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2 1 «r. iS3L ~1~ NEW WORLD ITEMS Cadets in Parish Schools—Many of the Chicago parochial schools have started cadet organizations under the direction of competent military- in structors. Sisters Win T~T~ Legacy.—The Magnificent Crucifix.—A magnificent mahogany crucifix now occupying a place high above the main altar of Blessed Sacrament Church of St. Louis, Mo., was blessed and put in place before Solemn High Mass last Sunday week. The cross, which weighs 500 pounds, was constructed by the pastor, Rev. P. H. Bradley, who is quite a mechanical genius. The material was purchased from the Easter offering and the image of the Crucified Lord is the pastor's gifrto his parish. Former Minister Ordained.—Rev. Charles D. Meyer of Montclair, N. J., a former minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was one of six deacons from the Seminary of the Im maculate Conception at Seton Hall College ordained to the priesthood by Bishop O'Connor, in the Cathedral of St' Patrick, Newark, N. J., on June 18. Father Meyer was a graduate of Nash otah Seminary and was formerly con nected with St. Edmund Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, Wis., and other churches of that sect in Wisconsin and Xew Jersey before becoming a convert to Catholicism. Gift for College Field.—At the an nual reunion and banquet of the Alumni Association of Boston College, held in the college on June 15, the members contributed the sum of $1,200 for the purpose of erecting additional stands and a steel back stop on the newly-constructed Alumni New K. of C. tflfbhouse.—At the home and headquarters of the Knights of Columbus in New Haven, Conn., a valuable residence property has been purchased by the Knights of Columbus Club consisting of 1,200 members. The house contains twenty rooms, which will be used as the club proper. It is the intention of the club to build in the rear four bowling alleys and a gymnasium. The latter, it is ex pected, will cost $24,000. It will be a two-story brick building. The gym nasium will be on the ground floor and on the floor above will be an assembly room, 50 by 90 feet, capable of seating 1,200 people. The gym nasium will contain a swimming pool, shower baths, running tracks and all the modern requisites. The erection of the bowling alleys will cost about $5,000. Sister Writes Play.—Sister M. An gela Brennan of the Sisters of Charity, teaching at St. Berchman's Academy, in Omaha, Neb., is the author of new play, "Meg Burns," which was given its initial presentation at the Krug Theatre in Omaha during the week commencing June 25. Sister Angela, who writes under the nom deplume of "Gilbert Guest," is writer of much ability, articles from her pen having appeared In many periodicals in the West. In writing "Meg Burns," which is secular in its theme, Sister Angela was guided by a desire to prove that a play can be clean and wholesome in theme and at the same time of sound dramatic value. Theatrical men are consider itig presenting this drama in New York City wrhere, in the opinion of those competent to judge, it would make a fine appeal to the public as a clean and wholesome play. if Irish History Scholarship*.—The Iowa state board of examiners for the Irish history scholarships have com pleted their work and announced the following winners and schools: A. O. H. scholarship, Allen Barry, St. Patrick's school, Iowa City L. A. A. O. H. scholarship, Veretta Martini, St. Mary's school, Emmetsburg. Discrimination Against Catholics.— An attempt of the St. Lotais Board of Education to discriminate against Catholic schools was recently over ruled by Judge Hennings of the Cir cuit Court. The Board had refused to admit a graduate of a Catholic high school to the Harris Teachers' College, a training school for public school teachers, on the same favorable terms granted to public school graduates The demurrer of the Board of Educa tion was found upon the claim that the Harris Teachers' College was not part of the public school system. Though the Board actually conducts the school, it is not directed by law ,. to do so. The Judge's decision reads: "An advanced school, maintained by taxes for school purposes, can no more he conducted for some to the exclu sion of others with equal qualifica lions than can any other school. To so would be contrary to natural Tight and the manifest purpose of those paying taxes for school pur i&f..poses/' The petition to admit the £atholic pupil on equal tetms with r"'. Njfc ^HECHI®CH1N Ti'^ANDOTtfRLANDS, Sisterg of Mercy conducting St. Mary's Hosp|tal in Iowa City, la., have just received a verdict in their favor in a case in volving a bequest of property worth about $15,000—willed to them by Patrick Donovan as a recompense to the Sisters for the care they pledged to give him during the last few years of his life. Colored Catholic Editor Dead. A. D. Griffin, editor and owner of the Kansas Elevator, who died recently of heart failure, was a Catholic. Mr. Griffin published the only Negro Democratic publication in the country. He made hundreds of friends by his clear writing and charitable spirit. His loss is a heavy one to his race. Lt-Cj*. public school graduates had been signed by thirty-eight tax payers be fore it was submitted to the Board of Education. New Brothers' School.—-Flaqa are being considered, for the transfer of the property of the Order of the Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, Mo., which has been abandoned as the Academy of the Sacred Heart to the Christian Brothers for a school for boyak Costly Mortuary Chapel.—The Anne S. Meacher mortuary chapel in the St. Louis Cathedral will cost $15,000. The Church In Iowa.—The State of Iowa has 357,444 Catholics, 587 priests and 480 churches in 4 dioceses. Privilege for Abbot.—His Holiness Benedict XV has bestowed upon the jubilarian Benedictine Abbot, Innocent Wolf of Atchison, Kansas, the privi lege of wearing the Cappa Magna. Brooklyn Vincentlans Help Irish.— The Brooklyn council of the St. Vin cent de Paul Society has cabled a donation of $250 to the Council of Dublin, Ireland, to be added to* the relief fund for the poor in that city. Four Brothers Priests.—The Arch diocese of St. Louis has four brothers Adrain, all of whom are priests* Catholic Clubs at University.—At present there are organizations of Catholic students at fifty-eight of the non-Catholic colleges and universities in the English-speaking world. Approval for Employment Bureau.— The Catholic Employment* Bureau, established in Chicago, 111., about year ago, has been a source of such great benefit that Archbishop Munde lein has designated itfas the official bureau of the Archdiocese, and urges its support. During the year it found employment for 2,300 applicants. Millionaire's Son Ordained.—John Rumely, grandson of the late Rumely, millionaire manufacturer, was ordained to the Catholic priesthood Friday, June 16th. Died Before First Mass.—-Rev. Julian Derenski, a Redemptorist, ordained recently, died at Kansas City, Kan., before he could say his first Mass. $75,000 for Catholic Club.-"-At Petos key, Michigan, on June 7, the Knights of Columbus in State convention voted $25,000 to aid in erecting a chapel and clubhouse for Catholic students at the University of Michigan. Church Struck by Lightning.—Dur ing a severe thunderstorm, recently, lightning struck the large spire of the new St. Joseph's Church at Paul, Neb. and did considerable damage. There was no fire, owing probably to asbes tos shingles. The Church was dedicat ed May 30, Decoration Day. The loss is covered by insurance. Summer School for Children.—The Catholic Settlement, located at Philip Street, Albany, N. Y., has start ed a summer school for children Plans for the school were made at a meeting of the Catholic school teach ers of the city last week, at which Rt. Rev. Bishop Cusack presided presided. More than 100 teachers at tended the meeting, which was a very enthusiastic one. Two Scholarships Founded.—An nouncement of a bequest dt $10,000 from Mrs. Theresa A. Shannon-Sheri dan of Jersey City, N. J., for the founding of two scholarships in memory of a daughter, Miss Pauline Shannon-Sheridan, was made at the fifteenth annual conferring of degrees at St. Elizabeth's College, Convent Station, N. J. Church's Title Good—The title of the St. Louis Church corporation to the property on which the Church stands, and five lots on Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., was upheld recently by the Appellate Court at Rochester, which unanimously af firmed the decision of Justice Pooley in Supreme Court a year ago in the suit of Henry Le Couteulx de Cau mont of Paris and other heirs of Louis Le Couteulx to get possession of the property. Bishop'* 5 NephewOrdained.—The Rev. Francis Joseph Stang, a nephew of the lamented Bishop Stang of Fall River, Mass., was ordained June 16 priest for the Superior Diocese by the Right Rev. J. M. Koudejka in Superior Cathedral. Accuses Priest Wrongfully *—A mis take on the part of a Newark man who had been swindled in Elizabeth N. J., one day last week, resulted in the arrest of Rev. Joseph Rastutiz curate of St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church. At. the police Station, where witnesses were summoned, it was proved that Father Rastutiz had no knowledge whatever about the matter for which he was arrested and he was immediately freed. He thereupon lodged a complaint against his accuser for false arrest and the latter was taken into custody and held for trial "Father Tim's" Jubilee.—At the sil ver jubilee celebration of .Rev. Timothy Dempsey, pastor of St. Patrick' Church, St. Louis, Mo., about 125 priests were present. Rev. Dr. Lavery preached the sermon. Archbishop Glennon presided and gifts for his various charitable works, aggregating $6,000, were presented. Congregation of Convert* Ct. An thony's Church of Memphis, Tenn. has the distinction of being probably the only church in America tie congregation of which is entirely composed of converts. The pastor is the Rev. Joseph B. Glenn, long a work er among the colored people and the 300 members of his church are all of the Colored race. In addition to these 300, he has a class of eighty re%dy for confirmation. Chinese Students at Dubuque.—An nouncement was made recently by Archbishop Keane that two Chinese students, direct from the Orient, had enrolled at Dubuque College, and will study at that institution commencing with the fall term. Following the completion of their studies, the two will return to their native land as missionaries. The two Chinese stu dents will be the first Chinese to at tend any of the Dubuque institutions. Papal Knight Honored.—At the com mencement exercises of Georgetown University held lest week the degree of Ph. D. was conferred on Dr. John R. Slattery of Boston, Mass., superin tendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Brighton. Doctor Slattery received his degree of A. B. from the University in 1885 and that of M. D. from the Harvard Medical School six years later. In 1913 His Holiness, the Pope, made him a knight of the Holy Sepulchre. Catholic Teacher Honored.—Miss Mary C. Mellyn, a teacher in the public schools of Boston, Mass., for the past quarter of a century, has been appointed assistant superintendent of the entire school system. Miss Mel lyn, who is a Catholic, was ten years director of practice and training, and passed upon the fitness of substitute teachers for positions in the Boston schools. Aged Sister Taught Indians.—Sister Mary Rose Tierney of the Convent of Mercy, Portland, Me., observed on June 18, the golden jubilee of her /religious profession. Early in her career, Sister Mary Rose was sent to labor among the Indians of the Passa maquoddy tribe, living on reservations at Pleasant Point and nearby islands on the Atlantic coast at the border line of the United States and Canada. There in the wilderness, where whites were seldom seen, she was for more than thirty-five years in charge of the little school where the sons and daugh ters of the red man were instructed in the ordinary school courses and, the precepts of their religion. Gaelic Foundation Established. Final plans were decided upon for the permanent establishment of the first Gaelic College in the United States in Chicago, 111., on June 16. The Uni versity of Chicago will house this protege of the Irish Fellowship Club which has raised the necessary funds to establish "The Irish Fellowship Foundation." Dr. J. H. Lloyd will be brought from Dublin to teach the old Gaelic. A Gaelic library is to be maintained and Professor Lloyd is expected to bring with him from Ire land, Scotland and other educational centers, manuscripts, books and music Modern Gaelic will be taught by Dr Gertrude Schoepperle. Appointed Protonotary.—The Very Rev. E. J. McLaughlin, for thirty-seven years pastor of St. Mary's Church Clinton, la., has been raised, to the dignity and rank of Protonotary Apostolic Ad Instar Participantium with the title' of Monsignor. For Chaldean Catholics.—An appeal for help has been made to the Cath olics of the United States by the Right Rev. Bishop Aziz of Salmas, Persia in behalf of the Chaldean Catholics under his jurisdiction, who in the course of the terrible European War have suffered extreme hardships, los ing their homes and nearly all their worldly possessions. Kansas Knights in Retreat.—The Knights of Columbus of Kansas h&ve inaugurated a custom that is worthy of imitation in other states. For the past three years the knights as a cor porated body, have entered into hearty co-operation with the laymens' retreat movement. Last year the state council passed a resolution to hold the 1916 convention at St. Mary's College, to be followed by a retreat for the mem bers of the Order of the State. The State convention was held in St Mary's Church on Saturday, June 24 and a three days' retreat was opened for the knights on Sunday morning Rev. Adolph Kuhlmann, S. J., con ducted it. Priest Will Compete.—Rev. Joseph F. Smith, superintendent of Catholic schools in New York City, has accept ed the invitation of the National Institution for. Moral* Instruction of Children to compete as a repres6nta tive of the Catholic educators of the country for the $5,000 prize for the best children's code of morals. The children's morality codes will not be submitted for the $5,000 prize until February 22, 1917. The purpose of the competition is to encourage better character education in schools, homes, churches and' social service institu tions. V Nun's Golden Jubilee.—Sister M. Kostka, superioress of All Saints' School, Cincinnati, Ohio, will observe her fiftieth anniversary in religious life on June 27. With the exception of nine years, all Sister Kostka's life as a teacher has been given to All Saints' School, her first mission. Thirty-five of her pupils are now In religious life, some of the girls being in the same order with herself. Some of the young men have entered the Jesuit and Passionist Orders and others are in the ranks of the secular clergy, V OLD WORLD NEWS Sequel to Dublin Uprising.—The in surance companies in Ireland have refused to make good any of the losses caused by fire during the recent revolution in Dublin. Nearly all the insurance companies doing business' to Ireland are Britfefe* Those persois1 "TOE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, JULY 8, 19m" whose premises were burned are mak ing an effort to get the British govern ment to pay the expense of rebuilding them. a a A o i e n a i n a Billot, S. J. has been appointed Pro tector of the international League 'Pro Pontifice et Ecclesia." Capuchins Among the Turk#.—A number of Tyrolese Capuchins have taken up work at mission stations in Constantinople. Catholics In Borneo.—Borneo, the great island in the South Sea, hap about 5,000 Malay Catholics. It it on both sides of the equator. Thi Catholic missions there began about 62, years ago. Redemptorist issionaries.—Three missionary Fathers of the Redemptor ist Order—Rev. T. Murphy, P. Devine and Raymund Cleere—have left Clonard Monastery, Belfast, Ireland, for the Phillipine Islands. Pope Gives a Reliquary.—The Pope presented to Father Cormier, General of the Dominicans, an artistic re liquary at an audience granted to hir on the occasion of the diamond jub lee of his ordination as a priest. Monastery for Hospital.—Pope Bent diet recently received Rev. Charles Heath, former Secretary of the Papal delegation at Washington, and Harold Woodbury Parsons of Boston, Mass., and granted them the use of the magnificent headquarters of the Bern dictine Order on the Aventihe Hill fo convalescent hospital for Italia soldiers. It wiU be managed entirel by Americans. The "Miraculous Crucifix." Th "Miraculous Crucifix" of San Marcell* which was recently borne in Rome i the vast Procession of Penance to S Peter's, and there venerated, anu which the Holy Father Benedict XV on that occasion, devoutly venerated and kissed in St. Peter's, is a crucifix preserved in the Church of St. Mar cello at Carso, Rome. In the great fire of May 23, 1510, this crucifix was found intact and untouched with its lamp burning before it. President of Irish School.-^—Rev. Francis McVicar, S. M., has been ap pointed to succeed the late Very Rev. Dr. Watters as President of the Cath olic University School. A nativ^ of Clougher, Father McVicar was edu cated at St. Mary's College, Dundalk, and joined the Marist Order in 1884. He was ordained in 1889, and after a few years was appointed to the school over which he is now to pre side. In 1896 he was appointed Professor of Theology in the Marist College at Paignton, South Devon. He returned to Dublin in 1901, and has since been identified with the Cath olic University School, of which six years ago he was made Vice Presi dent. Cardinal's Mufical Compositions.— Cardinal Merry del Val has composed for seminaries three musical pieces: Panis Angelicus, Ave Maris Stella, and Ave Regina Coelorum. Finest Gothic Chapel.—In Paris, France, recently a request was ma and granted that La Sainte Chapel —the beautiful Gothic chapel erectt This Beautiful Bracelet Watch $10.00 Ask to tee oar Elegant Assortment fimiicSei&t i by St. Louis IX, King ,of France, is a shrine to contain the Holy Crov is of Thorns brought by him from tin Holy Land, and which for many yea has been closed to public worshi be opened for a Solemn Memori I Mass for the 104 members of the Par s Bar killed at the front. The Ma was said by the Archbishop, Cardin i Amette. President and Mrs. Poi i care and the leading jurists of Par attended it. The Cardinal delivers a brief-address. The Holy Chapel ia probably the finest Gothic architecture in France. A Valiant Highlander.—Colonel Mao donald of Glendale, who died recent ly in England, was descended from a noted Highland family. One of his forebears, John McDonald, set on font the emigration of Catholic Highland ers to Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1773, and thire later, during tin American war, raised the Royal Highland Regiment in support of tin British Crown. The British govern ment afterwards offered him tl governorship of Prince Edward Islan but, owing to the objectionable oal which had to be taken in those days, Glendale, Catholic to the core, de clined the honor. Order to Present Claim* Within Three Month*. STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF Ramsey, ss. Probate Court. In the Matter of the Estate of Maria A. Vergoossen, Deceased. Letters testamentary on the estate of Maria A. Vergoossen, deceased, late of the City of St. Paul, in the County of Ramsey, and State of Minnesota, being granted to Harry E. Vergosen and Ed ward J. H. Vergosen. It Appearing on proper proof by affi davit of Harry E. Vergosen, made and filed herein, as provided by law, that there are no debts against the estate of said deceased: It is ordered, That three months be and the same is hereby allowed from and after the date of this Order, in which all persons having claims or de mands against the said It Is Further deceased, if any there be, are required to file the same in Probate~Court of said County, for ex amination ^jid allowance, or be forever barred. Ordered, That the first Monday in October. 1916, at 10 o'clock A. M„ at a General Term of said Pro bate Court, to be held at the Court House in the City of St. Paul, in said County, be and the same hereby is ap pointed as the time and the place when and where the said Probate Court will examine and adjust said claims and de mands. 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