which will later be
affiliated with the national organiza-
ton.
The Church and Socialism.-This
year the annual lecture given under
the auspices of the Laymen's League
for Retreats and Social Studies for
the benefit of the House of Retreats,
mt. Manresa," will be held on Sunday
evening, April 10, at the Academy of
Music, Brooklyn, N. Y, at p. m. The
lecturer will be the Rev. T. ]. Shealy,
S. J., and the subject of the lecture,
"The Church and Socialism"
Irish History in Schools.-In eight of
the Catholic schools of San Francisco
Irish history is included in the regular
curriculum.
Missions for Mexicans.-At the in
vitation of Rt. Rev. J. J. Hennessy,
Bishop of Wichita, Kan, Rev. Rafael
Serrano, G. M. F., spent nearly six
weeks in that diocese giving missions
to the Mexicans at Hutchinson, Flor
ence, Augusta, Winfield, Harper, Pratt
and Kansas City, Kansas.
Jersey City Home for 6Iind.-A cam
paign to raise 100000 for the benefit
of st. Joseph's Home for the Blind,
Jersey City, started on March Is. At
the close of the first day, $15,165 had
been subscribed. Headquarters have
been established in the Fourth Regi-
ment Armory.
American at Tong-King.-Tong-King,
China, is associated with the scene of
Blessed Theophane Venard's martyr
dom; and it is of interest to record
that the priest who first extended hos
pitality to the new American Seminary
for Foreign Missions, the Very Rev.
Bertrand Cothonay, o. P, then of Haw-
thorne, N. Y, has lately been made
Project Apostolic of Lang-Son and Gao
Bang in Northern Tong-King.
Home-RuIe Courtesies Exchanged
The German-American Alliance of the
United States has given its formal en-
dorsement to the home-rule movement
in Ireland. Noting this, the Irish Eel
lowship Club of Chicago has adopted
resolutions thanking the society for
it's sympathy. These were signed by
the present and the former presidents,
among whom were Governor Edward
F. Dunno and Judge Marcus Kava-
naugh.
BrookIyn's Orphan AsyIum.-The
Catholic Orphan Asylum Society of
Brooklyn was incorporated eighty
eight years ago. The first orphan asy.
lum was a small house on Jay street
which has since been superseded by
three magnificent structures in Kings
County and country home at Hicks
vile, in which about 1000 children are
cared for
Franciscan Architect Dead.-The
death of Rev. Brother Adrian, o. F. M.
one of the best known and most ven
cradle members of the Franciscan Or
der in America, occurred at st. Joseph's
Hospital, San Francisco, March Is
Brother Adrian, in the world Anthony
Viewer, was born at Hasewrinkel, Dio
cese of Munster, Germany, April IA
1886. He was received into the Fran
ciscan Order July IA, 1860, in his 24tt
year; made his simple vows July II
1854. Soon after came to America. He
was an architect of the highest order
and for over fifty years he gave his
talents unreservedly to church archi
lecture. The buildings he designed
are scattered broadcast over the whole
United States.
Cheap Religious Educational the
Philadelphia conference of the Meth
odist Church, Rev. Clarence Wilson, O.
Topeka, Kan, deplored the fact thai
the. Methodist Church paid only forty
eight cents for the religious education
of each pupil in it's fold. He also re
ferred to the sacrifices made by the
Catholic Church in this direction.
Vincent Astor CONTROVERSIAL thu
close of the ten-day campaign to raise
5000 for st. Francis Hospital il
Poughkeepsie, recently announcemen
was made that Mr.. Vincent Astor haC
contributed $4,000 to the fund. This
is the largest individual amount con
tributed and completed the fund.
ST. Patrick's Missionary Burse.-L
fund to establish a burse of $4,000 il
honor of st. Patrick at the Foreig1
Missionary Seminary, Maryknoll, N. Y
has been started. At the beginning o
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