The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-11
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/! ton, d. c. He was a native of Carson
City, Nevada, and was only, forty years
old
Mementoes of Cardinal Falconio.-
Right Reverend Mgr. O'Brien, pastor
of ST. Augustine's Church, Kalamazoo,
Mich, has received from the admin
the breviary which the late Pope
Plus X gave him, and which he used
until the end of his life. 1t is a pre-
cious keepsake which will ever be
treasured. He also has the privilege
of possessing the Cardinals watch,
which he treasures very highly.
Catholic Cadet corps.-Sioux City,
Iowa, has a Catholic cadet corps COM
posed of the higher grade students of
two of the city's parochial schools.
motor ambulance is part of the
equipment. The activities of the or
ganization include athletic meets,
|
are bestowed on members of the
corps for conduct becoming a Cath
Ollie gentleman"
Seven Sisters in Religion.-Sister
Mary Mechtilde ODonaghue. of the
Order of ST. Benedict, lately died a
few days after her devoted com
panion and co-laborer, Sister Mary
Angela, in New Orleans. Sister NJ
Mechtilde was one of singularly re-
ligious family which consisted of eight
children, all of whom with the eXcep.
ton OF one son, devoted themselves
to the service of God One son, the
Right Reverend Denis ODonaghue, is
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky.
Flags of Columbus.-When Column
bus landed at San Salvador, taking
possession in the name of Ferdinand
and Isabella, he planted the Spanish
flag, which bore the arms of CASTLE
and Leon. He also had with him the
flag of the expedition, which was
white with a green cross in the center
and the letters F and Y under each
arm of the cross respectively, and
above each letter was golden crown
) Father Eliott's Anniversary.-The
veteran missionary, Rev. Father Eli
{ oft. c. S. P, observed the forty-fiftf
| anniversary of his ordination to the
priesthood recently He was ordained
in 1872 in New York on the same day
that Revs. Thomas Robinson, Louis
! Rosecrans and Augustine Brady were
) ordained. Bishop Rosecrans, uncle O
General Rosecrans, officiated. Father
Elliott began Immediately on his lif,
+ work of preaching missions and re
J. treats, and of giving lectures to non
J. Catholics. The late Rev. 4Alexande
|, P. Doyle, C. S. P. was associated witt
J. Father Elliott in this work, and will
/ him in 1903 founded the Apostolic
l. Mission House.
Ancient Spanish Bell Found.-Whil
e digging well on an irrigated farm
e near Yuma, Arizona, an ancient cor
II per bell, which is believed to hav
e been brought over from Spain NOR
} than two hundred years ago, was ur
l. earthed. The bell weighs about 20
e pounds and was found several fee
beneath the surface. According t
the tradition of aged Mexicans, tn
e bell probably came from an old mi:
y sion church that was located nea
d where it was found. The mission wa
e called Conception Immaculate, an
n around it at one time was quite larg
e settlement. The town and the churc
II were destroyed in the year 1881 b
+ the Yuma Indians.
Oldest Colleges.-The oldest colleg
IS in South America was founded i
l. Mexico in 1881; the Oldest in Mort
V. America is Laval College and Univel
e sity, in 1886. Both were Catholi
is foundations.
"The Priest of the Rock."-In tn
Is West Indies there is a very sma
II island which is simply huge boulder
s. On its top is a church pastorated 70
70 more than twenty-five years by tn
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