The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-03
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Diocesan Social Service.-The do
cese of Hartford, Conn, is among the
first diocescs in the country TO or
yanize a Diocesan Bureau OF Social
Service. In conjunction with the state
conference of charities the diocesan
bureau held a meeting of all the Cain
olic social workers in the state.
Shrine Burned.-Fire broke out IN
the Church of the Holy Spirit, Hertel
Ayenue and Rosalia Street Buffalo, ~
Y. Tuesday morning, June 10, destroy
ing completely the reVered SHRINE vi
St. Rita, the damage amounting "
about $4,000. The fire occurred 1ol-
lowing the o'clock Mass
Founder of Catholic Foresters.-
John F. Scanlon, so years old, spe-
ciaI agent of the treasury department
at Chicago, died Of pneumonia III IN
capo recently. He was one OF IKE
founders of the Catholic Order OF For
esters, and was head of that organlza-
tion for many years.
Nor, Lynch's Jubilee.-Mgr. j. s.
VI. Lynch. Rector OF st. Johh oiiui, ~
Utica. \. Y, quietly celebrated the III
tnanth anniversary of his ordination
70 the priesthood Friday, June II.
Mgr Lynch vas ordained in St JOS
enh's Provincial Seminary, New YORK,
on bne II 1870, by Bishop Bacon OF
Portland.
Honor MGR. Vattman.-A monument
to the memory Of the Right Kew. Msr'
+ Nattman, the first United States
army chaplain to attain the RANK VI
major. was dedicated in Chicago, SUI
day. June 13 This monument an III
suiring crucifXion group, STANDS OH
2 prominent plot at the entrance u
the soldiers cemetery at Fort ohell
dan. At the foot of the cross, the
motto of Mgr. Nattman-"The Flae
and the Cross"-is carved, with the
nscription-"M onsignor Nattman was
a lover of humanity"
Catholic Coneress.-The first Nor'
arlberg Catholic Congress mas JUST
concluded successfully in the town OF
Dornbirn. The reunion took place Oh
Whitmonday, and the morning session
was taken up by reception OF Tie
DELEGATES, and a reception 10 MSl
Waltz. Auxiliary Bishop OF BrlEen
Solemn Mass was celebrated and the
congressional sermon was preached
by Professor DR.. Gisler, OF the Diocese
of Coire (Chur).
Students Gave Premiums to Or
phans.-An important feature OF tue
annual closing exercises OF 'Mt. 81
Scholastica's Academy, Atkinson, has.
is the distribution Of about 700 class
premiums, but this year, no premiums
were distributed, as the stuuehls
5 unanimously presented the value as a
donation for the relief OF the sullel'
ing orphans in Europe.
etter Carriers Vespers. - Two
thousand letter carriers attended tlle
Vesper service June 6, at st. Pat
S
their fellow members OF the Lettei
Carriers Association who dled our
ing the last year. The Rev. ?. j.
Casey. s. T., in his sermon referred
tn the movement for better pay Tor
nOstal employees and said less loyal
group of men would have been IN re-
bellion long ago.
SolemnIy Celebrated. - Between
thirty and forty thousand men took
mart in a solemn procession in the
CITY of Quebec on the Feast OF the
Sacred Heart. In the ranks were
present various provincial and munich
pal representatives, including the
Lieutenant Governor, Sir Lomer Gouin
and Cabinet and the judges. The
Blessed Sacrament was carried by
Mgr. P. E. Roy, auxiliary Bishop.
Decorated by the Pope.-Dr. J. T.
Arundel of Youngstown, Ohio, who
served in Rome during the war as a
dietitian and with the knights OIL
Columbus, has received from the Vatl
can the gold cross PRO Ecclesia at
Pontifice," in recognition of his serV
ices for humanity and the Church,
with a certificate, signed by Cardinal
Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State.
A Catholic Jurist.-June was the
anniversary of the golden wedding OF
Hon. Justice Meagher, former Judge
of the Supreme Court at Nova Scotia
and Mrs Meagher. Judge Meaghe1
had a distinguished career, both at
the bar and on the bench, and re
tired from the judgeship while in full
strength of body and mind. The mar
riage ceremony was performed by
Father T. w. Allen, on June 5, 1870
in Halifax.
A Texan Centenary.-At Waco
Texas, recently, Ri. Rev. c. E. Byrne
Bishop of Galveston, officiated at a
Pontifical Mass on the occasion OF
the one hundreth anniversary of the
Sisters of Saint Mary, a religious and
teaching community. The sermon was
delivered by Rev. T. P. ORourke,
C. S. B., of st. Thomas College Hous-
ton. The Sisters of st. Mary conduct
schools at Dallas, Fort Worth, DENIM
son Sherman and Wichita Falls