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EDITOR OF EXTENSION
BISHOP OF OKLAHOMA
Et. Rev, Msgr. Francis C.
Kelley, D. D., to Succeed
Late Bishop Meerschaert.
Chicago, Illinois.—A dispatch
from Koine, received here at the
offices of the Catholic Church Ex
tension Society, announces the ap
pointment of lit. Kev. Msgr. Francis
Clement Kelley, founder of the
society, and its president since its
establishment, to the Bishopric of
Oklahoma.
Msgr. Kelley was born at Char
lottetown, Prince Edward Island,
Canaua, October 23. 1870. He was
educated at St. Patrick parochial
school and St. Dunstan College, in
his home town, and the Grand
Seminary, Nicolet, Quebec. He was
ordained to the priesthood in 1893,
and was appointed pastor at Lapeer,
Mich. In 1898, he was appointed
by the Governor of Michigan as
chaplain, with rank of captain, of
the Michigan National Guard,
served through the Spanish-Ameri-
can War, and later became colonel
and aide-de-camp on the staff of
the commander-in-chief of the
Spanish-American War Veterans. In
1905, he founded the Catholic
Church Extension Society, and the
following year established “Exten
sion Magazine,” of which he is still
editor-in-chief. For the past seven
years he has been pastor of St.
Francis Church, Wilmette 111.
Msgr. Kelley received the Doctor
ate of Laws degree from Notre
Dame University in 1907; and in
1908 his alma mater, Laval Uni
versity, conferred upon his the de
gree of Doctor of Divinity. Bene
dict XV conferred upon him the
honor of Prothonotary Apostolic,
August 2G, 1915.
In addition to editorial work on
“Extension,” and special articles of
general interest to Catholics in that
magazine, Msgr. Kelley has been a
valued contributor to various other
Catholic periodicals. Moreover, he
is the author of a number of very-
creditable books: “The Last Battle
of the Gods,” “The Flaming Cross,”
“The Bed and Yellow Book,” “Let
ters to Jack,” “Charred Wood,”
“The City and the World,” and
“Dominus Vobiscum.” Besides these,
Msgr. Kelley’s “Story of Extension,”
which first appeared serially in
“Extension Magazine,” and is now
published in book-form, is a volume
of which the writer may well feel
proud.
Cleveland Seminary
Fund Nears Five Million Dol
lar Mark.
DEATH CLAIMS NORTH CAROLINA PRIESTS
Canadian Trappisi Made
Legion of Honor Knight
Cleveland, O.—Cleveland’s diocesan
campaign June 22, to June 29 to
raise a minimum of $3,000,000 for
the erection, equipment and endow
ment of the new preparatory semi
nary of Our Lady of the Lake went
over the top to the extent of a mil
lion and a half dollars. This total
is not final, officials in charge of
the clerical work of the campaign
announce. Hundreds of subscrip
tions are still pouring into head
quarters and it is believed the final
figures may reach $5,000,000.
The campaign was planned and
directed by Msgr. Joseph F. Smith,
vicar feneral. Msgr. Smith and his
three sisters also gave the largest
single contribution, $25,000, to the
fund.
The several deans throughout the
diocese were in charge of their re
spective localities.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Montreal.—An unaccustomed
ceremony was held recently in
the Trappist Monastery of Oka,
a few miles from Montreal,
when the cross of Knight of the
Legion of Honor was presented
by the French Consul General to
the Kev. Father Thomas, who
was blinded during the Great
War.
Father Thomas, known in the
world as Leon Bobb, was born
in Lille, France, March 20, 1883.
He came to Canada in Septem
ber, 1905, and in the following
November he entered the Trappe
of Oka where he was professed
in 1908.
Mobilized in 1914, he was in
corporated in the 9th Zouaves
as a stretcher bearer, took part
in the Champagne drive, was
wounded by a bullet in the left
eye and soon afterwards lost
the sight of his right also.
HOOVER OPPOSES STATES
SEEKING FEDERAL AID
Secretary of Commerce Par
ticularly Deplores Centrali
zation in Education.
Washington, D. C.—Herbert Hoo
ver, secretary of commerce, believes
that the federal government should
resist the tendency of state and
local governments to bring all their
troubles to Washington for solution.
As lie expressed it recently in an
interview, “the federal government
must thrust the proffered problems
hack upon the states and make
them do their own work.” Mr.
Hoover was particularly' emphatic in
his opposition to centralization in
the field of education. He said:
“Some extremists would have the
federal government undertake the
national control of school standard*
and administration and, no doubt,
in the initial stages, this might
raise standards in backward com
munities. Yet the local responsibil
ity for the school is one of the
very foundations of social progress
in the community. How important
we must consider the development
of a proper spirit in each community
is evident, when we stop to realize
that the nation is simply the sum of
its component communities.
“If states’ rights go by the board,”
Mr. Hoover asserted, “it is due to
their surrender or to the evasion by
the federal government. They rush
to the federal government with
their troubles, as they believe that
it is able to act universally, and do
not wait for community action. Yet
the community must, sooner or
later take up its responsibilities and
solve its own problems. It is bet
ter that some communities lag be
hind than all become used to hav
ing the federal government take
hold and do everything for them.”
MASS AT OLYMPIC GAMES
Paris.—The Olympic games were
marked by a special Catholic cere
mony'. The French Olympic com
mittee listed with its official manu
scripts a solemn mass sung in the
Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris
on July' 5 at the opening of the
stadium games. Cardinal Dubois
gave his blessing to the athletes.
MONSIGNOR MARION OF
HENDERSONVLLE DEAD
Father P. F. Burke, Chaplain
at St. Joseph’s, Asheville,
Also Passes Away.
Special to The Bulletin.
Hendersonville, N. C.—The Vica
riate of North Carolina had not re
covered from the news of the death
in Naples of Very Bev. I'elix Hin-
temeyer, O. S. B., prior at Belmont
and vicar-general of the Vicariate
for over a third of a century, when
it was again plunged into sorrow
by the announcements of the death
on July 4th of Rt. llev. Msgr. Peter
G. Marion, pastor of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception of this
city, and of Rev. Patrick F. Burke,
S. S., chaplain at St. Joseph’s hos
pital, Asheville, a few days previous.
Monsignor Marion was one of the
best-known priests in the Carolinas.
His life as a priest had been spent
in North Carolina, particularly in
the mountainous western > section,
and his success in this missionary
field and as a church builder is
indicated by his being invested with
the robes of a prelate of the Catho
lic church, Nov. 21. an occasion hon
ored by the presence of Bishop Haid
of Belmont, who bestowed on him
the honor authorized by the Holy
Father, and of Bishop Bussell, of
Charleston.
Requiem Mass at Asheville.
The body of Monsignor Marion
lay in state at St. Laurence’s church,
Asheville^ July 7, the funeral follow
ing the next morning. The remains
were conveyed to Belmont Abbey.
Monsignor Dennen, of Wilmington,
represented Bishop Haid, who was
unable to attend, and Monsignor
McEIroy represented Bishop Bussell,
of Charleston, who was also pre
vented from being present. A tele
gram from Archbishop Curley, of
Baltimore, who was about to sail
for Europe, expressed his sorrow at
the death of Monsignor Marion and
his regret at not being able to
come to the funeral. The clergy of
North Carolina and many from
South Carolina came to Asheville to
pay their last respects to their fel
low-priest, and a special car took
them to Belmont Abbey for the in
terment.
The active pallbearers were M. H.
Kelly, John 0!Donnell, Patrick Mc
Intyre. T. J. Curran, John H. Man
ly. John Brannigan, A. C. Brandi,
and R. H. Staton, of Henderson-
vcille. The following were honorary
pallbearers:
Frank Loughran, A. L. Price, F.
L. Seeley, George H. Smathers, Rich
ard Needham, Columbus, Ga., Neil O’
Donnell, Sumter, S C.; S. Lipinski,
J. S. Claerie, Leo Sugg, S. J. Mul-
vaney, Dr. C. P. Ambler, B. Gusta-
vino, J. C. Bradford, Judge B. M.
Wells, Charles A. Webb. Dr. C. C.
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AUSTRIA REJOICES AS
DR. SEIPEL RECOVERS
Priest-Chancellor Who Was
Recently Shot by Fanatic Is
Reported Out of Danger.
Milwaukee Catholic Educational
Gathering Reelects Bishop Shahan
(By N. C. W. News Service)
Milwaukee, Wis.—With 1,500 dele
gates attending, the twenty-first
annual convention of the Catholic
Education Association opened here
Monday and concluded yes’erday.
The reorganization and improve
ment of the parochial school system
was earnestly advocated and the
laxness of discipline in present-day
secular schools condemned.
The Association voted to urge the
teaching of religion as a part of
every school curiculum in the coun
try. " It also passed resolutions ad
vocating measurements in Catholic
elementary and secondary schools,
and favoring vocational training.
One of the high points of the
meeting came when J. L. O'Connor,
of Milwaukee, demanded that the
Association champion the cause of
any denomination whose rights are
assailed.
At the closing meeting, the Rt.
Bev. Bishop Thomas J. Shahan,
president of the Catholic Unuiversi-
ty of America, was re-elected presi
dent; the Rt. Bev. F'rancis W.
Howard, Bishop of Covington, was
re-elected secretary general, and the
Bt. Bev. Msgr. Francis T. Moran,
of Cleveland, was re-elected treas
urer general. The next annual
meeting of the Association willbe
held in Pittsburgh, on the invitation
of the Rt. Rev. Hugh C. Boyle,
Bishop of Pittsburgh.
After a reception of which the
delegates met Archbishop Messmer
of Milwaukee, the convention proper
opened with a solemn' high Mass
in St. John’s Cathedral, at which
Bishop Rhode of Green Bay offici
ated, and Archbishop' Messmer wel
comed the delegates and emphasized
the great cause in which they had
met.
By Dr. Frederick Funder-
(Vienna Correspondent, N. C. W. C.
News Service.)
Vienna—A heavy burden that has
oppressed Austria has been lifted.
For at last we believe Dr. Seipel,
Austria’s priest-statesman and Chan
cellor who was recently shot by a
Socialist, is out of danger and saved.
The doctors have refrained from ex
tracting the bullet which lodged on
the edge of his lung. It appears
to have encysted itself, i.nd it is
believed less dangerous to permit* it
to stay than to attempt an opera
tion- r
Monsignor Seipel s friends now in
sist that he take the long rest he
has needed, and free himself from
the cares of State. They point out
that now he has the three hardest
years of his task of saving Austria
behind him, with the greater part
of his ardous work accomplished,
and can afford to rest for a time
without endangering the State. It
was in the performance of these
hard duties, and because cf the
stern insistence that Austria ob
serve her obligations in order to
save herself, that he endangered his
life.
The Chancellor has endured the
consequences of the bitter attacks
of his enemies with the greatest
composure—almost with cherfulness.
In all his actions he has remained
firm in his determination to sacri
fice himself and even lay down his
life if necessary for his people.
Late Prior of Belmont
Very Rev. Fr. Felix, O. S. B., V. G.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS WIN
PRAISE OF EDUCATORS
Nation’s Teachers in Conven
tion at Washington Endorse
Religious Education,
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Washington, D. C.—Private schools
were indorsed and their contribu
tions to education acknowledged by
the National Education Association
at its annual national convention
here this week, attended by thou
sands of teachers from all parts of
the country. The association also
declared that “religious education is
fundamental in the development of
character.”
The association at its business
session Wednesday unanimously
passed the following resolution:
“The National Education Associa
tion, while recognizing the Ameri
can public school as the great nur
sery of broad and tolerant citizen
ship and of a Democratic brother
hood, acknowledge also the contri
butions made to education by pri
vate institutions and enterprises,
and recognizes that citizens have the
right to educate their children in
either public or private schools,
when the educational standards of
both are approved by the state edu
cational authorities.”
A further affirmation of the sin
cerity of the intention of the asso
ciation came when, in answer to a
query, the chairman of the resolu
tions committee told the conven
tion :
“We want it as an expression of
friendship to private school^ and
loyalty to education everywhere.”
Religious Schools Needed.
An even stronger and more di
rect indorsement of private schools,
with religious schools named spe
cifically, came in the annual report
of the secretary of the association,
which was adopted. It said:
“There is no right directed to
ward the private or religious schools.
There should be none. These insti-
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Fr. Felix Dies
On Trip to Rome
Beloved Vic^r-General and
Prior of Belmont Stricken
Suddenly at Naples.
r
Special to The Bulletin.
Belmont, N. C.—News was receiv
ed at Belmont Abbey. Saturday af
ternoon, June 28th, of the death in
Naples, Italy, 8:00 a. m., the same
day, of Very Rev. Dr. Felix Hinte-
meyer, O. S. B., V. G., aged 62, for
the last 35 years prior at Belmont
Abbey and Vicar-General of the
Vicariate of North Carolina.
F’ather Felix—as such he was gen
erally known to his friends and
brethren—Left Belmont on May 27th
to make a visit to Rome on official
business for the monastery and the
vicariate of North Carolina as the
personal representative of Right
Rev. Leo Haid, O. S. B. D. D., the
senior Bishop of the American hier
archy and Abbot-Ordinary of Bel
mont Abbey. He sailed from New
York on May 31st on the S. S. “Conte
Verde” of the Italian line. He ar
rived in Naples on June 12th and
was met by Rev. Dom Mauro In-
quanez, 0. S. B., of the Abbey of
Monteeassino. While taking lunch
with Dom Mauro, he suffered a
stroke of paralysis.
Father Felix was removed to a
hospital and for a while it seemed
that he would recover, but Wednes
day of last week he took a sudden
change for the worse, and on that
day received the sacrament of Ex
treme Unction. From that time his
condition rapidly grew worse, until
the .news of his death came on Sat
urday.
Funeral services and Interment
took place in the Abbey of Montecas-
sino, Italy, on Monday, June 30th.
Solemn requiem Mass was sung in
the Belmont Abbey Cathedral on the
same day at nine o’clock with Very
Rev. F'r. Melchior, O. S. B., cele
brant, Rev. Fr. Nicholas, O. S. B.,
deacon, Rev. Fr. Paul, O. S. B., sub
deacon. Present in the sanctuary
was Right Rev. Leo Haid, O. S. B.,
D. D., Bishop of North Carolina,
assisted by Bev. Fr. Thomas, O. S.
B. D. D.. and Rev. Fr. Maurus, O. S.
B. Bishop Haid pronounced the
absolution after the Mass.
Early Career.
Father Felix was one of the most
loved priests of Belmont Abbey and
of the South. He was horn in
Donaustauf, Bavaria, Germany, on
Aprii 22, 1862, and came to America
when he was 11 years of age. He
received his preliminary training at
St. Vincent’s college, Beatty, Pa.,
and afterwards his seminary educa
tion in St. Vincent’s Archabbey.
When the newly founded commun
ity of Belmont Abbey was establ
ished in 1885 under the administra
tion of Bishop Haid, Father Felix
was one of the ten monks who vol
unteered to go to the South to do
missionary work. On March 14, 1886
he was ordained a priest, and short-
I3' afterwards offered his first sol
emn Mass in St. Mary’s Church,
Richmond, Va. From the time of
his ordination to 1889 he, did mis
sionary work in Raleigh and Western
North Carolina, oftentimes under
the most trying circumstances. All
this while he was continuing his
theological studies in preparation
for teaching in the struggling semi
nary at Belmont Abbey.
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Seventy Bishops and Delegates at
First Council of Church in China
By REV. FRANCIS X. FORD, A. F. M.
(Written for N. C. W. C. News
Service)
Never before in the history of
China, and rarely elsewhere, was
there such a gathering of nation
alists as at Zikawei on May 15.
Under the presidency of Monsignor
Celso Costantini, the apostolic dele
gate in China, bishops and dele
gates to the number of seventy,
representing all the provinces, met
for the solemn opening of the first
council of the Catholic church in
China. Preparatory synods had been
held during the past year in tho
larger cities to prepare for this im
posing meeting at Shanghai.
During the solemn high mass, the
credo was chanted declaring the be
lief in the catholicity of the church,
and the mere presence of so many
nationalities exemplified, by prac
tical proof, the striking universality
of the Catholic church. French
bishops predominated, as was to he
expected of a nation that has sent
such overwhelming numbers of mis
sionaries throughout the world;
Italian Belgian, Dutch, German and
Spanish bishops made a strong
showing; while the missions staffed
by the Portuguese, Irish, and Ameri
cans were also represented. Signifi
cant of the growth of the native
clergy were the two Chinese vicars
apostolic of Hupeh and Chili. An
other striking manifestation of the
vigor of the Catholic church in
China is the many divisions of
provinces made necessary by the
increase of Christians: Mongolia
has five bishops; Manchuria, two;
Chili, six; Shantung, three; Shansi,
three; Shensi, three; Kansu, two;
Honan, four; Szechwan, four; Hupeh,
five; Hunan, two; Kwangtung,
seven; Kwietchen. two; Yunnan,
Kwangsi, Thibet, Anhwei, have each
a separate vicariate, while there arc
ten other divisions in preparation
in the near future.