The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-05-14
NEW WORLD ITEMS


icordiae Hospital chapel, Sacramento,
Calf, a unique and most impressive
ceremony solemnized the occasion OF
the golden jubilee celebration of the
religious profession of Mother Mary |
Liguori. venerable foundress of the
hospital.
Boston College Drive.-The great
drive for $2,000,000 for the amplifica-
ton of Boston College facilities start
ed on Tuesday, May 8, and lasted until
Thursday, May Il. During this time
there were demonstrations in which
the foremost citizens of Boston and
Massachusetts took part. Much en-
thusiasm has been aroused throughout
the State by the preliminary cam
paign that has been conducted.
New Parish School.-St. Joseph's
parochial school at Grafton, Wis, will
cost 100000, it is estimated. The
building will have two stories and a
basement, and be of brick and tile
construction. 1t will be steam-heated
and lighted by electricity. The Rev.
William P. Peil is the pastor of st.
Joseph's Church.
X. C. Headquarters to Cost $500, 1000.
The Knights of Columbus have
awarded contract for 100000 ma
tional headquarters at New Haven,
Conn. Supreme Secretary William J.
Mckinley announced this. Ground
will be broken this month. The new
building will be three stories high and
will contain printing plant for
magazine of million monthly circu-
lation, which the knights propose to
publish.
A Golden Jubilee.-Rev. Lawrence
J. Wall, rector Of st. Dominics
Church, johannesburg, Pa, celebrated
his golden jubilee as priest last Sun
day. Father Wall, who is native of
Pennsylvania, was born September 5,
1S43, at Mill Creek, st. Stephens par
ish, Port Carbon, Pa, and received his
early education in the public and pri-
vate schools. He pursued higher
studies at private academy and later
at st. Vincent's college, Beatty,
romeo's Seminary, in 1864. He was
ordained in the Cathedral in 1871, by
the late Bishop Wood.
Gift to "Library.-The complete Ii
brary of the late Monsignor T. D.
Flannery. amounting to more than zoe
volumes, has been AIDED to the new
library at St. Joseph's seminary
Grand Rapids, in fulfillment of the
bequest of the dead prelate Practi
Cally every branch of human knowl
edge is represented in this collection
including history, literature, geogra
ply, travel, philosophy, sciences the
ology, and numerous works on spirit
ual subjects. The collection has been
carefully classified and each book tab
ulated in memory of the monsignor.
. x. of st. John Have Home.-The
new home of the First Brigade Of
Ohio, knights of st. John, was dedi
Gated Sunday, May 1, following me
mortal services in st. Patrick's
Church, Cleveland. The Rev. William
A. Scullen, D. D., read the prayers Of
Catholic club house. The memoria
Mass in St. Patricks Church was cele
brated by the Rev. Francis T. Moran
ID. d. The new club house is the re
modelled home of Leonard Schlatte1
and is one of the familiar landmarks
on the West Side. 1t contains four
teen rooms and has been fitted will
billiard rooms and tables, restaurant
and other accessories to modern clul
rooms. 1t will be the meeting place
of the entire local body of 1,50l
Knights of st. John and of the ladies
auxiliary.
Priests Memorial to Be Endowment
Subscriptions towards fund to es
tablish scholarship at the Colleg
of the Immaculate Conception as
memorial of the late Father Philip J
Murphy, S. j., pastor of Immaculate
Conception Church, New Orleans, ar
being gathered by committees work
ing in the city and it's environs
Father Murphy died last December
1t is proposed to collect $4,000 as
permanent endowment and to use tn
interest from this money in educating
young man for the priesthood. Al
ready more than $1,000 has been sui
scribed. Father Murphy served as
pastor in the city for many years an,
was known to thousands. He was
kindly, gentle priest, who was untirin
in his labors to attend the poor, tn
sick, the unfortunate and all VIII
needed material or spiritual assist
ance.
Don Bosco's Favorite~ Misson.-A
the southern extremity of South Amer
lea there lies country not yet full
explored by daring and enterprisin
men of science OR by the ubiquitou
globe-trotters and tourists; Ian
where the seasons of the North ar
reversed, as the sun shines from tn
north and the cold winds blow fror
the south, where winter rules suprem
from March to September, and tn
short summer warns the inhabitant
only from November to February
This is Patagonia and it's adjacen
territory. To the Salesian mission
aries belongs the glory of planting tn
Faith in this almost impossible region
1T was in 1875, during the life of thei
founder, Don Bosco, that they first Ill