The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-04-24
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the Order of st. Saya, the decoration
that is usually given to generals who
themselves in battle. Doc
tor Ryan is a graduate of Fordham
University. Besides being in charge
of the hospital in Belgrade, he is also
serving as United States consul for
the time being.
Catholic Mayor of Hoboken.-Pat-
rick r. Griffin, a leading Irish-Ameri-
can, member of the Hibernians, X. |
of G. and Emmett Memorial Associa-
ton, has been unanimously chosen
Mayor of Hoboken, N. j., by his fellow
commissioners.
Injured While Decorating Altar
When decorating the altar of st. JO- |
seph in the Church of Our Lady of
the Valley, Orange, N. j., for Holy |
Thursday, Sister Anna Maria fell and
suffered fracture of the skull. 1t is
believed she became dizzy from the
perfume of the flowers. She is a
member of the Sisterhood of st. Jo-
seph and taught in the parochial
school for almost twenty years.
Diocesan Commission Appointed
Archbishop Glennon has announced a
Committee of General Supervision of
the work in the ST. Louis Archdiocese
of the Sodality of st. Peter Claver
in behalf of Catholic mission in Afri-
ca. The committee is composed of
Mgr. J. A. Connolly, Very Rev. Ber-
nard Citing, S. j., president of st.
Louis University; Rev. Joseph Went
ker, Rev. S. J. Zielinski, Rev. Caesar
Spigardi and three ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
p Kenkel, John Paul Chew, and
Hynek Dostal. 1t will cooperate with
Rev. j. P. Donovan of Kenrick Sem
mary. The ST. Louis metropolitan is
the first Archbishop of this country
to place the African missions on a do
cesar basis, giving them equal rank
with the long blished Society for
the Propagation of the Faith.
coIored Conversion Sunday after
noon, April II, the baptism of about
thirty negro converts, and the solemn
blessing of the two statues of .colored
saints, st. Benedict the Moor" and
st. Iphygenia, will take place in St.
Monica's Church, Kansas City, Mo-, of
which Rev. Cyprian Sauer, 0. F. NJ,
| is Rector.
Sister of Charity Dead Sister Avel-
lima, for fifty-seven years member
of the Order of Sisters of Charity and
for the last thirty years active in the
work of st. Vincent's Infant Asylum,
Baltimore, died on April 5. She was
seventy-nine years old Before enter
| ing the order Sister Avellina was Miss
Ellen Leddy, of Detroit, Mach. She
is survived by several sisters and
brothers in the West and one sister
in the same order in New Orleans.
New Church Planned.-Sketches of
the new 100000 Sacred Heart Church,
Ft. Dodge, Iowa, have been approved
by the building committee and the
work of preparing the final plans will
be started at once. The contra. for
the erection of the church will be let
some time during the latter part of
April, and the work started as soon
thereafter as possible. The new
church will have seating capacity of
500. The outside dimensions are 81
by 15G feet.
A Unique Gift.-A unique gift to st.
Joseph's Convent, Hancock, Mich, is
a new platform for the chapel altar.
The platform contains 5000 pieces of
wood, mostly of mahogany and bird s.
eye maple. 1t was made after work
ing hours by the employees of a Han
cock furniture factory. It's manufac-
ture required three weeks. Not a
nail was used, the thousands of blocks,
some only an eighth of an inch square,
being bound together by glue. 1nlaid
in the platform are tiny pieces of
wood forming an anchor, cross and
heart, symbolic of faith, hope and
charity.
A Worthy Charity.-From the latest
report of the Queens Daughters, st.
Louis, we learn that during the year
there were garments distributed, 49,
612; pairs of shoes distributed, 49,
337; number of children in sewing
school and classes in religious instruc-
ton, 1854 number of teachers, $685.;
garments made by Guardian Angel
and Self-Helpful children of the Sew
ing School, (the latter retaining the
ones they made), 21,752; children at
tired for First Holy Communion, 1887 /;
children and adults placed in families
and institutions, 1921; visits to the
home of the poor and to institutions,
1880. Distribution of books, peri
odicals, leaflets, can not be enum-
Grated.
| A Polyglot Diocese.-There are
100000 Catholic foreigners in the do
cese of Pittsburgh who speak II diff
ferent languages. Among them are
10000 Italians; $4,000 Poles; $4,000
Slovaks, 5000 Lithuanians; 5000
Croatians; 5000 Sloveliians; 1000
Magyars; 1000 Bohemians, 1000 Bel
gians and French; 1000 Rumanians;
| $500 Syrians and 10000 Greek
Ruthenians.
| To Aid Catholic Students.-A mum.
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