The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-07

Rockland Co., N. Y, with ample
grounds and large lake, where boat
ing and fishing may be enjoyed. This
year it has developed into perma-
nent establishment, and is assuming
large proportions. The ST. Nicholas
School Association is now in a posi-
ton to accommodate all German Cath
olics of Greater New York, for a day,
a week or a season.
To Honor Aged Nun.-St. Eliza
beth's College, Convent Station, N.
j., will celebrate the .sixty-seventh an
niversary of the religious life of Mary
Xavier Michigan, Mother Superior of
the Sisters of Charity of New Jersey.
She has been Mother Superior for
f1fty-five years and at eighty-nine she
takes entire charge of the administra-
ton of the college. Of seven women
who consecrated themselves to relig-
ious work at the beginning of her life
as a nun she alone survives, but the
work the seven began now engages
the activities of more than 1900
women.
Non-CathoIics Hear PauIist.-The
nine parishes of the city of Evansville,
Ind, co-operated with the Knights of
Columbus in advertising the lecture
course of Rev. Bertrand E. Conway,
G. S. p, which he gave in Evans hall
during the first two weeks of Febru-
airy. AS result, each night the hall
was crowded by 5000 people, mostly
mont Catholics. Four thousand copies
of the Question Box" and scores of
the pamphlets were given out gratis;
over 725 queries were answered in the
time devoted to that purpose, and non
Catholics called at the parish rectory
from early morn until late at night
Hundreds of fallen-away Catholics re-
turned to the practice of their relig-
ion, IL adults are under instruction,
marriage cases by the score have
been settled and Is unbaptized babes
of careless parents have been bap-
tized. Evansville is a city of $4,000.
Successful Ball and No Tango.-The
Knights of Columbus charity ball in
the Armory, New York, Feb. 10, was
a triumph for the Knights morally as
well as financially. The floor COM
mittee under the leadership of DR.. J.
J. Comedian, had to deal with only
one case of the tango, which was
stopped so theoretically that the ex-
ample of the tangoers was carefully
avoided. The financial success was
equally gratifying, 400 being in at
tendance, among them many of the
clergy. The proceeds will be devoted
to the Hospital Bed fund and the Free
Employment bureau of the Long
Island Chapter.
The "SpotIess Cop" Dead-Police-
man John T. Redding, of Yonkers, N.
Y, known locally as the 'spotless
cop" because no charge ever was pre-
ferred against him in his forty-three
years of service in the Yonkers police
died Feb. IA. He was
years old and was vet
eran of the civil war, member of
Post, G. A. R., and of the
Knights of Columbus.
To Aid Catholic Paper.-At the fifth
annual convention of the Federated
Holy Name societies of the Newark
diocese, Sunday, Feb. Is, committee
on the press was named to wait on
the Bishops of the diocese of Newark
and Trenton to urge that every church
in the State buy at least 200 copies
Of the Monitor for distribution among
the people so as to cultivate taste
for good reading. This distribution
to continue until the Monitor became
Titanic Surgeons MemoriaI.-A
new emergency ward in st. Vincent's
New York, consisting of
three rooms, containing seventeen
beds, equipped and furnished through
out as a memorial to DR.. Francis Nor
man O'Laughlin, the senior ship sur
geon of the White Star Line, who per-
shed in the disaster to the Titanic,
was dedicated two weeks ago, to the
use of disabled seamen.
Mayor Gives Church Site.-Somer-
Vile, Texas, is to have it's first Cath
bic Church soon. Mayor Gaspar Dan
doldt and wife have donated two
lnfe, FOR tho cif
Catholic Knights of America.-The
national convention of the Catholic
knights and Ladies of America will
be held in Indianapolis on May 26.
Governor Guest of Honor.-The
formal opening of st. Peters new
clubhouse, Jersey City, N. J., began
Sunday afternoon, Feb. %, and con-
tinued until Friday night, Feb. q, at
which time Governor Fielder was the
guest of the club. The Bishop of the
the Right Reverend John J.
O'Connor, blessed the building on
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
Father Elliott Preaches.-The Very
Rev Walter Elliott, c. S. P, rector
of the Apostolic Mission House, Wash
ington, D. c., is preaching the Lenten
course of sermons in the Philadelphia
Cathedral.
Many Charities Remembered.-By
the will of the late William C. Wa