The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
NEW WORLD ITEMS

can Sisters were among IuOSS WIN IC-
Gently took out naturalization papers
at the hall of record, Brooklyn.
Oriqin of Fire.-An investigation in
to the recent fire which destroyed the
Gray Nuns Hospital at ST. Hyacinthe,
Quebec. entailing a loss of some $780,
600, points to the careless throwing.
away of lighted match by an aged
man in the old peoples quarters of the
institution as being the cause OF the
catastrophe.
Half Million Dollar orphanage.-On
the site of the DreXel mansion in the
environs Of Philadelphia, will be built
a new st. Vincent orphanage for the
Sisters Of Charity, the cost OF which
will be approximately 100000. The
site is a tract of about thirty-three
acres.
Catholics at Camp Custer.-More
than 1000 soldiers have joined the
Camp Custer Holy Name Society. Fig
ures furnished to Chaplain Baweja at
division headquarters last week indi-
cate that there are about 5000 Cath
olics among the $4,000 men quartered
in Camp Custer.
Commends X. of C. Work.-Lieuten-
ant Eugene Kaiser, non-Catholic and
q member of the Masonic order, has
sent a letter to Mrs. ]. A. Gallagher
of Denver warmly praising the work
being done by the Knights of Column
bus at Fort Riley, Kansas, in their
recreation centeTs. He pays lofty
tribute to the equipment and socia-
bility of these centers, and maintains
that the moral atmosphere surround
ing the men is even better than it
would be in their home towns.
viii Not UpheId.-Rather than have
a Catholic get any part Of his prop
erty, August Luther of Kansas City,
Mo, who died last February, leaving
an estate valued at $4,000, practical
ly disinherited his son, August Luther,
Jr., who had married a Catholic girl,
leaving him but $4,000. In memo
randum found after his death, Mr..
Luther's antagonism to Catholics is
clearly shown in words to the effect
that his estate was to go neither to
Catholic nor to Jew" The will has
been set aside.
Relic of ST. Maron.-A great spirit
ual privilege has been conferred upon
the Church of Our Lady of Lebanon,
Niagara Falls, n. Y. 1t has been made
the custodian of relic of the illus
trious Syrian, St. Maron. The relic
was secured for the pastor, Father
Mourad, through the Right Rev. Bish
Op Dougherty. Accompanying it was
a certificate of authenticity.
Pittsburgh's Glory.-Last week there
was great enthusiasm manifested at
the dinne.' in the Kaufman auditorium,
Pittsburgh, Pa, when Chairman Frank
J. Lanahan announced, in joyful tones,
that the $250,000 which the Knights
of Columbus had undertaken to col
Iect in Western Pennsylvania for their
war camp fund of $3,OO0,O00, had not
only been obtained, but that the total
mounted up to $45O,0OO. ..
Refuse to Be Inspected.-The Sis
ter Superior of st. Vincent's Convent,
Savannah, Ca, was summoned to ap-
pear in court Monday last to explain
her alleged refusal to permit the
grand jury to inspect the convent in
accordance with a state law. The at
torney for the convent maintains that
the convent inspection law is uncon-
stitutional.
Priests Diamond Enthusiastically,
December IS, Rev. Hugh O'Sullivan,
pastor of st. Mary's Church, Whites
vile, KY, celebrated the seventy-fifth
anniversary of his ordination to the
priesthood. He is a native of Louis
Vile, and has two brothers in the
priesthood, Rev. A. O'Sullivan of May
field, and Rev. st. John OSullivan,
also of the Louisville Diocese, but
account of his health.
Noted Christian Brother Dead
Brother Germanus, Master of Novices
of the Christian Brothers at Ammen-
dale, Nd, died at Eddington, Pa, re-
Gently, after a sickness of several
months, suffering from a cancer of
the stomach. He was operated on in
Baltimore last June and never com
pletely recovered, as it was then dis
covered that medical aid was power
less against the ravages of the dis
ease He passed to his reward on
Thursday, December 13, in full pos
session of his consciousness. Brother
Germanus, as Christian educator,
has, during his career of more than
thirty-f1ve years of hard, honest and
earnest endeavors won a name for
himself and his confreres that will
outshine that of the so-called great
of the world.
kenrick Students ordained.-Twen-
ty-four students of Kenrick Seminary,
st. Louis, were raised to sub-deacon-
ship and deaconship Friday and Sat.
,Irdav recant1v ArchhiShon Glpnn0n