The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-09-11

A New ColeJe.-The Sisters of St.
Joseph have established the College
of St Rose at Albany, n. j., which
will be opened on September p.
New Superiors.-Rev. c. .Veillard,
Eudist, has been appointed Superior
of the new college at Bathurst, Can.
Rev. p. G. del as Catardiere, EudlSt,
has been named Superior Of the Sem
mary at Halifax.
Editor is Appointed.-The Rev.
Frank A. POkriefka, for several years
assistant pastor of the Church OF Our
Lady of the Rosary, Detroit, has been
appointed managing editor of The
Michigan Catholic, recently purchased
BY the Right Rev. Michael J. GallaSh-
er. d. D., Bishop of Detroit, as the
official organ of the diocese.
New Chicago eeminary.-Contracts,
aggTegating more than $2,OOO,O0O,
have been let for the first group of
structures at Area, Ill, which are to
constitute St Mary of-the-Lake Sem
mary. the administrative seat of the
great new Catholic university pro-
jccted by Archbishop Mundelein.
Diamond Jubilee of Parsh.-St
Mary's parish, Buffalo, y. Y, will cele-
brate the seventy-fifth anniversary Of
tie founding Of the church this year
The parish is, with one exception, the
oldest in the diocese. 1t was estab-
lished in 1915, Mass being celebrated
in the original frame church for the
first time on May l. Of that year.
For Catholic Children.-On Thurs,
day, August &c, the Catholic Dentist
Guild. of Boston, under the title of
the Guild Of St ApollOnia, presented
a motor van for the conveyance Of pa
rOChal children to the Forsyth Dental
mtirmary. The movement is worthy
OF highest commentator and those
who have worked for its consumma
ton deserve the thanks of Catholic
parents.
Fund for Sufferers of Central Eu
rope.-"The Pittsburgh Observer" re
ports as follows: A joint relief com
mittee of church organizations has col
lcCted $44 600 for the war sufferers OF
Europe in a few months. Under the
leadership Of Father G. NJ. Guenther
this amount will be raised to $4,000
The work has the approval Of the Rt
Rev. Bishop CaneVin.
Have K. of C. Club House.-MObile
Ala, is soon to have commodiOus
Knights Of Columbus clubhouse, the
expenditure on, which will exceed
100000. The Il. of c. Home Building
Association recently purchased a hand
some structure at Government and
Warren streets at cost Of $780, 900
and the work of transforming it into
a modern clubhouse has already be
gun. Specifications for the improve
ments have been prepared under the
direction of the Board of Trustees, in
Guiding V. K. PritChard, James Dru
han and Edward J. Grove. 1t is plan
ned by the board of directors to open
the new edittcc on Columbus Day with
elaborate ceremonies
New Fourth Degree Districts.-John
II. Redin of Denver supreme master
of the Fourth Degree, Knights of Co
lumbus, has divided the Fourth dis
trict into two districts, making Wash
ingtOn and Oregon separate jurisdic
tons. Harry A. LaBerge, prominent
attorney of Yakima, has been appoint
l.. Lunergan, a leading attorney OF
Portland, who recently was elected to
the supreme board of directors of the
Knights Of Columbus, has been APP
pointed master of the Oregon district.
New School Opens.-The new pa
Tochial school at West Brooklyn, H.
was blessed September by Rt. Rev
p. J. MuldOon, of Rockford. The
building was to be completed within
four months, but on account of the
delays occasioned by lack of material
strikes, railroad transportation, etc, il
took a year. The building is fireproot
and is built according to the standard
of the State Board of Education OF
illinois, costing about $4,000, of which
over 100000 is already subscribed
The Sisters House has also been re-
modelled. This parish has, within the
last twenty years, built three churches
a parsonage, a Sisters house, and a
school, with only a debt of about $40,
600 left.
UnVeiI Statute to Priest.-Valgagne
a small town in Cobalt, Ontario
known in 1916 by another name, was
completely destroyed by forest fire
Recently the villagers observed the
fourth anniversary of the disaster
Solemn High Mass was offered and &
monument of gray granite was un
yelled to Father Gagne, 26 years old
who was a native of Manchester, N. H
Father Gagne, returning from retreat
when the fire broke out, said he must
find his people. In a rock cut later, 81
charred bodies were found Father
Gagne had found his people and per.
ished with them. An apparently safe
refuge had become a death trap. -
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