The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-07
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Costly Altar-A new altar costing
$4,000 was consecrated in the Church
of the Sacred Heart Baltimore, on
June Is, by Rt. Rev. Owen B. Corri-
gan, auxiliary bishop.
Oldest BelIs-The oldest peal of
bells anywhere in the United States
hangs in the Moorish belfry OF the
Spanish Cathedral of st. Augustine,
Florida. and bears the date of 1852.
Church Dedicated - The Sacred
Heart Church, Mt Washington, Bal
timore. costing 100000, was dedicated
by Cardinal Gibbons on Sunday, June
II.
Appointed Professor = The Rev.
Thomas a Kempis Reilly, OF the
Dominican Order, Columbus, o., has
been appointed professor of Sacred
Scripture at the Dominican lnterna-
tional College, in Rome.
Orphans Week-The Diocese of
Pittsburgh will substitute the second
week of July as orphans Week"
i'll every parish in place OF the an
nual picnic; the orphans Week
TO be a week of systematic collection.
"The Conquered Banner"-At the
recent reunion of Confederate Veter-
ans in Washington, the daughter OF
a Methodist minister recited Father
Ryans The Conquered Banner
Cardinal Beqin-Cardinal Begin of
Quebec, Canada, has consecrated the
St Vincent de Paul Society of that
city to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Diocese of Panama-The Diocese of
Panama dates from Feb. II, 1884. 1t
has six vicariates and SO parishes and
about 100000 Catholics. The Chris
tian Brothers have colleges in Colon
and Panama The Salesian Fathers
have boys orphanage, and the Sis
tiers of Charity a boarding school,
Boy Scouts-The Archbishop of
Philadelphia has appointed Rev.
Daniel Daily Spiritual Director of
Catholic Boy Scouts to be organized
and has given DreXel Hill Property
as a camp site.
An Old Church st. GabriePs
Church, Prairie du Chen, Wis, one
of the oldest churches in the north
west, recently celebrated the centen-
NAL anniversary of the foundation of
the parish and the fiftieth anniversary
of the founding of the parish school.
A Strange RuIine-One of our
Catholic exchanges reports a strange
ruling by the Supreme Court of Ohio.
This tribunal has decided that hospi-
tails must pay taXes-that only insti-
tutions used for public charitable pur-
poses shall be exempt from taxation.
If hospitals, which never refuse aid
to those seeking it-usually the sick
poOr-are not charitable institutions,
what are?
Midnight Mass - The Pope has
granted the request of Bishop Nc
Donnell of Brooklyn for the Midnight
Mass at the Shrine Church of Our
Lady of SOlace of Coney Island, N.
Y, during the summer. This Mass
was first authorized last year and
was success, as there are scores of
night workers at the island who are
kept very late. The Mass is cele-
brated at 1870.
Sisters Enrolled as Nurses-The
Catholic Women's Association of Ohio,
now has more than 1880 members.
All are aiding Red Cross work in
some way or other, cooperating with
the National League for Woman's
Service, and S07 Sisters of Charity and
III Sisters of Mercy are enrolled as
nurses.
Aged Priest Shot-Rev. Charles
Kearful, an aged priest of st. Joseph,
Mo-, was held up and shot early last
week in that city on the Burlington
tracks by a youthful highwayman. He
was resting well that night at St.
Joseph's hospital, where he was
taken after the attack.
Chinese Girl Graduate Among
those who graduated from the Sacred
Heart School, East Boston, recently
was Alice M. Sen, Chinese. She is a
daughter of John and Alice Sen. She
is probably the first girl of her race
10 graduate from Catholic school in
the United States.
Sacerdotal Silver Jubilee = Mgr.
Bernard ]. Bradley, president of
Mount st. Mary College, Emmitsburg,
Nd, celebrated the twenty-fifth ami
versary of his ordination to the priest
hood with Solemn High Mass in
the college chapel June IL, a large
number of priests being present.
Mexican cIergymen = Six, young
Mexicans, students at the National
Mexican seminary at Castroville.
Texas, kept up by the Catholic Ex-
tension Society, were recently or
dained priests by an exile bishop, and
minor orders were given to a num-