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

NEW WORLD ITEMS.
S~eVenty-five Years a Religious
Mother Gertrude of ST. Joseph's Con-
vent of Mt. Carmel in Dubuque, Iowa,
recently observed her seventy-ffth a n
niversary as a member of the order of
the Sisters of Charity.
First American Conference.-St.
Louis vas the first city in the United
States to establish an organization of
the st. Vincent de Paul society, it's
conference being founded in 1916, just
twelve years later than the origin of
the st. Vincent de Paul Society in
Paris, in 1888.
Austro-Hungarian CoIony.-A Cath
olic colony of thirty Austro-Hungarian
families has been established near La
Junta, Colo, under the auspices of the
Catholic Colonization Society. Fifteen
hundred acres have been taken over
by the society for this colony.
UrsuIine Sister Dead.-Mother M.
Paul Nagle, for forty-one years a men,
Der of the Ursuline community in
Springfield, ILL.,, and for the last three
years superior, died recently at the
age of siXty-six years.
Anti-C catholic Editor Arrested
Robert j. Long, editor and publisher
of THE American Citizen an anti
Catholic weekly, published in Roches-
ter, N. Y, was arrested the other day
on a charge of criminal libel at the re-
quest of the Boston police.
A Parish Woodyard.-Tn Providence,
r. l., the St. Vincent de Paul Society
is operating a parish woodward for the
poor.
Priest on Civic commission.-Rev.
John j. Mccoy, ID. D., of Worcester,
Mass, has been reappointed a mem
Der of the playground commission by
Mayor George M. Wright. The ap-
pointment is for five years.
$4,000 to Charity.-The will of the
late Mrs. Rosanna NJ. Nagle, of New
York City, widow of Colonel Garrett
Maggie, leaves $4,000 to Catholic char
tiles.
Golden Jubilee of Religious
Mother Bartin of the Ascension, ST.
perior of the Convent of the Sacred
Heart, Hochelaga, Montreal, quietly
observed her golden jubilee as a re-
ligious recently.
Parish Conferences of st. v. de p.
The Archbishop of Milwaukee will
endeavor to have a Conference of the
p. St. Vincent de Paul Society organized
in every parish church in Milwaukee.
Editor Appointed U. S. Attorney
William A. Munly, formerly editor of
1.-The Catholic Sentinel" Portland,
Oregon, has been appointed Assistant
United States Attorney for Valdez,
Alaska.
Sisters Institute Approved.-The
Sisters of Charity, LeavenWorth, Kan
sas, have received from the Holy See
it's approval of their Institute and
Constitutions. The institute numbers
about CTS members.
my New Citrate" PIayed.-The
play, MY New Curate,' a dramatiza-
ton of Canon Sheehan's ~well-known
story, is being presented every Mon
day and Thursday evening during
Lent, at st. Mary's Hall, Boston.
K. of C. Lenten Retreat.-The
twelfth annual Lenten retreat for men
under the auspices of the Knights. of
Columbus was held at st. Johns Ca
thedral, Cleveland, o., March Z to
March IA. The retreat was conducted
by the Rev. Thomas G. Ring of Euclid.
New Academy Completed.-The
handsome new Academy of st. Camil-
lus, of the Sisters of Divine Provi-
dence, at Corbin, KY, is practically
completed, and will be dedicated about
Easter. It's cost will be about $780,
600.
Death of Brother Gerard.-Brother
Gerard, aged 20, for thirty-ive years
instructor in music at Notre Dame
University, Ind, died recently of a
complication of diseases. He was a
native of Germany and a graduate of
the Boston Conservatory of Music.
Father Bouffard Assigned.-Rev.
Irenee J.. Bouffard, the first Catholic
Chaplain appointed under the new law,
has been assigned to the battleship
South Carolina of the Atlantic fleet.
Bishop of M~arquette's Ring.-The
episcopal ring worn by the successive
bishops of Marquette, was a present
from the Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria to Bishop Baraga, who as
sisted at His Imperial Majesty's mar
riage in 1854. The ring is an amethyst
of rare beauty, encircled by an oval
crown of small diamonds. The stone
is engraved with the name of
Jesus
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