The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-01-31


has a membership of five thousand.
New Home for x. Of C.-Plans were
formulated at meeting OF the
KNIGHTS of Columbus, Huntington, w.
Va. Council 963, held January 8, for
the acquisition of a new home for the
council. Arrangement was made 1or
the promotion of a company among
the members of the council which will
either lease or erect home which the
X. of C. will call their own.
Catholic Japanese.-There are co.
600 Japanese in California, OF whom
only about 500 are Catholics. or the
rest, 1000 are Protestants and the re-
mainder followers of pagan rehglons.
The Japanese Catholic mission OF Los
Angeles depends entirely upon Volun-
tary contributions for support. Faith
er Albert PretOn, ?. +. NJ, is in charge.
Laymen Honored.-Among distln-
guished laymen honOred with seat
in the First Eucharistic Congress OF
Cuba were his EXcellency Don Mario
Garcia MenOcal, president of Cuba,
represented by Dr.. Rafael Montoro;
DR.. Jos. Antolin del CueltO Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court and DR..
GonzallO ArostiQui, Secretary OF Pub
lie Instruction.
Church Debt Effaced.-The burning
Of notes representing 1000, leaves
St Joseph Church, Circleville, Ohio,
entirely free of debt The cremation
Of the corpse" as the pastor, Rev. j.
S. Harmon, humorously described it,
was witnessed by the congregation on
January s, and was attended with
experimenting, songs and recitations
by the school-children, and refresh
mentS.
Bishop Defends Labor-Speaking to
the Farmers Congress recently held
at Fort Collins, Colo, Bishop Then
of Denver urged them to organize
and work together, live together,
plan together, market together and
if necessary die together The Fort
Collins Courier said that Bishop
Then captivated his audience and
held their close attention from his
first utterance until he closed
Or. Ryan on Strikes.-Rev Dr. John
A. Ryan, perhaps the greatest author
ity in America on general economic
and labor conditions as they affect the
human element in industry, consid
cred the steel strike as hardly justi-
fed. His editorial in the Catholic
Charities Review on the "Unreason
ableness of the Workers" appropri-
ately coupled with another on the
Unreasonableness of the Owners"
deserves to be widely read.
Schools in CIeveland.-Rev VIM. A
Kane, superintendent of Catholic
schools in Cleveland, reports more
than fifty thousand children in the
parochial schools of that diocese. The
report of the Cleveland diocese shows
also, 131 elementary schools, 81 COM
mercial schools, and 10 high schools.
with 500 students in the commercial
schools and l 400 in the high schools.
Mass During Fire.-While fire swept
the altar behind him, Rev. Martin S.
Bronsgeest continued Mass in st. KAY
Ter church. Cincinnati, on a recent
Friday morning until firemen arrived
Worshippers remained in their seats
firemen, heads barred, stretched hose
up the aisle and put out the blaze
while the priest continued the Mass.
Letter Carriers Chaplain.-Rev.
John J. Herman, former T. S. A. chap
lain of General Hospital No. 4, TT.
Oglethorpe, and later transport chap
lain, was recently selected as chap
lain of the New York Letter Car
riers' Association and, with the other
officers, was installed Sunday. Jan.
4. Hon. w. E. Kelly, County Clerk;
L. S. Senator Calder; Judge Gold
fogel and President La Guardia, of
the Board of Aldermen were present
and congratulated the Association on
their choice of Father Herman.
Students Club.-To raise the Initial
expense of $4,000 and to plan WAYS
and means for raising future funds |
Tor the erection and maintenance of
Newman Hall, a clubhouse for Cath |
Olics students at the University of
pennsylvania, a meeting of it's found |
ers and friends was held last week
in K. of G.. Hall, Philadelphia. Be
sides Newman Hall and the Newman
Club, the upkeep Of the Catholic |
shrine at the university, ST. Bede's
Chapel, came under consideration and |
the outlook for expanding the work
of st. Bede's Auxiliary was discussed
United Campaign.-The Denver /
Federation for Charity and Philan- |
thropy is now in the midst of its an |
nual financial campaign, and needs |
$l4S,75O-an increase of 80 per cent |
over last year. Four of the Catholic |
institutions and one Catholic society |
will benefit. Twenty-four of the lead |
ing philanthropies of Denver comprise
the federation. The total number of |
persons aided last year was $4,000. |
w. P. McPhee, a Catholic, is the ac-
tive head of the campaign, and MANY
Catholic ladies are assisting in the
drive.
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