The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04

cOuJdIuSu only 90 pIISSJSs uOW IL mas |
over $4,000.
Non.Catholic's Gift. G. Under |
wood, president of the Erie railroad,
has given $1,000 to the erection of a
new Catholic church at Wauwatosa,
Wis. Mr.. Underwood is not Cath
Ole.
New Dubuque Church.-The new
Church of the Holy Ghost, at Dubuque,
Iowa, will cost about $4,000.
Gift to Church.-The Fetes family
in honor of George Fetes, deceased,
gave the st. James Church of Wash
ington, D. c., the fourteen stations of
the cross" done in bronze.
Work of the Kniehts.-The Rock ISL
and, Ill.,, Knights of Columbus have in
stituted a movement to send out, I'M
der the auspices of the Order, lectur-
ers Ito put non-Catholic laics right
about the tenets of the Catholic
Church"
New Sisters HospitaI.-At Hays,
Kan, the Sisters of Mercy are build
ing a 100000 hospital.
For CoIored Charlottesville Diocese
of Richmond, Va, has eleven church
.es and nine parochial schols for col
oil
schools, a manual training school and
a founding asylum.
White House Architect.-The archi-
tect and builder of the White House,
Washington, d. c., and superintendent
of the building of the Capitol, at Wash
ington, James Hoban, was Catholic.
He died in 1881, and was inferred In
st. Patrick's Cemetery.
First New Jersey Church.-The first
Catholic Church in New Jersey, the
mother of all the New Jersey church
es, st. Johns in Newark, was built
in 1928. Rev. Gregory Pardow was it's
first pastor.
Swimming Pool in School.-Rev.
Lueyan Boinowski, rector of the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Hartford,
Conn.,, has engaged a professional for
the teaching of swimming in his par
ish school which is finely equipped
with two large swimming pools.
Newark's Parish Schools.-The re-
port of Rev. John A. Dillon, superin-
tendent of schools of the Diocese of
Newark shows that there are 127
schools in the diocese with total en-
rollment of 61,245 pupils with an aver
age daily attendance of $3.50. Dur
ing the year four new schools were es'
tablished.
Novel Plan to Build SchooI.-UndeI
the direction of Rev. A. Bove, pastor
of st. Ann Church, Providence, r. l..
the Italians of the city plan the cree
ton of a $4,000 school for Catholic
Italian children, of whom 1,017 attend
the st. Ann Sunday school. Certifi
Gates emitting the buyer to keep two
children at the school for ten years
will be disposed of at $40 per veal
for the ten years, and it is expected
that many of them will be disposed of
The plan has the hearty approval, not
only of the Right Reverend Bishop
Tarkins, but of His Holiness Pope
Benedict, who has taken a special in
terest in the project.
New Shrine Dedicated.-The mag
nificent shrine and holy we'll OF st
Patrick, designed and constructed by
the noted artist, Thomas A. OShaug
nessey, was dedicated November "a
at st. Patrick's Church, Chicago, b!
the pastor, Rev. William J. McNamee
Cathedral Rector Resigns.-Rt. Rev
Mgr Joseph G. Pinten, V. G., of thu
Diocese of Marquette, has resigned thu
rectorship of the Cathedral, but viii
continue as Vicar General and Chan
cellor. Rev. H. A. Buchholz of ST
PauPs Church, Negaunee, Mich, ha
been assigned to the rectorship of thu
Cathedral.
Elderly Priest Dead.-Rev. William
Coonan, one of the Oldest and mos
prominent priests in the Diocese o
Erie, died on November at the rec
tory of St. Bernard's Church, Brad
ford, Pa, where he had been paste
for thirty-eight years. Father Coona
was ordained on July 2, 1859. He ha
served forty-four years as priest
He was born on Christmas eve, seN
enty-one years ago.
Mgr. Wise's JubiIee.-Right Revel
end Mgr. Joseph l.. Wise of YazoC
Miss, the oldest priest in the Dioces
of Natchez, celebrated the golden jub
lee of his ordination in st. Joseph
Church, on November II.
Monsignor o'FarrelI.-Very Re-
James T. O'Farrell, Vicar General c
the Diocese of Richmond, Va, ha
been raised to the dignity of Domei
tic Prelate of the papal household
with the rank of Monsignor, accort
ing to a brief received by Bisho
O'Connell from Pope Benedict.
Cyclone Hits church.-A windstorI
of cyclonic character visited the vicil
ity of Waucoma, Iowa, recently, an
did damage to the extent of $4,000