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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
H D NE FOR GIRL s
LEAGUE OF CATHOLIC WOMEN OF
MINNEAPOLIS BUYS HOME FOR
GIRLS AND PLANS EXTENSION
OF ITS CHARITABLE WORK.

The regular meeting of the Mime
apolis League of Catholic Women was
held Monday evening, April 13, at the
Knights of Columbus hall, 527 Mar
quette avenue. The order of business
was dispensed with and the members
at once proceeded to the chief busi-
ness of the evening, the consideration
of the purchase of home for the
girls of st. Mary's Hall. By. unani-
nous vote, the home at 419 Oak Grove
street, purchased short time ago,
was disposed of to H. N. Hill, as it
was the consensus of opinion that this
property, though large enough for
present needs, would not admit of
sufficient opportunity for future en-
largement in accordance with the de
signs of the League.
After much thoughtful discussion ii
was decided by majority vote to pur.
chase the Mapes property on the cor
ner of Sixteenth street and Hawthorne
avenue, the price being $4,000. The
ground has a frontage of $50 feet on
age on Hawthorne avenue. The loca-
tion is ideal, being within walking
distance of the downtown section and
only a block from the new Pro-Cathe-
dral of st. Mary.
There are two large residence build.
ings and two garages on the property
One of the residence buildings will be
used, as Travellers Aid Home. AT
present the League has no place in
which to accommodate girls or women
passing through the city or desiring a
short rest in the privacy of Catholic
home surroundings. This new build
ing will give the League splendid ia.
cilities in this respect. 1t will be
joined also to the second residence
building where the girls now staying
at st. Mary's Hall will have a home;
and here there will be permanent
room for girls numbering from eighty
to a hundred. A large ball room in
this building will be used as a gen.
eral recreation room during the win.
ter months.
The two garages will be remodelled
to suit the needs of the League fo1
kindergarten and day nursery pur
poses. The grounds afford ample
space for outdoor recreation, and ten
mis-, croQuet and other games will be
provided for the girls during the sum
mer months.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
HISTORIC ABBEY RESTORED
ABBEY OF MIcHELSBERG HAS
BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE
BENEDIcTINES-IT WAS BUILT
IN 1860.

An historic Abbey of the Order of
st. Benedict, eight times secularized,
has once more been restored to it's
former owners This is the Abbey of
Michelsburg, situated above Sieg-
berg, which is a town on tributary
of the Rhine, not far distant from
Bonn. The abbey was established in
1860 by Pope Alexander III and the
Emperor Frederic l. After various
vicissitudes of fortune the beautiful
Abbey Church was demolished at the
time the abbey was secularized by
Joachim Murat, and after the Con-
gress of Vienna the Duchy of Berg,
in which it was situated, was ceded
to Prussia Joachim Murat, out of
the plunder, left seven beautiful and
costly reliquaries of the 18th and 18th
centuries to the parish church of Sieg-
berg, which are still retained there.
The Prussian Government turned the
remaining buildings of the abbey into
a house of correction. On April s, the
Prussian Minister of Public Worship
authorized the Benedictine Order to
reinstate itself on the Michelsberg.
Twelve Fathers from the Benedictine
congregation of Beuron in the Black
Forest have been sent to colonize once
more the ancient home of the Order.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
SYRIAN COLONY IN MINNEAPOLIS

Catholic Church. These improvements
cost about $1,000.
st. Maron's Church is the smallest
in Minneapolis. 1t measures twenty
feet in height from the sill of the
door to the top of the spire. 1t has
seven pews on one side and eight on
the other. Mass is said in the ancient
Syriac or Aramaic language Ian
guage supposed to have been spoken
by our Lord and His disciples. 1t is
not the everyday language of the peo-
pie which is Arabic.
Father Rivk is now making arrange
ments for school where the Syrian
children will be taught their religion
and the language of this country and
trained in American ways. In this
work he is assisted by several Sisters
of ST. Joseph, who teach catechism
on Sunday to the children of the par
ish, and by the League of Catholic
Women of Minneapolis, who have Sc
cured hall near the church and give
the children lessons in sewing and
other branches of household economy
and school work.
The people who worship in st. Ma
ron's Church are the descendants OF
little band of Syrians who formed
the nucleus Of the Maronite nation
about the Mountains of Lebanon, in the
fifth century. Forced by persecution
and the attacks of the Mohammedans
Marc, a Syrian monk who died in the
| fifth century, established a home on
| the banks of the Orontes and gathered
number of disciples around him
After his death the faithful built q
monastery on the site of his abode
and named it after him. When Syria
was divided by heresy these monks
remained faithful and rallied around
them the inhabitants of the neighbor
ing villages and thus laid the founda
tion of the Maronite nation, which has
ever since remained faithful to the
Catholic Church and submissive to the
Pope of Rome. The Maronite Patri
arch lives at Antioch and has undeI
him four or five Bishops and abou
two thousand priests. Mass is sale
according to the Maronite rite and, a.
already stated, in the old Aramaic ton
que and not in the Arabic language
which is the common medium of com
munication in everyday life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
THE OLD CATHEDRAL

A Committee .of nine persons has
been appointed to receive and manage
the fund collected for this object An
accurate statement of receipts and of
expenses shall be publicly made
known twice year The names of
the gentlemen who compose the Com
mittee are the following:
O'GORMAN, JOHN
LARPENTEUR, AUGUSTE
FORBES, WILLIAM
IRELAND, RICHARD ;
CAZEAU, FIRMIN
SPIEL, JOSEPH
McGRORTY, WILLIAM
SMITH, Plus
The Rt. Rev. Bishop or clergyman
who shall be appointed by him.
The following is promissory note
for subscriptions:
I, the undersigned, promise to pay
the members of the Committee for the
erection of the Catholic Church in st.
Paul the sum of S.. each month
from the first of April, 1855, until the
first January, 1857.
egThe notes will become due every
three months.
The only member of the Committee
now living is A. L. Larpenteur who
resides at 341 N. Dale st. He is now
in his ninety-first year, and still hale
and hearty.
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OF INSCRIPTION
COMPOSED AND WRITTEN BY
MGR. oSTER AND PLACED IN
THE coRNERSToNE-coPY OF
CIRCULAR LETTER SOLICITING
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR ITS EREc-
TIoN.

In view of the fact that, before the
end of the current year, the old Cathe-
dral of st. Paul on the corner of Sixth
and st. Peter Streets, will be torn
down to make room for a business
block, it may not be uninteresting,
especially to the early settlers and the
older generation of Catholics who have
worshipped within it, to call their at
tention to the inscription placed in
the cornerstone when it was laid in
1856. Only few of those who wit
messed the ceremony of laying the cor
nerstone are now alive. Some of them
are able to identify the cornerstone
itself and, when the sacred edifice is
demolished, it will be placed in the
museum of the Catholic Historical So
ciety of st. Paul with headquarters at
the st. Paul Seminary.
The following is free translation
of the Latin inscription composed and
written by the Right Reverend Mon
signor, then Father, Oster, who died
a few years ago: In the year OF our
Lord, 1856, during the reign of Plus
*, and in presence of the Right Rev
erend Joseph Cretin, first Bishop of
the Diocese of st. Paul, Minnesota, in
the United States of America, the
Right Reverend John Timon, Bishop
of Buffalo, being the officiating prelate,
Franklin Pierce, President OF the
United States, and Willis A. German,
Governor of the Territory of Mime
sofa, on the eleventh Sunday after
Pentecost, July q, after Solemn Mass,
about midday, the cornerstone OF the
Cathedral of st. Paul was solemnly
placed in position according to the
Roman ritual under the invocation OF
Blessed Paul the Apostle.
APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
The following circular letter, appeal
ing for subscriptions for the erection
of the Cathedral of St. Paul, was is
sued by the committee entrusted with
the work of securing funds for that
purpose:
SUBSCRIPTION
ERECTION OF A CATHOLIC
CHURCH IN ST. PAUL
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
4 RELIC OF OLD ROME
HOSPITAL OF GIACOMo HAS AN
INTERESTING HISTORY SOON
TO DISAPPEAR.

Despite the protests of the people
the ancient Hospital of s. Giacomo has
been doomed to disappear, and in
few weeks one of Rome's links with
the past will be thing of history.
On the 9th of September, 1889,
Cardinal Giacomo Colonna, scion of
the powerful Roman family of that
name, founded the hospital which is
to disappear in 1914. BY bull issued
in 1916 Pope Leo X. increased the
size and the revenues Of the hospital
and several of the Cardinals were
nominated members of it's council.
Among those who gave their services
in the cause of charity we're the
daughters of the most aristocratic
families of Rome, and few men OF
wealth died in those times who did
not remember the peoples hospital in
their wills.
By Paul H., Paul III. and julius III,
many improvements we're made In the
hospital, and in 1900 from Cardinal
Salviati came to the hospital houses
and habitations for all the officials
and ministers, with gardens, foun-
tains and rooms for fourteen chap
lains and two attendants for the serv-
ice of the adjoining church" Every
year since 1870 one church on an av-
erage has been dismantled by the
italian government, and now old San
Giacomo is going.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
PSALM XXXII
ExULTATE, JUST.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Helen Hughes Hielscher.)

Rejoice, We upright, in the Lord,
And sound His praise with heart and
tongue
And psaltry, sing Him new song,
For He is faithful to His word.
His mercy filleth all the earth,
His word hath heavens foundation
laid,
And all the powers that move it made,
And given the mighty waters birth.
Then let us walk the earth in fear,
We are the creatures of His breath
His word drew us from ancient death,
The plots of men as naught appear.
The law of God shall ever stand.
Who bows before His holy throne,
Whom He hath chosen for His own,
Is blessed indeed through all the land
And from His throne in heaven high
He looks on all and sees mems hearts
I10 h1lO"o oil ClCll
arts
He watches from the arching sky
The multitude around a king
Will save him not; the giants
strength,
The horses speed Will fail at length, ;
The Lord alone can safety bring.
The eye of God is over them
Who fear and put their trust in Him
He feeds them in the famine grim,
Nor doth their souls to death con
denim.
My soul, Oh Lord, doth wait on Thee
Thou art my refuge and my aid,
Rejoice, my heart, be not afraid,
His mercy He hath shown to me.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
SPRING IN SLABTOW
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
James c. NoIan.)

Spill you down, o April sunshine,
Fill and overfill the air,
Come and rout OF grouchy winter,
From the outposts of his lair;
Pack him off, and mighty suddint,
Start a million, million rills,
Tricklin' down to swellin' rivers,
From a thousand, thousand hills.
Search the corners of the fences,
And the bluffy Northern slopes;
You will find him there a-sulkin'
(Them's the places where he mopes; J
Set the kitchen roof to steamin',
And the puddles in the yard,
Jerk the jonquils up, and daffodils
And tulips,-jerk 'em hard.
Then a balminess will linger
Past the clampin' down O. night,
The bullfrogs spout their rag-time lays
With all their lusty might
The peonies come pokin' up,
The bird songs far and near,
Well knock our heels together,
And we'l1 hol1er, Spring is here"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18

The death of Frederic Mistral, the
famed Provencal poet, which occurred
on March 25 at Maillane in France,
evoked genuine sorrow, not only
among his own countrymen but
wheresoever his writings are known.
He had attained the patriarchal age of
eighty-four years, all of which were
passed in retirement in the little town
in Southern France where he was
born and where he devoted himself
with singleness of purpose to reviving
the old Provencal language and max
ing it once more the vehicle of Catho-
lie truth and poetry.
All his works, and they were many,
were written in the language of Prov
ence, and so much poetic fire did he
infuse into them that he was recog-
nized as one of the foremost poets
of modern times.
When President Poincare was on
his last trip through Southern France
he went out of his way to pay hom-
age to the simple peasant poet whom
all France would have delighted to
honor.
AS soon as the news of MistraPs S
death became known, messages of con-
dolence were received from the Holy
Father, the Kings of Belgium and of
Italy, many Cardinals, prelates, and
| distinguished men from every walk of
life, all of whom paid tribute to the
genius and patriotism of the deceased
poet. At his funeral obsequies many
members of the French Government
were present or represented.
Frederic Mistral, the Homer of Prov
ence, died as he lived-a devout son
of the Catholic Church of which he
was a faithful and practical member
during his whole life. His profound
attachment to, and love for the Church
and his sincere piety and devotion
were the most characteristic traits ot
an unblemished life; and the deeply
religious tone that animated all his
writings shows how fully he appreci
ated the heritage of Catholic truth
which inspired his greatest poetic
flights.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
LAYMEN'S RETREAT

itual leaven for the social mass of the
would the grace of Jesus Christ, work
ing in this spiritual fermentation,
raise our Catholic percentage of the
human family from twelve or thirteen
to hundred! How soon would the
King of Glory enter, by the lifted por-
tails of Sion, into His long-delayed in
heritance!
Retreat for Women.
No doubt, it was this magnificent
idea that moved our Archbishop to
improve on the Lay Retreat move
ment that is now sweeping the coun-
try, and to institute a separate year
ly Retreat for women as well as for
men. 1t is wisely done; for only the
combined influence of both parents in
sures permanent results from the
Christian education and training of
children.
The Lay ApostoIate.
From this starting point of an ideal
Christian family, the layman in re-
treat is taken to an elevated stand
point, and shown a wide range of ac-
tivities by which he can sanctify and
ennoble his own life and make it a
light and blessing to those around
him. 1. BY fuller and more def
mite knowledge of his religion, he can
instruct non-Catholic inquirers in the
saving truths of faith. 2. BY study
ing the history of the Church, past
and present, he can acquire a greater
love for her, more enlightened zeal
in defending her, and a deeper SYM
pathy with her in her worldwide Ia
bors, prosecutions and trials. 8. BY
more intelligent interest in her work
in our own country, he will be led to
identify himself, in action as well as
sentiment, with her strenuous vigi-
lance and activity in stemming the
inrushing tide of paganism, luxury,
worldliness and religious Indifference.
In particular he will appreciate her
wisdom in keeping her schools Chris
tian and by her universities safe
guarding the higher education of her
children against the secular philoso-
ply of life.
Such is a faint outline of the ele-
waiting work which the coming Lay
mems Retreat proposes to accomplish.
Further information will be given
from time to time in The Catholic
Bulletin. Applications for admission
must be sent to the Spiritual Director,
Rev Bernard Feeney, Saint Paul Sem
mary, ST. Paul, Mimi, not later than
the eighteenth of June
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
THE ARMY VERSUS THE PEOPLE
-ExcITING TIMES IN PARLIA-
MENT-SPEEcH OF SIR Ed
WARD GREY, ENGLAND'S FORE
MOST STATESMAN.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Cecil Underwood.)

The past month witnessed what in
America would be called a number of
parliamentary brain storms, or, to use
the more elegant diction of the Uni
versity, a number of exciting episodes
during which passion gained a brief
but startling supremacy over reason
and common sense. The cool British
er for once lost his head and cut up
such antics before high heaven as
make the angels weep. First, it was
the mobilization of the army against
Ulster Then, the mobilization of the
fleet. At once army officers and naval
officers resigned; then the orders
were countermanded. Then few Of
ficious Cabinet ministers tried to start
a war on their private account. Down
ing Street was astir with deputations
the marching and counter-marching
of FieldMarshals and Army Lords !;
while the King was beseiged with pc
titions, and the Prime Minister held
hourly conferences with his col
leagues, and the very air was alive
with kilograms, and misgivings and
rumours of plots and counter-plots,-
disaster and dismay. The poor Vol.
unteers of Ulster shivered and sought
shelter in castles and behind crags
some of them, it is said, lying face
downward in bitches and refusing to
come out even for meals because OF
the prospective shot and shell.
BY the time the readers of The Cath
olic Bulletin scan these lines, all will
be peace and quiet again, the second
reading of the Home Rule Bill will
have taken place, and Parliament will
have adjourned for the Easter re
cess. Even as I write, the skies are
clearing and the sun promises to shine
again, not on the broken and dishon
ored fragments of a once glorious EN-
pire. but on a peaceful law-abiding
people whose rulers at critical juno
ture seemed to turn giddy at the helm
and allowed wind and wave to play
havoc with the ship.
Britain's Greatest Statesman.
Out of this storm emerges one fig
uI0 WuOS0 COnuuSI IAAOu3AO0S SA>
crisis elicits general admiration-Sil
Edward Grey. He is the greatest liv
ing statesman of whom Britain car
boast-by far the strongest man in
Cabinet which counts such strong mer
as Churchill and Asquith. 1t will be
remembered that Sir Edward Grey re
Gently won the confidence of Europe
over the Balkan Crisis, and doubtless
saved Europe from general war. He
is in favor of the Federation Plan
along with Home Rule.
In a recent speech he spoke as fol
lows: "a complete redistribution
(such as Federation contemplates)
you cannot have before the Home
Rule Bill comes into operation; bu
If it be case of an election on those
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
DEBATE ON HOME RULE

terms, so arranged that the Home
Rule Bill can come into operation
within year, or whatever it's natural
time would be, after it's passing, pro-
vided the election goes in favour of
it, then l think there might be some
thing to be made of that proposal
We believe in election and not refer
endum as the best method and the
only method yet ascertained by which
you can really get the full opinion of
the people of this country. But we
cannot agree to anything which would
put US, as result of the election,
whatever our majority might be, in
the position of having to go back to
the beginning of this matter and make
it two and half years before the Bill
could pass To do that, the Bill must
be on the Statute Book. (Cheers)
1t might be placed on the Statute
Book in a way which l believe would
be perfectly fair as between both par
ties, whichever won the election.
That, l believe might perfectly we'll
be arranged.
The Use of Force in Ulster.
Now | come to something which
the Right Honorable gentleman oppo-
site said with regard to the use of
force. On that l should like to be
very explicit. He quoted something
had said the other day with regard
to the use of force, but he did not
quote all l had said. What l remem-
ber was that 1 said in the long rum it
might be that there could be no settle.
ment except by force. / spoke with
the strongest dislike of a settlement
by force. l will put it even stronger
now than l did the other day-my dis
like of the use of force. For a hun
dred years after the Union we tried
to find a solution of the Irish ques
ton by force. We came to the con
clusion that in the long run force was
no solution. l am perfectly ready tC
admit that makes me look with the
greatest reluctance, almost with de
spair, at finding any solution of the
Ulster question purely by the use OF
force. To embark on a policy of &C
tual coercion to make Ulster submit
to an authority in Ireland which she
is determined to resist by force is a
most grave, serious, and ominous
thing. (Hear, hear) But l have new
er contemplated that that question
could arise until after an election
Under the Parliament Act, a Parlia
ment is limited to five years. If ou1
Bill is placed on the Statute Book il
must be the middle of next year be
fore it comes into full operation, and
before that particular situation could
arise Before that time have always
assumed that there must be an elec
ton, because 1 do not believe it pos
sible for any Government, should thai
come to be the only, thing in the last
resort, to embark on that policy with
out having consulted the country upor
it. But that is a long way off
Meet Force by Force.
"On the other hand, what are the
risks before us within that time? We
have been told in the autumn contin
ually that it was difficult to hold VI
ster in, and that there might be out
breaks at any time. Then, / say
! Continued on Page 81
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
FIRE DESTROYS CHURCH
PARISH OF ST. CLAIRE, IN
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LOSES
CHURCH DURING HOLY WEEK.
LOSS OF $4,000.

The Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception, ST. Claire, Mimi, was totally
destroyed by fire on Wednesday, April
s, as it was being prepared for Holy
Week services. 1t is believed that the
fire was caused by some defect in the
heating plant. The loss is about
$4,000 with $4,000 insurance.
Rev. Father Glendon had just taken
charge of the parish in succession to
Father Kiely who had been appointed
pastor of Ellsworth
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
AMONG THE UNCLEAN
NUNS HAVE CHARGE OF LEPER
COLONY IN cEYLoN.

On Tuesday, March 10, three Fran
ciscan Missionaries of Mary-Mother
Fabiola from Quebec, Mother st.
Hugh, County Galway, and Sister
Fidelmia, from County Kerry, left
their convent in ST. Georges Square,
London, Southwest, for Rome, where
they will be Joined by nine more nuns.
The party sailed from Naples on the
seventeenth for Ceylon. These de
voted missionaries are leaving Europe
to undertake, at the request of the
government, a leper settlement at
Hendala, an island off the coast OF
Ceylon.
A recent letter from Colombo gives
the information that the building for
the nuns has just been completed, and
the poor lepers are impatiently await.
ing the arrival of the Franciscan Mis-.
sionaries of Mary.
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Presented to All the Catholics and
Liberal Men.

The necessity for the erection OF
such building in this City is apparent
to all. The advantages arising there
from to this community are numerous
and great. Constant prayers will be
offered for the eternal and temporal
welfare of those who, by their sub
scriptions, contribute towards the erec-
ton OF this sacred edifice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
CATHOLIC MAYOR INSTALLED
CAMBRIDGE, MASS, HAS CATHO-
Lie CHIEF EXECUTIVE-IN-
STALLED LAST WEEK..

Timothy w. Good, who has been the
city treasurer of Cambridge, Mass,
for the past three years, and who has
also been chairman of the board of
assessors of that city, was inaugurated
as mayor last week.
The ceremonies were held in the
aldermanic chamber in the presence
of distinguished company. Rev. P
H. Callahan, rector of st. Peters
Church, of which the new mayor is a
faithful attendant, was the chaplain of
the day, and offered prayer.