The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
ARCHDIOCESE of ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL.


Bishop Trobec will administer the
Sacrament of Confirmation as follows:
May IL, Pro-Cathedral, Minneapolis;
May ID, st. Helena, Minneapolis; May
15, st. Mark, ST. Paul; May 16,
Chaska; May II, Chanhassen.
Cathedral: Forty Hours Devotion
will open with the High Mass at IL
o'clock, Sunday, May IL, and will
close Tuesday evening. Rev. James j.
Devery, of the Paulist Fathers, Mime
apolis, will conduct the exercises.
Confessions will be heard on Sunday
evening, Monday afternoon and even
ing. Father Devery will preach the
sermon each evening.
} Confirmation will be held on Pente-
Fcost Sunday, May 10, at p. m. A
.5~class of instruction for adults and con-
verts will be held each evening in the
parish residence, at o'clock.
Cretn High School: The celebration
of the feast of the founder of the
Order of the Christian Brothers, ST.
John Baptist De La Sale, whom the
late Pope Plus X styled 1.-THE Father
of Modern Pedagogy" will take place
next Wednesday, May Is. Solemn
High Mass will be celebrated at 9
O'Clock at the Cathedral. The Rev.
John Cullinan will deliver the Saints
panegyric. The Cretin students will
receive Holy Communion in body.
Music will be furnished by the Cathe-
dral Choir as well as by the Cretin
Choral Club, composed of two hundred
students of the school. The boys will
render ''Veni Jesu,' by Cherubini,
Jerusalem" from Gounod's "Gallia,"
and "Inflammatus" from Rossinis
will be the soloist. All friends of
Cretin are cordially invited to attend
these services.
The annual elocution contest will
take place at the Cathedral School
auditorium, next Thursday evening,
May Is, at o'clock. There are to be
twelve participants in the contest
The winner, selected by the judges,
will be awarded a gold medal The
selections will consist of oratorical,
dramatic and humorous readings. The
Cretin Choral Club will render patri-
otto as well as classical musical num-
bers. The popular Cretin Orchestra
will also assist. Admission to this
contest is free to the public, Tickets
may be secured from any of the
students.
The annual scholarship examination
will be held at the school Saturday,
May 25. Examinations in arithmetic,
grammar and history are to be con-
Quoted. These examinations are open
to graduates of all the parochial
schools of the Twin Cities. The three
boys ranking highest in the tests will
be formally awarded Cretin scholar.
ship, June 5, at the commencement
exercises. The monetary value of
scholarship is $3.50. Last year, 1874
boys took the tests.
Convent of the Visitation: A pri-
waite showing of the film version of
Ambassador James w. Gerards "My
Four Years in Germany" was given
at the assembly hall of the convent,
last Monday morning. Arrangements
were made by Mrs Edward Fitzgerald.
The showing was made possible
through Manager l.. N. Scott of the
Metropolitan.
Arts and Letters Department: The
annual May Day meeting of the Arts
and Letters Department of the Guild
of Catholic Women will be held on
Thursday, May Is, at 2:30 p. m, in
the parlor of the Catholic Guild Hall,
215 Nelson avenue.
Rev. VIM. w. Finley, pastor of the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, will
address the assembly on "Woman's
Influence in the Home" Mrs. Frank
Hoffman and Miss Ellen Clare Don
ovan will give the musical program
Mrs. John M. Byrnes will give short
review of the work of the past season
Guild of Catholic Women: The
regular meeting of the Guild was con-
Quoted in the auditorium of the Wilder
building last Monday. The Very Rev.
Francis ]. Schaefer, d. D., rector of
the st. Paul Seminary, told of the
early history of Minnesota and of the
mission chapels of those days The
guild went on record as favoring
statewide prohibition, and will ask
to be enrolled on the list of organiza-
lions taking this stand. 1t was urged
that all members have a war gar
den.'
Sacred Thirst Society: The Sacred
Thirst auxiliary to the Catholic Total
Abstinence union of America met last
Saturday at the home of Mrs. George
r. O'Brien. Plans were made for the
Catholic Woman's Dry Campaign Com
mittee to give luncheon Thursday,
May Is, at twelve o'clock, in the Ryan
Hotel Liberty Tea Rooms, St. Paul
The luncheon will bring together the
members of this committee to con-
slider plans to enlarge the committee
to one hundred women SO as to in
clude five women from each parish.
Mrs. Daniel Coonan of Minneapolis.
will speak on "The Hope of the