The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
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exile.
Nuns Golden Jubiee.-Mother Her
man Joseph German of the Sisters OF
st. Joseph celebrated her golden jubi-
lee as religious at the Convent OF
Our Lady OF Good Counsel St. Louis
recently.
Brookiyn's Oldest Priest.-Rt. Rev.
Mgr. Joseph O'Connell, d. d., the ven
cradle rector of the Church of st.
Mary Star of the Sea, Court Street,
Brooklyn, was eighty-two years old on
Christmas Day. MOnsignOr O'Connell
is the oldest priest in active service III
the diocese.
Bishop Canevin Well Again.-Right
Reverend Bishop Canevin Of Pitts
zurgh returned to his residence a
few days ago from the Mercy Hos
pital, where he was patient since he
met with an accident last September,
breaking his ankle. He is able to
celebrate Mass again.
ChapIains on the Border.-At the
present time two Catholic chaplainS
are stationed on the border with the
troops at Texas City, Texas, namely,
Rev. jeremiah a. Lenehan, with the
18th Infantry, and Rev. Francis P.
Joyce of the 4th Field Artillery, who
recently returned from Vera Cruz.
Home for Destitute ChiIdren.-The
Home for Destitute Catholic Children
in Boston has completed fifty years Of
noble work. During that time thirty
one thousand children have been
cared for in the home. The first call
for a meeting of Catholics to consider
plans for caring for destitute Catho-
lie children (many of them were or
phans) was signed by Rev. John J.
Williams, V. G., who afterwards be
came Archbishop of Boston.
Sixty Converts in PhiIadeIphia.-AtI
during four weeks by the Jesuit Fa-
theirs, Albert G. Brown, James ].
Mcguire, and Charles ]. Mcintyre, at
the Church of the Epiphany, Phila-
delphia, there were sixty conversions
to the faith. Thirty-seycn adult Cath
olics who had been neglecting their
duties were reconciled to the Church.
These ninety-seven were confirmed by
Archbishop Prendergast at the close
of the mission.
Sacred Heart Statue Bessed.-A
magnificent statue of the Sacred Heart
on pedestal eight feet high has been
placed on the lawn adjoining ST. John
Baptist Church in New Orleans. The
statue is the only outdoor shrine in
the city, really its only Catholic monu
ment 1t was solemnly blessed on a
recent Sunday by Auxiliary Bishop
Laval.
Catholic Superintendent of Boston
HospitaI.-Dr John j. Bowling, of 652
Massachusetts Avenue, South End,
was recently appointed superintendent
of the Boston City Hospital For six
months he was a member of the Board
Of Trustees. Doctor Bowling is Il
graduate of Harvard Medical School.
He also took courses in obstetrics in
the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. For a
long period he has been practicing in
the South End, Boston.
New York Carmeltes' Jubilee
The New York Carmelite Fathers Ccle-
brated their silver jubilee recently. |
Bishop Cotton of Buffalo sang the
PontificaI Mass and Auxiliary Bishop
Cusack of New York preached the SER
mon. The Apostolic Delegate, Arch.
bishop Bonzano, presided.
Giiday a Cathoiic.-PatriCk Gilday, |
one of the committee of three named
by President Woodrow Wilson recent |
ly to act as an arbitration board in
any future difference that may arise
between Colorado operators and coal
miners, is a member of the Catholic |
Church. Frank p Walsh and James |
O'Connell, two members of the ma
tional committee of industrial .rela- |
tiAns, are also members of the Church. !
MIR. Gilday lives at Clearfield, Pa, in !
the neat Oh one vi the ulOSL famous |
bituminous mining regions in the |
world He is member of the United |
Mine Workers of America.
Brooklyn Diocesan, Seminary
Ground for the new preparatory SEM |
mary of the Immaculate Conception |
for the diocese of Brooklyn was broken |
on Tuesday, December 8, the feast of |
the immaculate Conception, by Rt. |
Rev. George w. Mundelein, ID. D., |
Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese and |
rector of the new seminary. The build |
ing is to located on the northeast |
corner of Washington and Atlantic |
Avenues, the plot Of ground purchased |
for the purpose last spring.
Nisht-Workers' Mas5.-November 8 |
was the tenth anniversary of the |
establishing of the 2:45 a. m. Mass for |
night workers in the Church of st. |
John the Evangelist, Philadelphia, Pa. |
More than 100000 persons have at |
tended these early morning Masses in |
the decade. Monsignor Neyin p. |
Fisher, who has presided at nearly all |
of these Masses, was the celebrant at
the anniversary Mass.