The Catholic bulletin., 1920-03-27
NEW WORLD ITEMS

ZION, To-Day lnCludeS 80
among the parishes OF the archuio-
ceSe.
Catholic Actors GuiId.-The recent
theatrical performance for the benent
of the Catholic Actors Guild. held at
the George NJ. Cohan theater, Ne"
York. netted $4,000.
Bell WiIed to Church.-lhe VIII Vi
Thomas Murphy, late of Utica, ~ \"
beoueathes the sum of $500 to st. rat
ricll's Church. Clayville. for the pur-
chase and installation of bell
Canada Over Half Cathc 'ic.-Ot the
5t1O.6S2 inhabitants OF Canaua' ac
cordine to the latest census, 2'S"@'o+'
are Catholic-that is. little more
than half of the tptal number.
A Jesuit JubiIee-The Rev. Joseph
Spanbemacher, S. j., at one time tutor
to King Aphonsus of Spain mis-
sionarv among the Indians OF Sou'h
Dakota. and now at st. l@na'lus
Church. San Francisco, recently cele-
brated the golden jubilee Of his aImls-
sion to the Society of Jesus
A colleqe Drive.-The College Of the
Holy Cross Worcester. Mass Is cam
naiguing for $l,000,000. for the pur-
nose Of increasing the facilities of the
college so as to accommodate more
Catholic Young men who seek to be-
come students at the institution.
x, of c. Chapter.-A knights OF CO.
lumbus chapter with representatives
from each of the four councils IN the
CITY will be organized in Kansas oltE'
Kas.. lust as soon as the proper ar
raneements are made by joint COM
mittee appointed by the grand knlghts
at the Joint meeting in Bishop FINK
Council hall last week.
. Bishop Conducts Mssion.-Rt. Rev,
Bishop Drumm opened week S mis-
sion Sunday. March {. at Sacred Heart
Church. Valley Junction. Ia. tn"
Rishop conducted the mission and it
was wonderfully we'll attented. The
results are exceedingly we'll pleasing
TO the Bishop and Father Gleeson.
Bishop Drumm also conducted the
Forty Hour devotio which followed,
Benedictine Pioneer Oies.-Rev.
John Conrad, Q. S. B.. of Conception
Abbey, Mo. died at st. Joseph Mo-. on
March /. after short illness at the
age Of 50 years. Born in Switzerland
he came TO America in 1873 as one OF
the first novices of Conception Abbey
and was ordained in 1877. He is sur
Vived by three brothers in America
the Rt Rev Abbots Frowin of Con
ception, Mo, and Ignatius of Subiaco
Ark. and Rev. Father Plus O. S. b.
of Chewelah, Wash.
Catholic Pupil Wins.-The Keokuk
tla) daily papers announce the result
Of the I. S. Army essay contest, which
was open to all the schools of the
city. and the result makes a splendid
showing for st. Peters Catholic High
School. There were ten prizes offered
by keokuk merchants for the ten bes
the first prize and three others-fou
out of ten. The committee of ladies
was composed of Mrs. W. G.. Blood
Mrs. Hugh J. Robertson and Miss
inertia Mitchell. Cyril LeFever of S
Peters won the wrist watch valued
at $25, which is given by the indus
trial association and the Commercial
club. The essays were all written OF
the subject, What are the Benefit!
OF an Enlistment in the L. S. Army :?
Halls Refused to Anti-Catholi
Speaker. When Mayor Thomas F
DOnnelly was asked recently to rem
the Public Library hall in Covington
hN., to man named Jackson to civ,
an anti-Catholic lecture to expose tn
awful conditions prevailing at th
nome OF the Good Shepherd nuns" h
called in Louis Phillips. probation OF
hcer, Mason, and inquired about tn
institution. Phillips, who is a mem
Der of the Junior Order. said he coul
not speak in high enough terms of tn
nome. Jackson was refused the Ii
brary Hall, and also the Masonic
Moose and Eagle halls. Mayor Dor
nelly then got into communicated
with the mayor of Newport, who dc
clared that he would be ready fo
Jackson when the latter appeare
there.
For Starving Sisters.-The Rt. Re,
Mgr. a. J. Thiele, Chicago, has re
ceived nearly 5000 for the Door Frar
ciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adore
ton in Vienna. Most of these Sister
cannot walk because of the softenin
OF the bones due to lack of nourisl
mcnt. Mgr. Thiele is also very activ
Tor the poor children of the Rhinelan
and receives donations for that puI
pose. He sent $4,000 to a school j
Cologne. Rev. Henry Lieblang, Ch
cago, has received nearly $4OO for. tn
sufferers of the Diocese of Treve
tTrier). priest of Irish descep
from Chicago has contributed to tbi
fund $4,000. st. Aloysius Church a
which these three priests labor ha
contributed over $2500 for the wa
sufferers of Germany and Austria, an
this is by no means wealthy parisl