The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

Schools in NeWark.-NeW School,
buildings in the Diocese of Newark
cost S750,000. There are nine of them.
Rev. John A. Dillon is the diocesan
superintendent.
Brazil.-The Very Rev. Laurent
Giordana, Salesian, has been named
Project Apostolic of Rio Negro, Brazil.
Investigate School Books.-The
Catholic Federation of Brooklyn pro-
poses to investigate certain of the text
hooks used in the public schools, said
to be unfair to the Catholic Church.
The books in the public libraries VIII
also receive attention.
New Faculty Bulding-St. Mary's
Hall, the new home of the faculty or
Boston College, conducted by the
Jesuit Fathers, is practically COM
plete. and, in many ways, is the most
complete and beautiful building OF It's
kind in America.
Conversion of AmerIca.-A hundred
thousand Americans have Joined the
League for the Conversion of America,
by prayers and acts Of piety. The hrst
Thursday OF the month is the day set
aside by the League for special prayer
for the United States.
Campaign for Poor.-The effort, or
campaign, of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society of Baltimore to raise fund
. of $4,000 for the Catholic poor of that
city ended last week with the total
upset amount contributed.
Wealthy Girl Joins Austere Order
With over Il million in her own right,
. Miss Henrietta Dustin, member OF a
wealthy family of Boston, has been
invested with the habit of the Carme-
lite order by Cardinal OConnell at the
convent of the Order in that city.
Indian Wins Schoarship.-Paschal
Sherman, full blood young Indian OF
the Okanogan tribe, has the unique
distinction of being the only aboriginal
American to enter the Catholic Uni
yersity of America through, the
scholarship donated by the Knights of
Columbus. This talented Indian youth
won his scholarship at st. Martins
College, Lacey, Washington, where, at
the commencement exercises last June,
he was valedictorian and sole winner
OF the A. B. degree.
Campaign for HospitaI.-At a re-
cent meeting in San Diego, which was
said to have been the largest gather
ing west of the Rockies held for the
purpose of promoting the building OF
hospital, an organization was
formed to carry out the project orig.
mated by the Sisters of Mercy con
nected with St. Joseph's Hospital
That the 100000 necessary to assure
the success of the undertaking will
be raised with comparatively little
difficulty was the almost unanimous
opinion expressed.
Meagher Memorial Hospital.-One
of the handsomest and best equipped
hospitals to be found in the Southwest
was formally opened in Texarkana
Arkansas, by Bishop Morris of Little
Rock. The institution will be known
as the Michael Meagher Memoria
Hospital, the funds for it's establish
ment having been provided by the late
Mr.. Meagher. 1t will be in charge O.
the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnatt
Word.
Collects TinfoiI for charity.-Tl
Brooklyn the St. Vincent de Paul So
ciety collects on an average of 70
to 1000 pounds of tinfoil per week
In Pittsburgh the Rev. Central Di
rector of the Holy Childhood Asso
citation collected almost as much.
chaplain-General.-On the nomin5
ton of Archbishop Carr, the Arch
bishop of Perth, Australia, has sbeel
appointed Chaplain-G eneral, in tn
British Army, with the rank of Lieut.
Colonel, Ito visit the camps, hospitals
chaplains, etc., of the Australian Ell
peditionary Forces in England
France, and Egypt"-to see whethe
the spiritual wants of the Catholic so
diers are being properly attended tt
and subsequently to report thereon.
Catholic Home for Blind Children
The Catholics of New York have S,
cured a beautiful new home for tn
little blind children of the Archdi
cese. The spacious grounds to whic
their Institute for the Blind has no
been transferred will afford amp
opportunity for future development
The Dominican Sisters are in charg
Catholic institutions for our sightle'
children are exceedingly few in tt
United States.
Church in Wyoming.-From repor
made by the various pastors of Il
Diocese of Cheyenne, the chancell
has just prepared his annual report f
the Catholic Directory of New Yor
1t covers the period extending fro
October, 1915, to October, 1915. With
these twelve months there has been
healthy growth in every line of rel
ious endeavor, as may be seen fro
the following figures: Infant baptism
593; converts, SO; marriages, 1874.
the same period there have been b
712 deaths New churches have he