The Catholic bulletin., 1922-08-12

active in religious and fraternal or
enthusiastic member of Knights of
Columbus. and at National Convention
| of Ancient Order of Hibernians, Port
land, Ore, July, 1910, unanimously re-
quested to accept Office of National
Chaplain, and the Chicago convention
in 1912 insisted that he continue to be
| their spiritual guide. Bishop Carroll
| is very Jealous in the cause of Catho-
| lie education and has done much to-
wards increasing the efficiency of the
| Catholic educational system of his dio-
cese. He has devoted himself to other
| causes with the same zeal, such as
| the cause of temperance, preaching
the gospel of total abstinence, is a
| true friend of the laboring man and
| was probably the first Catholic Bishop
! in the United States to establish spe-
cial labor day services in the
churches Of his diocese Is also great
ly interested in colonization work.
Bishop Carroll is a good speaker and
is in great demand in all parts of the
| country. He is a great advocate of
| civil liberty and religious tolerance.
The high regard in which Bishop Car
roll is held by his colleagues in the
hierarchy is plainly shown by the fact
that he has been asked by His Emil
nence Cardinal Gibbons, by various
Archbishops and Bishops throughout
the United States to preach retreats
to their clergy. Bishop CarrolPs
crowning achievement in Helena is
the building of the st. Helena Cathe-
dral. This, as the Bishop told the peo-
pie of Helena assembled at the audi
torium, was the church of all the peo-
pie, irrespective of creed or nationality,
and when Bishop Carroll will have
passed to his reward, St. Helena
Cathedral will ever stand as an en-
during monument to his esthetic taste,
his boundless energy, and his consum-
ing zeal for the beauty of Gods house.
Bishop Carroll reached his 5Sth birth
day on February %, 1922, and was
rendered many good wishes by the
clergy of the diocese and numerous
friends, both Catholic and non-Catho-
lie.
Monsignor Day.
In 1914 Mgr. Day published at re-
quest of Bishop Carroll the priest and
teacher of diocese, the First Commun-
ion Catechism. In 1918 he published
translation of work of Belgian his.
torian Godfrey Kurth of which 5000
;oto - 10
Communion Catechism was adopted
officially for diocese of Helena In
1921 another translation of same Bel
gian author called What are the Mid
die Ages?" He is at present co-1abor-
ing with Rev. S. J. Sullivan, D. D., of
Townsend, Montana, in the preparation
of the Life of Bishop Brondel. He has
also in course of preparation a mono
gram on Cathedral of st. Helena. Last
fall he published a First Communion
Catechism Correspondence Course de-
vised to prepare first communion chill
dren of rural districts whom priests
cannot regularly visit. Almost stimuli
taneously with the Cathedral, Bishop
Carroll built st. Helena school, fire.
proof stone and brick building in the
pure Greek style of the Ionic variety
A school inspector of the state of New
York pronounced it to be the most
perfect school building he had seen
in his travels in the United States. |
During the administration of Bishop |
Carroll, there has been built to the |
west of the city on tract of fifty
acres House of Good Shepherd at |
a cost of $150,0OO. In the Cathedral
Parish also is situated st. Johns Hos
pital, modern four story building
St. Joseph's Orphans Home accom-
200 orphans-St AIMS Infanti
Asylum with capacity of 80 infants.
Besides the Cathedral Parish Helena
has two other parishes which have
grown up from missions to fully equip
ped parishes, with church, school and
resident priest, during administration
of Bishop Carroll,