The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-21
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first visit to the land of his birth. The
Marianists have four large colleges
in Japan with an enrolment of two
thousand pupils. The school of which
Father Walter is head numbers seven
hundred students. He is very opti-
mistic regarding conditions in Japan,
and speaks highly of the attitude of
the government toward our holy re-
ligion.
Massachusetts Catholics Elected
Miss Catherine NJ. O'Leary, men,
Der of the legal fraternity Of Boston,
and also a member of the Massachu-
setts Prison Commission and Board
of Parole for the Women's Prison, at
the recent National Prison Congress
at ST. Paul, was elected secretary OF
the Governing Board of the Congress
to be held at Oakland, Cal, in October,
1915. Mr.. John B. Hebberd, Deputy
Prison Commissioner of Massachu-
sets, was elected Secretary of the
Parole and Pardon Committee, and
Rev. M. J. Murphy, Catholic Chaplain
of the Massachusetts State Prison, was
elected Vice-President of the Chap
lain Association, the oldest auxiliary
| body connected with the American
Prison Association.
Sister Fabian Burse Completed
The Sister Fabian Alumni, consisting
of the graduates of st. Stephen
School, Brooklyn, N. Y, who have
come under the guidance OF Sister
M. Fabian during the past forty years
have completed the Sister Fabian
Scholarship" fund and presented the
/ s.. 800 to Rt. Rev. George, w. Munde
! lein, D. D., to establish a perpetua
scholarship in the old Cathedral Col
lege of the Immaculate Conception.
Catholic Alumnae Association-Al
ready the alumnae societies OF more
than seventy-five different colleges
and academies in the United states
have been enrolled in National Cain
olic Alumnae Association, and q gen
oral convention has been arranged q
meet at the Hotel McAlpin, New Yori
CITY, on November 28, 20 and 30 next
Girls Home Campaign.-Nearl.
$50. 600 has been subscribed Tor tn
ST Catherine Home for Working Girls
Milwaukee. as result of the work o
an energetic campaign for funds. MIS-
Elizabeth Marshall contributed $40
900. and gifts ranging from $lOO Z
81, 900 are flowing in; the latter amour
was given by happy groom, who In
terrupted his wedding breakfast lon
enough to indulge in that charitabl
action.
carneqie Organ Fund.-Andrey
Carnegie has promised gift of $3.50
toward the organ fund of st. Joseph
Church at Farley, Ia, providing tn
parishioners raise a like amount b
September 80, 1915. At present tn
: fund amounts to $1,000. The donation
from the steel magnate was secure
through the efforts of Rev. VIM. Leer
the energetic pastor of the parish.
Catholic Total Abstinence Union.-
; The Catholic Abstinence Union Q
America now totals GOT societies, wit
; 44,92O members. In this movement
, Philadelphia still leads, as it has TO
forty years past 1t counts some 16
societies, with 1900 members. Penn
!, sylvania, as a whole, has $50 Tota
Abstinence Societies with $4,000 men
bers.
Free Library GuiId.-The Catholi
. Free Library Guild of st. Louis
making vigorous efforts to get so
new members at 81 year in order t
! win $1,000 promised by an unident
fed benefactor of the library. TIL
present membership is 493. TIL
library is a cooperative institution
Last years expenses were $664.1;
The librarian and others concerne
: with it give their services free. Arcl
bishop Glennon has given the librar
his official Endorsement.
> "The Dream Of Gerontius." -Elgar'
superb oratorio, "The Dream of &c
ontius," Chased on the mystical poel
> of Cardinal Newman) admittedly til
greatest of modern choral works, an
now in it's fifteenth triumphant yea
will be sung by the Oratorio Societ
of New York for the sixth time in ii
history, December 8. Cervase Five
the noted English tenor, and foremos
exponent of the role of Gerontius, wi
sing the title role on this occasion. H
has already sung this part nearly on
!, hundred times.
Knights to the Reseue.-During th
present epidemic in Olean, N. Y, an
while the city water there is unde
suspicion, the neighbors and citizen
. generally have been invited to use tn
water supplied by the artesian we'll q
the knights of Columbus club house
This we'll was driven in the spring G
1908 to a depth of 200 feet until sol
water was obtained. At the time tn
we'll was drilled, the chemists of tn
Pennsylvania railroad analysed tn
water and pronounced it absolutel
pure.
Noon Lunches for Church Fund.-
st. Johns Church, the first in s.
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