The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-07
The NoRTHW s1AlD z 1885
CATHOLIC NEWS.

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4 The diocese OF Scranton. Pa, haa thirty Cath
Ole temperance societies. with a total mem
bership OF !. 900 5
Eight hundred priests have received their
ecclesiastical training In ST. Cnthbert' q College,
Ushaw, England. S IL gs
Work is begun on a new church, under the
patronage of st. Patrick, at Holman, Washing
ton county, Ohio.
On November !, Feast OF ali Saints, Bishop
Ireland blessed the new church In Bird Island.
Reuville county. MINI
From Dublin comes the news Of the death OF
the Most Kew. Patrick Dougan. %. D., Catholic
bishop Of Down and Conner.
! Rev James McGolrick and Mr.. Anthony
Kelly were elected members OF the Board OF
Directors Of the new Exposition.
The Rev. N. N. Sheedy has been transferred
from Cannelton. Beaver county, Pa, to the
pastoral charge of ST. Mary OF Mercy's, Pitts
burg, Pa 81
1t is likely that the papers appointing u g.
OGonnor bishop OF Omaha will be brought
| from, Rome by DR.. o. Connel President OF the
American College. rs w
Sisters OF Mercy from Vicksburg, Miss. vol
ul1teered ,or the Indian Mission IN Neshoba
county, same State, and are now organizing q
school for the Indian children.
Archbishop Ryan has appointed the Rev. p.
lV.Leberton to take charge OF the spiritual
welfare of the Spanish. French, Cuban and
! Mexican Catholics Of Philadelphia, Pa.
T. 4 Y - K ~
I st Mary's school in Delaware, o., is a sue
cess. 1t has over 3OO pupils. The first floor is
occupied with class rooms, and the upper story
is used as church. Four franciscan nuns arc
the teachers.
Under call Of Pr, sident James r. CorrigNn,
| the board of yoyernmelf4 Catholic Total ADsti-
hence Union Of the diocese of st. Paul, will
! meet at Catholic Association hall, Minneapolis,
Thursday evening, November IL.
| The late Charles r Poland, son of Mr.. z.
Poland, one of the most prominent Irish
| American Catholics OF Cincinnati, o., had two
| brothers Jesuit priests, and 9 sister a nun OF
| the sacred Heart, at Clifton, Can.
ST. Joseph's Academy, Flushing. L. /, one Of
the finest of the many noble educational insti-
t,t,ons under the charge of the Sisters of st.
| Joseph, throughout the United States, will this
year celebrate the 18th anniversary Of its
|! foundation
| ST. Sulpice Seminary, i'll Montreal, has re-
ceived the sanction of Pope Leo XII. to es-
tablish Canadian theological college in Rome.
| The proposition will be Immediately carried
out as representative Of the seminary will at
once proceed to Rome. 800
Thanksgiving night the Crusaders Dramatic
Club will present tor the first time in this city,
at the Pence Opera House, with Sergt Smith
as the leading man, one of the finest of Irish
| plays, called tShandy Mcguire" Apr opriate
scenery and costumes will be great feature
OF the play.
This is how Cardinal Newman describes the
Catholic Church: She is the chastener Of the
prosperous, the guide of the Maynard. She
keeps mothers eye for the innocent, bears
with heavy hand upon the wanton, and has
voice OF majesty for the proud. She 1s re ady
for any service which occurs. She will take the
world rs it comes
The new chapel Of the Sacred Heart, Glen
Trothy, Abergayenny. England, was solemnly
opened on October lY, the 1T. Rev. Or. Hedley,
Bishop of Plymouth, officiating. This chapel
has been built at the sole cost of MIR. Reginald
Vaughan, and is intended as well for the use Of
the catholics of the neighborhood as for the
members of the family. Il
The Rt Rev. Bishop Fabre Of Montreal, Can,
has through the pastors tie rario rishef
in the diocese, again warned all Catholics that
| they are absolutely prohibited from attend
ing religious services in any Catholic place Of
worship either when they are afflicted with the
smallpox or when they have it In their fami-
| lies, or in any way are directly exposed to the
disease and liable to spread IL.
The United States Catholic historical society
held their second public meeting at the UNI
versity Grub Theatre, New York city, on the
night of October o. The programme included
an address by the President, Frederick r.
Coudert, ESQ.,; 'sThe Discovery of America
by the Northmen,'' by the Rev. Joshua z. Bod
fish, OF Roston; and ..The Centenary Of St
Peters Church New York" by John Culinary
Shea.
A most outrageous piece Of incendiarism oc-
CURED in Collingwood, Canada, onthe night Of
October 81 The large and handsome brick
dwelling just completed, situated on the cor
ner Of St Marie and Ontario streets. built for
-kAI0er hlerIHIl, WIS COIuPietEtS kAltcu W AIc
which. strange TO say, started in an upstairs
wing Of the structure. The house was not yet
| occupied, and was not taken of the contract
or's han ia. The loss viii be from three to -four
thousand dollars. No insurance.
Sunday last the sad announcement was made
| in -. Mary's Church, st. Pall, OF the death
OF one OF lis most estimablc young mem
George Pelctier. After lingering illness, hi
resigned his soul to his Creator, having beer
fortified by the last sacramento Of the Church
| Amid a large concourse Of sorrowing friends
a Mass Of requiem Was sung for the repose d
| lis sonl by Father Cailiet on tuesday morning
| and, escorted by Company D, Of which boiy
deceased was an bonored member, the funeral
| cortege proceeded TO the final resting place,
where i last salute was fired. May he REST n
peace
Mrs Kahn. mother Of the 1t. Rev. John =
Kahn, Bishop OF wheeling, W. Va. died in that
| c3f.- T>c4nf.or TX saCsn ri vpafn She came to