The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-13

Nolan, son of the late P. J. Nolan, a |
distinguished advocate of Calgary, Al
berta, Can, has received the latest |
Rhodes Scholarship for Alberta.
Bishop Would Help the Blind
Right Rev Bishop Hoban of Scranton
is working earnestly to secure the
passage of a bill in the Pennsylvania
legislature appropriating the sum of
$4,000 in aid of the blind of the state.
$4,000 for orphanaqe.-The re-
ceipts of st. Joseph's Orphan Asylum,
Cincinnati, last year were $40,99O.95.
5ardstoWn CathedraI.-The old
Cathedral at Bardstown, KY, is a
splendidly preserved edifice, rich in
history and in religious paintings.
Ward at Notre Dame.-Wilfrid
Ward, the famous Catholic author and
editor of the Dublin Review, is de-
livering a series of lectures at the
University of Notre Dame.
Hospital Sister lnjured.-Mother
Mary Augustine, Superior of st. Jo-
seph's hospital, Maryville, Mo-, was
injured February % when her right
arm was caught in the steam ironer
in the hospital laundry. The arm was
crushed and later amputated at the
elbow. The hospital is in charge of
hn fCkn nf
Catholic Growth in New York
twenty-five years ago there were 500
priests in the Archdiocese of New
York; today there are 1850. Twenty
five years ago there were eighty-ive
Catholic schools; today there are ITS.
Twenty-Five years, ago there were
10000 children attending the diocesan
schools; today there are over 10000
Bishop Confirms Converts.--A beau
Uful and impressive scene was wit
messed in the Home of the Little Sis
tiers of the Poor, Paterson, n. j., re-
Gently, when Right Rev. Bishop O'Con-
nor conferred the sacrament of con
tirmation on nineteen of the aged in
mates who, inspired by the piety and
zeal of the, good Sisters i'll charge of
the Home, inquired into and studied
Catholic doctrines with the happy re-
suit above noted
Minister'S Brother Convert
James Potter, brother of Methodist
Episcopal clergyman, was received into
the Catholic Church recently by the
Rev. Frederick A. Upton, of the Den
yer Cathedral He had attended a
school conducted by the Christian
Brothers, and began to love our beau
tifn religion there. For the past two
years he had attended Mass regularly.
To Succeed Father o'Bren.-The
Rev. George A. Branigan, pastor of
the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help, Defiance, Ohio, has been APP
pointed pastor of the Good Shepherd
parish of Toledo. He will succeed the
Rev. Patrick O'Brien, who recently
resigned after long and successful
pastorate.
New $4,000 orphanage.-The Fell
clan Sisters, Polonia, Wis, are taking
figures for the erection of a brick
orphans home, two stories and base
ment, 81 by 40, to cost about $4,000.
Sixty Years a Nun.-Sister Mary
Rose Mullen, of the Visitation Con
vent, Cincinnati, o., celebrated last
week the sixtieth anniversary of her
entrance into the cloister and renew
ed her VOWS of poverty, chastity and
obedience.
Ordered Priests to Leave.-The Rev.
]. Hepburn, who labored many years
in Louisiana and Texas, and has been
stationed in Mexico for the last TWEEN.
ty-five years, arrived from Vera Cruz
in New Orleans, last week. He de-
clared that the Carranzistas advised
all foreign priests of Puebla, where
he was located, to leave the place
under penalty Of being hanged.
For CoIored Charlottesville diocese
of Richmond, Va, has eleven churches
and nine parochial schools for Colored
Catholics; also two industrial and man.
ual training schools, and founding
asylum for its Colored Catholics.
African Bishop On Tour.-Right
Rev. J. Biermans, Bishop of Gargara
and Vicar-Apostolic of the Upper Nile
has arrived in Pittsburgh and is stay.
ing at the Epiphany rectory. He is
collecting money in this country for
his missions, which are in a deplor-
able financial condition owing to the
war in Europe.
State Aids School.-Last year, the
State of Maryland appropriated $780,,
900, and the city of Baltimore $4,000
for the maintenance of st. Mary's In
dustrial School, Baltimore.
Death of Noted Convert.-George
A. Whipple. who died in New York
recently, was son of the Rev. George
Whipple, a professor at Oberlin Uni
versity, from which institution he him
self was graduate Mr.. Whipple's
mother was q niece of Daniel Webster
andsh was the first cousin of the late
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota. Mr.
Whipple. who became convert in
1910, is the father of two Jesuits.