The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-14
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Advocate of official organ.-The |
Archbishop of Philadelphia mas ere
ated a new diocesan office, that OF |
Advocate of the official Organ'-The |
Standard and Times. Rev. Miles A.
Keegan, has been named to promote |
the interests of the paper IN all the
parishes of the archdiocese.
Former Chaplain of the Maine
Mgr John Chadwick, who was chap |
lain of the battleship Maine when II
was blown up in Havana harbor III |
1899. and who resigned from the navy |
in 1903. has offered his services to the
government.
Georgia Catholics for Flag.-Oficers
of the Georgia Catholic Laymen AS
sociation announced last week that
$4,000 Catholics in a referendum had
Endorsed not only what President Will
son had done. but whatever he may |
do TO uphold American prestige.
Episcopal JubiIee.-All the parishes
in Brooklyn will unite in celebrating
the twenty-fifth anniversary OF the
conservation of Rt. Rev. Charles Il.
Mcdonnell, d. D., as Bishop OF the
diocese. The event will take place on
April -.
Nuns Chapel Dedcated.-The hand
some. new, cruciform Good Shepherd
chapel in Omaha, Neb., seating 1000
persons and costing $260,000, was ded-
icated by the neutrality-suspicious. OF
Omaha, Most Rev. jeremiah j. Harry,
assisted by the Bishops of Lincoln
and Cheyenne, on March Is.
a "Cottage-P Plan" AsyIum.-What is
known as the "cOttage-plan" has been
adopted by the diocese of Fort Wayne,
Indiana, for a new orphanage to be To-
Gated on a tract of 80 acres of land.
\ group Of five cottages, two stories in
height. will be erected at cost of
about $4,000.
Work of Centuries Enthusiastically
four hundred years of valuable, I'M
replaceable history Of Mexico, con-
tanned in the archives of the Cathe-
dral of Mexico, were sent by the Car
ranzistas to the paper mill as old
paper TO be ground up.
Salesian Misson5.-There are f,4O0
Salesian missionaries now working in
Argentine. The first foundation was
made in 1875 in Buenos Ayres. There
are now twelve Salesian communities
in that city and 5000 pupils are under
instruction.
Lone Star State Not 8goted.-The
bill recently introduced in the Texas
legislature calling for the inspection
of private sanitariums, hospitals, asy-
lums, orphanages, reformatories, con-
vents, monasteries, private colleges"
etc, has been killed in the committee
to which it was referred, only one vote
being cast in it's favor.
Good Mistress HeaIly."-The first
female school teacher mentioned in
American records was the good Mis-
tress Heally," who taught at Cam
bridge, Mass, i'll 1850. She was the
wife Of William Heally, Irishman,"
who located in that now famous uni
Vcrsity town as early as 1864.
Five Little Giris.-Fiye girls, rang
ing in age from eleven to fourteen,
were arrested few days ago by the
police of Brooklyn, n. Y, on charges
of robbing church poOr-bOXes. lnfor-
nation secured from them resulted in
the arrest of three men, who are al
legged to have coached the girls in
crime.
Home for Aged Members of Knights
of Coiumbus.--The establishment of
national home for aged members of
the Knights of Columbus order is
proposition advanced by the Philadel-
phia chapter, which is meeting with
widespread approval among members
of the order in the East.
Father Cavanaugh's Sermon.-The
sermon delivered by Very Rev. John
Cavanaugh, president of the University
of Notre Dame, at the funeral of Judge
Gibbons in the Immaculate Conception
Church, Chicago, has been published
by the National Corporation Reporter
in an edition of $4,000. 1t has been
the subject of much comment and
praise by men all over the country.
Church Destroyed by Fire.-St. Dom
mics Church at Parsons, Pa, in the
diocese of Scranton, was burned, the
rectory badly damaged and a whole
block of homes menaced, recently.
Fire departments of that city, Plains
and Miners Mills went to the assist
ance of the local firemen, and after
several hours work checked the
flames. The loss is estimated at $40,-
600.
Death of War Nurse.-With the
death of Sister Theodosia Farran at
the Mt St Joseph-on-the-Ohio Moth
erhouse of the Sisters of Charity, last
week, one of the last two of the heroic
group Of Nuns that served as nurses
upon the battlefield during the Civil