The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-04
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Veteran Teacher Dies.-Brother lg-
natius Culhane, o. S. F., who devoted
fifty-two years to Catholic education,
died at st. Francis Monastery, Ph1la-
delphia, last Sunday. Brother 1gna-
thus was professed by Bishop Loughlin
in 1856
Epidemic Heroes-The heroines and
heroes in the dreaded influenza plague
were, and yet continue to be the gen
tie Sisters and the StalWart young
knights of Columbus. Such will be
the verdict of history.
Clubs as Hospitals.-K. of G. club
rooms and halls in several Iowa towns
have been turned over temporarily
for use as emergency hospitals for
FLU" patients. Very few regular hos
pitfalls take contagious disease cases
and few towns are equipped with san
itary isolation hospitals. The X. Z.
council at Clinton is one of the latest
to abandon its club rooms for the 'hu
sufferers.
Welcome for Soldiers and Sailors
The familiar sign Everybody wei
come" which has become SO popular
with sailors and soldiers in American
and foreign camps, will continue to
greet them when they return home.
Every Knights of Columbus Council
in Iowa, of which there are fifty-one,
is being asked to open it's club rooms
for the free use of every soldier and
sailor in uniform, regardless of creed
or color.
X. of c. Secretary Dies in France
A dispatch from Paris announces the
death of William J. O'Connor, a X. OF
c. secretary. Mr.. O'Connor was thirty
four years of age, unmarried, and
lived in New York City. He had been
in France only about six weeks when
he was taken ill. His death was
caused by pneumonia. Mr.. O'Connor
was the second X. of C.. secretary to
die in France.
Little Sisters JubiIee.-On Thurs
day of last week, Sister st. Ital, at the
Home for the Aged Poor in Cincinnati,
celebrated her golden jubilee as a
member of the Little Sisters of the
Poor. She was born in Brittany,
France, in 1914 and Joined the Little
Sisters of the Poor in her native land.
She was one of the first band which
came to this country, arriving in Bal
timore in 1869. Sister st. Ital has per-
formed her duties of love in Cincin-
natl for thirty-eight years, four OF
which were spent at the Florence ave-
nue. institution and the remaining
years at the Riddle Road Home.
KiImer's Successor.--John Bunker,
son of former Fire Chief Henry Bunk
err of Cincinnati, has been appointed
to the chair of Poetry Department
of Journalism in the University OF
New York, succeeding his friend,
Sergt. Joyce Kilmer, killed in France.
Mr. Bunker is a poet and critic him.
self, and graduated some years ago
from st. Xavier College. He arranged,
as chairman of the committee, for the
recent memorial Mass for Kilmer,
sung in New York.
Denver Charities.-The Denver Fed
Grafton for Charity and Philanthropy,
which is now engaged in raising
money for the various charitable in
situations of the city that are affiliated
tho f011 m o.
quotas to be given to it's Catholic mem
bers: St. Clara's orphanage, $1,000;
Queen of Heaven orphanage, $4,000;
Mt. st. Vincent's orphanage, $1,000;
House of the Good Shepherd, 100000;
Sacred Heart Aid society (Which does
outdoor relief, $500. The total be-
ing raised for all the institutions OF
the city is $115,0OO.
Good Shepherd Nun.-Sister Mary
Cecilia, for more than half a century
a member of the Order of the Good
Shepherd, died in Chicago on Tuesday
morning. December 3. Sister Cecilia
was active in her work until last year
when she suffered paralytic stroke
which resulted in her death. She is
mourned by vast number of the poor
and friendless, whose welfare she
looked after with profound devotion
Sister Mary Cecilia was 81 years OF
age and entered the Order of the Good
Shepherd at Chicago. in 1867. She
assisted in the establishment of the
House of the Good Shepherd at Or
leans and Hill streets shortly after the
Chicago fire.
Proud of Bishcp.-In presenting a
purse of $4,000 to Rt. Rev. Edward ID
Kelly, the clergy of the Detroit dio
cese has shown true appreciation OF
work well done. Bishop Kelly was
the efficient auxiliary of the late Bish
OPP Foley for a number of years, and
since the death of that esteemed pref
ate, buckled on the armor and planned
we'll the future of the diocese. TAX
ing care of st. Thomas parish, Ann
Arbor and coming regularly to Detroit
to attend to the manifold duties al
the Episcopal residence would be try
ing to even more robust man, but
Bishop Kelly was early and late on the
wing, and favorable comments have
been made upOn the energy displayed