The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Arcadia, Ia, destroyed by the storm
of May 21. The cost will be about
$50. 900 and the work will start in the
near future.
Enters X, of c. Work.-The Rev.
Lucien Libert of Martinton, ILL.,, ma
tive of Belgium, who came to America
when a small boy, was one of eight
chapIains and secretaries who sailed
recently from an Atlantic port for
France to engage in Knights OF Co
lumbUS war work.
Priest Drowned.-Rev. Phidyme Jo-
bin. Roman Catholic curate at st.
Francois Beauce, was drowned last
week while bathing in Lake Legare,
Temiscoulata county, Quebec.
Patriotic College.-The new direc-
tory of Creighton College of Medicine
of Omaha, Neb., will show that more
than 80 per cent of the entire number
of graduates of that institution are
now on the active list of the army or
of Gal graduates. Fourteen OF the
faculty of fifty-hve are in the service.
Gave Pastor Thrift Stamps.-At
surprise celebration rendered to Rev.
Mark Hamburger, C. PIP. s., pastor OF
ST. Mark Church, Evanston, Ohio, in
honor of his silver priestly jubilee, MS
parishioners presented him with
$1,000 purse. the greater part of which
had been converted into thrift stamps,
thus making Father Mark member
of the local War Savings Limit club
Catholic Bureau.-The Archdiocesan
Employment Bureau of Chicago has
ceased to exist as a distinCtively Cath
Ole organization. 1t had part to
play in the war, and is now playing it.,
merged with the Federal Employment
Service. though it's present force and
many friends will continue as the
means of making the bureaus work
effective The arrangement is for the
duration of the war or during its use
fitness to the Government, immedi-
ately after which it will resume oper-
ations as a strictly Catholic institu-
ton.
Father Bonner.-Very Rev. Rudolph
Bonner, o. F. NJ, was reelected Pro-
vincial at the annual Provincial Chap
ter of the Cincinnati Franciscan Pro-
vince of ST. John the Baptist, which
was held recently at St. Anthony Mon
astery, Mt. Airy. The chapter, which
was held all week, was presided over
by Rev. Anselm Kennedy, o. F. NJ,
Visitor-General.
Southern ChapIaln.-Rev. ]. B. kar-
nowski, of the Diocese of Denver, who
went to Texas about year ago, and
who was stationed at st. Anne's
Church, Kosciusko, and latterly at ST..
Peters Church, Boerne, has received
his appointment as Knights of Column
bus chaplain. Father Karnowski left
last week on a visit to his relatives
in Seneca and Kansas City, Kansas,
where he will await official notifica-
ton to report overseas.
Old Sixty-Ninth.-The 165th Infan-
try, formerly the Gallant SiXty-Ninth''
of New York, continues to make his
tory in France. Last week word was
received that the first man to brave
the German shells and cross the
Ourcq River was Lieutenant Bowling
of the SiXty-ninth. He was followed
by James McGovern and Thomas Lay
den, Brooklynites, also of the Sixty.
ninth. The regiment is entirely Irish
Catholic
Church and Rectory Burned.-On
July II the church and rectory at
BruXelles, Canada, we're completely
destroyed by fire. The origin of the
fire was due to an explosion of the
sanctuary lamp. Nothing was saved
The fire spread so rapidly that time
was not given TO remove even the
Blessed Sacrament. All the furniture
from the rectory was saved by the
people. The club rooms and convent
were saved. The loss is estimated al
$4,000, partly covered by insurance.
Useful Warning.-In an address
which he delivered at the state con
vention of the Massachusetts K. of C.
Cardinal O'Connell said: The whole
hierarchy of the United States was
busy in placing before the American
people the position of the church. We
were being attacked in a thousand
quarters, sometimes openly, sometimes
Covertly. There were vilifying state
ments and lies of all kinds printed
in reputable and in disreputable pa
pers alike. There was concerted
drive against the Catholic Church
While this thing was at it's heigh
some so-called representative Catho
lie stands forth and says: "There il
no bigotry in the country; that is
thing of the past This is not merely
false, piece of folly; it does untolC
HARM
Unique ChapeI.-The Lady Chape
of Saint Joseph's Church, Baraboo
Wis, contains an altar different from
any to be seen elsewhere, say
Rev. j. T. Durward in The Salv
Regina. 1t is the Litany of Lo
retto in marble and onyx. TIL
n.