The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-01

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receive the Papal Blessing. At two
o'clock the women filled the church
and again at four o'clock another
congregation of women came for the
closing sermon and Papal Benediction.
Sunday morning more than 1000 re-
ceived Holy Communion.
But the men this week seem to be
as numerous and as faithful as were
the women. Not only the evening
services but the Masses at half past
five o'clock in the morning and again
at eight are attended by remarkable
congregations. The singing of the
men has been feature this week.
There may be many who do not join
in the singing of the English hymns;
but the numbers who do sing fill the
great space and the lofty dome with
a rich deep harmony of music that
swells to a very thunder of religious
song.
The children's mission was given
on the afternoons of Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday at four o'clock. They
received Holy Communion Thursday
morning. The parish census, which
was taken by hundred men of the
parish in preparation for the mission,
was very successful in adding a large
number of new names to the parochial
list.
Church of ST. Anthony: The life of
Jesus from the Manager to the Cross
will be presented in moving pictures
in the auditorium of st. Anthony s
school, Sunday evening, April 2, at a
quarter past eight. The price of the
tickets has been fixed at twenty-five
cents. :.
Church of ST. Stephen: Last Sun
day forenoon a meeting of the men
of ST. Stephens parish, Minneapolis,
was held in the school hall for the
purpose of organizing a parochial
conference of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society and electing officers. The fol.
lowing are the officers for the current
year: President, P. F.. Sheehan; Vice
President, r. Skinner; Secretary, C.
D. Hagerty; Treasurer, c. n. Gal
lagher. About twenty men form the
charter membership Of the conference
which will meet every Sunday morn
ing at a quarter past ten.
Mr.. George B. HeWetson of Regina
Sask., Canada, delivered an address
in the hall of st. Stephens parochial
school last Sunday afternoon, March
26, on "The Place of Mystery in Edu
cation and Life" The address proved
very interesting and instructive tc
those who were privileged to hear it
Hugo: A weeks mission will open
in the Church of ST. John the Baptist
of which Rev. John c. Laventure is
pastor, next Sunday, April 2. The
exercise will be conducted by mis-
sionary Father of La Salette. from the
east.
Montgomery: Last week mission
was given in the Church of the Holy
Redeemer by the Very Rev. Prokol
| Neuzil of Chicago. He was assisted
at the various exercises by the pas
tor, Rev. Emil Polasek, Rev. James J
Woods of LIE Sueur Center, ant
Father Anton of Heidelberg. The
exercises were. we'll attended, an(
large numbers received the sacra
mGntS. s-
Belle PLANE: The Rev. G. Harnett
priest of the Archdiocese of Well
ington, New. Zealand, spent a few
days i'm Belle Plaine recently, thu
guest of Rev. r. Minogue, pastor o
the Church of the Sacred Heart
Father Harnett, who is on his wa!
to Ireland, was a ciassmate of F'athe
Minogue in the old country.
/ New Uim: The exercises of thu
Forty Hours Devotion were held il
the Church of the Holy Trinity Oh
Tuesday, March q, and the following
days. The pastor, Rev. r. Schlin
kert was assisted by the Rev. Geo
Scheffold, o. s. B., of Medina, Rev
John Schultz of Wanda, Rev. Georg
Rolwes of Minneapolis, Rev. Jane
Klein and Rev. c. A. Jungwirth o
Sleepy Eye, Rev. Francis Rant O
Springfield, Rev. John Wagner o
Nicollet and Rev. Anselm Schmidt
G. PIP. S., chaplain of Lorctto Iiospi
; tai.