The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-10
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Form Junior Red Cross.-1At a
meeting held on Monday, October ~,
at Red Cross headquarters, plans were
formulated for the organization OF the
schools of Washington into a Junior
Red Cross League. Al committee OF
twenty-five members was chosen, to
which the local schools will apply for
directions in the work undertaken, etcs'
The public schools, about one hundred
and twenty in number, have fourteen
representatives on this eofflhittee3
the private schools (non-Catholic),i
numbering about thirty; have six rep
resentatives, and the Catholic schools,
four.
Result of Sermon.-MOre than four
hundred young men of st. Cecilia
Church, New York City, have enlisted
| in the army and navy Much of the
credit for this record is given to the
Rev. Michael j. Phelan, rector, who
| has urged the young men to enlist.
A tablet containing the names of $50
soldiers and sailors has been placed
| in the vestibule of the Church of I'M
| maculate Conception, on East Four
teenth street, New York city. Of
the $50 recruited from the parish only
| five were drafted.
| Catholic Orphans Worked for Red
cross.-The Red Cross Mazagine for
| November-just out-chrOnicles this
Iitem: 1.-THE Catholic Orphan Asylums
in Troy and Albany with the Albany
Orphan Asylum picked, on a two days
outing, a crop of currants amounting
to 5000 quarts This crop was given
to the Red Cross on condition that
they convert it into jelly for the hos
pitfalls. Two glorious days were en-
joyed by this group of over 200 chill
dren-so happy were they at their
work that when the end of the day
came, they begged to stay all night
so as, to finish up the job the next
day" Good for the orphans!
Memorial to Commodore Evans
On Monday, September q, 1915, q
large and very massive granite cross
was erected in the garden of the Car
melite Monastery in Baltimore. II
was the gift of Commodore VIM. H
Evans, who had given it in memory
of his wife's entry into the Catholic
faith. The Commodore having dice
in January, 1917, his wife, Mrs. Minnie
Evans, has given, in his memory, {
Christie for the aforesaid Cross. The
Christie is of bronze, and very beau
tifully sculptured 1t is five feet il
height, and was affixed to the cross OF
October 20, 1917. 1t will serve as {
memorial for the late Commodore
Evans, and will secure prayers fo
him and his family in perpetuity.
kneel in Streets to Receive Bless
ing.-The Catholic parish at Parl
View, New Mexico, sent no less thai
thirty-fve young men to fight for TIL
United States in the new nationa
> army The youths, accompanied b.
their pastor, Rev. Thurbidius Christ
man, o. F. NJ, arrived at the training
cantonment at Fort Riley, Kas., las
: week. They started off to war "a
Catholics should, fortified by all tn
consultations of their holy religion
. Father Thurbidius celebrated Mass es
pecially for them on Wednesday morn
ing of last week at Park View, an,
every one received Holy Communion
The railroad station for Park Viey
: is at Chama and, before leaving there
all the. young men knelt in the stree
to receive the blessing of their pastor
They all started out consecrated t.
l the Blessed Mother and every on
!. wore scapular medal