The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11

the congregation with the Church.
There are some legal knots to be I'M
tangled, particularly canonical diff
culties about the transfer of endow-
ments and requests to the present
church.
Request to Academy.-Mary Vile OK,
who was known in religion as Sis ter
Eulalia, of the Order of the II oily
Child, to which her sister, Sister st.
Gertrude, also belonged, and both
whom were members of the old Catho.
lie Wilcox family of Delaware County,
Nd, left a will devising her interest
in her fathers estate, estimated at
$4,000, to the Academy of the Holy
Child, Sharon Hill, Pa.
Joan of Arc Statue Ready.-kn
equestrian statue of Joan of Are was
unveiled OH Monday, December 6, on
Riverside Drive, at Ninety-third
Street, New York, under the auspices
of the Joan of Arc Statue Committee
and Cabot Ward, president of the
Board of Park Commissioners. The
statue, which is a notable work of art
and is said by connoisseurs to rank
with the best, is the work of Miss
Anna Vaughn Hyatt, an American
woman sculptor.
Beautiful Memorial.-A magnificent
marble altar has been erected in the
Catholic chapel of ST. Cecilia in Read
ing, Pa, given by Miss Cecilia Heiz-
mann as memorial to her late
brother, Theodore Hermann, who
built the chapel twenty years ago as a
memorial to his mother, Mrs. Mary
Cecilia Heizmann.
Donations to CathedraI.-A hand
some crucifix and six candlesticks OF
chaste design have been donated to
the Cathedral, Detroit, Mich, by Mrs
Sophia PetZ, one of the most generous
members of the parish and lady who
has given generously to various par
ishes during the past years. Last
year she donated the two magnificent
candelabra which adorn the main
altar in the Cathedral
Crucifix Uninjured.-A strange fea
ture of fire which destroyed the
Church in Hewlett, Long Island, is the
fact that although the altar was
destroyed, a large wooden crucif1
resting on it was not touched by the
fire. 1t is not known how the fire
started. The loss is estimated at sew
eral hundred dollars.
Charitable Bequests..The will O.
Catharine Mcclellan, late of Philadel
phia, leaves $1,000 to the Seminary O
St Charles Borromeo and $500 foI
Masses. By the will of Ellen G
Breising, also of Philadelphia, there
is bequest of 5000 to the fund fo
erecting new convent building a
st. Malachy's and another of 500 t.
the st. Vincent de Paul Conference O
that parish.
Herman Riders Gift.-Mr. Riddle
was an exemplary Catholic Iayman
interested in every phase of Catholi,
activity. He was closely affiliated
with the great ST. Vincent de Paul Sc
ciety and did everything in his powe
to aid the work of that organization
for the relief of the poor. The build
ing containing baths and dormitor,
for children of st. Vincent de Pau
Fresh Air Home at Spring Valley wa
gift Of his, though the identity O
the donor was never revealed.
Police Force Chaplain.-Reveren
Thomas F. Duffy, for the past tire
years rector of st. Peters Church
Rosendale, New York, has been not
fed by Cardinal Farley of his promo
ton to the pastorate of st. Brigid'
Church, Manhattan, and his appoint
ment as chaplain of the New Yorl
Police Department, to succeed tn
late Rev. Francis ]. Sullivan.
Or. Ryan to Lecture.-The Germa
Federation of Catholic Societies O
Brooklyn has secured Rev. John A
Ryan of the Catholic University to dc
liver a series of lectures at st. Leon
ards parish hall, Hamburg and Jeffel
son Avenues. The first was given OF
Sunday, November %, at o'clock, OF
DO We Need Labor Unions?" Thes
lectures are free to the public.
Diocesan Synod.-His Eminenc
Cardinal Farley presided at the tr
ennial synod of the priests of tn
Archdiocese held at St Patrick's Ca
thedral, n. Y, on November 90. TIL
synod was attended by 651 priests, il
GLIDING seculars and regulars. The al
pointment of the following diocesan
officials was announced: Bisho
Hayes was chosen a consultor to fl
the place in the Diocesan Counci
made vacant by the transfer of tn
Right Rev. Thomas p. Cusack to TIL
lBiShODric of Albany All fba ofbo