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PIONEER FLORIDA NUNS
GOLDEN JUBILARIANS
Three Sisters of St. Joseph,
Fifty Years Religious, Hon
ored at St. Augustine.
Special to The Bulletin.
St. Augustine, Fla.—Three Sisters
of St. Joseph, Rev. Mother Mary
Louise, superior of St. Joseph’s Con
vent in this city and superior gen
eral _ of the Sisters of St. Joseph in
Florida, Rev. Sister M. Theresa and
Rev. Sister M. Gertrude, were hon
ored on the Feast of the Assump
tion, August 15th, at exercises which
marked their completion of a half
century as Sisters of St. Joseph.
The occasion also commemorated
the Golden Jubilee of the building
of St. Joseph’s Convent in this city.
High Mass was celebrated at nine
o’clock in the morning by Rev.
Emile Hernandez Mission, O. S. A.,
of Lawrence, Mass., a nephew of
Sister Theresa. Father Francis, O.
S. B., assisted. Rt. Rev. Patrick
Barry, 1). D„ Bishop of St. Augus
tine, and Very Rev. James Nunan,
D. D., vicar-general, were present
in tlie sanctuary.
City Decofates Convent.
The city of St. Augustine, under
city manager Eugene Masters, lav
ishly decorated v'he grounds sur
rounding the coavcnt with Ameri
can and Spanish flags, the Spanish
flags recalling tnat the parents of
Sister Thereas, who was formerly
Miss Aloysius Hernandez and of Sis
ter Gertrude, who was Miss Mary
Capo, were horn in St. Augpstme
when that city was under Spanish
rule. The Capo and Harnandez fam
ilies were both among the pioneer
settlement of this historic city.
The first Mass on the morning of
the Jubilee was celebrated by Father
Nunan at the convent. Previous to
the High Mass at the Cathedral, the
Sisters of St. Joseph and the visiting
sisters, including Dominican Sisters
from West Palm Reach, and the sis
ters of St. Joseph from other parts
of Florida, to the number of about
ninety, marched in procession.
Sisters Given Purses.
In the evening the Sisters were
tendered a reception in the auditor
ium of St. Joseph’s Academy. Rt.
Rev. Bishop Barry and Past State
Deputy Clarence Rogero of the
Knights of Columbus were the
speakers. Bishop Barry congratu
lated the sisters on their jubilee
and paid a glowing tribute to their
work. Starting with nothing fifty
years ago, they have built up a
splendid educational system which
extends to all corners of the state.
He told of the struggles of the early
days, of the zeal necessary to over
come the early obstacles, and of
their final triumph.
Mr. ltogero, after a tribute to the
Sisters, presented them with three
gold baskets, containing over twelve
hundred dollars, the gift to them
of the citizens of St. Augustine. The
baskets were borne by three little
girls in golden garb, Janice Winning-
ham, Celeste Pomar, the grandnieces
of Sister Gerlrude. and Lillian Mas
ters. The Sisters then received the
. congratulations of Bishop Barry,
Mr. Rogero and the people of the
city.
The musical program at the re
ception was rendered by Mrs. T. V.
Pomar, Mrs. Stella Capo Weltch.
Mrs. Noel Mier, Miss Ruth Vanzant,
G. W. Winningham and Harold Co
lee, who, with Mrs. Evelyn Capo
Winninham, Mrs. George Small,
Wallace Leonard and Henry Manucy,
composed the choir at the Mass in
the morning. Refreshments were
served at the reception by the alum
nae of St. Joseph’s Academy and to
the alumnae, headed by Mrs. Lillian
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Chicago—Five Dominican priests
and one lay brother reft here Aug
ust for Seattle, Wash., whence
they will sail Sunday on the Presi
dent McKinley for Shanghai, China.
Their destination is Kionning Fu,
in the province of Fukien. They are
Rev. John F. McCadden, O. P., of
New York City, Rev. Bernard C.
Werner, O. P., of Sharon, Pa.. Rev.
John R. Grace, 0. P., of Boston, Rev.
James G. O’Donnell, O. P., of Bos
ton, Rev. Thomas H. Sullivan, O. P„
of New York City and Brother Jor
dan Warnook, O. P. of Providence.
Dominicans have engaged in for
eign mission work from the very
foundation of the Order by St.
Dominic. They have been actively
engaged in China for more than 300
years. In fact the first Christian
missionary to preach the Gospel in
the Land of Joss, was the Portugese
Dominican, Father Gaspar de la
Cardinal Hayes Assisting
In Defense Day Plan
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
New York—Cardinal Hayes
will co-operate in plans for Na
tional Defense. Day, September
12, according to announcement
made here. A letter written by
Monsignor Carroll, chancellor of
the Archdiocese, to C. M. Pen-
field, secretary of the American
Defense Society, reads:
“Permit me to assure you that
His Eminence will be pleased to
co-operate n so far as he can
with the plans for your observ
ance of Defense Day on Sep
tember 12.”
JESUIT SCHOLASTICATE
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Hendersonville Estate Ac
quired for Purpose—Macon
Novitiate Still Possible.
Special to The Bulletin.
Hendersonville. N. C.—A story in
the Asheville Citizen of August 14
states that the Jesuit Fathers of the
New Orleans Province will build on
the recently acquired Sheppegrell es
tate here a scolasticate which will
rank with the other great scholasti-
cates of the order in America, Wood-
stock, College, Maryland; St Louis
University; St. Michael’s, Hilyard,
Washington, and the college at Mon
treal. The Jesuit property, which
was formerly a summer home of Dr.
William Scheppegrell of New Or
leans, consists of 140 aches in one
of the most beautiful sections of
the North Carolina mountain coun
try. The building of the school will
involve an initial outlay of $500,-
000, it is said.
Rev. F. X. Twelmeyer, S.J., presi
dent of> Loyola University, New Or
leans, Rev. F. D. Sullivan, S.J., dean
of the University, and several other
Jesuit Fathers have been here dur
ing the past few days, and the an
nouncement of the plan for the
school followed their coming,
Long-Standing Need.
The Jesuit Fathers in the South
have a novitiate at Grand Coteau.
La. which succeeded St. Stanislaus’
College, Macon, when the latter in
stitution was burned three years ago
and which may be moved to Macon
again by .rebuilding there. Here
the novices or new members of the
Society of Jesus, spend their first
four years of the order in religious
training and study of the classics.
The novices are then scheduled for
a three year course in philosophy
and the sciences. At the present time
the members of the Society in the
South make these studies in St.
Louis, Hilyard, Washington, Wood-
stock, Maryland, or at some of the
other scholasticates of the Order.
The school at Hendersonville will
not only enable these men to make
their studies there but will receive
as students Jesuit scholastics from
other, parts of America and even
from Europe.
The Hendersonville school will be
a unit in the system of education
of the Society of Jesus fgr its pros
pective priests. When a Jesuit
scholastic leaves here he will have
had seven years of study since his
high school or college days. Four
years of practical experience and
training in pedegogy follows, and is
succeeded by a four year course in
theology. Then, after fifteen years
of study after his high school or
college course, a member of the So
ciety of Jesus is ordained a priest.
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Cruz. He preached there in 1555.
The first organized and perma
nent effort aimed at the conversion
of the Chinese was inaugurated bj
the Dominicans in 1582. The church’s
first martyr in China was the
Dominican, Blessed Francis Capillas.
He shed his blood for the faith in
the very Province in which the Am
erican Dominicans are to labor, in
1648. Throughout the centuries, the
Dominican Order has given many
thousands of martyrs to the church
and the cause of Christ
The first native Cluflesi la It
elevated to the episcopacy was the
Dominican Friar, Gregory Lopez.
Father Paul Curren, O. P., and
Brother James Murphy, 0. P.. are
at present ' in Kicnning Fu. Other
priests will leave the United States
next year for the same apostolic
activity. They will be joined by a
large number of Dominican Sisters.
PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS
HOLY NAME CONVENTION
Chief Executive May Also
Review Part of September
Parade in Washington.
1 Washington, D. C.—President
Coolidge will address the 100,000
and more men who will march in
the great Holy Name rally parade
here September 21, it was announced
this week by the Very Rev. M. J.
Ripple, O. P. P. G., national di
rector of the Holy Name Society,
through Patrick J. Haltigan, direc
tor of the Holy Name Union of the
Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Several days ago Father Ripple
and Mr. Haltigan, who. has for
many years been an official at the
capitol, visited the president and re r
quested that he address the Holy
Name men. At that time, the re
quest was taken under advisement.
This week, the local committee again
called at the White House to re
ceive the president’s answer and to
give a further outline of the pro
gram for the day. At the conclusion
of this conference, the Holy Name
chieftains made the announcement.
To Speak Following Parade
President Coolidge' will address
the thousands of delegates and
visitors at the Monument Grounds,
following the parade, which will he
the most impressive religous cere-
monal the capital has ever seen. The
parade will be the Srowning feature
of the Holy Name convention, to be
held here September 18-21.
In addition to the address it is
possible, Mr. Haltigan said, that the
president will conic to the reviewng
stand for a brief time in the course
of the parade. It was pointed out
that the president could not of
course, review the entire parade,
which would involve many hours in
the reviewing stand while the tens
of thousands of singing men pass
ed by, with ther 150 bands and sea
of banners. It is probable." however,
that the president and Sirs. Cool
idge will witness most of the pa
rade from the more secluded and
more comfortable vantage point of.
the White House, inasmuch at it is
planned to have the" marchers pass
by the executive mansion.
1 The flood of reports with which
the local commttees are working
now indicates that the lump esti
mate of 100,000 marchers may be
suststantially exceeded. For in
stance, Baltimore is planning to send
45.000 marchers; the New York con
tingent is estimated at 40 000, with
a probablity of more, and Newark
and Jersey City are counting on 10,-
000 each.
Should these estimates be made
good,” what with the many thou
sands from other large cities, and
the army of smaller delegations, the
number would soar far above the
100.000 mark. The Holy Name offi
cials here have consistently attempt
ed to be conservative in ther esti
mates, and have refrained severely
from sending out inflated stories
concerning the size of the conven
tion. They coiltent themselves, in
the main, with saying the final ral
ly will be without a parallel in the
history of religious demonstrations
in tlis country.
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Preparations at University
Work has been begun on the
placing of seats in the large gym
nasium at the Catholic University
of America, where convention
delegates will gather. Across the
campus of the University, extra men
have been put on the force working
on the National Shrine of the Im
maculate Conception, that the crypt,
were Masses will he said during
the convention, may be as complete
as possible, and that the grounds
surrounding the Shrine may be so
worked down as to give :ome hint
of the vastness and beauty the com
pleted edifice will have.
Former Memphis Superior
Sister Mary Incarnation Dies
in St. Louis.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
St. Louis, Mo.—Funeral services
were held in-the chapel of the Good
Shepherd ■ Convent at Normandy
Monday morning for Sister Mary
Incarnation Lyons, who died at the
institution Saturday afternoon after
a short illness. Interment was in
Calvary Cemetery. She was 59 years
of age and had been a member of
her order for 36 years.
Before coming to St. Louis four
years ago she had spent six years
in Memphis, Tenn., as superior of
the Good Shepherd Convent of that
city. She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Thomas Stokes, and a brother,
William Lyons, both of Kenmore,
Ohio, her former home.
Denounces Intolerance
John W. Davis, Democratic
nominee for the presidency, who
in an address in New Jersey last
week expressed his opposition to
organizations fostering intoler
ance. Mr. Davis specifically
condemned the Ku Klux Klan.
^Senator LaFollette, Independent
candidate for the presidency,
and General Dawes, G. O. P. vice
presidential candidate, have al
so scored the organization.
FATHER TAYLOR NAMED
ABBOT OF BELMONT
Pastor at Greensboro, N. C.,
Native of Virginia, Elected
Aug. 20 by Abbey Council.
Special to The Bulletin.
Belmont, N. C.,—Rev. Vincent
Taylor, O. S. B., a native of Norfolk,
Va., where he was horn forty-seven
years ago, and who has been pastor
of St. Benedict’s church, Greensboro
N. C., for the past twenty-two years,
was elected August 20 abbot of
Belmont to succeed the late Bt. Rev.
Leo Haid, O. S. B. Belmont’s first
abbot. Forty-five members of the
Order of St. Benedict in Virginia,
North Carolina and Georgia, parti
cipated in the election, five voting
by proxy. Father Taylor will be
come abbot of Belmont and presi
dent of Belmont Abbey Seminary
and College when the election is
approved by Pope Pius XL Rti Rev.
Abbot Ernest, O. S. B., abbot of St.
Mary’s, Newark. N. J., president of
the American Cassinese Congregation
of Benedictine Monks, presided at
the election.
Bt. Rev. Abbot-elect Vincent was
horn in Norfolk, Va., September
19, 1877, and was educated in the
parochial schools of Norfolk and at
Belmont Abbey College. Following
his graduation at Belmont, in 1897.
he entered the Benedictine Order,
and was ordained to the priesthood
(Continued on Page Five.)
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Indianapolis. Ind.—Articles of in
corporation have been drawn up for
the establishment here of the
“Catholic Information Bureau.” in
accordance with resolutions adopted
at meetings of the Catholic Press
Association and other Catholic or
ganizations. The incorporation pa
pers outline the functions of the or
ganization as follows:
“To collect., compile, file, and pre
serve Catholic news, information
and bibliography, to establish a
news bureau for the collection of
Catholic news, and the dissemination
of the same through newspapers,
and other appropriate agencies; to
establish a reference and historical
library on Catholic subjects and
doctrine, and generally by these
means and instrumentalities, simi
lar to these, inculcate among the
members of this organization and
the public generally, the truth con
cerning Catholic doctrine, belief,
practice and history, it being un
derstood that this organization and
IntoleranceFares
Badly At Hands
Of Candidates
Davis, Dawes and LaFol
lette Condemn Klan by
Name—Prejudice Retards
Welfare President Says.
Washington, D. C.—John W. Davis,
Democratic nominee for the presi
dency, Senator Robert La Follette,
independent candidate, and Charles
G. Dawes, Republican vice-presiden
tial candidate, have condemned the
Ku Klux Klan by name, Mr. Davis
making his declaration Friday at
Sea Girt, N. J., Mr. Dawes at Au
gusta, Me., the following day, and
Senator La Follette a few days pre
viously in a letter to Robert P.
Scripps, of New York. Mr Davis ex
pressed the hope that President
Coolidge will “by some explicit dec
laration join me in removing this
topic from the field of political de
bate.”
President on Tolerance.
In his recent, speech of acceptance
at Washington, President Coolidge
touched briefly upon the question
of religious and racial intolerance.
He said:
“The federal government ought to
be, and is, solicitous for the welfare
of every one of its inhabitants,
every one of its business activities,
whether they be small or great.
This is one country; w T e are one
people united by common interests.
There should be no favorites and no
outcasts; no race or religious preju
dices in government. America op
poses special privilege for anybody,
and favors equal opportunity for
everybody. It has adopted these
principles because they ar<* the log
ical conclusions of our ideals of
freedom. Moreover, we believe they
contribute to our material welfare.”
Earlier in his address the presi
dent had also made a passing ref
erence to the same subject of tol
eration in the course of his defense
of restrictive immigration policy of
the administration. He said:
“Restricted immigration is not an
offensive but a purely defensive ac
tion. It is not adopted in criticism
of others in the slightest degree, but
solely for the purpose of protecting
ourselves. We cast no aspersions on
any race or creed, but we must re
member that every object of our in
stitutions of society and government
will fail unless America be kept
American.”
Aside from his speech of accept
ance the president had occasion dur
ing the past week, through his sec
retary, G. Bascom Slemp, to admin
ister another rebuke to those who
attempt to enhance the role of re
ligious and racial prejudice in the
present campaign. In a letter writ
ten by Mr. Slemp to Herman Bern
stein, editor of the “Jewish Tribune”
of New York, the president repudi
ated circulars distributed in the vi
cinity of New York in which the
statement was made:
“This election is a religious war;
Catholics and Jews combined against
Protestants.”
The circulars urged support for
Coolidge and Dawes and were signed
“The National Protestant Fundamen
tal Christian Association.” Mr.
Slemp’s Mter to Mr. Bernstein
reads: <
“Am very much obliged to you for
your letter of Aug. 1, to the presi-
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corporation is not formed for pecu
niary profit.”
Charter members of the organiza
tion are William M. Madden, Daniel
T. Doyle, James B. Mahan, Fred
Jones, Joseph P. O’Mahony, James
E. Deery and Thomas D. McGee.
The idea of a Catholic informa
tion bureau, was written into defi
nite form in a resolution adopted
at the 1923 convention of the Catho
lic Press Association in this city.
J. P. O’Mahony. editor of the In
diana Catholic and Record, intro
duced a resolution at that meeting
calling for the establishment of
such an agency in every city of
more than 50.000 population. A com
mittee appointed at that time re
ported at the 1924 convention in
Buffalo. It -was at this latter con
vention that Mr. - Benedict Elder,
editor of the Catholic Record, of
Louisville, suggested that for the
present each state should handle its
own problems in the way which
might seem most feasible in view
of local conditions.
Six American Dominicans Leave to
Labor As Missionaries in China
Indiana Catholics Organize to
Mitigate Prejudice by Education