The Catholic bulletin., 1919-11-08
NEW WORLD ITEMS

ton has added the other third, $685.
a23 making the fund one million.
x. Of c. Record.-The Detroit Coun-
eli of the knights of Columbus is most
probably one of the largest councils OF
the Order in the world. With the
next initiation, it will number nearly
eight thousand members.
Get New convent-The Carmellte
Nuns of the Divine Heart OF Jesus IN
st. Louis. have secured site for
new convent at st. Charles, Mo.
committee is raising funds for the
cause.
HoIy Name Polce.-The Holy Name
Society of the New York Police De-
partment will give an entertainment
for the various Catholic Charities
The Society numbers 100 members.
Guild in Retreat.-Cardinal OCon-
nell. on a recent Sunday, addressed ID
The open. a congregation of about four
thousand people at the Passionlst
Blessed Gabriel Monastery, Brighton,
Roston. The assemblage was made up
of the Guild of Blessed Gabriel III re-
treat.
Purse Given to Pastor--On October
q. at the reception given Rt. Rev. Mgr.
VI. ]. P. Dempsey. V. G.. OF Detroit,
Mich, he was presented with a purse
of $l2.25O. a token of the love OF the
Cathedral parish.
Honors to CardinaI.--We know OF no
one in our time who has been more
honored with degrees from the high
est seats OF learning than Cardinal
Mercier, and. we add, more deserving
of them If anything, the honors thus
conferred are on the conferers rather
than on the receiver.
Purse for CardinaI.-On October 10,
the city OF Cleveland proclaimed Car
dinal Mercier its citizen. At Cleveland
the Cardinal received $4,000 towards
the reconstruction of Belgium. One
anonymous citizen gave him check
Tor $25 5,000; the parish churches of the
city gave him $4,000; an unmentioned
friend 81 1000. A banquet was given In
his honor.
Cornerstone at carey.--The corner
stone of the superstructure of the new
Shrine Church at Carey, Ohio. was
blessed and laid by Right Reverend
Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Toledo, on
Tuesday, October 2S. The ceremony
was preceded by a solemn high Mass
coram episcopo, in the basement of the
new church at 9 a. m.
Preached to West Pointers.-Some
what of patriotic atmosphere prevail
ed recently at the Church Of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus at Monroe, n. Y, when
with the interior decorated with
American flags, Rev. T. Z. Gilmartin
who served as chaplain in the Spanish
American war preached a sermon tc
about 500 Catholic West Point cadets
Home for Boys.-The ST. Francis
Home for Working Boys in Detroit car
accommodate 500 boys. 1t has now
nearly 500 In Detroit, also, is the st
Joseph Home for Homeless boys, con
Quoted by the Xaverian Brothers, fifty
of whom are employed within the
Home. The Catholic population of De
troit today approximates 100000.
Church is Burned.-St. Joseph's
Church, in the town of Burrill
Vile, r. l., was burned on Oc
tober Is. The Rev. John S. Dunn
the pastor, tried repeatedly to ap
proach the altar to rescue the cibori
um, but was driven back by the heat
The origin of the fire is undetermined
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
For CcIored Cathoiics.-A few
weeks ago there was dedicated tC
Gods service in New Orleans a new
church for the colored Catholics there
This Corpus Christi church and school
cost nearly 100000 and is splendidly
we'll built, commodious, and excellent
in all its appointments. Mother Kath
crime Drexel donated the site. The
Corpus Christi parish was established
in 1916 and has over ten thousand
parishioners. There. are more than six
hundred children in the school
Is Appointed Rector.-Rev. William
p McNally, S. 7. L., who for the last
three years has been assistant super
intendent of parochial schools and vice
president of the Catholic Girls High
School, has been appointed to the rec
torship of the Catholic High School fol
Boys in Philadelphia. He succeeds the
Right Rev. Monsignor Hugh T. Henry
Lift. D., LII. D., now occupying the
chair of Homiletics at the Catholic
University of America, Washington, D
c.
Relic of columbus.-The anchor O
Columbus flagship, the Santa Maria,
relic of the year 1892, which the Span
ish government reclaimed in the veal
1912 at a cost of $60000 and later pre-
sented to the United States, is in Chi
cago, and was exhibited at the Co
lumbus celebration in that city OF
October II. The anchor was cast il
1892 and is fourteen feet in length