The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
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women and men. The clubhouse mas
reading room, writing room, bowling,
billiard, gymnasium and canteens,
from seven in the morning until 10
o'clock at night.
Catholic Celehration.-Th Liberty
Loan drive in Denver started immedl-
atply after a Catholic service nag
demobilization" celebration held I'M
der the auspices of the knights OF
Columbus, for which the Knights have
been commended by the chairman OF
the Liberty Loan committee.
Church Is Damaged.-In the recent
textile strike riOting at Lawrence,
Mass, the Holy Rosary Church was
attacked and valuable stained WIN
dows were broken. More than sew
ontv shots are said to have been fired
during the fighting in which loo
mounted and foot police took part
According to the police, Marshal Tim
othv OBrien's automobile was hred
upon when the marshal appeared be-
fore the strikers to read the riot act.
MGR. Manning Now.--In recognition
of his faithful services during the
twenty-five, years of his passionate at
St. Rose Church, Lima, Ohio, His Holt
ness. Pope Benedict XIV, has conferred
upon Rev. Alfred E. Manning the dis
tinction of Papal Domestic Prelate,
with the title of Monsignor. The
Papal patent was delivered to Mgr.
Manning by Rt. Rev. Bishop Schrembs
on April 5, and the ceremony OF in
vestiture will take place after Easter.
Parochial Schools to Get AId.-Rep-
rpsentative Morgan's measure, to pro-
vide for the establishment of paro-
chial vocational schools in districts
where there are % pupils holding fac
tory certificates, was engrossed by
the Missouri House on April l. IN
der the proposed measure the schools
would get a part of the federal aid for
vocational education
Victory Loan RaIIy.-The aid OF the
various churches of Cincinnati has
been enlisted to arouse enthusiastic
religious support Of the Victory Loan
Campaign. Community meetings were
held in all parts of the city at $3.50
o'clock Easter Sunday afternoon, I'M
der the auspices of the Interdenomlna-
tional Committee of Clergymen, on
which Very Rev. Dean William D.
Hickey is the Catholic representative.
Catholic priests took prominent part
at all the gatherings.
Fifteenth Chaplain Decorated.-The
fifteenth Catholic Chaplain Of the Ca
madam Corps to receive military
decoration, or mention in dispatches
for valor in the field, is Captain (RevO
w. B. Carleton, of the Sd Canadian
Divisional Ammunition Column, who
has been awarded the Belgian CroiX
de Guerre. Father Carleton is from
Ottawa and has been with the Cana
dian Corps since June, 1916.
Boston Synod.-The sixth diocesan
synod or legislative session Of the
clergy of the Diocese of Boston, pre-
sided over by the Cardinal, was held
in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on
Monday morning, April Z. Prelates
and synodal officials occupied seats
within the sanctuary rail and more
than seven hundred priests of the
secular and regular clergy were pres
ent in cassock and surplice, the gart
prescribed for such occasions.
Catholic Nurses.-Cardinal O'Con
nell, fully approaching that the work
achieved by the nurses during the wal
has been on such an extensive scale
and has been so advantageous to the
world, has announced that he will soon
call meeting Of the Catholic nurses
of the Archdiocese, for the purpose of
organizing a League of Catholic
Nurses, the plans for which are now
in the making. During the war ou1
Catholic women won the encomiums
Of the government for their notable
work Their efficiency was directly
attributable to their splendid organi
Zation.
Fire at Trinity ollege.-Consider
able excitement prevailed April s, al
Trinity College, Washington D. c.
when three hundred young girls raT
to the lower floor, after smoke from {
small fire had filled their bedrooms
1t was explained that an electric iror
which had been used had become
overheated and caused the fire. The
smoke aroused some of the students
who endeavored to eXtinguish thu
flames with rugs. Persons about the
building were summoned and formed
a bucket brigade and the flames were
soon extinguished
Lauds Salvation Army.-Cardina
Gibbons praises the war work of thu
Salvation Army here and abroad il
letter made public by former Gov
ernor Charles S. Whitman of New
York, chairman of the national com
mittee of the Salvation Army HON,
service fund Il rejoice in the splen
did service which the Salvation Arm,
rendered our soldiers and sailor boy.
during the war;" said the Cardinal
Every returning trooper is witness
to the efficient and generous worker