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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
THE WHITE FATHERS
AFRICAN MISSIONARIES ARE DO
ING NOBLE WORK IN SPITE
OF THE WAR.

The Superior of the White Fathers
of the Desert, who is in residence at
Boxtell, Holland, has made an inter
esting statement regarding the work
of the White Fathers in East Africa,
on which many German members Of
the order were employed OF five
Dutch members of the society, news
has been received from three, that
they are continuing their work of
evangeliZation. Of two others no di-
rect news has been received. After
Tabora fell to the Allies the British
government removed the German
members of the order, but liberated
them on parole and permitted them
to go to Uganda, where they were
quickly divided amongst the missions
of the White Fathers. The German
nuns have been allowed to continue
their charitable missions where they
were, and only a few priests, who had
served in the ranks Of the German
Army, have been interned at the
camp of Admednagar. No neutral
missions of the White Fathers have
so far been disturbed by any of the
belligerents.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
KNIGHTS ARE LOYAL
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY BY THE
FOURTH DEGREE.

Before leaving Denver for Wash
ington to attend the national direc.
tors meeting of the Knights of Co
lumbus, John II. Reddin sent the fol
lowing telegram to Woodrow Will
son:
Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States,
Washington, d. c.
On behalf of the entire Fourth De-
gree membership of the order of the
Knights of Columbus of the United
States, l tender you their utmost
loyalty and support. Their principle
is patriotism, and every Fourth De
gree knight of Columbus in these
United States did, at the time of his
initiation, swear allegiance to our
constitution and flag. This loyal body
Of American citizens is at your com.
mand, ready to serve our country in
any capacity you may appoint, ready
to make any sacrifice that may be
called for in defense of our common
country, so that human liberty and
American ideals may endure
JOHN II. REDDIN,
Supreme Mas1c" Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
CHIEF MA-JI-GI-JIK'S DEATH

ask became a Catholic shortly after
wards.
Today Chief Ke-shi-ask lies in Cal
vary cemetery est. Benedict's Mis-
sion), one Of several of the. famous
early Chieftains of the Mississippi
Chippewas buried in the Catholic
cemetery. Chief Wa-ba-na-quod
white Cloud is perhaps the best
known of these leaders of the olden
times. White Cloud was a staunch
member of the Episcopalian church
for many years. One day he appeared
at the doorstep of the Catholic par
ish-house. The old Chief asked for
the priest, and kneeling down, said:
Father Aloysius, for forty-two years
have followed the religion of Bishop
Whipple. Today, feel that my heart
is not satisfied. To go back to the re-
ligion of my fathers, to the Grand
Medicine (heathenism) would be a
scandal to my people, My heart tells
me to go to the Blackrobe. In my old
age, | come today to follow the Black
robe" In few days Father Alloy
sius, in the presence of the entire
White Earth Congregation, baptized
White Cloud, first chief of the Chip
pewas. Thus came into the Church
the most celebrated, next to Hole-in-
| the-Day, of all the Chippewa leaders.
| White Cloud had exceptional talents.
He could recite from memory all the
various Chippewa Treaties, and had
| the reputation of being the most elo-
quent of all the Chippewas. A son of
White Cloud is an Episcopalian min
| lister working among the Leech Lake
| Indians
Other well-known leaders of the
Chippewas, famous Indians in the an
nails of the tribe, who lie buried in
the Catholic cemetery of White
| Earth, are Be-ki-na- wash, first an
Episcopalian, then Catholic; Ojibwa,
the first brave of Hole-in-the-Day, a.
man who could count the enemy
(Sioux) slain by his own hand by the
tens; Sha-bash-kung, leader for many
years of the Grand Medicine, a war.
rior too, who while yet a heather
| fought for the rights of the Blackrobe.
when the u. S. Government threat
ened and actually sent soldiers to re-
move the priest by force from the
Reservation in 1876; Kish-kon-a-gud
and Ni-gon-na-ga-be, two chiefs and
medicine-men. 1t is fact of history
that the greatest of all the Chippewa
chiefs, Hole-in-the-Day, lies buried to-
day in the Catholic cemetery at Grow
Wing. Thus does Ma-ji-gi-jiks death
bring to mind the fact that the Chip.
pewa Indians are by nature Catholics,
and misfits in any other church but
the true one.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
TWO SUDDEN DEATHS
CARDINAL AND NUNClO DIE SUD.
DENLY IN MUNICH, BAVARIA
CARDINAL Won BETTINGER AND
ARCHBISHOP AVERSA PASS
AWAY ON SAME DAY.

With a suddennesS and a stimuli
taneity that were almost tragic, there
died on Saturday, April ID, at Munich,
Bavaria, Cardinal Francis Won Bet
finger, Archbishop of Munich-F -Freis-
ing, and the Most Rev. Archbishop
Aversa, the recently appointed Apos-
tolic Nuncio to Bavaria, who was un-
til December last Apostolic Nuncio to
the Republic of Brazil. Cardinal
Francis Won Bettinger was born in
Landstuhl, Bavaria, September II,
1850. He was created a Cardinal by
Pope Plus X May 25, 1914, and ap-
pointed Archbishop of Munich-Freis
ing.
Archbishop Aversa had been oper.
ated upon for appendicitis, and was
apparently recovering in a very salts.
factory manner. Cardinal Won Bet
finger went to his bedside and con.
graduated him upon the seeming sue.
cess of the operation, expressing at
the same time hope for his speedy
recovery. A short time after the Car.
dinal had returned to his home he
was found dead in his room. Soon
afterwards Archbishop Aversa took a
turn for the worse, sank rapidly, and
expired. Cardinal Won Hartmann,
Archbishop of Cologne, is now the
only member of the Sacred College
residing in Germany. News of the
death of these two eminent church.
men caused a sensation in Rome.
Archbishop Aversa was born in
Naples, Italy. January 81, 1862. In
1906 he was appointed Apostolic
Nuncio to Brazil, and last December
was transferred to the same position
in Bavaria. He was recognized as
the most capable diplomat which the
Holy See could send to Munich at the
present very difficult time; and it will
be hard to replace him in the delicate
position he held for short period.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
LAST CT THE OLD TIME CHIP
PEWA cHIEFTAINs DIES A
CATHOLlC-HE WAS STAUNCH
IN HIS FAITH-EFFORTS FAIL
TO TURN HIM FROM THE CATH
OLIC FAITH.
written for The Catholic Bulletin
BY Rev. Philip Gordon)

On Saturday, April 81, occurred the
death at White Earth, Minnesota, of
Chief Ma-ji-gi-jik (Rising Sum in his
10th year, the last of the circle of
old-time Chippewa chieftains Mail
gi-iik died a Catholic. Although we'll
instructed and for many years a
staunch member of the Episcopalian
church, this shrewd and observant
Indian, feeling something lacking, be-
came convert and was received into
the Catholic Church by Father Alloy
sius, the local missionary, some nine
teen years ago.
From the date of his entry into the
Catholic Sober and industrious, he
lived a life that belied the popular
ideas of the Indian as inherently lazy,
thriftless and without sOlidity Of char
acter The Chief managed his own
farm while he took leading part in
the public affairs of the Reservation.
He visited Washington on several oc-
casions and was known as very
conservative Indian. The Chief lived
four miles from the Mission but was
never known to miss Mass on Sunday.
| He frequented the sacraments with
method and regularity, and in his last
days grew stronger in his faith. We
are happy indeed (but what a
shame.) to chronicle that the efforts
of several of his former fellow-Episco.
| palian church-members failed miser
ably in an attempt to sWerve the dy.
| ing Chieftain from his allegiance to
the Catholic Church. 1t speaks
nightly for the strength of Ma-ji-gi
| iik's character and the intenseness OF
his Catholicity.
Ma-ji-gi-jik's death recalls an i'm
portant fact of history well worthy
1 of mention. At the time of the re
lmoval of the Mississippi Chippewas
from around Crow Wing, Minnesota
/ to the newly made White Eartf
Reservation, the Indians were prom
Used payment. This first payment
ttook place on the new Reservation il
October, 1868, the Indians havins
moved up during the month of June
lof that year. Archbishop Ireland
lthen Father Ireland of st. Paul, wa
commissioned by the U. s. Govern
ment to oversee this first payment
Father Ireland arrived at the Whit
Earth Agency; and at the home o
lMa-ji-gi-jik's father, the celebrate,
/ Chief Ke-shi-ash (Flying Fast, he Of
lfciated at the first Catholic servic
held on the White Earth Reservation
Mass was read and a sermon preach
ed in English, which was duly inter
lpreted into Chippewa. Chief Ke-sh
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
GERMAN CATHOLIC
CONVENTIONS
OBJECTS OF LEAGUE ARE RELIC.
IOUS AND SOCIAL, AND CON-
MON GOOD OF COUNTRY.

Realizing that thoughtless and over
hasty Americans would look upon pub
lie gatherings of German-Americans
during the present earnest time with
suspicion, various members of Cath
olic organizations have questioned the
wisdom of holding the conventions of
the German Catholic State Leagues,
which convene annually in May and
in June in various parts of the coun-
try. The view that these conventions
should be postponed is not shared by
the officers of several State Leagues
and of the Central-Verein, the ma
tional organization of German-Ameri-
can Catholics. In letter issued to
the State organizations, Mr.. Joseph
Frey, K. S. G., President of the Cen
tral-Verein, sets forth the position
which the State Leagues should as
sumo. Mr.. Frey's letter, issued as a
reply to numerous inquiries from all
parts of the country, states the object
of the league:
''In reply to your inquiry whether
it is advisable this year to postpone
the conventions of our State Leagues,
owing to the state Of war, permit me
to say that after mature deliberation
must answer your question in the
negative. Our aims and objects are
Of religious character and are de-
signed to solidify and strengthen the
faith of our people, and to bring about
betterment of the social condition
of the people at large"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
Archbishop Ceppetelli
vIcEGERENT OF ROME AND
PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINE
PIE DIED IN THE ETERNAL
CITY.

There recently died in the city of
Rome a prelate who is known to
former Roman students throughout
the whole world. Archbishop Ceppe-
telli was a revered and venerated
figure in Roman ecclesiastical life.
During the past seventeen years
there was scarcely an ecclesiastical
student in Rome who did not receive
ordination, or at least one of the
Orders, from the Archbishop. In
his capacity of Vicegerent during this
time ordinations fell to him many
times each year. He was stricken
recently with paralysis and died
shortly afterwards. Special prayers
have been offered for him in all parts
of Rome, and especially at the tomb
of st. Philip Neri, towards whom he
always had a tender devotion.
Archbishop Joseph Ceppetelli was
born in Rome, March Is, 1916. He
was elected Bishop in 1882, and was
promoted successfully to the Titula1
Sees of Tiberias and Myra. In 1898
he succeeded Cardinal Cassetta as
Vicegerent of Rome, an Office which
he held until his death. In 1909 he
was given the title of Patriarch Of
Constantinople. He presided ovel
various committees and held many
positions in the Roman Vicariate
being also a Consultor of the Holy
Office.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
FEALTY OF ALL CATHOLICS
PLEDGED IN LETTER OF EIGHT
ARcHBlsHoPs SENT BY CAR
DlNAL GIBBONS TO PRESIDENT.

The archbishops of the United
States have addressed letter to
President Wilson pledging the loyal
ty of the Catholic hierarchy, the cler-
gy and people of that faith in this
country to the President and the gov
ernment and accepting 'whole-heart-
edly and unreservedly," the decree of
Congress ''proclaiming this country to
be in a state Of war
The letter, which was adopted by
the archbishops at their annual meet
ing in the Catholic University at
Washington Wednesday,, April 18, is
signed by all the archbishops who
were present, eight in number, the re-
naming six being unavoidably alb
sent. 1t was sent to the President
the following day by Cardinal Glib
bons, chairman Of the meeting.
Text of Letter to President.
The letter follows:
"Mr President: Standing firmly
upon solid Catholic tradition and his
tory from the very foundation of this
nation, we reaffirm in this hour Of
stress and trial our most sacred and
sincere loyalty and patriotism toward
our country, our government and our
flag.
Moved to the very depths of our
hearts by the stirring appeal of the
President of the United States and by
the action of our national congress,
we accept Whole-heartedly and unre-
servedly the decree of that legislative
authority proclaiming this country to
be in a state of war.
I'VE have prayed that we might be
spared the dire necessity of entering
the conflict. But now that war has
been declared we bow in obedience to
the summons to bear our part in it,
with fidelity, with courage and with
the spirit of sacrifice, which as loyal
citizens we are bound to manifest for
the defense of the most sacred rights
and the welfare Of the whole nation.
Grateful for Religious Liberty.
Acknowledging gladly the graft
tude we have always felt for the pro-
lection of our spiritual liberty and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
Archbishop Blenk Dies
WAS ARCHBISHOP OF NEW Or
LEANS SINCE 1eo6-HAD BEEN
IN POOR HEALTH FOR ABOUT
TWO YEARS.

The Most Reverend Joseph Hubert
Blenk, S. NJ, D. D., Archbishop Of
New Orleans, La, died Friday even
ing, April 20. For the past two years
he had been in very poor health, and
death was due to complication of
ailments superinduced by heart
trouble
Archbishop Blenk was born in
Neustadt, in the Diocese of Speier,
Bavaria, July %, 1856. He early
came to this country and was edu-
Gated in the parochial schools of New
Orleans and at Jefferson College, st.
James Parish, Louisiana He made
his studies in philosophy and theol-
ogy in Belley and Lyons, France, and
in the Catholic University, Dublin,
Ireland, and was a member of the
Order of Marists. He was ordained
priest in Dublin, Ireland, August 1G,
1885. Returning to America he be-
came professor in Jefferson College,
and in 1891 was made President of
the College. In 1S96-1S97 he made a
tour of the various Marist institutions
in Europe. Under Archbishops jam
sens and Chapelle he was member
of the Board of Consultors of the
clergy. He accompanied Archbishop
Chapelle to Cuba and Porto Rico in
1898, as auditor of the Apostolic dele
cation. On July 2, 1899, he was con
secrated Bishop of Porto Rico, and
on April 81, 1906, he was promoted
to the Archiepiscopal See of New
| orleans.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
William L. j. Griffin, A. M, D. D. So

Long and bloody wars between the
white people of Canada and the Five
Nations of Indians took place during
the latter part of the 18th century
The Indians killed, captured and
burned-reSpecting the person OF nelth-
or man, woman nor child. Among the
captured was a boy of French parent
age, born in Montreal, and a Catholic.
He was adopted by the Oneidas, clan
of the Wolf, and renamed Shikelimo.
Later in life he married a wife OF the
Cayugas. The children of this mar
riage, according to the Indian law be-
longed to the tribe of the mother. The
white blood, the early civilized train
ing, the religious instructions of his
boyhood were not forgotten. His ad
vice was often asked by the older men
of the tribe. In a few years he became
chief of the Oneidas. In 1928 Shikel
imo removed his family to a small In
dian village on the east side of the
Susouehanna river, about fourteen
miles above it's junction with the
northeast branch, near the mouth OF
Warriors River, North Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania. Some years
later he removed to Shamokin, now
the city of Sunbury, and where at an
advanced age he died in 1748.
For over twenty years Shikelimc
made history for himself and the In
dian nation. He held in his hand the
destiny of all the smaller tribes soutl
OF the Iroquois, who paid tribute K
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
IRISH SCHOLAR DEAD
VERY REVEREND r. j. O'MAHO
NY WAS ACCOMPLISHED ANC
WIDELY KNOWN.

The death has occurred in his 18th
year, of Very Rev. T. ]. O'Mahony,
d. D., All Hallows' College, Drumcon-
dra, Ireland A native of Cork, he
spent the final years of his ministry
in that city and Carrigline. He was
an accomplished and widely read
scholar, was proficient in the ancient
classics and in several modern Ian
guages, wrote mystical and lyric
poetry of a high order, contributed
articles to various reviews, brought
out an admirable compendium of the
"Summa,' and took part in nearly all
the International Catholic Congresses.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
Blessed Virgin Chapel
FINANCIAL REPORT SHOWS sue,
CESSFUL WORK DURING THE
PAST MONTH.

The meeting of the committee in
charge of the Blessed Virgin Chapel
fund of the new Cathedral was held
on Tuesday, April "a, at the st. Paul
Hotel. Mrs. ]. w. Bishop presided.
The financial report showed receipts
for April to the amount of $1,125.34.
OF this amount $S669O was taken in
at the entertainment given by Mrs.
w. A. Hickey and other ladies of the
parish at the Cathedral school hall on
April Is. During May several ladies
of the parish will give house parties
to raise additional funds. The next
meeting will be held at the St. Paul
Hotel on Tuesday, May 20, at 2:3C
p. m.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
RECRUITING CHAPLAIN
PRIEST is COMMISSIONED TO AID
IN SECURING CATHOLIC
RECRUITS.

Rev. Edward A. Duff, chaplain
aboard the superdreadnaugh NE.
vada," was in Washington last week,
and obtained permission from Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels to assist in
recruiting Catholic young men for the
United States Navy. Chaplain Duff is
most enthusiastic in having the Cath
olic boys in the service, and will give
a series of addresses before Catholic
congregations, urging them to en-
courage the entrance of these young
men in the service, and assuring
them that every facility for the prac-
tice of their faith will be afforded
them
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
POPE IS GRATEFUL

The very generous response of
American Catholics to the appeal of
Pope Benedict for funds for the relief
of the suffering children of Belgium
has caused heartfelt pleasure in
Rome. His Holiness, although he
knows, from repeated experiences, of
the generosity of American Catholics,
is doubly pleased at this latest mani
festation of it, Notwithstanding the
many appeals that have recently been
made to the faithful on this side of
the Atlantic ocean.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
Priests Offer Services
MEN OF NOTRE DAME ARE MIND
Full OF THEIR TRADITIONS.

Imbued with the spirit of the faith
ers and daughters of the COS nearly
all of the priests of Holy Cross, at
Notre Dame University, Indiana, have
offered their services to Provincial
Very Rev. Andrew j. Morrissey, C. S.
c., to serve as army chaplains in case
the government asks for their serv-
ices Father Morrissey is of the
opinioa that he will receive call for
chaplains in the near future, and
those who are sent to the front will
probably be picked from the list of
volunteers. In the United States
there are 1876 priests of the Holy
Cross congregation, besides the semi
narians and 1874 brother members of
the congregation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28

At the celebration in st. Paul o
Wake up America" Day, on Apri
10, the Most Reverend Archbishop
was to have been one of the speak
ers. Being out of the city he sen
the following message which wa!
read at the various mass meetings
The United States is at war. The
simple announcement tells the duty
Of the hour incumbent upon each and
every citizen of America The duty
is to give support, cordial and plen.
airy, to the nation and to the govern.
ment.
No reservation of mind, no slack
ening of earnest act is to be hence
forward thought of or allowed.
The hour of action has come.
Heretofore we believed, we said we
were patriots. We were patriots in
sentiment, in resolve, in good will
Now we must be patriots in fact, and
in deed.
We must prove to ourselves and
TO others that we are what we be-
lfeVed ourselves TO be, what we said
we were, patriots in very truth, ca
pable Of fulfilling all the obligations,
bearing all the burdens implied in the
sublime word patriotism.
The cost is not TO be counted; the
more eXacting the cost the happier
we should be because the deeper in
fact is our patriotism, the surer the
proof that we are giving.
How much there is at stake!
There is at stake the dignity, the
honor, the life of America, and of all
word America.
Unthinkable is the catastrophe be-
falling America, Detailing humanity
in its highest ideals, were America
once challenged into battle to be com
PEELED to lower it's flag in the dis
honor of defeat
The flag is now unfurled: 1t must
float before the nations of earth in
the sunshine of triumphant victory.
The cali is TO each and every citllen
of America to DO his best for Amer
ica.
The privileged ones are those to
whom circumstances and conditions
permit that they be soldiers in army
or in navy. None allowed this SUI.
preme honor should hesitate or de-
lay. Minnesota should be first and
foremost in number and in quality of
enlistments. 1t has a record to be re.
membered and perpetuated.
During the Civil War, in proper.
tion to the population, Minnesota
gave more soldiers to the Union than
any of her sister states. 1t is not tC
be thought possible that the patriot
ism of olden days has been chilled OF
it's fiery outbursts; that years and
prosperity have given to her embrace
sons unworthy of their fathers and
grandfathers.
Tasks Awaiting All.
Those who cannot enlist as sol
diers find their tasks awaiting then
all, without exception.
Women and children, as we'll az
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
The Pope's Intervention
CARDINAL MERGERS SECRE.
TARY RELEASED.

The Corriere d'Italia of Rome last
week announced that as the result of
Pope Benedict's Intervention, Ger
many has released Mgr. Louis Le-
graive, Vicar General to Cardinal
Mercier, Primate of Belgium. Mgr.
Legraive, it was reported some time
ago, was sentenced last month to nine
months Imprisonment and deported
to Germany for sheltering dis
charged French soldier for one night.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
To Exempt Seminarians
APPEAL HAS BEEN MADE TO
SECRETARY OF WAR.

The exemption of young men study
ing for the ministry, rabbinate or the
priesthood, from liability under Sc
lective conscription was urged upon
Secretary of War Baker Accompan-
led by Representative Fitzgerald OF
New York, the Rt. Rev. ]. McNamee
and the Rt., Rev. e. w. McCarty, both
of Brooklyn, appeared before the Sec,
retary, who promised to consider the
plan.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
MONSIGNORI INVESTED

The investiture of Monsignors Cor
man and Clark took place on Thurs
day morning, April 19 at Dubuque,
Iowa. Archbishop Keane officiated at
the ceremony and preached the SER
mon. Dinner for the guests was
served at the Hotel Julien at noon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
BISHOP is CONSCRIPT

The Right Rev. DR.. Brodie, Bishop
of Christchurch, New Zealand. has
been drawn in compulsory service
ballot for service abroad. He has,
however, been exempted,