The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-24
NEW WORLD ITEMS

ana Clues Ill lIIluOlSs WAL ebhAAoSS "~~
the National Council of Catholic Men
as a national member at the begin
ming of it's next fiscal year, according |
to an announcement of W.. Hecke- |
kamp, Jr, supreme president. The
officers of the Western Catholic |
Union include j. A. Wilhelm, Jollet' |
Ill, vice president; William X. OFT,
Quincy, secretary, and J. j. Freiberg,
Quincy, treasurer.
Urges Social Study.-Warning OF
an impending 'retrogression toApagan-
ism" was sounded by Bishop Edmund
M. Dunno of the diocese of Peoria, IN
opening the annual joint conference
of the Illinois Charities, Correction
and Public Welfare organizations,
whose sessions continued throughout
December 5 and 6. To prevent such
a retrogression to paganism and "tor
the preservation of Christian ideals
among our people" the Bishop said,
81 should like to see as many as pos
sible of our religiously educated men
and women identified with this whole
movement of social welfare" He
urged religious people everywhere to
put aside indifference to social well
fare.
Famous Medal Found.-A medal
which has been recovered in the
course of the investigation being
made on the site of the old Indian
town of Huronia, Ontario, bears the
date 1862 and an inscription showing
it to have come originally from Mont
St Michel, the picturesque mountain
monastery fortress off the coast OF
Normandy, opposite ST. Malo, the
birthplace of Jacques Cartier. Local
historians connect the medal with
the great French Catholic explorer,
La Salle-a relative of st. John Bap-
fist de La Sale, founder of the French
Christian Brothers. La Sale built
boat called the Chiffon at Niagara and,
with his companion, M. de Monty,
toured the Great Lakes. The Hurons
induced him to visit their old home
land, Huronia, the site of the present
Investigation. The Chiffon medal
lust found is thought to have belong
ed to one of La Sales sailors.
! Becomes Judge in chicago.-Timo-
thy D. Hurley, for many years identi-
: fed with the Holy Name movement
Il in Chicago, and head of the Big
II Brother work of that organization,
X was installed during the past week as
.G Judge of the superior court, to sue
III coed Judge Theodore Brentano, for 81
FL years an incumbent of the bench.
W Judge Hurley has been one of the
Vii leaders in the movement for the close
III censorship of the film, and a year
s% ago made fight for city ordinance
SM tightening the censorship by taking
sN it from the hands Of the police and
Sf placing it in the hands of a citizens
Hs board of censors in which men and
AS women committed to the elevation OF
sN the celluloid drama would be appoint
Viii ed. Judge Hurley is a product of Hi
SaN nois and Chicago and at his installa
SSM ton was honored by the presence OF
E# many of the most prominent citizens
.s% of the city.
Increasing Dangers to Morality
gf8 A warning that greater dangers thar
SM ever before surround the lives Of
S adults and children alike, marked the
IN announcement of Archbishop George
shs w. Mundelein, in a pastoral letter, or
Il h the subject of the sixth annual series
W of instructions to be given daily from
Al$ the pulpits of the Chicago archdio
INA cese. mot even the splendor in thu
SR throne room of a king exceeds thu
" richness of the ceremony of the Mas
~ in the sanctuary of our cathedrals
s8S which, nevertheless, differs in no es
SsW sential point from the Mass in thu
"a missionary's hut on the lonely prai
An rie or in the savage wilds," says tn
81 letter which outlines instructions OF
rs. prayer and the sacraments. Of tn
a. need of this instruction and the fol
II lowing of it the letter says: go
y who can doubt that we need the spil
IS itual help and strength that praye
and the sacraments bring us NOR
{, than they were ever needed before
? We and our children live more expos
p ed to danger than did those befor
u.s."
Records of Early Missionaries
In the municipal library in Montres
there has just been opened an exhib
ton that is, perhaps, without a pee
as a collection of books, letters an
journals dealing with the early hi
tory of Canada. In this collection
the works of early Catholic mission
aries and Of the Catholic explorer
sent to the new world by France al
conspicuous. The exhibition er
braces nearly everything of histol
cal value to Canada from the aut
graph of Samuel Champlain, date
1919, to the latest novel on Canada
life. The first edition of Champlain
Voyages" gives an account of tt
founder of Quebec and his wor
while that of the Description
Louisiana" by Father Hennep
(16S8), recounts the first history
the remoter parts of the continer
The nucleus of the exhibit of Il
older and rarer specimens is compr
hended in the Gagnon collection, pu
chased by Montreal in 1910 fro
Phileas Gagnon, who spent about f
ty years and a great deal of none
in gathering from all quarters o
manuscripts and first editions
books and journals relating to Il
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