The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-01
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Disciplinary Barracks, Governors |
Island, New York. The purpose of |
the publication is to promote prison
progress practically. thing which it |
will probably ia Id spite Of its ALTER
atiVe motto Father XFaring is one of
the best known chanislDs Ia the serv-
ice of the United States he was for
merly priest ol she Diocese of Du-
buque, "a.
Sisters Golden Jubilee.-The golden
jubilee of Mother Marie Helena, SUI
perior of the Academy of the Sacred
Hearts, Fall River, was celebrated
November 81 and December L.
PreIate Disinherited for Hospital.
The Roosevelt Hospital in New
York was built with money which
Archbishop Bayley was to have re-
ceived from his uncle, but when Bay
ley became a Catholic, Mr.. Roosevelt
became so incensed that he disin-
herited him and founded the hospital
instead. Archbishop Bayley presided
as Papal Delegate over two Councils
at Baltimore. and died in Newark,
October 3, 1877.
Conditions in Mexico.-At the an
nual meeting of the American Red
Cross, which was attended by Presi-
dent Wilson and former President
Taft, Charles j. O'Connor, special
representative of the Red Cross, who
brought word of the famine and
misery as he saw them two months
ago in Mexico City, replied in an adj
| dress to those who have charged Red
Cross workers with giving untrue re-
| ports of conditions in that country, by
| saying that he had data showing that
| in the Federal district about Mexico
City in October the daily number of
| deaths due to starvation was about
220. He added that he considered it
a conservative estimate to say that at
least 1000 were dying every day in
the whole of Mexico for lack of food
or on account of disease attendant
| upon famine conditions.
Unoccupied Church Burned.-Fire
of unknown origin completely de-
stroyed the old st. Joseph's Church
| at Rickardsville, Ia, last week. In
adequate water supply and lack of
help prevented the saving of the
building. The damage is estimated
at $4,000. The old building was aban-
doned several years ago when Rev.
Geo. w. Clarke built new church
directly east of the old building.
Fire in Good Shepherd Laundry
| A fire broke out in the laundry of the
Home of the Good Shepherd, San An.
tonic, Tex, on December 6, and con
siderable damage was done to the
naehinery. Unfortunately the Sisters
carried no insurance ON the same.
New Mother Provincal.-Sister M
2ancratia for the past sixteen years al
he head Of st. Francis Hospital in
Jersey City, N. j., has been appointed
Mother Provincial Of the Sisters of the
Il
house is at Hartwell, Ohio
Hawaiian SchooIs.-In the Hawai-
ian Islands, the Brothers of Mar,
conduct three schools; st. Mary's a
Hilo; another connected with it AM
one at Wailuku.
New Course at Notre Dame.-Ove
twenty students formed the class il
Railroad Transportation, the new sub
ject added to the Economics Cours,
at Notre Dame University. The sub
iect is taught by Rev. William Bolger
head of the Economics Department o
Notre Dame.
Catholic School EnrolIment-Th,
report of Rev. A. v. Garthoeff
Ter, archdiocesan superintendent O
schools, st. Louis, Mo-, shows tina
here is total of 3S,47S children beins
educated in the Catholic schools o
he archdiocese.
| Canadian A. O. n. to secede.-It i;
'eported that the Canadian branche,
If the Ancient Order of Hibernian,
will secede from the parent body ii
he United States because of the anti
British sentiment amongst the major
ity of the Hibernians in the States.
Recognize Catholic Writer'S Th,
Boston Evening Transcript of Octobe
20, contains William Stanley Braith
Yates anthology of poems for tn,
year past. Of these four are cred
ted as distinguished poems" to tn,
Catholic World" of New York; .Sun
Drowned with Toil,' by Edward F
Iaresche, S. j.; "To a Bird at Sunset
Seville, 1885," by Thomas Walsh
The Great Mercy" by Katherine Ty
nan, and 1.-THE Sea Winds" by Care
line d. Swan.
Catholic Episodes Depicted Unde
the auspices of the National Organ
cation of Catholic Women, an artist
entertainment was given in the gran
salon of the Waldorf Astoria Hote
New York, on December IA. It en-
braced spectacular episodes fror
early American history. for example
! Columbus at the Court Of Ferdinan
:, and Isabella. It's patronesses wer
z the elite of New York.