The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-16
NEW WORLD ITEMS

ACCORDANCE WIFI IIe ldoI wiz VI 80
Chas. W. Hoffman, have new $60'ooO
church, 10 be built on the site OF the
old church.
In Military Training.-Four COM
NAMES of students of the Catholic
University are now engaged in mill
tary training They have compulsory
drill three hours a week.
Many Cleveland Jubilees.-Elght
priests of the Cleveland diocese Will
observe their silver jubilee this month.
Five of this number reside in CleVe-
land.
Diocesan War Committee.-Arch-
bishop Moeller has appointed COM
mittee of priests to supervise Cathohc
war activities in parishes and schools
in Cincinnati.
Admiral Renson.--With the death of
Admiral Dewey, the chief position in
the American Navy fell to Rear Adj
miral William Sheppard Benson, who
is both a Catholic and a prominent
Knight of Columbus.
X. of c. at Rutte.-The Butte, Mont,
Knights of Columbus are building a
$4,000 home, which will be ready for
occupancy this month.
Lieut.-Col. Easby-Smith.-Ma j. S.
Easby-Smith, prominent Knight OF Co
lumbus and last years president OF
the District Bar Association, has been
promoted to be Lieutenant Colonel on
the staff of the Judge Advocate Gen
eral He is a good lawyer and an
excellent executive.
Brothers Are Exempt.-President
Wilson and the Secretary of War have
decided, in the case Of Brother Albert,
of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart of
New Orleans, that Catholic teaching
Brothers are not subject to the draft.
Priest Gets First Prize.-The friends
of Rev. julius H. Burbach, the popular
pastor of Holy Assumption Church,
West Allis, Wis, are congratulating
him upon obtaining the first prize, a
$500 bungalow, in the circulation
contest just concluded by the Mil
waukee Sentinel.
Bishop Nussbaum.-Rt Rev. Bishop
Nussbaum, G.. P, and Rev. John H.
Scheid, chancellor of the diocese of
Corpus Christi, Texas, are both recov-
ering from the effect OF the injuries
they received while returning from the
funeral of Bishop Gallagher at Gal
weston, Texas.
Haiq Not CathoIc.-Seyeral Of our
Catholic exchanges of last week stated
that Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
is a Catholic This, we believe, is a
mistake, due very likely to the fact
that Father Haig, c. IS. R.. of Perth
is a brother of the general. Father
Haig, however, is a convert to the
Church.
Diocesan Service FIag.-One of the
most impressive patriotic exercises the
West has seen since the outbreak Of
the war occurred on a recent Sunday
when the Rt. Rev. J. Henry Then
d. D., Bishop of Denver, formally dedi
Gated a service flag standing for 1870
Colorado Catholics, who have gone tt
war. Four hundred Knights of Co
lumbus marched from the K. of c
clubrOoms carrying the gigantic ban
ner, the largest in the Rocky Mountain
region, and over 5000 people gathered
st the Cathedral.
Two More ChapIains.-Two Somer
~ vile, Mass, priests who have been ap
pointed chaplains in the Army, Rev
Edward P. Murphy, pastor of Sain
Benedict's Church, and Rev. Ambrose
A DOre, curate at Saint Catherine!
Church, are now in camp, and are eX
pected to sail for France in the yer.
near future.
Sixteen JubIees.-An eXtremel,
rare event took place in Ottawa
Canada, last week. Sixteen Sister,
of Charity (Grey Nuns) celebrated a
the Motherhouse of their Congrega
tion there, two of them the diamond
jubilee, and the others the colder
jubilee of their religious life. TIL
diamond jubilarians were Mother-Gen
eral Duhamel and former Mother-Ger
eral Kirby.
ExiIed Priests.-The Spanish Pas
Sionist Fathers of the Mexican Prov
ince, who were exiled by Carranz
three years ago, have gone to Havan
where they will make their futur
home. The Passionists at Havana be
long to the Spanish Province, of Whic
Cuba is a part.
Thieves Steal Statue.-When F. r
Stettinius of New York became pul
chasing agent for the War Depart
ment, he leased the furnished res
dence of Capt. Charles H. NARROW q
Massachusetts avenue. In the rea
garden was a grotto with a statue Q
st. Anthony of Padua. 1t was mad
to look like bronze. On February l
the statue was stolen.