The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-05-06
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QOCal JuDllee OF rev. Lean AIlpioSe
Roger, 0. S. B.. was celebrated on
Wednesday, April -, at Corbin, Ky.
Father Ambrose, in addition to being
pastor of Sacred Heart church tor
many years, also serves the Sisters
of Divine Providence as chaplain OF
st. Camillus Academy, which he has
done much to build up Last year he
was named by Re- Rev. Bishop Bros
sart as dean of the Frankfort deanery.
Priest Captures Thief.-ReF. James
J. Mcclure, rector of st. Peter ClaVers
church (colored) of Philadelphia, as
sisted the sexton in overcoming a
powerful negro who was caught in the
act of taking a silver candelabrum
from the sacristy, and both held the
intruder until the arrival of policemen.
Father Mcclure came to the rescue
lust in time to save the sexton, st.
Clair Harris, from a terrible beating,
as the thief was attacking him with
the candelabrum.
Fifty Years Member of Choir
Robert l.. Hoffman, who has just COM
pleted his fiftieth year of service as
baritone singer in the choir OF st.
Joseph's church, Winsted, Conn, is to
continue his activities. A special Mass
was celebrated for him on his an
niversary and other members Of the
choir gave him a purse. For the first
ten years of his connection with st.
Josephs choir Mr.. Hoffman lived ten
miles from WinSted and had to walk
that distance to attend rehearsals.
kinu Is Active Parish WORKER
Former King Manuel of Portugal, who
is q parishioner of the Catholic par
ish at Twickenham, England, has &C
cepted the nomination as president
of a committee which is organizing a
presentation to the parish priest, in
Commemoration of his thfrty-siX years
as rector. Twickenham is famous as
having been the home of the great
poet, Alexander Pope. The house, in
which Pope lived, is now convent;
and the nuns still have in their garden
the summer house where the poet
did much of his writing.
Priest Loses Life.-Rev. Leonard
Van der Zon, assistant to Rev. Leo M
Keenan,, pastor of the Southwestern
Georgia Missions, with headquarters
at Albany, and Mrs. George Davis, OF
Fitzgerald, were killed on a recent
Sunday morning, and two others were
severely injured. An automobile in
which they were hurrying from Fitz-
gerald to ThomaSville, in order to give
the members of the Thomasville con-
gregation an opportunity of hearing
Mass, struck a sand-bed in the road
got beyond the control of Mrs. Davis
who was driving, left the road, collid.
ed with a tree and turned over. The
accident occurred near Ocilla, Ga.
Chancellor Was Civil Engineer
The Rev. Patrick J. O'Connell, the new
chancellor of the diocese of Cleveland
is an experienced civil engineer. He
worked as a civil engineer to pay his
way through college and seminary
and, before beginning his studies fol
the priesthood was city engineer at
Their O'Connell, who was born in Ire
land, was assistant to Monsigno1
George F. Houck, chancellor and sec
rotary to Bishop Ignatius F. Horst
mann during the concluding years oil
the latter's administration. He is re
placed as pastor of Holy Name church
by the Rev. DR.. William A. Scullen
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position Father O'Connell assumes.
Bishop Mudoon Gains People,
Right Rev. p J. Muldoon, Bishop Of
Rockford, is being congratulated or
his escape from injury and his cool
ness in danger as a result of his ex
perience last Sunday, when, in the
course of his sermon, lightning STRUCK
ST. James ro-Cathedral, shattered
one of the chandeliers and sent shaft
of fire down another. A fragment o.
the broken chandelier narrowly miss
cd striking Bishop Muldoon. "There
is no danger" Bishop Muldoon said
reassuringly, an instant after the boil
struck, and calmly continued his ser
mon. There were several hundred
persons in the cathedral at the time
They were quickly composed by the
words and example of Bishop Muldoon
Famous Woodcuts of Stations
Pittsburgh was given additional en-
richment of her art treasures, says
the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, of Apri
%, when announcement was made tina
the famous series of Woodcuts of the
Stations of the Cross, which attracted
so much attention in the recent ex
hibition of rare prints, etchings anC
drawings at the Carnegie Institute is
to remain in that city. The woodcut:
are the work of John J. A. Murphy o
New York, and they are the gift o
Walter A. May, a well-known Pitts
burgh business man, to Rev. Thoma!
F. Coakley, of Old Saint Patrick's, wht
has been a friend of Mr.. May TO
many years, and an associate in va
rious charitable and artistic enter
prises.
New Hall for ST. Ambrose Co
Ieae.-The general contract for the 81
Ambrose college hall, Davenport, Ia
was awarded to Bunk e Joehnke
contractors of Davenport, according
to announcement made by A. E. Ebe
ing, architect. Subcontracts will b
1nt later The exact amount of tn