The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
NEW WORLD ITEMS


cided to donate Catholic Encyclope-
dia to the Graves Public Library of
the city. 1t is to be handsome bound
volume and will cost $12S.
Father Duffy's AppeaI.-Father Duff
fly, of war service fame, made an elo-
auent and effective plea in behalf OF
women and children in Ireland at a
meeting of the Sixty-ninth Regiment
Armory last week in Brooklyn. After
Father Duffy addressed the gathering
of about three thousand persons, Mar
tin Conboy, chairman of the Greater
New York Committee for Relief in
Ireland, called for help and pledges
for more than $25, 900 were received.
Erect New X. c. Home.-Reports of
campaign committees raising funds
for a new club house in Green Bay,
Wis, indicate that a modern home
for the knights of Columbus is as
sured. At last weeks meeting it was
found that large part of the stock
in the holding company had been sub
scribed. 1t will be three stories and
the lower two floors will be largely
opened to the public. 1t is planned
to have an auditorium with seating
capacity of $500 persons.
Catholic Layman of Note.-James F.
Heron, a member of Mayor Moore's
cabinet and assistant purchasing agent
of the city of Philadelphia, died from
an injury to the spine. During the
war, Mr.. Heron did notable work as
director of the Benedict Service Club,
field secretary of the National Catho-
lie War Council and delegate to the
War Community Service. He was
member of Philadelphia Council, K.
of c., and an active figure in the
Catholic Young Mems Archdiocesan
Union, the Holy Name Union, the
Catholic Missionary Society of Phil
adelphia and the Boy Scout and Big
Brother movements.
Fire Destroys Catholic Church.
St. Joseph's Church at Wenatchee,
Wash, was badly damaged by fire
Friday night, March IS, which Destroy
ed the Sacristy the Altar and partial
" burned the frame structure. Rev.
P. J. Ryan, pastor of the church, es-
Inmates the damage at over 81 900 and
is as yet undecided as to whether the
damaged structure can be repaired or
new church built The fire was dis
covered and the alarm turned in by
members of the choir, who were prac-
ticing in the church.
Cvics Catechism in Slovak.-An
English-Slovak edition of the Nation
al Catholic Welfare Councils "Civics
Catechism,' has just come from the
press and is about to be circulated in
districts where Slovaks are numerous.
The text of the catechism is printed
in English and Slovak, in parallel col
umns, to facilitate the SlOvak readers
task of learning English. An English
Polish version of the catechism is now
on the press and English-German and
Englsh-Spanish editions are in prep
aration, and translations into other
languages common to groups of citi-
zens are in contemplation.
obIate Fathers Preach on Press
& Twenty-Five Missionary Oblates of
Mary Immaculate who have been
preaching Lenten sermons in more
than thirty parishes in eighteen cities
of New York, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania
and Illinois, have been making Cath
olic Press Month subject of their
discourses to large gatherings and i'm
pressing on congregations the duty of
resorting to Catholic literature and
journals as an antidote to the present
evils and as a constructive spiritual
and moral influence The Oblate Fa-
theirs are always under instructions to
emphasize the Importance of the Cath
Ollie press as an aid to the preserva.
ton and spread of the Faith, but dur
ing the past Lenten season they made
a special point of urging the support
of Catholic books and papers.
Sister of Mother DrexeI-Monsig.
nor O'Hern, rector of the American
College, has presented to His Holt
ness, in private audience, Mrs. Ed
ward Morrell of Philadelphia, owner
of great properties destined for Cath
olic uses. She has already founded
two trades schools, one in Richmond
for negroes and one in Philadelphia
for whites. They are directed by the
Christian Brothers. Her sister, Moth
er Catherine Drexel foundress of the
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, has
established twenty-one institutions for
the education of negroes and Indians.
All these schools and institutions are
supported wholly by the large wealth
of the two sisters. The Holy Father
received Mrs. Morrel1's report with
great satisfaction and heartily blessed
her work
Press Campaign in CapitaI.-Mem-
bers of committee which has been
promoting the Press Month Campaign
in Washington are considering plans
for perpetuating their organization as
an agency for furthering other Cath.
Ole enterprises of both local and a
national significance. Representatives
of twenty-three parishes in which the
committee has members met at Cliff
ton, the national Catholic service
school for women, on March 80, to per.