The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-16
NEW WORLD ITEMS

x. c. Fund.-The War Fund cam
paign of the knights of Columbus, OF
Milwaukee, realized 1927, 270.93.
High School for Girls.-ln st. Louis,
last week, under the Craftsmanship OF
-tf1r Archbishop, there took place
meeting of the ArchdiOceSan clergy to
consider the erection OF a diocesan
high school for girls.
K. of c. Orives.-The knights OF Co
lumbus' Drives resulted in: Pitts
burg, $4,000 and $4,000 more await
,ing collection; Chicago, $75O,OOO;
hartford, $4,000; Buffalo, $4,000,
and 50 elsewhere.
AGED Catholic Indian.-An interest
led and interesting visitor to an auto
show in Chicago last week was kaben-
.awoywence, a Chippewa Indian, who
is said to be 1870 years old. He is
q Catholic and makes his home at
'Cas5 Lake, Mimi.
Death of John EngeIs.-John En-
.gels, one of the organizers of the State
tFedcration of Catholic Societies OF
New York, died at his home in New
York City, last Wednesday.
Educator and JournaIsr.-John 10
scph Bodkin, Il resident of Los Ange-
les county for the last forty-three
years and pioneer educator and
Journalist Of Southern California, died
at his home in Los Angeles, after an
illness of only two days.
. The Venerable Anne.-In the Car
mCite Convent, RoXbury, Mass, on
February ), and Z, solemn Iridium
was held in commemoratiOn Of the
Qualification of the Venerable Mother
Anne Of St Bartholomew, of the Car
melites of Antwerp, who was with st.
Teresa when she died 4 Life of the
Venerable Anne of St. Bartholomew
was published a few months ago by
turmelitc Sister OF the Archdiocese
OF st. Louis.
Notre Dame Priest Honored.-Rev.
Timothy Maher, eighty-siX years of
aye, dean of the faculty of Notre
Dame University, was rendered a re-
CeptiOn on ST. Timothy's day, January
-, at which Rev. Dr. Cavanaugh,
president of the university, did honor
To the venerable priest in the name of
professors and teachers.
For Free SchooIs.-Rey. Charles
Curran, rector of Holy Trinity parish,
New Albany, Ind, in his annual report
to his congregation Sunday, stated that
the church had received from the es-
tate of Herman Knirihm, who died a
year ago, $1,000 to go to a fund to
make the Holy Trinity parOchial
schools free. 1t was stated that the
bcQuest was not contained in the will
OF AIr. Knirihm, but that before his
death he had requested that the pay
ment be made.
Ottawa Parish Has Record.--A few
weeks ago, at st. Patrick's Church, OF
tawa, Ontario, Can, there was the
ceremony of blessing National Serv-
ice Flag in honor of the men from the
parish engaged with the c. E. F.,
and in memory of those who have
made the great sacrifice. The flag
shows white cross in a red field. On
The cross where the beams intersect
is = wreath of maple leaves. Within
tie wreath are blue crosses represent
ing the dead (92 crosses-32 of ST.
p,tciCk's men Killed to date).
Church Committee. Archbishop
Mu0delein of Chicago, has instructed
rec; OrS of the archdiocese that boards,
consisting of two laymen, shall be or
2aaized in each parish to aid and coun-
sci the rector in the temporal affairs
OF the parish. Five names are to be
submitted by the pastor to the Arch
bishop, who will designate the two to
serve as lay trustees, curatorS or coun-
Cilmen. The Church Committee shall
be consulted by the rector, whenever
expenses to an amount greater than
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i'll the interest of the parish.
Church Destroyed.-The church,
convent and rectory at North Tennis
kaming, Canada, was destroyed by fire
recently. The fire broke out some
time after midnight, the alarm being
given by a dog, which, owing to the
severe cold, had ben permitted to
sleep in one of the lower rooms of the
prcsbytery, where the fire originated
owing to defective furnace, it is sup
posed. The fire leaped up the stair
ways, through the outbuildings, the
church, and the adjoining convent so
rapidly that the occupants had barely
ttIue to escape with what scanty cloth
ing they had close by them The
Parish priest, Rev. P. Beaudry, with
fire help of some neighbors, succeeded
IN saving the registers and other i'm
Tcrtant papers, the church organ and
.3ome of the vestments.
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Mortimer ScanTan Dead.-Mortimer
=canlan, brother of Michael Seaman,
the poet. and uncle of Judge Hickman
seaman, died at his home in Chicago,
recently, after a protracted illness.