The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-02


Sisters of Charity, B. V. NJ, met for
the third biennial convention at
Mount ST. Joseph's College, Dubuque,
Ia, on August 10 to %.
Fenwck Boys CIub.-In Cincinnati,
Ohio, work will soon begin on the cree
ton of the 100000 Fenwick Club and
Boys Home. 1t will have $50 rooms
and will have a frontage of 1875 feet,
and be about seven stories high.
Legacy for CoIIege.-Last week the
Sisters of Mount st. Bernard College,
Antagonist, Nova Scotia, Canada, re-
ceived legacy of one thousand dol
lars from the estate of the late DR..
Roderick Fraser, New York.
President of Innsbruck Alumni
Rev Henry Laudenbach, of Dunkirk,
n. Y, was elected president of the
American Alumni of Innsbruck Uni
versity.
10 Languages in Catholic New York.
The catholicity and penecostal
character of the Catholic Church is
evidenced in New York, where Catho-
lie services are held every Sunday
and HOLIDAY in nineteen languages.
Large Dioceses.-The dioceses of
New York and Brooklyn, says Thomas
r. Meehan, which practically con-
stitutc Catholic New York City con-
priests, 400 churches, 800 schools and
100000 Catholic school children.
Sisters Hospital Projected.-At the
solicitation of physicians and promi-
nent residents of the town of Sterling,
Colo, the Sister Superior of the moth
erhouse of the Sisters of Mercy in
Kansas City is considering the estab-
lishment of an up-to-date hospital in
Sterling.
A Texan AnniVersary.-Th Sisters
of Divine Providence have just cele
brated the fftieth anniversary of the
founding of their first school in San
Antonio, Texas.
Convert Sister Dead.-Sister Ele-
amor Tyler, of st. Vincent's Home,
Philadelphia, died on August 9 at the
summer house, Point Pleasant, n. j.,
at the advanced age of eighty-two
years. The deceased was a member
of the Sisters of Charity for fifty>eight
years. She belonged to a prominent
Southern family and was a convert to
the faith.
Church Benefactor Dies.LThe
funeral of Martin Costello, a promi-
nent resident of Toulminville, Ala,
took place last week. He died in Phi
ladelphia very suddenly. His last act
before leaving for Philadelphia was
to donate $1,000 and plot of ground
on which to rebuild St. Xavier Church.
in his home town, blown down by the
storm of July 5.
Consul Secures Release of Priest
Rev. G. C.. Van Goethman of Nogales,
Arizona, was arrested and detained
when he crossed the Mexican border
recently to administer religious con-
ISOLATION to a sick Mexican woman,
but obtained release through the eff
forts of United States Consul Simpich
at Nogales.
Monument Observation-Disclosures Au-
b gust "a, was the anniversary of the
death of the lamented Father Lorente
of New Orleans, La. The monument
erected to the memory of the distin-
guished Dominican was unveiled that
day by Right Rev. J. M. Laval, Auxili-
airy Bishop of the Diocese.
Toledo's Diocesan Institute.-The
second annual diocesan institute for
Catholic teachers, religious and secu-
lar, was conducted in Toledo, O.,
during the week of August %. The
sessions were held in ST. Ursula,
Academy and Bishop Schrembs took
an active part in the sessions. Lee
turers of prominence conducted the
institute.
Priest Sent to Border.-The Right
Reverend Thomas D. Beaver, D. D.,
Bishop of Springfield, Mass, has, de-
tailed Rev. George S. L. Conner,
curate at st. Bernard's Church, Fitch
burg, for duty with the Second Mas
sachusetts Regiment at the Mexican
border. Over 500 of the men of the
Second Massachusetts are Catholics.
Philadelphia Catholics Generosity.
Philadelphia Catholics gave over
$4,000 to the most recent collection
for the Propagation of the Faith, over
$4,000 more than the previous one and
over $4,000 to the late collection for
the Holy Father, a grand total of over
$1O5,OOO.
Church Destroyed by Fire.-Fire
completely destroyed Saint Michaers
Church, Livermore, Calf, on August
a. The flames caught from a nearby
planning mill and in a few minutes the
entire church was Quilted The loss is
about $4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
Priests Father Dead.-Rev. Patrick
j. Phelan, of the Sacred Heart Or
phanage, Pueblo, Colo, last week re
ceived word of the death of his father
Richard Phelan, at the old home