The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. PAUL


archdiocese will open in st. Paul Sem
mary next Monday evening, August
16, at o'clock, under the direction of
the Rev. Michael O'Connor, S. j., of
st. Louis, Mo. All the priests, with
the exception of the members of re-
ligious orders and the professors at
st. Paul Seminary and st. Thomas
College will be present. The retreat
will close on the following Friday
evening to enable the pastors to
reach their respective parishes Sat
urday afternoon.
Cathedral of ST. Paul: The gran
tie approaches to the Cathedral and
the walks leading from Selby and Day
ton avenues have been completed, as
we'll as the grading and Sodding in
front of the sacred edifice, the whole
presenting a very pleasing appear
ance. The excavation for the area
walls is now being done under the
direction of Mr.. P. J. Gleason, and
the work of constructing the walls
and finishing the grading and sod
ding will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible. Workmen are also busy on the
interior of the Cathedral enclosing
the vestibules into which the main
entrances open and making other i'm
provements intended to remedy the
acoustic defects.
ST. Joseph Novitiate: The cere-
mony of a religious reception and pro-
fession will take place in st. Joseph's
Novitiate, ST. Paul, on next Sunday,
August Is, the feast of the Assump-
ton of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mass will be celebrated at o'clock,
after which the Most Reverend Arch
bishop will oficiate Nine postulants
will be received into the order, forty
one novices will make their first VOWS
and fourteen sisters their final vows.
College of st. Catherine: On Fri
day, August 6, about three hundred
sisters of st. Joseph entered upon the
exercises of a spiritual retreat under
the direction of Reverend John Nc
Phail, G.. SIS. R., of Toronto, Canada.
The retreat closed on the thirteenth
instant for all except those who take
part in the religious reception and
profession to be held in st. Joseph
Novitiate next Sunday, and who will
remain on retreat until Sunday morn
ing. This was the second retreat for
the Sisters of st. Joseph, the first be-
ing under the direction of Father
Henry, a Passionist, from Chicago.
Tabernacle Society: A Mass of
REQUIEM will be celebrated in the
Cathedral, st. Paul, on Wednesday,
August Is, at nine O'Clock, for the late
Mrs. Benjamin Thompson, foundress
of the St. Paul Tabernacle Society,
who died on August T. All the mem
bers of the Society are urgently re-
quested to attend.
Mrs. Thompson was resident OF
st. Paul since 1857. She was born
in Baltimore in 1S41 and married Ben
iamin Thompson, an Indian agent in
the northwest, prior to and during the
Civil war, who died in 1870 Mrs
Thompson was always active in relig
ious and charitable work and was
the foundress of the st. Paul
Tabernacle Society, of which she was
president for many years. Her fun
eral took place from the Cathedral OF
st. Paul on Tuesday, August 10, and
the remains were inferred in Calvary
cemetery.
Church of the Sacred Heart: The
Reverend Fabian Rechtiene, o. F. M.
assistant pastor of the Church of the
Sacred Heart, st. Paul, has been trans
ferred to Superior, where he was re
Gently installed as pastor of the
Church of st. Francis Xavier.
Alumni Excursion: The Twin City
alumni of st. Johns College, College
vile, Minnesota, have completed ar
rangements for an excursion and pic
mic on August Is, at Grey ClOut
Island. A feature of the outing will
be a baseball game between teams
representing st. Paul and Minneapolis
and a tug-of-war in which the alumni
of the Twin Cities will compete will
those from saltwater. Mr.. Franz
Gross, president of the German Amer
lean Bank, Minneapolis, is presiden
of the Alumni Association of ST
Johns College, and L. ]. Lauermanl
is president of the St. Paul branch
and Alfred Knaeble is president o
the Minneapolis branch. The associ
alton has a membership of over fiv
hundred in st. Paul, Minneapolis an
Saltwater.
Guild Of Catholic Women: AT tn
meeting of the executive board of tn
Guild of Catholic Women of st. Pau
held in the Wilder Charity Buildin
last Monday, the following delegate
to the State Federation Convention a
Duluth next September were elected
Mrs. w. ]. O'Toole, Mrs. John N
Byrnes and Mrs II. T. Quinlan. Mr.
e. ]. Classen and Mrs. P. M. Henness
were chosen alternates.
At ten o'clock on Wednesday morl
ing, August II, a banquet was tende
ed to the German women delegates
the Central-Verein convention and
the women of the reception eommi
tees from the German parishes in til
city, in the Guild Room of the Wilde
Charity Building, by the House Con