The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-26

in the Philippines now is personnel
Priests and Sisters, especially Amer
lean priests and Sisters are needed
now as perhaps never before. The
toilers are aging prematurely through
| the hardshipS of unremitting toll anC
There is none to relieve them from
| the strain. One institution which is
doing splendid work to counterfeit the
| insidious influence of the prosely
Tiers, is st. Reta's Hall, dormitory
in Manila for students. 1t has q
capacity Of about four hundred who
board there and attend various col
| leges in the city. Very Reverend
John MERRIAM, O. S. A., has been di-
recting this institution for about ten
years.
ST. Charles Mission: The Solemn
First Communion of twenty children
| of the mission took place in the
Church of st. Elizabeth Saturday,
July u, at the eight o'clock Mass.
Father Driscoll, the city missionary,
celebrated the Mass and gave an in
Struction on this solemn and impOr-
tant event in the lives of the children.
League of Catholic Women: A pro-
gram of AmericaniZatiOn lectures will
be given under the auspices of the
Settlement Department of the League,
at 720 Marquette Ave. The list is as
follows:
July 29-The Spirit of Americaniza-
ton, Dr. A E. jerks, director Of
characterization Training, U. Of M.
The Use of Volunteers, Miss Bertha
w. Clark, instructor in Americaniza-
ton Training, U. OF NJ.
August 4-Citizenship Schools and
Methods of Naturalization, VIM. r.
Ball, director of citizenship classes.
Practical Americanization Work with
Some Immigrant Groups Of Minneap-
oils. (a) Miss Mary L. Martin, prin
cipal Schiller School. (b) Miss Kath-
crime NJ. Kohler, principal Willard
School,
August Library Methods, Miss
Gratia Countryman, chief librarian,
Minneapolis Public Library. The View
Point of a Foreign Born Race Leader,
Rev. J. A. Kern, pastor Of the Italian
Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
August 1S-The Roberts Method of
Teaching English, DR.. Alfred E.
Koenig, secretary of the Minneapolis
Council of Americanization. Topic to
be announced later, Rev. Father T. +.
Cullen, st. Mary's Pro-Cathedral.
August 25-Uniting Americanization
Efforts in a Community, Pierce At
water, secretary Of the Americaniza-
ton Committee of the Civic and Com
merce Association. Topic to be an
nounced later, W. D. Dwyer, general
counsel of the Twin City Rapid Tran
sit Company.
The program will begin each even
ing at s o'clock
Italian Church: Solemn First Com
munion was received by twenty-five
children in the Church Of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel Sunday morning,
July 20, at half past nine o'clock. The
pastor, Reverend J. A. Kern, celebrat-
ed the Mass and preached in Italian
and in English. The children were
prepared chiefly in the Margaret Bar
ry Settlement House by Miss Marian
MCGEE and Miss Lillian Gallery, I'M
der the direction of Father Kern. The
little church was decorated beautifully
for the occasion and the largest con-
gregation in years filled it to the door.
Father Kern has made considerable
repairs on the church building during
the past few months. The edifice has
been painted and the walls frescoed
and decorated. All of the contribu-
tons for the work have come from
the Italians themselves who show a
praiseworthy pride now in the small
but artistic place of worship.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES.
Shakopee: ShaKopee Council,
Knights of Columbus, held a joint pic