The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-02
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school and st. Patrick's parOchial
school were awarded third and sixth
prizes respectively, the prizes being
500 and $25.
Rev. Mgr. ]. Freri, D. C. L., president
of the Society for the Propagation of
the Faith, is visiting San Francisco
and Coast cities at present to organize
better the work of this great Society.
Played Role of Father Sierra
George Osborne, whose real name was
Gedge, a veteran actor who achieved
fame especially for the reverential
spirit in which he took the part of
Father Junipera Sierra in the Mission
Play" died in San Francisco, Cal,
August II.
Bishops SacerdotaI JubiIee.-Right
Reverend Thomas F. Barry, Bishop of
Chatham, N. B., Can, celebrated the
golden jubilee of his priestly ordina-
ton in his Cathedral at Chatham on
Thursday, August 10. The solemn
Pontifca1 Mass was celebrated by
Right Reverend Louis O'Leary, AuXili-
airy Bishop of Chatham, and the SER
mon was preached by his brother,
Right Reverend Henry J. O'Leary,
Bishop of Charlottetown, P. E. l.,
Canada. The priests of the Diocese
gave a banquet in Bishop Barry's
honor in ST. Thomas College, besides
presenting him with an address and
purse. A like address and presenta-
iton were also made by the parish
toner's of the Cathedral.
Priest Rescues Drowning Man.
Rev. jeremiah Mccarthy, pastor of
Immaculate Conception Church,
Bridgeport, ILL.,, was one of a party
which motored to the Anderson-Theo-
bald gravel pit recently. William La
Plante, one of the party, entered the
water in the pit at some distance from
the other men, and, being unable to
swim, sank almost Immediately. A
boy made an effort to assist him, but
Carthy, hearing their cries, plunged
into the pit and succeeded in bringing
both to safety.
St. Meinrad's Ahbey-St. Meinrad's,
Indiana, is one of the extensive and
growing institutions of the Benedictine
Order of the United States. AS educa-
tional institution it began with the
year 1857. Today it consists of three
distinct departments and faculties,
namely: st. Meinrad's Seminary, st.
Meinrad's College and Jasper College.
The seminary this year sent out 10
priests, and had ordained 5 deacons
and IL acolytes, from "A ecclesiastical
students. The College department of
st. Meinrad's had SO students, not in
Guiding the student corps of Jasper
| College. It's Abbey-church is a mas
sive structure of medieval architec-
ture, and ranks with any in the coun-
| try.
Dean of Creighton Medics.-Dr.
| James Ross Clemens has recently been
| appointed dean of the College of Medi-
| cine of Creighton University, Omaha,
Neb., the appointment to be effective
on the opening of the school year. DR..
Clemens made his preliminary and
medical studies in England, where he
took the degrees Bachelor of Arts and
| Doctor of Medicine from London Uni
versity; he is also a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons. He is fifty
years old and for several years has
been Professor of Pediatrics at st.
Louis University College of Medicine.
Mission Play Will Tour.-The won
derful theatrical production of John
McGroarty, presented at San Gabriel,
near Los Angeles, Cal, last year, will
be sent on the road. Mr.. McGroarty
last week made arrangements in San
Francisco to start on a tour covering
all the principal cities of the country.
A special train will carry 100 of the
original cast of the play, which deals
with the early California missions.
/ MOuSlRnOTl
P. w. Talon and J. j. Tanrath re-
ceived the investiture of their newly
granted ecclesiastical rank at the old
Cathedral, st. Louis, Mo-, Sunday
morning, August q. Archbishop Glen
non conferred the honors, in connec-
ton with the celebration of the Feast
of ST. Louis.
New Preparatory sehooI.-In the
early spring Georgetown University
will build the first of the group of
buildings for the preparatory school
on the ninety-acre tract which has
been acquired near Rockville, Md.
This structure will cost $115, 900, and
is the central one of the nine to be
erected, which, when completed, will
form one of the finest institutions of
learning in the United States.
Parish School Burns.-One of the
most serious fires that has happened
In Adams, Mass, in a long time left
only the first floor and the brick walls
of Notre Dame parish school intact,
August 16. The loss is estimated at
from $4,000 to $4,000. The loss on
the contents will be considerable, as
many books and furnishings were de-
stroyed. The school accommodated
more than 400 children.