The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25

Madison: The Most Reverend Arch
bishop will dedicate the parochial
school of st. Michael's parish, of
which Reverend Valentine Schiffrer
is pastor, on Tuesday, September %,
and will administer the Sacrament of
Confirmation to large class.
Northfield: The local council of the
knights of Columbus has elected the
| following officers for the coming year:
Grand Knight, O. N. Calef; Deputy
Grand knight, C. c. Hiebel; Chancel-
lor, James w. Kelley; Warden, Leo
Budd; Recorder, ]. C. Stogel; Finan-
cial Secretary, E. N, Roster; Inside
Guard, F. Hines; Outside Guard, e. ].
Sieben; Trustee, Fred Festler
Hugo: A grand picnic for the bene-
fit of the Church of st. John the
Baptist, of which Reverend ]. c..
Laventure is pastor, will be held on
September rs. The women of the
parish will serve meals and enter
tainment and refreshment booths will
be provided for the visitors.
Belle PIaine: At the annual election
of the local council, of the Knights of
Columbus the present officers were re-
elected for another year.
At the state convention of the Ger
man Catholic Aid Association held at
Faribault next week the local society
of IS. Peter and PauTs Church will
be represented by N. Tritz and ].
Schmidt.
New UIm: ST. Patficks Council,
Knights of Columbus, held it's annual
election of officers on Monday evening,
September Is, in the parochial school
hall, with the following result:
Grand knight, H. J. Berg; Deputy
Grand knight, John Laudon; Chan
cellor, o. j. Seifert, NJ. D.; Recorder,
C. P Manderfeld; Financial Secre-
tary, E. J. Bert; Treasurer, R. Fesen-
maier; Advocate, w. H. Dempsey;
Warden, A. Gag; Inside Guard, F. L.
Seifert; Outside Guard, J. Polta;
Trustees, John Brey and w. A. Pfef-
| ferle.
White Bear: The Mems Club of
the parish of ST. Mary of the Lake has
membership of nearly 100. A consti-
tuition and bylaws has been adopted
and the members are enthusiastic
about the future prospects of the club.
The meetings are held in the paro-
chial school hall and an interesting
program of social events is in prepare
ton for the winter months.
Pennington: ST. Michael's parish, of
which Rev. J. r. Power is pastor, will
have novelty booth at the Dakota
County Fair on Thursday and Friday
of next week. The Young Ladies'
Sodality will have charge of it.
| lie Seuer Center: The new paro-
chial school of ST. Mary has an enroll
Ement of IT'S, and the prospects are
that the registration will reach the
200 mark this year. The staff now
consists of seven Sisters of ST. Joseph
who teach all the grades. The
grounds around the school and the
convent have been graded and new
sidewalks have been laid to conform
to the rest of the church property,
The formal dedication of the school
will take place next month.
DeIano: The Right Reverend Mgr.
ITCHY of Silver Lake, assisted by
twelve priests, blessed the new
Church of st. Mary of Franklin,
Wright County, mission attended by
Reverend Stephen Zdechlik, pastor of
st. Joseph's Church. The new Church
was completed and furnished at a
cost of $4,000.
During the year extensive improve.
ments were carried on in the parish
of st. Peter, of which Reverend M
Saws is pastor. The old Church was
remodeled into Columbus Hail." a
center for the social gatherings of the
parish and school entertainments. In
a few weeks reading room will be
opened in it. The parochial school
was enlarged by the addition OF
another classroom and a chapel, and
reshingled and reprinted A new ten
lacre cemetery was purchased during
the month.
In the History of Wright County
there is a twenty-page article on "The
History of the Catholic Church in
;. Wright County," written by the Rev
erend M. Saws of Delano. There are
about 1880 Catholic families in the
lcounty.
Green Isle: The Right Reverend
Bishop Lawler administered the Sac
rament of Confirmation to class O
40 children in the Church of ST. Bren
dan, of which Reverend James E
Doyle is pastor, on Tuesday, Septem
Der 81. On behalf of the class he was
, presented with a check for $50 fol
. 1.-THE Cathedral building fund.
st. John, Sihley Co.: A class of q
; children received the Sacrament o
Confirmation in the Church of ST
! John on the afternoon of Monday
: ISeptember 20. The Right Reveren,
Bishop Lawler officiated and on behal
of the class was presented with
! check for SIS as contribution to tn
: Inew Cathedral building fund.