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

V. G., rector of the Cathedral of St
Francis de Sales, Toledo, O., and Rev.
August J. Schwertner, Chancellor of
the Diocese OF Toledo, O.. as Domestic
Prolates, with the title of MOnsignOr;
and Rev. Father Fitzgerald OF the Dio-
cese Of Brooklyn TO be Honorary
Chamberlain At the Vatican.
Benefactor of the Church, move
ment is on foot to erect a monument
in Missouri, his native state, to Will
liam Gilpin, who became the first ter
ritGrial governor Of Colorado. While
he was not Catholic himself, his wife
and family were members of the
Church, and his name is indelihly con
nected with the early history Of Cath
olicity in Colorado. He and Mrs. Gil
pin @gave the Sisters of Charity of
Leavenworth the ground on which ST.
JoSeph's Hospital stands This gencr-
Gus gift was made in 1876, and a tablet
in the hospital commentaries the gen
crosby Of the Gilpins. Mr.. Gilpin died
| in Denver i'm 1894
C. 3. /. Supreme Convention-Th
| Supreme Council of the Catholic Ben
elovent Legion will hold it's thirty
| fourth annual convention in Brooklyn
beginning on Tuesday, May 8. Follow
| ing High Mass in the Cathedral OF the
| Queen of All Saints, the business ses-
| sion will be at the Cathedral Club,
| Sixth and ST. Marks Avenues. The
banquet Tuesday evening will be at
the Elks' Club, under the auspices of
the C. B. L. Uniform Corps.
| Oldest thedraI.--Louisville's first
Cathedral at Bardstown, the centenary
of the building of WHICH occurs this
year, is yet solid, handsome edifice,
destined to outlast all the other
churches of the diocese, and enriched
with works of art. 1t is, according to
Father Deepen, editor of the Louis.
vile Record" the oldest consecrated
cathedral-church in the original Unit.
ed States.
nOuncement was made recently by
Rev. Joseph j. Gately, pastor of the
Immaculate Conception parish, Mont
clair, n. j., that an order for an organ
to cost $4,000 had been placed and
would be installed in the church by
July 10. Contributions amounting tc
$4,000 for the purchase of the instru
ment have been made by members OF
the church.
. Knights Validate nsurance.-A de
cision TO validate the insurance of al
present members Of the Knights OF
Columbus who may now be fighting
for the United States in Mexico, OF
who may in future be enrolled in thu
, service was arrived at by the board O
directors Of that organization in thu
April quarterly meeting iii Washing
ton. Action similar to this in regard
to policy holders who returned to thei1
native European countries to take
their places in the war there wa.
taken last October by the board. Ii
, announcing the above action it, wa!
stated that those in charge believe i
to be the first insurance valuation b,
any insurance company in respect t.
the punitive, expedition in Mexico.
9 Orphans Friend Dies-Sister Gene
. We've Mahon, thirty eight years attach
ed to ST. Mary Girls Orphan Asylum
Norfolk, Va, died at ST. Vincent Hos
pital, on April Is. She was one of tn
best known Sisters of Charity in thi
state. Almost her entire life was dc
o voted to caring for homeless children
4 She was a native of Rochester, n. Y
!, where here mother and three sister
a now reside
4 Diocesan Retreats.-Th retreat 70
the pastors and assistant pastors @
the Archdiocese of San Francisco vii
; be given next July at ST. Patrick
a Seminary, Menlo Park, by the RICH
!, Rev. Bishop Schrembs of Toledo, Ohio
j. Two retreats will be held this veal
|, one for the pastors, beginning July :
$ and the other for the assistant pas
VII OL July ~.
Appointed IrremovahIe Rector
!. Very Reverend Peter e. Rlessine
d ID. d., V. G., has been appointed b
a the Right Rev. Bishop Harkins IRE
r movable Rector of st. Josephs Church
r Providence, r. l., to succeed the lat
d Right Reverend Thomas F. Dorar
# D. D. DIR. Blessing has been rector q
the Cathedral for the past four year:
l. Work Started on New Addition
l. Work on the new addition to st. Vii
e cents Hospital, Green Bay, Wis, wa
r started by the contractor on Wedne.
e. day of last week, when the excayatio
e was begun. The addition will cos
e when completed, $4,000, and wi
If make st. Vincent's Hospital one {
e the largest and finest in the state.
A. is planned to make the structure fiv
stories in height, and to include a
the latest improvements in constru
O. ton. The excavation work will col
ID sumo some time, and it is believe
e. that the building will not be finishe
i'd for many months. The addition wi
f. be of brick, and will be fireproof, an
IN modern in every respect, according t
De the plans now outlined. 1t will civ
10 the hospital nearly double the preser
a. capacity