The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-22
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the diocese and to the Frances E.
! Austin Home.
nurses from st. Michaels Hospital,
Toronto, have gone to the front.
Mission Altar MemoriaI.--An offer
ing of fifty dollars has been contribut-
ed by twenty-six members of the par
ish of the Immaculate Conception,
Maiden, Mass, for the erection of an
altar in memory of the late Rev. David
G. Supple, D. D. 1t will be erected in
church which Father Fitzpatrick is
building in one of the missions of
Central America.
Nun of Distinguished Ancestry
Sister st. Pierre Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment, who died on April 27 in the
Monastery of the Discalced Carmel
ties, New Orleans, came of family
that for centuries has given sons and
daughters to the Church and which
left England because of religious per-
Lancaster, daughter of William Blair
Lancaster, a prominent Catholic law
yer and journalist of New Orleans,
who was for many years editor of
the Morning Star" Mr.. Lancaster it
was who first introduced into New
Orleans the Society of st. Vincent de
Paul.
Gift to Polish Relief Society.-The
st. Paul Polish Relief society re-
ceived a check for five hundred dol
| lars from James Hill. The ST. Paul
society has forwarded two thousand
dollars to the American Polish Relief
Committee, New York.
Retreats at Techny.-Seven re-
treats for the laity will be given by
the Fathers of the Divine Word, at
Techny, H., during the summer of
1915. The dates of these retreats are
as follows German Retreats: July s
to II, for men and young men; July
% to %, ladies' and young ladies.
English Retreats: July Is to IS, for
men and young men; July 20 and
August 1, for young ladies', particu-
larly for teachers; August 10 to %,
for young ladies; August rs to 70, for
married ladies; September 3 to 6, for
men and young men.
Graduates of Creighton University.
One hundred and twenty-five stu
dents were granted degrees at the an
nual commencement exercises of
Creighton University, Omaha, Neb
held at the Brandeis theater recently.
The students were distributed among
the various departments as follows:
Medical, forty-six; law, tWenty-eight;
dentistry, twenty-seEen; pharmacy,
fourteen, and arts, six.
Visitation of PauIist Housewife
Very Rev. John J. Hughes, Superior
of the Paulist Fathers, started ON May
on visitation of all the houses of
his community throughout the United
States and Canada.
Gifts to Catholic Charities.-Mr
James +. Brennan, prominent Knight
of Columbus of the City of Washing
ton, has recently made valuable gifts
in real estate and in cash to the fol
lowing Catholic charitable and mis-
sionary institutions: Washington real
estate to the Propagation of the Faith,
the Bureau of Catholic Indian Mis-
| Gil fho sci
Missions Among Colored People and
the Indians, the House of the Good
! Shepherd, Washington, ID. c.. st. Ann
Infant Asylum, Washington, d. c.; st.
Joseph Orphan Asylum, Washington,
d. c.; Little Sisters of the Poor, Wash
ington, d. c., and to st. Vincent Home
for Friendless Boys of Brooklyn, N.
Y, $1,000 in cash.
CanoncaI Chapter Erected. The
only regular Canonical Chapter in all
America is being erected at Quebec
by Cardinal Begin. The official list of
Canons is as follows: Rt. Rev. Mgr
Marois, V. G., Provost; Rt Rev. Mgr
Gosselin, Rector of Laval University;
Rev. p. c. K. Lafiamme, Cure of Que
bee; Revs. George Lindsay, Archivist;
Charles Gagne, Cure of St Anne de la
Pocatiere; George Miville, Rector of
the Apostolic School, Quebec; Clovis
Arsenault, Cure of st. Ambrose; JOS
N. Gignac, Professor, Laval; Joseph
Halle, Professor, Lewis; JOS. r. Pelle-
tier, Professor, Seminary of Quebec;
Charles Beaulieu, Professor, Seminary
of Quebec; Jules Laberge, Secretary
of Quebec Diocese.
Retreat for Catholic Actors.-The |
first retreat for Catholic actors was
held in st. Malachy's Church, Broad |
way and Forty-ninth Street, New York |
City, beginning May 8.
Catholic Home for Aged.-By the |
will of the late Mary P. Prendergast, |
of Streator, ILL.,, $4,000 was given to
establish Catholic home for aged and |
intirm persons. Sisters of Mercy of |
Ottawa were given $4,000; st. Xaviers |
Academy and other Catholic institu- |
tons were well remembered.
Camp for Catholic Boys.-Plans for
the organization and conduct of the |
Boys Camp Association, under the |
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