The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-09
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Sell stamps.-St Xaviers paroehial
school in Cincinnati, represented by
25 children of the school, sold $126,'
676 in War Savings Stamps.
New Motherhouse.-At an early
date, the Sisters of Mercy of st. Louis
will occupy their new Motherhouse at
Webster Grove, a tract of 20 acres OF
land, and capable of housing 100 or
phans and $50 Sisters.
Cancel Jubilee.-The silver jubilee
celebration of the president and vice
president of the Catholic Church Ex-
tension Society, Monsignors Francis
G. Kelley and E. B. Ledvina, has been
Cancelled because of the influenza
epidemic,
Help Sufferers.-For the epidemic
in Boston, the Society of st. Vincent
de Paul has established in needy sec
tions Nourishing and Supply Stations.
The League of Catholic Women look
after the destitute children; the Con-
vent of the Franciscan Sisters of
Mary and the st. Elizabeth Day MUIR
sery are used as shelters.
Gives to Catholic Huts.-Toronto's
answer to those who considered It's
citizens to a greater or less extent too
narrowminded to allow patriotism to
dominate over sectarianism, was given
in the total of 181,224.75, donated in
three days to the Catholic Hut fund
New College President.-Very Rev
Emile A. Diebold, S. j., has been
named president of st. Charles Col
lege. at Grand Coteau, La, succeeding
the Very Rev. NJ. A. Grace, S. J., who
so ably filed this position for the past
five and a half years. The announce
ment was made by Very Rev. Emile
Mattern, s. j., Provincial of the
Jesuits of the South. Father Diebold
was born in France forty-four years
ago. coming to America in 1893, and
was ordained at st. Louis, by Arch
bishop Glennon, in 1907.
Archbishop Harty. Archbishop
Harty received a letter from Cardinal
Gasparri, secretary of state to Pope
Benedict XIV, conveying his felicia
tons to the Archbishop on the fiji
teenth anniversary of his conservation
The Cardinal states that His Holiness
Pope Benedict sends to the Arch
e bishop, his clergy and his people g
s special blessing in honor of the occa
g sion. The letter was written early II
F August, and it has taken more thar
F two months for it to come from Rome
Crucifix Saves Life.-Few soldiers
from the New York district have haC
as many unusual escapes from deatl
as Private Joseph H. Harrington o.
the 106th Infantry. First, he write:
home, a shell fragment struck him
but its force was broken by crucifix
a medal of the Sacred Heart and {
prayer book. While he was waiting
for treatment for his injured arm an
other shell fragment tore off the en-
tire left side of his uniform and shir
and split the medal, which his mothe,
had given him, in half. 1t hurt hin
only slightly.
Cardinal Farley CIub.-The Cardina
Farley Soldiers and Sailors Club, a
Is to 10 East Thirtieth Street, New
York, was dedicated last Friday b.
the Rt. Rev. Patrick ]. Hayes, Chap
lain General of the Catholics in tn
Army and Navy. The late Carolina
gave the property to the New Yorl
Catholic War Council several month
before his last illness. The Club &C
commodities $50 men in dormitorie
and will have the usual facilities TO
visiting soldiers and sailors. 1t vii
be open to men in the service IRE
spective of race and creed.
Priest Sells Liberty 5onds.-Re1
Maurice Griffin, of Youngstown, Ohio
proved himself a real auctioneer FIR
day noon of last week at the Truscol
Steel Co., when he auctioned off t
the day workers of the plant $4,000
in Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds. TIL
hour for the whistle to blow for tn
men to go back to work came, but tn
whistle didn't blow until every ma
had bought a bond. The allotmen
for the plant-day men and night me-
was 100000, but with the day me-
purchasing $4,000 the capacity G
the employees for bonds was wrongl
figured by officials. The men stan
peded Father Griffin, so eager wer
they to help provide dollars for viz
tory.
Italians Trust Pastoral press di!
patch from Chester, Pa, dated Octt
Der IA, says. Thirty-two members {
the Italian Catholic Church of st. Al
thony de Padua, this city, have bee
fatally stricken by the influenza will
in few days and the pastor of tn
parish, Rev. Father Garritano, ha
been ministering to the sick and d,
ing night and day since the epidemi
began. Their faith in the pastor an
priest has been conspicuously demon
strated by twenty-seven of the thirt
victims of the disease, leaving the
money in bank bonds, postal saving