The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-05-15
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Jewish banker, /. w. Hellman, which
was filed for probate in San Fran
cisco last week.
Cardinal Confirms Among
the converts recently confirmed oy
Cardinal Gibbons was Major William
Heinke. I. S. A., retired Chief OF the
division of Latin-American affairs, de-
partment of state.
New convent.-The foundation work
for a new convent to be erected on the
st. Aenes School grounds in Stockton
Calf. has started. The structure VIII
he three stories, and of brick. 1t will
cost about $4,000.
The Bald Truth.-Speaking recent
~ in Sydney. Archbishop MannlA salo
hat if a seat in Parliament or a pub
liz DOsitiOn were vacant. although a
Catholic might be the best man. there
we're always some who would say:
I'VE must run a non-Cathollc. II
does not NATTER added his Grace,
.whether he goes to church or not, so
long as he isn't a Catholic
To Improve Grotto.-The GrOtto OF
IOurdes, on the st. Mary School
grounds at Remsen, Ia, which was
erected several years ago. will under
so considerable Improvement TINS
spring as a gift from the Women S
Catholic Order of FOresters. Electro
lights will be installed.
Gift of Monstrance.-SpeClal deVO-
lions marked the observance OF the
patronal feast of st. Joseph's parish
in Yakima. Wash. \ rich monstrance
of gothic style was blessed during n
ediction in the evening. The mon
STRANGE. which cost 81 900, was the
gift of a st. Joseph's parish family.
Protestant Churches.-The Louis
Vile diocese and the state OF Ken
lucky sustained a great loss when
Very Rev. Father Cornelius J. O'Con-
nell. the venerable dean and pastor
OIL 81. joseph y NI'ltl ia ~
passed away recently after a long ILL
ness in St. JoSeph's Intirmary, Louis
Vile. News of his death was tcle-
graphed throughout the state, and
when the bells of St. JOseph's Church,
Bardstown, began to toll those of all
Protestant churches and the fire de-
partment joined the dirge.
A LONG Trip.-It took Father Peter
liipp Just four years to get from INDIA
to California, and o hat he's there
with the old padres he says he's going
to stay. The aged priest was chap
lain to a British regiment in Bengal
when the war broke out. Being a Ger
mar the Indian papers caused his res
ignatiOn. The war department told
him that he could go anywhere he
wished. and he chose California. His
nationality was such a handicap for
him that he had to spend months in
Hongkong, where he was the only
German to walk the streets free dur
ing the war, and to remain in Manila
till the armistice was signed. From
Manila to Monterey it took him over
a year because of passport difficulties.
Fights Catholic School.-Mr. Wood
ward, of the Wholesale Drug firm Of
Woodward & Clark. Portland, Ore,
has announced his candidacy for the
Office of city school director. His plat
form is questionable: There is and
should be no room in our lane for
elementary private sectarian or paro-
chial schools, for in these lie the ere
alton of caste and class An inter
viewer from The Catholic Sentinel
received this startling platform from
d man who stands high in the opinion
of the people and who is ordinarily
broad-minded. Upon further and clos
Cr study of his platform, the inter-
viewer learned hat Mr.. Woodward
knew absolutely nothing of Catholic
principles and the fundamental reason
why these parochial schools are SO
firmly a part Of Catholic education.
C~ommendable Report.-The six
teenth annual report of the Catholic
Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese
of Boston has been published. Over
thirty thousand people applied to the
Diocesan Bureau and it's several
branches during the past year either
in their own behalf or in behalf of
others in whom they were interested.
Some 400 children were temporarily
or permanently cared for in foster
homes, while no less than 1883
pieces of clothing, mostly for children,
were distributed where most needed.
The Bureaus Infant Department cared
for 275 little mes and their mothers,
during he past year and secured suit
able homes for the permanent legal
adoption of nine promising children.
The report calls attention to the great
encouragement given to the Bureaus
Vacation House for Sickly Children
conducted during the past year at
Stony Beach, Hull. In all, 2S9 children
from S to IL years of age were given
a ten days outing during the sum-
mer, their mere physical gain as a re-
suit averaging 5 ga pounds each.
To Regain Historic Beli.-Through
efforts of the Sonoma Valley, Calf,
Women's Club, the old Mission bell is
TO be restored to Sonoma. 1t has been
in Sutro Museum, San Francisco, for