The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-02-20
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in 1866. He entered st. Francis short |
ly after and has been there ever since. |
He was ordained in 1867. Pope Plus
X made him Prothonotary Apostolic in |
July, 1904, in recognition of his serv-
ices.
University's Generous offer.-The |
Catholic University of America has
offered scholarship in each of the
high schools of the District of Column
bia, Central Western, Eastern and
Mckinley Manual Training, which Of
fer has been accepted by the Board
of Education.
New Lithuanian Church.-The new
Lithuanian Church of st. George,
York Street, Brooklyn, was dedicated
Sunday, January 81, by Right Rever-
end George w. Mundelein, Auxiliary
Bishop of the diocese. Rev. A. Kodis
is the rector. The building was built
at cost OF $4,000.
Bishop FaIIon to Give Retreat.-The
Right Reverend M. F. Fallon, o. NJ. l.,
of London, Ont, Canada, will conduct
the Lenten retreat for men under the
auspices of the Knights of Columbus,
in st. Francis de Sales Cathedral,
Toledo, Ohio, beginning March Z, and
ending March IA.
Aged Sister Dead. SISTER Bernar
dine, aged eighty-one years, died OH
January % at the Academy of Notre
Dame i'll Cincinnati. She entered the
Order OF Notre Dame at Lowell, Mass,
in 1868. In 1874 she founded the first
Academy of NOtre Dame at Chelsea,
Mass. Since 1878 she had been treas
urer and commissary of the Academy
in Cincinnati.
C. M. 8. A. Convention.-The Su-
preme Council of the Catholic Mutual
Benefit Association will be held in.
Toledo, Ohio, the coming summer.
Dominican Sister Dead.-Sister Mary
Alcantara, for thirty-seven years a
members of the Dominican Sisters of
the Holy Rosary Province, died at st.
GATHERINGS Convent, at Obernburg, N.
Y, Oh January Is.
Catholic Universities in United
states.-The leading Catholic uniyer-
stiles in the United States last year
were: Georgetown university with 1856
teachers, 1923 students; Marquette
university with 24O teachers, 1,G70
students; st. Louis university with
252 teachers, 1,47I students; Fordham
university with t54 teachers, 1,G25
Students; Creighton university with
| $50 teachers, 1,232 Students; The
Catholic university with SIS teachers,
| 1907 students; Notre Dame univer-
sity with 80 teachers, 1,15O students.
Georgetown university possesses the
largest Catholic library, $4,000 vol
umes; Notre Dame university has
$4,000 Volumes. The Catholic univer-
sity has $4,000 volumes; Fordham uni
versity has $4,000 Volumes; st. Louis
university has 74,512 volumes; Mar
quette university has $4,000 and
Creighton university $4,000 volumes.
X. of c. State Lecturer.-Under the
auspices of the Iowa State Lecture
Bureau of the knights of Columbus,
Rev. John 7. Noonan, pastor of st.
Anthony's Church, Des Moines, will
give series of lectures throughout
the state.
Administrator of Albany Diocese
Former Vicar General J. J. Swift, of
Troy, N. Y, is now, by designation of
Cardinal Farley, Administrator of the
Diocese of Albany. He will serve
until the new Bishop is named.
Unique Gift to Churches.-Mr.
George w. Finnup, of Garden City,
Kan, presented a bond for $1,000 to
every church in his town owning its
building. There are five that benefit
the Catholic Church being among the
number.
Official Tribute to Deceased Bishop
THE legislature of the state of New
York did gracious act when the
members unanimously decided to ad.
journ out of respect to the Right Rev.
erend Thomas M. A. Burke, the de.
ceased Bishop of Albany. Bishop
Burke had been prominent figure in
that citv for moro than half - ccntIIry
and good part of his life was lived
almost i'll the shadow of the state
house. The suspension of the sessions
of New York's assembly from the day
following his death, till the day after
his funeral, was splendid official
tribute from a great state to one of
it's truly great men.
Refugee Mexican Priests.-Fiye
more refugee priests, fleeing for their
lives from Mexico, arrived in San
Francisco recently on the Pacific Mail
S. S. Peru" The priests owe their
lives to the American Consul at Man
zanillo. who saved them from the
clutches of the prosecutors of the
Church and got them aboard the ship
They were left with nothing but the
clothing on their backs. They will be
properly cared for by the clergy OF
San Francisco.
Lenten Preacher at Notre DAME
The Rev. Camille Roy, of Quebec, is
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