The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
NEW WORLD ITEMS

cnt powers of the peace proposals OF
the Pope.
Young Friend soeiety.-In Balti-
more on Sunday, November Is, the
Young Catholics Friend Society cele-
brated its seventy-tifth or diamond an
niversary and jubilee. Cardinal Glib
bons presided.
For Poor SouIs.-The Purgatorial
Shrine Of Our Lady of Solace, at Coney
Island, MY, draws people in large
numbers during the month of Novem-
Der. Devotions for the dead are held
every Sunday afternoon at the Shrine
Church at o'clock, closing with Ben
ediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Aged Missionary lII.-Rev. Father
Leduc, o. NJ. L., a pioneer of the
Northwestern Missions, has been seri-
ously i'll at the General Hospital i'll
Edmonton, Canada. On October 25
his condition was very low, but reports
. since received tell of considerable
improvement.
Priests Barred from Mexco.-It
appears that priests from the United
States, and other foreign countries,
will be refused admission into Mexico.
This has been announced by G. HI.
Seguin, Mexican Consul General at
Ell Paso, Texas, who said he had re-
ceived instructions from his govern
ment to decline to permit any Cath
Ole priests to enter Mexico
Veteran Chaplain Dies.-Rev. James
Lee. chaplain of the Ninth Massachu-
sets Regiment during the Spanish
war. died at his home in Revere,
Mass, on October 81. He resigned as
chaplain in 1911, after twenty-seven
years service. Father Lee had been
pastor Of the Immaculate Conception
Church, Revere, for Twenty-Five years
and was active in civic affairs. He
was born in Ireland in 1852.
Double Jubiee-The tWenty-fifth
anniversary of the founding of st. Der.
nard College in Cullman, Alabama,
and the silver sacerdotal jubilee of
Right Reverend Bernard Menges, o. S.
b., Abbot of st. Bernard, were cele-
brated on November Is.
On Abusing Catholicism the
course of an address before non
Catholic audience in Boston, the other
day, Rev. Dr. Charles Brown, dean OF
the School of Religion at Yale Univer
-sity, characterized as common nuts
ance" the man who abuses the Cath
Ole Church. DR.. Browne also de-
clared that Professionalism lost much
of its power by becoming rich and
proud and by splitting up into sc
many more or less mutually jealous
creeds, when it ought to have pre-
served its unity, exalted the imperial
ism of the Christian religion and stood
for equality and justice for all men.
A Devoted Parish.-The members OIL
ST. Mary's Cathedral parish, Seattle
Wash, have given a demonstration
of their zeal for God and country by
subscribing for $4,000 worth of Lib
erty Loan bonds, and devoting the
income to founding scholarship ir
a seminary for the training for the
priesthood of worthy poor young
man.
Bishop of Panama.-The Bishop OF
Panama has published the excommuni
cation of the Panamanian deputies
who at the last session of the nationa
assembly voted in favor of the law
making the civil marriage the only
legal marriage. The ban also applies
to the president, DIR. Porras, who
signed the bill
From Sanctum to Air.-Placing his
country's interests above his own, J
Leo Meehan, who for the past veal
and a half has been editor of The
Intermountain Catholic, is on his way
to Boston, where he will commence q
course of training for commission
in the aerial branch of the United
States navy. Mr.. Meehan will report
at the Boston Navy Yard and will
then be assigned to the Massachu
sets Institute of Technology, in which
institution he is to receive the thee
retical side of his training.
Blind Priest Helps.-It is said Rev
Theophilus Beuson, curate at the
Church of the Holy Cross, Latonia
Covington, KY, is planning to Offer
his services to the government as
teacher for American soldiers, who
may be stricken blind. Father Beu
son lost his sight sixteen years ago
two years after his ordination. He
speaks German fiuently and has
good knowledge of Latin, Greek
French, English, Dutch and Flemish
and passable acquaintance with Pol
ish and Spanish. He is also a mu
stefan and is interested in far1nine
and gardening.
Service Flag on Church. Hol,
Name Society connected with tn,
Church of the Annunciation, New
York City, raised service flag OF
Sunday, November 4. This flag, ons
of the largest in the city, has now 25(
ctarc each ono rnnrpSpntinr manila,