The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-06-03
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Detroit, announced that a contribution
of 81 900 has been received from the
Rt. Rev. Michael j. Gallagher, d. D.
Shoots Self observation-disclosures
gnor Michael ]. Phelan of st. Cecelia's
church in Harlem, n Y, accidentally
shot himself May % while cleaning a
pistol and was removed to a hospital
where his condition was said to be
critical The shot passed through the
palm of his hand and pierced his
breast an inch from the heart. Mon
signor Phelan, who is so, has been
rector of st. Cecelias for SO years.
Celebrates Golden Jubilee.-The
venerable Brother John Kautz, direc-
tor of the St. Michaels school, Chicago,
which is taught by the Brothers OF
DIARY, has just celebrated his golden
Jubilee. A solemn high mass was
celebrated by the Provincial of the
order, Rev. Louis A. Tragesser of
Dayton, Ohio. He was assisted by the
Rev. August Frische, S. M, of Dayton,
as deacon, and the Redemptorist Fa-
iher Bernard Kalvelage, the first grad
nate of the jubilarian, as subdeacon.
The Rev. n. FranZen, G. IS. R.,
preached the sermon.
First and Last Graduate.-Eighty
or the Alumnae of Nazareth academy,
q Catholic school for girls, Concordia,
Kansas, attended the alumnae ban
quet given there, the last banquet to
graduates of Sacred Heart convent,
in COncOrdia, as the school is
being transferred to Salina to be
housed in the new Marymount acad-
envy. Among those attending the
banquet were Mrs. e. r. Burgan, OF
Kansas City, first graduate of the
convent, and her daughter, Miss Lou
Use Burgan, member of the 1922 grad
Mating class.
Fiiipnos Want Church for Museum
The purchase of the BarOsonir
church, in MalolOs, not far from Ma
Mia, with the object of turning it into
museum, is contemplated in a reso
luton now pending in the Philippine
Legislature. The sponsors of the reso
luton want to buy the church because
of its historic connection with Agui-
naldo, first president of the Filipino
republic, and the meetings of the re
publican congress during the insurrec
ton against Spain. The church is the
property Of the Archdiocese of Ma
Mia. There is q considerable Catholic
population in Malolos
Catholics Pledge $4,000 in One
Hour.-The Catholics of St. Paul
Kan, pledged $4,000 in one hour to
wards the erection of a school to take
the place Of the one destroyed by fire
last summer. The school had beer
ed by the Jesuits in the early days
but abandoned by them in 1890 wher
they concentrated their forces at st
Mary's. The proposed building is tt
be fireproof and to cost 100000. AL
though it is district school, these
people have decided to raise all the
money by subscription and pay cash
for the building without voting any
bonds.
Two Generations of PupiIs.-Twt
generations of pupils and alumnae at
tended the exercises held at the Ursu
line Convent. New Orleans, in homo
of the golden jubilee of Mother Mar!
Theresa Wolfe, who at the same time
celebrated her seventy-fourth birth
day. Mother Theresa entered tn
IN OF a q
France, in 1870, and made her profes
sion in 1872. She was born in Lis
< towel, County Kerry, Ireland, and wa
of a family of thirteen, eight of whom
entered religious orders. Five of he
brothers became Jesuits. One siste
is the wife OF Laurence Ginnell, 7. {
T., who toured the United States an,
South America in behalf of the Irisl
republic.
: College is Destroyed.-Last week ST
Edwards College, Austin, Texas, wa
practically destroyed by a cyclone. Oh
the following morning, Father Schu
macher, the president, offered up
Mass of thanksgiving, and the stu
dents in undershirts, sweaters or over
coats received holy communion. Afte
breakfast the work of salvaging wa
commenced and classes were resum
ed. Bishop A. ]. Droessaerts visite,
the scene of destruction and in a ger
eral appeal to the clergy of the die
eese asks the people to come to tn
rescue of st. Edwards. Hon. Wn
Blakeslee, Catholic Knights of Amer
ca, also has sent a special appeal to al
the officers of the affiliated branche
in the state to send contributions t
DR.. M. Schumacher, c. S. c. Alread
from all over the state the Catholic
are responding generously
Oil Portrait of ximenez.-A col
temporary oil portrait of Cardins
Ximenez de Cisneros, chancellor {
CASTLE, confessor to Queen Isabel
and one Of the most famous churcl
men OF the middle ages, is among r,
cent gifts to the Catholic universit,
The portrait, although four hundre
year old, is perfectly preserved and ]
probably the only one of its kind
the new world. Cardinal Ximene
had particular interest in Americ
during his life and was one of the frs
prelates to organize a band of mi
sionaries for its evangelization. H
drew up a code of instruction for tn
natives and used every effort to shiel