The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
NEW WORLD ITEMS

high schools The university had, up
to this academic year, examined $1,000
papers sent from academies, colleges
and schools.
Addition to Convent, THE Salvato-
rian Sisters are planning new addl'
ton to their convent in Milwaukee.
Wis. The new building will cost
about 100000, and in the course OF
time will be the central or main build
inc of ST. Mary's Convent.
New Vicar-General.-Mgr. Bernard,
Bishop of Hyacinth, Canada, has
named Mgr F. z. Decelles, Superior
of the Seminary of the Diocese, Vicar
General. He succeeds the late Mgr
Guertin, and entered into his official
duties on Easter Monday.
Father Robinson in Audience.-His
Holiness has received in d long pri-
waite audience Rev. Paschal Robinson.
0. +. NJ, of the Catholic University
at WASHINGTON. who has been retained
on the other side of the Atlantic for
some time now. and who went to the
Holy Land on a special mission at
the same time that Cardinal Giustini
made his visit to Palestine.
To Wreck Church.-St GregOry'S
Church. Seneca. Kan, which at pres
emf is on d hill overlooking the city,
is to be wrecked and the hill cut
down to make room for a new church
nearer the level of the street. 1t is
now necessary to climb thirty steps to
reach the church. Plans for the new
building are now in the hands of
Father August Redeker, pastor.
Presents Church Lace to CARDINAL
President Rivers of the c. F. HOvey
company, one Of BostOn's leading dry
goods firms, has presented to Cardinal
O'Connell d piece of ecclesiastical
lace. for the use of the Church. The
lace is of strikinGly beautiful design,
and was taken from the costly assert
mCnt Of altar laCcs which arc for sale
10y this company.
Reparaton Plgrimage.-A pilgrim
age in reparatiOn for the sins of the
world was held on a recent Sunday
afternoon at the Shrine of Our Lady
of Solace, Coney Island. The eXer-
CiseS included a procession of pilgrims
bearing candles, which were left at the
shrine to burn for the intention of the
devOtions and also for the pilgrims
particular intention.
Suit for Request,-A petition in be
half of Archbishop Mundelein was
filed April II in the Probate court,
asking that clause of the will Of the
late Thomas FeiSh. wealthy mine
owner be carried out before the es-
tate is closed The will of Mr.. Feigh
left 100000, to be used in building d
Catholic church to be known as ST.
Thomas Church, Chicago.
Dressmaker Leaves Fortune to Girls
Remembering the difficulties she eX-
pCricnced sixty years ago, when she
came to New York from Ireland and
started as a working girl to seek her
fortune, Miss Sarah Switzer made a
will before she died leaving the resi-
due of her 100000 estate to the
Switzer Home for Working Girls
Miss Switzer and her sister made for
tunes as dressmakerS and ten years
ago founded the Switzer home with a
5000 600 endowment
To Create Ruthenian Fund. - The
Canadian National Council of the
Knights of Columbus has been in
formed that the Councils under the
jurisdiction of Saskatchewan, Mani
tOba and Ontario. have made a levy
for the Ruthenian Fund. The juris-
dictions of British Columbia. Quebec
and Maritime Provinces have as yet
made no levy, but the sentiment
throughout is very favorable to the
grant. The need is great and press.
ing: doubtless the thirty thousands
knights CT Columbus will create a
fund worthy of their order, to aid the
work among these people who are
now trying to establish churches and
schools.
A Rectory Wrecked.-Rev. Francis
p. Duffy, of the TWenty-seventh Divi-
sion, did not leave war behind him
when he left the trenches. He had it
brought right into his own rectory
recently in New York, when he aided
in suDduing a man armed with a
shovel who suddenly ran amuck. The
visitor wrecked the ground floor
rather successfully before Father
Duffy chased him into the street.
After d motor car driver had tried I'M
successfully to run down the fugitive,
the latter drove his shovel through a
saloon window before a soldier and
policeman hurled him to the sidewalk
and sat on him until an ambulance
surgeon arrived to administer soda
tive.
A Home for GirIs.-That further eff
forts would soon be made by them to
increase boarding accommodations for
young women from small towns who
have come to st. Louis to earn their
living, was announced at the annual
meeting and report reading of The
Queens Daughters last week at the
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