The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-11
NEW WORLD ITEMS


Dominican Order, Columbus, o., has
been appointed professor OF sacred
Scripture at the Dominican lnterha'
tional College, Rome.
Gift for Sisters college.-Mrs. Jas.
c. Farrell. of Albany, N. Y, has con-
tributed to the Sisters College, Catho-
lie University. Washington, $4,000.
American Converts.-lt is a pleasant
duty TO record the names OF TWO
American women recently received
into the Church in Rome: Miss LeVlte
and Miss Warren.
Donates Two Statues.-Dr James
b. O'Connor has presented as memo
rial TO his wife, the late Jennie Noble
O'Connor, two statues of angels 10 the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Lowell,
Mass.
Mexicans Ordained in Texas.-SlN
Young Mexicans, students at the Ma
tional Mexican seminary at Castro
vile. Texas. maintained by the Catho
lie Church Extension society, were re-
Gently ordained priests by an exile
Bishop. and minor orders were given
10 a number Forty-one priests are
alumni of the seminary.
Appointed College President.-Broth
er Benjamin, Principal OF st. johns
Preparatory College Danvers, Mass
since its establishment ten years ago
has been appointed President of St
Xaviers College, Louisville, Ky.
Cathedral of FL Paso.-The new 10
manesaue Cathedral of the new do
cese of FL Paso, Texas. is exteriorally
practically finished. 1t will probably
he dedicated on October rs.
Church on RoIers.-The Church OF
st. Francis of Assist, Chicago, which
is being moved back, on account OF
the widening of Twelfth Street
weighs 5000 tons. The tower, 1SC
feet high, weighs $500 tons, and is
the largest tower ever moved on wood
en- rollers. There are 400 tons Of
structural steel and roo rollers used
in moving the church.
Dedication of orphanaee.-Then new
ST. Vincent's German Orphan Asylum
in ST. Louis, costing $4,000 will be
dedicated August 10 by the Apostolic
Delegate.
New Mother Elected.-At the gen
eral chapter of the Dominican Sisters
held at ST Marys-of-the-Springs, CO
lumbus, O., on July 26, Sister Miriam
for several years mistress of novices
was elected Mother General, succeed
ing Mother Vincentia, who had occu
pied the office for twenty-five years.
Catholic Infants Home.-A HON
for infants has been opened in tn
building formerly used as the ST. Pau
Orphan Asylum, Pittsburg, under tn
care of the Ladies' Catholic BenevC
lent Association The Sisters of 81
Francis will be in direct charge of tn
institution.
Schools in Virgin IsIands.-In tn
Danish West Indian Islands, recent
bought by the United States, schoc
keeps in session practically the Who'll
year round, and religious instructio
is given. About 81 per cent of tn
inhabitants are negroes. Only abor
two per cent of the people are illite
ates.
Editor Retires.-After seven year
of editorial work on the Catholic Az
vance of Wichita, Kans., Rev. J. v
Maher, d. D., has retired to devot
himself entirely to the duties of hi
parish.
Citizens Aid Sisters.-The citizen
Of San Diego, Cal, irrespective {
creed, are giving every possible a
sistance to the Sisters of Mercy VIII
have undertaken to erect a new ho
pital at a cost of 100000.
New Sisters HospitaI.-One of tn
finest and most up-to-date hospitals i
the upper part of New York State wi
be opened next month in Utica by tn
franciscan Sisters. The buildin:
which represents an outlay of almos
100000 has already been offered t
the government as war hospital
College mprovements.-St. Xavie
College, Cincinnati, will spend al
proximately $4,000 in establishin
modern recreation facilities. TIL
basement of the church will underg
a complete alteration, a gymnasium
and number of meetings and socis
rooms will occupy it's space. The sill
gle rooms will be arranged so ths
they can all be thrown into one |
form an auditorium.
Thriving Catholic coIony.--St. Jane
Island, one of the Beaver Islands |
Lake Michigan, is now a thrivin
Catholic colony, though in the middl
of the nineteenth century an effol
was made to form a Mormon settl
ment there. st. James was settled b
fishermen from Galway, mostly Gall;
rhpr Inv name includiucy fhair nrinc