The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

of Chicago by the Most Rev. Francisco
Plancarte, Archbishop of Monterey.
an exile in Chicago. The book,
published in 1876, is one of four in
the other copies being in
London, Berlin and Mexico. The book
is remarkably we'll printed. The cover
is of wood, incased in tough pigskin.
The publisher and date on the first
page are Pedro Ocharte, 1876. "The
Graduate Dominicale"-the name of
the book-was found among the ruins
of an Indian church in 1913, after its
destruction by the Mexicans in their
attack on the zapatistas. The Indians
presented it to Archbishop Plancarte.
Later, it was overlooked by Carranza
force when the private library of the
was destroyed
Rev. A. j. coppens' Golden Jubilee.
With delegations of laymen from
Philadelphia and Washington in at
tendance, the Rev. Alphonse j. Cop
pens, S. j., celebrated on Sunday, Oc-
tober 20, in ST. Ignatius' Church, Bal
timore, Solemn High Mass in COM
of his first Mass offered
in England just fifty years ago. The
Rev. William j. Ennis, president of
Loyola College, delivered the sermon.
Born in Alost, Belgium, on September
"a, 1843, Father Coppens studied in
the Jesuit college of his native town
and later in the seminaries at Ant
werp, Client, and Bruges. He was or
dained in Liverpool by Bishop Goss on
October %, 1866, At the invitation of
Archbishop Spalding, Father Coppens
went to Baltimore in 1859 and was
stationed at ST. Vincent's Church in
that city, where he remained for two
years.
Converts to statistics
furnished by SO archdioceses and do
ceses, 1909 non-Catholics were re-
ceived into the Church during the year
1915.
Superior Cathedral.--The Fathers of
the Precious Blood have been given
charge of the parish of the Cathedral
at Superior Wis.
Generous cathoIics.-The Catholics
of Philadelphia, at the latest collec-
ton, gave $4,000 to the Propagation
of the Faith and $4,000 for the sup
port of the Holy Father.
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick,-Since the
leaving of the Duke of Connaught Sir
Charles Fitzpatrick, Catholic, has
been Acting Governor-GeneraI of the
Dominion of Canada.
Centenary of San Antonio.-Plans to
celebrate it's two hundredth birthday
With a Pan-American exposition, be
ginning January, 1918, are in full
swing at San Antonio, Tex. This city
full of interesting tradition, was
founded by Franciscan Friars.
Industrial Home for Boys.-F orma
opening of new industrial home fol
boys at White Ferry, Pa, took place
on October 81. The home, built by
Bishop Hoban of Scranton, represents
an expenditure of close to a quarter Of
a million dollars.
Gives Scholarships scholarship
has been given the Detroit University
to be known as the MARY Sexto1
Murphy Scholarship" the founder be
ing Mrs. Mary Sexton Murphy, thu
venerable mother of Hon. Alfred ]
Murphy. This is the third scholarship
to be given within few months tt
Detroit's splendid Catholic educationa
institution.
Delegate Breaks Ground Groun,
was broken Wednesday, for the nev
preparatory school of Georgetown Uni
yersity, which is to be erected on tn,
Rockville Georgetown pike, four mile
least of Rockville, Md. The frs
shovelful of earth was removed b,
Mgr. John Bonzano,. Papal delegate
1t is understood the building will b
completed in time for the opening o
the next school year.
Japanese Mission-The Japanes
mission in San Francisco is maxim
good progress. Catechism instrut
lions are given every Sunday at tn
new mission house in charge of tn
Jesuit Fathers, after which tn
Japanese attend Mass and hear SCI
mon in their own language. With tn
aid of the Helpers of the Holy Souls
the mission keeps a kindergarten, b,
sides conducting catechism classe
, and a sewing circle for larger girls o
: Saturdays.
I Sixty-seven Converts Received
: Bishop Hennessy, of Wichita, Kar
!. confrmed unique class of 100 adult
. last month at Pittsburgh, Kansas. TT
$ class consisted of sixty men and fort
e women. OF the sixty men, for
were converts and of the forty wome
Itwenty-seven were converts, makiI
s Isixty-seven converts in all. ST. Mary
e Church was proud of this wonderf
r Iclass.
I. Noble Charitable Work.Under Il
n Iauspices of the Polish Courts Associ
n ton of Chicago, the splendid gift
a $4,000 was presented to the st. HI
8 wigs Asylum, one of the great reli