The Catholic bulletin., 1915-08-14
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bS Tie SdLLU1lC SuuECn nave pOOA
fighting the Constitutionalists, the
message continues, and they will not
be welcome in Mexico. The govern
ment will grant religious freedom,
but not to those churchmen who
have been enemies to the cause. The
property of the Catholic Church be-
longs to the state and may be used
for educational purposes"
Brothers at Catholic University
Next October the Brothers of Mary
will open their new House of Studies
at the Catholic University, Washing
ton, d. c.
Priests Invention Profitable
John T.. Prout of ST. Johns Church,
New York, has been receiving offers
of $4,000 from phonograph manu-
facturers for a device which permits
the operator to sit back and hear his
favorite piece played over and over
on his machine without having to re-
set the arm.
Sentenced for lmpersonating Priest.
"A man giving the name of William
Bell, of Eddystone, Pa, who was ar
rested some weeks ago, accused Sof
collecting funds while representing
himself as priest, pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Ralston, in the Quarter
Sessions Court, Philadelphia, and was
sentenced to the county prison for
eighteen months.
C.>Y M. NJ. Union-The- forty-frst
annual convention of the Catholic
Young Mems National Union will be
held in Pittsburgh, Pa, on Aug. 15,
16 and II. Arrangements are well
under way by the Catholic clubs of
Pittsburgh, to make this convention
the most successful in the history of
the union.
Fifty Years a Jesuit.-Rev. Henry
]. Shandelle, S. j., librarian of George
town University, will celebrate the
golden jubilee of his admission into
the Society of Jesus on August Is.
A Convert Capitalst.-Robert Gug-
genheim, son of Mr.. Daniel Guggen-
helm, the capitalist, became con-
vert in April. The fact became pub
lie because of the marriage of Mr..
Guggenheim and Miss Margaret Wey-
her in ST. Mary's Church at Deal,
N. j., on July 10.
Priest on Special Board.-Among
those whom Governor Walsh of Mass
achusetts has named to serve as a
special board to report on the prac-
ticability of providing military educa-
tion for boys and creating militia re.
serve is the Rev. Charles w. Lyons,
s. j., president of Boston College.
Will Not Announce Dances.-One
hundred rectors of the Diocese OF
Newark, N. J., meeting recently al
Seton Hall College, South Orange, vot
ed not to announce from the pulpit
any entertainment or social at which
modern dances will be allowed
Bishop O'Connor presided. The
dances we're declared to be ''becom
ing worse"
Golden Jubilee CeIebration.-The
celebration of the golden jubilee o.
the Philadelphia Cathedral will be
held on November IL. This is mo-
the actual anniversary of the opening
of the Cathedral, the celebration O
which was postponed until after the
thorough renovation and refrescoins
which that edifice is undergoing. The
observance will occur on the date O
the golden jubilee of the ordination
of Archbishop Prendergast, who wa'
raised to the priesthood by Bishol
Wood, in the Cathedral, November II
1865.
To Aid Poles.-The conventip on o
the Polish Alliance of Ohio, held il
Cleveland last week, unanimousl.
adopted a resolution to send $4,000 t.
Henry Sienkiwicz, the famous Polisl
poet and author of "Quo Vadis, t.
aid the war-stricken Poles.
Gifts to Parish.-The celebration
of the fifty-fifth anniversary of th
establishment of st. James Church
Belvidere, ILL.,, was made the occasion
of special gifts in clearing up the deb
on the parish, this debt being he re
suit of the establishment of st. James
parochial school. Roger c. Sullivan
of Chicago, formerly of Belvidere
came forward with the promise of
gift of one-third of all that the parisl
would raise on the debt. AS the deb
is in round figures $4,000, and a
much of it has been pledged, tha
means gift by Mr.. Sullivan of $1,000
Mr.. Sullivan had previously give
| $500. Bishop Muldoon's gift is nearl
$3.50, with a doubling of the amour
if the sum is raised within six months
Jubilee of Indian Missionary -Rey
Chrysostom Verwyst, o. F. NJ, Q
Bayfield,, Wis, celebrated his go1del
sacerdotal jubilee on July IA. He
one of the oldest missionaries of tn
Chippewa Indian tribe in the nortl
west He has written several book
in the Indian language. and has az
complished untold good among tn
Indians for thirty years amidst tn
greatest privations and difficulties.