The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-07-01
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Blind in Pennsylvania-is to be
established in Lansdale. Cardinal
Dougherty has announced that sixteen
acres of land have been purchased
and that sixteen more will be OBJ
tanned.
Priest Appointed Fire Commits
-sioner.-Rev. Sebastian Englerth, rec
tor of the Church of. st. John the
Evangelist, near Rochester, N. " was
elected Fire Commissioner for the
town of Greece district, Monroe
county. Father Englerth has been
rector in the Rochester diocese for a
number of years.
Catholic Wits Win.-In the annual
College Wits number of Judge,
national humor magazine, ST. Louis
university was represented by four
entries. The successful humorists
we're Ray Schenk, Arts '23; Hamilton
Thornton, Arts %; John Weber, Arts
pa, and Kelvin Walsh, Arts "a In
the honor list compiled by the editors
of Judge, ST. Louis University was
awarded thirteenth place in a field
of one hundred colleges representing
the students of the entire nation.
Made IrremovabIe Rector.-Rev.
Michael J. Scanlon, known in Catho-
lie circles of the United States and
director of the Catholic Charitable
Bureau of the Boston diocese, has
just been appointed irremovable pas
tor of St. Roses church, Chelsea, one
~of the most important parishes in the
diocese. Father Scanlon, who has
proved himself one of the ablest adj
administrators in the diocese, has been
:. for many years attached to the Cathe-
- dral parish. Father Scanlons success
sor as director of the Charitable Blu
-reau has not yet been appointed.
Priest Praises University.-'The &C
: ton of the authorities of the Univer-
sity of Illinois in accrediting on the
). work done by the students in the
several religious foundations at the
:. university marks long step toward
: the solution of our educational prob
lem" said the Rev. DR.. John A.
-O'Brien, Catholic chaplain. DR..
~O'Brien, who is head of the Catholic
foundation, for which fund of
$1,00O,000 is being raised by the four
principal Catholic fraternal organiza-
=tions, addressed a meeting of 1000
workers in the campaign.
Convert Priest Observes Jubilee
THE members of the Immaculate Con-
-ception Church, Baltimore held a
celebration on Sunday and Monday in
honor of the silver jubilee of the Rev.
H. V. Piper, c. NJ, assistant pastor of
the Immaculate Conception church.
Father Piper is a native of Niagara
Falls, n. Y. After his conversion to
the Catholic faith, he studied for the
priesthood at Niagara University and
at st. Vincent's Seminary, German
town, Pa, and was ordained on June
-12, 1897. He is well known in Phila-
"delphia, having been stationed at
Germantown for a number of years.
100000 Loss in Fire.-Holy Rosary
Catholic church, the parochial school
land three buildings were burned in a
fire which threatened to sweep the
entire east side industrial and resi-
-dential section of Passaic, N. j., last
1week The children in the school had
Just finished their classes for the day
when the fire began. They were put
through the customary fire drill by
Sister Lazerine in charge of the
school and left the building without
panic. The damage to the church
and other buildings is estimated at
100000. Rev. Father Stanislaus
Kruczeck is pastor of the Holy Ro-
sary parish and it was through his
Sefforts that the church and school
were built.
Students Raise $1,000 for Mission
7 Announcement was made by Rev. j.
p. Donovan, c. NJ, of Kenrick Sem
mary, that the fund of the Catholic
Students Inter-Unit Organization, to
: be presented to Archbishop Glennon
for home mission chapel, will aggre-
r gate more than $1,000 Several
months ago, as result of the Catho-
lie missionary pageant, $500 was
appropriated as nucleus for this
fund Since then, the following
schools have promised a minimum of
$50 each, this fund being raised by
the missionary units among the stu
dents of each organization: Kenrick
Seminary, the st. Louis Preparatory
Seminary, Loretto College, Rosati-
Kahn Girls High School, Kenrick
Boys High School, Loretto Academy
on Lafayette avenue.
Catholic Books for BTind.-Many
Catholic books are being plated in
Braille type by the Braille Transcrib-
.ers' Club of Albany, N. " and the
Forthcoming annual report will show
great increase in the extent and
value of this work for the blind An
effort is now being made by officers
OF the Club to obtain the help of
transcribers in various parts of the
country so that the number of Cath
ole books plated during the coming
year will be considerably in excess
OF that in any previous twelve months.
Miss Helen J. Delahanty, president
of the Transcribers' Club, says "Our
honorary membership is growing, and
our next report will testify to the
loyalty, unselfishness and co-opera-
ton of our active members. The
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