The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-19
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Fire Destroys Church.-Fire COM
pletely destroyed the Italian Church
of st. Ambrose, st. Louis, on January
2S. The church was one-story struc-
ture erected eighteen years ago at a
cost of approximately 100000 The
damage amounted to about $1,000.
New Parish School.-As a result OF
the recent campaign which the Mems
Sodality of the Blessed Sacrament
parish conducted, new building for
the parochial school will be erected
this coming spring in Hollywood, Cal.
The amount raised totaled about
$4,000, but the entire new plant COM
pleted is expected to cost $4,000 or
more.
Hospital edicated.-Equipped with
one hundred beds, the new Misericor-
dia Maternity Hospital, just complet.
ed at Forty-seventh street and Cali
fornia avenue, was dedicated in Chi
cago February 2 by Archbishop
George w. Mundelein. The hospital
will be opened under the direction OF
the Sisters of Mercy of Mercy Hospi-
tai, with DR.. Walter G.. MCGUIRE as
chief of staff, and will be supported by
the National Catholic Charities.
Milwaukee, Jubilee. - Milwaukee
has been celebrating its diamond Jub-
lice as a city. 1t was incorporated in
1916. The Catholic diocese of Milwau-
kee is somewhat older, November,
1S43). Bishop Henni took up his worn
there in 1874. The Oldest existing
church edifice in Milwaukee is st.
Mary's on Broadway, built in 1916. 1t
has been renovated several times but
the original structure and design are
preserved.
Brooklyn Pastor Dead.-Rev. Ed
ward William Dullea, IS, rector of St.
Thomas Aquinas' Church, in Brooklyn
for the past Twenty-Five years, died of
a complication of throat troubles, aft
er an illness of three weeks, in St.
Catharines Hospital. Father Dullea
was born in Dumanway, County Cork,
Ireland, and came to this country
nearly sixty years ago. He had start
ed his academic studies in France, but
after coming here continued his
studies at Mount st. Mary's College
in Emmitsburg, Md. He was Or
dained in 1877.
rJL..y. ENH>ndar Erae h ~ "A -
Alfred Losinskey, nineteen years old
and blind since birth, has so far over
ridden the handicaps of his affliction
as to become known as the most re-
markable student who ever enrolled
at Fordham College and to achieve
also the standing of a regular fell
low among his associates. In fact,
his mastery of Greek alone makes
him not only the wonder freshman"
at Fordham, but places him among
the most extraordinary of freshmen
ever enrolled in any American insti-
tuition of learning, while he is scarce
ly less distinguished for his progress
in music, according to the Sunday
Herald"
Joan of Arc Statue.-A statue Of
st. Joan of Arc, found only slightly
SCARED in a war ruined French viii
lage, today graces an altar in church
in the Elmhurst district, New York,
the first district in this country
named in honor of the new Saint.
The relic was discovered in the ruins
of the church at Ban-de-Laveline by
Rev. Ward G. Meehan, who was chap
lain of an American infantry regi.
ment during the war. Elmhurst's
church was named the day of Joan
of Arcs canonization and Father Nee
han appointed its rector, and struck
by the coincidence, he sent to France
for the statue. 1t was blessed and
erected at services held January 80.
Vincent de Paul Man Has Unique
Juhilee.-John J. Walsh, secretary OF
the Sacred Heart Conference of the
st. Vincent de Paul Society, San Fran.
cisco, was the guest of honor last
week at dinner given him by the
Rev. Joseph P. McQuaide, pastor OF
Sacred Heart Church. Mr.. Walsh on
the first of the year completed an I'M
broken record of attendance at the
meetings, twice month, at the Con-
ference of which he has been secre-
tary, for twenty-five years. During
the period of Walsh's incumbency Of
office the little band of men of which
he is the center distributed to the
INDECENT of the Sacred Heart parish
some $4,000, visiting at the same
time 5000 homes and aiding 5000 per-
sons. Last year over $1,400 was ex-
pended. Archbishop Hanna also felic-
itated Mr.. Walsh.
Arlington Chaplain Transferred
Rev. Ignatius Fealey, U. S. A., chap
lain of the Third Cavalry stationed
at FIT. Myer, Virginia, has just been
ordered transferred to Camp Travis,
San Antonio, Texas. He has been as
signed to Fl Myer since the signing
of the armistice. AS offiiciant at the
reinterment of Catholic soldiers in Ar
lington Cemetery, adjoining FIT. Myer,
Father Fealy has become known to
hundreds of relatives of the dead sol
diers all over the United States.
Boston Colleges Campaign.-Sen
Tors at Boston College are lending
their aid in a systematic effort to