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

May 20, Right Reverend Bishop Tro-
bee administered the Sacrament OF
Confirmation at Richfield, Mlnn
class of eighty-seven children and fif-
teen adults, of whom seven were con-
verts, was confirmed. An offering OF
fifty dollars was made towards the
new Cathedral
On Friday, May 81, a class OF forty
six children and four adults was con-
firmed by Right Reverend Bishop Tro-
bee at Savage, Mimi. An Offering OF
$4,000 was contributed towards the
chapel of the Blessed Virgin in the
new Cathedral
Bishop Trobec confirmed class IN
the Church of ST. Anne, in Mime
apolis, Sunday, June 3, The class was
composed of seventy-three children
and fifteen adults, of whom six were
converts. An offering of fifty dollars
was made towards the Chapel of St
Remy, in the new Cathedral.
St. Paul Seminary: A retreat for
the students opened on Thursday OF
this week and will close on Monday.
The exercises are in charge OF Rev. j.
p Rosswinkel, S. j., of Chicago. Or
dinations will be held at Z a. NJ on
Monday, June II, for Minor Orders.
Right Reverend Bishop Trobec will Of
ficiate. On Tuesday, June IL, at a.
M, the Most Reverend Archbishop will
confer subdeacOnate on the third year
~ l1n GRO RI J0fI T1C
class eighteen young meh already have
been raised to the priesthood IN their
respective dioceses. The sacred order
of priesthood will be conferred upon
the following young men: for the Dio-
cese of St Paul: John M. Pilger, Stan
islaus Julkowski, William G. Coughlin,
Stephen j. SchatZ, Leo ]. Meade, Geof-
frey p. O'Sullivan. For the Diocese OF
Omaha: John A. Kunkel.. For the Do
cese of Duluth: Francis Mihelcic. For
the Diocese of Dubuque: Stephen j.
Mauer, Matthias ]. Meyerhofer, Pat
rick J. Boyle, Edward j. O'Hagan,
Wenceslaus A. DOstal. For the Do
cese of La Crosse: Cyril ]. Smetana.
For the Diocese of Oregon City: Edw.
81.
COLLEGE of st. Thomas: 1t was with
mingled gladness and regret that the
corps of cadets learned of the promo
ton of their commandant to the Gen
eral Staff. They rejoiced because of
the signal and we'll deserved honor
that had come to an officer who had
1, of nf
student of the College, and they were
sorry because with the notification OF
the Captains promotion came the or
der transferring him to Washington.
On Tuesday evening the College
gave a dinner in the Captains honor,
and Wednesday noon the student body
presented him with a pair of mill
tary field glasses. Major Vincent Dud-
ley, in making the presentation ad-
dress, voiced the congratulations OF
the cadets, their sense of the splendid
services which Captain Rees had rem
dered the corps, and their regret at
losing him.
Captain Rees, in words full of feel
ing. reviewed his relations with the
u. l.
for the loyalty with which they had
always stood by him and rendered pos
sible the remarkable success which
the corps of cadets had achieved dur
ing the past year. He encouraged
them to keep up the high standard
of efficiency to which they attained,
and assured them that however far
the fortunes of war could carry him
from ST. Paul, he would never forget
the pleasant year he had spent at
st. Thomas.
cretin High School: Commence
ment exercises were held in~the Audi
forum on Tuesday evening, June s..
Addresses were delivered by three of
the students, Alphonse Claus, Eugene
Rogers, and Walter Villaume. Harold
Farrell gave the reading, Rienzis Ad-
dress. The delivery and enunciation
eyinced by the youthful orators was
superb, and showed not only pains
taking and excellent training, but also
a considerable amount of native abil-
ity. The Cretin Choral Club and the
Cretin Orchestra provided a most in
teresting and pleasing variety to the
program They were under the direc-
ton of Brother Hyacinth, of the facul-
ty. An agreeable feature was the
solos by the boy soprano John Dwyer.
The address of the evening was deliv-
cred by Hon. Daniel W. Lawler. Win,
ners of the scholarships were an
nounced as follows: John Luby, St
James parish; Charles keenan,, St
Luke's parish, and Neil Gibbons of st
Marks parish. The graduating class
comprised thirty-one young men.
The elocution team invaded the
Mayo stronghold at Rochester, MINI.
and carried off first honors in the con
fest with the Hebron High School
Walter Villaume led the Cretin team
with the highest number of points re
ceived. The other members OF the
team also did very creditable work
Harold Farrell, John Walsh and Mar
Gus Tierney being tied for third place
Scholarship Examinations: The
alumnae of ST. Joseph's Academy have
decided to present scholarship t.
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