The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Sisters, OF chicago, nave drrduSeu "
lave John Ayscough, Mgr. Bickerstaff-
Drew, lecture for them at Powers
Iheater on Sunday afternoon, June
-, at 3 o'clock.
New Seminary Grounds.-The Arch
ishop of Chicago has secured by pur-
tlase 20 additional acres as a site for
lie Seminary at cost OF $lO,0OO.
'Ihe Seminary site now embraces IO0
;.creS.
Hospital Destroyed.-At Pontiac,
ILL.,, lightning destroyed the st. James
Hospital of the Franciscan Sisters OF
Peoria, recently, entailing loss estl-
mated at S150,000. 1t entered the hos
pital through electric light wires. The
patients were safely removed.
A New Orphanage.-B Bishop Ryan,
Of Alton, H., has secured by purchase
site for new orphanage, whose
main building will be of four floors,
and capable of sheltering $50 children.
Its cost is estimated at 100000.
A Wonderful Book.-1t was in 1876
that Cardinal Gibbons wrote his Won
derful book, The Faith of Our Faith
ers." Like the famous ''Imitation' OF
the sanity Thomas a Kempis, it has
been said that it has been either dl-
rectly or indirectly the instrument of
as many conversions as it contains
letters.
Catholic Women Meet.-Friday,
May 16, the League of Catholic Wom-
en- gathered in annual meeting in
New York Mgr Lavelle, rector of
st. Patrick's Cathedral; Chairman
Mulligan, of the Knights Of Columbus,
Major Byrne, of the Red Cross Com
mission to Italy, and Miss Marbury
were the speakers. More than 15O
units of the League are in New York
lnvestiture of Mgr. McDonneIl.-On
Thursday, the feast of the Ascension
Mundelein, d. D., invested with the
insignia of Domestic Prelate the pas
tor of ST. Mels church, Chicago, Ri
Rev. P. j. Mcdonnell. The ceremony
took place at st. Meps at 1890
o'clock. A Solemn High Mass was
celebrated by the Rev. NJ. O'Sullivan
pastor of ST. Bridget's Church.
The Xaverian Brothers.-The Con
gregation of the Brothers of st. Fran
els Xavier, generally known as the
Xaverian Brothers, whose head house
is at Bruges, Belgium, will elect Su
perior-General next July. His term OF
Office is six years. The Congregation
was founded in 1889. In America, the
original motherhouse was in Louis
vile, and dates from the year 1854
Now the head house is in Baltimore
Bishops Jubilees.-May % was the
fiftieth anniversary, or golden jubilee
of the ordination of the Right Rev
DR.. Sebastian S. Byrne, the venerated
Bishop of Nashville, KY, and the 25tl
of this coming July will be the twenty
fifth anniversary, or silver jubilee Of
his conservation, by Archbishop Elder
as Bishop of Nashville. The 10Th Of
next July will be his 18th birthday
Bishop Byrne is native of Hamilton
Ohio.
Smith BiII.-A resolution denounc
ing Senator Smiths bill, providing fol
q national board of education, was
adopted at the convention of Balti
more and Washington delegates from
the Archdiocesan Union of Holy Name
Societies in Washington last week
The convention was attended by dele
gates from thirty-six churches in
Washington, forty-four in Baltimore
three in other parts of Maryland and
two in Virginia.
ViIlanova Prior Dead.-The Rev
Hugh A. Gallagher, o. S. A., for fifteen
years prior of Villanova, Pa, died or
Tuesday, May 6, at st. Agnes Hospi
tai, Philadelphia, where he had been
a patient for the past year. Father
Gallagher was born August Is, 1858
in County Donegal, Ireland. He en-
tered Villanova College as student
in 1881 He was ordained priest May
%, 1887 After his ordination he
served as assistant in Schaghticoke
N. Y, and Lawrence, Mass.
Palace Of Cortez.-The palace Of
Cortez in the suburbs of Coyoacan
Mexico, is to be reconstructed by the
government and used as a museum
for relics of the Spanish conquest
The structure, 400 years old, has beer
allowed to fall into ruins. In the cour
yard are ancient trees under which
fernando Cortez and his familiars
were wont to rest. These are hun
dreds of years older than the ancien
building itself. The chapel attached
to the palace is still in good condition
Generous Servants.-In thanking
the congregation for their generou:
Easter collection, Father McMenamin
of the Immaculate Conception Cattle
dral, in Denver, said that with thi:
money and $1,000 bequest, together
with what the parish has on hand, hi
was able to pay over $4,000 due OF
the building debt and interest. The
bequest mentioned came from a serv
ant. Miss Murphy. formerly employet