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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
CHARITIES CONVENTION
NATIONAL CATHOLIC ORGANlZA.
TON TO MEET IN MILWAUKEE,
SEPTEMBER 1922.

Representative of Catholic charities
from all sections of the United States
will gather in Milwaukee, September
1922, for the purpose of discussing
and exchanging views in regard to
the vital problems affecting the
Church in the fields Of social and
charitable work. 1t will be the first
Heretofore the meetings have been
held biennially.
The most important problems to be
discussed at the Milwaukee meeting
are the methods of securing a greater
number of active volunteer workers
fer Catholic organizations, the finding
of homes for dependent children, the
adyisability of Catholic institutions
for the feeble minded, the social
hygiene movement, the Church and
rural welfare, Catholic work for de-
linquents.
Catholics engaged in social and
charitable work are not only interest
ed in the relief of the poor and in pro-
viding home and institutional care for
dependent children but they are also
interested in doing every thing pos
sible for the prevention of poverty
They are interested in minimum wage
legislation, in mothers pensions, in
health legislation, and the various
means of remedying or alleviating the
unemployment problem. These qtles
tions will have a prominent place on
the program of the milwaukee. meet
! ing
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
SISTER CATHERINE DIES
WAS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN
TEACHERS AMONG SISTERS OF
ST. JOsEPHi-EoRMERLY AT
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL.

Sister Catherine (McDonough), J,
widely known among former pupils of
the Sisters of St. Joseph, died at st.
Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, Wednes-
day evening, August "a She was in
the seventy first year of her age and
the forty-ninth of her religious life.
She leaves sister, Mrs. Timothy
Keefe of st. Paul.
The venerable nun was born in
Madison, Wis, in 1850, and entered
the Sisterhood of st. Joseph at ST.
Paul, in 1872. For many years she
was teacher and directress Of the
Cathedral school in st. Paul She also
opened st. Joseph's Academy in James
town, N. Dakota, and she taught for
some time in ST. Louis and Saltwater.
Everywhere Sister Catherine was
known as a personality of strong
character and conviction, and her in
fluance over. those with whom she
came into contact was powerful and
lasting for good She taught many
who have risen to positions of promin.
ence today. sS1
The funeral took place from the
chapel of ST. Mary's Hospital on Fri
day morning with solemn Mass OF
Requiem. Rev j. Gaughan was the
celebrant, with Rev. J. Hovorka as
deacon and Rev. P. Rinaldi, subdeacon
Burial was in Calvary cemetery in St
Paul.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
PRIEST DESCRIBES HISTORIC IN
TEREST OF PLACES ON WAY TO
FAMOUS SHRlNE-PiETY OF
DEVOUT PILGRIMS TOWARD
MOTHER OF GOD.

Lourdes, the famous place Of
shrine which draws to itself throngs
of the devout, is a place worthy OF
the pen of any writer, but to the priest
who is also a writer it makes a par
ticular appeal in literary way.
Rev. II. E. G. Rope, M. A., has writ
pressions that a journey to the fa-
nous place makes on a devout visitor,
especially those of the approach to
the wonders of the shrine. He re-
Gently made a visit to Lourdes, and
here are some fragments of his i'm
pressions of the journey, as given in
special article in the Catholic Times
and Catholic Opinion of England:
Word is passed round that we
are nearing Lourdes. We gather in
the corridor to sing the Lourdes hymn
with it's loved refrain, first heard by
me in the crypt of Chartres Cathe
dral in 1910. Thronged windows hide
the Grotto and Basilica, but one
knows they are now in view. "Ave,
ave, ave Maria" We have reached
our bourne
In the hot, dusty Place de la Care
the tram is waiting. Up and down it
goes into the old town, till the castle
is passed on our right. Grey, austere,
simple, undecorated, with few plain
oblong windows, perched on an is
land of rock above the town, it re-
minds me strongly of grey Subiaco's
croWning citadel. Endless shops, one
of them gay with colored fabrics Q
trust, not aniline dyedD, and endless
| hotels succeed: one marvels how all
| find trade. Our party alights be,
yond the old bridge and walks along
the river under the shady trees of the
Avenue Peyramde, and so reaches
the Hotel de PEurope Right oppo-
site rises the steep Pic de Jer, scored
by ugly funicular and viaduct, but
crowned with the far-seen sign of our
Redemption. After a hurried cup of
/ tea we set forth to the Holy Places. :.
Carts go by with harness-bells and
| horn-bloWing drivers. One enters the
skirting roadway, and presently
through an open gateway, beside
which old women sit selling candles
for the procession, and menfolk hawk
vanilla, under shady plane and chest
nut the great oval that forelies the
churches is reached. There they
stand, SO long familiPl in pictures
those clean, light grey, sun-washed
structures, walls, portals, and spires
~. The Grotto lies beyond and
! lround the corner to the right. People
move quietly about, singly or in
groups, many of them saying the Ro
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
INTERESTING ROMAN DECREE ON
CATHOLIC PARTICIPATION IN
COOPERATION WITH NON
CATHOLlCS-GROUND is NOW
CLEARED--VATlCAN DECISION
ON CATHOLIC SOCIAL WORK.
(By N. c. w. c. News Service.)

(By n. c. w. c. News Service)
Word has just been received il
France OF a recent decree Of the
Sacred Congre cation of the Holy Offiee
which puts an end to a difficulty Which
has greatly disturbed q large number
of French Catholic, especially those
interested in social ana charitable
work. 1t may be Of interest also tc
social workers in this country.
A national congress OF all organiza-
tions working for the raising of the
birthrate is to be held this year at
Bordeaux, and Cardinal Andrieu, Arch
bishop Of that city, issued pastoral
to the Catholics of his archdiocese, i'll
which he stated that the participation
of Catholics in inter-denOminationa
work was not to be recommended.
This decision Of the Archbishop
created a very difficult situation for q
certain number Of prominent persons
who were well known as militant
Catholics and who, for a long time,
had been active in family welfare
work, without distinction of denomina-
ton.
After q series Of delicate negotia-
tiOns conducted by the Catholic
authorities of Paris, Bordeaux and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
B|GOTRY TO MURDER
WRITER IN THE NATION DE-
ScRlBEs SOUTHERN coNDi-
TiONS.

The killing of Father Coyle by a
former Methodist minister in Birming-
ham, Alabama, is the fruit of long
agitation by secret antiCatholic
organization, says Charles P. Sweeney
in the current issue OF The Nation.
Mr.. SWeeney's article, entitled "Bigot-
ry Turns to Murder describes
Birmingham as the stronghold Of anti
Catholic prejudice, which has been
created by the newspapers of Birming-
ham and by the speeches of Thomas
Watson, now Senator from Georgia.
Here is a city of more than 600
people, Of whom but 10000 are Catho-
lies, which is dominated by a secret
organization of immense membership
having for its one and only point and
purpose the elimination of Roman
Catholics from the community, and if
possible from the country"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
FOR SOCIAL WORKERS

Rome, the affair has now been ad
justed by decree of the Holy Office
the essential stipulations OF which are
as follows:
l. Catholics are to study separately
remedies Of q moral or religious nature
i'll committees absolutely distinct from
the non-Catholic committees; tht
various committees will not assemble
afterward TO put these matters to 6
general vote. AS for remedies of al
economic order, full liberty is granted
the Catholics to discuss them as theJ
please, even with the non Catholics.
2. The remedies Of a moral OF relig
ious nature to be suggested by the
Catholic committee must be absolute
ly, and without exception, those pro
posed by the Catholic Church, especial
ly in regard to the unity, indissOlubil
ity, and the sacredness of marriage
the abolition Of the divorce evil, the
Christian education OF children ant
the serious and faithful teaching
catechism in the schools.
3. The enumeration and explanation
Of these remedies will be left to learn
ed and approved priests, to be appoint
ed by the Ordinaries. The Ordinaries
must approve and confirm their work
4. Neither the congress nor the
directors thereof may add, retract o.
change anything whatsoever in the
proposals OF the Catholic committee
but must publish them in their entirety
as proposals of the, congress itself OF
at least of the Catholic members.
Pope Benedict XIV, in q special
audience. approved and confirmed this
decree OF the Congregation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
4 NOTABLE CONVERT
PROVIDENCE MINIS
TER BECOMES A CATHOLIC,

A conversion of much local IN
portance became known when it was
learned that Rev. John c. Petrie,
formerly curate of the fashionable St
Stephen Episcopal Church of Prov
idence, r. l., had renounced his mem
bership in the Protestant Church and
was received into the Catholic Church
Over a year ago he resigned as GU
rate at ST. Stephen Church to go to
New York. While there he came in
contact with Father Paul, of the
Society of the Atonement, at Gray
moor. 1t was here that his desire to
Join the Church eliminated in accep
tance into it. During the present sum
mer, at well-known Catholic uni
versity, he has been engaged as in
structor, and it is his intention to I'll
himself for this work in Catholic
schools in the future.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
JOURNEY TO LOURDES

sary. We enter the lower church. :.
l feel an overwhelming joy.
This is the place of Our Lady's special
choice: few yards away the Queen
of Heaven appeared to the little shep-
herdess; Jesus and Mary are here.
They have, dare believe, hidden me
hither that may approach them with
greater confidence. Here at Lourdes
two things are specially felt and real
lied: the presence of the Adorable
Sacrament of the Altar, and the might
of Our Blessed Ladys intercession,
her protective power. =.
Meanwhile the belfry of the Basi-
lica, the upper church, chimes quar-
ter by quarter, the undying refrain
OF Lourdes, whose monotony is pleas
ing and protective like the sound of
the sea of divine grace. "'Ave, ave.
ave Maria"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
THE MURDERED PRIESTS
as saying, I'D like to see a bomb put
under st. Paul's Cathedral"
HIeAToWER Is HELD,

Admissions that he is a paid-up
subscriber to the Menace and that ne
has attended numerous anti-Catholic
meetings were made in San Francisco
by William E. HightOWer, held for the
murder of the Rev. Patrick L. Heslin,
of COlma, to whose body Hightower
led searching party two weeks ago.
HightoWer'S admissions, made after
the prosecution had shattered link by
link the alibi the defendant had at
tempted TO establish for himself, are
expected to aid in Identifying him as
the sender of the ransom letter dis
patched to Archbishop Edward J.
Hanna demanding $6,5OO for the return
of Father Heslin after he had been
kidnapped. Among the sentences
showing anti-Catholic animus contain
ed in this letter was the assertion that
if this becomes public it will be seen
how easy it is 10 trap bunch of impos-
tors and a declaration that all your
damn Knights will not be able to get
the chains OF him
- Evidence is Growing.
Hightower's statement that he was
motoring 10 San Jose in company with
q woman called Dolly Mason and from
whom he declared he had received in
formation which led 10 his discovery
Of the body has already been shatter-
ed by the State. Hightower now
admits be was mistaken when he made
the statement. snA
A further link in the chain of evi-
dence being forged is in the testimony
of Constable S. A. Landini, who aided
iightower and others in uncoyering
the grave.
"Ei3htower was digging and so was
l." declared Landini. He was WELD
ing his shovel with fiendish rapidity
and | warned him that, if a body really
was buried there, he was apt to strike
the face with the shovel and render it
unrecognizable. Whereupon, he said:
Pm not digging at the head. | am
digging at the feet"
This, according to Landini, happen
ed before the body was uncovered.
Other evidence showed that High
tower had sold a 45-caliber revolver
on the day following Father Heslin's
disappearance, and had pawned anf
automatic pistol, together with Ii belt
containing cartridges similar to the
ones found in the priests grave.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
Palestine Being Modernized.

"a great change has overtaken
Palestine. 1t cannot escape the notice
OF the most casual observer. Unbe.
coming modes Of dress, unseemly be,
havior, amusements that offend
against the morals, the absence of re
straint in many ways, Objectionable
cinema films, ETC., inevitably tend tC
efface that noble aspect of morality
modesty, and loyable simplicity which
was notable characteristic both OF
the Christian and Moslem women OF
Palestine. If they whose dutyrit is
to arrest the continuance of such ir,
Irregularities seem by their inaction to
tolerate them, then it belongs to you,
Beloved Children of Christ, and to all
other upright persons, to stand firm
against the wave of q sensual, scep
tic, and disastrous modernism"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
FILIPINO SENATOR
coMMENDs INTEREST TAKEN BY
CLERGY IN FILIPINO BOYS.

Manuel T.. Quezon, president of the
PHILIPPINE Senate, who passed through
Seattle on his way to Washington, D.
c., last week, addressed the Seattle
tCatholic) Filipino Club at a special
meeting. Mr.. Quezon expressed
thanks for the interest the Catholic
clergy here are taking in the Filipino
students.
DR.. Caldaron, devout Catholic
who has charge of the General Hospi
tai in Manila, accompanied the
senate leader to this country to- in
spect American hospitals.
Mr.. Quezon, although raised Cath
olic and educated in the University oi
st. Thomas, is said not to be prac
tical Catholic
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
ERzBERGER IS KILLED
FAMOUS GERMAN CENTER LEAD
Err VICTIM OF ASSASSIN
IDENTIFIED WITH / CATHOLIC
CAUSE.

Matthias Erzberger, former Vice
Premier and Minister of Finance OF
Germany, was assassinated at Often
burg, Baden, on August 26. Twelve
bullet wounds brought sudden death
Last year he was shot and wounded
in an attempted assassination of his
life.
Matthias Ersberger was born in But
tenhaus, September 20, 1875. He soon
became identified with the Center lol
Catholic party of which he became
leader He was always looked upon
as one of the brainiest members of the
Catholic party.
More than q year before the Armis
tice, Erzberger, foreseeing the inevi
table defeat Of Germany as a result OF
Americas entry into the war, propos,
ed peace without annexation. The
war party never forgave him for this
step, and his violent death, no doubt
can be traced indirectly to the hatred
of that party.
Erzberger had come into promi
nence as editor of Deutsches Volks
blatt, the Catholic daily and Centrist
organ of Stuttgart. He was also instru
mental in organizing the Christian
Trades Unions and the Catholic
Workingmen's Societies in Wurttem
berg. He was a leading member OF
the Augustinus-Verein for the pro
motion Of the Catholic press. He ever
remained one OF group inside a
group who are known as "the new
men of the Center
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
THIS IS Refreshing


The report of Professor J. B. Ed
mondson, Inspector of Schools in Mich
igan, filed last week with President
Marion L. Burton, of the University OF
Michigan, shows that Catholic educa-
tion is fourishing in the Wolverine
state Thirteen preparatory schools
were removed from the accredited list
of the State University, but no Cath
olic institutions were among the un-
lucky number; twelve schools were
added to the list; and these included
Blessed Sacrament High School and
the Seminary Of the Felician Sisters,
of Detroit; and st. Michael High
School, of Flint. No wonder the
Michigan bigots hate Catholic edu,
cation there.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
BISHOP O'LEARY
TAKES FORMAL TEMPORAL pos
SESSION OF HIS SEE.

The Springfield, Mass, diocese be
gan the third era of its history this
week, when Rt. Rev. Rishop-elect
Thomas M. O'Leary presented to Mgr
John T. Madden, diocese administrator
since Bishop Beavers death the
Papal Bull denoting the appointment
Of Bishop O'Leary to the spiritual and
temporal charge of the diocese.
His full spiritual authority remains
to be conferred by his conservation
which will take place at Springfield on
September 8.
The first official act of the new prel
ate was the appointment of Mgr Mad
den as Vicar-General, which office he
held under Bishop Beayen.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
NOT VERY COMMON
PRIEST APPOINTED TO FACULTY
OF SECULAR UNIVERSITY.

The faculty Of Western Reserve
University near Cleveland, a sectarian
institution, has chosen Rev. c.. Hubert
LeBlonde, Diocesan Director Of Catho
ic Charities, as lecturer on Child Wei
are Work in their school of Applied
Social Science
For the past ten years Father LIE
Blonde has been the director Of Cath
)lic Charities in the Cleveland Diocese
and the experience obtained in thu
Welfare work which comes under his
supervision will make him q valuable
.ecturer at the University.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
FRIEND OF THE POOR

Mrs. Anna Motter has just died at
st. Margaret's Hospital, Atchison, Kan.
Before her death she was received in
to the Church, receiving conditional
absolution and Extreme Unction
Mrs. Motter was known to hundreds
of Catholics and non Catholics, as a
woman who practiced great charity.
She used to go around hunting poor
people who were sick, and offered her
services free of charge In many
cases, where people were very poor
she would take them to her home and
keep them for weeks without charge
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
FATHER TIM" AGAIN
FAMOUS PRIEST ADDS TO ARRI
TRATioN RECORD.

Father ''Tim" Dempsey's good Gerv-
ices in his special ability to restore
peace and good will, where anger and
1iscord threaten to disrupt business
interests, were called for in st. Louis
last week, in an argument among boot
and shoe workers on the subject of the
wage scale for repairers.
Father Dempsey arbitrated the dis
pute, and over a hundred men aban
doned their determination to- call 6
strike and returned to their work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
A POLYGLOT WEDDING

A polyglot wedding has taken place
at Hadersleben, on the German-Danish
frontier, where girl, until recently OF
the Lutheran faith, was married in q
Roman Catholic Church to a Siberian
Moslem who was a Russian prisoner
of war in Germany.
The couple were received into the
Church Of Rome before the ceremony.
which was performed by a priest of
Dutch extraction, while a French
teacher of Danish origin and Lettish
workman were witnesses.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
WOMEN c. 0. F.
NATIONAL OFFICERS NAMED AT
OMAHA CONVENTION.

Election is announced of Miss Mary
l.. DoWnes of Chicago as High Chief
Ranger OF the Women's Catholic Order
of Foresters, in national convention
at Omaha last week. Other officers
named We're: Miss Ella l.. Iorden.
Miss Anna M. Phelan and Mrs. Marga.
ret Diedrich, all of Chicago, High Vice
Chief Ranger, High Secretary and
High Treasurer, respectively.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-03
TESTIMONY IN CASE OF MINISTER
POINTS TO DELIBERATE MUIR.
DER GRANDDAUGHTER TEST.
FlES AGAINST HIM-HlGH-
TOWER GRADUALLY ENMESHED
IN SAN FRANCISCO MURDER or
FATHER HESLIN.

Testimony from Birmingham, Ala,
that Rev. Edwin w. Stephenson,
Methodist minister and slayer of Fa-
ther James E. Coyle, had declared that
he wished the whole Catholic instftu-
tion was in he'll" and that he warned
his daughter she would be the cause
of the death of Father Coyle, was in
troduced before Judge H. B. Aber-
nathy during the preliminary trial of
Stephenson held there. The defendant
was held to the grand jury without
bail
The testimony concerning Stephen
sons attitude toward the Church and
Father Coyle was given by Mrs. Ruth
Stephenson-Gussm the daughter or
the minister, and is expected to form
a basis Of a contention which the State
will make that the killing was a case
OF premeditated murder.
The defense offered no testimony at
the preliminary hearing. 1t is expect
ed that it will maintain that Stephen
son killed Father Coyle in self-de
fense; but evidence given by Sheriff
J. C. Hartsfield, the first witness for
the State, and by w. W. Otto, would
seem to shatter this plea
Statement is Shattered.
Stephenson's statement to Deputy
Sheriff McDuff, who was also a wit
ness, that he had shot Father Coyie
after the priest had struck him and
had pulled his hand back as though to
draw a weapon is met by Sheriff
Hartsfeld's declaration that he found
no bruises on the body of Father
Coyle or of Stephenson Otto testified
that he was one of the first persons
to reach the priest after he had been
shot and that no weapon was found
on or by the body Of the slain man,
Miss Marcella Coyle testified that she
had heard no loud conversations of
scuffling previous to hearing the shots.
Mrs. Stephenson-Gussm appeared
perfectly calm and unworried when
she appeared to testify. She declared
that her father had repeatedly deciar-
ed that he wished the Catholic Church
were in hell and quoted her mother