The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-01

Gift to Catholic Foreign Mission So
ciety.-The late Susan l.. Emery,
author of "The Inner Life of the Soul
and other works, left her writings to
the Catholic Foreign Mission Society
of America, Maryknoll, Ossining, N
Y. Miss Emery was distinguished
convert and from her Protestant days
had a special interest in foreign mis-
sions. Her sister, who never became
a Catholic, was one of the leaders in
Protestant mission movements.
Diocese of Providence Gives Mission
Burse.-The Providence Diocese,
through the Right Reverend Bishop
Harkins, has lately completed burse
($5,000) in the American Foreign Mis-
sion Seminary at Maryknoll, Ossining,
N. Y. The money has been invested
and the interest will be applied to the
training of missionary priest. The
hope has been expressed by Bishop
Harkins that Rhode Island shall al
ways have at least one representative
at this Seminary, for which from its
start, the Bishop of Providence has
manifested an active sympathy.
Cardinal Gibbons Eightieth Birth
day-On July %, His Eminence Car
dinal Gibbons of Baltimore passed his
eightieth birthday. There was no
formal celebration of the anniversary,
the Cardinal passing the day at the
country home of T. Herbert Shriver
near Westminster, Nd, as has been his
custom for several years. Many con-
gratulations upon his birthday reached
him from friends and well wishers in
this and other countries.
More Domestic PreIates.-The Holy
Father recently added a number of
American and Canadian priests to his
household. Among those created do
nestle prelates are Monsignori
Thomas Broydrick, William Fletcher,
James O'Brien, Michael Francis Fo-
ley, James Francis Donahue, all of the
Diocese of Baltimore; Peter Mason
of Philadelphia, John T. Kidd, Rector
of st. Augustines Seminary, Toronto;
Joseph Leterme of Victoria, B. c., and
Edward Doyle of st. John, New
Brunswick. Rev. Martin Whelan, pas
tor of St. MichaePs Cathedral,
Toronto, has been created private
chamberlain with the title monsignor,
while Sir Henry Howard, the "genti-
luomo" of Cardinal Gasquet, receives
a knighthood of the Grand Cross of
st. Gregory.
Conference of Catholic Charities
The next biennial National Conference
of Catholic Charities will be held at
the Catholic University, Washington,
from September 1928.
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Ursuline's Annual Visitation
Mother Margaret Mary, Vicar of the
Generalate of Rome, representing the
Mother-General Of the Ursuline Order,
and Neither Evangelista, the Ameri.
can representative at Rome, are on
their annual visitation Of American
converts of the Order. They are &C
companied by Mother Irene, dean OF
st. Angela's College, New York City
provincial of the northern province
of the Ursu1ine Order. and Mother
Regis, first counsellor superior of the
Bedford Park Convent, New York City
The latter Sisters accompanied
Mother Margaret Mary and Mother
Evangelista from the Southern prov
ince to the Northern. The Ursuline
Convent at Springfield, ILL.,, is the
farthest north in the Southern prov
ince. The trip from Rome on the part
of Mother Margaret Mary and Mother
Evangelista was made to Havana
Cuba, thence to New Orleans, ther
north. Before returning to Rome
they will visit Alaska, where there il
a province of converts.
Catholic Free High SchooI.-Tht
first free Catholic high school for boy:
in New York City will be ready tt
receive the incoming class next Sep
TENDER. The new building is near the
Jesuit Church of st. Ignatius, having
a frontage of 125 feet on East Eighty
fourth Street and 1877 feet on Eas
Eighty-fifth Street. 1t is built of beau
tiful white granite, is of classica
architecture, and will cost when com
pleted $1,500,O0O.
Generous Requests to Church ant
Charlty.-Two prominent laymen o
Boston, who died recently left gener
GUS requests to church and charity
The will of James G. Mccarthy, o
the South End, the lace merchant
contains requests of $4,000 to Boston
College, and $1,000 each to the Littl
Sisters of the Poor, Roxbury; Hous
of the Good Shepherd, Roxbury; ST
Mary's Infant Asylum, Dorchester
Carney Hospital, and Home for Desti
tute Catholic Children. The will o
C. James Connolly bequeathes $50
each to st. Augustine's Conference o
the Society of st. Vincent de Paul; 81
Johns Industrial School, Newton
Highlands; Little Sisters of the Poor
and the Home for Destitute Roman
Catholic Children; 5000 each to tn
Carney Hospital, st. Mary's Infan
Asylum, the Working Girls Home, 81
Vinecnt's Orphan Asylum, Free HON
for Consumptives and st. Margaret
and st. Elizabeth's Hospital, and $40
each to the Married Womens Sodality
the Young Ladies' Sodality and tn