The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17

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| 1918, reserves amounted to $7,542,-
95S.O2. Amount invested in the ac-
| cumulated benefit fund for each of the
| three years and to date of 1918; 1915,
| $S2S,524.69; 1916, $766,0059O; 1917,
1896, 1856; to July l, 1918, $412,-
! 1866.
Subscriptions to War Loans-Mr.
Cannon reports that the Order holds
in it's vaults $455,000 Dominion of
| Canada securities issued for war pur-
poses; $3.50, 900 have been invested in
| Liberty Bonds of the United States.
Receipts and Notwithstanding
the triennial period the High Treas
urer handled in receipts $8,362, HIS.
He disbursed $4,993 ,9G0S8 in payment
of death claims and in the purchase
of investment securities amounting to
$3,467 $3.50.
Payment of Death Claims-Disburs
ments for three years-1915, $685.
$500; 1916, $1,672, sol AS; 1917, ST.
| 1855, 1920. Between January l and
July /, 1918, the outlay was 1892
235.26. Total disbursements for death
claims since the foundation of the Or
der to July 1, 1918, are $25,592,-
073.87.
Loyalty Fund-The amount to be
realized for those of the Order who
might enter the service Of the
country would be about $150,000, and
at this date all but $1,000 of this
amount has been paid at the rate of
$1.00 per member. Up to date 20
Foresters serving the cO1ors have
died either on the field or in camps.
The High Court promptly paid the
/ insurance loss entailed, amounting to
| 500, 500
High Spiritual Director-Following
the death of the Most Rev. James
Edward Quigley, the Most Rev. Geo.
w. Mundelein Archbishop of Chicago,
accepted the position of High Spiritual
Director of the Order.
New Friends of the Order are: the
Archbishops of Toronto, Ontario, and
Omaha, Nebraska. Bishop Chartrand,
of Indianapolis, has consented to act
as State Spiritual Director of that
jurisdiction.
State and Provincial Courts-The
Order is organized and doing business
in 20 States of the United States and
in eight Provinces of Canada. In this
territory are organized % State Courts
in the United States and four Provin-
cial Courts in Canada.
Official Organ-The Catholic For
ester, edited by James T. Carroll,
continues it's mission among it's $780,
900 readers. The Foresters of To-
ronto publish 1.-THE Forester Com
panion.'
C. o. F. Works.
Catholic Activities-The Polish
Courts of Chicago raised by sub
scription $10,500 as a donation to the
Polish Orphan Asylum at Chicago.
The Courts of Illinois have founded
a Scholarship for the education of a
poor boy each year in ST. Ignatius Col
] lege, Chicago This scholarship of
$1,000 is given in memory of Rev.
James S. Hayes, S. j., an early friend
of the Order.
The jurisdiction of Illinois, through
it's subordinate Courts, annually
awards a medal to the graduates of
competed for as a prize for the best
essay on the subject, 'The Catholic in
American History"
The Foresters of Wisconsin are
raising an endowment fund for Mar
quette University and so far as re-
ported have. realized over $3,1O0.
The Court of Friendship, composed
of Columbus (Ohio) Foresters, have
founded a scholarship for Aquinas
College of that city. The Foresters
of Hamilton County, Ohio, have
aided in raising a fund for Fenwick
Hall, Cincinnati. Cincinnati Foresters
raised a fund of over $4,000 for the
new Seminary and $1,000 for the
Knights of Columbus.
Through the State Court of Iowa
Bishop Garrigan of Sioux City, was
given a fund of $500 for the aid of
the Syrian and Italian missions. A
like contribution of $500 was made
by the Iowa Courts for the benefit of
students in Iowa State University.
The Foresters of Vermont contrib
uted 1884 to the fund for the educa-
ton of priests.
The Ontario Courts made a sub
stantial donation to the sufferers in
the Halifax disaster.
The Court at Howells, Nebraska,
raised $500 for the benefit of the
church and school, while the Courts of
Omaha contributed to the maintenance
of Bishop O'Connor Hall and the
Workingmen's Home organized by Fa-
Their Flanagan.
! These are but a few examples of
Forester activity.
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