The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
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Creighton Alumni Membership
Creighton University, with its depart
ment of arts, medicine, law, dentistry
III membership OF about $500, ac-
to records now being compiled
at the law department. OF this |
400 are recorded by card
index system, with their names and
addresses arranged alphabetically by
states and towns, while over coo are
as yet not definitely located. The
is located in Omaha, Neb.
Professors in Roman coIIege.-Two
learned young Franciscans, Rev,
George Wetenkamp and Rev. Joseph
Rhode. of the Franciscan Provinces
Of Cincinnati and St Louis, who have
made special courses of study at the
Catholic University and subsequently
at the Universities of Louvain and
Innsbruck, and at Munich and at
Rome, have been appointed respec-
lively to the chairs OF Dogmatic The
ology and Sacred Scripture in the
international franciscan College of
st. Anthony, Rome.
Church for Colored Catholics
Under the leadership of Rev Joseph
Wuest, c. S. Sp., the colored Cath
olics of Detroit, Mich, have purchased
the property Of the St. Mary Episcopal
Church Society, and will convert the
edifice into a place of Catholic wor-
ship.
Club for Gaelic Athietes.-A national
athletic organization, TO be known
as the Gaelic Athletic Association of
the United States, was formed in New
York on january 4. by representatives
from twenty-siX Gaelic football and
hurting teams. Besides the New York
delegates there We're present repre-
sentatives from Newark, n. j., New
Haven and Bridgeport, Conn, and
Philadelphia. The new organization
proposes to run Off national cham
pionship schedule. The Irish societies
of Greater New York are back OF the
movement it is said. Thomas Brady
of the CaVan Football Club, New York,
was elected president.
c. Y. Nj. N. U. convention.-At the
meeting OF the executive board of the
Catholic Young Mems National Union
held recently in Baltimore, it was
decided to accept the offer of Pitts
bnrgh for the 1915 convention, and
the dates decided upon are August 16,
II and IS. Pittsburgh has promised
the delegates warm reception, and
soon the committee in charge will
send descriptive literature 70 the
affiliated clubs
Denver Cathedral Statuary-The
magnificent collection OF etatuary in
Denver's Cathedral of the Immacu-
late Conception, said by many to sur
pass that Of any church in the West,
received a valuable addition when
the bust of the late Pope Plus X was
placed in position. This work of art
is the gift of Miss Margery Reed and
Joseph Reed, daughter and son Of
Veneer z. Reed, Denyer's well-known
capitalist and philanthropist. Miss
Reed was Instructed in the truths of
the Catholic religion and received into
the Church last year, while her
young brother was baptized later in
Rome, where the family was visit
ing.
Cardinals Reception.-In the archi-
episcopal residence January 3, Cardi-
nal Gibbons of Baltimore, held his
annual New Years reception, greet
ing a few more than 1900 persons
College for Barbers.-Quitc a new
feature of st. Vincent's Hotel, Il
Catholic charity of New Orleans, will
be inaugurated in the establishment
there of College for Earbers. This
will be under the direction Of Albert
Echnerl, an expert barber.
Golden Jubitee.-The Academy of
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Peoria.
H., the largest high school for girls
in the Peoria diocese, celebrated its
golden jubilee at New Years, and its
many friends, old and new, made
much of the happy event. The Sisters
of st. Joseph came to Peoria in 1862
and two years later the academy was
formally opened 1t was the first
school of its kind in that part of the
country. Ten years later the build
ing now occupied by the academy was
nue. and Bryan street. The Sisters
have added to their holdings on this
corner and now have more than a
half block included in their ground.
The building has also received many
additions and improvements. For the
! jubilee year the Sisters have had the
whole house redecorated. A jubilee
gift from the Alumnae Association has
turned the long sun parlor on the
south into beautiful library and a
most charming sewing room. The
laboratory also has been enlarged and
improved, and the equipment for the
domestic science course is entirely
new.
| Bequests for Education.-Property
for the erection of the new Loyola
College, Guilford, Nd, has been pre-
sented by an unnamed donor. The
property is valued at 100000
| Decorated for Bravery.-Four