The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-02

urday evening, March IS, at 8:15
o'clock, under the auspices of the
women of the parish, for the building
fund of the new church. Admission
will be twenty-five cents.
Church of the Blessed Sacrament:
A permit was issued last Tuesday for
the construction of q school building
by the parish of the Blessed Sacra.
ment at Hazel Park. The institution
will be erected on Ames avenue be-
tween White Bear and Van Dyke. The
school will be 60 by LOG feet in size,
three stories high and of brick con-
struction.
Guild of Catholic Women: The reg
ular monthly meeting of the Guild of
Catholic Women will be held Monday,
March A, at 2:30 p. M in the Wilder
Building. Reports will be read. Mr..
E. NJ. Mcmahon, General Secretary of
the ST. Paul Association, will give a
talk on Civic Progress in st. Paul.
MINNEAPOLIS
Pro-Cathedral of st. mary: "Presi.
dent Lincoln" was the subject Of the
prize essay contest among the fifty
pupils of the eighth grade. Mrs. Ter
renee Connolly, ST., offered the prize
of $40 for the best essay on the la
mented President. The contest was
decided on Friday, February %, and
was won by Susan Collins.
ST. Vincent de Paul Society: The
Particular Council of the Society Of
st. Vincent de Paul, of Minneapolis,
has issued it's annual report. 1t shows
the total receipts for the past year
amounting to $58210, and expendi,
lures of $578.S0. Ten parish confer
ences are listed. The report calls for
continued and increasing help in or
der to meet the many needs of the
Society, and of the City Missionary,
Rev. Michael A. McRaith.
Church of ST. Stephen: Last Sun
day afternoon at three o'clock, in the
school auditorium, the government
representative, Edward F. Trefz, OF
| the Food Commission, delivered a fer
vent appeal for Individual sclf-denial
in the matter of food conservation
Mr.. Trefz has been in France, where
during many months, he studied con
ditions in the trenches and in the
| country at large. He contends that
we in America have no idea of the
heroic sacrifices that the French sol
diers and the French people are max
| ing voluntarily and gladly in order tC
win the war. Not only do the civil
ianS never taste wheat bread, but even
the women and children go hungry in
order that the men in the trenches
may have little more food. The
speaker explained fully the various
uses of hog-fat, for the cleaning and
| oiling Of the guns; for the limbering
up of the soldiers shoes, for the mas
sage of their cold and rheumatic bod
| les, etc., o. all the men, however. ir
France or in Belgium, said Mir. Trcfz
there are none to equal as q class The
| Catholic priests. Their courage, theil
cheerfulness, their steady, serene
peaceful faith amid the greatest dan
gers and hardships have no parable
even in those countries where hero
| ism has grown common. They have
kept up the morale of the armies more
than any other influence. Il am no
a Catholic" said the speaker, "but
take my hat off to the Catholic
priests
/ Church of ST. Lawrence: The choi
gave a sacred concert in the Churcl
on Thursday evening of last week a
a quarter past eight o'clock. Thu
members of the choir were assisted b.
Mr.. Chester Campbell, violinist. /
good audience filled the Church ant
followed the splendid program will
close attention. The proceeds will b.
added to the general fund of the PAL
ish.
| Church of the Holy Name: New
Stations of the Cross were blessed an
erected in the Church on Ash Wednes
day by Reverend John s. Curry, o. +
NJ, of Jordan, MINI. The cercmonie
took place at eight O'Clock in the ever
, ing. The stations are the work of th
st. Paul Statuary company. The sui
jects are worked out in group form
A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesu
: and another of ST. Patrick have RI
Gently been presented to the Churc
by two members of the parish VIII
wish their names to remain unknown