The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-01-10
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Order Gives chapeI.-The Massa,hu-
sntts State Council Of the National
Order of the Daughters OF Isabella
recently voted the gift OF a chapel TO
the Propagation Of Faith Society. 1t
will be dedicated to the Massachusetts
members of the Order
phiIipplne University.-The Univer-
sity of Santo Tomas, Manila. was
founded in 1911. twenty-five years be-
fore that Of Harvard, and 1t is SAID
by Mr. Kalaw. Secretary Of the Phil
ippine Mission to the United States
that, "as early as 1856. with popu-
lation OF 100000. there were S4l
schools for boys and S33 for girls.
New Service SchooI.-The knights
of Columbus will open an evening
school for eX-serviCe men in the Chris
tan Brothers Business College, Port
land, Oregon. early in the new year,
Similar schools are in operation in va
rious large cities of the country: the
Portland school will be the fourth on
the coast, others being in San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
Three Chalices StoIen.-Three gold
Chalices were recently stolen from the
safety vault of St. Ignatius' Church,
in Portland. Oregon. The loss was
discovered by one of the priests when
about to say Mass at a. M. Investi-
CATION showed that the thieves broke
window to reach the chapel, which
is on the second floor The safe was
two feet square and cannot be found.
The chalices are valued at $1,000.
Should Help Catholic Press.-The
Catholic press has given literally
of it's space, gratis, to the work OF
the knights of Columbus, Friends
of Irish Freedom, and kindred organ
izations, and the Detroit Michigan
Catholic believes it is now time that
the officers of these societies make
concerted drive for the Catholic press.
The high prices of everything that
goes into the makeup of a paper de-
mand assistance from those who ben
eft from the publication of Catholic
journals.
Chaplain Attends Transport Vic
tims.-The Rev. Aloysius C. Dineen,
I. S. A, who before becoming an
army chaplain was attached to Holy
Cross Church in New York, was the
chaplain assigned to the L. S. Trans
port General Grant on her recent voy-
age to Brest 1t was providential in
deed that a Catholic priest was on
beard the President Grant, because
during the trip to Brest there was an
unfortunate accident, an explosion, in
which two of the ships officers. both
Catholics. lost their lives. Father
Dneen offered Mass for both men.
Smallpox Hits Orphanage.-With 43
out of 100 orphans sick with the small
pOX. the little inmates of st. Joseph S
Orphanage, Spokane, had no Christ
mas celebration this year, according
to announcements made last week.
The Orphanage is in quarantine and
every attempt is being made to check
the spread of the disease. of which
there is an epidemic in Spokane
Over hundred cases are reported in
the city.
Threaten X. of C.. HaII.-At Wauke,
gan, H.. on December 20, threat was
made to destroy the hall of the
Knights of Columbus War Camp Com
munty Service by anonymous persons
who sign themselves "A bunch of real
sailors-not Great Lakes boobs" The
threat came to Walter Rourke, the X
of c. secretary in charge. The sailors
are angry because of the policy of the
management in shutting out sailors
from the dances when the hall is full
Preference has been given the sick
and wounded soldiers from the Fort
Sheridan Hospital, who have to travel
twelve miles, while the sailors are
hale and hearty.
BoIshevik Applaud Catholic Social
TlOS' LNCly Douy IluUS,
being established by the Nationa
Catholic War Council, are getting
closer to the real proletariat than any
other social movement started by the
Church in years. Many intellectual
people now know and agree that the
Catholic Church offers the only sane
solution eXtant for the social unrest
but far too few of the non-Catholit
working classes are familiar with oul
program. The "Everymans Clubs
are bringing this knowledge home tt
the laborers. Our program is SO far
reaching that even Bolshevists cal
applaud it, as was shown at the Win
die lecture in Denver recently; yet i
preserves everything worth keeping IL
the old civilization
New Vacation House.-The Summe
Vacation House for sickly children
which has been conducted by the Bcs
ton Diocesan Charitable Bureau TO
the past eight years, is hereafter to b,
located permanently at Hull, thanks
to the generosity of His Eminence tn,
Cardinal. the Knights of Columbus
and Mr. James J. Phelan of Brookline
His Eminence has purchased an ad
mirable~ site of one acre upon tina