The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-12-30
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Columbia haze been announced by
the Brothers CT the Christian Schools,
who conduct Rock Hill college, Elliott
CITY. Brother Felician. director of
Ia Sale institute, Cumberland, has
been appointed president of Rock Hill
college, which has been in existence
for more than half century.
Pope to Say Mass for Church Unity
octaye.-Rev. Paul James F. ancis. S.
A.. editor of The Lamp, in whose
uages the Church Unity Octave bad its
inception, has received an important
communication from the Most Rev.
Monsignor lsaias Papadopoulos, for
merly Greek Catholic Bishop of Com
stantinople, and now Assessor of the
Sacred Congregation PRO Ecclesia
Orientali," who says: 1T is with great
pleasure that | announce to you that
our. Holy Father, Pope Plus XII, like
his fllustrious predecessor Pope Ben
edict XIV, has accepted the invitation
to celebrate Holy Mass on one of the
DAYS of the Church Unity Octave for
the intention of the association"
Well Known Dominican Poet-Priest
is Dead.-The Rev. Francis A. Gaffney.
O. p, died last week in Washington,
d. c., where he recently had been as
signed to ST. Dominic's church from
ST, Patrick's, Columbus, Ohio. Father
Gaffney was native of Newark, n.
r.. and at one time was prior of the
Dominican Priory in that city. = The
deceased priest was in great demand
for retreats and was also we'll known
as a poet, a book of "Sonnets and 9th
er Verse;" having been published in
1916. He was known, too, as a faith
full and enthusiastic interpreter OF
Dante's Divine Comedia," and lectur
ed extensively through the middle
west on the Italian poets work.
Big Enrolment of Former Service
Men-More than 10000 former serv
ice men applied to the Knights of Co
lumbus national correspondence school,
at New Haven, Conn, for free courses
during the month of November, when
a special campaign was conducted tc
reach the veterans residing in small
towns, the K of c. educational bureau
announces. The result of the cam
paign is that the Knights will provide
education valued at 100000 to the
veterans during the next six months
the ordinary length of time for fulfil
ment Of any of the thirty courses il
al. re ~ t,TlNi ic
to all veterans, regardless of color Of
creed. The months enrolment sets {
record for any school
Scientist Says Mendel, Not, Darwin
The theory of organic evolution il
the future will be based on Mendelisn
and not Darwinism, declared DIR. Her
bert Spencer Jennings, director of thu
biological laboratories of Johns Hop
kins university, in an address in ST
Louis at a centenary celebration il
honor of Louis Pasteur and Gregg
Mendel, respective discoveries of thu
theories of arresting fermentation ant
the. laws Of heredity. Prof. Jenning
asserted that "Darwinism will so dow
In the history of scientific thought al
an illuminating Interpretation, seem
insly correct in it's grand conclusion
Of mass of data that was unsifted
unscfentific and largely misunderstood
Mendelism is the slow scientific OF
dering of this data, with resulting dis
covery of it's meaning"
Franciscan Sisters Hold Gentleman
Cclebration.-The golden jubilee o
the arrival in America and establish
ment in st. Louis of the Franciscan
sisters, Daughters of the Sacre,
Hearts of Jesus and Mary, was recent
lEcelebrated at st. Anthony's hosp
tai. Grand avenue and Chippew
street. In addition to serving as
hospital, this huge and well-appointe
llnifding houses the provincial mother
house, this being known as the Prov
ince of St. Clara. In 1872, the lat
Rev Z. Schindel, who had built hos
pftal in Carondelet. or South st. Lou
is, went TO Germany and with the az
prevail of Bishop Martin of PaderborT
in the province of Westphalia, obtain
ed three franciscan Sisters from tn
general motherhouse at Salzkotter
who came with him to Carondelet an,
took charge of his hospital.
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Chosen Head Of Hospital Body
Sister Olivia of ST.. Mary's hospital
DHsllth, was elected president of tn
Minnesota-North Dakota Conference O
thn@ Catholic Hospital Association o
the United States and Canada at tn
ciaSe OF the recent two-day CONVEX
ton at Rochester. Sister Leona, ais
ofgSt Mary's hospital, was elected sec
rotary treasurer. Sister Olivia, Siste
Margaret and DR.. E. L. Tuohy, all o
Duluth, were three of the principa
speakers at the convention sessions
Sister Leona was one of the delegate
ffem Duluth. Other officers electe
were: Mother Conchessa. Fargo, n
d. first vice president; Sister Josep
of st. Mary's hospital, Rochester, SCI
ond vice president, and Mother Ado
phine of New Ulm, third vice pres
dent. The selection of meeting plac
for 1928 was deferred until later.
High Honor TO American x. c.
Pope Plus XI has taken personal sunel