The Catholic bulletin., 1916-10-28

AoASO hiOACy AUE uSSIILute anu QepGnQ.
ent families of Irish patriots executed,
imprisoned or banished by Great Bri-
tain is being held at Madison Square
Garden, New York City this week. 1t
is conducted by the New York Com
mittee of the Irish Relief Fund. Cardi-
nails Gibbons, Farley and O'Connell are
honorary presidents CT the fund. The
active president is DR.. Thomas Adds
Emmett.
Growth of Parishes.-The Church
in our midland cities is growing fast.
The parish churches in the city OF
Chicago numbered up to this year
2l8; in Cincinnati, 58; in Cleveland,
50, in Detroit, 81; in ST. Paul and
Minneapolis, So; in ST. Louis, 95: in
Pittsburgh, 73; in Indianapolis, II; in
Columbus, Is; in Toledo, %; in Oma-
ha, 19; in Grand Rapids, IS; in Gov
ington, 10; in Dayton, 16; in Peoria,
8; in Evansville, 8; in Kansas City,
30; in Milwaukee, As; in Little Rock, Z:
in Nashville, z; in Memphis, g.
Catholic Historical Data.-Rev.
Father Morice, the well-known his
torian, of st. Boniface, Man, Canada,
has gone for visit to Camperville
on Lake Winnipegosis. He expects to
return soon, and resume his COM
pilation of the "reminiscences of Rev.
Father Dandurand, 0. NJ l., the oldest
priest in the world. When completed
this work will shed much light upon
the history of Canada in the 40's, SOS
and COS. Father Dandurand was a
pioneer missionary in the Ottawa dis
trict in 1S47, '4S and 40, and his
recollections of events in those years
are most vivid.
Catholic Art in America.-"Ameri-
ca" is about to publish a series of
articles on Catholic Art in America
with the purpose of Indicating both to
Catholics at home and to those tray
cling in the United States Catholic
objects of genuine artistic interest in
the principal American cities. The OBJ
ject is laudable one and the articles
ought to be both interesting and en-
tightening. If the material for such
study seems at first glance to be
meager, perhaps the specialists who
are looking for art may discover
that we have more than we think we
have. The effort will not be fruitless
even if it only calls attention to what
we have not.
Campaign For Christie Orphan
| Home.-Plans are actively under way
for fund raising campaign for the
| Christie Home for Orphan Girls near
IOswegc, Oregon. Archbishop Christie
has issued call for a general COM
mittee to take charge of the campaign
and has been highly gratified by the
response already made by nearly sew
enty-f1Ve prominent gentlemen of the
city without regard to creed or race.
Many of the leading non-C Catholic
business and professional men are
manifesting a great interest in this
worthy charity.
Exemplary cathoIic.-The late ]. J.
Delaney of New York must have been
an exemplary Catholic. An annual re.
treat for men is held at Mt. Manresa,
Staten Island, in his honor
Jealous Missionary Dead.-Father
Florian Hahn, Indian missionary at
Riverside, Cal, who built practically
sixteen poor churches with his own
Hands, died recently.
First Wood Engraving.-The first
wood engraving made in the Western
Hemisphere was produced in Mexico
1t appeared on the title page of an edi
tion of Gersons "Tripartite," which
was printed in 1914 1t represents q
Bishop comforting the priesthood.
Father RandaII.-Rev. William E
Randall, pastor of the Assumption
Church, st. Louis, and head of the Dio
cesan Apostolate, died at st. Mary's
Inf1rmary, October 8. Father Randall
was born in Fort Ridgely, Minnesota
His father was Major B. II. Randall
His mother was convert to the faith
and his father entered the Church be
fore his death. Their children were
baptized and reared in the Catholic
faith.
The Columbus cadets.-Permissio1
has been granted to organize the Co
lumbus Cadets in nearly all the parish
schools in Milwaukee. Company direc
tors have been chosen in many oil
these parishes and these gentlemen
are busy perfecting their parish or
ganization and enlisting the boys.
Tribute to O'Gorman. = Senator
lO'Gorman, of New York, declined tt
run for reelection and will return tc
his law practice. The Washington
Post pays this great Catholic Irish
American statesman a fine tribute
The Post says of him: He was g
leader in the Senate from the very in
ception of his career" 1t pays a tri
butte to his fine Americanism and his
splendid independence. THE announce
ment of Senator O'Gorman's purpose
to retire from the Senate was received
!. with the keenest regret here in Wash
. ington. Few men in the Senate have
so impressed themselves upon thei1
colleagues in single term. AnG
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