The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-21
NEW WORLD ITEMS

NEW VONLD AUAO
The Governor At Mass.-The Cover
nor of Colorado attended the Pontifical
Mass in the Cathedral, Denver, on
Thanksgiving Day.
New CoIlege.-The celebrated, CEN
fury old congregation of the Sisters OF
Charity of Nazareth will open in Louis
willie, KY, a college for the higher edu-
cation of women.
Ordains Clerics.-In the Church OF
IS. Peter and Paul, at Cumberland,
Md, Bishop Walleser of the Caroline
Islands, conferred minor and major
orders on Ii students OF theology.
Sisters Die.-Two Sisters of Charity
of Leavenworth, who also are sisters
bv birth. died within five days of each
other at Grand Junction, Colorado.
They were Sisters Mary Aloysius and
Marguerite Heffernan.
Many Centenaries.-n Kentucky,
the coming year is the centenary OF
the conservation Of Bishop David, the
ordination of Father de Parcq, the con
secration of the Cathedral of Bards-
town, the opening of st. Joseph Col
lege, and the transfer to Bardstown OF
the theological Seminary of St
Joseph.
Passionist official news
has been received that Chaplain Alban
CalIagee. formerly of st. Gabriel Mon
asterv. near Boston, and the first Pas
sionist Father to be assigned to over
seas duty, has been promoted to the
rank of captain and cited for bravery
under enemy fire. Father Callagee is
chaplain of the 10th U. S. Infantry
illinois Centenary.-The centenary
of the admission of the state of Illinois
into the Union, which occurred on
Tuesday, December 8, was most ap
propriately celebrated by the Catho
lies of the state. The event brought
together a distinguished gathering in
Chicago. to attend the first public
meeting of the Catholic Historical So
ciety of Illinois AS a mark Of his
appreciation OF the Importance OF the
new organization and of the signifi
canoe of the day the Most Rev. George
w. Mundelein, D. D., was present.
Deaf Mutes' Gift.-Last Sunday aft
ternoon Cardinal Gibbons was Offered
an engrossed photograph of the dele
gates to the last July convention of thu
Knights of De LEpee, in honor of hi:
Jubilee. In receiving it he said: 90
all the offerings of my Jubilee / con
slider this the best" The deafmute:
delivered in sign language an address
The Society celebrated its tenth ami
versary on the feast of ST. Franci:
Xavier, its patron.
793 Stars On FIau.--A service flas
with 1888 stars, seven of them in gold
was unfurled Sunday by the parish O.
ST. Joseph, New York City. The
speakers after a parade through Green
wich Village, were Mgr. John Edwards
and W. Bourke Cochran. The process
sion was headed by Mrs. Mary Nolan
who has four sons in the service, &C
companied by twelve women who have
three sons each in the service.
Archbishop's 1rother.-Dr. JOSEPH
F. Corrigan, formerly a prominen
physician of New York, died Thursday
night at St Leo, Fla. The funera
services will be held Monday in st
Joseph Church, Newark. Dr. Corrigar
was the father of Magistrate Joseph E
Corrigan and was a brother of the late
Archbishop Corrigan, of New York
He had lived in the South for thirty
four years.
Shrine of the immaculate Concep
tior.-About ten years ago, it wa:
first suggested that the Faithful o
the United States erect, somewhere il
the country, preferably at the Catholic
University, Washington, a BETTING
shrine church in honor of the Patron
ess of the United States, Mary, the I'm
maculate Conception. The cost was t.
be several millions of dollars ant
should be the offering of all the Faith
full, and it will be erected solely in he
honor as Patroness. This will soon b.
accomplished.
Distinguished Service crcss.-Jame
A. McKenna, of New York City, ha
received official notification of the pos
thumous award of the Distinguished
Service Cross to his son and name
sake, Major McKenna of the 165th In
fantry, who was killed on July Is
while leading his battalion of the oil
Goth across the Ourcq. General Pei
shing announced the award to Majo
McKenna on September Is.
Venerable Bell.--The great bell il
the cathedral-church at Vincennes, Ir
diana, cast nearly one and one-hal
centuries ago in France, and whicl
rang in Vincennes in 1879 for Victory
pealed out the tidings of the ARMS
tice last month, the Bishop DR., Char
trand, presiding and directing at 3:3
o'clock in the morning. At ga
o'clock on that morning, November Il
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