The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-05-20
NEW WORLD ITEMS

anniversary of his ordination to the
priesthood. Father Murray is one of
the best known priests among the
Basilian Fathers in the province OF
Ontario.
A Nonagenarian Nun. - Sister
Martha, for thirty-fve years connect
ed with the Notre Dame Academy OF
Alameda, Cal, died at the school re-
Gently at the age of 80 years. Sis
ter Martha did not take the veil until
she was 40 years of age and for fifty
two years she had been a Sister con-
nected with Notre Dame school, and
thirty-five years of that time was
spent in instructing the pupils who
have passed through the school in
Alameda.
To Work Among ltaIians.-A meet
ing of st. Philips Band for work
among the Italians was held last week
at Cathedral College, Fifty-first street
and Madison avenue, New York City.
The Rev. Edward l.. Lying, director
of the Catholic Missionary Society of
Philadelphia, for religious, education
al and social work among Italians, ad-
dressed the meeting. The society of
which Father Lying is director, has
two settlement houses in Philadelphia
under it's management, and two in
places outside the city. His talk was
instructive, informing and stimulating,
British Chaplain Dies in Oregon
Rev. Father Malloy, former British
army chaplain, has died at Heppner,
Ore, from the effects of shell-shock
He was a native of Ireland, but had
resided in New Zealand for many
years. At the outbreak of the war he
went to London and offered his serv
ices as chaplain of an Irish regiment
with which he served throughout the
war, seeing service in many of the big
battles in France and Belgium, as vel
as at the Dardanelles. He was severa
times wounded and gassed. He haC
been travelling in this country for his
health.
College Building Destroyed.-A loss
of $4,000 sustained by the destruction
of the auto school, pharmacy and {
dormitory of Loyola University, New
Orleans, through fire said to have
been caused by defects in the lighting
system, has had the effect of squirting
to greater efforts the committee which
is now endeavoring to raise $1,50O,00(
for that institution. The buildings
Joc4r,1,-oI NV J,n fT0 of yynodnY
construction and were erected during
the war at a cost of $4,000. The mos
important loss is in equipment, in
Guiding automobile accessories anC
machinery valued at $4,000.
Altar Boys Killed Playing in a Cave
"A triple funeral was held May
from Holy Name church., Topeka
Kan, when the bodies of three youns
schoolmates, playmates and alta
boys, who met a tragic death, wer'
brought to the House of God for tn
last time. The young lads, after serv
ing Mass and receiving Holy Com
/. munion on Thursday, were playing il
honey-combed cave on the banks o
d CIGSh, Wu6u LOlS VI Sctl III ACAl IL
and buried them in a tunnel. Fiv
tramps, camping near the creek, hat
seen the boys playing, and attracted
by the frantic actions of a dog, dis
covered the tragic accident.
New Missionary Seminary.-An
nouncement of plans for the founda
ton of a seminary for the education
and preparations for foreign mission
service has been made in Quebec in ;
pastoral letter issued by His Emf
nence Cardinal Begin, and signed b.
all the Bishops of the province o
Quebec. The letter declared that thu
matter had been given due considers
ton by the prelates and that it haC
been decided that the time was ripe
for Canada to enter the field of thu
evangelization of other countries The
seminary will be called after st. Fran
els Xavier, Apostle of India. The
project has received the approval O
Cardinal Van Rossum, project of the
Congregation of the Propaganda.
What a Fort Wayne secular dali.
newspaper described as "the creates
gathering of it's kind ever held in thi:
city," was that at which a parochia
unit Of the National Council of Cath
Ollie Men was organized in the Cattle
dral parish there last week The meet
ing took place in the Library Hall
Rev. Thomas M. Conroy, rector of tn,
Cathedral, congratulated the men OF
their numbers and interest and EN-
phasized the need of a national Cath
olfc organization. Maurice C. Nieze
was chairman of the meeting. Dr.
Henry o. Bruggeman was electe,
president of the new parish council
and Harry G. Hogan vice-president
The other officers are Edward Gil
martin, secretary, and Carl j. Weber
treasurer. 1t is expected that the OF
ganization of parochial units of tn
Mems Council will be undertaken il
other parishes of Fort Wayne and else
where in the diocese within the mex
few weeks.
Statue of st. FideIis.-On a recen
Sunday, His Grace Archbishop Haye
blessed the statue of ST. Fidelis re
Gently erected on the front of s.
Johns school, New York, in con
memoration of the tercentenary of tn
martyrdom of the saint. The statu
is the work of the sculptor ID