The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-12-25
Some Large Gifts to the
Church in 1915

/ Cnurcn OF NOtfe Dame, MOrnlnSSlde
! Heights and One Hundred and Four
teenth street, New York.
$4,000 Day Nursery.
Next in Importance to the above
gifts was the $4,000 Day Nursery,
given to the Church of st. Ignatius
! Loyola, New York, by Nicholas F.
Brady. President of the New York
Edison Co. One of the features Of
the building is an up-to-date kinder
garten. Besides this there is in con-
nection a hospital to attend to the
needs OF the little ones, with doctor
and nurses in attendance.
Another New Yorker, the late Cor
nelius Cronin. bequeathed 100000 to
various churches and institutions.
Mrs. William Lanahan built $l5O..
600 church at Baltimore, in memory
of her dead husband.
The heirs of the late Michael Cud.
ahy, of Chicago. turned over to the
| Sisters of the Holy Name, the spa
cious 100000 residence of the dead
millionaire. in Pasadena, Calf.
Mrs. Elizabeth O'Connor, New
York. by will hequeathed $4,000 to
Catholic charitable institutions.
Work was begun early in the year
on the $4,000 chapel of the Blessed
Sacrament in the Cathedral OF St.
Louis, given by Hon. Richard C. Ker-
ems. Mr.. Kerens also donated $4,000
for nurses in Kenrck Seminary.
John ana Michael Oman gave the
Jesuit Fathers $4,000 for the cree
tion of an engineering building at the
University OF Detroit.
John Hnchcliffe, Paterson, N. j.,
left by will $4,000 to St. Joseph's
Orphanage for Girls, and $4,000 to
pay off the mortgage on the knights
of Columbus property, both in Pater-
son.
Gives Chapel Cars.
Peter Kuntz, of Dayton, Ohio, pre-
scented to the Catholic Church Exten.
sion Society the chapel car. st.
Paul" Mr.. kuntz ana his family are
also the donors of the chapel car,
'St. Peter" both of which represent
an outlay of about $4,000.
George l.. Duval, New York, built
IL $4,000 addition to the Mission of
the Immaculate Conception for Boys,
Mt. Loretto, N. Y.
The Apostolic Mission House,
Brookland. ID. c., was the beneficiary
to $4,000 under the will of the late
Agnes A. Council. New York.
Mary p. Prendergast, Streator, ILL.,,
$4,000 to establish a Catholic home
for the aged and intirm.
Notre Dame University received
the 1000 volumed botanical library of
the late Dr. Edward Lee Greene val
ued at $4,000. as well as the almost
priceless herbarilm which included
over 100000 specimens, collected by
the great scientist.
Michael Carroll, WATERFOWL, Wis,
$40, 900.
Thomas Feigh, Duluth, Mimi, $4O,-
900 to the diocesan orphanage and
infirmary Duluth. MINI.
Charles Nj. Schwab, the steel mag
nate, built IL chapel at Mt ST.
Aloysus Academy, Cresson, Pa, at a
cost of 100000. Mrs. Schwab, wife
| nc hn O1n u,1,n 4 tnt 1,n1 IN
built church at Ashfield, Pa.
Mrs. Mary McCahill, Lake City
Minn., gave $4,000 to found the chapel
of ST. Peter, in the new cathedral OF
st. Paul.
The Pope Receives Legacy.
by the will of the late Michael Bar
ton. a pioneer Chicagoan, Pope Bene
dict was beneficiary to the income
from $4,000.
Mrs. Nicholas r. Brady, New York
$4,000 to the Sisters College, Catho
lie University of America.
John Golden, Marsllfield, Wis, $25,
900.
A Milwaukee donor, whose name Is
withheld, gave $4,000 to the Catho
lie Home for the Aged in that city.
Mrs. Kate Bowman, Altoona, Pa.
100000 to the Bishop of Altoona fol
the education of poor students for the
priesthood, and an additional $4,000
for various charitable purposes.
The gift of generous Brooklyn
Catholic, who made but one condi
ton: that his name be kept an abso
lutte secret, made possible the cree
ton of parochial school for the
children of the parish of St. Mary
Magdalen, Springfield, l.. l.
Generous Non-catholics.
Among the gifts given by non
Catholics, we have noticed the $4,000
Hospital, Sedalia. Mo-, which was Civ
en- to the Sisters of the Incarnatt
Word, by DR.. w. J. Ferguson ant
other non Catholics of that place. Mrs
Willard Straight, daughter of w
C. Whitney, one time Cabinet Officer
under Cleveland, gave $4,000 to the
building fund of st. Brigid's Church
Westbury, l.. l., New York; Samue
l.. Baxter, of Denver, gave $1,000
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