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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
Catholic Colonization
SOCIETY TO PROVIDE FOR IMMl-
GRANT FARMERS REoRGANlzED
BY ARCHBISHOP MEssMER.

Reorganization of the National Col
onization Society of the Catholic
Church, with Archbishop Sebastian G.
Messmer of Milwaukee, Wis, as Di
rector General, was announced in
Chicago last week.
The purpose of the society is to
rescue the immigrant who was a
farmer in the old country, and finds
himself misplaced in the cities, and
establish him on the soil. The organ
ization, which has no capital and
makes Eo profits, and neither buys nor
sells land, is to safeguard and assist
IN every manner members of the
Church, who desire to resume agri-
cultural pursuits. Agents of the So
ciety will examine the soil, give ex-
pert advice as to crops and assist with
money where necessary.
The Church took up this work be-
cause the simple-mindeds IMMIGRANT
has confidence in his Church. He
knows that it will protect him against
land swindlers and promote commun-
ity life,' said Archbishop Messmer in
a statement. We will, in short, repre-
sent the would-be farmer in, his deal
ings with those who have lands for
sale, or to distribute"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
OMAHA TOPS AMOUNT
X. C. FUND IS SUBSCRIBED AT
FIRST MEETiNG-WiLL
GIVE MORE.


Omaha Knights of Columbus went
over the top for $4,000 in it's drive
for a war fund, which opened with a
luncheon at the Omaha Commercial
club Monday, November 10. The fund,
which is a national one, is intended
for work in the camps and canton
ments, supplying recreation centers
in charge of secretaries, and also pre-
yiding auxiliary chaplains for the
army. The entire state of Nebraska
is apportioned 4.$15o,0OO for the
knights Of Columbus work, and of this
sum the city. of Omaha was asked to
pledge $4,000. Having reached the
goal at the first meeting, the local Of
ficials of the order have notified the
heads OF the movement that they have
raised the, limit to $4,000 instead of
only $4,000, and that Omaha will
pledge itself for the greater sum.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

livered a message of gratitude to
Marquis Maloney from the Faculty Of
Sciences. Mr. James A. Farrell deliv-
cred an admirable discourse on
Chemistry and It's international I'M
portance," a very remarkable study of
the present condition of chemical
studies and researches. The exercises
were brought to a close by a few
happy remarks by James Cardinal
Gibbons, and the playing of the Star
Spangled Banner by the University
orchestra.
The library of the University has
very recently been enriched by the
presentation of rare and venerable
manuscript of the fourteenth century,
entitled, THE History of the Cister-
clan Order" This unique document of
about 400 pages, written in a clear
firm hand, as though the work of
yesterday, possesses still it's curious
original binding in wood and leather,
stamped with artistic figures, and
bearing yet the traces of it's once
splendid ornaments of hammered
brass inlaid with great jewels. The
beautiful manuscript was evidently a
most precious possession of some an.
cient Cistercian abbey.
President Wilson has recently ap
pointed distinguished officer of high
rank in charge Of the Department oil
! Military Science and Tactics at the
University.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
PRAY FOR THE FALLEN
REQUIEMS IN ROME FOR THOSE
SLAIN IN THE WAR.

Solemn High Masses of Requiem
have been offered up in the Belgian,
French and Enghsh-speaking churches
in Rome last week for the souls of
the soldiers and sailors who have been
killed in the war. Archbishop Ger
retti, who was until recently Apostolic
Delegate to Australia, and who is now
secretary of the Sacred Congregation
for Extraordinary Religious Affairs,
pom eifestea aE that in the Church of
San Silvestro Cardinal Sbarretti,
who was for several years Apostolic
Delegate to Canada, gave the absolu-
tion. A solemn High Mass of
Requiem was also celebrated in the
Church of San Ignazio for the souls
of the Italian soldiers who have fallen
in the war. 1t was arranged for by
the Society of Catholic Youth. Cardi-
nal Cassetta gave the absolution
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
JOHN D. CRIMMINs
LATE CATHOLIC LEADER LEFT
REQUESTS TO MANY FORMS OF
cHARITY-s25,o 600 TO ST. PAT
RICKS CATHEDRAL.

The will of John d. Crimmins, of
New York City, who died recently, dis
poses of an estate estimated at more
than $5,00O,OOO, the bulk of which goes
to his children.
The largest charitable bequest is
$25,000, to st. Patrick's Cathedral, for
the Cathedral College. The Little Sis
ters of the Poor get $4,000 in trust,
the income to be used for the Christ
mas dinners established by Mr. Grim
Minis. Bequests of $1,000 each went
to the st. Vincent de Paul Society,
st. Vincent's Hospital, and Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum. The fol
lowing get $500 each: School of st.
Catherine of Sienna, st. Francis Hos
pital, Presbyterian Hospital, Seton
Hospital, Roosevelt Hospital, Mount
Sinai Hospital, House of the Good
Shepherd, and Servants of Relief for
Incurable Cancer. Gifts of $3.50 each
went to Misericordia Hospital, Mis-
sion of Our Lady of the Rosary, Sana-
torium Gabriel and Columbus Hos
pital. The Monastery of Corpus
Christi receives $4,000 for the upkeep
of the Crimmins' family vault.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
Congress Not International
REPORTS WERE EXAGGERATED
WITH REFERENCE TO sUAREz
CELEBRATIONS IN SPAIN.

4 4 K
The published reports of the move
for peace made tat the International
Congress of Catholics, held in con-
nection with the Suarez. fetes at
Granada, Spain, are denied by Mgr.
Baudrillart, rector of the Catholic
Institute of Paris, who was French
delegate at the congress. He gives
a brilliant account of it, showing that
it was not so. worldwide an affair
as has been presumed. Indeed, the
audience consisted of 40 Jesuit
Fathers, mostly .Spaniards, the good
townspeople of Granada, some boy
scouts and the pupils of the univer-
sity. The Papal Nuncio had been
very careful to remove all questions
of theological controversy and was
not, therefore, likely to permit dis
cussions on such a burning question
as peace. There were only four for
eign delegates, one French, one
British, one Portuguese, and one Co.
lombian. At the last moment Prince
Ratibor, German ambassador at Mad
rid, seeing only the Entente was
represented, hastily got together
three young Germans, teachers in
two small colleges, and sent them to
the congress. They, however, did not
speak at all, and were only present
at three general assemblies. Such
was Germany's part in the congress
at Granada.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
OR ROMAN

thodox and the Catholics. In a word
the world has fixed the use of the
word Catholic to suit itself; and, as
that use happens to be in accord with
the true meaning, it is useless to at
tempt to change it. We may add
that in colloquial speech, not less than
in literary English, the term Cath
olic' is used with the same exclusive
application to the Church which is in
communion with Rome. Are you.
Romanist?' asked the land agent of
Mr.. Dooley. A which?' said he, Are
you a Roman Catholic?' No, thank
God, I'm a Chicago Catholic ''Tis
the same thing said the agent.
No creed outside the Roman obe-
dience claims the exclusive right to
the word Catholic When others
apply it to themselves at all it sup
poses the acceptance OF a branch
theory or other form of church polity
which is opposed to the words of the
New Testament and contradicted by
all ecclesiastical history and tradi-
ton. Moreover, the official title of
none of them is the Catholic Church.
1t is (as in the Coronation church,
The Protestant Religion as by Law
Established; or The Church of Scot
land; or The Free Church of Scot
land' or The Protestant Episcopal
Church; or The Methodist Church;
or The Freewill Baptists'; and so on.
In the ordinary and long-fixed usage
of the words, the overwhelming body
of Christian people understand by the
designation Catholic Church the
Church of Rome and no other. The
word Roman is not used as an identi-
flying prefix, and therefore, outside
legal formalities, it's use is unneces-
sary. When Catholics employ the
superfluous word Roman in reference
to themselves, they do SO either in
accordance with official requirements
or merely to emphasize the Roman
headship OF the Church People out
side our fold sometimes use the term
Roman in this connection by way of
denial that the Church in communion
with the Pope is the one and only uni
yersal Church. Apart, therefore, from
legal requirements, Catholics should
ever call their Church by her unique
and long-consecrated title, THE Cath
olic Church; and should avoid bestow-
ing upon her a designation which is
not for our creation, and which is no.
where recognized in her official for
mula"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01

Venice, the city of islands and
canals, famed for its many art treas
ures, is the immediate objective of the
Austro-German forces locked in battle
array along the Piave River. Unique
in its geographical position, the city
also has a singular historic back
ground, observes writer in the Buff
falo Echo.
Modern Venice consists of 1T
islands joined by 378 bridges. Nu-
merous canals separate the islands
and transportation within the city is
carried on mainly by means of gon-
dolas. The Gulf of Venice being
shallow because of sediments de-
posted by the Brenta River, islands
abound. Many of the houses are built
upon network of piles
Although Venice was inhabited in
the days of the Roman Empire, it's
beginning as body polite dates to the
year 452, when Attila devastated
Northern Italy, the fugitives from the
mainland taking refuge on the
islands in the gulf. The subsequent
Lombard invasion caused further
exodus from the mainland to the
islands.
In 697 doge (dux) was elected as
chief magistrate. Inner political in
trigues disrupted the community for
the first century. In 775, an epis-
copal see was established on the little
island Olivolo. About 829 the body of
st. Mark was brought to Venice and
this saint was revered as the patron
OF the city. In 836 the building Of
st. Marks Church, the famous edifice,
was undertaken. Venice's devotion to
ST. Mark also gained for it the name
of the Republic of st. Mark The con-
stitution of the state was that of a
modified aristocracy, the office of doge
being accessible only to members Of
certain noble families.
The Republic of Venice distin-
guished itself for it's maritime prowess.
Two Venetians, Giovanni Caboto and
his son Sebastiano, discovered New
foundland, Labrador and Nova Scotia
The voyages in the thirteenth century
of the Venetian Marco Polo form an
important prelude to the achievements
of Columbus.
Venice is famed for it's native
monuments of art and for it's great
collection of art treasures gathered
particularly from the east. Its cen.
tral glory is st. Marks Cathedral,
hui1t in S36 remOde1ed in thn nlav-
enth century, and embellished in sue
ceeding centuries. The facade is
decorated with mosaics of different
periods, Byzantine sculptures and
statues of the Evangelists and the
Saviour. The four horses of gilded
bronze above the great doorway once
adorned the Arch of Trojan. The in
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
The New Draft
TEN MILLION MEN WILL BE EX
AHMED FOR VARIOUS
BRANCHES.

On December Is classification will
be begun of the 100000 young men
between the ages of p and 80, who
have been enrolled but not yet drafted
for the army They will be given a
set of questions to answer. I'VE
must says the President, make a
complete inventory of the qualifica-
tons of all registrants in order to
determine as to each man not al
ready selected for duty with the
colors, the place in the military, in
dustrial or agricultural ranks of the
nation of which his. experience and
training can best be made to serve
the common good This project in
wolves an inquiry by the selection
boards into the domestic, Industrial
and educational qualifications of near.
ly 100000 men,.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
CHAPLAINS ASSIGNED
NEWLY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
ORDERED TO POSTS OF DUTY.

The following chaplains have been
commissioned and assigned to the
National Army: Rev. Owen A. Nc
Grath, C. S. p, of San Francisco, Cal,
assigned to duty at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas; Rev. VIM. j. Gibson, formerly
of the Negro and Indian Missions, and
working since October 4 at Camp Nc
Clellan, Admission, Ala, as K. of c..
Chaplain, is now assigned to the Goth
Engineers, at Camp Devens, Massachu-
setts. Rev. F. A. Wannenmacker, of
the Diocese of Buffalo, assigned to
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ca Rev. F. s.
Barron, Of Centerville, CAL; Rev. J.
Galvan, Oakland, CAL; Rev. George
Lacombe, OF San Francisco, Cal, have
all been assigned to Camp Lewis,
American Lake, Wash. Rev. M. M.
Hoffman, of Dyersville, Ia, assigned
to Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston,
Texas; Rev. F. A. Magee, of Cresson,
Pa, to Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Rev.
j. T. TOrsney, formerly of ClintonviIle,
n. Y, assigned to Camp Pike, Little
Rock, Ark; Rev. Gerald Treacy, S. j.,
to the 39th Infantry; Rev. R. R.
Rankin, s. j., to the 47th Infantry,
and Rev. d. w. Sheeran, of New York,
have all been assigned to Camp Green,
Charlotte, N. C. Rev. Dudley r. Tier
ney, OF the Diocese of Scranton, Pa,
and a former student of the Apostolic
Mission House, Catholic University, is
assigned to the 18th Infantry, at Camp
Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01

terror is gorgeous. Many Other
churches are likewise remarkable fol
their beautiful architecture.
The Palace of the Doges (1319-134(
and 1423-1438), the Porta della Carta
the Renaissance Court, containing
many paintings, the Sala del Maggiol
Consiglio, ETC., are some of the monu
ments of profane art
AS a center of creative art Venice
is renowned in history. With Clio
vanni Bellini, Venetian art attained
it's perfection Titan, Paolo Veronese
and Tintoretto were famous Venetian
masters.
The greatest masterpiece of paint.
ing in Venice is Titian's "Assump.
ton of the Virgin" in the Academy.
After the Assumption the most
famous Titan in Venice is the Ma
donna of the Pesaro family in the
Church of the .Frari. A popular and
beautiful Titan is the Presentation
in the Temple" painted in 1888 for
the "Sala DELI Albergo" of the
Brotherhood della Carita." est John
the Baptist in the Wilderness" is in
the same gallery, as is the masters
last painting, "Pieta," on which he
was engaged at the time of his death,
when he was in his Goth year, and
which was completed by Palma Clio
vane. A famous Titan in the Ducal
Palace is the 'Doge Antonio Grimani
Kneeling Before Religion" In the
Church of Santa Maria della Salute
is an altar piece, "St. Mark and Four
Other Saints" as well as an injured
painting, the Descent of the Holy
Ghost" and in the Church of San
Sebastiano is "St. Nicholas" by
Titan. The high altar piece in the
Church. of San Salvatore, a Trans
figuration," is also injured, but the
"Annunciation," in the same church,,
is intact. There are two Titians in
the school of San Rocco.
Some of the wall and ceiling paint
ings in the Ducal Palace were exc
cuted by Veronese and Tintoretto.
Tintoretto's great work in Venice is
the Miracle of st. Mark" in the
Academy. Other notable Tintoretto's
are "Doge Andrea Gritti Praying to
the Virgin" ''Nuptials of st. Cath
arine,. Virgin in Glory" Alteration
of the Savior and descent from the.
Cross
Among the paintings by Veronese in
the Academy are "The Feast in the
House Of Levi" Hercules and Ceres, ;"
and Madonna Enthroned, with
Saints One of his most brilliant
works is the -"Betrothal of st. Cath
arine" in the Church of Santa Cata-
rina Other Veronese canvasses that
are well worth cherishing are those in
the Church. Of San Sebastiano-'Ver
onese's Church''-which he largely
decorated, and where he is buried
An earlier master of the Venetians,
who has left many paintings in the
city where his work was done, was
Giovanni Bellini. His Virgin and
Saints in the Church of the Frari,
is one of the great Madonnas of the
world, and is commonly named with
Titian's Assumption" and Madonna
of the Pesaro Family as one of the
three greatest pictures in Venice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
Jewish Chaplain is Given
Appointment

Rabbi David Goldberg of Texas has
been commissioned an acting chaplain
Of the Navy for the period of the war,
with the rank of junior lieutenant. He
is the first member of the Jewish faith
to be appointed to such a position in
the Navy. This appointment was
made in accordance with the action of
Congress, authorizing twenty addition
al ehaplains, and also in order that
many young Jews joining the Navy
might have religious advisers of their
own faith. Rabbi Goldberg is 81 years
of age, was born in Russia, but has
been in this country since childhood
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
FORMER TERM is EXPRESSIVE OF
THE ONE TRUE CHURCH
WHEN WRITER'S USE THE
WORD CATHOLIC EVERY ONE
KNOWS WHICH CHURCH is
MEANT.

In an article on the use of the
words, Roman" Catholic in connec-
ton with the forthcoming census in
New Zealand, the New Zealand Tablet
remarks:
Judging by the practice of standard
writers-such as Macaulay, Edmund
Burke, James Martineau, Lecky, Rus
kin, Tennyson, tc.-literary usage is
quite agreed that the term Catholic is
the peculiar designation of the Church
or religious body which has for it's visi-
bic head on earth the Pope or Bishop
who sits upon the Chair Of st. Peter
in Rome. The extent to which this
age-long term Catholic is embodied
and embedded in general literature is
admirably illustrated in the following
extract from an American contem-
porary: There can be no possible
misunderstanding when people speak
of Catholic Emancipation or when
Tennyson in Queen Mary" makes
Elizabeth refer to Philip of Spain as
The proud Catholic prince; or when
Ruskin in "Fors Clavigera," writes
concerning these Arabian knights of
Venice and the Catholic Church; or
when Leigh Hunt says in his auto
biography that 'Dante's heaven is the
sublimation of Catholic Church; or
when Carlyle says that 1.-The ideas and
feelings of mans moral nature have
never found so perfect an expression
in form as they found in the noble
cathedrals Of Catholicism; or when
Lecky, in his .Rationalism in Europe" "
says that ''the Catholic reverence of
the Virgin has done much to elevate
and purify the ideal woman, and to
soften the manners of men; or when
Hawthorne says, Il have always en-
We'd the Catholics their faith in that
sweet, sacred Virgin Mother" or
when we say that Belgium is Cath
oiic country; or when Becherelrs die
tionary says that in French "the word
Catholic is used only in connection
with the Church in communion with
Rome; or when the Turkish Govern
ment distinguishes between the Or
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
Seceders Refused Charter
LlTHUANIANs IN PENNSYLVANIA
LOSE CONTEST.

Hon. Fl. M. Edwards, president
judge Of nackawanna county, Penn
sylyania, in an opinion filed last week,
refused granting a charter of incor-
poration to the seeding members of
st. Joseph's Lithuanian Church, North
Scranton.
4 The seceders desired to call them
selves the Lithuanian National Cath,
olic Congregation. Bishop Hoban OBJ
jected to the use of the word Cath
1olic, and Judge Edwards upheld such
objection In reaching a conclusion,
Judge Edwards referred to the simi-
larity between the Lithuanians OF
North Scranton and the Polish seced-
ers of Dupont. A charter to the lat
ter was refused by Judge Fuller in
Luzerne county, Judge Fuller's actions
having been approved by the superior
court.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
Chaplain General
HOLY FATHER APPOINTS BISHOP
HAYES SUPERIOR OF WAR
cHAPLAfNs.

His Holiness Pope Benedict XIV, has
appointed Rt Rev. P. j. Hayes, Auxil-
iary Bishop of New York, Chaplain
General of the United States, a posi-
.tion which corresponds to that of
Chaplain General in Europe.
Bishop Hayes will grant faculties to
the chaplains in the different dioceses,
and, during the period of the war, will
be their ipmediate ecclesiastical supe-
rior. 1t is pointed out that this will
simplify the work, and make uniform
the powers of the priest chaplains, in
whatever diocese they may be sta
toned.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
Bishop Then Installed
he SUCCEEDS LATE BISHOP
MATT OF DENVER.

The Rt. Rev. J. Henry Then, of Lin
Bishop of Denver on Wednesday, No
vember %. Archbishop j. B. Pitaval
of Santa Fe, metropolitan of both
Denver and El Paso, attended the
Cathedral dedication in FL Pase, hence
he was not able to be present in Den,
yer. The Rt. Rev. P. A. Phillips, ad-
ministrator of the Denver diocese
therefore, officiated at the enthroniza-
tion Of Bishop Then.
Pontifical Mass was sung, with
Bishop Then as celebrant The ser
mon was preached by the Rtg Rev
John p. Carroll, Bishop of Helena
Montana.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
!. Senator j. r. McNichol

State Senator j. r. McNichol, one
of Philadelphia prominent citizens,
a constructor Of public works. which
carried his name throughout the
Eastern states and to parts of the
South and West and a lifelong MEM
Der of the Cathedral parish, died
Mast week at the home of his eldest
son, in Philadelphia. He was fifty
three years old Though active in
politics and one of the leaders Of the
Republican regency he was q total
.abstainer. % VI
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
MEETING OF TRUSTEES NEW
MEMBERS APPoINTED-DEDIcA-
TIoN OF CHEMICAL LABoRA-
ToRY-VALUABLE MANUSCRIPT
ACQUIRED.

The Trustees of the Catholic Uni
vcfsity of America, of Washington,
ID. c., met at the University on
Wednesday, November IA. There
wtre present Cardinal Gibbons, Cardi-
nal Farley, Archbishops Moeller, Glen
ncl and Keane, Bishops Canevin,
l.iliis, O'Connell and Shahan, Monsig-
no. Lavelle, Mr. John j. Nelligan, Mr..
Walter George Smith, Hon. Thomas
Kearns, Sir James ]. Ryan, Mr.. John
G. Agar, and Mr. Louis c.. Ritchie.
Usual routine business was trans
acted. Committees were appointed to
consider the building of the Univer-
sity Church, known as the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,
and to take in hand the erection of a
gymnasium Resolutions of condo
lence were adopted for the death of
the late John d. Crimmins of New
York, for many years a member of
the Board. Three new Trustees were
appointed: Rt. Rev. Dennis ].
Dougherty, Bishop of Buffalo; Rt. Rev.
owen B. Corrigan, Auxiliary Bishop of
Baltimore, and Mr. James A. Farrell,
President of the United States Steel
Corporation.
Quite number of the Trustees re-
NAMED over to attend the dedication
exercises of the new Martin Maloney
Chemical Laboratory, the gift OF
Marquis Martin Maloney of Philadel
phia. These exercises took place
Thursday afternoon, November Is, in
the large rotunda of the new labora
tory. Cardinal Gibbons and Cardinal
Farley were present, and very large
and select audience from Washing
ton and elsewhere filled the rotunda
which was beautifully decorated with
American and papal flags. After tbs
presentation of the laboratory by Rt
Rev. Bishop Shahan nstie name q
the University, DR.. Aubrey E. Landry
Dean Of the School of Sciences, de