The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-06-28

The business meeting will be fol
lowed by unique program in which
the various classes of both schools
will be represented. The class of 1917
, will present play, and the afternoon!
entertainment will close with lunch
con. The Association was organized
last year with a charter membership
OF about one hundred and twenty-five
The spirit Of active zeal for Catholic
education in general and for thei1
alma mater in particular was indi
Gated by the fact that about seventy
five pupils were secured for the Pro
Cathedral School through the activ.
tiles of the Alumni by September of
last year.
The Commencement exercises were
held in the church at four o'clock last
Sunday afternoon. The church was
crowded Father Cullen presented the
diplomas to fifty-two graduates and
preached the sermon on Catholic Edu-
cation.
st. Charles Mission: On Sunday
afternoon, June %, the children Of the
| Mission will be taken in automobiles
to the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
| Wales on the Minnesota River at
Bloomington for an outing. This an
nual trip is given under the auspices
Of the st. Vincent de Paul Conferences
of the city of Minneapolis, and the
members of the various Conferences
| n nj tn nj
Der of automobiles SO that all the chill
dren may go in comfort. The young
ladies who, during the past year have,
with great personal sacrifice, assisted
| Father DriscOll in carrying on the
Sunday School work at the st. Charles
Mission, will join in the party and help
to care for and amuse the children and
serve them refreshments. 1t is also
| hoped that the Spiritual Director of
each Conference in the city of Mime
apOlis, who can possibly attend, will
| be at the st. Charles Mission at 2:30
o'clock on Sunday afternoon and join
the children in the outing.
Owners of cars, who feel like aiding
this cause, are invited to get in touch
with Father Driscoll.
Outing for Soldiers: The Knights
of Columbus at Fort Smelling char
tered three street cars on June IS and
| took $50 conyalescent soldiers to Lake
Minnetonka. At the lake the men
were given boat rides. From there
| they were taken to Seton cottage
where refreshments were provided.
J. E. Barry, G. ]. Cunningham and
Charles l.. Carter were in charge of
the trip.
Barat Club: On Friday afternoon,
June 20, the full membership of the
club held their annual meeting at the
home of Mrs. Mathew Mcdonald, 2400
Blaisdell avenue. The chief feature Of
the afternoon was the cordial recep-
ton rendered His Grace, Most Rev
erend Archbishop Bowling, and the
interesting address delivered by the
Archbishop. Miss Margaret Henry
read q brief report of the origin of
the club in the Twin Cities, and the
work accomplished by it's members.
Briefly, in 1914, all the former pupils
of the Religious of the Sacred Heart,
residing in the Twin Cities, were in
vited to the home of Mrs. John J. Re-
gan by her daughters who are all
graduates of the Sacred Heart schools.
About forty alumnae responded, repre-
senting fifteen different cities. In
1916 the members took up practical
work, specializing in the making of
layettes and other articles for needy
infants. Boxes containing these arti-
cleS, together with medal are sent
out in the name of the Christ Child
No distinction is made of the creed OF
other circumstances surrounding the
home of the recipient. Last Christ
mas the club sent forty boxes, con
tanning seven pieces each, to the In
FAINT Home in ST. Paul The members
also care for a number of school chill
dren. The 1918 Trinity College girls
accepted the invitation to join the
Barat Club. For the past two years
sent offerings to the Catholic Foreign
Mission Seminary at Maryknoll, n. Y.
in honor of Blessed Madeleine Sophie
Barat, foundress of the Religious o.
the Sacred Heart.
The annual meeting this year was
the largest ever held, the spacious
home of their gracious host lending
itself admirably to the various fea
, lures of the afternoon About twelve
: priests from the Twin Cities were
present at the gathering.
: Church of st. Stephen: "Snov
White and the Seven Dwarfs" was thu
chief feature of the closing exercise
Friday afternoon, June 20, at tire
o'clock and Sunday afternoon, June Y
Nearly every child of the school tool
some part or other in the well-bal
: anced series of choruses, drills an
| concert recitations which made up
most interesting program. The pastor
. Reverend James II. Gaughan, present
Y ed the diplomas and gave the address
| on Catholic education.
Church of the Incarnation: Solem
/ First Communion was received by
e class of two hundred boys and girl
Q last Sunday at the nine o'clock Mass
: The six hundred children of the pal
t ish sang hymns during the Mass an