Itatj rfLOISTER+ 7',..t1 kfitROPICLEI:HI„ ST. JOSEPH'S PROVINCE The Fathers and Brothers of the Province extend their most sincere sympathy and prayers to the Rev. J. C. Connolly, 0.P., the Rev. J. A. O'Donnell, 0.P., and Bro. Vincent Ferrer Hartke, 0.P., on the death of their mothers; to the Rev. E. E. Holohan, 0.P., on the death of his father; and to the Rev. J. B. Kircher, 0.P., on the death of his sister. Very Rev. H. J. McManus, 0.P., received the Solemn Vows of the Rev. Bro. Daniel McCormack, 0.P., at the Dominican College, Ocean City, Md., on August 17; and those of the Rev. Bro. Dominic Alwaise, 0.P., on September 19, at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D. C. The Rev. Ignatius Smith, 0.P., the Rev. G. B. Stratemeier, 0.P., the Rev. R. P. O'Brien, 0.P., the Rev. E. U. Nagle, 0.P., and the Rev. T. F. Carey, 0.P., lectured during the summer session at Catholic University, Washington, D. C. The Rev. J. J. McLarney, 0.P., preached the sermon at the Baccalau- reate Exercises at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., on June 10. In the Crypt of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D. C., the following Reverend Brothers will receive the Tonsure on September 23: Dominic Alwaise, 02., Dominic Kearney, 0.P., Vincent Ferrer Hartke,0.P., John Thomas Ford,0.P., Ignatius Bailey, 0.P., Thomas Springman, 0.P., Peter Morrissey, 0.P., James McDonald, 0.P., Walter Conway, 0.P., Thomas a'Kempis McKenna, 0.P., Vincent Fitzgerald, 0.P., Michael Whelan, 0.P., Lambert Shannon, 0.P., Richard McQuillan, 0.P., Leonard Grady, 0.P., Basil Begley, 0.P., Bonaventure Sauro, 0.P., Hum- bert Dailey, 0.P., Bernardine Carroll, 0.P., Wilfred Regan, 0.P., Justin Madrick, 0.P., Cyril Fisher, 0.P., Louis Bertrand Kilkenny, 0.P., Stephen Cannon, 0.P., Gerald McCabe, 0.P., Theodore Carl, 0.P., Henry Gallagher, 0.P., Cyprian Sullivan, 0.P., Anthony Bujnak, 0.P., George Mottey, 0.P., Martin Murphy, 0.P., Charles Durbin, 0.P., Reginald Coffey, 0.P., John Dominic Jordan, 0.P., and Daniel McCormack, 0.P. The aforementioned Brothers will receive Minor Orders on September 24 and 25. The following Reverend Brothers will receive the diaconate on Sep- tember 25 at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Wash- ington, D. C.: Thomas Aquinas Murphy, 0.P., Joseph Hoppe, 0.P., Mark Egan, 0.P., Aquinas Hinnebusch, 0.P., Matthew Osbourn, 0.P., Albert Musselman, 0.P., Leo Novacki, 0.P., Celestine McGregor, 0.13., Hyacinth Scheerer, 0.P., Timonthy Condon, 0.P., Ambrose Sullivan, 0.P., Francis Nash, 0.P., Raymond Dillon, 0.P., Bernard Sheridan, 0.P., Louis Scheerer, 0.P., Joachim Smith, 0.P., Fidelis Anderson, 0.P., Clement Della Penta, 0.P., Damian Schneider, 0.P., Jordan Dwyer, 0.P., Eugene Hyde, 0.P., Pius Alger, 0.P., and Lawrence Hunt, O.P. 240 Dominicans The First Year Theologians of St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, Ohio, made their Solemn Profession into the hands of the Very Rev. J. B. Walsh, 0.P., Prior of the convent, on the morning of August 16. The Reverend Brothers are: Robert Barron, 0.P., Benedict Heary, 0.P., John Gaines, 0.P., Jerome Bresnahan, 0.P., Camillus Lillie, 0.P., Gabriel Schneider, 0.P., Luke Schneider, 0.P., William Curran, 0.P., Regis Ahern, 0.P., Pat-. rick Roney, 0.P., Hilary McGinley, 0.P., Andrew Fleming, 0.P., Donald McMahon, 0.P., Mathias Cain, 0.P., Quentin Goldrick, 0.P., Aloysius Segren, 0.P., Sebastian Carlson, 0.P., Arthur McInerney, 0.P., Cajetan Sheehan, 0.P., Christopher Pino, 0.P., Bartholomew Schaller, 0.P., Maurice Conlon, 0.P., Antoninus Quinn, 0.P., Raphael Gillis, 0.P., Victor Dwyer, 0.P., Anselm Abbott, 0.P., Fabian Mulhern, 0.P., Marcellus Mc- Gowan, 0.P., Urban Corrigliano, 0.P., Paschal Shaffer, O.P. On August 19 the Rev. Brother Hugh Schola, 0.P., on August 28, the Rev. Brother Brendan Larnen, 0.P., and on September 12, the Rev. Brother Edgar Schnell, 0.P., made their Solemn Profession. On August 12, the Rev. V. F. Kienberger, 0.P., began a series of six addresses over the "Catholic Hour" on the general subject of "Faith." The Rev. L. C. Gainor, 0.P., made an address before the Secondary School Department of the National Catholic Educational Association at its annual meeting in Chicago. His address was delivered at a session pre- sided over by His Excellency, the Most Rev. Francis W. Howard, Bishop of Covington, and President General of the Association. The Rev. R. F. Vollmer, 0.P., has been appointed pastor of St. Monica's parish for the colored, Raleigh, N. C., which has recently been given over to the care and ministrations of the Dominican Fathers. The Rev. R. H. Dewdney, 0.P., has been assigned to St. Monica's as assistant priest. The Rev. L. L. Farrell, 0.P., conducted a Retreat for the Dominican Fathers of Fenwick High School, Oak Park, Ill., from June 10 to June 17; for the Dominican Sisters of Visitation Convent, Chicago, Ill., from June 24 to July 1; for the Dominican Sisters of St. Mark's Convent, St. Louis, Mo., from August 6 to August 15; and for the Community of the Domini- can House of Studies, River Forest, Ill., from September 7 to September 16. During the summer months the Rev. C. A. Drexelius, 0.P., conducted Retreats at the Sacred Heart Academy, Springfield, Ill.; Bethlehem Acad- emy, Faribault, Minn.; and at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Ky. The annual parish homecoming and picnic was held at St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, 0., on August 1, and proved an extraordinary success. The Franciscan Fathers of Cincinnati, 0., were the ministers at the Solemn Mass and other Divine services in honor of Saint Dominic, at St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, 0., on August 5. The annual Retreat of the women's chapter of the Third Order of St. Dominic, of St. Ambrose's Church, Baltimore, Md., was conducted by the Rev. L. M. O'Leary, 0.P., at the Washington Retreat House on July 21 and 22. Cloister Chronicle 241 The Rev. R. S. McGonagle, 0.P., has been transferred from Fenwick High School, Oak Park, Ill., to the Dominican House of Studies, Wash- ington, D. C. The Rev. V. F. Fennell, 0.P., and the Rev. L. M. O'Leary, 0.P., have been assigned to St. Vincent Ferrer's Priory, New York, N. Y. The Rev. C. A. Hannon, 0.P., the Rev. R. M. Rascher, 0.P., the Rev. J. L. Curran, 0.P., the Rev. R. H. Grant, 0.P., the Rev. J. V. Williams, 0.P., and the Rev. T. S. Fitzgerald, 0.P., have been assigned to St. Rose's Priory, Springfield, Ky. The Rev. E. C. LaMore, 0.P., the Rev. W. R. Clark, 0.P., the Rev. J. T. McGregor, 0.P., and the Rev. E. I. Masterson, 0.P., have been assigned to St. Dominic's Priory, Washington, D. C. The Rev. F. P. Kelly, 0.P., has been assigned to Holy Rosary Priory, Minneapolis, Minn. The Rev. F. C. Hickey, 0.P., has been assigned to St. Mary's Priory, New Haven, Conn. The Rev. P. J. Conaty, 0.P., the Rev. T. C. Donnelly, 0.P., and the Rev. C. A. Carosella, 0.P., have been assigned to the faculty of Fenvvick High School, Oak Park, Ill. The Rev. F. C. Foley, 0.P., and the Rev. F. J. Fanning, 0.P., have been assigned to the faculty of Providence College, Providence, R. I. The Rev. N. S. Bernier, 0.P., and the Rev. W. A. Murtaugh, 0.P., have been assigned to the faculty of Aquinas High School, Columbus, 0. The Rev. T. a'K. Reilly, 0.P., preached a private Retreat at the Trap- pist Monastery, Gethsemani, Ky. He gave Conferences to the Carmelite Nuns at Louisville, Ky., to the Dominican Enclosed Nuns at Cincinnati, 0., and Newark, N. J. At the Rosary Shrine, Summit, N. J., he gave a two weeks course of study to the Dominican Nuns. The Rev. R. F. Vollmer, 0.P., conducted a one-day Retreat for the lay women of the Diocese of Raleigh, N. C., at Belmont, N. C., on September 1. The Community Retreat of St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, 0., was di- rected by the Rev. H. A. Kelly, 0.P., Sept. 7-17. The Rev. R. D. Goggins, 0.P., has been appointed pastor of St. The- rese's Church, Lincoln, Neb., which has recently been assigned to the care and ministrations of the Dominican Fathers. Father Goggins was formerly Master of Students at the Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, Ill. The Rev. A. M. Driscoll, 0.P., has been appointed Master of Students at the Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, Ill. During the summer the Rev. J. L. Callahan, 0.P., conducted the fol- lowing Retreats for Sisters: at Bishop Quarter School, Oak Park, Ill.; at St. Basil's Church, Chicago, Ill.; at St. John's Cathedral, Milwaukee, Wis. The Rev. W. G. Scanlon, 0.P., conducted a Novena in honor of St. Ann, July 18-26, at St. Vincent Ferrer's Church, New York, N. Y. 242 Dominicana On June 24, the Very Rev. W. G. Moran, 0.P., Prior and Pastor of St. Vincent Ferrer's Church, New York, N.