The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25
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years one of the leading clergymen
of the Oranges, N. j., and Mrs. Pitcher,
were received into the Catholic Church
by Bishop Conroy at Utica, at the
Sacred Heart Convent, July 5. In Cox
sackie, n. Y, DR.. Pitcher had charge
of Protestant Episcopal churches. In
each of these places he was known
as High Church" man and a strong
advocate of the Anglican ritual In
Orange, N. j., DR.. Pitcher took lead
ing part in all civic matters and in
the famous hatters' strike defended
the strikers vigorously. He was the
rector there of All Saints church.
Gifts for Bishop Schrembs.-The
Catholic women of Toledo, Ohio, rep
resented by Mrs. George Raymond
Casey and Mrs. Frederick Neuhausal,
presented a purse of $4,000 to Bishop
Schrembs last week to furnish the
new thirty-five room residence to be
occupied by him. The priests of the
u1OSS0C dl0O S1lI W IllC b1SLOp
of $4,000 for the building of the
Lady Chapel of the new Cathedral.
These gifts were made on the occa-
sion of his silver jubilee of ordination
held few weeks ago.
Gift to Bishop Burke.-Right Rev.
erend Bishop Burke, of Albany, who
celebrated his sacerdotal jubilee last
week, was given purse of $3,250 in
gold by the branches of the l.. C. B. A.
in his diocese. The gift was presented
| by Supreme President Kate Mahoney,
of Troy, N. Y. An embossed set of
resolutions was also presented to the
Bishop.
Sociological Lectures in the West
Reverend Frederic Siedenburg, S. j.,
Dean of the School of Sociology OF
Loyola, will leave Chicago soon for a
! lecture tour through the west. He
! will deliver course of twelve lectures
upon various subjects of an economic
social and religious nature in Los An
| SSlS0 CARLY III AuSuSI. III Gluu1I1OI
he will speak in San Diego and Port
land, Oregon.
Only Lithuanian Church West oil
Chicago-Ground has been broken
for the new residence of st. Anthony
Church, South Omaha, Neb. 1t will
cost about $4,000. Reverend George
F. Jonaitis is the pastor of the Lith
uanian congregation, which is the only
Lithuanian Catholic parish west Of
Chicago. Father Jonaitis made his
studies for the priesthood in the ST
Paul Seminary, st. Paul, MINI, and
was ordained in 1910 by Right Rever
end Richard Scannell, Bishop of Oma
ha. Since that time, in addition to his
pastoral duties, he has been travelling
and giving missions to his countrymer
from Iowa to the coast and from Win
nipeg to Galveston, Tex.
Diocese of Spokane.-The first re
treat for the priests of the Diocese
of Spokane will be held at Gonzaga
| OOl1CSO. IL Will OpCu NIOAUdy CIV
August II, and will close the follow
ing Friday evening. twenty-five
priests, not including those of the Jes
uit Order, who have their own retreat
will be present The retreat master
will be Jesuit father, not yet named
SIovak Church Dedicated-On July
6, the new church of SIS. Cyril and Me
thodus (Slovak), Reading, Pa, was de
Dictated by the Right Rev. Mgr. George
Bornemann, V. F., rector of st. Paul:
Church, in that city. The parade
which preceded the dedication was al
inspiring spectacle, all the Polish, Slo
yak and Greek Catholic societie:
banding in one body to celebrate the
achievement of years of labor anC
sacrifice. At least seventeen band:
accompanied the twenty societies anC
made the pageant more striking. The
church, which cost $4,000, was begun
in 1906. The basement was completed
several years ago and used as tempo
rary church until at present.
Dubuque Women's Retreat.-The an
nual retreat for the Catholic wome1
of Dubuque, which closed recently a
the Visitation convent, was one of thu
most successful of the many helt
there. One hundred and sixty womel
under the direction of Rev. Fathe
Augustine Scannell, of Chicago,
member of the Passionist order, fol
lowed the spiritual exercises.
War-Nuns' Work to be Dramatized
The Rev: P. ]. Mccormack, assistan
pastor of st. .Joseph's Church, Boston
whose play, ''The Liberator," met will
such success in the East, is engaged il
the preparation of new play, dealin:
: with the work of the sister-nurses il
the civil war-an almost forgotten
: page in American History, one abou
, which it is difficult to find materia
| in public records. The climax of tn
play will find an appropriate settin
on the Field of Gettysburg.
Monuments to Catholics in Unite
States.-How many Catholics are hor
ored by public monuments in the var
Gus cities of this country? Scanne
O'Neil recalls the following: Wash
, ington-Kosciusko Columbus and Bal
ry; Boston-John Boyle O'Reilly; Ney