The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-28
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Passionists to Hold Chapter.-The
first week of April Very Rev. Jerome
Reutermann, c. P, of Chicago, accom-
panied by two consultors, will leave
for Rome to attend the general chap
ter of the Passionist Order, which is
to be held in the Eternal City about
the first of May. At this chapter
new Superior General will be elected
and other important business trans
acted Provincials of the order and
their assistants from all over the
world will be present. Among those
who will attend from South America
will be Very Rev. Father Fidelis,
provincial at Buenos Ayres, who 40
years ago renounced the presidency
of Hobart College to become Cath
Ollie.
Priest Directs Successful Plays
The Henry Irving Players, of Chicago,
under the direction of the Rev. M. P.
Weidner, assistant pastor of Our Lady
of Victory Church, are preparing to
give another play, "The Call" written
by the Rev. F. A. Sheridan, c. S. V.
1t will be presented April 26th.
The last performance of this organi-
cation, The Dust of the Earth" given
February % and "a, brought over 600
people to the auditorium each night,
and this success has greatly encour-
aged the members and patrons Of the
new club.
Neqro Converts Baptized.-Thirty
negro converts were baptized Sunday,
March Is, at st. Monica's Church,
Kansas City This parish for Colored
Catholics was only recently organized.
Jews and Protestants Help.-A COM
paign to raise 100000 in eight days
for Mount ST. Rose Hospital, st.
Louis, Mo-, was informally launched
on a large scale at luncheon meet
ing of prominent business men Satur-
day, March 7. Archbishop Glennon
and the Rev. 2. B. T. Phillips, rector
of st. Peters Episcopal Church, were
among the speakers, while Ben Alt
heimer, one of the foremost Jews of
the city, presided. Many other de-
nominations were represented. Over
sixty per cent of the patients are non
paying. Last year the hospital ex-
pended $4,000 and received from
patients and in donations $4,000.
Manitoba Catholics Organize.-An
organization of the Catholics of Mani
toba to be known as the Constitu-
tional Rights League has been formed.
The purpose of the union is to take
energetic action towards obtaining
redress of the injustice to which Cath
olics of Manitoba are subjected under
the existing school laws. The nucleus
of the organization is to be a central
committee to be made up of three
members from each of the parishes of
parishes outside the city that are sub
ject to the same conditions.
An Important Decision.-A prec-
edent which may influence many flu
ture rulings in cases involving the
religious training of children was
established in the Juvenile Court of
Philadelphia when Judge German, in
the case of William Keegan, seven
years old, ruled that children must be
educated in the faith in which they
were baptized until they become COM
petent to request change. After the
death of the boys father some time
II, Ill 4hAI
care of family by the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Later the mother obtained permission
to have the boy placed in Girard Col
lege Father Thompson, of St. Pat
rick's Church, told Judge German the
boy has been baptized Catholic and
that the mother had promised her hus-
band the child would be educated in
that faith. The judge thereupon de-
cided that the boy must be educated
in the Catholic faith until he becomes
old enough to decide for himself
Illinois Catholic Union.-Arrange-
ments are already under way for the
twenty-second annual convention of
the Catholic Union of Illinois, which
will take place on May "a, 25 and 26,
in Edwardsville.
Church Growth in "PanhandIe."-
The week ending March was busy
one for the Rt. Rev. Jos. P. Lynch,
D. D., Bishop of Dallas. During this
time the Bishop dedicated three
churches and one academy and admin
istered the Sacrament of Confirmation
to eight classes of adults and children;
and all this in the PANHANDLE por-
ton of his diocese which was, but a
few years ago, one vast pasturage with
few people and scarcely church.
Artist Gives Paintings.-Miss Adele
Brunei, an artist of Austin, Texas, has
completed two paintings in oil for the
new house erected by the Paulist
Fathers at the State University, for
care of the Catholic students. Both
subjects are of the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
Vincentian's Charity Fund.-The
campaign inaugurated by the St.
Vincent de Paul Society of Providence,
r. l., for the raising of what is to be
known as the Bishops fund, has been
under way for nearly a month. Bishop
Hardness has devoted fund of nearly
$4,000 for the work of the Society