The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-02
NEW WORLD ITEMS


will celebrate it's one hundredth an
niversary of conservation.
A Thankoffering Church.-A church
has been erected at Broadmoor. Colo
RADIO, in Thanksgiving for the safety In
Belgium of Pauline, the little daugh-
ter of Count and Countess Cornet, and
granddaughter of Mrs. Spencer Pen
rose. through whose generosity the
building was made possible.
Brother Follows Brother. = Very
Rev. Canon O'Meara, pastor of st.
Gabriel Church, Montreal, was found
dead in bed recently. The body of his
brother, who had been drowned, had
been taken from Lachine Canal the
day before his death, and it is gen
orally believed that the shock had
brought on heart failure.
Mar o'Hern in Rome.-Right Rev.
Mgr Charles A. O'Hern, Rector of the
American College in Rome, returned
from the United States last week and
was received in special audience by
the Holy Father. Mgr. O'Hern has
left to Join the students at their sum-
mer quarters at Castel Gandolfo.
War Council to Build in st. Louis.
Ground was broken July l for the
erection by the National Catholic War
Council of a community house at
Fifth street and st. Louis avenue, st.
Louis, Mo. The structure, which will
approximately cost $175,000, is to be
completed about December 1, accord
ing to the plans.
Priests Golden JubiIee.-Rev. John
r. Dinner, Rector of st. Mary S
Church, La Fayette, Ind, and dean OF
the Diocese of Fort Wayne, celebrated
his golden jubilee on Tuesday, July
%. Rev. Father Dinner sang Solemn
High Mass, Right Rev. H. J. Alerding
Bishop of Fort Wayne, presiding The
sermon was delivered by Right Rev
Thomas F. Lillis, D. D., Bishop OF
Kansas City.
South American Press.-An associa'
ton of Catholic ladies has been or
ganized in Uruguay, South America,
and is inaugurating movement for
the Catholic press. Collections that
have been very successful have been
organized throughout the country, and
the movement shows signs of every
success.
Large Catholic Centers.-Our larg-
est centers of Catholic population are:
New York, 1880 Chicago, 1,150,-
900; Boston, 100000; Philadelphia,
100000; Brooklyn, 100000; Hartford,
523,795; Newark, $4,000; Pittsburgh,
100000; st. Louis, 425,000; San Fran
cisco, $4,000; Detroit, 1856 500; Spring
field, 332,450; Cleveland, 436,000 New
Orleans, 426,338
PreIate in Prison.-The Archbishop
of San Salvador and the Bishops of
Santo Ana and San Miguel have been
informed that Archbishop Jose Pinol
V Baras of Guatemala was imprisoned
there after he had preached sermon
which the Guatemalian authorities
considered Objectionable. They are
endeavoring to have him released.
Unusual Reconsideration as
to the date-July 17-and unusual in
the American priesthood was the cele
bration of the fortieth anniversary OF
his pastorate at st. Johns Church
Scottdale, Pa, by Rev. M. A. Lamb
ing, and the fiftieth anniversary oil
Right Rev. Mgr. Cannon's appoint
ment as Rector of ST. Patrick's
Church, Lockport, N. Y.
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Fordham's Drve.-In an effort tc
continue the Fordham University Med
ical School, which it was announced
on June Is last, would not reopen in
the fall because of the inability of the
university to operate this branch any
longer without an endowment, a cam
paign is now being carried on to raise
$1,000,000 fund. The campaign has
been under way for two weeks and il
was said at the university that the
committee is hopeful of obtaining the
amount required.
Dying Come Into True Church.-Mr
Joseph Deatherage, when dying, was
received into the Church last week
at Mercy Hospital, in the presence oil
all his people, Protestant, who were
surprised and delighted to see thai
the Catholic Church takes outsiders al
the eleventh hour, says Denver Reg
lister. Another convert at the hospi
tai was Miss Nina Torgerson, wht
said, after receiving Holy Com
munion: II am not afraid to dit
now" She died later
First Mass Near Pixies Peak-I
was in 1860 when the first Mass wal
said in the now famous Pixies Peal
region, comprising Colorado Springs
Colorado City and Manitou In tn,
fall of that year the Venerable Fathe
Machebeuf, later the first Bishop o
the Diocese Of Denver, with his life
long friend, Father Raverdy, had mad,
his way from Santa Fe, N M, to thi
region, and setting up his tent in tn,
very shadow of the giant Peak Offered
nm tho H01u Sacrifice in John Tano