The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-08
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Baseball in Frozen North.-Father
Bernard, S. j., jealous missionary in
Alaska, has started baseball for his
converts in the Frozen North.
Crusade Against Liquor.-In Van
couver, B. c., Canada, Catholic and |
Protestant forces have joined in
crusade against liquor. Father Be-
dard, o. M. l., is chairman of the COM
mittee having the matter in charge.
Franciscan Sister Dead.-Sister |
Mary Conception O'Brien died in the
Presentation Convent in San Francis
co on April Z. She was a native of |
County Kildare, Ireland, and joined the
Presentation Sisters in San Francisco
thirty-two years ago.
Diamond Jubilee of CoIIeae.-The
College of st. Francis Xavier, Cincin-
natl, Ohio, will celebrate it's diamond
jubilee this year. One feature of the
celebration will be the breaking of
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Grottoes in Monastery.-Plans have
been prepared for the erection of three
grottoes in the grounds of the Fran
ciscan Monastery at Brookland, d. G.
The grottoes, which are to be built be-
low the surface of the ground, will cost
ten thousand dollars.
Paper Finances chapeI.-The Play
ground Department of The Catholic
Columbian, of Columbus, Ohio, has
sent the Catholic Church Extension So
ciety, Chicago, $3.50 for mission
chapel and altar.
Additions to College Dedicated
The new wings of Holy Cross College,
New Orleans, La, were recently dedi-
Gated by Right Reverend J. M. Laval,
d. ID. The beautiful new chapel is in
one of the wings. 1t has three mag
nificent affairs, gifts of Mrs. B. l. Brink,
Lionel Fauret and George Randolph.
Catholic Schools in Rhode Island
are characterized as "a munificent gift
to education in an official document
recently compiled under the direction
of the state board of education.
Small Cost of Administrations
st. Vincent de Paul Society of Omaha,
Neb, last year spent over $4,000 in
nocb-not to Ynonfion itc otboy uOrLc
Of. this money only three per cent went
for administrative purposes.
Fifty Years in ReIiqion.-Mother
Liguori celebrated the golden jubilee
of her religious profession recently at
the Ursuline Convent, Cleveland, o.,
She was pupil of the Ursuline Acad.
envy there when she joined the sister
hood in 1862. Her whole life as re-
ligious, except four years in Tiffin, o.,
has been spent in Cleveland
Children Help orphans.-The Len.
ten sacrifice money of the children of
Sacred Heart Parochial School, East
st. Louis, Mo-, amounted to $165,
mates of st. Johns Orphanage, Glen
Addie, near Belleville. Rev. Charles
Gilmartin, pastor of the parish, en-
couraged the children to save their
spending money for the orphans.
Death of ReIigious.-Mother An.
nunciata, religious of the Congrega-
&io,, of IF nf Tn,
carnate Dord, and Superior of St Jo-
seph's Academy at Eagle Pass, Texas,
died in that city.on Thursday, April s.
Seven italian Churches.-Right Rev.
erend Charles H. Cotton, Bishop of
church for Italians in Buffalo, the
Church of the Holy Cross, on Mary
land street, Sunday, April %. This
makes seven churches in Buffalo in
Italian parishes.
New Redemptorist Foundation.-The
Redemptorist Fathers have accepted
a new foundation in Porto Rico at
the urgent request of Bishop Jones, in
the city of Caquas and surrounding
country where there are over 10000
souls. Two fathers have been sent
there, the Rev. Giles Nusstein and
the Rev. Stephen Leo Ahern. Caquas
lies about twenty miles inland from
the capital. 1t is a centre for sugar
cane and fine tobacco.
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coIored Church Dedicated.-The
Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Bon.
zano, dedicated little church at Dean
wood, near Washington, on Sunday,
April II, for the colored people, con-
firmed large class and afterwards
delivered short address. The Col
ored Knights of st. John, led by the
Hoffman band escorted the Apostolic
Delegate to the new Church of the
Incarnation. The choir from St. Au.
gustine's church furnished the music.
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Cornerstone Laid.-The cornerstone