The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-20

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schools which are supported entirely
by the Indians out of their tribal
$
Bishop Fallon Gives Retreat
Right Reverend M. F. Fallon, Bishop
Of London, Ont, conducted a Lenten
for men in St, Francis de Sales
Church, Toledo, Ohio, during the week
beginning March Z, under the auspices
Of the knights of Columbus.
Bishops Residence Damaged.-The
home of Right Reverend Bishop Dowl-
ing of Des Moines, Iowa, was partially
destroyed by fire two weeks ago. The
fire was caused from a defective flue.
the fire was confined to
the real of the house, no damage
being done to the front of the house
either by fire or water. The loss is
about 1880.
x. of c. Retreat and Lecture.-The
Knights of Columbus of Iowa City
have secured Rev. J.. F. Nugent, pastor
of the Church of the Visitation of Des
Moines, to conduct a retreat for them,
the 10th, 18th and 18th. The Knights
have also secured Peter w. Collins. to
give a LECTURE in Iowa City on March
Is.
Sixteen Observation-Disclosures, out
side the Catholic Church, could one
find a charitable institution housing
not more than 165 inmates, yet having
in that small number representatives
of sixteen different na~tionalities?
Such is the distinction of st. Joseph's
Orphanage, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
where there are boys of Belgian,
Italian, Austrian, Galician, French,
Polish, Bohemian, English, Breton,
Irish, Scotch, German, ~half-breed, Ca
madam, Negro and American parent
age.
Priest on Civic Board.-Governor
Walsh last week announced the ap-
pointment of a committee of five to
draft a bill to provide for a university
extension system in Massachusetts,. 1t
includes Very Rev. Charles w. Lyons,
S. j., president of Boston College.
Knights and Women Give Books
The members of the Catholic Woman's
club of Green Bay, Wis, have pre-
scented to the public library twenty
five volumes. Among these are books
of travel, of history and of economics.
Another gift, ten periodicals, has
been given to the library by the mem
bers of the knights of Columbus.
Dominican Honored.-The degree of
Master of Sacred Theology was con-
ferred upon Very Rev. A. l.. Mcmahon,
o. p, in st. Dominic's Church, San
Francisco, recently. Bishop Hanna and
a number of priests were present at
the ceremony. The degree was &C
corded Father Mcmahon by the Gen.
eral Chapter of the Dominican Order.
st. Louis Non-Catholic Mission
The knights of Columbus of st. Louis
will bear the expenses of a great mis-
sion for non-Catholics to be opened
under their auspices in the New Ca
thedral on Low Sunday, April II, by
Fathers Bertrand l.. Conway and
James ellis of the Paulist Order.
Lectures on Social Topics.-A course
of lectures for the benefit of social
and philanthropic workers are being
given on each Sunday afternoon of
Lent under the auspices of the ST. Vim
cent de Paul Society, Des Moines, la.
The first lecture was given by Rev.
John Herbers of the faculty of Du-
buque College. The lectures are open
to the general public.
Converted BY The Menace.-A for
mer Lutheran minister of Dubuque,
Ia, Mr.. Frederick Schuchard and his
family have entered the Catholic
Church. Mr.. S%chuchard has resigned
his position as Lutheran clergyman
and has secured employment in a fac
tory. He was led to change his views
about religion by reading and by in
vestigating the false charges made
against the Church, it's priests and re-
ligious by such publications as The
Menace.
Father Dempsey's Hotel.-During
the eight years that Father Dempsey's
Hotel for Workingmen has been estab-
lished, the guests entertained were
5S,682; free lodgings given, S2,314;
free meals, 1924; employment Sc
cured through free labor agency, 6,158;
placed in hospitals, free, 311; died
since opening of hotel, 146; buried in
Exile's Rest in Calvary cemetery,
since May, 1909, II; transportation,
to other cities secured for 81, who
went to relatives, friends or positions.
Diocesan collections.-The Catholic
University collection in the Archdio-
cese of Philadelphia amounted, up to
last week, to $~7,2S7.2S. The collec-
ton taken up in that diocese for Bel
gfan sufferers, realized $~14,O21.1O.
Sixty Years in Visitation Order
Simple, but impressive ceremonies
were held recently at the Convent of
the Visitation, Georgetown, ID. c., the
occasion being the celebration of the
diamond jubilee of Sister Mary Rose