The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
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: organizations, are making elaborate
plans for the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the founda-
ton of Mission San Rafael Archangel
on Sunday, September 8. The program
will last an entire day and in many
respects will be reminiscent of the
ceremonies held in connection with
the Junipero Sierra pilgrimage to Car
mel by the Sea few years ago.
Hospital Unit Chaplain.-Rev. Jas.
the Epiphany Church, Pittsburg, Pa,
has been appointed chaplain of the
University of Pittsburg base hospital
unit, which is composed of three hun
dred students with a quota of nurses
from the Mercy Hospital and st. Fran
els Hospital
New Editor of "The Lamp. A.
M. Richey, who has been the manag-
ing-editor of The Western Catholic,
| Quincy ILL.,, for more than year. has
resigned his position on that paper
| to accept similar one with 1.-THE
Lamp" of which Rev. Paul James
Francis of the Society of Atonement
is the editor. Mr.. Richey was the
founder and editor of an Episcopalian
paper called "The American Catholic"
He came into the Church more than
seven years ago and his successor on
THE American Catholic" Rev. Harry
| ole tIo f,-,,o fol 10
| December
President of Panama Excommuni-
cated.-The Bishop of Panama has
] published the communication of the
Panamanian deputies who at the last
session of the national assembly vot-
ed 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
Monsignor Duffy.-Right Reverend
w. I. Russell, Bishop of Charleston,
S. c., has received word that the Holy
Father has appointed Very Rev. P. l..
Duffy a Domestic Prelate, with the
title of Monsignor. Monsignor Duffy
was Vicar-General under the late
Bishop Northrop; was administrator
| of the diocese during the vacancy of
the see and is now Vicar General of
Bishop Russell. He is pastor of st.
toseph's Church. Charleston.
Catholic Social Survey.-A social
survey of Covington, under the aus
pices of the diocesan federation of
parishes and conducted by the Ameri-
| can Academy of Christian Democracy
| of Cincinnati, Ohio, under direction of
| Rev. Peter E. Dietz, is to be made dur
| ing August. The purpose of this sur
vey is to discover hitherto unknown
and unsupported conditions which de-
and social readjustment, and pro-
vide the remedies. In every commu-
| nifty there are cases of distress and
disorganization whose very familiarity
preclude their recognition; while 9TH
erS remain unknown until some fatal
or dire calamity proclaims their exist
ence. 1t is to obviate the dangers
arising from this public apathy that
the survey is to be undertaken.
Richest Woman CathoIic.-The
richest woman in the United States is
Catholic, the Marchesa Penfield, of
Philadelphia, wife of the Hon. Freder-
lex CORTLAND Penfell, K.C.S.G., U. S.
! Ambassador to Austria-Hungary. Last
week Mrs. Penfield paid a property
tax in Philadelphia amounting to the
enormous sum of 1921 $50, the third
| largest assessment in that city, the
Drexel estate leading with a tax of
$12,000,000, while the estate of the
| late Thomas Dolan paid $9,25S,427.
Mrs. Penfield was left her large for
tune by her father, the late noted sci
enlist and chemist, Walter Weight
man. For her princely benefactions
to Catholic churches and charities, the
late Pope created Mrs. PenfieId a
Warehouses of the Papal Court.
Holy Cross Brother a Scientist
Brother Alphonsus, C. S. c., first vice
president of the Indiana State Audo-
bon Society, and rector of Brownson
Hall at Notre Dame, has Just filed
with the bureau of biological survey
of the Department of Agriculture, the
report of his observation of birds at
the University during the past spring.
One hundred and thirteen separate
species were observed by Brother AL
phonsus
TrienniaI Chapter of Passonists.-
On Friday, August IL, the triennial
chapter of the Eastern province of the
Passionist Fathers was opened in st.
PauPs Monastery, Pittsburg, Pa. 1t
was preceded by a iridium
Daughters Of Isabella Join Fedora
tion.-At the recent biennial supreme
convention of the Daughters of Isabel
la, held at Utica, n Y, it was voted
to join the Federation of Catholic So
cieties. This means an addition to
the Federation of about 10000 mem
bers in 321 subordinate courts, operat-
| ing in 80 states of the Union. During
the past two years there has been an
increase of three states, So courts and
6,O61 members. There has been ex-
pended in charity work the past two
years, $54,953.45, an increase of $21,-
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