The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-05

ISpOK69 on 1nS 1uulNluudl anu OppOI'
tunity." Very Rev. H. Moynihan
President of st. Thomas College, re.
4 sponded to the toast, THE Knights OF
Columbus and Education National
Director w. d. Dryer of st. Paul dealt
with the theme, Our Order and Its
Purposes" The program was enrich.
ed by the vocal solos of Mrs. Tenie
Murphy Sheehan and Francis Rosen-
| thai. The banquet ended with the
singing of America" by all present.
Church of ST. Elizabeth: The Forty
Hours Devotion at the Church of st.
Elizabeth, Minneapolis, terminated last
Sunday with Solemn Procession at
which the pastor, Father Scherer, was
assisted by Father Bour, 0. M. l.,
and Father Ennis Father Bour gave
the English and German sermons. The
attendance was general throughout
| the eXpositions despite even the rain
on Friday, and beyond seating capa-
city on Saturday and Sunday. About
LOO Communions were distributed.
This pronounced success clearly indi-
Gates the progress and devotion of the
whole congregation which has become
a flourishing parish in South Mime
apolis. About fifty children received
private Communion on Saturday and
Solemn First Communion was given at
the 8 o'clock Mass on Sunday. The
TIE Deum ON Sunday night was audible
for many blocks.
L. C. B. A. Benefit: Branch $40 Of
the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent AS
ISOLATION will give benefit card party
at the home of Mrs. A. S. Dowdall, 632
Elwood Avenue NJ, on Wednesday
afternoon, June 8.
Hopkins: The mission in the Church
of st. Mary ended Tuesday evening,
June /, with sermon on Confession"
followed by Benediction. Reverend H.
E. Phillips, c.. IS. R., of Davenport,
Ia, conducted the exercises, which be-
gan Sunday morning, May %, and
lasted ten days. During the entire
mission there was a large attendance
each morning at the six o'clock and
nine o'clock Masses, while the church
was filled each evening for the instruc-
ton, rosary, sermon and benediction.
There were two hundred and thirty
five confessions of adults heard dur
ing the mission. The children's mis-
sion held during the afternoons of last
week brought $50 little ones to the
church regularly and eighty of these
received their first Solemn Com
munion last Sunday at the half-past
eight o'clock Mass. On Monday even
ing of this week non-Catholics were
specially invited to hear the sermon
| on "The Bible;" and on Tuesday even
| ing, on Confession" The pastor of
st. Mary's, Reverend Benjamin F.. Au-
dus, is gratified at the splendid results
of the mission.
st. Thomas: On Thursday, May a.,
the Right Reverend Bishop Lawler
confirmed class of "a children in the
Church of st. Thomas, of which R-v.
l.. Carey is pastor, and was presented
with check for $65.00 for the new
Cathedral building fund.
Sleepy Eye: The Most Reverend
Archbishop preached at the late Mass
last Sunday in the Church of st. Mary,
Help of Christians, Of which Rev.
James Klein is pastor, and in the
afternoon confirmed class of $50
children who presented him with a
check for $3.50 for the building fund
of the new Cathedral. After con-
firmation the new parochial school
of st. Mary was solemnly blessed by
| the Most Reverend Archbishop.
These ceremonies we're attended by a
large concourse of people who took
advantage of the ideal weather con-
ditions to participate in the functions
of the day. The new school is brick
structure equipped with all modern
conveniences and large enough to ac-
commodate the children of the parish.
GraceVille: The Commencement ex-
ercises of st. Mary's Academy will
take place in the Opera House on June
/ z, at three o'clock. The Alumnae
Association will hold it's seventh an.
nual meeting on the afternoon of the
following day.
Red Wing: Next Sunday, June G.
the Right Reverend Bishop Lawle1
will give Confirmation in the Church
of st. Joseph, of which Rev. P. Carey
is pastor and also in the chapel OF
Villa Marie Academy, Frontenac.
New UIm: The graduating exercises
of the parochial school will be held in
Holy Trinity Church on Sunday after
noon, June 6. A program of sacred
music will be rendered and an ad
dress delivered by the pastor, Rev. r
Schlinkert, after which he will pre-
sent the diplomas and premiums tt
the twenty-six graduates who will ther
recite the Act of Conservation to the
Sacred Heart. The ceremony will BE-
brought to close with Benediction o.
the Blessed Sacrament.
FaribauIt: The senior class O
Bethlehem Academy presented the an
!, nual class play entitled, MARY Stuart,
by Schiller, in the Assembly hall OF
Thursday and Friday evenings of las
week, under the direction of Mrs
James O'Neill.