The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-25

Mr.. James A. Rooney, whose Cathol1c
American Chronology has been a fea-
ture of this paper for some time, has
been elected by the faculty of Mag
ara University to deliver the address
to the graduates at the approaching
commencement in June, on which &C.
casion he will be, honored by his Alma
Mater with the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws, LID, in recognition Of
his services to the Church and to
Catholic journalism. Mr.. Rooney has
the distinction of being the only sur
vivor of the class of 1860, the first
class graduated by Niagara when that
institution was known as the Seminary
of Our Lady of Angels. Since then
the university has graduated over one
thousand students who now occupy
honorable positions in all the profess
sions, in business, and particularly in
the Catholic ministry, for priests
trained by the Lazarists at old Niagara
are to be found laboring in every do
cese in the country.
Ontario Hospital Burns.-A disas-
trous fire, causing damage to the ex-
tent of $4,000, occurred at the st.
Joseph wing of the House of Provi-
dence, Kingston, Ont, on Monday,
April 6. Heroic work on the part of
the firemen and Sisters saved the lives
of the inmates.
Iowa Church Dedicated.-A new
church at Clermont, Ia, to replace the
edifice destroyed year ago by the
cyclone that swept over that section
of the state, was dedicated Sunday,
April 10, by the Most Reverend Arch
bishop Keane of Dubuque. When the
old church was swept by the cyclone
a year ago, an expensive pipe organ,
the gift of the late Governor Larrabee,
was completely destroyed.
Work of a Little GirI.-The new
antependium on the main altar of the
Des Moines Cathedral was made by
girl who is just sixteen years old,
Carrie De Corpo, daughter of fruit
dealer. She had just refused fifty dol
lars for the lace before presenting it
to Monsignor Flavin and her heart
was surely exalted by her sacrifice.
Five years ago when she was eleven
years of age, she began working on
the ornament and during the last six
months she sat up nights to have it
ready for Easter. The antependium
is a fine piece of Irish crochet lace
four yards long and ten inches deep
and is a fitting ornament to the beau
tiful altar. Carrie De Corpo was born
in Italy and came to this country
when four years old. She was sixteen
on April %.
Growing Kansas Parish.-The
Church at Salina, Kansas, is prosper
ing under the pastorate of Reverend
John Maher He has built and paid
for it's $4,000 church. The Sisters of
st. Joseph have built and furnished
with his assistance $685. hospital,
and will now erect a 100000 academy.
The congregation at Salina numbers
ITO families.
Wisconsin C. o. r. contest.-State
Chief Ranger MacCabe, who visited
Milwaukee recently, announced that
the membership contest now in prog
ress throughout the state promises to
be big success. More than one thou
sand new names will be added to the
roll before the campaign ends on May
81.
Catholic Negroes Organize.-Thirty-
five Catholic colored men and women
of the Assumption parish, Topeka,
Kansas, organized st. Augustine So
ciety, the object of which is to foster
education and to look after the sick
and needy members of the colored
race.
Memorial to Chicago Priest.-On
Sunday, April 10, beautiful tablet,
highly artistic in design and execu-
ton, was placed to the memory of the
Reverend T. D. O'Sullivan, late pastor
of st. Brides Church, Chicago. The
tablet is in the form of an ancient
Celtic cross of exquisite workmanship,
designed by Mr. Thomas A. O'Shaugh-
messy.
Summer School at creighton.-The
faculty of Creighton University have
made the necessary arrangements for
the Summer School this year. Regis
tration day will be Saturday, June 20.
Glasses will begin on Monday, June
% Examinations will commence on
July % and the Summer Session will
close on August 1.
Mass in City Hospital.-The Rever-
end Francis S. Eckholt, o. F. NJ, cele-
brated High Mass in the City SAM
tarium, formerly the insane asylum of
ST. Louis, on Easter Sunday morning,
at eight o'clock. Of the 1000 patients,
approximately 500 are Catholics, and
more than $50 of the employees at
tended, the majority of whom received
Holy Communion with the patients.
Egan Sings in Iowa College,
Thomas Egan, the Irish tenor now
making his second American concert
tour, and is en- route to the Pacific
coast, sang in the auditorium of st.
Ambrose College, Davenport, on the
evening of April Is.