The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
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one year longer than has been the
custom heretofore. The board of st.
Thomas Seminary, the diocesan in
stitution for the training of clergy
men, decided at a recent meeting to
make the term two years of philosophy
and four for theology. In the past, the
theological course has taken three
years. The addition of the fourth year
goes into effect next term.
Generals Daughter Nun.-Miss
Eleanor Sherman Fitch, granddaugh-
ter of General William Tecumseh
Sherman, famous in the Civil War,
made her solemn profession in the
Convent of Marie Reparatrice, on East
Twenty-ninth Street, Manhattan, N.
Y, on Monday, July 81. The mem
bers of the Order of Mary Reparatrice
maintain perpetual alteration of the
Blessed Sacrament.
A Generous Donor.-A generous
friend of the University of st. Francis
Xavier, Antagonist, N. S., Can, whose
name is withheld for the present, has
given the university large sum of
money for the erection of new gym
nasium to replace the present one,
now outgrown. The gift is conditional
upon the institutions erecting and en-
downing library building for which an
appeal is now being made to the
friends of the university, with very
gratifying success thus far.
Catholic Schools Win.-Incident to
the Eighth Annual Cotton Carnival and
Exposition at Galveston, Tex, great
civic pageant was given, portraying in
concrete form the lines of endeavor, to
which nineteen organizations of Gal
weston women are devoting their af-
forts. The floats of the ladies' aux
iliaries of the Cathedral school and
st. Patrick's parochial school were
awarded third and sixth prizes respec-
lively, the prizes being 800 and $25.
Priest Shocked by 5omb.-Rev. Jo-
seph P. McQuaide of San Francisco,
CAL, who was an active promoter of
the preparedness parade, had a mar
row escape from death when the
Market Street during the parade. He
was marching at that moment with
the First California Volunteers OPP
posite the scene of the explosion and
suffered from the shock of the con-
cussion especially in the ear drums.
DR.. Painter who was near by was
killed.
A Military FamiIy.-Chicago will
send eight sons from one family to the
front They are all Americans and
have got to fight for their country"
said Alphonse Bourbon, a French
Canadian by birth and a Catholic. 81
am glad they are willing to go without
any urging" said the mother Seven
of the boys belong to Troop A of the
First Cavalry, l. N. G., and one for
four years has been in the regular
army, stationed at FIT. Meade.
Grotto Almost CompIeted.-The
handsome Grotto of Lourdes, which
has been under construction at Ma
zareth Academy, Kalamazoo, Mich,
for such long period, is finally ap-
preaching completion. Rt. Rev. Bish-
op Muldoon of Rockford, ILL.,, blessed
the statues on the morning of July
10, after celebrating the Holy Sacri.
flee of the Mass for the Sisters. The
large number of religious home for
the retreat made the scene very i'm
posing. The Grotto is the gift of
Miss Ellen Doolan, in memory of the
late Mother Scholastica.
New Altar Gift.-The magnificent
new altar provided for St. Bonaven.
ture Church, Paterson, N. j., as a gift
of the members of the Third Order OF
st. Francis, is now being installed
| The gift is in honor of the seventh
centenary of the feast of Our Lady OF
Holy Angels, or the Portiuncula In
diligence, as it is Familiarity known
The conservation of the altar was an
elaborate function, held on August ]
Immediately preceding the observance
of the Portiuncula. The consecratins
prelate was Capuchin, Rt. Rev
Bishop Walleser, missionary apostolic
| of the Caroline Islands in the Pacific
who is in the U. S. on visit.
School Wins Prizes.-In the water
color contest carried on by the Seattle
Times" the pupils of st. Edwards
school, Seattle; Wash, were ahead OF
the seventy-five schools in the city in
the number of successful competitors
They won six first prizes of ten dol.
lars each, three second prizes of five
dollars each and twelve competition
| prizes of one dollar each. From the
beginning of the contest to the end
they worked with spirited interest and
aside from the educational value OF
the contest it had a salutary influence
upon the ambitions and artistic talents
of the bright boys and girls of the
school, which is conducted by the
Dominican Sisters.
College Catholic Clubs Meet.-The
first annual convention of the Fedora
ton of College Catholic clubs was held
recently at the Catholic Summer
School at Cliff Haven, N. Y. This
movement, which has for it's object