The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-12
ARCHDIOCESE Of ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL.

Cathedral: The subject of the SER
mon next Sunday evening will be on
Vows"
The acoustics in the Cathedral have
been considerably improved recently.
A new sounding board has been in
stalled, which enables persons in every
part of the edifice to hear easily and
distinctly. The effect of the sounding
board is to keep the speakers voice
from being lost in the vast dome.
Guild of Catholic Women: The reg
ular monthly meeting of the Guild was
held Monday afternoon, January T., in
the Wilder building. Mrs. r. A. Walsh,
President, presided. Mr.. w. w. Hold
son, of the Child Welfare Bureau, gave
an interesting talk on the different
lines of child welfare which comes I'M
der the control of the bureau. He also
praised the war department for the eff
ficient work and interest taken in the
physical and moral development of
our soldiers. Rev. VIM. P. O'Reilly,
City Missionary, outlined the Juvenile
Court work in st. Paul, and gave a
brief talk on Juvenile Court work,
which he traced to the sixteenth CEN
fury.
The Guild distributed 100 Christmas
baskets through the Relief Depart
ment Five hundred patients at the
City Hospital, 68 children at the House
of Good Shepherd, and 20 men at
Walker Sanitarium received gifts
through the Hospital Committee.
The proceeds from the play "Bethle-
hem amounted to $650.00. The re-
port of the chairman of the Infant
Home shows the new branch of the
Guild very active one. Trained and
experienced nurses are in charge I'M
der the joint supervision of the Min
neapolis League of Catholic Women
and the st. Paul Guild of Catholic
Women. The quarterly report of the
Committee shows $1,692.O6 income,
with 81, 506.O2 disbursements. Mrs. L..
E. Binet and Mrs. j. J. Gleason arrang-
ed a Christmas party with a tree and
presents for the residents of the home
Christmas night.
The civics department of the Guild
has the following officers: Chairman,
Mrs. w. j. Logue; vice chairman, Mrs.
w. J. O'Toole; secretary, Mrs. L. Aber-
valid; treasurer, Mrs. d. ]. Sullivan.
1t is the aim of the department dur
ing the coming year to extend the
work along the following lines: City
planning; censorship of theaters and
photo plays; war work; cleanup cam
paign and vacant lot gardens; parks,
Fairgrounds and recreation centers,
and municipal entertainments. At
a special meeting to be held at the
Guild Offices, Wilder building, We'd
nesday, January Is at 4 p. M, sub
committees will be appointed to do
special work along the above lines.
Christ Child Society: The Christ
Child neighborhood house will be the
center for conservation work of the
Third ward, during all of next week.
On Tuesday afternoon, January 10,
Miss Schmidt will speak at two
o'clock. Miss Schmidt is employed by
the Government to lecture on food con-
servation, and her address will deal
with the substitutes for meat, and on
various other forms of food conserva-
ton. 1t is hoped that all who are IN
terested in this work will attend. Mrs.
H. T. Ouinlan is chairman of all war
welfare work in the Third ward, and
Mrs. J. K. Scott is vice chairman.
At four o'clock on Monday, January
IA, the Christ Child Society will give
a, Silver Tea at their Neighborhood
House, 391 E. 9Th ST., corner of John
st. Mrs. Paul Doty will speak on the
work of the Society. Mrs. Hoffman
will furnish program of music. Any
one interested in the work of the
Christ Child Society is cordially in
vited to attend.
Knights of Columbus: The Italian
war pictures will be shown the week
of January 20 at the Garrick Theatre
under the auspices of the State Public
Safety Committee The theatre has
been secured for actual cost, assisted
by donations, newspapers, organiza
lions. etc. The proceeds will be divid
ed among seven organizations engaged
in war relief work, the Knights of Co
lumbus being one of them. Tickets
twenty cents, can be had at the Clut
rooms, the theatre and from individ
uals.
Church of ST. Mark: The Sacred
Heart League will give benefit part!
for the building fund of the church il
the school hall, corner Dayton ant
Moore Ayes, Tuesday evening, Janu
airy Is. Prizes will be given. Ticket
Csc, which can be had from the pro
moters of the league and at the par
ish residence.
MINNEAPOLIS.
A. o. n. Installation: The A. 0. +
of Minneapolis broke all records o
a. - r,,f,1,ay,o amaze of tho GRAND i0in