The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-03-04
Guild OF catholic Women:

hare. relief. needlework, juvenile court,
Infant home, guild hall. arts and let
tiers, civic and hospital. Aside from
|employing an Office secretary. the ac-
Itivities of the guild are carried on by
volunteer workers, grouped into com
munities numbering about 200 men,
bers. A partial report, from April /,
1921, is as follows:
/ The relief department furnished pro-
visions. etc, to the value of more than
$4,000.
The Friendly Visitors committee
makes visits in the % parishes of the
Lefty, to the homes of the needy and
those negligent in their religious du-
ties, in the interests of the children.
Juvenile court committee attends
two sessions week of the juvenile
Icourt, accompanies delinquent girls to
the home at Sank Center, the House
of the Good Shepherd. and various hos
lpitals and dispensaries of medical
care, and acts in the capacity of coun-
sellors, advisors and big sisters" to
these delinquent girls.
Needlework department-three hun
dred twenty-seven dollars has been
i spent by this department for new ma
terial and Al comforters and 7S9 gar
ments were made and distributed dur
ing the past year. The department
is still cooperating with the ST. Vim
icent de Paul society in sending gar
ments to q shop operated for both
these, organizations; this clothing is
distributed to the poor
Infant home department-car for
on an average, ~ babies and Is girls
per month during the year. 1t requires
an expenditure Of more than $4,000
per year to run this home. which eX-
penditure is borne by the Guild of
Catholic Women of st. Paul and the
League of Catholic Women of Mime
Iapolis. Thirty children have been
placed in homes during the past year,
where they are assured of the best of
care and attention. The needlework
department co-operates with the home
TO the extent of meeting once week
to make clothing for the children at
the home.
The management and care of this
home has been recently turned over
to the Sisters of St Joseph, which will
add greatly to the efficiency of the
work done, and to the moral uplift and
|refining influence exerted over the
girls.
| Hospital committee-visits the City
L
crippled children. This year the com
mittee supplied toys. flowers, Christ.
mas cards and candy to the Phalen
hospital, to the inmates of the county
i jail and the workhouse; supplied hos.
tesses and refreshments for picnics
Aberdeen government hospital; sup.
lplied magazines to these disabled vet.
Grams each month; supplied musical
programs at the Aberdeen for movie
entertainments; also the New Years
musical program and refreshments fo1
the afternoon. which was part of a
weeks program during the Christmas
holidays.
The hospital committee has cooper
lated with the minnesota Home Dem
onstratiGn department in the weigh
ing and measuring of children in pa
rochial schools. Plans for putting il
milk stations in six more parochial
schools arc now on foot.
RI A special committee was organized
Ito meet the bodies of our overseas
+ dead, and has met over 800 bodies
placing q spray of flowers, bearing &
card Of sympathy from the guild or
! each casket
The guild hall boarding home fol
: young girls accommodates regularly
an average of 80 girls, at the rate o.
$500, $3.50 and $500 per month. The
home has it's own board of managers
; about 81 members paying $50 per year
The Indebtedness on the home ha!
been wiped out and plans are I'm
tder way to make Improvements ,ant
, engagements in the way of dormitor!
facilities.
The civic department-assiste il
!. characterization work in the city, talk
ing care of program meetings includ
ing Greek, German, Austrian and Ital
liam groups. Assisted in Communit.
Chest drive for funds for general re
lief work Assisted in the sale of pop
. pies for Memorial day, and assisted
: lin the sale of Red Cross Christina
!. lseals Also attended meetings of cit.
Icouncil and arranged round tabl
: discussion of the proposed new cit
;. icharter.
The arts and letters department
!. Econducted lectures on many subjects
h Mrs. E. C. Ives will preside at tn
g general meeting which will take plac
5 Monday, March 6, at 2:30 p. NJ.
Il the auditorium of the Wilder huilt
, ing. Nomination of officers for the Ell
suing year will take place at this NEE
ing.
Rev. James F. Cassidy will spea
/ before the Arts and Letters depar
y ment on Tuesday, March T. at 2:30,
u the auditorium of the Wilder buildin,
. His subject will be Irish Women
u Action" from 1S47 to the present da,
Following the lecture, Mrs. Thomas
Noynihan will sing a group of song
u accompanied on the piano by Mi:
Edith Blanchard Mrs. E. H. Slate
e chairman of the department. will pr
= Side.
D Christ Child Society: Miss Mary NJ
: Nabb, chairman of the general meT