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New Foundations.—Several Sisters .Of Notre Dame leave Baltimore this week to establish a parochial school at San Juan, Porto Rico and a colony of Sisters of Charity from Maryland has gone to Pensacola, Florida, to open a hospital there. jWECTlfiRCHlN Th^m LANDS, HEW WORLD ITEMS. Federation Convention.—New Yorl? City will be the meeting-place of the 1916 Convention of the American Fed eration of Catholic Societies. Jesuit Scholasticate.—The new seholasticate of the Jesuits, three miles northeast of Ilillyard, Wash., is to cost at least $400,000. Nearly $100, 000 has been expended and most of the first story brick work completed. Catholic University Opening.—The next term of the Catholic Univesity at Washington begins on September 28. N«w Canadian Church.—A new structure is to be erected in place of the old St. Ann Church at Grosse Isle, Canada, which has been in service for seventy-five years. List of Catholic Plays.—The Rev. John J. Wheeler, general secretary of the Catholic Theatre Movement in Philadelphia, announces that a cata logue of juvenile plays suitable for presentation by parochial schools, academies and colleges is now being prepared and will be completed by next autumn. w New College Building.—Plans are in progress for a four-story pressed brick and stone fireproof college building to be constructed for St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati, Ohio, to cost $200,000. It consists of main building, administra tion building, offices and one wing for dormitory to accommodate 650 stu dents, auditorium seating 1,000, library, college class rooms, academy and laboratory. Honor Inventor of Submarine.—If the plans of those Interested mature, the city of Elizabeth, N. J., will be the first municipality to honor the mem ory of John P. Holland, inventor of the submarine boat, which is now revolu tionizing naval warfare. It was while a teacher in Paterson, N. J., that he conceived the idea of the submarine and worked it out during his leisure time. He died in Newark, N. J., a few months ago, true to the last, a good, practical Catholic. "'The Catholic Bookman.*'—The first copy of "The Catholic Bookman," pub Ushed by the Catholic Publishing Co., of Wheeling, W. Va., is being sent out to some 25,000 institutions and indi viduals. The new publication, in addi tion to having some excellent articles on Catholic books and Catholic read ing, carries many announcements of the splendid series of catechisms and -charts that have been compiled by the literary pastor of the little parish at Barton in the Columbus diocese. Emmet's Statue.—A model of the statue of Robert Emmet which Jerome O'Connor, the Washington sculptor, is commissioned to make, has been com pleted, and has been approved by a committee of eminent sculptors, rep resenting the officers of the National Gallery of Art, and has been accepted by the directors, which is a condition precedent to its be£ng placed in the gallery. Priests' Total Abstinence League. At a meeting of the Priests' Total Abstinence League held in connection with the national convention of the C. T. A. U. of America in Pittsburgh the following officers were chosen: Presi dent, Very Rev. M. A. Limbing, Scott dale, Pa. Vice President, Rev. Henry J. Reilly, C. S. P., New York Secre tary and Treasurer, Rev. Joseph O'Hara, Philadelphia. ir Missions Among Italians.—Rev. Dr. Cftpra, of the Salesians, "is giving a aeries of missions among the Italians of the United States. Sister's Golden Jubilee.—Mother M. Gertrude Dougherty celebrated her golden jubilee as a Sister of Mercy on August 13 at Jamestown, N. Y. W v New Catholic High School.—The Brothers of the Christian Schools are negotiating for the purchase of a large mansion in the city of Utica, N. Y., for the purpose of establishing a Catholic high school. C. K. of O. Convention.—The twen ty-fourth annual State Convention of the Catholic Knights of Ohio will be held in Crestline tin September 12, 13, 14 and 15. Elaborate arrangements are being made by the committee in charge. Appointed Pastor.—Right Rev. Mgr. M. D. Whelan, Chancellor of the v v Dio cese of Toronto, Ontario, Can., has ~-"1Seen appointed to the pastorate of .Our Lady of Lourdes' Church in To- Xonto, vacant since the death of the 'late lamented Father Canning. iri Community of Male Nurse%—1iPhe Alexian Brothers are the only Catho lie community of male religious en gaged in the work of nursigg the #**. Dean ttyan Withdraws.—Judge 1 ©'Neill Ryan has withdrawn as dean jKt the law school of St. Louis Univer aity, of which he was one of the founders. Judge Ryan has been asso- 4 dated with the law school as dean Since its opening in the fall of 1908. Denver Club for Young Men.—Den r.Ver Council. Knights of Columbus, fete AiuoieU a cQBuaittee pf five to ,y-Vr» 5T confer with the authorities of the K. of C. Building Association, to consider plans for the establishment of a gymnasium as the first step in launching a club for Denver Catho lic young men along the lines of the Y. M. C. A. First Catholic Circulating .Library. •The first Catholic circulating library in the United States was founded at Buffalo forty-nine years ago by a group of thirty Catholic young men. Today the library contains 15,000 vol umes and 500 pamphlets. There is also a special juvenile department connected with it. Bishop Issues Appeal for Poland.— Bishop O'Connor of Newark, N. J., has issued an appeal for funds for war sufferers in Poland, which was read at Masses in the diocese of Newark. Special collections will be taken up. Bequest for Hospital.—The Hotel Dieu Hospital at Windsor, Canada, receives a bequest of $10,000 by the will of E. C. Walker, late of W&lker ville, filed for probate recently. Visitation Nun's Jubilee.—Sister Mary Catherine Thornton celebrated her golden jubilee as a religious of the Visitation Order on August 16 at Mt. de Chantal Convent near Wheel ing, W. Va. Addition to Sifters' Hospital.— Ground has been* broken for a new wing to St. Thomas Sanitarium, Nash ville, Tenn., and work will be pushed forward rapidly. The cost of the new addition, made necessary by the great demand for room at St. Thomas, which is conducted by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Ky., will be $200,000. .y Fifty Years in ReH§ion.—The nuns of the Sisterhood of St. Joseph, in New York, held a special celebration on August 30 to mark the golden anni versary of the entrance into their Or der of Sister Mary Rose, Mother Su perior of St. Joseph's Home, Flushing. Heads Basilian College.—The Rev. H. Carr, C. S. B., has been appointed President of St. Michael's College, Toronto, Ont., Can., succeeding Rev. R. McBrady, C. S. B., whose term of office has expired. Banquet for "Archbishop.-w^Ota Sep tember 7 the citizens of San Fran cisco, Cal., honored Archbishop Hanna on his recent elevation to his present exalted office by giving a banquet in the Palace Hotel. Chance Sales Forbidden.—Right Rev. Bishop O'Connor of Newark, N. J., has forbidden the sale of chances at fairs held by the churches in the Diocese. Though harmless In effect when used as a means of disposing of articles to benefit a worthy object, it has been shown that such sale of chances are unlawful, in New Jersey at least. Two Families of Religious.—When Sister Rose Theresa was professed !n the Order of St. Joseph a week ago she was the fifth member of the Oley family of Syracuse to enter the Mas ter's service. Sister Agnes Claire, of the same Order is a sister and her brothers are the Revs. Charles N. Oley, George F. Oley and William H. Oley, priests in the Diocese of Syra cuse. SisteV Patrick Joseph, pro fessed at the same time, is the third member of the Boland family, also of Syracuse, to enter the Order of St. Joseph, Sister Adelle and Sistgr Ro salita being her sisters. Superintendent of Brooklyn Schools. —The Brooklyn diocese mourns the loss sustained in, the death of Rev. Joseph D. A. McKenna, diocesan su perintendent of schools and curate at the Church of Our Lady of Victory. Father McKenna, who was only thir ty-six years of age, had won for him self an enviable reputation, and his friends had predicted for him a long and brilliant career. Rev. Joseph V. S. McClancy succeeds him as Super intendent of Schools. Model Club Formkd.—"Hie of Albany, N. Y., boasts of having an excellent and thoroughly up-to-date club for Catholic business women and girls. The clubrooms are located in the Centennial Buildings where lunch, rest and sleeping rooms are provided for the members of the club and transient guests. Brother a Scientific Farmer.—Four thousand bushels of wheat from 120 acres, or an average of 33% bushels per acre, has just been harvested by Brother Leo, of the Notre Dame Uni versity farm. The average yield for the State af^ Indiana is about 14 bushels. Brother Leo's showing is remarkable from the fact that part of the 120 acres has not yet been brought up by the scientific treat ment which Brother Leo is gradually extending to the entire Notre Dame farm. Defeat Church Tax Proposal.—The New York State Constitutional Con vention by a vote of 102 to 13 decided not to incorporate the amendment of Delegate Westwood to the tax pro posal. His scheme was that no prop erty should be exempt from taxation except that of the United States. Group of 1 Parish Buildings.—A group of parish buildings, including a church, school house, parish resi dence and Sisters' home are to be constructed on a site at Columbus Road and Freeman Avenue, S. W., Cleveland, bhio, under the direction of Rev. Augustine Tomasek, rector of St. Wendelin's Slovak parish. The: cost of the group of buildings will be close to $200,000. Bishop Now Rector.—Right Rever end Bishop Van den Ven has an nounced that in^the future he will assume charge of the parochial work of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral par ish, Alexandria, La. Rev. C. Maher, who for many years was rector of the Cathedral, has resigned the charge and will sail for Bprdeaux, France, where he will spend the remalnder of his life with relatives. Remains of Priests Re-interred.— The remains of many priests of the Covington Diocese, who had been buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Cov ington, were transferred recently to the lot selected by the late Right Reverend Bishop Maes, for the clergy of the diocese. The bodies removed were those of Fathers Butler, Lancas ter, Brandts, former Vicars General, and Wille, Ven der Viel, Weise, Bent, McCloran, McDonald and Feys. OLD WORLD NEWS. Mill Hill College.—The cornerstone of St. Joseph Missionary College at Mill Hill, England, was laid forty-six years ago. The growth of the institu tion has been most satisfactory, and English missionaries, known as the Mill Hill Fathers, are now found in the remotest parts of the pagan world. Famous Swiss Abbey.—The Abbey of Maria Einsiedeln covers a space of 450 by 51G feet. The church is prob ably the finest church in Switzerland 375 feet long by 141 feet wide, with three aisles, and 8 colossal columns supporting the vaulted roof. In 915 the monastery was visited by ,the Bishop of Bale in 955 by the Emperor Otho the Great and St. Adelheid in 900 by SS. Ulrich, Wolfgang and Gerold in 1355 by St. Elizabeth of Hungary in 1353 by King Charles IV in 1442 by Emperor Frederick III in 1576 by St. Charles Borromeo in 1622 by King Louis XIII of France in 1775 by St. Benedict Joseph Labre in 1813 by King Louis I of Bavaria in 1775 by Goethe. Catholics in Mongolia.—Father Bot ty, formerly President of the Belgian Seminary for Foreign Missions ot Brussels, and at present missionary in Mongolia writes that during the past decade the number of Christians has increased six-fold in that vast mis sion. This seems to be the realiza tion of the prayer of the late Bishop Hamer, put to death by the Boxers fif teen years ago, who on the eve of his martyrdom said: "Once, I have been received by my Lord and Saviour, I shall draw this whole province to the Faith." Denounce Regime of Hatred.—A campaign against Ernest Liseauer's song expressing hatred for England has been started by the Cologne Volkszeitung, a Catholic organ, which demands the exclusion of the song from bookg intended for the young. The paper declares it would be a portentous condition if at a time of international bitterness even the youth of a nation were taught to cherish hatred. The Berliner Tage blatt and other influential newspapers have indorsed the demand voiced by the Volkszeitung. A Franciscan Centenary—fin tiie year 1916 will occur the Seventh Centenary of the granting of the Por tiuncula Indulgence, and the Francis can Fathers, custodians of the vener able shrine of the Portiuncula, are anxious to commemorate this jubilee by raising a memorial in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, With the approval of the Holy Father and his blessing and that of the Father General of the Franciscan Order it is their earnest wish to finish the facade of the Patriarchal Basilica and Papal Chapel of St. Mary of the Angels which en closes the memorable little chapel where Father St. Francis received from the lips of Our Lord the Great Indulgence of the Portiuncula. The ex penses of the completion of this facade (which has been greatly dam aged and partly destroyed by earth quakes) are estimated at about $100, 000. To all that v/ill contribute by their offerings towards this noble work the Holy Father has granted his Apostolic Blessing. 500 Masses will be said in the Portiuncula for their in tentions. They will also share during life and death in more than 10,000 Requiem Masses and Offices that will be offered every year for the bene factors. Jesuits In the French Army.—The latest statistics about the Jesuits in the French Army give the figures at the last day of July, the Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola: The total number of the members of the Society in the Army is 615. Of these 109 are hors de combat, 47 killed, 18 prisoners, 1 missing, 37 wounded or under treat ment. At the front there are 281 57 chaplains, 20 ambulance chaplains, 78 7 THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, SEPTEMBER 11, 1915. ambulance nurses, 126 in the fighting line, 203 are in the rear, 102 in hos pitals, 101 in base or depot work, sev eral of whom are at Tien-Tsin or Tananarivo. Discharged on account of serious wounds, 22. No fewer than 61 have received distinctions 6 knighthood of the Legion of Honor, 5 the military medal, 1 the Russian Cross St. George, 1 the epidemic medal, 48 mentioned in dispatches (the War Cross). Catholic War ^Correspondent.— Compton Mackenzie, the Catholic novelist, is the official British writer of war news from the Dardanelles. Royal Prince at Eton.—Prince Charles Theodore, Count of Flanders, youngest son of King Albert of Bel gium, will go to Eton College next term, it is reported. The prince is 11 years old. Dutch Foreign Missions.—In the small country of Holland the Catho lic Church is distinguished for its thirteen foreign missions. The most important of these are in Borneo, Brazil, the Philippines, Java, Guiana, the Antilles, and especially China, where one vicariate, that of East Chihli, is served exclusively by Dutch Catholic missioners. Catholic Author at Front.—Am brose Willis, publisher of the London Tablet, a Catholic author of world wide fame, who lectured in America two years ago in behalf of the Catho lic Reading Circle, has enlisted in the British army, Historic Castle Destroyed.—The historic castle of Lizzana, near Rov ereto, where the poet Dante spent his exile, has been destroyed. Dante went there to live about 1302, when he was Danished from Florence. King of Poland.—The coronation of Archduke Charles'Stephen of Austria as King of Poland will take place in the Warsaw Cathedral, according to the Petrograd correspondent, who adds that a proclamation naming the new king on the authority of Ger many and Austria is expected to be issued shortly. Australian Jesuit Dead.—Rev. James Colgan, S. J., of the Irish Province, died at the Presbytery, Hawthorn, Melbourne, on August 6. Father Colgan worked for some nine teen years in Australia, where he conducted missions and was engaged tn church work in Melbourne and Sydney. At the time of his death he was sixty-six years of age. Buddhist Convert Founds Mission. —There is a Catholic mission district in China today that contains 14,000 Christians. It was founded by a na tive missionary priest who had begun his career as a Buddhist. New Zealand Prelate's Will.—The estate of the late Bishop Grimes of Christ Church, New Zealand, was practically all given to hospitals and orphan asylums. Whatever residue may be left is divided between his successor in the bishopric and the Superior General of the Marist Order. Bishop Grimes labored in New Or leans and other southern states before going to New Zealand. Pontifical Commission.—It,faf learn ed from a reliable source that Pope Benedict has appointed a Pontifical Commission composed of Cardinal De Lai, Cardinal Van Rossum, and Car dinal Bisleti, to take up the Castel lane-Gould marriage case, with a view to deciding the question whether Anna Gould gave a true matrimonial consent before her marriage to Count Boni. Citation on Filing Petition to Sell Lands. STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF Ramsey. Probate Court. In the Matter of the Application for License to Sell the Real Estate of Anthony Scalli, Decedent. The state of Minnesota to All Whom It May Concern: On reading and filing the petition of Lizzie Scalli, representative of the estate of said deceased, praying that license be to her granted to sell the real estate of which said deceased died seized, and it appearing by said peti tion that there is not sufficient per sonal estate in the hands of said rep resentative to pay the debts outstand ing against the deceased, and the lega cies and expenses of administration, and that it is necessary, in order to pay such debts, legacies and expenses, and for the best interest of said estate to sell said real estate. It Is Therefore Ordered, That all per sons interested in said estate be cited and required to appear before said Pro bate Court on Monday, the 20th day of September, A. T". 1915, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, ut the Court House in the City of Ft. Paul, in said County, then and theie to show cause, if any there be, why license should not be granted to said representative to sell said real estate, according to the prayer of said petition, and that this citation be served bypublication there of In The Catholic Bulletin according to law. Witness the Judge of said Court, at St. Paul this 19th day of August, 1915. E. W. BAZILLE, Wc Make a Specialty if lustitutteii Fomisiiings. Illustrated Catalog Mailed on Requedl SALISBURY & SATTERLEE CO. i MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Minneapolis Office and School Fiirnilufi Co. ICaka Spectator of Church Furnltwe Send for Catalogue Offic« and Factory* Cor* 8ll» St. and 8th Av«* Judge of Probate. (Seal of Proabte. Court.) Attest: P. W. Gosewisch, Clerk of Probate^ Willis & Cahlll, Attorneys for Petitioner. Metal Beds and Sanitary Bedding For Hospitals, Institutions and School Dormitories 3, & EVERETT H. BAILEY, President. CYRUS P. BROWN, Vice-President. EDWARD O. 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