The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Cincinnati, was celebrated this week,
on Sunday. Twelve thousand persons
visited the Asylum. The visitors
contributed more than ten thousand
dollars.
Vacation for Children.-A real hap
pv vacation in historic and beautl1uI
surroundings is being afforded scores
of children of men who are in the
Country's service. They are beng
sent weekly to the Port Kennedy
home of the st. Vincent de Paul So
ciety.
Sacred Cathedrals-In the Church
in the United States there are, In par
ticular, two very sacred cathedral
churches: the cathedral church OF
Bardstown, Ky, begun in 1876 ana
solemnly consecrated in 1919, and the
Cathedral of Baltimore begun in 1906
and cOnsecrated in 1876.
Many Weddings at Camp. - Rev.
George J. Bryant, the X. I. chaplain
at Camp Meade, near Washington
married thirty couples in the past
three weeks. Many of the brides
came from far-away places. Most OF
the grooms are already on the way to
France.
Priest Senior ChapIain.-lnforma-
ton received in Boston from France
is to the effect that Rev. Michael j.
O'Connor. chaplain of the lOlst Reg
iment THE Fighting Ninth) has, IN
general orders read to the twenty
sixth Division, been promoted to the
rank of senior chaplain OF the dlVls-
ion.
At a Disadvantge.-An Episcopalian
chaplain at Camp Zachary Taylor
Louisville attending there the chap
lains' training school, said to one OF
the Catholic chaplains: Your Church
is mighty shrewd. 1t has sent here
picked body of priests who, by their
superior education and experience
show us up to a disadvantage"
A New Association. - Archbishop
elect DOugherty of Philadelphia has
heartily approved of the project OF
forming an association of Catholic
ladies who minister to the sick. The
suggestion for the organization came
from the nurses who appreciate what
unity and organization will do for
their spiritual and temporal welfare.
All the Catholic nurses are eligible
for membership.
Blessing from ProVidence.-ReV.
Peter e. Blessing, d. d., Vicar Gen
eral of the Diocese of Providence, K.
l.. was recently raised to the rank OF
Domestic Prelate with the title Mon
signor. For several years Mgr. Bless
ing was editor of the Diocesan paper,
the Providence Visitor While stu,
dent in Rome he was jocularly called
blessing from Providence
Chaplain on AIabama.-Rev. Joseph
A. Perkins, o. S. A, whose appoint
ment as a navy chaplain was recently
announced, a member of the faculty
at St. Rita College, of Chicago, has
reported to the U. S. S. Alabama
where he will act as chaplain and
spiritual adviser to the members oil
the crew.
Mission for Representatives, Of
the Holy Ghost are extending theil
negro operations. In New York anC
Philadelphia the success of their la
bors has already been told. The new
Bishop has placed Charleston in theil
custody. New Orleans has opened VI
new opportunities last year and re
Gently Fl. Smith, Arkansas, called
them to care for the colored Cath
0lics there. Meanwhile the superiors
are inviting young men to affiliate with
the community and thus permit the
society to take over more of our work
Catholic on Shipping Board.-An
other practical Catholic, John H
Rosseter, representative of w. R
Grace & Co., on the California coast
head of the Sperry Flour Co., ant
NlCC plCSluCHI vi lllC clNllS @hc1ly lLClE
been called upon by the government
TO help in the present crisis. Mr.
Rosseter is to be connected with the
shipping board which now is man
aged by Catholics in all the principa
departments.
To Serve as hapIains.-Thirteer
more priests of the Archdiocese Of
Philadelphia have applied to the Wal
Department and offered their services
as chaplains to minister to the brave
lads fighting on land and sea for Ole
Glory. Seventeen other Philadelphia
priests are already serving with the
colors as chaplains.
Priest to South America.-The Rev
L. Gaurier, Catholic priest, sent tt
Colombia and Chile by the French
government in 1916 to combat German
propaganda among the adherents O
the Catholic church in those countries
has been returned to South Americ;
to continue his work, according to of
fetal information received in Wash
ington.