The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-12-19
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plans prepared for a new church ats
that place. The work will begin next
ear. A new parochial school for
Kearney and one at Greeley, Neb., are
also TO be erected next year.
Missionary Apostolic in New Or
'eans.-Very Rev. Francis Castellano,
Missionary Apostolic, has taken up
ornament missionary work in the
.pprobation of Archbishop Blenk.
Hather Castellano will make his
eadquarters at ST. Mary's Church,
ia Charities street, New Or
cans, from which center he will go
ut to his missionary fields over the
archdiocese, and over the entire
south. Father Castellano has done
,Itensive missionary work. He has
reached numerous courses of SER
hons in Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Jersey and New
ork, giving retreats and missions in
schools and churches of those States.
Jesuit Church in St. Louis.-The
iials of the new clock, and ten of the
thirteen statues which are to grace
the completed tower of st. Francis
Zavier Church of St. Louis, Mo-, are
low in place, and the rest of the great
ask was permanently finished on
| Thanksgiving Day. The completion
| Of the steeple marks the GROWING of
'ather Henry Bronsgeest's quarter-of-
a-century labors and efforts in the
oarish. Father Bronsgeest some
months ago retired from the pastorate
| of the church, and was succeeded by
Rev. NJ. J. O'Connor, until recently
connected as assistant editor with
| America" Tho beautiful clock in the
tower was donated by Mr.. Julius S.
| Walsh, of ST. Louis. The cost of the
tower was $4,000.
Catholic Converts Leaque.-Twen-
| cy-two new members were received
| INTO the Catholic Converts League at
| It's first meeting of the season held
fhe Rev. Sigourney Fay, of the Cath
olic University, Washington, D. c.,
gave notable lecture upon the sig
nifcance of the conversion movement.
Himself former archdeacon of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Fond
du Lac, Wis, he described with log
zeal precision the process of reasoning
which had brought him into the
Church. The whole burden of his talk
was that converts from Anglicanism
did not come over because of what
the Anglican Church was, but because
of what it was not. Stuart p West
the president, dwelt upon the fact that
conversions to the Catholic Church
in this country average $4,000 year.
With the natural increase of popula-
ton this alone means between 1000
and 100000 brought back to the
Church in the United States every ten
years. A periodical Is planned, which
it is hoped will take q prominent place
some day in the field Of Catholic lit
erature. The president also drew at
tention to the relief work for needy
converts and their families, which has
expanded considerably and accom-
plished important results.
Vancouver Catholics in Social Work.
The Rev. DR.. O'Boyle, o. M. l., rec
tor of the Pro-Cathedral of the Holy
Rosary, Vancouver, B. c., has been
elected president of the Social Service
Council of Vancouver for the current
year. The Council is comprised of
practically all the prominent clerical
and lay workers of the city, and it's
presidency is high honor and tribute
to the reverend doctor. Mrs. ]. o.
Perry and Mr.. j. d. Kearns, who are
both Catholics, have been appointed
to the executive of the council. Mrs
Perry has done much to remove non
Catholic prejudices; as an example
may be mentioned her recent public
protest against the sneering remark
: of Mrs Philip Snowden about 'the
Jesuitical maxim of the end justifying
the means" Mr.. J. D. Kearns, the re
naming Catholic member of the ex
ecutive, is well known as prominent
Catholic worker, with great enthusi
assn for the rescue Of Catholic children
During his tenure of Office as presi
dent of the Catholic Children's Aid
; Society he placed that body on sound
business footing.
: Prairie Church Enthusiastically
was dedicated the beautiful new Holy
Trinity Church, which stands alone on
a slight elevation in an open prairie
at Corn Hill in Williamson County
Texas, one of the richest farming sec
tions of the state. The Right Rev.
erend n. A. Gallagher. D. D., Bishop
of Galveston, performed the cere-
mony, assisted by a number of the
clergy of his diocese. An eloquent
sermon in Bohemian. was. delivered by
Reverend Father Billy, of New Wav-
erly, Texas, and after the Mass Rev.
P. A. Hickman of Temple, Texas
spoke in German and English. The
church is a substantial brick building
and was erected at cost of approx
mately $4,000, a number of contribu.
tors donating as much as $1,000 each.
There are two towers, one of which
is equipped with clock. There are
beautiful stained-glass windows; the
affairs are of wood and scagliola.- The
, communion railing is also OF scagliola
| uifh marble ton Tho cido nlfa re