The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-20
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FriarS' Phone Out. - Inere are
Franciscan friars living near their
Church on West Thirty-first street,
New York. Not long ago society
of actors, called THE Friars," open
ed a club house in the neighborhood.
The spiritual exercises of the two
places are somewhat different. The
program of the "'Friars" calls for a
'frolic" three nights a week and
"gambol" on another night. Night"
here means in the neighborhood of
2:30 a. m. 1t is no wonder, then,
that the friars of st. Francis Assist
have disconnected their phone. 1t
was not always agreeable for the real
friars to be awakened after midnight
by the phone asking what time the
"doings" were booked" and could
they bring the girls along to the
gambol. And now the monastery
phone bell rings no more.
Gift of Non-catholic.-Th Cathe-
dral priests of Denver, Colo, expect
to be in the new rectory, at the cor
ner of ColfaX avenue and Pennsyl-
vania street, by next Sunday. The
building was presented to the late
Bishop Matz by Werner u. Reed, non
Catholic millionaire, about year ago,
and was turned over to the priests
by Bishop Then. The gift of the
property was the most magnificent
thing ever done by a Colorado nom
Catholic for the Catholic Church
Forty thousand dollars had been ask
ed for the property when the parish
endeavored to buy it some time be-
fore.
For the Chinese.-Revs. Edward j.
Calvin, Joseph P. OLeary and
Matthew Dolan, recently arrived from
Ireland to interest the people of the
United States in the Chinese Mis-
sions, have decided to make Omaha
their headquarters and will issue
from there a reprint of the missionary
magazine The Far East. Archbishop
Harry, who, for twelve years, was as
sociated with the missionary work in
the Orient, has given the organiZa
ton his most hearty approval, it be,
ing upon his invitation the Fathers
will make this city the center of their
work.
Reqna Pacis Shrine.-In the
Church of the Annunciation, B. V. NJ.
in Philadelphia, has been erected g
| beautiful shrine. War and Peace are
depicted in the two panels. Soldiers
equipment, abandoned by the way
side; shattered trees and a burnil-E
village, tell the grim story of War
A green valley bedecked with flowers
with a ploughman in the foreground
shows the Peace to be prayed for. In
set is the figure of the Madonna
downcast, the Infant sleeping undis
turbed upon her breast and claspin!
an olive branch, symbol of Peace
The sleeping Babe is the solution o
mans troubles and the sorroWfu
mother, mans mediator. Over all i
a halo of light, with the name, Maria
revealed by the rays.
Catholic Bequests.-Catherfn {
Johnston, of Brooklyn, who died O,
Jan. IA, in her will made the Churc
of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus an
Mary the chief beneficiary, no nea
relatives surviving her. Five parcel
of property in Manhattan are ordere
to be sold and the proceeds turne
over to the church for it's improve
ment and the development of the pal
ish school, The residue of the estate
after other requests are made, also
bequeathed to the church. The SUI
of $1,000 is left to the Rev. job
. Vogel or his successor at the Churc
of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus an
Mary for the weekly saying of Masse
for the repose of her soul.
Heroic GirI.-Miss Marguerite
Kennedy, only daughter of Bryan |
Kennedy, of New York, vice-presiden
of the Hartman Bank, is in Pari
where she has joined the America
Fund for the French Wounded, unde
Miss Anne Morgan. She is drivin
motor car from Paris to the has
; hospitals. Miss Kennedy is a tho
ough French linguist and an expel
; motor driver. She took with he
$500, which she collected among he
friends in New York, for the Dea
Dumb and Blind Asylum at ARA
: This is a Catholic institution col
Quoted by the Sisters of Mercy, who's
/, building was damaged during the frs
bombardment of Arras by the &c
mans. Miss Kennedy is president {
the Cathedral Girls Club, and, Will
one thousand of the boys from S
Patrick Cathedral have left for tn
front, she is the only girl from tn
| parish who is in active service.