The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19
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United states are now tWo Co'iioii~
schools of Journalism; the one is at
Notre Dame University, South BENZ,
Ind, the other at Marquette Univer-
sity, Milwaukee, Wis.
Generous HebreW.-The will or the
late Isador Cohen, Jewish phllan-
taropist, left $4,000 to Right Rev.
thomas Grace, ID. D., of sacramento
Cal, for the Catholic Relief Society.
Honored by Holy Father.-Rev. Pc
Ter NJ. Cauley, Rector of st. Patrick
Church. Erie, Pa, has been appointed
q Domestic Prelate of the Papal
Household, with the title OF Monslg
nor, nv the Holy Father in recognl-
ton of his services to the cause oi
religion
Central Verein Convention. - The
nrogram of Catholic social action
which was undertaken by the Central
Verein ten years ago and which mas
heen carried on with great success
during the past decade, will be 1ur-
Their developed at the siXty-th1rd con-
yention of the society, which will be
held in Chicago from September IA
10 the Is, inclusive.
Gift for Archbishop Hayes.-Ihe
alumni of Cathedral College, New
York, who have been ordained to the
priesthood, presented the Most Rev
erend Archbishop Hayes with Cappa
Magma, at a reception held in his
honor at Cathedral College.
Decree for De Valera.--The honor
ary degree of Bachelor of Laws was
conferred on Professor canon De
Valera, President of the Irish Repub-
lie. by De Paul University of Chicago,
H., on June 20.
Will of Father Hughes.-The will of
Very Rev John J. Hughes, Superior
General of the Paulist Fathers, who
died at the rectory of the Order in
May. has been filed for probate in
New York. Father Hughes left his
entire estate, valued at less than
$1,000 in personal property, to the
Missionary Society of st. Paul the
Apostle, of which he was head.
Oldest MssaI in the United States.
1t is probable that the oldest Mis-
sal or Mass book in the United States
is the vellum Quarto manuscript OF
the Morgan library and known as the
"Drummond Missal," in Latin but in
Gaelic characters, Celtic form, lOS
pages, and published prior to the
thirteenth century.
X. of c. in New York State.-The
Knights of Columbus in New York
state increased in membership from
July /, 1918, to May /, 1919, by thirty
per cent; the total membership now
being 67,613. The largest council in
New York is Buffalo, No. 1874, which
has 1888 members.
Summer Resort for Women.-The
Catholic Women's League of Wiscon
sin has, with the approval of the Most
Reverend Archbishop Messmer, opened
a summer resort at Spring Bank
which is splendidly situated at the
banks of Lake Oconomowoc, neal
Okauchee The summer resort is in
tended mainly for Catholic young
ladies who wish to recuperate or take
a rest in place where they can dc
SO at moderate expense.
Chancellor of Buffalo Diocese
Right Reverend William Turner, D
D., Bishop of Buffalo, announces the
appointment of Rev. Edmund j. Britt
as Chancellor of the Diocese. Father
Britt was educated in st. Columbia
School, Canisius College and Niagara
University and was ordained about
five years ago. He has been an assist
ant priest at the Old Cathedral an(
during the war served as a chaplain
at Camp Dix.
Campaign for italian Hospital-A
the meeting held in the Forrest The
alter, Philadelphia, on June 20, ap
proximately $4,000 was subscribed il
a few minutes when the Most Rev
Archbishop Dougherty very aptly tolt
the assemblage that money talked
and was badly needed in the campaign
to raise 100000 to build an Italian
hospital and also an orphan asylum
The hospital will be known as the
Cristoforo Colombo.
Funeral Benefit Fund.-Mrs. Mar,
F. McWhorter, national president o
the Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Ancien
Order of Hibernians, has announced
that the national funeral benefit fund
established by the national board il
January, 1919, has at the present tim,
over seven thousand dollars in tn,
treasury. The fund provides for tn
payment of $3.50 from the nationa
treasury on the death of a member
and in no way conflicts with the S.
paid by the division
Supreme Knight FIaherty Honorec
James A. Flaherty of PHILADELPHIA
Supreme knight of the Knights O
Columbus, has been honored b,
Georgetown University of WASHING
ton, which, at its commencement
awarded him the degree of LII. D., il
ks<NxN e L.