The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-16

Nearly All Catholics. = Paraguay,
with it's sos, 5000 souls, is attended to
by the Jesuit Fathers. OF this popu-
lation nearly 100000 are Catholics.
LARGE CIass.-Last week was an I'M
portant one in the history of st. johns
Seminary, Brighton, Mass, as 10Y OF
the seminariansS received Sacred Or
ders. Cardinal OConnell ordained the
candidates
Practical HeIp.-Rev. David r. Hef-
fernan of st. James parish, Arlington
Heights, Mass, has stocked the barn
of his rectory at 6 Appleton street
with several tons of sugar and hun
dreds of barrels of flour, which he is
distributing at cost among his more
than 800 parishioners.
Seminary Building off.-Archbishop
Moeller of Cincinnati, has announced
that owing to the uncertainties Incl
dent to the war, the building OF the
Archdiocesan Seminary, which was
planned for this year, has been tenn
porarily postponed.
Great Estate of Charity.--The will
of the late Edward G. Mason OF Brook
lyn leaves $4,000 to relatives and
friends, $4,000 to Catholic institutions
in New York and Brooklyn, and the
residue of the estate valued at over
100000 is to be divided among four
Catholic hospitals in Greater New
York, to be named by the executor.
Mass for Autoists.-For the benefit
of autoists Ell route to resorts In
Southern New Jersey, announcement
has been made that Mass will be cele-
brated every Sunday at $50 o'clock
in the Dominican chapel on Haddon
avenue, Camden, n. ].
Mass to Replace Movies.-A nice
building of stucco and hollow tile con-
struction, which has been known as
the Berkeley Moving Picture Theatre,
Trenton, New Jersey, has been pur-
chased by Rev. Dr. Edward Griffin,
rector of St Joachim's Church, who
will have it converted into mission
chapel for the Italian Catholics of the
North Trenton district.
Catholics Here First.-The Catholic
Church came to America in October,
1892, when the Catholic Columbus dis
covered the new world, and has been
here ever since. Is this not long
enough for the Church to have taken
out citizenship papers? Yet we hear
the Catholic Church in America re-
ferred to as an alien institution.
Brilliant Catholic Suecesses.-The
brilliant record of Catholic successes
in the public examinations will prob
ably mean $4,000 in scholarships won
by students of the Queensland Catholic
schools. Hence the virulent sectarian
Outburst, notes the West Australia
Record.
To Fight Standardization. J. A.
DeVilbliss of the st. Louis University
has submitted to the government
through the National Board of De
fence, an antisubmarine device. The
Globe-Democrat says of it: THE in
vention in itself is highly technical
and complex, but in its application is
comparatively simple. 1t is entirely
operated by electricity" The Univer
Sity seismograph has been busy re
Gently recording several earthquakes
Articles by Miss Jordan.-Readers
of Hearsts Americans" which ex
tend from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and include millions of men and WON
en-, are to be favored with articles by
Miss Elizabeth Jordan, formerly editor
of Harper's Bazaar, and one of the
most prominent Catholic women writ
ers in the country, who recently join
ed the American staff. Miss Jordan il
q Milwaukee girl, the product of the
convent of Notre Dame of that city
from which she graduated in 1884.
A Great Loss.-The Order of the
Sisters of Charity and the archdiocese
of New York have suffered a great loss
by the death of Sister Theresa Vim
cent, Mother Superior, and one of the
founders, of the New York Foundline
Asylum on East Sixty-eighth street
Her death occurred at that institution
For fifty-seven years she had worn
the habit of a Sister of Charity anC
since 1869 had devoted herself will
loving devotion to the care of aban
doned and orphaned children
Will May Be Invaid.-According tt
the last will of Mrs. Jane Seybold
formerly of Yonkers, N. Y, who dice
in Luxembourg, Europe, part of her es
tate was to be used to found a Catho
lie High School in ST. Mary's parish
Yonkers, and kindergarten for Ital
ian children in another section of the
same city. 1t is doubtful if the beuues
can be carried out as Mrs. Seybole
was declared some time ago to be in
competent and guardian appointed
to care for her. 1t is said she made
her will some time before being de
Clared incompetent.
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