The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-07
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Churcn Extension society, SAISdSO'
has erected nearly 1900 chapels in
the Catholic world-building about
three every week.
State Scholarship .-William McCar-
thy, a graduate of All Hallows lnstl-
tute, conducted by the Irish Christian
Brothers in New York City, has been
awarded a State Scholarship. This
makes the third state scholarship won
this year by pupils of All Hallows.
Life of DR.. Herbermann. - Mgr.
Henry A. Braun, rector OF st. Agnes
Church, New York has been selected
to write the biography of Dr. Charles
G. Herbermann, the Catholic scholar
who died a fortnight ago.
Seven Million converts.-In $50
years, the Church has converted more
than seven million Filipinos. This
has been the work of her religious
orders-of the Jesuits, Dominicans,
Franciscans, Recollects.
To Honor Priests Memory.-Appre-
ciative of the work done by the late
Rev. r. e. Kenna, S. j., in bringing
about the preservation of Red Wood
Park, Los Angeles, Cal, the Semper-
virens club of California has appointed
a committee to arrange for the cree
ton of monument to Father Kenna's
memory in the park of which he was
so fond.
Catholic Educator Is Dead.-Rev.
Joseph A. Moran, o. S. A., a professor
of English in Villanova College, Phila-
delphia, and former vice president
of the college, died September 20, of
a complication of diseases. He had
been i'll a year.
Churches Damaged. - Jersey City
Catholic churches were amongst the
important buildings which suffered
serious damage following the terrific
explosion of ammunition on Black
Tom Island. All Saints Church, one
of the most modern of church struc-
lures and a city show-place, was dam
aged to the extent of about $4,000
AL Of the big stained glass windows,
many of them memorial gifts from
prominent men of the city, were
smashed.
Funeral of Senior Madero.-The fu-
neral of Senior Francisco Madero,
whose son, Francisco |. Madero, was
killed after attaining the Presidency
of Mexico, was held recently from
the Catholic Church of St. Gregory at
144 West Ninetieth Street, New York
City. Rev. Thomas F. Owens officiat-
ed and many well known MeXicans
attended. Burial was made in Cal
vary Cemetery.
Remarkable Restitution.-A peni-
tents confession to Buffalo, n. Y,
priest has resulted in the restitution
of large sum to the Wellington Nut
ual Insurance Company of Guelph,
Ont. On Tuesday, September 18th,
the company received a registered eX-
press parcel containing the sum of
$3.50 in bills of all denominations on
Canadian banks. The officers of the
Wellington Mutual refused to discuss
the case.
Archbishop Harty's Installation
A cablegram received by Monsignor
Colaneri from Archbishop Harry fixes
the date of the Archbishop's installa-
ton in Omaha as November 80 next.
The ceremony will take place in the
new Cathedral. The sermon on the
occasion will probably be preached by
Bishop Then of Lincoln. No further
details of the celebration are avail
able at the present time.
Cemetery Becomes a Park.-The
old Bremen Trinity Cemetery in st.
Louis, closed some years ago as a
burial ground for Catholics, has been
donated to the city to be converted
into park, by Archbishop John J.
Glennon. The cemetery contains
eight acres, fronting $50 feet on Tay.
Tor avenue, north of Florissant avenue
1t adjoins O'Fallon Park. In giving
the property to the city, Archbishop
Glennon stipulated it was to be used
purely for park purposes. The city
will not be allowed to erect play
grounds or swimming pools and must
in no way, the agreement says, desc
crate the consecrated ground.
Pope Honors OkIahoman. = Pope
Benedict has conferred the title Of
count and assistant to the pontifica
throne upon Right Reverend Theophile
Meerschaert, bishop of Oklahoma, Oh
the occasion of the 25th anniversary
of his conservation.
Catholics in History.-F'or the bene
fit of those who talk as though the
Catholics hadn't earned a place in the
United States an exchange make:
some observations that are interest
ing. Sitting through countless name:
that appear on the records for the
period of the Revolution we come tt
three that stand out paramount. The!
are styled as the Three Fathers O
10: Pulaski, Father of the Ameri
can Cavalry; Barry, Father of thu
American Navy; Kosciuszko, "Fathel
of the American Artillery" In {
word, Catholics headed three of the
nations most important defensives
These are not merely arbitrary titles