The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-05
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Reverend Thomas J. Walsh, Bishop of
Trenton, N. j., praising and thanking
him for his solicitude for Italian emil
grants to the United States, and es-
pecially for the founding of Sisters
and teachers house with funds fur
nished by ]. c. Brady of New York.
Ordinance Wrecked.-St. James
Orphanage conducted by the Benedic-
tine Sisters at Conception, Mo-, was
destroyed by fire February II. The 81
children inmates and the Sisters es-
capped without injury, but saved only
the clothing they We're clad in.
X. of C. Clubhouse Dedicated.-A
banquet said to be the largest ever
held in Manitowoc, Wis, followed by
program, comprised the dedication eX-
ercises of the new $4,000 Knights OF
Columbus clubhouse last week. About
500 were served The Right Rev.
Bishop Rhode, Green Bay, compared
the work of the knights of old with
the knights of today.
Teaching Sister was SO Years DID,
Venerable Sister Mary Magdalen, at
one time and for twenty-three years,
a member of the teaching staff at the
immaculate Academy, Newport. KY,
died February IS at the Sisters OF
Charity motherhouse, Nazareth, Ky.
The deceased was the Oldest member
of the order, in which she spent sixty
five wears of her life At the time OF
her death she was eighty-three years
old.
Nurse Saves Archbishop.-A nurse
watching over a sick priest in the res
idence of the Catholic Archbishop at
st. Johns N. F., February 10, discoV-
cred fire, which destroyed the struc-
ture. Promptness in giving the alarm
probably saved the lives of the Arch
bishop, Vicar General, eight other
clergymen and the domestic staff.
Candles being used to light the house
were said to have caused the blaze.
Will be Ordained in Rome.-Ignatius
Kelly of Toledo, Ohio, student In
the North American College, Rome,
and nephew of the Right Rev. E. D..
Kelly, D. D., Bishop of Grand Rap
ids, will be ordained to the holy priest
hood in the Basilica of st. John Lat
eran May 81. His Eminence Cardinal
Pompili, Vicar General of His Holt
ness Pope Benedict XIV, will officiate
at the ordination.
Priest Writer Dead.-Rev. James
Dougherty, for the past twenty years
pastor of st. Mary's Church in Can
andaigua, N. Y, died recently in a
hospital at Phoenix Ariz. The illness
which resulted in Father Dougherty's
death had it's origin more than a year
ago in what seemed to be a simple
bronchial affection. Father Dougherty
was we'll known by his writings on
the Indian missions of central New
York.
Nebraska Pastor Dead.-Rev. Pat
rick Lynch, the oldest priest in Ne
braska, pastor of st. Marys Church in
Wood River since 1884, died at his
residence there February II following
an illness of some six months, that at
times had confined him to his resi-
dence, His condition became serious
only a few days before his death
which caused a feeling of profound
sorrow in the whole community. Fa'
Their Lynch was born in County Cav
an, Ireland and attended the national
school of his native village ard st
Patrick's Academy in Cavan. After
graduating there he entered Ali Hal
lows College, Dublin where he com
Melted his course in philosophy and
theology and was ordained January
"a, 1873. He arrived in Omaha in
August of 1873, and was appointed as
sistant in st. Philomena's Cathedral
Father Lilly, S. j., to Rome.-Rev
Linus A. Lilly, S. j., professor OF Can
on Law at the St. Louis University
left Wednesday, February 9, for Rome
where he will spend the next six
months in the study of the new Code
of Canon Law. Father Lilly conducts
two classes at the University, one in
r the theological department, and an
other for the post graduate students
of the Law School. While in Rome
Father Lilly will be in close touch
with the best canonists of the day and
will receive authoritative pronounce
ment on all disputed points of the
new Code of Canon Law, upon which
he will be able to advise the numerous
priests who constantly consult him or
this subject.
National Council of Men.-Paciit
Coast division headquarters of the Ma
tional Council of Catholic Men have
been opened in the Humboldt Banl
Building, San Francisco, under the
direction of the Most Rev. Edward
Hanna, Archbishop Of San francisco
and chairman of the administrative
committee of the National Catholic
Welfare Council AS result of thu
first general meeting held there re
Gently, written and Geographic as
surances have been received that fell
workers will be appointed from ever.
Catholic society in the archdiocese t,
cooperate in the movement. 1t is tn
intention of these field workers to es
r tablish parish delegates in the forma
ton of an efficient house to hOus