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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
MICHIGAN SCHOOL BILL
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PLACE IT
ON BALLOT WILL BE MADE.

A writ of mandamus ordering the
Secretary of State to place on the
ballot for the coming election the pro-
posed constitutional amendment call
ing for the abolition of private and
parochial schools of Michigan, will be
asked of the State Supreme Court,
James Hamilton, head of the Wayne
County Civic League, has announced.
The Secretary of State stated that
the amendment would not be placed
on the ballot following an opinion by
Attorney General Alexander Groes-
beck that it conflicts with the Federal
Constitution.
The petition asking a writ will cite
that neither the Secretary Of State nol
the Supreme Court can bar submission
of an amendment under the initiative
act, it was said It was maintained ne
action can be taken by courts unit
it has become law.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
ITALIAN IMMIGRANT PROBLEM
OUTLINED BY FATHER GRIVET-
TI-DIRECTOR OF ITALICA
GEMS TALKS OF WORK AND So
CIETY'S NEEDS-lTALlANS NEG
LECTED IN AMERICA.

Catholic America is not doing it's
part in taking care of the stranger
within it's gates, according to the
Rev. G. L. Grivetti, director of Italica
Gems, the Federation for the Assist
ance of Italian Immigrants who, for
the past ten years, with scanty funds
supplied from Italy, has been strug-
Cling to care for the Catholic Italians
who come to make their homes in the
New World.
Italica Gems maintains a general in
formation bureau for the newly-ar-
rived immigrant at 265 Broadway, New
York, where, previous to the cessa-
tion of immigration in 1917, it was in
strumental in aiding 1862 Italians
who had come here to seek better
conditions. 1t supplies Italian labor,
advises on colonization and agricul-
| tural work, helps it's charges to exact
adequate payment for their services
and makes provision for securing
them compensation in accidents.
| This work, carried on with very
meagre resources, has been financed
by the Italian National Association fol
Catholic Missions Catholic America
which derives the ultimate benefi
from the addition of these potentia
citizens to it's ranks, has, according tt
Father Grivetti, done little or nothin.
to assist in carrying it on.
| To Urge Expansion of Work.
american lawmakers who ar
anxious regarding a great influx of i'm
migrants to this country need have n
fear" said Father Grivetti, in discuss
ing the conditions of the next fey
years. peoples of many Europea
countries are leaving America muc
faster than they are coming herr
Thousands of Italians awaiting pas
ports and seeking to secure accon
modations are now in New York Cit
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
THE IRISH MARTYRS
CAUSES OF PRIESTS AND BISHOPS
ARE NOW COMPLETED.

The first stage in the Apostolic
Cause of the Irish Martyrs, confided
to the Archbishop of Dublin by the
Holy See, has, says, the Irish indie
pendent" now been completed. The
number of Irish servants of God,
whose cases are being considered is
259. Since September, 1917, the lives
and deaths of eighty-eight of these
bishops, priests, and laymen, who died
between 1887 and 1603-have been
fully investigated, in the course of the
Apostolic process, in the Dublin Court
The evidence, and it's translation
into Latin, which run into thirteen
volumes-twelve of which number
over 500 closely written folio pages
have, at the request of the Archbish
op, been taken to Rome by the Rev. M
H. MacInerney, O. P, VicePostulatol
of the Cause. Father MacInerney ar
rived in Rome last week.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
GIFTS TO MISSIONS
FUND FOR MISSIONS COLLECTED
IN u. S. SETS NEW RECORD
NEARLY AS GREAT AS OBJ
TANNED IN ALL OTHER COUN-
TRIES COMBINED.

The annual report of the receipts of
the Propagation of the Faith is being
made public by Mgr. Joseph Freri,
National Director. 1t shows that in
1919 the society received $1,471 ,64S53,
which is the largest amount ever col
lected in a single year and an increase
of S407, 1926 over the receipts of 1918.
By request of the Sacred Congrega-
ton of Propaganda, under whose con-
troll the distribution of the general
fund of the society is now made, a
detailed account of the contribution of
every diocese in the Union was sent to
Rome and the following letter from
Cardinal van Rossum, Prefect of the
Propaganda, has been received by
Mgr. Freri
Right Reverend MonsignOr:
'The report of the receipts of the
American branch of the Propagation OF
the Faith in 1919 you have sent me
has been a source of great consola
ton. | admire the success obtained
by your organization, which is GER
tainly favored with the blessings OF
Heaven. Even before the Holy Fa
ther raised His august voice in behalf
of the missions through the Encyclica1
Letter, Maximum Illud,' American
Catholics understood that your society
was in need of more generous assist
ance; they gave it willingly, showing
thereby their appreciation of this pre-
eminently Catholic work and placing
themselves at the head of it's sup
pOrters.
accept for yourselves, your co
| workers, associates and benefactors
my sincere thanks for the help giveI
to the missions and my best wishes
that the sacrifices made for the diffu
sion of our Holy Faith be rewarded
by Heavens choicest blessings. | asl
our Lord to give you the means to con
tinue and develop more and more th'
Society for the Propagation of thu
Faith
| sc. CARDINAL VAN ROSSUM."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
SPANISH PILGRIMS
LARGE DELEGATION is RECEIVED
BY POPE.

Speaking in the Spanish language,
which he used fiuently and in which
he delights to talk when the occasion
offers, Pope Benedict recently ex-
pressed to group of 16O Spanish pill
grims his strongest hopes that the
subversive campaign, signs of which
had been seen in Spain, would not get
any hold on that Catholic nation.
Responding to the address of the
leader of the pilgrims, His Holiness
who was in Spain for some time witt
Cardinal Rampolla, spoke of his rec
objections of his stay in Madrid, re
calling, among other things, the ordi
nary Spanish greeting which includes
| the name of God.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
CARDINAL GIBBONS GIVES VIEWS
TO AMERICA ON EIGHTY-SlXTH
BlRTHDAY-FAiTH IN OUR PEO-
PLE-DENOUNC EVILS.

Cardinal Gibbons, for his eighty
sixth birthday, which he celebrated
July %, addressed to the American
people a message of hope in the fu-
ture protection Of Divine Providence
over the nation and warning against
those who would SOW the seeds of re-
volt here or who would destroy the sa-
credness of the holy bond Of matri-
mony.
The Cardinal spent the day quietly
at the home of Robert T. Shriver, on
the outskirts of Union Mills, near Bal
timOre He is in splendid health and
fine spirits, looking little less robust
than he did twenty years ago.
Il look back toward the eighty-siX
years which have passed with a deep
SCnso of gratitude to the Author of
Life" he declared in his birthday
message.
"Plato was accustomed TO thank the
gods that he was born in a country so
advanced in culture and civilization as
Greece and that he had Socrates for
a teacher | thank the Lord | was
born and reared in a country so ia
vorcd as the United States, where
every man is protected in the enjoy
ment of life and property with the
least possible restriction to personal
liberty.
Those who are dissatisfied with the
Constitution Of the United States
those stirring up diScord and strife;
those anarchists who come from
abroad to SOW seeds Of revolt, not only
display a deplorablc madness, but are
guilty of base ingratitudc in stabbine
the mother who has given them hos
pitality.
Il thank Almighty God not only in
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
THE ITALIAN in AMERICA

and for some time to come there need
be no apprehension of any concerted
immigration from Italy. Those who
come now are fo~ the most part re-
servists who were called back to their
native land"
One of the projects which Father
Grivetti has been working on for the
past two years is that of encouraging
the Italian immigrant to settle on the
soil. Agriculture, he points out, is the
vocation which is most likely to fit
them to become permanent and
worthy citizens of the United States.
In order to carry out this work he
has addressed to every county clerk
in the United States a questiOnnaire
asking for facts regarding the Italian
population. From the replies received
he has been able to adduce facts
showing where Italians are for the
most part located and the degree of
success they have attained in their
new field. OF statistics available on
$4,000 Italians, the QUESTIONABLE shows
| more than II 900 engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits. Four hundred county
clerks have responded to the question
naire sent out by Father Grivetti,
and 122 gave positive information re-
| garding all questions asked.
! "The work of taking care of these
immigrants is one to which our Amer
lean Catholics must awake. Other in
sttutions have commodious homes
where every effort is made to make
the immigrant comfortable. / have
even heard of the forms Of entertain
ment that some of them maintain,
such as playing with the ouija-board,
for the amusement of the immigrant.
And at the bottom of many of these
institutions is the proselytizing influ-
ence.
"The immigrant in the city is sub
ject to peculiar dangers. l h2ye
, heard of cases when young girls
working as seamstresses or in other
, such trades, have been forced to joir
= union organizations that are almost
7 entirely controlled by socialistic ant
1 bolshevistic groups and of being com
PEELED to subscribe to official publica
l.. tions which are notorious for their at
: tacks on God and the Church. 1t /!
: because Of these things that the faitl
Y is lost and thousands of souls perish.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
PRIEST IN CABINET
DIR, BRAUNS OFFERED GERMAN
OFFICIAL POSITION.

DR.. Brauns, a Catholic priest and
a member of the German Center
Party, has been offered the portfolio
of Minister of Labor in the new Ger
man Cabinet. 1t is not yet definitely
known whether DR.. Brauns will accept
Office.
DR.. Brauns has played an important
part in Catholic social and industrial
work, and has long been recognized
as one of the leaders of Catholic
activity. He is also a director of the
Catholic Association of Munich Glad
bach, one of the most active societies
for the diffusion of Catholic knowl
edge in the world.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
CATHOLIC RECEIVERS LOST ART

One of the experiments which
seemed to prove the efficacy of the
fluid was described to a representative
of the Catholic Welfare Council News
Service. Several eggs were submerged
in the fluid for short periods and then
removed. They were kept under or
dlnary conditions Of temperature for
more than six months. Two of the
eggs were then poached in the same
vessel with two eggs freshly laid. The
person to whom the eggs were served
distinguished no difference of any sort
between those which were "preserved"
and those which were fresh"
human body, which was immersed
IN the balsam last February. twelve
days after death, and under unfavor-
able conditions, is now in the labora-
tory of Tufts College, Boston, quite
thoroughly preserved and showing no
tendency to decomposition.
Brings Out Old Manuscripts.
Besides these triumphs. the baIsam
has been used with success also in
restoring ancient manuscripts. Sew
eral such manuscripts in the J. P.
Morgan collection in New York we're
wholly illegible until treated with Mr..
Benenatis preparation. The parch-
ments were not only greatly improved
by the process, but were capable of
being read for the first time probably
in hundreds of years.
The "Balsam San Rocco" is of a
deep amber color with a peculiar odor
somewhat suggestive of onions. 1t has
fiuidity about equal to that of wa
ter. Its active principle is the oil of
allium, extracted by a special process
from any of the plants of the onion
family. The formula is, of course, Mr..
Benenati's secret. The balsam is not
only not poisonous, but is believed by
its inventor to have some medicinal
properties.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
TO HELP AUSTR|ANS
CHICAGO PRIESTS DISTRIBUTE
SUPPLIES ABROAD.

After arranging for large purchases
of cloth and other materials from
British manufacturers, Mgr. Francis
C. Kelley, president of the Catholic
Church Extension Society, and Rev.
Thomas Shannon, of Chicago, have
left London for Austria to aid the
priests and religious of that country,
who are suffering greatly from lack of
food and clothing.
The two priests spent $4,000 for
cloth alone. They are cooperating
with the relief organization started by
English and Irish Catholic editors. All
the purchases made in England will
be sent to distributing centers in
Vienna. The Chicago priests will &C
from Vienna to Rome, returning later
to London to conclude their mission
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
VICAR GENERAL APPOINTED

Right Reverend Monsignor James
A. Griffin has been appointed Vicar
General of the diocese of Sioux City
by the recently installed Bishop
Heelan. Mgr. Griffin, who held this
position under Bishop Garrigan, is
pastor of Corpus Christi Church, Fort
Dodge, Ia. A
Mgr. Pape of Lemars, Ia, has been
appointed Vicar General for Religious
| Congregations, and Rev. Martin
O'Connell of Sioux City becomes
| Chancellor
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
MEXICAN CHURCHES
REPORT SAYS THEY ARE BEING
RETURNED.

According to dispatch from Mex
leo City a number of churches in
Guadalajara, taken over by the gov
ernment in 1915 and withheld from
the Catholic clergy since that time
under the provisions of the constitu-
ton, have been returned to their con-
gregations by order of President de la
Huerta.
According to Ell Heraldo de MeXi-
CO, the return of the Guadalajara
churches is the first step in the presi
dents program to turn back all
churches throughout Mexico which
have been closed by government or
| der.
The closed church issue has been {
vibrant one for years in Guadalajara
a notably religious city.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
SISTER WINS PRIZE

At the Lyric Theater, Baltimore,
Gov. Albert c.. Ritchie, who presided
at the commencement exercises of the
Maryland University Schools of Law,
Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry,
conferred upon Sister Mary Joan of
Arc the college prize, gold medal
awarded to the student attaining the
highest general average in the School
of Pharmacy. Sister Mary Florence
was distinguished by an honorable
mention. Sister Mary Joan had led
fher class during both years, having
won the scholarship for the year 1919
1920.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
DR.. PACE HONORED

Very Rev. Doctor Edward A. Pace,
general secretary of the Catholic Uni
versity, Washington, D. c., has been
appointed by the Pope protonotary
apostolic at the request of Cardinal
Gibbons and many bishops, in recogni-
ton of the great work he has done in
behalf of Catholic education. DR..
Pace is vice-president of the Catholic
Educational Association and an officer
and promoter of other important edu
cational organizations. He was one
of the editors of the Catholic Ency'
clopedia.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
new MONs|GNOR|

The title of Monsignor has been
conferred upon the following priests:
Rev. William J. Mcguire, LII. D., and
Rev. Henry j. Zimmerman, both OF
Brooklyn, N. Y. and upon Rev. Ar.
thur Lane, of Albany, Oregon. Father
Lane is the first native priest Ordain
ed in the state Of Oregon.
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work of the missionary would be
greatly hampered and in some in
stances almost impossible.
Social Questions.


stances almost impossible.
Social Questions.
Next to the purely religious gather
ings of the Congress the most inter
esting and important feature was the
general meetings which were carried
on throughout the afternoons and
evenings in strict parliamentary form
under the direction Of the officers of
the Congress. Questions bearing on
the religious and social welfare of the
Indian, such as the education Of their
children, the schools, the Christian
family, divorce, dangers to the faith
and morals Of the people, were thor
Oughly discussed and a number of
practical resolutions were adopted
Both men and women take part in
these discussions, and to witness
their intelligence, energy and genuine
eloquence, even when one is ignorant
of their language, is nothing short of
| inspiring The audience, seated in a
circle on the ground, the men on one
side, the women on the other, listen
for hours at a time and give unmis
| taxable evidence of their interest anC
satisfaction by repeated eXclamations
of hauh, hauh! and the clapping o1
| hands.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
CATHOLIC CHEMIST DISCOVERS
SECRET OF MUMMIFYiNG-
FINDS FLUID WHICH RESTORES
LOST PRESERVING ART OF AN
GENT EGYPT.

What is believed to be rediscov-
cry of the preservative with which
the ancient Egyptians mummified the
bodies of their dead, has been made by
Francis S. Benenati, who received a
masters degree from the Catholic
University last month. The results of
numerous tests of the fluid, which Mr..
Benenati calls "Balsam San Rocco"
have aroused the interest of biologists
and other scientists throughout the
world.
These experiments with the balsam
during the last two years have
demonstrated it's complete efficacy in
preserving animal tissues, especially
the human brain, and promise a very
wide use of the substance in CONNER
cial as well as scientific directions.
Preserves Bodies Indefinitely.
DR.. Shufeldt points out the impor-
tance of the balsam in preserving the
bodies of organs of persons who have
been taken by any means whatever, as
| by poison, bullet, knife, strangulation
or blow. The body could be mum
mified Indefinitely and thus remain in
evidence
In addition to it's worth to scientists
and investigators, the balsam prom
ises to have commercial uses of the
utmost significance Tests now being
made indicate that the fluid probably
will afford means of preserving eggs
for long periods under ordinary condi
tions of storage and without recourse
to refrigeration or special packing.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
FOURTH HONORARY K. OF c.

When Marshal Ferdinand Foch is
made an honorary member of the
Knights of Columbus on August 81
he will be the fourth living celebrity
to receive that honor, the others be-
ing Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop
Hayes of New York and King Albert
of Belgium. The Marshal will also be
the first man to be inducted into the
K of G. on European soil.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
Opening of Congress.

At the opening of the Congress Fri
day morning Mass was celebrated by
Father Charles Budde, S. j., during
which Father Eugene Buechel, S. j.,
Superior of st. Francis Mission, S. D.,
preached an eloquent sermon in the
Lakota tongue on ''Christ the Center
If Christianity' After the Mass
Bishop Lawler, Of Lead, S. D., for
mally inaugurated the Congress with
same day the Bishop confirmed a class
of 81 candidates, most of whom were
adult converts to the faith Then the
| first general session took place. 1t
was enthusiastic throughout and not a
little enhanced by the presence of the
| Indians devoted friend and bene-
| factor, Monsignor William H.
Ketcham Director of the Bureau of
Catholic Indian Missions, Washington
D. G. Mgr. Ketcham, or watching
| Eagle as he is aptly and affection
ately styled by the Sioux has laborec
for twenty-five years in behalf of the
Indian, first as missionary then as
Director of the Bureau, and the wei
come he receives whenever he ap
pears among his friends of the plains
gives ample testimony of their appre
citation and devotion. Other visitor
at the Congress were the Reverend
John Groell Martin, S. D.; Vincen
Frech, O. S. B., Standing Rock Agency
S. D.; A. Keel, S. J., Superior 81
Stephens Mission, Wyoming; John A
Nepper, Rushville, Nebraska; Henr
Grothe, S. j., ST. Francis Mission,
D., and Joseph Spaeth, S. j.. ST. Loui!
Mo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
ABBOT IS DEAD

The death has taken place in Rome
of the abbot general of the Cistercian
Order, the Right Rev. Dom Amadeus
de Bic. He died in his seventy-sev-
enth year and had spent 81 years in
the Order.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
CHAPLAIN IS INJURED
FATHER KELLEY OF AMERICAN
LEGION IN AUTO ACCIDENT.

Rev. Francis Kelley of Albany, N.
Y, national chaplain of the American
Legion, was severely injured in an
auto accident in st. Louis on July 26.
The car was being driven by Father
Hamptil and crashed into pole while
turning a corner Father Kelly is suf-
fering from a dislocated hip, internal
injuries and decorations of the face,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-31
(Communicated.)

The annual congress of the CathO-
lie Sioux of South Dakota opened
formally on Friday, July 16, at Holy
Rosary Mission, Pine Ridge Reserva-
ton, South Dakota For some days
previous TO the opening date Catholic
Indians from the various reservations
of the State, as we'll as delegates from
tribes in other portions of the coun-
try, gathered at the Mission and
pitched their tents on the hills sur,
rounding the boarding school. In the
valley near the church a great bower
of pine branches was erected for the
accommodation of the crowds during
the official ceremonies of the cOnven-
ton. Day after day caravans of Wag-
Ons and automobiles arrived at the
scene of celebration until at last
there were between three and four
hundred tepees scattered over the
hills and in the valley round about the
Mission school The sight was one to
fire the Imagination, carrying one
back in fancy to the camps of the
Israelites on their long, weary march
into the Land Of Promise; or to the
city on the mountain, mentioned by
our Saviour in His parallels to the
people, or again to the five thousand
and more who followed the Master
into the desert there to feast on the
words of life and the bread that His
kindly power provided. Here and
there bright flags of societies and dele
cations waved above the tents; bower
and church were tastefully decorated
in the papal COlOrs and over Cemetery
Hill, not far from the grave of the
great Chief Red Cloud. as well as over
the bower in the valley, streamed the
Stars and Stripes, evidence of the
patriotism of these energetic ant
progressive wards of the Government
Object of Congress.
The general object of the annua
congress is the renewal Of Catholi
spirit. The mornings were given owe
almost entirely to religious services
There were Masses in the church fror
five to seven O'Clock and a late Mas
in the bower at nine. During the re
mainder of the day much time wa
devoted to private catechetlcal II
struction and to the hearing OF col
fessions. The Indian catechists al
of invaluable assistance in this worl
Besides instructing many of the col
verts they are tireless in seeking OF
and leading. to the priest those WI
stand in special need of his he'll
They are well-instructed, apostol
men. who obey to remarkable degre
the advice of ST. Paul to Timothy
Preach the word, be instant in Sc
son and out of season, reprove, e
treat rebuke with all patience ar
doctrine labor in all thing
do the work of an evangelist; fult
thy ministry. Be sober. They a
true lay-apostles, jealous for Il
spread of the kingdom of God and su
cessfull in way that is at tim
astonishing. Without their help Il
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Many Masses Celebrated.

Saturday morning Mass was cele-
Baldus, S. J. An impressive, illustrat-
ed sermon on the marks of the true
Church was delivered by Father Henry
Grotegeers, S. j., Superior of Holy
Rosary Mission. Father Grotegeers
spoke an hour or more and held the
marked attention of his audience tC
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