The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20

ers are projecting a new college at
Sacramento, Cal, whose cost will eX-
coed 100000
Converts in 1e15.-In 50 dioceses
of this country, 1909 non-Catholics
were received into the Catholic
Church in 1915.
Churches Destroyed.-It was re-
ported in the daily press few days
ago that a tornado which swept over
the town of Atlanta, La, demolished
the business section and destroyed
among other buildings the Catholic
Church.
Mgr. Rainers JuhiIee.-Right Rev.
Prothonotary-A Apostolic Joseph Rain
er, V. G., of Milwaukee and Rector of
st. Francis Seminary, will this year
celebrate the golden jubilee of his or
dination.
$4,000 Pupils in Catholic Schools
Rev. John A. Dillon, supervisor Of
parochial schools for the Diocese of
Newark, estimates the attendance in
the schools at $4,000 pupils.
CoIored Converts Received.-Eight-
cen colored converts were received
at the mission held in Memphis dur
ing December by Father Dorsey.
Among the number was DR.. S. B.
Hickman, well-known physician, and
NJ. S. Fugett, leader among the
Colored population in that city.
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament.
The latest title of the Blessed Vir-
gin is Our Lady of the Blessed Sacra-
ment, and the only statue to her in
in the Church of st. Rose of Lima,
Rockaway Beach, N. Y.
a Cousin of Lafayette.-Mrs. Mar
garet Lynch, formerly of Davenport,
Ia, died in Chicago the other day
She was daughter of one of the
Oldest and most distinguished French
American families, her grandfather
having been u cousin to Lafayette
She was born i'll Dubuque, Ia, in
1851.
Filipinos Not To Be Citizens.-U. S.
District Judge Vaughan, in decision
rendered at Honolulu on December
so, held that Filipinos may not be
naturalized as American citizens, as
they are not white, nor OF African
descent, nor native born.
Mass For Men onIy.-A novelty in
Brooklyn was the o'clock Mass
Christmas morning in the Church of
Our Lady Of Angels. Admission was
restricted to men. The men filled
the edifice and hundreds of them re-
Ceived Holy Communion.
TWO Irish Scholarships.-The La.
dies Auxiliary of the A. 0. H. of
Chicago will endow the new diocesan
seminary with two $4,000 scholarships
to be known as st. Patrick and ST..
Brigid scholarships. There is earnest
rivalry between the two county
boards as to which will complete it's
scholarship first.
Memorial ospitaI.-Through the
generosity of Mrs. Judson Ball, a new
Catholic institution for the care of the
sick, to be known as The Hinde-
Ball Mercy Hospital" will be erected
in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in the very near
future. In making her extremely
liberal contribution, Mrs. Ball memo
rializes her parents and her son, the
late George Ball, after whom the
hospital will be named.
Valuable WindoWs.-Twelve stained
glass windows, donated by parish
toner's, were installed recently at st.
Sebastian's Church, Chicago, by
George H. La Sale. Mr.. La Sale
has been working on the windows for
a year. The work cost $4,000. He
was given the contract in competition
with European artists. The Rev. E.
Byrnes is pastor.
Lord Shauehnessy.-Baron Shaugh.
messy of Montreal, Canada, is, accord
ing to a cable, soon to resign the
presidency of the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company and go to England
to live and sit in the House of the
Lords, assuming the role of an i'm
perial figure" Lord Shaughnessy
was born in Milwaukee, Wis, GO years
ago, and is a Catholic.
Cheer Home of Aged.-John D
Crimmins, his sons, daughters, nieces
nephews and grandchildren were
hosts December % at noon at his
forty-seventh Christmas dinner to 25(
inmates of the Home for the Aged
conducted by the Little Sisters of the
Poor. Mr.. Crimmins, as in former
years, was master of ceremonies, anC
the members of his family, assisted
by twenty nuns, waited upon the ole
people.
Gives Priest $5,000-Rev. Georg,
S. Mahon, pastor of the Church o
the Most Holy Rosary, Syracuse, N
Y, the youngest parish in the city
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