The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
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more than repays us for the little eff
forts we put forth for their spiritual
interest" Father Feeney has been
pastor of the church at South Auburn,
N. Y, for twenty-three years. He is
connected with the chaplains' service
Of the American Red Cross in France.
Chaplain Is Observation-Disclosures
J. Carroll Moore, chaplain of the S13th
Regiment, was severely wounded in
the recent drive of the 10th Division,
and is now recuperating in one of the
base hospitals in France. Father
Moore was struck down by shrapnel
in No Mans Land, as he was anoint-
ing some of the Catholic soldiers of
Baltimore's Own Regiment, many of
whom had been his boyhood chums in
Northeast Baltimore. Some of these
chums were struck down in the drive
and Father Moore was there to minis
ter to them. He busted himself also
giving spiritual consolation to many
of the Protestant soldiers. Father
Moore received four wounds, all of
them in his left side. He was taken
to the hospital twelve hours after he
had received his injury and was OPP
Grated upon. He was wounded just
twenty-four hours after he had gone
over the top with his regiment.
Mary Pickford's Gift.-St. Vincent
Hospital at Los Angeles, known affec-
tionately all through Southern Califor-
mia as the Sisters Hospital, has had
added to its already splendid and
modern equipment an appliance which
has nothing at all to do with the latest
methods of surgery. 1t is intended
by its fair donor as an instrument Of
entertainment for Sisters, nurses and
patients. An Edison high-power NOV
ing picture projection machine has
been presented to st. Vincent Hos
pital by Miss Mary Pickford in token
of the love and esteem she cherishes
for the Sisters of Charity and nurses
of the hospital, for the tender care of
her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Pickford,
during her recent illness there. Miss
complete by supplying all of her pic
lures for it, and hereafter there will be
a moving picture entertainment every
week at the hospital.
Irish Name, Catholic Indian.-The
newspapers of recent date have con-
tanned items referring to Leo Francis
Mcclure, who has been twice deco
rated for bravery. This youth, &C.
cording to the Indian Sentinel, is an
Usage miXed-blood and Catholic For
exceptional bravery in effecting the
removal of wounded at night over a
road shelled and badly torn up by
enemy artillery, in September, 1917,
he received the CroiX de Guerre from
the general commanding the 74th Di-
vision of the French army, in which
the brave Tulsa boy was humbly serv-
ing as an ambulance driver. Again for
distinguished bravery nine months
later Leo MCGUIRE received the Amer
lean Distinguished Service Cross from
the hands of Colonel Percy Jones,
chief of service.
Honored by Pope.-Right Rev. Bish-
OPP Hartley recently went to st. Mary
of the Springs, Columbus, Ohio, and
assembled the community to witness
the presentation of beautiful rosary
to Sister NJ Vincentia, the gift of His
Holiness, Pope Benedict XIV. 1t was
blessed and sent by him in recognition
of her fidelity to duty during the TWEEN
ty-six years of her service as Mother
General and of the great work that
she has accomplished for the COM
munity. The rosary contains the fiji
teen decades, made of mother of pearl
beads, each selected for its perfection
of lustre and form, with carved silver
chain and silver. crucifix, all of ex-
quisite workmanship. The whole COM
munity feels honored by this distinc-
ton conferred upon Sister Vincentia
by the Holy Father.