The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Medical Examiner EIected.-Frank-
lin J. Keller, M. D., of Rochester, n.
Y, has been elected supreme medical
examiner of the Catholic Benevolent
Legion.
Sailors Haven Assured.-A gener-
Gus Catholic who owns building near
the Brooklyn Navy Yard has given
the free use of the house for the
proposed Sailors Haven.
Daughters of IsabeIIa.-The Daugh-
tiers of Isabella have grown in two
years from 5,642 to 22,12O, and there
has been an increase of siXty-two
courts in the same time.
Patriot-Priests Memory.-StepS are
being taken to have the memory of
Father Gibault, "the patriot-priest of
Vincennes" properly honored in the
celebration of Indiana's centennial
next year.
Day Nursery for MontreaI.-The
Archbishop of Montreal opened Day
Nursery and Dispensary for the poor
of st. AIMS parish in that city.
Leper Home.-In the Louisiana
leper home heroic Sisters of Charity
care for 104 patients.
A Venerable PiIe.-Sunday, Noyem-
Der %, st. Peters Church, Barclay
Street, New York, commemmorated
and the one hundred and thirtieth
anniversary of it's foundation.
A Successful Fair.-The Charity
Hospital International Fair, at New
Orleans, for the Charity Hospital con-
Quoted by the Daughters of Charity
of st. Vincent de Paul, realized $751;
666.69, which amount was handed the
Sisters recently.
New Hospital edication.-Mason
City, Ia, will shortly be able to boast
of having one of the finest hospitals
in Iowa. Archbishop Keane will dedi-
cate, on January 4, the new st. Jo-
seph's Hospital now being completed
at a cost of $150,000.
Oldest Bohemian Church.-The gold
en- jubilee of st. Mary'S Church at
ReedsviIle, Wis, the oldest Bohemian
Catholic Church in the United States,
was observed on November II, with
fitting religious ceremonies. Rev. +.
Kolan is rector of the church.
Senior American Bishop.-The
senior American prelate in point of
age and of ordination is Bishop Foley
of Detroit, born in Baltimore in 1888;
ordained in Rome by Cardinal Patrizi
in 1856, and consecrated Bishop in
1888.
Flags Presented to SchooIs.-The
Knights of Columbus of Des Moines,
Ia, presented each school of the diff
ferent parishes of the city with a large
American flag on December 6. The
flags are 6 by feet in size.
A Splendid Gift,-With the compile
tion of the Vincentian Institute and
the Vincentian Convent in 1916, AL
bany, N. Y, will have decided acqui-
2 sition to it's educational life and one
of the finest school buildings in the
country. The convent is the gift of
Mr.. James c. Farrell.
Midnight Mass At Christmas.-At
the fifth synod of the Archdiocese OF
New York, held recently, Cardinal
Farley granted permission to have
midnight Mass in all the churches OF
the diocese at Christmas to give the
Catholics of New York an opportunity
of continuing their prayers for peace
on the night when the Christian
world commentaries the anniversary
of the birth of Christ.
Cardinal Farley Heads List.-His
Eminence Cardinal Farley heads the
general committee of the Mayors
Committee of 1000 on National De-
fence, announced last week by Mayor
Mitchell of New York. The committee
is to cooperate with similar organiza.
tions in every city of the United
States to urge on Congress the neces.
sity of prompt action for national de.
tense.
Cudahys Generous Gift Before
leaving to spend the winter in Cali.
fornia, Patrick Cudahy, of Milwaukee
sent his check for $4,000 to the Mil
waukee Foundation, a charitable es
Establishment designed to aid all chart
ties.
Splendid Record.-All the graduates
of Georgetown University Medical
School, Washington, D. c., who took
the examinations before the District
of Columbia Medical Licensing BoarC
in July and October, have passed, es
tablishing for the school 100 pei
cent record The school has been giver
a class "A' rating by the American
Medical Association.
Chapel for All Denominations
Ut transpires that the chapel proposed
to be erected at Fort Winfield Scott
California, which has been sanctioned
by the War Department, at the request
of Father Brophy, Catholic Chaplain