The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-05-07
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Oldest Nun Dies.-Sister Angela
Flanagan, who is believed to have been
the oldest member of the Order OF
Daughters of Charity of st. Vincent de
Paul in this country, has died in New
Orleans. Sister Angela had been a
member of the order siXty-two years.
Lecture by Convert Bishop.-Fred
erick Joseph Kinsman, formerly Prot
estant Episcopal Bishop of Delaware
made his first public address Tuesday
night, April 26, as a Roman Catholic
before the New York Branch of the
National Catholic Converts League in
the grand ballroom of the Hotel Plaza
Right Rev. c. A. McDermott.-The
Right Rev. Monsignor c.. A. McDer-
mott. sixty-eight years old, pastor of
st. Peters Church, McKeesport, Pa,
died there Monday, April %. Born in
Donegal, Ireland, Father McDermott
with his parents came to the United
States when a child. He was Or
dained priest by Bishop O'Connor at
st. Vincent's College, Beatty, Pa, in
1876.
Bishop Helps Mexicans in U. S.
BY order of the Right Reverend
Emeterio Valverde Y Teller, D. D.,
Bishop of Leon, Mexico, collection
was taken up in all the churches of
h; Do Ixy
Thursday and Easter Sunday for the
poor Mexicans who are out of employ
ment in the United States to enable
them to return to their country.
Archaeologist Dies.-Padre Eduardo
Riuz, cure of Tepeaca, famous MeXi-
can archaelogist of national reputa-
ton, died in Puebla on March IS. Dur
ing his incumbency as pastor of Te-
peaca, Padre Ruiz made some very inn
portant discoveries relative to the Az
tee and Chichimeca civilizations. He
founded museum that was the won
der and admiration of all visitors. In
his untimely death both the Church
and the scientific world have sus-
tanned an irreparable loss.
Mistaken for BurgIar.-Mistaken
for burglar, Rev. John Ford of st.
Patrick's Church at Everett, ILL.,, just
northwest of Chicago, was shot in
the left shoulder and slightly wounded
last week by Stephen Kestial, owner
of a garage. Father Ford drove to the
Kestial garage early in a car after
being away from Everett for few
days. Kestial Immediately opened fire
upon him with a shotgun Recently
burglaries in the neighborhood. said
Kestial led him to suspect early morn
ing arrivals.
Priests Robhed-Liberty Bonds, sill
verware, and other valuables were
stolen from the residences of the Rev.
John F. Mclaughlin, pastor of st.
Johns Church, and the Rev. Joseph
A. Hopkins, pastor of ST. Mary's
Church, Oswego, n. Y, on April 26.
The robbers entered the houses while
the priests were attending services at
st. Mary's Church
Father kress Given important Post.
Rev. William S. Kress, former pastor
of st. Edwards Church, Cleveland,
Ohio, has been appointed superintend-
ent of the western department of the
American Foreign Mission Society,
with headquarters in San Francisco
Father Kress became associated with
the foreign mission work of the socie-
ty last September and since that time
has been engaged in travelling through
the country to acquaint Catholic con-
gregations with it's purposes. He will
continue these activities.
Passion Play in New Orleans
"Veronica's Veir' the American Pas
sion Play, which has been produced
before hundreds of thousands of spec
tators in the United States, will be
given its seventh and eighth presen-
tations in New Orleans on May Z and
8. Local talent will be in the cast.
The event will mark the fourth New
Orleans season. When first presented
there the Passion Play required ten
hours to produce, the performance
continuing afternoon and evening.
Since then the spectacle has been
condensed and can be produced in full
in single afternoon or evening. It
is probable that the play will be pre-
scented later in Baton Rogue.
College to Celebrate Centennial
Gonzaga College of Washington, D.
C., is planning to celebrate, next o.
tober, the one hundredth anniversary
of it's establishment. The first meet
ing to devise a suitable method of
commemorative the anniversary will
be held on May 10 in one of the col
lege buildings. At the time of it's
foundation the institution was called
Washington Seminary. Shortly after
its beginning the school had to be en-
larged and has had steady growth
since. Additional buildings were
erected within the last year. Many
prominent business and professional
men of the District of Columbia, Mary
land, and Virginia, are former stu
dents of Gonzaga.
Catholic Charities Aided 1880
Observation-Disclosures hundred fam
lilies in and about Chicago received
help from the Associated Catholic
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