The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13
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brlcK, and at the end OF the day the |
work was completed.
Nebraska Priest Dead.--Very Rev |
Walter Mcdonald, for the past seven
teen years pastor at Exeter, Neb., died
at ST. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lincoln
on April 49,
Sacristy Destroyed.-The sacristy,
containing sacred vessels and vest
ments OF st. Ann Church, North Yer
non, Ind, was totally consumed by fire
on April 10. The church proper was
damaged The fire is supposed to have
originated when mice nibbled at box
of matches, The loss is estimated at
| $500, covered by insurance.
First Catholic SchocI-The first
| Catholic school in the United States
was probably the one which was open
ed by the Jesuit Fathers at Bohemia,
Cecil County, Maryland The precise
| date of its opening is uncertain, but
Archbishop Carroll, when boy, at
tended it in 1747.
| To Church and Charity.-Cash be-
quests aggregating $4,000 are provided
for in the will of Barbara Hildebrand,
Louisville, KY, and after the payment
of these requests the residue of the
estate is left to the Right Reverend
Bishop ODonaghue for the benefit of
ST. Elizabeth Church. Among the cash
requests are those Of $100 each to st.
Anthony Hospital and st. Joseph Rom
an Catholic Orphan Asylum. Rev.
Jacob Assent is named executor of the
will
Catholic ChapIans at Hawaii.-The
largest garrison in the American army
is located on the island Of Oahu, Ha-
sturdy boys in khaki are encamped for
; the protection OF the archipelago and
the Pacific coast. About 1000 soldiers
are quartered in various other posts on
the same island. The spiritual inter
estS of the Catholic boys are attended
to by two chapIans, Father. Jeremiah
A. Lenehan, Of the diocese Of Wichita
and Father lgnatius Fealy, of the arch.
diocese of Baltimore.
Memorial for Sister Teacher.-In a
letter to Rev. John Cavanaugh, G.. S
c., President of Notre Dame Univer
> sity, Judge Ben B. Lindsey, founder oil
the Juvenile Court movement, pro
posed that all the students that had
studied under the late Sister Aloysius
Superior of the minims department OIL
Notre Dame, gather at the university
sometime in the near future for memo
> rial services in her memory. In &C
cordance with Judge Iindsey's sugges
ton a movement has been set on foot
to endeavor to have the memorial serv
I ices this commencement. Sister Alloy
sius was Judge Lindsey's only teacher
Converted by Sisters Devotion.-A1
interesting aftermath Of the recon
wreck on the New Haven road at Mil
ford, Conn, is the conversion to the
!, Catholic faith of Miss Margaret Fen
I ton, one of the young women who wa!
injured in the wreck. Miss Fentol
was received a few weeks ago into tht
Church. She has always been Prot
estant, but was SO impressed by TIT
a self-sacriice and devotion of the Sis
y tiers of Mercy at the convent in Laurel
y ton Hall, Milford, Conn, to which tn,
. injured persons in the wreck were TAX
en-, that she expressed a desire to be
come affiliated with the Church which
had produced women of such devotion
New Nurses Honest. Vincent
? Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, is to have
l. new home for nurses, at an estimate,
II cost of $4,000 The contract has jus
e been let, work will begin at once, an
the building will be completed by fal
1t will measure 60 by SO feet, with
u wing 40 by SO feet. 1t will be fiv
!" stories high, fireproof, and of presse
= brick with stone trimmings. The ney
= building will accommodate 100 nurse
" and will be provided with all moder
conveniences. The home when fir
ished will be one of the most complet
in the country
" Golden Jubilee of Religous.-Motl
=, err Mary Gertrude, OF the Convent c
- Mercy, Auburn, n. Y, has just obserN
= ed her fiftieth anniversary as Siste
of Mercy, Rochester The followin
Ireland, as Miss Anna Marie Downe!
She entered convent life as a movie
~ in August, 1863, in st. Marys Conven
" of Mercy, Rochester. The followin
- April she received her religious hab
" from the late Bishop Timon, and tw
years later was made professe
- member of the Order of Mercy by TIL
same prelate.
Il New Projects for knights.-A sp
III cial commission appointed at the Las
n Indiana State Convention of til
~ Knights of Columbus to devise a pla
10 to provide q Home for DelinqueI
III Catholic Boys" is now submitting a
81 outline of the project to all member
~ of the order in Indiana. The commi
- sion has been assured Of the donatio
70 of available sites for the home, bl
deems it wise not to definitely dete
- mine that question until the funds *
~ the initial improvements are assure
VI The cost of the initial improvement
are estimated at $4,000. 1t Is pr
" lposed to raise this fund by contrib
III finn Of tho rnnmbnpc ,f 81 M 90 oh