The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06

churches; 81 in the number of its
seminarians for the priesthood; 1,249
in the number of it's religious Sisters,
noyices and postulants; 5 in the num-
Der of its religious orders of women;
as in the number of its rarOchial
schools; 1892 in the number of par
ish school pupils; in the number OF
its hospitals and % in the number Of
its Conferences of the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul. Surely a great
seven-years' work!
Oak Leaves on FIag.-The Denver
Knights of Columbus, whose service
flag now contains siXty-fve stars, MAX
ing it one of the largest fraternal ban
rers in the city, have just added other
unique insignia to 1.-TWO golden oak
leaves, the official designation of a
United States major. These leaves
have been placed in the red space at
either side of the flag, one standing for
Maj. NJ. c. Harrington, of the Hibernia
Bank and the other for Major Dean,
prominent physician and surgeon
who is a member of the council 1t is
believed that Denver council is the
only fraternal society in the state that
| has furnished two majors to the army,
and T. J. Donnegan, the financial sec
rotary, who invented the oak leaf idea,
thought that some recognition should
! be made of this fact
Rents Property for One Dollar
Rev. Timothy Dempsey of st. Louis,
! Mo-, has requested that the city rent
to him a building owned by the city
nominal rental, to be altered for use
as a hotel for working girls. Mayor
Kiel and Comptroller Nolte completed
arrangements with the Reverend
Father, Monday, by which the city is
to receive $12 a year rental and Father
Dempsey is to stand the expense OF
improvements. The old structure for
merly was occupied by ST AIMS
Founding Asylum and was purchased
by the city Of st. Louis in 1903 and
used as an emergency hospital until
1908, since when it has been vacant
1t is estimated that it will cost Father
Dempsey $4,000 to repair it.
Uruquay's Clergy-The nations
clergy are formed in seminary il
Montevideo, directed by the Father!
of the Society of Jesus. The republic
is divided into sixty-five parishes, anC
numbers a secular clergy of hun
dred and sixty devoted priests, alons
with goodly number of religious
Jesuits, Capuchins, Redemptorists
Salesians, Carmelites, Franciscans
Oblates of ST. Francis de Sales, Laza
rists, Missionaries of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Brothers of the Hol
Family, etc. Whole volumes might b.
written in praise of the religious Oh
ders of women, to whom the countr
is so lastingly indebted for charitabl
and educational work of incalulabl
Esocial value-Salesians, TeresianS
? and Dominicans; Sisters of Our Lad
: of the Garden of Olives, of the Goo
2 Shepherd, and of Mercy; Sisters c
. Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Madame
of the Sacred Heart, Capuchins, 81!
+ tiers of st. Joseph, etc.
q Father Browne.-A recent additio
\ to the Catholic Foreign Mission 81
ciety of America at Maryknoll, Ossil
ing, N. Y, has been made in the pc
son of Rev. P. w. Browne, of New
fOundland. Father Browne, after nal
e ing his preparatory studies at S
d BonaVenture's St Johns, N. F
| studied philosophy at Propaganda
y Rome. His theological course wa
h completed at Laval University, GU
/ bee. Though his parochial duties wei
c arduous, Father Browne nevertheless
e found time to devote to study. He
e the author of a history of Labrado
7. Where the Fishers Co." and has col
d tributed articles to The Catholi
f. World, the Irish Ecclesiastical Re
g ord, and other reviews. For som
years he was professor of history an
English at the University of OttaW;