The Catholic bulletin., 1915-10-02
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THE CHURCH IN lis His. ISNlQ And dRLANps.
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TAI S0,fUU ana an equal amount was
given, by the clergy. The Bishop gave
$1,000 to st. Johns Orphanage and
S1,500 for Masses for the dead to be
said by priests in the poorer parishes
of the diocese.
Canadian Statesman Dead.-Sena-
tor Charles E. Boucher de Boucher
vile, G. M. G., twice Premier of
Quebec, died recently in the Montreal
Deaf and Dumb Institute, in which he.
was interested. He was the Oldest
legislator on the continent, having
reached his ninety-sixth year. He.
was born in Montreal and educated
in ST. Sulpice College and McGill Uni
versity, from which he received the
degree of M. d. During the Chauveau
administration he was speaker of the
Legislative Council. In 1874, he was
elected Premier, and in March, 1873,
while serving his second term, was
dismissed by the Lieutenant Gov
ernor In 1879 he was elected mem
ber of the Canadian Senate He was
created a Companion of st. Michael
and st. George in 1894.
The Church in Alaska.-Since the
year 1894 the territory of Alaska has
been Prefecture Apostolic. It is
three times the size of France. It's
population is about 10000 of whom
$4,000 are Catholics, and 10000 Rus
sian schismatics. There are 2S Cath
olic centers served by 20 Jesuit
priests. Brothers of Ploermel and
Sisters of Providence of ST. Anne and
st. Ursula are in charge of the few
parish schools, which have an attend
ance of about 1000 children.
Priest Killed in Accident.-Rev. Jo-
seph Olejnik, assistant pastor of the
Church of the Sacred Heart of Mary,
Detroit Mich, was instantly killed
some time ago, when an automobile
in which he was riding skidded and
threw him against pole. His skull
was crushed. FIR. Olejnik was nearly
seventy years old and served as as
sistant pastor of the Sared Heart of
Mary parish for five years. He was
born in Posen, Germany, and was a
fellow student and close personal
friend of Mgr Edmond Dalbor, Arch
bishop of Posen.
Centenary ceIebrations.-This year
the centenaries of the churches at
Lebanon and Taylorsville, in the Dio-
cese of Louisville, will be observed.
CoVingtcn Cathedral.-The late
Bishop Macs great architectural
| work and monument, the Cathedral
of Covington, KY, which has been in
course of building for twenty-one
years, is nearing completion.
saas asa s-s-
Propagation of the Faith.-The
Catholics of the United States con-
tributed towards the propagation of
the Faith last year $477,427.94.
A Novice's Charitable Work.
While preparing to take her VOWS
as a nun, Mrs Henrietta Nichols
/ Smith, widow of Charles Emory
Smith, postmaster general under
President Mckinley, and afterward
ambassador to Russia, is providing
money and cottage for girls on the
| east side, New York.
A Venerable church.-Old St
James Church, the first Catholic
Church in Brooklyn, has just celebrat-
ed it's ninety-second birthday. It had
a most humble origin for when built
only seventy Catholics could contrib.
| ute to the fund for it's erection.
Centenary of Venerable Cathedral
Next year will occur in the Diocese
of Louisville the centenary of the
cornerstone blessing of probably the
oldest consecrated Cathedral in the
United States. The centenary of its
conservation will occur three years
later-in 1919. It's bell was once the
bell of the Abbey of Ninove, in Bel
gium.
Noted Cathedral crypt.-The most
noted Cathedral crypt in the country
is that under the Cathedral of Balti
more. 1t may be designated Arch
bishops Crypt. In it repose the re
mains of Archbishops Carroll, Neale
Marechal, Whitfield, Eccleston, Ken
; rick, Spalding and Bayley. =
c. M. 3. A. Convention.--New Yorl
City has been chosen as the place fol
the meeting in October of the Su
i preme Council of the Catholic Mutua
; Benefit Association.
Superintendent of Schools.-Bishol
Grimes of Syracuse has decided tt
i appoint superintendent of parochia
schools. There are in the diocese o
Syracuse about twenty parochia
schools and several more which ar
i under process of construction.
Il Lepers' Apostle.-Those interestel
/ in the unfortunate lepers will be re
: joiced to learn that the devote'
I apostle, Brother Dutton, is still at hi
s post at Kalawao He has not left hi
I charges since April Is, 1898, twenty
v two years ago. He is busy maj
and not much given to writing. Hi
whole attention is given to his worl
e and the lepers love him for the trans