The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Lightning Strikes Church.-During
a recent thunderstorm in Buffalo, N.
Y, lightning struck the roof of St.
Louis Church, at Main and Edward
streets, one of the largest Catholic
churches in the city. Fire which fol-
lowed caused damage of $4,000.
Funeral of Mgr. Nawrocki.-The fun
eral of Mgr Stanislaus Nawrocki, pas
s.tor of st. Mary of Perpetual Help par
s ish. Chicago, took place Friday of last
week. Mgr Nawrocki was born in
1851 in Sienna in the province of Po-
sen. In the year 1887 he was ordained
to the priesthood and since then he has
worked in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
In~1917 he was named Domestic Prel-
ate.
New X, c, Home.-The Knights of
Columbus have recently purchased a
new home in Oelwein, la. The build
ing is large enough to afford excellent
accommodations for a club room, read
ing and recreation rooms on the Sec
ond floor, while on the first floor there
is a spacious store room. More than
two-thirds of the purchase price has
been subscribed.
Catholic Students Cuban impor,
tant factor in the life of Catholic stu
dents at the, University of Iowa is the
Newman Club, membership in which is
open both to men and women. While
the work of this organization is along
social and literary rather than relis-
. ious lines, nevertheless it has had and
continues to have an important bear
ing on the religious life of the stu
dents. One of the objects of the or
ganization is to reach out through its
membership to those Catholic stu
dents who may have become luke
warm or Indifferent in the practice OF
their religious duties and bring such
influence to bear upon them as will
lead to an improvement in these mat
tiers. The Newman Club. has an &C
tive membership Of about 800 youns
men and women.
Homes for orphans.-A plea for thu
duplication in every state of the home
finding work carried on in Illinois b.
the Knights of Columbus was made il
Chicago by the Right Rev. P. J. Mul
doom, Bishop of Rockford, State Chap
lain of the K. of c., and chairman o
the Social Action Department of tn
National Catholic Welfare Council, a
meeting of the Catholic Home Find
ing Association of Illinois last week
Bishop Muldoon had listened to tn
report of State Deputy and Suprem
Director Edward Houlihan, who is ais
superintendent of the Catholic HON
Finding Association of Illinois, tina
ISL orphaned children had been, re
moved from the state institutions an
placed in family homes during tn
year, and of these SO had been legal
adopted as members of the families Q
thei" foster parents. The report ais
showed that in the six years durin
which the home-finding work has bee
carried on, sol orphans had bee
placed in family homes and 1874 lega
ly adopted thus preventing them fror
becoming charges on the state an
placing them in the way of family lif
and family Inheritance.
Late Rev. A. E, Otis, S. J.-Ver
Rev. Alphonse Elmer Otis, S. j., VIII
died recently at New Orleans, came c
8 family distinguished in the colonis
l. ;efo of Tn 1o 10
son of Colonel Elmer Otis of tn
Eighth Cavalry, u S. A, and was
cousin of General Otis of Philippin
-, Island fame. His great-great-gran(
uncle, James Otis, has gone down i
history as one of the first who pleade
in colonial days for the separation {
America from England's rule. Jane
Otis was the father of Harrison Ora
Otis, of noted revolutionist recor,
Father Otis is direct descendant {
Harrison Gray Otis. His mother wa
Miss Boone, who was the grea
granddaughter of the famous DAM,
Boone. One of his brothers is in tn
United States navy, and one of hi
sisters is the wife of General Cabell, {
TIC UullSu' OIdIcS ARMY, VIII was I'll
Chief of Staff to General Pershing O
the Mexican Border.
First Contribution to Memorial
Fund.-Columbus (Ohio) Chapte
Chaplains' Aid Association, has tn
distinction of being the first contrib,
tor to the War Memorials Fund, whic
is being gathered to consecrate an
mark with monument the graves {
10000 American Catholic soldiers
France. A cross-the symbol of the
faith--will be incised on each mon,
r.a ment. To meet the expense of TIL
undertaking a considerable sum {
money will be required. The Nation;
Catholic Welfare Council has initia
49, ed campaign to raise the necessar
* funds for this purpose and alread
many donations have been receive,
Subscriptions, it is announced, skoul
~ be sent to the Editor, National Cat
Ollie Welfare Council Bulletin, 49,
Massachusetts avenue n. w., Was
ington, D. G.
Parish Record Of War Letters
permanent record of war letters wrt
ten home by the one hundred al
thirty-three members of ST, Mary
rS4TiSh E,rie pa who were in fl