The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-06

the first diocesan synod 0l ROCKFORD, |
Ill. on April Z, the Very Rev ]. j. Ben |
nett was appointed Vicar General, and |
the Rev. Thomas Finn, Chancellor.
Increase of Priests and Churches
According to this years Catholic H-
rectory we have as more priests in
the United States than last year, and
202 more churches.
Eequest for Orphanage.--A Request
Of $4,000, under the will of former
Senator John Hmchliffe of Paterson,
Y. j., is to be used in erecting new
building to replace the present st. Jo-
seph's Orphanage in Paterson.
Students Of German at University
The German Department of the Cath
Ollie University, Washington, has from
so TO 100 students.
Cardinals Picture Donated.-Dnn-
woodie Seminary received in Easter
week from Countess Annie Leary a
life-siZe, seated painting Of Cardinal
Farley, by Pierre Tartoue, the por
trait painter.
New Industrial schooI.-The new
Industrial school for Indians at kuper
Island, Vancouver, B. c., is proving so
attractive that there are more appll-
cations than can be accommodated.
Rev. FIR Lemmens. S. NJ. NJ, is the
principal.
Memorial to sister.--Work on the
new convent of st. Mary, Star of the
Sea, Battery Avenue, Baltimore, will
begin early this summer. The build
ing will cost about $4,000 and will be
q memorial of Sister Kostka.
Yale Catholic CIub.-The Yale Uni
versity Catholic Club has just been
formed at New Haven. f. c. Brophy,
II, is the president and X. O'Brien,
II. is the secretary-treasurer. a SER
les of twelve or fifteen lectures is to
be given during the year. The club
will meet every three weeks.
Indian to Become Nun.-Miss Lizzie
Wabaunsee of the Haskell Institute.
Lawrence, Kan, left recently for
Springfield H., where she will prepare
to enter a religious order.
Ruthenian Administrator. - The
Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Bon
ZanO, has appointed" Rev. Peter Poni-
atishin of Newark, n. j., temporary adj
ministratOr in charge of the Ruthen-
ian Catholics, pending the appoint
ment Of a successor to the late Bishop
Ortynsky by the Holy See
Good Friday Legal HoIiday.-Good
Friday is observed as a legal holiday
in the following states of the Union:
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Flor
ida, Maryland Minnesota New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Porto Rico, Tennessee
and Illinois.
Unique Gift to Judee.-Judge f. w
BazillG, Probate Court, st. Paul, MINI.
has received a kodak book with leaves
made ont Of wasps' nests. 1t was
made by Sister Serena, bOtanist, Acad
envy of Our Lady. LongwOod, Chicago
who Sent it to Judge BaziIle as gift
Catholics on State Board. = Mr.
George j. Gillespie, lawyer, and Mr.
Victor F. Ridder, a son of the late
Herman Ridder, have been nominated
rs Commissioners of the New Yorl
State Board of Charities to succeed the
late Thomas Mulry and Herman Rid
der. The nominees are Catholics ant
well known in New York public life
Finest Newspaper Plant.-Rev. DR.
= Zahm, G. S. c., says the La Presn;
newspaper building in Buenos Aires
,,s,- South America, is the most magnifi
cent newspaper structure in the world
costing $6,0O0,000 New York boasts
nothing to equal it; nor Paris, no
London, nor Berlin.
Burke Seeks Senatorship. = Hon
John Burke, Treasurer of the United
States, announces that he will be
candidate for United States Senator
from North Dakota at the Novembe
election. Mr.. Burke is Catholic ant
served three terms as Governor o
ii. North Dakota.
Suit on Behalf of Church.-Arch
bishop Prendergast and the Rev. Fran
els Augusatis, of MaiZeville, Pa, hav
brought suit in court against the Hal
leigh Brookwood Coal Company to pre-
s. vent the latter from undermining TIL
Catholic Church at VAUDEVILLE TIL
Z church officials state that the walls o
the structure are crumbling and tn
building, valued at $4,000, is in dar
ger of destruction.
Song Writer CathoIic.-Mrs. Care
line Russell Bispham is a writer an
I composer of children's songs; and RI
Gently sold her Poems of Peace an
: War;" for the benefit of the war SUI
ferers. She is now completing a
operetta for children which will b
produced shortly. Mrs. Bispham, VIII
is the wife of David Bispham, the f;
NOUS baritone, is a Catholic.
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