The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-22

Oprlc III MEXICO uaCeS from 1910.
Chill and the Vatican.-Chili now
has a minister accredited to the Holy
See.
Navy Appointee catholc.-Captain
William S. Benson, U. S. n, appointed
chief of operations of the navy by
Secretary Daniels, is a convert and a
knight of Columbus. He is now the
Commandment of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
Mrs. Schwab Builds Church,-Mrs.
Charles Schwab, wife of the great steel
manufacturer, has erected church at
Ashfield, near Allentown, Pa. The
church is for Catholic congregation
in a rural community. The property
was turned over to the parish recently.
Succeeds Father Ward.-Rev. John
Ryan, formerly professor at st. Fran
els Seminary, Milwaukee, has been ap-
pointed pastor of the Church of st.
Thomas at Beloit, Wis, to succeed
Father Ward.
Catholic CoIored SchooIs.-Arrange
ments are being made for an exhibit
of the Catholic Colored schools of
Ohio at the Emancipation Exposition
in Chicago in August The Catholic
Colored schools in this country num-
Der 165.
Cardinal Gives First Communion
Master Cyril Patrick Mccormack, s
years old, only son of John McCor-
mack, the well-known Irish tenor, re-
ceived his first Holy Communion Sat
urday, May /, from His Eminence
Cardinal Farley at a Mass celebrated
in the private chapel attached to the
Cardinals residence on Madison ave-
nue., New York, in the presence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormack and few
intimate friends.
Kindly Deed of ChiIdren.-The
death of blind woman, Mary Haynes,
in Waterbury, Conn, March 81,
brought to light a beautiful story Of
how for sixty-three years the children
of Waterbury led her to Mass at the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Addition to HospitaI.-The addition
to st. Mary's Hospital at Hoboken,
N. j., will soon be a reality for the
cornerstone has just been laid and
blessed by Rt. Rev. Mgr. p. J. Smyth
of st. Joseph's, Jersey City. The Sis
tiers of the Poor of st. Francis will be
in charge. The addition will cost
$350,000.
Easter Duty in State Prison.-The
Catholic prisoners of the Massachu-
sets State Prison, CharIestown, per
formed their Easter duty last week.
Their confessions were heard by six
teen priests, some of whom spoke
German, French, Polish, Italian and
Lithuanian. Three hundred and fifty
men approached the altar rail. The
exercises we're in charge of the chap
lain, Rev. Michael j. Murphy.
obIate Assistants Visit.-Very Rev.
Father Belle, o. M. l., one of the four
assistants to the General Oblate Ad-
ministration, is expected to reach Van
couyer, B. G. Can, in September, i'll
the course of an official visit to the
United States.
Church For CoIored Charlottesville
Colored Catholics of Brooklyn, of
Nr,LA q,
thousand, are deeply interested in
movement to have erected in that city
a church for their own particular use.
Meetings are being held regularly at
homes of the Colored people to per-
feet plans for the erection and support
of their own church.
Nonagenarian Priest Dies.-Rev.
Henry Japes, one of the oldest priests
in America, died recently at Nashville,
Tenn. He was ninety-five years OF
age and had been retired from active
service for several years.
Priest Elected commander.-At the
annual election of officers of the Mas
sachusetts Commandery of the Naval
and Military Order of the Spanish
American War, Rev. Patrick B. Muir
ply, pastor of the Church of Our Lady
of the Rosary, South Boston, was elect
ed commander.
Mother Odelia Dead.-Mother Ode
lila, Provincial of the Eastern Province
of the Sisters of st. Joseph, died on
April &c, at st. Joseph's Convent,
Troy, N. Y, after an illness which |
lasted over two years. Mother Odelia |
entered the Order of st. Joseph thirty
seven years ago and before she took |
her VOWS, her name was Helen F. |
Began. She was born in Mackinac |
Island, Michigan
Monument to Mgr. o'conneII.-The |
Brooklyn Diocesan Union of Holy |
Name Societies proposes to erect a |
suitable monument to the memory of |
the late Mgr. Joseph O'Connell, a |
veteran of the Civil War, and for |
many years rector of st. Mary's Star |
of the Sea Church in Brooklyn.
New K. Of c. Home.-The Presby-
terrain church building at Anamosa,
Ia has hean DurchaS sod for hoII FOR