The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-30
NEW WORLD ITEMS


senh's Orphan's Home and the estab-
lishment of home for the aged men
and women was made by Rev. +. +.
Schaeffer, at all Masses at st. Joseph S
Cathedral, Oklahoma City, last Sun
day.
Addition to Church.-St. Wences-
laus' parish, Iowa City, Iowa, headed
by their Jealous and hard working
pastor, Rev. A. l.. Panoch, has COM
pleted arrangements for a large ao-
dition to their church. The work
starts at once and will be rushed to
completion at the earliest possible
date. The seating capacity of the en-
larged edifice will be slightly more
than doubled, and it will easily seat
more than six hundred people.
Recalcitrant Itaians.-"Obey the
Church law or leave the Church, is
the order issued by Archbishop SeDas-
tian G. Messmer to members OF Our
Lady of the Holy Rosary Church, Ken
osha, Wis, who forced their priest,
the Rev. Peter Peradi, to leave the
parsonage. The order closed the
church until the situation returns to
normal and, without mentioning any
names, accommodated the ring-lead-
ers of the mob until such time as
they are truly penitent." The proper
ty is formally turned over to the civil
authorities for protection.
Italian Nuns Coming.-Ladies of the
Pious Teachers Filippini, on their way
to Trenton, n. J., to begin work IN
behalf of Italian emigrants to the
United States, were received by His
Holiness. They sailed for America
April 20 bearing with them the Holy
Fathers blessing on their work. The
Pious Teachers Filippini have their
mother-house in Trenton and conduct
a novitiate and a normal school there
Travels So Miles to Attend Mass
The Denver Catholic Register says
as follows: How would you like to
have to drive fifty-three miles fasting
to attend Mass and receive Commu
Mon? We have at various times TOLD
of the great sacrifice OF this KING
made by Colorado Catholics in outly
ing missions for their faith; but W.
believe that the record has been Sc
by a man who attends the church
Craig, and who comes fifty-three mile
from Wyoming for the services.
ever a rebuke was given to city dwell
ers who refuse to attend Mass becaus
they have to go by street car, TIL
man has administered it"
Councils of Catholic Men.-Diocesa
organizations of the National Councl
of Catholic Men have been establishe
in fourteen dioceses, and in sixteel
others the work of organization i
well under way. In several diocese
organization will be completed with
in the next month. The dioceses il
which diocesan councils have been es
tablished are reported by DR.. M. J
Slattery, executive secretary OF tn
Mems Council, as the following: TIL
dioceses of Covington, Kansas City
Belleville, Albany, Providence, New
ark, Charleston, Mobile, San Francis
co, Davenport, Leavenworth, For
Wayne, Boise and Denver.
New Catholic FiIm.-A four-reel me
ton picture entitled "The Vineyard Q
the Lord" has been completed by tn
Catholic Charities of the Archdioces
of New York, and was exhibited i
each of the 3O2 parishes comprisin
the archdiocese to aid Catholic Char
tiles Week, April "a to 80, durin
which all Catholics were asked to RI
new the pledge of support made las
year when more than $96O,0O0 wa
raised. The cost Of production of thi
truly remarkable movie" was SIS
000 This cost was betrayed by
wealthy Catholic layman, who chos
this means of showing his enthusiasm
in Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes splel
did work for the thousands of poor, a
flicted and erring within his fold.
Another Girls Hotel.-The hott
for working girls, conducted by tn
Sisters of Mercy in the old Lilli
home, Kansas City, Mo-, was opene
Saturday morning by Bishop Thoma
F. Lillis, who blessed the chapel an
chanted Mass. The hotel will hav
room for twenty-five girls and will b
in charge of four Sisters. There ar
fourteen beds in the dormitory on tn
third floor, each being screened o
from the others. There are two sil
gle rooms, two rooms with two bed
and two rooms with three beds eacl
The single rooms are So week, tn
other rooms 81 week, and the do
mitory $3.50 a week. All the room
have closets. The reception hall an
two parlors are to be used as "dat
rooms" for the girls to entertain the
young men callers. An ample dinin
room and kitchen are on the fir!
floor. The chapel is on the secon
floor.
Civics Catechism in Itaiian.-Tf
Civics Catechism, issued by the N
tional Catholic Welfare Council,
part of its campaign for the Amer
canization of new citizens, will be pu
lished serially in daily installments
ii Progresso Ita1o-Americano, of Ne
York This is one of the largest dai
newspapers published in the Italia
language in this country 1t is sc