The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-07-23

anu entertainment. opening the DAY
with, assembly at the council hall they
marched in body to st. sPatrick's
church, where Mass was celebrated
by Rev. James 8. Faley. who also
preached the initiation sermon. Fol-
lowing the Mass the assembled knights
and candidates proceeded to the coun-
Gil chamber where the work of the first
degree was opened at 1880. A recess
was taken from 1880 to 2, when the
second degree under the direction OF
the officers of Butte council was
exemplified. Early in the afternoon
the council chamber was crowded to
overlooking and with the opening Of
the third degree not vacant space
was to be had in the hall. The degree
work over, the knights moved on to
the dining hall, where a banquet was
served, agreeably enlivened by a sew
en-piece orchestra. The banquet over,
Grand knight James ]. Carrigan
turned the meeting over to Chairman
Earl Blodgett who assumed the roll
of POSTMASTER in splendid style. The
rs candidates were given special
places of honor in the dining hall.
Addresses were given by Dan Kinney,
Father Riley, J. J. Gleason, Father
Mccormack, Joe Riley, Judge jackson,
and Jere Shea. Ferguson and Con-
molly presented an exceptionally .fine
musical number.
The Thomas Ashe Council of the
American Association for, the Recog-
milton of the Irish Republic held a
large and attentive audience at close
attention last week with the following
patriotic program: The Star Spangl-,
ed Banner, led by Miss Madge Mckay;
address by the chairman, Rev. M. j.
Hannah; reading of the Declaration
of Independence by M. J. Gavigan;
address by Earl M. Blodgett; song,
Anna M. Sullivan; address by Patrick
H. Meany. America, by the audience.
Resolutions we're passed calling for
public hearings by the senate COM
mittee on the La Toilette and Norris
resolutions.
given in honor of Father v. J. van den
Brock in celebration of the compile
ton of his 34th year as a priest, prac-I
tically all of that time having been
spent in Montana. At the conclusion
of the dinner, Mrs. d'Autremont, on
behalf of the congregation Of st. Leo's
church, presented Father van den
Brock with purse Of 1857. Father
van den Brock has served in Lewis
town for the past Is years and is one
of the city's most popular men, enjoy
ing the love and confidence of every
one. He was in the early days located
at Miles City and that locality.
Anaconda: Miss Rose Marion Of
Mount Angela court No. SOB, Ana
conda, was elected delegate from Mon
tana to attend the national convention
of Women's Catholic Order of Forest
ers at Omaha in August. The election
took place at the state convention at
the Knights of Columbus hall, Ana
conda. Miss Mary O'Brien, of court
No. 1922, also of Anaconda, the young
est court in the state, was chosen
Two papers were read at the morn
ing session, one on "Our Order and
it's Interest," and the other on "Objec-
ton to Insurance Overcome by Argu-
Both papers are official in
struction from the highest court, and
similar papers are read at each state
convention. This was followed by an
open discussion in which many of the
delegates participated and which
brought out considerable information
of interest to all.
Among the facts which were brought
out by general discussion was that
in 1904 the order had In the United
States but one member of IS years of
age. Now there are more than $4,000
members close to that age.
The afternoon work of the conven-
ton was devoted to the initiation of a
class of novices and the exemplifica-
ton Of the installation. This was done
under the direction of the represent
alive of the high court, Past High
Chief Ranger Mrs. Rose D. Rittman of
Portland, Oregon.
MeaderviIIe: Wednesday afternoon,
July 13, ground was broken on Front
street, Meaderville, for the erection
Of the new st. Helena's Catholic
church. The new church has been
made possible largely through the
efforts of Rev. James G.. Tougas,
chaplain of st. James hospital, who
since August, 1919, has been pastor of
the Italian congregations of Meader-
vile and Browns Gulch. The new
church will be exclusively for Italians.
Floyd A. Hamill, well known archi-
tect, will supervise the building of the
church. The. building will be Of frame
with a seating capacity of 800 and will
be completed in about six weeks under
favorable weather conditions. Much
of the labor will be donated by mem
bers Of the parish and friends of the
cause. Recently Father Tougas was
given the added congregation of Elk
Park, Trask, Woodville and Browns
Gulch, which was in reality separated
from the st. Lawrence's parish twol
years ago.
Deer Lodge: The site upon wnlcn
the handsome st. Joseph's hospital
stands was selected for the structure