The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

lynch of Rolla asked both the inVo-
cation and the BenedictiOn.
Y. Of C., Circus.-SiX thousand sail
ors were the guests Of the knighls
Of Columbus at a circus in New YORK
several weeks ago, and everytMns
nossible was arranged long ahead OF
time. so that the seamen had such an
outing as they never had before.
Death of Providence Priest.-Rev.
Thomas T. VIM, pastor OF st. Mar
aaret's Church, Rumford, K. H. dled
in Providence April 80. Father Rum
ford served as chaplain to the Y. >.
sailors stationed at the Rumford rife
range.
Catholic eneraIs.-Major General
Samuel Davis Stursis, t. S. A., has
been appointed commander OF Camp
Gordon. Ga: Brigadier General EDWIN
T},Irr Rabbit, L. S. A., to the COM
mand Of Camp Dodge, Ia, and Brlga
der General Michael Lehman 10
Camp Devens, Mass.
Venerable Nun Dead.-Sister Stan
islaus Mary. aged 81, who came 10
California in the early tiftles ana
worked among the miners of the days
of cold. died at Los Angeles, on April
Is at the Los Angeles Orphanaee.
0F % n1AaCt mpmhpGS
of the Catholic sisterhOod in the west.
Benedictine JubiIee.-Rt. Rev. Abel
helm Odermatt, Titular Abbot at st.
Benedict's Abbey, Mt. Angel, Ore,
celebrated the golden jubilee OF ms
ordination on May 3. He was born IN
Switzerland. December 10, 1874. He
is one of the founders of the Abbey at
Mount Angel and was prior for many
years.
Polish Pastor Dead-The death OF
Rev. Felix Kieruj, pastor OF st. Fran
els Church. Detroit, Mich, died May I,
at Colorado Springs, Colo, where ne
went sometime ago to recuperate. He
was one of the best-knoWn and most
Jealous Polish pastors in Detroit. lie
was only 81 years of age and had been
pastOr of st. Francis for Il years.
Sisters at onvention.-AmOng the
delegates to the Chemists convention
in Buffalo were Sisters Helen and
Sister Blandina, teachers of chem
istry in the College of st. Teresa
Winona, MINI. They took an active
part in the convention, and were pres
ent when the important subjects at
fecting the chemical industry were
discussed.
Neqro Converts Baptized.-Forty
negro converts, the largest class IN
the history of Kansas City, were hap
tized Sunday afternoon, May 4, at
o'clock at st. Monica's parish, in Kan
sas City, Mo-, by the pastor, Father
Cyprian, o. F. M. On that day the
parish celebrated the feast Of its
patron, ST. Monica, and the feast Of st
Benedict the Moor. The negro mis-
sion is growing every year and is ex
pected to expand into parish within
4 short time.
At Both Ceremonies.-In the same
church, that of the Immaculate Con
ceptiOn, Waukeegan, ILL.,, where his
father and mother were married forty
seven years ago, Frank Nolan, son OF
Mrs. Peter Nolan, last week married
Miss Frances Allen. The Rev. E
Garvin, who performed the former
ceremony, officiated at this one. Miss
Allen is the daughter of Mrs. c. E
Allen and a sister of Miss Evelyn
Allen, a Red Cross secretary, known
to the soldiers in France as Miss
Sunshine"
Iowa X. of C. Convention.-The
eighteenth annual convention of the
Iowa state council, Knights of Colum
bus, to be held in OttumWa, May &c
and 81, will be a POSTWAR gather
ing, as a discussion of the orders wal
work will be the predominating fea
ture, particularly SO far as the fifty
two Sub-councils in Iowa are con
cerned. The reports will show re
markable growth in membership in
the state since the last state conven
ton at Fort Dodge. Two towns-Mus
catine and Creston-already have
asked for the 1920 convention.
To Resume observation-disclosures
ment is made of the resumption Of
the annual pilgrimages from Philadel
phia to Washington. Since the las
pilgrimage the shrine of the ''Holy
Land of America at the nations cap
ital has been honored in specia
manner by the Holy See. By virtue O
an Apostolic Rescript, dated August
1918, the faithful who devoutly visi
the great Franciscan Church of Wash
ington, in which the sanctuaries o
the Holy Land are reproduced, may, i
they fulfill the prescribed conditions
gain a plenary indulgence at each o
the designated shrines. The only con
ditions are that the one visiting tn,
shrines be in the state of grace ant
there recite one Our Father ant
Hail Mary
Honor Joyce kiImer-Miss RATHER
inc Breezy, the distinguished Catholi,
essayist and lecturer, was the centra
figure in the ceremonies held Friday