The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
NEW WORLD ITEMS

curatorS of the Wisconsin HISTORICAL
Society.
Building in Ruffalo.-In Buffalo,
\. Y, the Society of the Divine Word
is building a college and seminary to
be known as the Sacred Heart Mis-
. sion House. The building will be l31
x5S feet, and will accommodate sew
. enty students.
a. First Funeral in Cathedral.-The
first funeral held in the new Ell Paso
Cathedral was that of Thomas Har-
rington Galligan, soldier of the 141st
infantry, who died at Camp Bowie.
Bishop y. j. Schiller spoke.
Writer EnIists.-Rev. Thomas F.
Coakley, secretary to Bishop Caneyln
of Pittsburg, Pa, has applied for ap-
pointment as chaplain in the United
States Army, and indications point to
early assignment TO the 41st Division
of the National Guard, which will see
foreign service in the near future.
Gift to Home.-At a recent gather
ing of members of Typographical
Union No. 6. New York, a suggestion
was made by James ]. Murphy,
former president of the organization,
and 9, member of Ave Maria Council
No. PAL, X. of c., that the library at the
Union Printers home in Colorado
nf
Catholic Encyclopedia. Responses to
this appeal were generously given, not
y. by Catholics, but by non-Catholics as
well. The gift is greatly appreciated
lat the home.
s.e Praises Priests.-William Allen
White. of Kansas, who has just re-
turned from France, is writing series
81. stories of his experiences in the
war zone He pays tribute to the zeal
and ability OF the chaplain priests in
the army. These Catholic priests,
many of whom are Irish with the nat
ural Irish talent for leadership, are
great sources OF help to the organi-
zation.'
Soldier Convert Dead.-High mill
tary honcrs marked the services for
kCol. John G.. Butler at the Church of
LIST. John the Evangelist, Syracuse,
IN. Y. Col. Butler was the soldier
swho in the early part of the Civil
MAR was called Fighting Jack Butler"
HE also served in the Spanish-Amer-
lean war and he was deeply interest
ed in the present conflict for democ-
rarv. In 1890 he married Mrs. Mabel
Gilmore of Baltimore, Md, who died
five years ago. He was received into
the Church soon after the death of
his wife, who was a Catholic.
Vice President at Jesuit College,
When a service flag, with 761 stars
was raised over Georgetown Univer-
sity on December 10, Vice President
Thomas Riley Marshal delivered an
address in which he said: when an
old-fashioned Presbyterian enters a
Catholic University, gladly, as a repre-
sentative of the Republic, and very
like this, the world should know that
the purposes of this nation in regard
to Hohenzollern tyranny are united
in a common cause.
Chaplain Wounded.-Bishop Fallon
Of London, Ontario, Canada, has re-
ceived a cable announcing that Cap
tain Rev. Father l.. 2. Lowry, former
y curate Of St Josephs parish, STRAIT
ford had received wounds during the
~ recent fighting, while in the discharge
IF his duties as chaplain at the front.
Rev. Father Lowry has been overseas
: about a year and half.
Catholic Charities Nid.-The Catho-
= lie Aid Association, which was effected
by an act of the New York legislature,
and which has statewide territory in
which to operate, is being incorpo-
rated in each of the seven dioceses of
the province of New York for a spe-
cific work The character of that work
is of the widest scope and covers the
entire field of charity and re-
lief work, in fact, covers every need
of a social or religious character which
may come up among the Catholic
peoples of the state of New York.
Opens New SchooI.-Fordham Uni
versity has established a graduate
school in the Woolworth building, New
York. Courses are offered leading to
the degrees of A. NJ, M. S., Phi. NJ,
Phi. L. and Phi. D. For the convenience
of those who are engaged in profess
sional pursuits down town by day the
lectures have been extended so as also
10 include the evening hours. The
courses are open to graduates of any
college or university of good standing
and to special students. Rev. Mat
thew L. Fortier, S. j., is dean, and
the faculty includes several of the
most prominent Jesuit educators in
-the country.
Makes Gift to University.-Dr. Ed
win r. Heath of Kansas City, Kan,
in whose honor the Bolivian govern
ment named Heath River, has present
ed to Notre Dame University num-
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