The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-21


Reverent P. ]. Garrigan, Bishop of
Sioux City, Ia, has purchased the
John McHugh home in that city and
will make it the episcopal residence.
Bishop conaty at Exposition
Bishop Conaty, of Los Angeles, deliv-
cred the address at the dedication of
the Massachusetts building, Panama
Pacific Exposition.
Redemptorist Vice-ProvinciaI.-Rev
Patrick ]. Mulhall, c. SIS. R., for sew
eral years rector of st. Clements Col
lege, Saratoga Springs, has been APP
pointed Provincial of the Order
with headquarters in Toronto, On
tario.
Vacation SchooI.-A free vacation
school under Catholic auspices was
opened recently in st. Lawrence
O'Toole's parish, st. Lous, Mo. The
work was organized by Miss Louise
Garesche. The Rev. P. P. Crane, pas
tor of the parish, rendered the use OF
the school building.
100000 to charity.-The late Mrs.
Antoinette A. Kenan, a well-known
Catholic resident of Milwaukee, who
died on July 10, bequeathed prac-
tically her entire estate, valued at
more than 100000, to charity.
Governor Appoints Priest.-Father
Strittmatter of Boulder, COL, was
named by Governor Carlson as dele
gate to represent Colorado in the In
ternational Purity Congress, held at
San Francisco, July 1924.
Order of AIhambra.-The biennial
supreme convention of the Order of
The Alhambra, whose membership is
strictly confined to Knights of Column
bus of the third and fourth degrees,
will be held in Binghampton, New
York, August %, "a and %.
Business Women's Retreat-Rev.
James c. DAILY, S. j., of st. Johns
College, Toledo, o., opened retreat
last week for the business women of
Omaha, Nebr., at Sacred Heart
Academy. The retreat continued I'M
til Monday morning, August 8.
Memorial to Pioneer Catholic
Through the influence of Hon. Edwin
o. Wood, of Flint, Mich, the Mack
mac Island State Park Commission
and the Michigan Historical Commits
=. sion on July 13, unveiled at Arch
Rock, Mackinac Island, bronze tab
let, erected to the memory of Jean
Nicolet, the first white man to tread
the wilds of the old Northwest
Nicolet was Catholic.
X. of c. in EastIand Disaster.-Ten
members of the knights of Columbus
were among those lost in the Eastland
disaster in Chicago.
Aged Sister Retires.-Sister Cecilia
who is in her fifty-fifth year as g
Sister of Charity, has retired from the
active management of st. Vincent
orphan home, Saginaw, Mich, where
she has been Sister Superior for Al
years.
Wooden Crucifix Escapes Flames
A strange feature of fire which
destroyed the Catholic Church il
Hewlett, Long Island, early on thu
morning of July 22 is the fact that al
though the altar was destroyed, {
large wooden crucifix resting on i
was not touched by the fire. 1t is no
known how the fire started. The los
is estimated at several hundred dol
lars.
Shrine DemoIished.-The tornad,
which swept through Missouri, dam
aged several Catholic institutions
The convent of the Religious of tn,
Sacred Heart at st. Charles was bad
ly damaged, and the Shrine of Nine
Duchesne, founder of the American
branch of the Order, was crushed t.
the ground under which her body lies
Chaplain Designated.-Rev. John E
Killion of Saint Marys Church, Brook
line, Mass, has been designated b,
the Secretary of War for appointment
to the vacancy in the chaplain corps
caused by the resignation of Rev. M
G. Doran of the 10th U. S. Infantry.
Catholics on Eisteddfod.-Arct
bishop Hanna of San Francisco wa
an honorary member of the Eistedd
fod, the famous Welsh musical assc
citation, which held it's competition
at the Exposition recently. Very Rev
Walter F. Thornton, S. j., Presiden
of Santa Clara University, and Hon
James D. Phelan, United States Ser
ator, were also on list of member
ship.
franciscan ProVinciaI.-At the tr
ennial Provincial Chapter of tn
eastern Franciscan province of 81
John, held last week, Very Rev. Ri
dolph Bonner, o. F. NJ, was electe
Provincial for three-year term, SUI
ceeding Very Rev. Eugene Buttermar
o. F. NJ, who was elected Vice
Provincial.
A Unique lncidont.-What is Gale
by one of our esteemed contempt
raries "a probably unique incident i
reported in connection with the col
secration of Archbishop Roche fo