The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18


appointment as a chaplain in the
United States Navy.
Catholic Population. = Four states
in the United States having Catholic
population of over one million are:
New York 1892 ,276; Pennsylvania,
1865, 900; Illinois. 1,406,91S, and Mass
achusetts, 1,26S,175.
New School for Deaf-A new school
for the deaf, costing nearly SSOO,0OO,
is being erected on st. Lawrence
ID boulevard, Montreal, Canada, by the
Fathers of st. Viateur.
Canadian Catholics.-It Is not gen.
orally known that according to its lat
est official census, half OF the total
population of Canada are members of
the Catholic Church-2,S33.04 1 out of
5,619,6S2
University Does Its 5it."-The st.
Louis University will open at once a
school for telegraphers, U. S. Army
Signal Corps, in cooperation with the
Western Union Telegraph Co. The
young men must be between eighteen
and forty-fve years; must have no
physical ailments, or dependents. In
struction will be free.
5ishop-Assistant. - Right Rev. Mi
chael Thomas Labrecque, Bishop of
Chicoutimi. P. O., Canada, has been
appointed an Assistant at the Pontifi-
cal throne.
Practical Patriotism of a Catholic
Order-The Catholic Order OF Forest
erS, through the High Chief Ranger,
Thomas Cannon, announces that the
society purchased 100000 worth of
Liberty Bonds before the close of the
campaign. 1t is believed that this is
the largest block of the bonds held by
any fraternal association in America.
Heat Kills chapIain.-The funeral
of Rev Albert ]. Baler. for fifteen
years an army chaplain, who died
August after he had been stricken
by the heat, was held in the Church
of the Immaculate Conception, New
York. His brother, the Rev. Francis
Y. Baler. rector of the church, was
Celebrant of the solemn requiem Mass.
Monument to Franciscan.-A mag
nificent monument has been erected
~,
J., to the memory of Father Leo Helm
richs, o. F. NJ, the sanity priest who
was shot dead at the altar rail of st.
Elizabeth's Church, Denver, Colo, by
an anarchist in 1905
Collection for Holy Father.-The re-
cent collection for the Holy Father in
the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
amounted to S46,2790S. Of this sum
the Philadelphia city Churches contri-
buted from $1,000 to $1,70O Two
country churches" contributed over
$500 each.
Named Domestic Prelate. - Rev.
Donald Chisholm, rector of the Church
of the Immaculate Conception, Heath
erton, n. S., Canada, has been ap-
pointed a Domestic Prelate by the
Pope with the title of Monsignor.
Catholic Wins Cross. - Frederick
Rene Coudert, of New York City, has
the Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honor. Mr.. Coudert is prominent in
Catholic affairs in the great metrop-
oils.
FeIician Sisters to BuiId.-The Fell
ician Sisters have leased property on
the grounds of the Sisters College,
Washington, D. c., for the erection of
House of Studies. The four prov
inces of the order in this country will
unite in the erection of this house,
which will be the largest of the Sis
ters' College group.
Priest Invents Anti-Submarine De.
Vice.-An anti-submarine device has
been submitted to the government by
the council of national defense. The
inventor is Rev. ]. A. DeVilbiss, S. j.,
of st. Louis University. His inven-
ton is said to be highly technical and
complex, but comparatively simple in
its operation. 1t is operated entirely
by electricity.
Colorado Converts League. - Rev.
E. ]. Mannix took the first step to-
ward the founding of Colorado Con-
verts' League recently. About sixty
converts, all former pupils of Father
Mannix's convert class, received Holy
Communion in a body at the Cathe-
dral in order to show their apprecia-
ton of Father Mannix's labors. the oc-
casion being the sixth anniversary of
his ordination to the priesthood.
Another Catholic Senator-Mr., A.
Claude Macdonell, whose appointment
to the Senate of Canada is announced.
is Catholic. He was Member of
Parliament for South Toronto. He
has brother who is a general with
the Canadian troops in France. and
also cousin who is the general in
command of the Canadian First Diyi-
sion, the position occupied by General
Currie before the latter's appointment
as Commander-in-Chief