The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-11
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Maura. protested member of the Sis
ters OF The Poor OF st. Francis, died
recently in Cincinnati. She was SO
wears Of age, and had been in rellg-
ion for the past 60 years. She had
been known in the world as Miss Cath
crime Hohl.
Bishop Then Aids sisters.-The
Right Rev. j. Henry Then, Bishop or
Denver, was the first person to re-
spond when the Rev. Hugh l.. McMen-
amin launched a campaign to furnish
the beautiful new convent erected Tor
the Sisters of Charity. The Bishop
contributed $500 for the altar in the
convent chapel.
Women Attend Jesuit Dinner
Women will attend the annual banquet
of the Jesuit Alumni Association OF
New Orleans, for the first time in the
history of the organization, February
IS. The affair is to be given in the
l1lks' Home. The banquet will initl-
ate a campaign for the collection OF
. large fund with which to erect five
Du1lullSS
Bishop to West Indies.-Auxiliary
Bishop Corrigan of Baltimore, and
Monsignor James P. Holden of st.
Jerome's church, sailed from New
York last week, for Jamaica, West
Indies. Later they will go to the
Panama Canal. Bishop Corrigan has
been under a tremendous strain for
the last year because of the many du-
ties devolving upon him and he, is bad
ly in need of a rest.
Conscience-Hurt Bandit Returns
ChaIce.-With conscience scared so
that robbery and burglary seemed
professional trifes, yet, according to
the inspired correspondent OF the
press, unable to bear the remorse OF
sacrilege, one of the thieves who stole
consecrated chalice from St. 10
seph's church. San Antonio, Texas,
Christmas night, anonymously has re-
turned it. The chalice, which was a
valuable one, was found in a garbage
can in front of the church.
Society of Mary.-Announcem
was made last week that the eastern
branch of Mt. ST. John Normal school
novitiate of the Society of Mary, in
Dayton, Ohio, will be located at Bea
con-on-the-Hudson, N. Y, and stu
ated at the foot of Mt. Beacon, sixty
miles north of New York City. The
present building will be remodeled to
suit the needs of the new school
where candidates for the Society OF
Mary in that section of the country
will be prepared for their profession
al career
Burglars Rob, Bishop.-Burglars en-
tered the room of the Right Rever
end Edward P. Allen. Bishop of Mo
bile, Ala, and stole the Bishops ring
and his valuable gold watch, The
burglars entered the house through
windows which they left open when
they departed AS there are ten
priests domiciled in the Bishops res
ideHce, the robbery was particular:
ly daring one. The robbers are now
being sought by the Mobile police, and
the opinion that they will be captured
Sisters Granted Naturalization Pa.
pers.-Five Sisters of the franciscan
order, OF Streator and Peru, ILL.,, were
admitted as citizens of the United
States, in the Circuit court at Otta
wa, Ill. The Sisters showed that
in spite Of the fact that they were
leading a secluded life behind the
walls of converts and hospitals, they
wished to become loyal citizens of the
country of their adoption. AS the
Sisters received their certificates, they
were presented with small silk flags
by the Ottawa ladies.
A Priestly Family.-Mrs. S. A. Gar
rity of Cascade and Mrs. John ThineS
of Hampton, Iowa, sisters of the Very
Rev. Dean Convery of Charles City
have received notice of the death Of
their cousin, Rev. Joseph T. Convery
in Ireland. The Convery family was
fruitful in vocations to the priesthood
Rev. Father Convery's family an(
that of his cousins produced nine
priests including those mentioned
and the late Bishop Tohill of Belfast
Ireland. Dean Convery is the Ions
time esteemed pastor of the Immacu
late Conception church of Charles
City, Iowa.
Catholics to Erect MemoriaI.-The
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the landing of the first Scottish
Catholic settlers on Prince Edward
Island will be fittingly observed by the
Catholics of this province, if presen
plans are carried out. The landing
was made at Scotchfort, along the
Hillsborough or East river, and twelve
miles from Charlottetown. Plans al
present call for the erection of mon
ument in memory of all the origina
Scottish Catholic settlers, and it is
hoped to have the movement extend
to every place throughout the cont
nent, where descendants of these
Scottish settlers may live.
Arthur Griffith a Catholic-Tht
Rev. d. A. Casey, editor of the Cana
dian Freeman, is authority for tn,
statement that Arthur Griffith is /;
Catholic of such deep devotion that HI
attends Mass daily Father Case!
visited Griffith in 1919, and writes
that the Irish statesman was born il