The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09

held and Jointly with it the 25th an
niversary of it's foundation and the
25th anniversary or Silver Jubilee of
Abbot Conrad, on May 8. Many Bene-
dictine Abbots graced the occasion.
Bishop Morris, of Little Rock, was
present and delivered the discourse.
The Abbey is an extensive one. 1t
has 40 Benedictine priests under its
jurisdiction, % lay Brothers, several
Oblates, z novices, and it's Subiaco Col
.lege has 100 students.
Holy Cross Patriots.-Rev. James
Mullen, S. j., says that the military
drill at Holy Cross College, Worces-
ter, Mass. under the direction of Lieu
tenant O'Cofnor, would continue de-
spite the fact that many of the stu
dents had signified their intention of
leaving for farm and ship building oc-
equations. Nearly 496 students have
enrolled in the battalion, SO even
should large number of students
leave for other work the battalion will
still have a goodly number remaining.
Pray for Peace.-On Sunday, May
6, thousands of Cincinnati Catholics
complied with the request of Arch
bishop Moeller to observe an hour of
prayer from 3 to p. m. to implore
the restoration of peace to the nations
of the earth. Churches were crowded
to their capacity for the services con-
Quoted by the pastors of the city. An
unusual feature of the services was
the twenty minutes of silent supplica-
ton during which the choir sang the
Miserere. The Rosary and Archbishop
CAROLS prayer for the authorities
were recited, and Benediction and the
Divine Praises with the Psalm Lau-
date Pueri concluded the devotions.
Archbishop Moeller was present and
officiated at the services in st. Peter S
Cathedral.
Old Church Windows.-A group of
beautiful stained glass windows of six
teenth century workmanship has been
placed upon public view by the New
| York Metropolitan Museum Of Art
| The windows were purchased from the
fund hequeathed to the museum by the
| late Joseph Pulitzer. The windows
came from the Abbey of Flavigny
near Nancy and Luneville, in eastern
France, and were designed by Valen
tin Bousch, who is celebrated as the
maker of the windows in the Cathe
dral at Metz. Two of the large com
pleted windows illustrate the Deluge
and Moses and the Law.
Mccormack Raises $4,000. - Mr.
John Mccormack, the famous Irlsf
tenor, raised $4,000 at benefit as
sembly in what was said to be the
biggest lone man. benefit ever give1
in New York. The proceeds were
turned over in two equal shares, on
to the Due de Richelieu for the French
Tuberculous Soldiers Relief Fund
and the other half to Thomas Chap
man, editor of The Westmeath indie
pendent, for the poor of Mccormack
native town, Athlone, Ireland. Thu
tenor's children, Cyril and Gwen, witt
the little Due de Chaulnes, grandson
of Theodore P. Shonts, and severa
more, sold allied colors, also thu
green of the Emerald Isle, while SOM
grownup folk added to the fund iron
souvenir programs. Bishop Curley, o
Florida, who was born in Athlone, wa
a guest in box.
Priest Declines Captaincy. = TIL
Rev. Michael w. Donovan, pastor o
st. Philomena Church, Denver, Colo
was offered a commission, as captain
in the National Guard of Colorado b,
Adjt Gen. Frank D. Baldwin. Fathe
Donovan declined the honor, but sig
nified his Willingness to enter tn
service as chaplain. Father Done
van is well versed in military tactic
and is now drilling the company OF
ganized by the Knights of Columbus.
ST. Vincent de Paui.-The Queen
Work tells us that the women's brancl
of the st. Vincent de Paul Society il
Argentina comprises 5000 members
the president being Madam T. P. d
Uribu, who was decorated by Piu
X with the cross ''pro Ecclesia ct Pom
tifice" in recognition of her devote'
service to charity. Besides the relic
of private families, this branch main
tains various works in different part
of the country, including more thai
100 model homes for workingmer
twenty-five asylums for dependents
five reformatories for women, min
hospitals, fifteen free primary schools
school of domestic science, anothe
of domestic economy, trade schools
public kitchens and centers for in
struction in Christian doctrine.