The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-25
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cities and towns were closed on Good
Friday at noon. The cooperation Of
Jewish merchants was a most gratify-
ing feature of the days observance.
ministers too, joined
their efforts to those of the Catholic
societies. AS a result of these forces
working in harmony the crowds of
worshippers at the afternoon services
on Good Friday, taxed the capacity of
the churches in San Francisco, Los
Pasadena, San Diego and
other centers.
Fruitful Pioneer Church.-On Low
Sunday, April 10, st. Philomena's par
ish, Fourteenth street and Liberty ave-
nue., Pittsburgh, celebrated the dia-
mond jubilee, or seventy-fifth anniver-
sary of its foundation. st. Philomena's
is the mother German congregation of
Pittsburgh, and of Western Pennsyl-
vania. It's history is identified with
city and vicinity. Today there are
over 10000 German Catholics in the
greater city of Pittsburgh, all of whom
in some measure, have derived spirit
ual benefits from st. Philomena's.
Seventeen German congregations have
been formed from this mother church.
The parochial school children at pres
ent are of ten nationalities-this little
school fully deserves the title, "the
Cosmopolitan Catholic school of Pitts
burgh.
American Priest PIaywright.-On
April 10, the Ivy Leaf Dramatic Com.
pany of Indianapolis, Ind, produced its
second drama, "The Poisoned Cup" a
four-act drama written by the Rever
end Joseph F. Weber. Father Weber
has written several plays which have
been the subject of much comment
In "The Poisoned Cup" his delinea
ton of human nature is forcibly por
trayed. It deals with the marriage
question, the home, the family and in
f1uences that so often are the cause OF
so much unhappiness in life.
Convert to Become Nun.-Miss Ma
belle Sargent, formerly of Terre Haute
Ind, has entered a convent at Mon
treal. Miss Sargent is convert Of
recent date to the Church. Her father
was a prominent Mason and was fol
a time the Grand Master of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
He was Commissioner of Labor under
President Roosevelt.
Rebuff for General MiIes.-In Los
Angeles, where Gen. Miles visited re
Gently, mild sensation was caused
by the refusal of Hon. Joseph Scott
director and former president of the
Chamber of Commerce, member O.
the city school board, and a prominent
Catholic of the city, to shake hand:
with the general, when the latter wa!
entertained at the annual banquet O.
the organization. The generals con
nection with the Guardians of Libert!
is the cause of Mr.. Scott's refusal tt
give this sign of cordiality which I'm
der the circumstances would be hypo
critical.
New Council K. of CA new Coun
Gil of the Knights of Columbus ha!
just been organized at Medicine Hat
Alta, under the direction of T. P. Ma
lone, State Deputy.
Twenty-Five Years in Northern
WiIds.-Reverend Pere Edouard Gouy
Father Superior of St. Isodore Mis-
sion at Fort Smith, arrived in Edmon
ton, Alberta, by rail from Athabascs
last month, after being away from the
city twenty-five years. He saw ar
automobile for the first time a few
weeks ago. Father Gouy will visit his
aged parents in Nantes, France, and
will also visit the Pope before return
ing to his chosen fields of labor in the
North. Fort Smith is on the Slave
River in Mackenzie territory, just one
and one-half miles north of Alberta &
northern boundary, at latitude so.
Women's League in New Orleans
With membership of several hun
dred the Catholic Women's League has
been started at New Orleans with the
cordial approval of Most Reverend
Archbishop Blenk. A home has been
secured and the first meeting was held
Saturday, April 4th. 1t is planned tc
secure one hundred members from
each of the thirty-six parishes of the
city giving the League a membership
of $500 in New Orleans.
Succ ssful Medical Students
Twenty-Five young medical students Of
ST. Louis University, who will gradu
ate in June, went through an examina
ton in the City Hospital month age
for interneships, and every one passed
Prayers for the Negro.-In every
Catholic school in the southern states
a decade of the Rosary is said daily
by the children for the conversion O
the colored people.
Prizes for Catholic Parishes Thre,
out of four great cash prizes in tn,
Associated Manufacturers campaign
in st. Louis, were won by Catholi,
parishes two weeks ago. Hundreds O
churches of every denomination wer,
in the contest, and the awards wer,
made, not by the decision of tn,