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

ltOba, Can, has obtained passports
from the Canadian government duly
endorsed by the mayor of st. Roni-
face and the British military au-
thorities. He is going to Rome. The
new Archbishop will secure his pal
lium from Pope Benedict and pay his
respects to the Holy Father.
Convent Inspection BilI.-The
Kentucky Irish-American" tells how
a convent inspection bill was intro
dnced in the Legislature of that State
by f. d. Stone and how copies of
The Menace" attacking the Sisters
of the Good Shepherd were placed
sneakingly on the desks of the mem
hers. The bill was reported unfavor-
ably by the committee to which it
was referred.
Parochia School Ready-The new
parochial school being built at cost
of $4,000 by the ST. Martin parish of
Odebolt, Ia, is now completed, and
ready for occupancy.
Shrine at Notre Dame-In thanks
giving for the many marvellous cures
thought to have been wrought at
Notre Dame University, Notre Dame,
Ind, through devotion to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus a beautiful shrine is
about to be erected to take care OF
the pilgrimages that are being made.
The old log chapel, which is replica
OF the first building ever erected at
the spot where Notre Dame now
stands by Father Badin, the proto-
priest of the United States, has been
used by the visitors, but it is made
quate.
Has Made $3.50 conVerts.-Rev.
Bertrand l.. Conway, the Paulist, has
made 1850 converts to the Catholic
Church during the eighteen years of
his ministry.
Parish Priests Conversion Record.
Rev. John B. Hewitt Of Flint, Mich,
received eighty-siX converts into the
Church in 1914, nearly all of whom
were young men. In 1913 the priest
received siXty-one converts, many of
whom had formerly supported the
Menace"
Cadet Becomes CathoIic.-Cadet A.
NJ. Weyand captain of the victorious
1915 army football team, was re-
ceived into the Catholic Church on
Sunday, February 20, by the Rev.
John A. Langton, of the Church of the
Sacred Heart, Highland Falls, n. Y,
from where the Military Academy
chapel is attended. On the Saturday
previous to his reception into the
Church, Cadet Weyand again won the
title of champion heavyweight wrest-
Ter. an honor he has won for the past
four years. Cadet Weyand was ap-
pointed from New Jersey and will
graduate in June.
Panama Conference Insults Peru
Because of what he declares to have
been a gratuitous insult to his coun-
try, the Peruvian Consul General at
Panama has published severe ar
raignment of the Protestant Mission
ary Congress. The Consul General
characterizes as absolutely false a
statement that marriage is con.
sidered a luxury in Lima, and in con-
sequence the greater number of
inhabitants are living in open con,
cubinage" 1t is said that the Peru
Wan Minister at Washington has been
asked to protest to the Secretary OF
State.
Diocesan Officials Approximately
March l. Rev. Joseph Flynn, the pas.
tor of the Cathedral, received the Off
cial appointment from the Rt. Rev
Bishop Brossart of Covington, KY.
as his Vicar General The Bishop
sent also the announcement of his
selection as chancellor of the diocese
to Rev. Herbert Hillenmeyer, his pri
vate secretary, and that of irremov'
able rector to Rev. James L. Corey, of
the Immaculate Conception Church,
Newport.
Prefect Apostolic Appointed.-Very
Rev. Joseph Oster, c. S. Sp., formerly
Provincial of the Holy Ghost Fathers
in America, has been appointed Pre-
fect-Apostolic of the islands of ST.
Pierre and Miquelon. This interest
ing mission, belonging to France, yet
so near the continent of America. has
5000 Catholics in summer and 1900
in winter. They are mostly fishermen
who reside on the mainland during
the cold season. Nine priests, seven
chapels, four stations and six schools
constitute the mission property. The
soil of the islands is arid, and the
permanent residents depend wholly
on fishing as means of livelihood
They are of old Norman and Breton
stock and are fundamentally very
religious.
Rector of Cathedral coIlege.-Rev
DIR. James ]. Higgins of st. Rita
Church on Long Island City, has beer
appointed by Bishop Mcdonnell o
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the Cathedral College of the Immacu
late Conception in Brooklyn as tn,
successor of Archbishop Mundelein O
Chicago. After completing his studio
at the North American College a
Rome in 1903 he returned to Brook
lyn and, after serving as curate il