The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-17

Catholic, Slovak Ladies Union, of
Cleveland, Ohio. This organization,
which is composed entirely of for
eign-born Catholic women, subscribed
100000, and, in addition, the individ-
ual members subscribed at the same
time, and through the organization,
S150,000, making total of $25O,O00
direct subscription. They also pledged
themselves to give 100000 to every
Liberty Loan called by the govern
ment during the war. Mrs. Anna
Oudrey is the president and Mrs.
Mary Kevor, secretary of the organ
ization.,
Two Priests With French Mission.
Forty French officers, at the head
of whom is Colonel Claudon, who
have distinguished themselves in the
engineering, artillery and infantry
branches of the army service, have
been sent to this country and will be
assigned to environments to instruct
American troops in modern methods
of warfare. With them are two
priests, Father Cabanel and Father
Souris, who have been decorated with
medals for heroic bravery at the
front.
Memorial to Bishop Ludden.-The
site of the new Catholic Home for
Aged Men and Women of the SYRIA
o,,eo NJ W d;oooco will ho south of
the new st. Mary cemetery, in the
town of Dewitt, near Orville. Plans
for a fine new building have been
completed and will be started as soon
as possible. 1t is expected that the
building will accommodate about one
hundred and thirty persons, to begin
with The home will be memorial
to the late Rt. Rev. Patrick A. Lud-
den, first bishop of Syracuse, whose
dearest wish was that such an insti-
tuition should be established.
Priest Dies Suddenly.-Rev. Joseph
Schmidt, for many years pastor of
the st. Xavier's Church at Taos, Cole
county, Missouri, dropped dead in the
basement of the church. Father
Schmidt was in the basement with a
number of boys showing them where
| to place some wood when he was
stricken. One of the boys saw him
stagger and then fall. He was dead
when help reached him. Father
Schmidt was born in Germany sew
enty-three years ago, and has been
pastor at Taos for thirty-three years.
Order of CoIored Sisters.-The first
colored order of religious women in
stituted in this country was the OBJ
late Sisters of Providence. From
1927 to 1917, these sanity heroines
have struggled valiantly against odds
and have won the crown of success
Poverty, distrust from their own, in
difference from authority. even per
sonal violence from bigots, are only
few of the obstacles which made
their naturally unpopular mission
more difficult. Yet they have sue
ceeded. These holy women deserve
well of the charity of the Catholic
people of the United States, not only
for the lesson their lives teach, but
| also for the works of pure charity
they are accomplishing.
Mass For Pittsburgh Catholic
Tuesday morning, November 13, at
O'Clock, a Solemn High Mass of Re
QUEEN was celebrated in ST. Mary's
church, Pittsburgh, Pa, for the SOU
of the late Thomas F. Enright, who
was one of the first of our American
soldiers to fall while fighting under
| the Stars and Stripes in France. He
and two other young Americans were
| killed by German attacking party
Mr.. Enright was born in St. Mary's
| parish, was baptized in ST. Mary s
Church, and received his early edu
| cation in st. Mary's parochial school
Special memorial services also were
held Tuesday evening in st. Mary's
Church.
Winners AS UsuaI.-To incite inter.
est in the recent Liberty Loan cam.
paign, the Sangamon County commit
| tee, in charge of the work, offered
cash prizes to the pupils of the vari.
Gus public, parochial and private
schools of Springfield, Ill.,, separating
the graded and higher schools The
first prize was awarded to Vivian
Langley, of Sacred Heart Academy,
conducted by the Dominican Sisters
second prizes were won by Velma
Schnepp, of the same academy and
Marie McCauley of the Ursuline Acad.
envy; third prizes to Helen Whitman
of Sacred Heart and Dorothy O'Brien
of the Ursuline Academy. Three sec.
ond prizes awarded to the grad.
ed classes were won by S. H. A. girls,
honors being also received by pupils
of st. Mary, IS. Peter and Paul and
st. Agnes parochial schools.
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