The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-16
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

wisconsin summer 0Cn0ois-1 nc
Spring Bank Catholic Summer School,
Oconomowoc Lake, Wis, will open
June 18th.
CarmeIite Superior Appointed
Reverend Corbinian Penskofer, o. c.
D., formerly of the Holy Land, has
been appointed Superior of the Car
melites at Holy Hill, Wis.
Chicago Educational Committee.-A
May festival was held by the Chicago
Educational Committee on the 7th
and Sth of May at the Paulist hall on
Wabash avenue. On the first day
Judge Tuthill addressed the assembly,
speaking on Divorce" He was fol-
lowed on the next day by Judge Nc
Goorty, who lectured on Marriage"
The Chicago Educational Committee
has been organized to educate Cath
Ole children along temperance lines.
To Welcome Bishop Skinner
Members of the Catholic Church in
Spokane and the surrounding terri
tory are making elaborate prepare
tions to welcome Bishop Schinner, the
new Bishop of Spokane, on his arriv-
al in the city this month. The Rev.
A. Verhagen of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, which will be the pro-Cathe-
dral, is chairman Of the reception Or
ganization, and Attorney William c.
Donovan is secretary.
Memorial Altar in Native Church.
The will of Alexander Burke, pioneer
brick manufacturer of Chicago and
father of Judge Richard E. Burke,
chief justice of the Chicago Circuit
Court, was filed in the Probate Court
last month. 1t provides that 81 800 be
set aside for the erection of an altar
in the parish church at Incheegela, in
the county of Cork, Ireland, to the
memory of the decedent's parents.
Work on New Church Begun
The excavations have begun for the
new church at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, of
which E. L. Masqueray of st. Paul is
the architect. The building will cost
100000 The first spadeful of earth
was thrown by the Rev. Clement j.
G.. Lowrey, chaplain of Mercy hospi-
tai. Forty years ago Father Lowrey
dug the first spadeful of earth for the
present Immaculate Conception
Church, of which he was pastor.
Among the Dead at Vera Cruz
Edward A. Gisburne, signal boy to the
captain of the us. S. Florida, lived
in Quincy, Mass. Five or six years
ago he became convert to the Cath
Ollie Faith, his instructor being Rev.
Julian E. tombstone. He was con-
frmed in st. Margaret's Church, Dor
chester, by Bishop Anderson, with a
class of boys and girls. Gisburne was
a clean-living, practical Catholic, and
while an apprentice at the Newport,
r. l., Naval Training School, frequent
ed the Sacramento, attending the
church nearest the training station.
Presbyterian Losses in Manhattan.
"A falling off in the attendance of
Presbyterian churches in Manhattan
of 1900 in ten years was shown by a
count made at all services of this de-
nomination Sunday, says the New
York Sun. The result announced at
the weekly business meetings yester-
day startled the ministers and elders.
1t costs $3.50 Sunday for every per-
son who occupies a pew in Presby-
Nh, hn W
erage gift per person who attends is
$500; so these churches are running
at loss of $3.50 head.
London Church RebuiIt.-On Thurs
day, April %, just thirteen months aft
er the destruction by fire of the for
mer church, the beautiful new church
of Our Lady of La Salette was blessed
and opened by Right Rev. M. F. Fal-
lon, D. D., Bishop of London, Ont. The
new edifice, Gothic in style, has been
brought to a completion in a remark
ably short time, by the united efforts
of the pastor, Rev. John P. Brennan
and the people of this almost exclu'
sively Catholic district
Priest Gives $10,ooo.-The Sisters OF
Mercy in charge of st. Gabriers Or.
phanage, Worcester, Mass, are to
build a new convent to replace the
historic building at As High street
Reverend DIR. William H. Goggin, pas.
tor of St. PauTs Church, has given as
his own personal gift $4,000 to help
defray expenses of erecting the con
vent. The orphanage is located in ST.
Paul's parish, and the splendid gift
of Rev. DR.. Goggin enables the Sis.
tiers to build the new convent. Work
will be started this year. The new
building is to be of brick, four stories
high, and will replace the three-story
wooden building that has been occu
pied by the Sisters as convent fol
the past forty years. The present
convent is one of the most historic
Catholic buildings in Worcester and
houses st. Anthony's Shrine which i:
visited each year by thousands. L
was erected some eighty years ago.
Was With Dewey at ManiIa.-Th'
Rev. J. J. Ryan, pastor Of St. Franci!
Xavier Church at Henryville, Ind, say
he is ready to offer his services to hi'
country if Bishop Chartrand, Of Indi
annapolis, gives his consent. Fathe
Ryan wants to be chaplain on bat
tleship. He served four years as ;