The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
able work and thanks him for his
kindness in sending it them.

| CehtralIzlnq CharitIeS.-At Cnlca'
so, this week, the first steps are be
| ing taken TO unity Catholic charities
under some central authority. The
special purpose of the new movement
will be to collect all the funds for
Catholic charities and distribute them
from q headquarters that will be the
clearing house for any approved
| Catholic institution doing charitable
| work. The new organization, which
includes leading laymen, will be duly
Incorporated 1t has the cordial ap-
proVal of Archbishop Mundelein.
Eventually, the same plan will be
adopted elsewhere: and it should in
clude among its functions some SUI
pervisory as we'll as financial useful
ness.
Nonagenarian Writer.-The death
| occurred recently, at his home in
| Edgewater Park, Trenton, n. j., of
Colonel Paul r. Shipman, a journal
| well known in this country and in
Europe During the years of the
| Civil War he was editor Of the Louis
vile "COurier-Journal' and the pres
ent editor of that paper. Colonel Wat
terSOn, served under him as office
For Military Duty.-An offer of
81 900 was made last week by the
Rev. W. P. ODonnell, pastor of the
Holy Cross Church, Bellevue, Pa,
toward the training of boys of his
parish between Is and %, for mill
tary duty. In explaining the offer,
he said that he believes the boys of
Bellevue, who will be called to the
colors, should have some training in
military requirements and that he is
willing to give $1,000 to defray the
cost Of this training between now
and the time the boys are wanted by
the government
boy. Colonel Shipman, who had at
tanned the age of ninety-two years,
was vOuchSafed the grace CT CONVEX
sion to the True Faith, and was bap-
TIED the day before his death, by
Rev. James j. McKeever of Beverly.
Fought for Plus IX.-In the sixties,
when the possessions of the Supreme
Pontiff, Pope Plus TX, were being
seized, a number OF Catholic men
went to Rome to fight in defence of
the Holy Father. Among these was
the late Denis OSullivan of East
Cambridge. Mass. On his arrival at
Rome. Mr. OSullivan joined the Com
pany of st. Patrick. AS a volunteer
he served with great credit He was
present at the siege Of Spoleto in
1869, where his very distinguished
conduct merited the most honorable
mention of his Commanding officer.
For his subsequent good service, the
Minister of War was pleased to &C.
cord him the decoration of 'Bene
Merenti.' This old hero, fortified
with the rites of the Church, died at
his home in East Cambridge, Mass,
last week. He was buried from the
Church Of the Sacred Heart.
Nun in Secret Service.-Many of
her friends We're surprised TO learn,
on the occasion of the golden jubilee
of Sister Mary Agnes Mccain, NJ. A.,
OF the Sisters of Charity, of the
motherhouse, Mt. st. Joseph-on-the
Ohio, that since the declaration of a
state of war with Germany, she has
been officially listed in the secret
service of the United States Govern
ment. Sister Mary Agnes is post
mistress at Mt st. Joseph, and, there
fore, is officially a federal employee,
and, as such, received the notice of
the government which made all fed
eral employees members of the secret
service, and ordered them to report
all suspicious cases 10 the proper
officials. Many other nuns, through
out the country, who are pOstmis-
tresses of their communities, re-
ceived similar notices.
~ ''S'S oOSN' -[NInOIiSSJ TIE rare
books in the library of the Carmelite
Fathers at the Catholic University of
America is Mathematician of
the sacred books of India, 800 pages
written on palm leaves. This is one
OF the four principal religious books
OF Brahmanism and is highly valued
In the East. 1t was brought from
India by Father Paschasius Hertz, o.
c. D., formerly Apostolic Missionary
in India for fourteen years and now
a member of the Carmelite College
near the University This book is
both rare and ancient 1t is written
in the Tamil language language
older than Latin and spoken by al
great portion of the inhabitants of
southern India, Ceylon and the
Straits. 1t is difficult to obtain this
work as it can be obtained only
through the good Offices of influential
Brahmins.
Diamond Jim" Receives Catholic
8uriaI.-Every Sunday, for long
time, a frail, little old woman used
to go to the altar of the Blessed Vir-
gin in st. Agnes Church, New York
City, with an offering of flowers.
The pastor of the church, struck by
her piety, made inquiries and learned