The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-06-07
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Venerable Nun Dead.-Sister Anne
Rhodes. a relative of one of the found
ers Of the Sisters OF Loretta oleu
last week at the Mother House OF the
community in Marion county, Ken
tucky She had been a religious for
Gftv.two years at the time OF her
death
Indiana Catholic League.-The ST.
Toseph League state convention OF IN
diana. met in Evansville, IND, May 10.
The league comprises about s,ooo
,,anhers. The convention was ad-
dressed by Bishop Chartrand OF In
dianapolis.
Drive for orphanage.-A statewide
and District of Columbia drive IS no"
under organization to raise sow ,ooo
for the rebuilding of ST. Mary 5 lnous-
rrial School in Baltimore. Cardlnai
Gibbons and Bishop-AuNiliary Corri-
gan are among the campaign com
mittee.
Girls High schooI.-Most Reverend
John Glennon. the Archbishop OF 81
I.ouis. says in connection with the
need of a Catholic High School:
The academies and convent schools
are select schools, and while accom-
ulishing great good they are yet un-
able to reach the great masses or our
Catholic people
Hotel in Dublin for Yanks.-The
KNIGHTS of Columbus have estaD-
1ished in Dublin an admirably equipped
hotel for the accommodation OF unlteo
States soldiers and sailors on lea'e
there This is the first institution OF
the KNIGHTS of Columbus in Ireland
and it is very cordially welcomed.
Providence ColIege.-The dedication
Of Providence College took place sun
dav. May %, and was one OIL the OUT
standing features of the celebration Oh
+ha golden sacerdotal jubilee or the
Right Rev. Matthew Harkins, ID. ID.
the founder of the institution. Inc
recently completed Bishop Harklns
Hall is 4 memorial to the second ordl
nary of the Diocese of Providence
r. l.
An Unusual FamiIy.-Mother Mar!
Claire (nee Leeson). 80 years old, Of
the Order of Mercy at st. Joseph
Convent. Portland, Me-, died May ~
She had been a member of the order
for fftv-siX years, during which she
established the Mercy Convent at Ban
cor and founded the Indian mission
at Pleasant Point. Her six sisters
three of whom are living, were als(
members of the. order, and after the
death of her father in Ireland hel
mother Joined the order.
x. c. Clubhouse Dedicated.-Witl
an appropriate musical program ant
n dedication address by Bishop Pau
J. Nussbaum of the Corpus Christ
Diocese. the large new building OF the
knights of Columbus War Activities
at Fort Mcintosh, in Laredo, Tex
was dedicated last month. The dedi
cation exercises were participated IL
by several thousand soldiers ant
civilians.
Memorial to Pastor.-The colder
Jubilee of the institution OF st. Jo
seph's Benevolent Society Of st
Mary's parish, Indianapolis, will b.
celebrated August 10, and EXTENSIVE
Intp aoln
proper observance of the occasion
A feature of the celebration will b,
the placing in the church of a me
mortal tablet to the late Very Rev
Anthony Scheideler, for many year
pastor of st. Mary's parish.
Doing Patriotic Work.-Professor II
Hyvernat, head of the Department o
Semitic and Egyptian Languages AM
Literature of the Catholic University
has been engaged for some time il
collecting and translating from tn
Turkish original mass of Statistical
material on Turkey, for the use of tn
Enquiry Commission under Colone
House.
To Build italian Orphanage.-Th
movement in which the Most Rever
end Archbishop Dougherty of Phila
delphia is keenly interested, for tn
establishment of an Italian hospita
and an Italian orphanage, was com
menced at a meeting on Thursda
evening, May %, at the rectory of 81
John the Evangelist's Church. 1t wa
the suffering consequent on the inf1u
enza epidemic among the Italian res
dents that emphasized the handica
of the Italian people without hosp
tai and orphanage.
Venerable Neumann.-The cause c
the Venerable John Nepomucene Mel
mann, Bishop of Philadelphia, whic
had rested during the war, has bee
resumed by the Sacred Congregatio
of Rites. The Venerable Bishop Ne,
mann was consecrated Bishop in 1856:
He was a learned prelate, we'll verse
in the sacred and natural science!
He spoke fiuently many Slavic di:
lects and at least eight modern Lar
guages, besides Latin, Greek and HI
brew. When made Bishop he a.
quired the Celtic language in order