The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-14
NEW WORLD ITEMS


sary of his ordination to the priest
hood, on Wednesday, December Is.
Father McGeough has conducted mis-
sions in almost every section of the
country.
Head of Hospital Is Dead.-The
Reverend Mother Superior Mary
Philomene, head of Mercy Hospital
Des Moines, Iowa, died early Wednes-
day of last week. She entered con-
vent forty years ago and served at
Davenport for many years before COM
ing to Des Moines.
Campaign for Boys Home Success.
The campaign for raising funds TOT
additional buildings at the Father
Flanagan's Boys Home in Omaha, has
just come to a close, approximately
$4,000 having been subscribed. Con-
sidering financial conditions at the
present time this is wonderful trlh
ute paid to the Home by the public.
100000 Hospital Building Dedicated.
An addition to ST. Marys Hospital
OF Cairo, ILL.,, costing 100000, was
solemnly dedicated Dec. % by Ri. Rev.
Henry Althoff. Cairo now boasts one
Of The most up-tOdate hospitals in the
Middle West. The Sisters of the Holy
Cross are in charge. The hospital has
been in existence since the time OF the
Civil war. The Rev. Father Spauld-
ing, editor OF the Queens Work, st.
Louis, preached the sermon. Besides
Bishop Althoff, Revs. James Downey,
Jacob Gillen, Charles Strumpine, Ger.
Toennis, P. J. Slattery, Charles
Feeney, Eugene Traynor and Joseph
Reich, took part in the ceremonies.
Brothers Hosts to 300 Old People,
For the forty-siXth consecutive year,
four brothers, Edward j., Thomas F.,
William J., and Albert J. Dooner, were
generous hosts to three hundred old
people at the Little Sisters of the Poor,
Philadelphia, on Christmas Day. A
sumptuous seasonable dinner, consist
ing of turkey and ''all the trimmings -
was served at noon, and this was fol
lowed by an entertainment and the
distribution of candies and other
sweets. Not only have the Dooner
brothers provided this treat for the in
mates of the Home every Christmas
but it has been their custom, when
ever possible, for them to act as wait
ers.
Dies While Attending Mass.-Capt
IT. j. Smith, so, in the Chicago fire de
partment since 1888, died while at
tending Christmas Mass in the Church
Of Our Lady of Sorrows. He was cap
tain of engine company No. Al. Wear
ing his uniform, Capt. Smith left his
home early with his daughter, Rather
inc He had passed Christmas Eve with
his wife and five children and was tc
report for duty at s a. m. The service
had been in progress about Is minutes
when an usher noticed the captain
collapse. Two ushers carried him tC
the church vestibule. While 1900 Wor
shippers knelt in prayer within the
church, priest was summoned to ad
minister the last sacraments.
Aid Aueustinians in Constantinople
Aid for the Mission of the Augustin
nople has been pledged by the Amitie
Club, Catholic social organization OF
the District OF Columbia, which will
Immediately forward a substantial
contribution to the Holy Land to as
sist the work which has been prac
tically ruined by the war. The houses
schools and churches of the Angus
tinians were occupied during the con
flict and when returned were left emp
ty of their fixtures and furniture anG
were uninhabitable. Most of the
buildings will have to be demolished
and reconstructed, work that will re
quire 100000. The superior, the Rev
p. Clement, has appealed to Ameri
cans to come to the assistance of the
mission.
Static is UnveiIed.-Blessing and
unwilling Of the statue of st. Margaret
Mary, which took place in the chapel
of the Convent of the Visitation in st
Louis, was characterized by impress
i've ceremonies. The ceremony was
performed and the sermon preached
by the Rev. J. r. Coffey. The new
statue is of white Carrara marble, five
feet in height and is placed on g
handsome pedestal of white marble
The statue is in keeping with the al
tars and statues in the chapel, which
are of finest marble The new statue
of st. Margaret Mary has been erected
by the Archconfraternity OF Repara
tion and Perpetual Light to the Sacred
Heart, and the inscription reads
Sacred to the Memory of Sister M
Baptista Appellee, foundress of the
Archconfraternity of PREPARATION. r
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Cleveland Parish Returns to Church
The return of an apostate parish
was warmly welcomed by the RICH
Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop o
Cleveland, when he addressed the con
gregation of the church of Our Lad,
of Mercy, formerly the Church of ST
John the Baptist, in that city. Bishol
Schrembs blessed the church. Bisho
Schrembs told the congregation tina
crowded the little edifice that their re
consideration of the recent step Whicl
estranged them from the Church mad
him very happy and. that he hoped n
one would ever again be able t
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