The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-23


are erecting new motherhouse to
accommodate 600 Sisters.
Retreat for Laymen.-On the feast
of the Assumption, August 10, re-
treat for Catholic laymen opened at
Georgetown University.
Educate Through Movies.-In New
York on Monday, August 4, the Cath
Ollie War Council began nationwide
campaign of civic education through
and by means of movies" or motion
pictures. The Council will enlist 20
600 workers.
chapIain's Aid.-The two years
work of the Chaplain's Aid Associa-
ton shows the following aid given;
more than 1000 Chaplains' outfits;
73,6O0 prayer books; 100000 rosaries;
325, 900 medals; 100000 Sacred Heart
badges; 3S6,000 scapulars; 42,5OO cru
cifxes; 100000 altar breads, and lit
erature.
New Preparatory Seminary.-A new
preparatory seminary, exclusively for
candidates for the Society of the Pre-
cious Blood, will be opened on Sep
TENDER g. near Burkettsville, Mercer
County, Ohio, where is located the
novitiate of that Order. Very Rev.
George Hindelang, c. PIP. S., Provin-
cial, Celina, Ohio, made this announce
ment last week.
Mass of Thanksgiving.-In st. Ig-
natius Church, which is one hundred
and three years old, and which Occu-
pies a beautiful spot in the Buchanan
Valley, Adams county, Pa, the annual
field Mass was celebrated on Friday,
the feast of the Assumption of the B.
V. NJ. This year the Mass was offered
in thanksgiving for peace. The Mass
was followed by an old-fashiOned pic
mic The knights of Columbus of
Harrisburg supervised the activities
Of the day.
Jubilee of Society.-St. Joseph's
Benevolent Society of st. Mary's par
ish, Indianapolis, one of the oldest
societies of Catholic men of German
extraction in the state, celebrated its
golden jubilee on Sunday, August 10,
and many priests and the members of
several kindred societies participated
in the celebration. Few organizations
of the kind in the state can claim to
have done more good practical work
for their membership than can be
credited to this society, which has
been a foremost influence in st.
Mary's parish and in local Catholic
affairs for the past fifty years.
Generous Aid to Institutions.-The
list of appropriations made by the last
session of the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture, and just approved by Governor
Sproul, shows very generous grants
to number of Catholic charitable in
situations doing almost every conceiv-
able manner of work for the poor, the
afflicted and the destitute of the State.
In almost every case the amounts
tions made during the previous ses,
sion of the Legislature.
Priest Died at Mass.-Very Rev.
Wolfgang Steinkogler, o. S. B.,
Prior of St Martin Abbey at Lacey,
Wash, became ill while saying Mass
in st. John Church, Montesano, Sat
urday, August 9, and dropped to the
altar platform, dying in a few min
utes, presumably of heart failure.
Father Wolfgang was taking care of
the parish at Elma and the mission
of MontesanO during the absence in
Europe of the pastor, Father Madi-
gan. The deceased priest was one of
the founders of st. Martin College,
Lacey, and at the time of his death
was prior of the abbey and director
of the seminary.
Priest Risks His Life.-The Rev.
Dennis A. Halpin, pastor of St. Mary's
Church, Chillicothe, O., was in a re-
cent B. and O. wreck near Greenfield,
o., when five rear coaches of a train
in which he was riding were thrown
from the track by broken rail.
Though badly shaken up, Father Hal
pin crawled through coach window,
aided in the work of rescue and pre-
pared young soldier, Joseph T.
Cleary, of Phoenix, Ariz., for death
Cleary, on his way to demobiliza-
ton camp, died later in hospital.
Church at Davey Burned.-St
Mary's Church at Davey, Nebr., about
twenty miles north of Lincoln, was
totally destroyed by fire Sunday, Aug
ust 10. The fire started in the sac
risty after Mass. Four other build
ings in the village were burned. Last
year the church at Davey was COM
pletely renovated and new basement
was built under it for social purposes.
Rev. M. A. O'Boyle is the pastor.
Father O'Boyle has been taking a va
cation in Colorado and Father Breen
was filling his place at Davey for a
few weeks. The latter was burned
seriously on one arm when he en-
tered the burning church to save the
Blessed Sacrament.
And This in America-One of the