The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Council To Meet in Denver.-The
Board of Directors of the National
Council of Catholic Men viii meet in
Denver May | and ,. according to an
announcement made by Admiral vii,
liam s. Benson, national president.
The meeting will be the first held
west of Chicago AMI will take up
many problems Pc u,i;r to the west
r7s councils. Tive tional. twelve
state, twenty dice, an end l,049 local
societies have Le>N enrolled in the
Council since the September conVen-
ton in Washington, according to a
report made by Miohael J. Slattery,
LII. d., executive secretary of the Or
gGniZatiOn.
Monsiqnor Tobin Resiers.-The be-
loved and popular prelate Of Little
Rock. Ark, with admonition of physi.
clans. resigns from the eXacting paro-
chial labors to which he has devoted
himself for the past eleven years. His
phenomenal success as an admins
traitor and pastor of souls entailed the
undermining of physical strength nee
Cssary to the furtherance OF cathedral
activities. Bishop Morris reluctantly
accepts the resignation and assigns
his faithful cO-worker to the important
post of teaching in the diocesan SEM
mary. The cathedral congregation
and the city in general are surprised
and saddened. Monsignor Thos. Tobin
will have his future residence at st.
Nincent's TnGrmary.
Catholic Club in PhiIippines.-Cath,
O3iC women now have tlOurishing
club in Manila and their enterprise is
likely soon to- be emulated by their
sisters in other cities of the Philip
pines This activity among Catholic
women is expected to prove a partial
offset to the work the Protestant
organizations are conducting among
the Filipino youth. Miss IneX Villa
who is at present preparing herself by
Il course in the National Catholic Serv
ice School. Washington, d. c., intends
on her return to the Philippines tC
undertake Catholic social work among
her people With her special equip
ment. it is believed that she can sue
cessfully train other young women t6
assist her in her labors.
Pope Sends 5Iessing.-A congratu
latory message was received from His
Holiness Pope Plus XI through Car
dinal Gasparri. Papal Secretary Of
State, granting the Pope's Benedictior
to the Dominican Sisters of the Con
gregatiOn of Saint Catherine of Siena
on the occasion of their centennial
celebration which was observed Fri
day, April I, at the Motherhouse OF
Saint Catherine. Kentucky. Most Rev
Louis Theissling, O. P, S. 7. NJ, Mas
ter General of the Dominican Order
also sent Fluctuations. At O'CLOCK
Friday afternoon the procession form
ed and the sisters and students sci
out on d pilgrimage to Saint Rose
where the Congregation had its begin
ming on Easter Sunday, April Z, 6
century ago,
NdLIOiC "OtiCI lII OOih
ences.-Miss Mary G. Tinney sailed
from New York last week on the
French steamer La France to repre-
sent the National Council of Catholic
Women at four International confer
ences of women in Europe. The Cath
olic women of America will be repre-
sented by Miss Tinney at the Interna
tional Conference on Family Educa
ton to be held in Paris, April 24-27;
the International Conference of the
Action Sociale de la Femme which
will meet in Paris April 29-May l;
the International Conference of the
Girls Protective Association at Fri
bourg, Switzerland, on May lib, anC
the International Conference of the In
ternational Union of Catholic Wo
mems Leagues which will be held ii
Rome May 1925.
ST. John Has Catholic CIub.-FeW
Catholic organizations can boast o.
a Catholic club or institute SO vel
equipped and so popular as the Young
Mems Catholic Institute in st. John
n B.. Of 10000 people, of whom about
one-third are Catholics. To call il
Young Mems is rather misleading, fol
it is for men of all ages, and for boys
and girls as well. There are separate
gymnasia and swimming pools fol
both sexes. There are facilities fol
billiards. bowling, baseball, basket
ball, volley-ball and other sports, a:
well as a library. The Institute i:
maintained at a cost of approximate!
$1,000 a year. There is a full-tim'
paid secretary and full-time paiC
athletic instructor. Recently the In
stitute conducted the Canadian Ma