The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-06


to the Holy Ghost and the Immaculate
Conception, B. Y. Nj.
Seminary campaign.-San ANTONIO,
Tex. is a diocese of about loo,ooo
catholics. 155 priests and 40
churches. Very recently seminary
fund campaign took place in it. Inc
rampaign resulted in about Sl0O,oVo'
Memorial BeII.-Right Rev. Bishop
Mcdonnell on November 10, blessed
= large bronze bell, which will hang
in the tower of ST. Brigid Church,
Brooklyn, n. Y, as a memorial "
The men of the parish who gave ther
lives in the world war,
Church for Colored.-Under the di-
raction of the Josephite Fathers
new church for the colOred Cathohcs
of WASHINGTON is TO be erected near
New Jersey and Florida avenues
northwest. in order that the many
colored families living in lie Drolt
Parl, and its vicinity may enjoy bet
Ter opporunities than at present for
the practice of their religion.
Rabbi Succeeds Priest-Rabbl 10
Maid of Buffalo. has been elected pres
idnnt of the New York State Confer
pnce OF Charities and Corrections,
succeeding the Rev. Father ONell
of Rochester. as such. A large num-
her of Sisters of Charity, of Mercy and
Of St. Joseph, as also priests and
BROTHERS affiliated with institutions,
attended the three-day conference
held in Syracuse, n, Y.
Mother Gertrude Dead. - Mother
Gertrude of Mercy Hospital, Dubuque,
was called to her reward Saturday,
November 10, after an illness OF sew
oral months. She was born IN Taole
Mound, Iowa. October p, 1866, the
daughter of Lawrence and Mary Pow
er. pioneer residents. She entered
the novitiate November l, 1887, re-
ceiyed her religious habit, and made
her final vows two years later. She
was stationed at Mercy Hospital,
Sioux City, for a number of years, and
for some time has served as Mother
at ST Josephs Sanitarium, Dubuque.
Recalls Rioting.-"That night they
burned St MichaePs Church and the
nunnery. On Sunday they partly
burned st. Augustines. They would
have burnt a church on Queen street
but for the soldiers" This did not
happen abroad or in the early cen
turtles. 1t is a "reminiscences Of Mr..
Jacob Teamer young man of ninety,
who speaks of an anti-CathOlic riot in
Philadelphia in May, 1914. "Philadel-
phia, with a population of 100000, had
but four Catholic churches at that
time and the fourth was on Willing S
alley, near Nanny Goat Market on
Cadwaladar street.
LouVain Alumni. - Louvain alumni
in America have Joined in message
of thanks to the national committee
of the United States for the restora-
ton of the library of the university
The message, which appeals to the
American people to see to it that the
committees efforts to raise the need
ed 100000 do not fail, was voiced
through Rev. Peter Guilday, Phi. d..
associate professor of church history
in the Catholic University at Wash
ington, and managing editor of the
Catholic Historical Review.
Hospital for SaIe.-According to re-
ports current in real estate circles
one of the best known institutions in
Kentucky and one of Louisville's noted
landmarks-St Joseph's Inf1rmary-
may be disposed of, provided price
can be gotten which would enable the
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth to Sc
cure another location on which would
be erected larger and more com
plete hospital, which would better &C
commodate the ever-growing demand
for room for patients. The staff ply
sicians connected with the infirmary
are anxious for more room and better
facilities, but would not favor selling
the property, except for a price that
would enable the Sisters to buy ar
equally desirable place on which tC
build a larger and more modern hos
pital.
Theatine Head to Europe.-The
Very Rev. B. Caldentey, provincial o.
the Theatine Order, which is founC
nowhere in America except in Colo
RADIO, has been ordered to Spain, anC
is now on his way there. He will
later go to Rome and is not likely tt
return to Colorado. Father Calden
tey had been in Colorado about three
years. He joined the K. of C. in Den
yer about year and a half agt
and spent some time in Mercy Hos
pital there last spring, recoverin!
from breakdown that resulted from
overwork during the influenza wave
He has been pastor of the Sacre,
Heart Church, Durango and has beel
doing missionary work among tn
MeXicans of that district.
Egyptian Students at ST. Louis Un
versity. = More significant testimon
to the worth of school could not b
adduced than that afforded in tn
fact of the recent registration in tn
st. Louis University Medical School @
Mr.. Hamed Naser of Cairo, Egypr
Tho institutions record of indiSnu-