The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17

Cathedral: The sermon next sun
day evening will be on The Duty of
Fasting on the Appointed Days"
War Camp Service: Forty soldiers
were guests last Sunday at an outing
and supper at Wildwood. The Catho-
lie Auxiliary of the War Camp Com
munity service was host. The auXili-
AIRY entertains every Sunday for a
group of soldiers, usually at Wildwood,
where amusements are provided for
the guests, after which supper is
served at the pavilion.
The executive board will meet every
Monday at 1890 p. M. at Field-Schlick
& Co. tea rooms to discuss and plan
the entertainments for the soldiers
every Sunday The executive board
comprises c. H. f. Smith, president;
Mrs. ?. H. Gallagher, vice president;
Miss Rose Walsh, secretary; Miss Nir-
ginia McFadden, assistant secretary;
Miss Helen Mcbride, chairman press
committee; j. C. Flanagan, chairman
finance committee; Cornelius Crowley,
chairman entertainment committee;
A. l.. Roth, treasurer; John A. Harti-
gan, chairman ways and means com
mittee; Mrs. R. A. Walsh, Mrs. w. J.
Logue, Mrs. NJ. Cashier, Henry Nc
Coll, William Enright, John Burns, AL
fred Soucheray and Charles Williams.
Guild of Catholic Women: At a
recent meeting of the executive board
of the Guild of Catholic Women, its
president announced that the War
Camp Community Service, a national
organization which is operating in St.
Paul under the supervision Of the Fed
eral government, had, through its To-
cal office, requested the guild to take
an active part in affording recrea-
tional opportunities to soldiers at
Fort Smelling and the Overland Train
ing School during their leisure time.
The ways and means for undertake
ing this work was discussed and
war camp community service COM
mittee appointed as follows: Mrs. ?.
H. Gallagher, chairman; Mrs. E. c.
Ives, Mrs. Emily Hartung, Mrs. J. F.
Cullen, Mrs. VIM. LOgue, Mrs. NJ. }.
McFadden, Mrs. J. H. Russell, Mrs.
VIM. Tamborino, Mrs. T. M. Van
Valkenberg, Mrs. E. J. Clasen, Mrs.
Henry CARING, Mrs. Philip Purcell,
Mrs. Geo. Larson.
Ladies' Auxiliary, A. Q. H.: On Tues
day. August 6, a meeting of Division
I was held. committee, with Mrs.
Ellen Flint as chairman, was APP
pointed for the purpose of seeking to
have Irish History introduced into the
parochial schools of St Paul. The
next meeting will be held on August
20.
Sacred Thirst Society: Mrs. Thomas
Walsh has been secured to act as
Chairman of this Society for the par
ish of st. Michael, and Miss NJ Nc
Manus as Chairman of st. Patrick's
parish. This nearly completes the
list of chairmen for all the parishes
in the city. Each Chairman has a
committee of ten who are on their
local committee.
The next meeting of the Society and
of the six parish chairmen of the Dry
Campaign Committee will be held at
the home of Mrs. c. J. Madden, 879
Dayton Avenue on Monday afternoon,
August 10, at 2:3O o'clock.
Church of ST. Mary: The dedication
of the service flag of st. Mary's parish
on Thursday evening, August 8, at
tracted a large gathering of people.
The ceremony, held on the grounds
adjoining the church, began with the
singing of a number Of patriotic songs
by John Whitaker, accompanied by
Miss Elsie NJ. Shave. The service
flag was unfurled by Master Wallace
Roney, after which the Rev. l.. F.
Ryan of the Cathedral, gave a brief
address on the significance Of the flag
to the people of the parish, and its
deeper meaning as the symbol Of the
loyalty of Catholics to the nation in
her hour of trial. The program was
brought to a close with the singing of
the Star Spangled Banner by all pres
ent, after which an ice cream festival
was held on the lawn. 1t was well
patronized and proved one of the most
successful ever given for the benefit
of the church.
The service flag shows the national
cOlors On background Of red felt,
3 by feet in size, rests well pro-
portioned cross made of white felt on
which are number of blue stars in
the form of cross, and in the center
of the arms the figures 120 repre-
senting the number of young men
from the congregation who have
Joined the colors. Above the cross in
blue letters is THE Church of st.
Mary" and below it st. Paul. MINI.
The flag, suspended from an orna-
mented bar by five gold galloons,
hangs in the sanctuary as the symbol
of the corporate loyalty of the parish
of ST. Mary. In addition to this, the
names of the young men and the
branch of the service in which they
are engaged are found on roll of
honor that hangs on the center panel
of the pulpit
Church of ST. John: On the lawn
adjacent to st. Johns Church, last
Sunday afternoon, ceremonies dedicat-
;ro tho corvicp FLAG containing 1872