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

NEW WUKLD llEM0
A Million Dollar Church.-The new
st. Vincent Ferrer Church of the Do
minicans in New York, will cost APP
proximately one million dollars.
Anniversary of Diocese.-A hand
some residence has been purchased
in Harrisburg, Pa, for the Bishop OF
the diocese. Right Reverend Philip.
r, McDevitt. AT a meeting OF the
priests on October 10, tentative plans
were made to- celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the diocese.
Seminary Rector Dead.-Very Rev.
DIR. Gregory Bechtold, o. S. B., d. D.,
the beloved rector of st. Meinrad
Seminary, Indiana, died November
7. as a result of a stroke of apoplexy.
He was suddenly stricken Monday
morning, November 5, and died on
"wednesday morning at o'clock.
g. Great SodaIity Meetine.-A great
mass meeting of the United Sodall-
ties of the Blessed Virgin Mary OF
the archdiocese of Baltimore was held
recently at Irvington, Md. One re-
suit of this convention will be the
establishment of home for working
80 girls in Baltimore.
IL Church and School Burned.-Holy
Trinity Church, of Kansas City, Mo-,
was completely destroyed by fire a
few days ago The children who
were in school on the lower floor of
the building were enabled, due to an
. excellent fire drill, to save themselves
and their belongings.
Marooned by Snow.-St. Thomas
Seminary, of Denver, Colo, was ma
rooned for a time last Sunday by a
severe snow storm, and it was not
. possible for the students, who were
to assist at the Solemn High Mass in
the Cathedral to come into Denver
for the ceremonies.
Gives Notre Dame Books.-Dr. Max
Pam of Chicago, founder of the Notre
Dame University school of journal
ism, has contributed a valuable set
OF works treating the subject of jour-
nalism from all angles by prominent
authors on that topic. Dr. Pam in
making the contribution, stated that
he intends to add more volumes to
the collection in the future.
Church in u. SIN the United
States there are today three cardi-
mails, eleven archbishops, 1873
. churches, IS seminaries, where $500
young men are preparing for the
! priesthood; 200 colleges for boys, 685
academies for girls. 5,5SS parishes
having parochial schools valued at
i $11O,000,O00, with 1,497,949 children
: being educated at a yearly expense
of more than $17,OOO,0OO; 2S3 orphan
asylums caring for 4S,0S9 children,
and 112 homes for the aged
Prison Chaplain Resigns Father
Peter" has resigned The Rev. Peter
Crumbly, chaplain at Joliet, ILL.,, pen.
itentiary, affectionately known to the
prisoners as Father Peter" will go
to ST. Louis. He will be succeeded
by the Rev. Leo Kalmer, assistant
pastor of st. Andrews Church of ST.
Louis. Father Crumbly is chairman
of the state board of correction and
member of the executive council of
the Boy Scouts of America.
Denied Exemption. Exemption
from military service was denied by
dianapolis in the case of Brother
Florian of the Brothers of the Sacred
Heart. The application for exemp,
ton was made under that section of
the draft law which authorizes the
exemption of teachers and preach
ers of the Gospel but under the rul-
ing of the board the fact that he is
engaged exclusively in teaching and
does not occupy pulpit does not
place him in the category OF one com
ing under that provision of the act.
The matter has been placed before
President Wilson with whom the
final decision rests.
Pioneer Nun Dead.-Mother Mary
of Jesus, prioress of the Dominican
Convent of Perpetual Alteration,
West Hoboken, N. j., died there on
October at an advanced age She
accompanied three other Sisters who
came to America from France in 1891
to establish the community in West
Hoboken. The Sisters endured many
hardships during the first few years
of their work-living in great poverty
in a small building with a few plain
wooden benches for seats, few plain
mattresses and pillows of straw and
d plain kitchen table wherein were
served the scantiest meals. The pres
ent convent, recently constructed,
contains all modern improvements.
Finest Italian Church.-A distin-
guished body of prelates and clergy
participated in the solemn dedication