The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-07
mon and Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament.


Last Sunday forenoon the Right Rev
erend Bishop Trobec administered
Confirmation at st. Michael's, Wright
County, to a class of 169, of whom one
was an adult convert. In the after
noon he officiated at Albertville where
1870 received the Sacrament. There
were 3 adults, n a convert, in the
class. Monday morning he gave Con-
tirmation to 43 children at st. Wal
Duryea's and in the afternoon visited
Rogers where a class Of 20 partici-
pated in the sacred rite. Five were
adults, one of whom was a convert.
In each of these parishes the Con-
tfrmation class made an offering for
the chapels in the new Cathedral.
| Church of st. Bridget: There will
be services for the deaf at st. Bird
gets Church, Minneapolis, at three
o'clock Sunday afternoon, Oct. g.. Take
the Chicago-Fremont car to 3Sth Ave.
North.
Students Catholic Associations:
Loyalty to the University, it's presi-
dent and faculty, and to the ideals Of
truth, were characterized as essentials
of loyalty to their own society when
the Rev. ]. j. DeVery addressed the
Students Catholic association at it's
opening meeting in the Engineering
building, Sunday, October 1. About
200 attended. Father Devery called
the cheers at football games the eX-
preston of the same spirit, when
evoked by deeds of clean sportsman
ship. Timothy O'Keefe, president,
and Thomas Darlington, retiring
president, were also speakers. Mrs.
William Hurley sang a. group of solos.
The association will have it's annual
reception to freshmen at Shevlin hall
next Saturday night, October Z. A
vigorous membership campaign is on.
ST. Margaret's Academy: The
foundation for the new addition to
st. Margaret's Academy, Minneapolis,
which is in charge of the Sisters of
st. Joseph, was completed last week
and the work of erecting the super
the building ready for occupancy be-
fore the new year. The superstruc-
ture is Of brick, three stories high,
with full basement, and will afford
ample room for much-needed labora-
tories, class rooms and a lunch room
on tho 1owar A0or , while tho fun
upper stories will provide sleeping
rooms for the Sisters in charge of
the institution. The new wing is at
tached to the Music Hall and when
completed will form n building with
it. 1t is built of the same material
and the older part will be renovated
and ilmproYed. to x match the newer
portion.
The enrolment in all the depart
ments of the Academy this year is
the largest in it's history. All the
class rooms are crowded.
Pro-Cathedral: Mrs. M. r. Dren-
men opened her home for a silver tea
from 2 to 5 o'clock, on September %.
A musical program was given by Mrs.
Thomas H. Bracket, soprano, and Eu'
gene Skaaden, pianist. The affair was
one in a series arranged by the
women of the Pro-cathedral of st.
Mary, Minneapolis, for the benefit OF
the rectory fund.
Mrs. brennan was assisted by Mines
T-lz.a DN-a, NT n noIyAnaH1U Tnadn
i rick E. Murphy, j. E. Egan, F. E
kelly, John MacNaught, w. H. Dona'
hue, Joseph Lehman, Theodore Mayer
A group of younger girls also assisted
The preparations for the autumnal
festival of the Pro-Cathedral parish
Minneapolis, are going forward witt
encouraging vigor. The various cap
tains and their bands of workers, un
der the direction of the pastor, Rev
erend Thomas E. Cullen, are striving
to enlist the active cooperation ri
every individual in the parish. They
all report increasing activity of the
parishioners as the time for the fes
tival draws nearer.
ST. Anthony of Padua: One hun
dred and fifty members of the parish
of ST. Anthony, Minneapolis, assem-
I bled in the auditorium of the schoo
on Sunday afternoon, october thu
first, for the purpose of organizing
| Parochial Branch of the Society TO
: the Propagation of the Faith. Rev
E. J. Wilbee, the pastor, called tn
l meeting to order, and expressed al
earnest desire that the people of thu
parish take an active interest in tn,
Foreign Mission work. He then in
troduced the Rev. James A. Byrnes
= Diocesan Director of the Society, VIII
spoke of Catholic missionary activity il
foreign lands, and outlined the mean
/ whereby Catholics at home Nigh
participate in the glorious work @
bringing the light of the Gospel t
heather and pagan peoples. Follow
/ ing the address of Father Byrnes
0 Miss Nellie Cramsie was unanimousl
n elected Parochial Secretary of tn
e newly established Branch, and thirt!
five men and women Immediately sis
q nified their desire to serve with he
in promoting the cause of the Mi
sions. Miss Cramsie and her corp
of assistants feel assured that b.
tween six and eight hundred member
of the Congregation will be enrolle
l. in the Society before the first of til
I. oOmiOO rear