The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-22
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sands attended. The celebrant of the
Solemn Requiem High Mass was the
pastor of ST. Adalbert's Church, the
Rev. C. l. Gronkowski, assisted by the
Rev. S. P. Chyla as deacon and the
Rev. A. Balcer, subdeacon. The Most
Rev. George W. Mundelein, D. D., was
present in the sanctuary and gave the
final dissolution.
For Soldiers and Sailors.-Thursday
evening of each week has been set
aside by the parish societies and mem
bers of ST. Patrick's Church, of which
the Right Rev. Mgr. William Herman,
D. d., Philadelphia, is rector, as a
night of concerted prayers for peace
and for the spiritual and temporal
prosperity of our boys at the front.
The movement will be continued for
the duration of the war Solemn Bene-
diction of the Blessed Sacrament is
given at the conclusion of the prayers.
Paul G. Rohr in New Field.-Paul G.
Rohr of Buffalo, who has been assist
/ ant director of the Central Bureau of
the Central Verein in st. Louis and
associate editor of the Central Blatt
and Social Justice, has accepted the
position of editor of the Homiletic
Monthly magazine published in New
York City for the Catholic clergy. Mr..
Rohr was formerly an instructor at
Regis High School, New York City,
and at the D'Youville College in Buff
falo.
/ Ministers to Chinese Catholics
While making his seminary course in
Montreal, young French Canadian,
Romeo Caille, managed to acquire a
working knowledge of Chinese be-
tween theology hours, in the hope OF
being one day sent as a missioner to
the Far East. There being eight thou
sand Chinese in Montreal, of whom
n only about two hundred are Catholics
the archbishop has decided that fol
the present Father Caille shall work
in this great Chinese field at home
And so Father Caille has sung High
Mass for his new Pensioners, and
preached his first sermon in Chinese
Connected with the church are two
flourishing schools; and an exhaustive
house to house canvass of these for
eigners is being made.
Quick Work.-Raising fund of $23,
600 within forty-eight hours to pay the
debt on the church in a little country
town is an achievement of which any
, parish in the land might we'll fee
proud. Rev. Harvey Finefield, pastor
of st. Peters Church, Cosgrove, Ia.
read at the Masses recently a finan
cial statement showing that the par
ish debt amounted to more than $23,
1000. At the same time announcement
was made of a plan for great solicit
ing drive" which was to begin OF
the following morning and to end OF
Tuesday evening for the purpose o
paying off the entire debt, and details
: were carefully discussed. On Monda.
morning the campaign began. On TIL,
: same evening over $4,000 was collect
ed Not a single individual membe
of the parish failed to respond to thu
appeal.
. Venerable Priest Dead.-Rev. Hugl
Curran, one of the pioneer priests 0
Southern California, died Novembe
80, at the Sisters Hospital, Los Ar
geles, at the age of SO. Father Gun
ran, native of Ireland, was ordaine,
priest in All Hallows College, Duh
; lin, in 1866. He went to the Dioces
of Monterey and Los Angeles the fol
lowing October, and was assigned t
the Church of Our Lady of the Angel
at Los Angeles and later to the Churcl
of Our Lady of Sorrows at Santa Bar
bara. In 1869 he became pastor O
, the church at Castroville, where h
remained for twenty years. Later h
was pastor in San Pedro, Ventura an,
San Miguel. In 1905 he was appointet
chaplain of st. GATHERINGS Orphanag
/. at Anaheim. In 1906 he retired an,
made his home at the Sisters Hosp
tai.