The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-08-06
NEW WORLD ITEMS


Worshippers in Barn Erecting New
church.-The cornerstone of st. Flea
nor Church, Collegeville. Pa.,was laid
last Sunday, with impressive cere-
monies. The edifice will be entirely OF
stone and, when completed, will be
one of the finest buildings in the local
ity. The new church will replace the
congregations present place of wor-
ship which is the loft of a barn.
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Holy Cross Refuses Students
Registration for admission to Holy
Cross College, Worcester, Mass, next
year. have reached the full capacity
of the Accommodations and about $50
applicants will have to be turned
away, according to announcement OF
Rev. James J. Carlin, S. j., president
Present Accommodations provide for 600
boarding and $50 day students. 1t
is hoped that additional dormitories
will be completed by the fall of 1922.
NEGRO Church for Kansas City
Father Thos. F. Mcbride, travel
ing representative of the Indian and
Negro Mission Board, who has been
working the past several months In
the Leavenworth Diocese, has found
176 Catholic Negroes in Kansas City,
Kan, only about half of whom are
practicing their faith. Bishop Ward
has given permission for the found
= ing of a negro parish to be named
, Our Lady of Perpetual Help. No pas
tor has yet been appointed.
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To Mark Silver .Jubilee.-Prelimin
airy plans, relative to the celebration
of the twenty-fifth anniversary OF Phil
adelphia Council of the Knights of
Columbus, were discussed at meet
ing of the past grand knights, held
in the council headquarters last week.
1t was decided to hold the silver jub-
lice festivities on the evening of No
vember 20, and as the occasion marks
also the foundation of the order in
Pennsylvania, it is expected that SUI
preme, and State officers, as we'll as
Representatives from the national and
State governments, will attend.
Grand Old Priest Dead.-The late
Rev. Hugh McKeefree, affectionately
called the Grand Old Priest of Church
HILL" is being mourned by thousands
of Catholics throughout Virginia, es
pecially the members of st. Patrick's
Church, of which he was pastor
Father McKeefree celebrated his gold
en- jubilee in the priesthood on June
20, with so priests from the diocese
attending He was known throughout
the South as church builder anC
school builder and at the jubilee ban
uuet was referred to by Bishop OCon
mel as Lion of the Fold of Juda.
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Heads Redemptorist Provinee.-Tht
Rev. James B. Barron, G.. SIS. r
for six years rector of the Church
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help il
Brooklyn, has been designated pro
vincial of the Baltimore province O.
the Redemptorist Fathers. The prov
ince includes the vice-province o
has Twenty-Five houses, one hous'
of studies, one novitiate and one col
lege. There are more than ESQ priests
one hundred professed lay students
and close to that number of professet
lay brothers. The provincials head
quarters are in Brooklyn.
DR.. ChambIiss Secured Announce
ment has been made that Dr. Harde
Chambliss has been appointed to TAX
charge of the work of the Department
of Chemistry at the Catholic Univel
sity, owing to the prolonged illness o
Rev. DIR. John j. Griffin, who has BEEF
in charge of the department since it
opening in 1895. DR.. Chambliss is on
of the most distinguished chemists il
the United States. He graduate
from Johns Hopkins University il
1900, and since then has devoted him
self to chemical research and teach
ing. During the war he was command
ing officer of the U. S. Nitrate Plant
No. 1, Sheffield, Ala, with the ran
of lieutenant Colonel. A member O
the principal chemical societies in tn
United States and England, he ha
been given by the U. S. Civil Servic
Commission the highest rating as
chemist and chemical engineer.
60 !. New Kansas Church.-Sacre
Heart Parish, Park Kan, has awarde
a contract for a 100000 church, cor
struction of which will start sooI
The plans call for full basement t
be used for Divine services on wee
days and at times when the mai
church cannot be economically heated
The basement will also have a paris
hall. Above the concrete foundation
footings, there will be foundation Q
yellow fire brick. The walls are to b
of dark red pressed brick. The roc
will be of metal shingles. The towe
will be 154 feet high and copper cover
ed. The building is to be 1872 feet lon
by 81 feet wide and transept "a fee
Indiana bluestone will be used 70
trimmings. The estimated cost of tn
church does not include any charg
for excavating, crushed rock, sand O
drayage, all of which will be done b
the congregation without charge.
Santa Fe Activities.-Allied wit
the Southwestern Catholic, the offit
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