The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-11-27

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firmed six converts at Payne, O., re-
Gently, among them man aged 81
and woman aged SO. i
New College Hall.-The University
of st. Francis Xavier at Antagonist,
N. S., Can, has just opened its new
Mockler Hall with $50 students.
Missionary Society for Italians.
Philadelphia has Catholic Mission.
airy Society for Italians, with Rev. Ed
ward ]. Lying as Superintendent.
Jubilee of sIovak Union.-Slovaks
from all parts of the United States
gathered in Cleveland recently to cell
citrate the silver jubilee of the found
ing of the Slovak Catholic Union
which now has total of $4,000 mem
bers.
Populous Cities In Province.-In the
ecclesiastical Province of Cincinnati, |
O., five cities have population of |
over 100000.
Chapel for Seminary.-St. Patrick's
Seminary at Menlo Park, Cal, is to
have 100000 chapel.
Founder Of c. 3. L. Dead-Dr
George r. Kuhn, founder of the Cath
Ole Benevolent Legion and well
known as a physician in New York,
died at his home on November 5, at
the age of sixty-eight years.
SuIpician centenary-April 10, 1915,
will be the centenary of the death of
the sanity Father Francis Nagot who
founded the Sulpician Seminary and
College at Baltimore, Md.
Knights Give $5o,ooo.-The cam
paign to raise fund of 100000 for
the erection of a central Catholic
building in New York City as head
quarters for educational, charitable
and social work, was started last week
with contribution of $4,000 from
the Knights of Columbus Council of
New York.
Catholic Sculptor Makes Statue
Mr.. Andrew O'Connor, a Catholic
sculptor residing in Boston, Mass, is
at work on a magnificent statue OF
Abraham Lincoln, the cost of which
will be 100000 and will be paid for
by the State of Illinois. The statue
will be erected in Springfield, the cap
ital of the state.
Gift of Catholic kIng.-The Mater
Dolorosa painting, now on the front
wall of the Louisville, KY, Cathedral,
suspended over the organ, is the gift
of King Louis of Bavaria to Bishop
Chabrat in 1916.
Facsimile of Holy Land Grotto.-
The Franciscan Church of Mt. st. Sep
ulchre at Washington has facsimile
productions of the Holy Sepulchre, Mt.
Calvary, the Grottoes of Bethlehem
and Nazareth, and has just added a
reproduction of the original Grotto of
Gethsemane.
On November IA, 1845, the first con.
ference of the st. Vincent de Paul So
ciety in the United States was organ
lied in st. Louis. Eight years later,
on November 81, 1853, the first con.
ference was formed in Louisville, KY.
Campaign for orphanages.-A spe'
cial committee of the Catholic Orphan
Society of the Diocese of Louisville,
KY, consisting of Colonel p. H. Gala
han, Mr.. E. J. O'Brien and Mr.. Owen
Sullivan, has consented to solicit spe.
cial subscriptions aggregating ten
thousand dollars, for needed, immedi
ate improvements at the st. Thomas
and St Vincent Orphanages.
"Reglna Hotep for GirIs.-The
name, Regina Hotel" has been given
to the home for working girls estab
lished in the old Good Samaritan Hos
pital, Cincinnati, Ohio. A number Of
young ladies are now domiciled there
special provision being made by the
Sisters of Charity for their comfort
and welfare.
Library for Children.-The Rev. p
G. Gavan, rector of the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart, Washington, d. c., has
opened children's library. This is
one of the most progressive and use
full branches of work for children. The
library is stocked with books for chill
dren of all ages.
First American Priests.-The first
priest ordained in the United States
was Father Stephen Theodore Badin
of Kentucky; the second priest or
dained was Prince Demetrius Gallitzin
the Apostolic priest of Western Penn
sylvania.
A Jubilee SchoIarship.-The alum
nae OF st. Mary's-of-the Woods, Indi
ana, propose to raise $4,000 in com
memoration of the academy's recent
diamond jubilee, to be presented tc
the institution for scholarship. q
Catholic Colony Planned Rev
Thomas F. Sherman, son of General
Sherman, is in Spokane, Wash, inves
tigating conditions in the Yakima val
ley with view to locating somewhere
in the northwest q large colony OF