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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
NEED OF RED CROSS WORK

appreciate your kindness in agreeing
to act as a representative of the
Northern Division of the Red Cross
in its relation to the Catholic women
of this state. You have achieved splen-
did results in bringing the women into
active service and desire above all
things that you continue with the
work There are many communities
still unvisited where am sure you
could accomplish much.
Please make it clear to every one
that our idea is not to separate the
Catholic and Protestant women, but
merely to know that each one is doing
her part. Have the women work
through the Red Cross organization
workrooms wherever possible.
Thanking you for your effort in our
behalf, 1 am yours very truly,
]. T. GEROULD,
Director of Bureau of Development.
Mrs. Coonan says that since Septem-
Der, when she began this work, re-
ports from many counties of the state
show a greater interest and increase
in Red Cross work. The call of the
young men of the state during the
last few months has awakened our
women to greater sense of duty. To
comply with the urgent calls that are
pouring into headquarters for all kinds
of supplies, Mrs. Coonan assures the
women they will have to work as they
never worked before, and organize un-
til every woman in the state is doing
her best along some line of Red Cross
work. The call for surgical dressings,
she says, greatly exceeds the supply,
and the workers can anticipate only
more and more calls to the very limit
of their capacity for service.
Mrs. Coonan says she always speaks
with pride of the work being done by
| the Catholic Women's Branch of st.
Paul. They have increased their
amount of work about five times since
the September report. 1t is an in
centive for organization, and it is
hoped that before long the other cities
and communities will make the same
showing in proportion to their num-
bers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Visits Soldiers Graves
GENERAL PERSHING AT GRAVES
OF FIRST THREE AMERICAN VIC
TINS OF WAR.

General Pershing on trip to the
front visited the newly made graves
in which lie the bodies of the three
victims of the recent trench raid
The general showed special interest
in the simple markers upon the graves
recording the name, company and regi-
ment of each of the Americans buried
there and in a wreath of native flow
ers hung within the enclosure, upon
which had been placed in French the
following inscription: 'Here lie the
first, soldiers of the great republic of
the United States who died on the soil
of France for justice and liberty, No
vember 3, 1917"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Universal Training
WILL BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED
BY CONGRESS DURING THIS
SESSION.

That the question of a permanent
universal military training law for the
young men of the United States will
be given serious consideration early
in the present session, is predicted by
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the
Senate Military Affairs Committee.
He is the author of a bill for univer-
sal training, that is now before his
committee. Many other members of
that committee, it is said, are strong
Iy in favor of the enactment of such
law, which, it is pointed out, may
pass at this session of Congress. 4.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

The observance of the 132d anniver
sary of the founding of st. Peter par
ish and the thirty-second anniversary
of the conservation of St. Petel
Church, Barclay and Church Streets
New York City, took place recently
Old st. Peters is referred to as "the
cradle of the Catholic Church in New
York.
The services consisted of a Solemn
High Mass of thanksgiving, at which
Right Rev. Mgr. James H. Mclean
who has been rector of the church
for thirty-six years, welcomed back
the old parishioners who have depart
ed to other parishes. 1t was at this
service, too, that the annual collection
for the benefit of ST. Peters was made
Numerous Catholics from all parts o1
the city contribute to the maintenance
of New York Citys first Catholic
church.
Immediately after Monsignor Me-
Gean concluded his remarks the noted
Jesuit orator, Rev. Thomas J. Camp
bell, delivered an historical address
dealing with st. Peters from the time
of the founding of the parish up to
the present time.
The history of St. Peters is inter
esting. The five lots on which the
church now stands were leased in the
summer of 1886 by Father Whelan
from Trinity corporation. At that time
Barclay Street was in the suburbs.
The cornerstone of the first church
was laid on October 5, 1855, the cere-
mony being performed by the Spanish
minister, Don Diego de Gardoqui, in
the presence of a numerous and dis
tinguished assemblage. 1t was on the
same site that an English non-con-
formist clergyman, John TRY, was exc
cuted on August 20, 1742, on the siis-
picion that he was a Catholic priest
who had been involved in the Negro
plot"
AT the time that st. Peters parish
was established there were only 200
Catholics in the city, and they were
ministered to by one priest. They
were Irish, Italian, French, German,
Spanish, Scotch and Portuguese, and
because of the racial differences 1t
was a delicate matter to blend them
together. They were extremely poor
in resources. The church was a hand
some brick structure, with square
tower to which King Charles w of
Spain had contributed $1,000.
From this humble beginning st.
Peters has grown to be one of the
best known parishes in New York. It's
rector, Monsignor Mclean, is a con-
spicuous figure in the city. He sue
ceeded the late Bishop O'Farrel OF
Trenton as rector, and during his ten
ure of Office freed the church from
debt. He was born in New York about
seventy-seven years ago, and has been
in the holy priesthood for more than
fifty years.
There is one feature in which st.
Peters differs from practically every
Catholic church in the city-it pos
sesses a peculiar attraction for tran.
sients. All day long persons from
other parts of the city and from New
Jersey visit the church and kneel be
fore the marble altar to pray. Almost
as many men as women are to be seen
entering its doors.
I -
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spire it and the wondrously well-fitting
methods by which it works in the re-
lief of miseries brought on by this
world war. The American Red Cross
commends itself to the whole-souled
sympathy and admiration of the world.
There is no American citizen worthy
of the name who should not be proud
to be among it's members, and l ear
nestly hope that for the honor of our
American people as Christmas morn
ing dawns and the salute of Heaven
goes out from the skies to Men of
Good WILL" your fifteen million mem
bers will have been secured and the
work of the American Red Cross for
the coming year put on a sure and sub
stantial basis
Respectfully,
JOHN IRELAND,
Archbishop Of st. Paul.
To Mr. John Leslie
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Unique Memorial
BOULDER AND TABLET TO BE SET
UP IN PARK NAMED FOR
PRIEST.

Roman Park, Dorchester, Mass, is
to have a fine memorial Of the late
Right Rev. Mgr Peter Roman, for SO
many years the rector of st. Peter
Church, Meeting House Hill, and in
whose honor this park has been
named. The memorial will be in the
form of gigantic boulder bearing a
bronze tablet suitably Inscribed. The
boulder was dug out of the ground on
River Street, Mattapan, by employees
of the park and recreation depart
ment, and it will soon be set up in
Roman Park.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Prefect of Vatican Archives

Cardinal Gasquet has been appoint
ed Prefect Of the Vatican Archives. In
thus sreviving this office, which has
been vacant since the death Of Car
:dinal Segna in 1911, Pope Benedict
has given a special proof Of his appre-
citation Of the services OF the English
IBenedictine cardinal, whose historical
learning, moreover, fits him peculiarly
for a position which places him in con-
troll Of the Vatican Archives.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Baltimore Germans
PRAY FOR THE PRESIDENT AND
THOSE SLAIN IN WAR.

Several thousand native-born Ger
mans and their descendants gathered
on Thanksgiving day in st. James
Catholic Church, Baltimore, Nd, and
prayed for President Wilson and the
men who have fallen in the war. The
prayers were in particular for Nicholas
Wagner, who went down with the de-
stroyer Chauncey several weeks ago
He was q member Of the congregation.
/ Practically all the congregation is oi
German birth or extraction, and 12o
members are in the United States
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
K. OF c. CAMPAIGN

The campaign inaugurated by the
Knights of Columbus of st. Paul
Council, to raise their quota of $685.
900 for the national war fund, has
proved a great success. AS we go to
press word comes that the total
amount asked for will be well over
subscribed. The sale of war badges
last Sunday at the different churches
of the city netted $4,029.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
A Large Representation
MANY NEW WORKERS HAVE PA
PAL DECORATIONS.

At the funeral in New York recently
of John b. Crimmins. twenty-o1ie men,
who, like Mr.. Crimmins. have re-
ceived Papal decorations, we're Sc
lected as honorary pal1bearers. They
were DR.. James j. Walsh, DR.. Thomas
Adds Emmett, Hon. Eugene A. Phil
bin. Hon. Victor ]. Bowling. Hon. w.
Bourke Cochran, Adrian Iselin, Jr.,
DR.. Francis j. Quinlan, DR.. Thomas F.
McP Parlan, Bernard Coleman. Edmond
G. Hurley, John B. Manning, Henry
Heide, John r. OsROurke, Edward Il.
Keyes, Sr.. George Nv Loft, james
Butler, Joseph Frey; Michael j. Mil
queen, John G. Agar, Clarence III
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Cathedral Wrecked, Sanftu.
airy Lamp Still Burning !.

ST. Cecilia's Cathedral of Oma-
ha, Nebraska, was completely wrecked
Wednesday night, November 81, when
a forty-foot square of heavy scaffold-
ing, used in erecting the $1,000,00O
stone Cathedral close by, was blown
over upon the roof of the old wooden
structure. None of the churchs sacred
vessels or altar fixtures was broken.
The sanctuary lamp was left burning.
The old building was erected in 1883.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Sacred Congregation
for Oriental Rites

The new Sacred Congregation for
Oriental Churches has now been def
nitely formed by the Pope. 1t is
composed of Cardinal Marini, Car
dinal Vannutel1i, Cardinals Vico
Merry del Val, Gasparri, Serafini,
Fruehwirth, Scapinelli, Lega, and
Gasquet; Monsignor Papanopoulos
assessor; and long list of consul
tors, including several Oriental ex
Eperts.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

The following letters explain the
nature of the work being done by Mrs.
Daniel Coonan, who represents the
Catholic women of the state in rela-
ton to the Red Cross
Letter of the Archbishop.
st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. %, 1917.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Mrs. Daniel Coonan has consented
to serve as a representative of the
American Red Cross in organizing
branch associations among the Cath
Ollie women in Minnesota.
Mrs. Coonan is lady of rare zeal
and energy, and ] am sure that she
will do we'll her part. AS to the Amer
ican Red Cross itself, too much can
not be said in praise of it. 1t is a
work of high character and most nee
essary for the welfare of humanity In
these trying days of war. Our Catho-
lie people, clergy and laity, will readily
cooperate with anything that is done
in help of the American Red Cross
Their spirit of charity as well as that
of their patriotism will impel them
to spend themselves freely and ener
getically in behalf of the good work
(Signed) JOHN IRELAND,
Archbishop of st. Paul.
Letter of Director.
The American Red Cross, Northern
Division Headquarters, 202 Essex
Building, Minneapolis, Minn.
December 10, 1917.
Mrs. Daniel Coonan, 424 West Frank
lin Avenue, Minneapolis, MINI.
Dear Mrs. Coonan: very deeply
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Affect K. Of c. Insurance

Probably for the first time in the
history Of the Knights of Columbus
the insurance assessment for the
month of December will not be omit
ted this year. Notice Of this has been
given the local councils in a letter
sent out by Supreme Secretary Me-
Gfnley. The letter adds that it ID not
likely any assessments will De omitted
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

the confines of Italy discovered his
marvellous gift, and began to talk of
him and to visit him.
Lord Byron, then in one of his dis.
contented moods, went to see Mezzo-
fanti and wrote: Il don't remember
a man among them whom | ever
wished to see twice, except perhaps
Mezzofanti CD who is a monster of
languages, the Briareus of parts of
speech, a walking polyglot, and more,
who ought to have existed at the
time of the Tower OF Babel, as uni
verSal interpreter. He is, indeed,
a marvel unassuming also. l tried
him in all the languages in which
knew single oath or adjuration to
the gods, against post-boys, savages,
Tartars, boatmen, sailors, pirates,
gondoliers, camel-drivers, vetturini,
post masters, post houses, post every
thing, and, egad, he answered me-
even to my English"
Contemporary of Wiseman.
Cardinal Wiseman was contemp-
orary of Mezzofanti in Rome. He also
knew several languages, and thus
jacould appreciate the great gift of
Mezzofanti. He tells in his "Recol-
lections, that, among those whom
Gregory XVI called to the highest
honors in Rome was that amiable
prodigy, Cardinal Joseph Mezzofanti.
when, after the Revolution, the
city of Bologna sent deputation to
renew it's fealty to the Pope, it wisely
named as one to compose it Prof
Mezzofanti. The Pope was charmed
with him, gave him the rank of Pre-
late, and shortly after brought him to
Rome to reside there permanently
He named him first Warden of the
Vatican Library, is, in truth
Librarian, this title being reserved te
a Cardinal-and in February, 1888
raised him to the Cardinalitial dignity
At a street bookstall in the hear
of old Rome the present writer foun6
the Catalogue of the Polyglot Ii
brary of Cardinal Mezzofanti com
piled by Filippo Bonifazi, Roman
Bookseller. The library furnishes ;
key to the predominant quality ant
Egift which he possessed. This Cata
;Elogue contains 139 pages. with al
4 average of nine titles of books to th,
page The languages range from TIL
Albanian and Epirote through Aral
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Old Church Celebrates

NEW YORK. CHURCH REACHES
1s2D YEAR-sT. PETERS, OLD
EST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE
METROPOLIS, HAS NOTABLE AN
NIvERsARY-FIRsT STRUCTURE
BUILT IN 1885.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Vatican Position Plain

ENGLISH CRITICS ANSWERED BY
CARDINAL GAsPARRI - HOLY
FATHER ACTS AS SPIRITUAL
HEAD, NOT AS. ITALIAN CITIZEN
POPE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
ITALIAN REVERSES.
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The Letter.
st. Paul, December y. 1917.

ST. PauI, DECEMBER II, 1911.
My Dear Sir: beg leave to assure
you that with my whole heart | en-.
courage and bless the work of the
American Red Cross, and especially
the present endeavor to increase dur
ing this Christmas season the mem
bership to the grand total of fifteen
millions.
The American Red Cross at the
present time is one of the highest un-
dertakings of Christian charity and
high-minded patriotism that could be
presented to the people of the United
States, both for the motives that in
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
THE WORLDS GREATEST LINCUIST

WAS MASTER OF 114 LANGUAGES
CARDINAL JOSEPH CASPAR
MEZZoFANTl HAD MARVELLOUS
GIFT OF TONGUES, AND HIS
NAME BECAME PRovERBIAL IN
STUDY OF PHILoLoeY-HE WAS
ALSO MOST UNASSUMING.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

Men of all the nations and tribes of
the Christian world, with their many
and varied languages, come to the
Eternal City as the centre of Chris
tendon, writes p. L. Comedian in The
Pilot. The Urban College, or Propa-
ganda, in the Piazza di Spagna, is the
headquarters of the missions to non
Catholic nations. Here, it may be
said, all the great languages of the
werld are spoken and taught 1t is
as if new and permanent Pentecost
were established, in which men may
hear, each in his own language, the
good tidings of salvation.
In the nineteenth century there
was a Cardinal living in Rome who,
as it were,-so far as languages are
coneerned-migh be regarded as a
replica of Propaganda, knowing and
speaking all that it knew, and more
too
This marvellous linguist, probably
unique in the history of the world
certainly unrivalled in recent cen
turtles, was made Prelate and shortly
afterwards raised to the dignity Of
CardinaI by Pope Gregory XVI. All
readers of contemporary history coule
scarcely have avoided knowing the
name and quality of Cardinal Mezzo
fanti: Indeed, this name became pro
verbal in regard te the study o
languages.
Native Of Bologna.
Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti was borr
September II, 1774, in the Street q
the Discontents-Vi del Malcontent
lin Bologna The father of the flu
ture Cardinal was carpenter unedu
Gated, but he was noted for his hon
esty, piety, high principle, and indus
try.
In 1897 Joseph Mezzofanti was or
dained priest, and his career was TN
eventfill. just like that Of SO man.
other priests. It was when ne wa
made professor in The university b
" t~N .4s4 - " x "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
THE RED CROSS CHRISTMAS DRIVE

The following letter has been ad-
dressed by the Most Reverend Arch
bishop to Mr.. John Leslie, chairman of
the Red Cross Christmas Drive Com
mittee:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

CALLS FOR SUPPLIES. WILL SOON
EXHAUST PRESENT AMOUNT
GREAT NEED OF INCREASED Ac-
TIvITY AMONG WORKERS -
STATEMENT OF MRS. DANIEL
cooNAN, REPRESENTING THE
NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE
RED cRoSs-LETTER or THE
MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP.
The Dickinson press., 1917-03-24
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has sent every graduate to a good
business or bank position. POT salts
fed students last year. The present
manager and faculty number among
their former graduates thousands Of
the most successful business men and
women throughout the United States
and Canada. You cannot make a mis-
take in attending a college recon-
mended by every church, merchant
and banker in it's acquaintance.
The college now occupies an entire
three story brick building. Best
equipped Banking and Office Practice
department. in the United States. Elk
pert instructors. Steam-heated, cleo
tric-lighted cozily furnished rooms in
the dormitory $500 a month. Board
at cost. College in session through
out tie year, students enter sny time,
Individual instruction., Preparatory
Department starting the student with
the lowest primary branches.
Send for particulars, when you know
mor about this college and the splen-
did positions its graduates IRE hold
ing, YOU will want to attend. Write
G. M. LANGUM,
Bismarck. N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1917-03-24
VICTORY PLEAsEs SENATORS.

Wasl,ington-'The magnificent work
don is bearing fruit all along the
line" said Senator Jacob H. Gallinger,
Of New Hampshire. Republican leader
Of the senate, in a letter 10 Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Gait, president of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association. made public today. SEN
ator Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa. Re-
publican, has also written a letter to
Mrs. Gait congratulating her upon the
victory for presidential suffrage in
North Dakota. declaring hat while he
is in favor Of federal suffrage 1T
would he fatal to suspend activities
in the states"
The letter from Senator Gallinger
reads:
My dear Mrs. Gait:
Urgent official business has kept
me from saying to you what I had in
mind in relation to the progress of
the equal suffrage movement in vari-
Gus parts of the country. 7 now want
to. congratulate you on the fact that
North Dakota seems to have Joined
the other states that have extended
to women the right of suffrage. and
gaining great Roadway. The magnifi-
cent work that you and your associ-
ates have done is bearing fruit all
along the line, the indications being
that the time is not far distant when
our entire country will recognize the
fact that women have the same rights
as men in the matter of exercising the
vote.
With high regard and good wishes.
know me to be.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed), j.. H. GALL1NGER.
The text Of the letter from Senator
Cummins follows:
My dear Mrs. Gait:
I congratulate you heartily upon
your recent victory in North Dakota.
and T sincerely hope that other states.
which can under their constitutions
give women the right to vote for presi-
Dental electors and for municipal Of
only sorry that Iowa cannot by legis-
Iation. do something in that direction.
Unfortunately, we must wait until the
constitution is amended. 1t seems to
me- that it is OF great Importance that
the campaign be prosecuted in every
available field. While I am in favor of
The proposed suffrage amendment to
the constitution Of the United States,
it would be fatal to suspend activities
in the states. Wherever partial suf-
frage can be had through legislation,
it ought to be urged, and wherever
state constitutions can be amended,
the movement should embrace that Of
fort.
My very best efforts 20 with you in
your great and worthy undertaking.
Yours cordially,
(Signed). ALBERT B. 'CUMMINS.
The Dickinson press., 1917-03-24

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