The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Late Bishop Marty.-The Benedic
tines at Yankton. S. D., are building
a memorial chapel to the late mis-
sionary, Bishop Marty, o, S. B.
Jesuit's Golden JubiIee.-On March
IS, the Rev. p. W. Poland, S. j., Of
St. Louis University, observed his
golden jubilee as a Jesuit.
Archbishop Sinnot.-There died re
Gently at Morrell, 2. L. l., Canada
John Sinnot, father of Most Rev Al
fred A. Sinnot, d. d., Archbishop OF
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Catholic Named Agan.-President
Wilson has again named Michael
DOYLE to be Judge of the District
Court of Columbia Municipal Court,
where he has served so successfully
the past few years. Judge Doyle is
a prominent Catholic and member OF
the X. of c. and A. o. H.
Successful Campaigns.-A seven
day campaign to clear away a dent
of $4,000 resting on st. Martin $
Church, Washington, exceeded the to-
tai amount sought by nearly three
hundred dollars 4 similar campaign
conducted in Newark, y. j., for ST.
Aloysius' Church brought in mere
than the fifty thousand dollars need
ed to free that parish from debt.
Gifts for Africa.-A gift of $1,000
for a Catholic chapel in Africa was
made by a ST. Louis woman last week,
concentrating the closing of the
third fiscal year of the establishment
of American headquarters of this
work in St. Louis. At the offices OF
st. Peter CIaver Sodality, which has
charge of collecting for these African
missions, it was computed that $13,-
600 has been given this year.
Mission in Print Shop.-Rev. ]. j..
Mcmahon, pastor of All Saints
Church. St Louis, which was destroy
ed by fire. conducted mission services
in printing shop, rather than inter
rupt the mission which was being
held at the church.
Priests WiII.-The will of the late
Rev Henry A. thinner, of Holy Trim
ity Church. bequeaths $4,000 to St.
Catherine Hospital, brooklyn, and
$1,000 to the Benedictine Abbey
of the Sacred Heart, Oklahoma City,
for Masses for the soul of the tesla
tor His library is given to his neph-
CIV, the Rev. Henry H. Speagler, of
College Point, n, Y, excepting the
archaeological works, which go to the
Brothers of St. Mary at Dayton, Ohio.
Handsome Offering.-A check for
ten. thousand dollars was presented to
very Rev. Dean McNulty. after the
seven o'clock Mass at St. Johns
Church, Paterson, n. j., last Sunday
morning. The members of the COM
mittee who raised the fund, which is
for the benefit of St. John High
School, received Holy Communion at
the Mass, as a thanksgiving Offering
for the blessing bestowed upon the
parish in the sparing of the venerable
Dean for an unusual length of service.
Father TaIImadge a ChapIain.-Rev.
A. ]. Tallmadge, S. j., who went some
months ago from Detroit University
as a Knights of Columbus chaplain to
Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina,
has been commissioned a first lieu
tenant in the army and is now at
Camp Johnston, Florida Father Tall
nudge is a former professor at
Creighton University, where he was
director of the glee club for several
years.
CHARITY Sunday."-ln January,
1917, the pastors of the diocese of
Pittsburg inaugurated Charity Sun
day" for the purpose of acquiring
funds to support the Conference of
Catholic Charities and at the same
time to place before the people the
Catholic doctrine of charity. During
the year the director visited church
every Sunday, with the exception of
Easter Sunday. The offerings of the
congregations visited amounted to
$S,161.21.
Mrs. Goethals, Convert.-Mrs. Pris-
ella H. Goethals was baptized Cath
Ole recently by Mgr. O'Keefe, pastor
of the garrison church at West Point,
n. Y, and made her first Holy Com
munion. She is the daughterin-Iaw
of Major-General Cocktails, builder of
the Panama Canal and present head
of the War Board at Washington.
Mrs. Goethals was formerly an Epis-
copalian, and is the first of the family
TO become Catholic.
Mexican Archbishop's Jubilee. st.
Joseph's Day, March 10, marked the
twenty-ffth anniversary of the epis.
copal conservation of the Most Rev
Jose Mora Y del Rio, d. D., Arch
bishop of Mexico. Severed from his
beloved flock, an exile from his native
land, the venerable Primate of Mexico
quietly celebrated his silver jubilee
with some of his intimate friends and
faithful children at the Provincial