The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-06-10

fore the end of the month.
Church of ST. Bridget: The mission
conducted for the past week by the
/ Dominican Fathers, in the Church of
st. Bridget, Minneapolis, has attracted
ever increasing throngs to the church
and wakened new fervor in the life of
the new parish. The pastor, Reverend
James Donahoe, has been gratified at
the response of the people to this his
\ latest effort on behalf of their spiritual
interests. The mission will close Sun
day, June IL, on which day, also, Con-
firmation will be administered by
Right Reverend Bishop Trobec.
Thursday, June Is, will be general
/ 'get together" day for the new par
ish. The first ice cream social will
be given that evening by the women
of the parish and they are making
preparations to supply not only the
parishioners but as many of their
Twin City friends as they can bring
with them. The women have met with
heartiest encouragement on all sides
and there is general determination
throughout the parish to make the
social big event.
Ladies of the G. A. r.: The ladies
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of Minnesota, held their
annual convention in Minneapolis on
June and 9. 1t was in charge of
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Slater of Mime
apolis, President; Mrs. Catherine
dent; and Mrs. Emma Strong, st. Paul,
Junior Vice President, all of whom,
we are informed, are Catholics.
st. Margaret's Academy: The COM
mencement exercises of st. Margarets
Academy, Minneapolis, which is con-
| Quoted by the Sisters of st. Joseph,
| will be held at the Shubert Theatre
in that city on Monday afternoon,
June IL, at o'clock.
"The Entertainers a dramatic club
of the academy, presented their class
play in the assembly hall of the
Women's Club, Friday afternoon, June
IL. maids and Matrons," a colonial
drama in three acts, was the offering
of the class and was creditably inter-
preted by the ten young women of
the cast who looked quite bewitching
in the quaint costumes of Revolution
airy days.
Church of st. Anne: Solemn First
| Communion was administered to a
large class of boys and girls at the
| 10 o'clock Mass in the Church of St.
| Anne, Minneapolis, on Sunday, June
4. The Communion Mass was cele-
brated by the pastor, Reverend D..
Richard. In the afternoon prizes
were awarded to the successful men,
bers OF the catechism class.
RobbinsdaIe: A class of siXty-three
children will receive Solemn First
Communion on Trinity Sunday at the
nine o'clock Mass in the Church of the
Sacred, Heart, of which Reverend Will
liam H. Blum is pastor.
Forest Lake: The contract for tho
frescoeing of the Church of st. Peter
was awarded last week to Kover and
Sons, Fort Wayne, Ind. The work
will be done during the summer and
will cost about $500. The Rev. T. F.
Gibbons is pastor of the parish.
lie Sueur: The Right Reverend
James Trobec, former Bishop of ST.
Cloud, was the guest of the Reverend
Richard Cahill, pastor of the Church
of St. Anne, on Sunday, June A. He
preached in English and in German at
the late Mass, and in the afternoon
administered the Sacrament of Con-
firmation to a class of 142 children
and adults.
The commencement exercises of St.
Anne's school, which is presided over
by the Sisters of st. Joseph, took
place ON Thursday evening, June g.
The address was delivered by the
Reverend M. A. Ryan of the College
of st. Thomas.
GraceviIIe: On Wednesday, May 81,
the commencement exercises of ST.
| Mary's Academy we're held in the
Opera House at 3 P. NJ After brief
musical program the sixteen members
of the graduating class took place
places on the stage and received
their diplomas from the Reverend R.
V. Kennedy, pastor of the Church of
the Holy Rosary, who also delivered
brief address. The exercises were
brought to a close with the COM
mencement address delivered by the
Very Reverend H. Moynihan, D. D.,
President of the College of ST.
Thomas. The exercises of COM
mencement week began on Saturday,
May q, when the first of a series of
three musicals was given in the after
noon at the Opera House by the Junior
pupils of the academy. The second
was given on the afternoon of May
80 by the more advanced girls, and on
the evening of the same day, the
academy presented three of it's gradu-
ates, the Misses Mary Grove, Olive
Randall and Mercella Campion in a
j piano recital. On Monday, afternoon,
May 20, the class day exercises were
held in the Opera House, and proved
interesting to large audience.
i Kilkenny: Memorial Day was APP
| DrODriately observed by the people of