The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-03
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Graduated by Proxy.-At the gradu-
| alton exercises of st. Patrick High
| School, Pueblo, Col, which took place
after Solemn High Mass recently, the
graduates were conducted to the
sanctuary to receive their diplomas.
Miss Mary Pittman, however, was not
present, as, after taking the final tests
and qualifying for graduation she left
| for Cincinnati where she entered the
novitiate of the Sisters of Charity at
Mt. st. Joseph on he-Ohio.< A vacant
chair was draped in white and on it
her well-earned diploma reposed with
special honor. ...,. --x Ut,
Mexicans Visit Cardinal. - Tore
DiaZ, representative of the Provisional
Government of Mexico at Washington,
and Senior DOmingueZ of that country,
called on Cardinal Gibbons June TO-,
and discussed social and religious
matters affecting Mexico with the pre-
late. Political conditions were not
referred to, the Cardinal said. The
Cardinals visitors went deeply into
the subjects, discussing the best
means Of alternating the conditions
of the masses with the view of en-
listing the Cardinals good will as far
as possible.
Steel Company's Gift-SimultaneOus
ly with the beginning Of the pageant
at Joliet, ILL.,. came the announcement
from Chicago that the Illinois Steel
company had contributed $4,000 to
the proposed orphans home. Work
on the institution will begin this sum-
mer. The added contribution places
the fund between $45O,O00 and $780,
600. The activity on the part of the
Catholics in Joliet has attracted coun-
try-wide attention. The orphans home
drive for Will and Grundy counties
was inaugurated only few months
ago at the suggestion Of His Grace
Archbishop Mundelein.
Canada's CathoIics-The Catholic
Directories of Canada for 1920 in Eng
lish and French have been published
archdiOceses, tWenty-fOur diOceses,
five vicariates, and one prefecture. A
prefecture is the first form of organi-
cation in a missionary territory des-
tined to become diocese. 1t is placed
in charge of a priest with episcopal
jurisdiction. When it reaches Ger.
tain stage of development it becomes
;ch~ Will ~
episcopal see in his territory. Final
ly, when sufficiently organized it be-
comes a diocese. The number of
priests in Canada is 4,500 and the
number of Catholics over three and a
quarter million, namely 3,26S,S37.
Parish Golden JubiIee.-St. Joseph
Church, New Hampton, Iowa, on June
"a, observed the fiftieth anniversary
of it's founding and commemorated
the sacrifices made by the pioneer
founders, some of whom mOrtgaged
their farm to build the first church
half a century ago. The membership
of the parish was fifteen pioneer fam
lilies. Now there are 215 families and
total membership of about 1000. His
Grace, Archbishop J. j. Keane was
celebrant at the Pontifical High Mass
in observance of the golden jubilee
He was assisted by the Rev. T. G.
Brady, V. G., and the Very Rev. J. J.
Fitzpatrick, D. D., of Marshalltown,
Iowa, preached the sermon. The Rev.
NJ. H. Carey is the present pastor of
st. Joseph's and his assistant is the
Rev. ]. K. Klott. The church prop
erty is valued at $4,000 and is free
from debt
Indian School Destroyed BY Fire.
One Of the pioneer settlements of the
Grey Nuns in the barren Canadian
Northwest was at Cross Lake. Sur.
viving countless hardships they final
ly established various good works and
opened a school where they trained
many little Indians in religion and
useful knowledge. There are now
about 1900 Indians at the Mission,
all good Catholics, SO that the Nuns
have reason to feel proud in the sue,
cess which has come to them and
to the priests. But few months ago
their school was burned to the ground
and everything furniture and
clothing were destroyed. The loss ex,
ceeds $4,000, sum secured by great
sacrifice and not easy to raise in the
present hard times. Mgr. Charlebois,
the Bishop of Keewatin, asks for
the practical sympathy of the faith
full.