The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Little ROCK college, 7onoreo.-Lil-
tie Rock College, diocesan college of
the diocese of Little Rock, Ark, is
classified as a Glass A, Standard Col
lege in a report read at meeting OF
the State Board of Education, by DR..
Zook of the United States Bureau OF
Education at Washington.
Women's Club Expands.-Coming
into existence just year ago and
expanding until 1t is the largest Cath
Ollie Woman's club in Wisconsin, is the
record of the Marinette club, accord
ing to Mrs. Elmer Grimmer, president.
The club grew to membership of
3S7, including the Junior Auxiliary,
which has a membership of IS.
Catholics in Brazii.-The celebration
in honor of Simon Bolivar recalls to
an exchange the fact that in South
America there are a dozen Univer-
stiles founded by Catholics older by
a hundred years than the oldes. uni
versity in the United States. Brazil,
with 100000 square miles, is larger
than France, England and the United
States rolled into one. Moreover, Bra
zil has 100000 Catholics, compared
with 10000, 900 Catholics in the United
States.
x. Of c. In kansas.-Kansas Knights
of Columbus initiated their largest
class into the fourth degree, when
the Bishop Cunningham assembly of
Hays with 1925 members, put through
a class of 2S5, recently. Pontifical
High Mass was celebrated for. the
Knights and candidates by Bishop
Tief, of Concordia, which was followed
by procession led through the town
by the X. of C. band. All the Knights
were in full dress. Third degree work
was put on at the state normal school.
Mother OF Two Priests.-Mrs. Mary
Burke, mother of Rev. John J. Burke,
c. S. P, General Secretary of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Council, has
passed away. Mrs. Burke was born
in Doneraille, Ireland. She was mar
ried to Patrick J. Burke of New York
In 1868. Mr. Burke died in 1915. Sew
en- children survive, two of when are
priests: Rev. Thomas F. Burke. G.
S. p, Superior General of the Paulist
Congregation, and Rev. John J. Burke,
c. S. P. One daughter, Sister Bene-
dict, is a member of the Sisters Of
Mercy in New York.
PapaI Passport In Latin.-Mgr. Giu-
seppe L. Grivetti, secretary to the
Apostolic delegate to Canada, arrived
in America last week with the first
passport issued by the Vatican that
has been seen by the customs officials.
Mgr. Grivetti was unaware that Papal
passports were unknown here. His
own, a large finely executed document
in Latin, issued by Cardinal Gasparri,
Papal Secretary of State, is vised by
the British consul general in Rome,
and shows that the bearer is on his
way to Canada. He was fifteen years
here as head of society that made
a speciality of distribution of Italian
immigrants.
Refuses Jubilee Purse.-The Rev.
John ]. Maher, of IS. Peter and Pauls,
Bronx, New York, celebrated the sill
yer jubilee of his ordination on May
80, and the members of various church
societies started the collection Of a
jubilee fund to be presented to him.
AS soon as he heard of it he stopped it
and had the money which had been
collected returned to the donors. He
has been moderator of the Holy Name
Society for about twenty years, and at
their annual entertainment he told
those present why he refused the do
nation. He said they had been bur-
dened with many drives during the
past four years and he would not allow
them to be burdened with drive for
his personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Church Damaged by Ffre.-Fire, be-
lieved to have been started accidental
ly by the torch of a tin-smith working
on the roof, damaged st. AIMS
Church, Buffalo, N. Y, to the extent
of $4,000. For two hours fremen
fought the blaze from the outside, ap-
proach from the inside being practic-
ally impossible on account of the
dense clouds of smoke. The Rev.
Herman ]. Adelman, S. j., the pastor,
removed the Blessed Sacrament as
soon as the alarm had been sounded.
st. AIMS parochial school to the rear
of the church, accommodating 5000
pupils, is the largest school in Buffalo.
A quarter of an hour before the alarm
the children had taken part in a fire
drill, only to respond to genuine
alarm as soon as they had returned.
Travelling Salesman Heads Council.
Alfred J. Roth, travelling sales
man, has been unanimously elected
president of the second district coun-
Gil of the National Council of Catho-
lie Men in the diocese of Alexandria
which was organized at Monroe, La,
last week. The district, which includes
three parishes and twelve missions
and stations, comprises ten thousand
square miles in northeast Louisiana.
The newly-elected president makes
the rounds of the district once q month
and is personally acquainted with al
most every Catholic man in its con-