The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-06-03

This mission was to have been given
last fall but was postponed to the
present.
Anoka: George Benson Hewetson
lectured in the opera house on We'd
nesday evening of last week. his sub
ject being why Became Catholic. .
He was introduced by Reverend Oliver
Dolphin, pastor of ST. Stephen
Church. The audience, which was
composed largely of non-Catholics, fol-
lowed Mr.. Hewetson's discourse with
close attention
White Bear: Last Sunday after
noon, May %, the Most Reverend
Archbishop administered the Sacra-
ment of Confirmation to a class of 1872
in the Church of Our Lady of the Lake,
of which the Rev. John Fahey is pas
tor. Forty-two members of the class
were adults, of whom two were con
verts. The confirmation offering of
500 will be added to the fund for the
completion Of Our Lady's Chapel.
MARSHALL: At the Memorial Day
program given in the Barrymore
Theatre attended by the children of
the public school and of st. Joseph's
Academy, as we'll as the members of
the G. A. R., and citizens generally,
the Rev. George E. Carlin, pastor of
1.-THE Church of the Most Holy Re-
deemer delivered the principal ad-
dress.
WaverIy: On Memorial Day, May
30, Mass for the dead was celebrated
in the Church of ST. Mary by the pas
tor, Rev. T. Moore. Immediately after
Mass the parochial school children
marched to the cemetery and decor
ated the graves of the soldier dead
with flowers. Following the ceremony
Father Moore preached an appropriate
sermon. On return from the cemetery
dinner was served at Fraternity Hall
by the women of st. Mary's parish
who had as their guests of honor all
the surviving veterans of the Civil
War in Waverly and vicinity.
st. John, lie Sueur County: The
golden jubilee of the founding of ST..
Johns Church, Union Hill, will be
celebrated on Sunday, June a. and the
following day. On Sunday a conven-
ton of all the Catholic societies of
LIE Sueur and Scott Counties will be
held in the parish which is attended
from Jordan by the Rev. Raymond
Hottie, o. F. NJ.
| ShieIdsviIie: A mission opened in
the Church of ST. Patrick, of which
the Rev. J. J. Molloy is pastor, on
/ Sunday, May %, and will close next
Sunday. 1t is under the direction of
Rev. Francis O'Neill, o. p, of Holy
Rosary Convent, Minneapolis.
Shakopee: A class of forty five
candidates will be admitted to mem.
bership in the Shakopee Council,
Knights of Columbus, on Sunday, June
4. The exemplification will be in
charge of a degree team from St. Paul.
ST. Peter: The commencement
program of st. Peters parochial
school, which is in charge of the Sis
tiers of st. Joseph, was given in Asso-
citation Hall on the evenings of May
Us and 20. The principal piece on the
program was a comedy entitled, THE
Rivals"
Green Isle: The exterior of the old
Church of st. Brendan, erected in 1861,
has been remodeled, and the interior
is being put into shape to serve the
purposes of a church library, club
house, and hall.
The foundation for bronze ceme-
terry group was laid in the local, eeme-
terry, and pedestal of Kasota stone
was placed on it to receive the group
of four figures from the Daprato
Statuary Co., Chicago, which were
erected on May 81 The Rev. J. E.
Doyle is pastor of the parish.
/ Wanda: The Forty Hours Devo-
ton was held at ST. Matthias Church,
of which the Rex. John Schultz, o. M.
l., is pastor, from May q to 23 The
Esprit of the so families and their at
tendance at the services was excellent
despite the inclement weather of the
first days. The sermons in both Eng
lish and German were given by the
Rev. P. Bour, 0. NJ. l., of Albertville,
Mimi.
, Clements: The forty-fve families
! of the mission of Clements, attended
from Wanda by the Rev. John Schultz,
o. NJ. l., we're happy to have the Forty
Hours Devotion preached in their
: beautiful little church by the Rev. P.
Bour, 0. M. l., of Albertville The
: Catholics of Clements of German and
: of Irish descent are known for their
spirit of harmony among themselves,
: and their mission church is better
furnished and equipped than many
: large parishes.
lie Sueur Centre: A class of thirty
eight children received their first
, Solemn Communion in the Church of
, st. Mary at the eight O'Clock Mass on
the feast of the Ascension, and thirty
children renewed the first Communion
received year ago. The Mass was
| celebrated nv the naStor Rev James