The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
CATHOLIC NEWS.

Canada has now a cardinal, six arch
hishops. twenty-seven bishops anc
nearly $3.50 priests.
You must try to be good and amiable
to everybody, and do not think tha'
Christianity consists in melancholy
and morose elife.-Lacodalre.
A handsome altar to the memory
Of the late Archbishop james f.
Wood will be built i'll a recess
of the nave of the cathedral, Philadel'
phia.
MIR. A. Beckett, a distinguished sclen-
tist and linguist, formerly of Fordham
College, N. Y, will take charge OF the
higher branches in the new Catholic
College in Salt Lake City.
The Paulists will open q mission III
the Immaculate Conception Churcn,
this city, Sept. 10. Afterwards they
will give missions in st. Paul, AVinona,
saltwater and other points in the
State.
Rev. Father Lorenza, of Belleviile,
Archdiocese of st. Louis, has left Ior
Fort Totteu. Dakota, where he Will as
surne pastoral duties besides taking
charge Of the Indian Industrial school,
situated in that vicinity.
A great Catholic mission closed at ST.
Patricks Church, Toulona, III. Ang'
q. The meetings were conducted by
Rev. Fathers Maurus and Hugollnus,
two Franciscan f,iars from the Ieuto~
polls college. There was large at
tendance.
The Pope has requested Father Fa-
Were. chief of the Catholic mission
aries in China, to forward to the Yati-
can a statement regarding the position
of his own Church and the Catholic mis-
sion in China generally. 1t is beheved
that a Lazarist missionary Will DC ap-
pointed to represent the Vatican at
Yskin.
Bishop Spa1ding, of Peoria, who has
been travelling over the country raising
funds for the Catholic American Uni
yersity at Washington, is reported as
speaking thus II have found our peo"
ole everywhere enthusiastic over the
project. Catholics in all parts ot the
country are contributing their mites.
have collected quite a large amount OF
money, indeed, but the figures cannot
be made public till the next meeting OF
the board Of trustees. There is 40
doubt that building operations will be
begun before another year has passed.
Bishop Ireland recently made the toi~
lowing clerical changes in his diocese:
Rev. P. .Dwyer, St. Mary's, ST. Paul ;
Rev. Robert Hughes, st. Mary's, Wa
SEGA; Rev. Leopold Haas, Springfield; i;
Rev. John Hanak, Wells; Rev. &. Nc
Cabe, Mapleton; Rev. Peter Jerana'
Shakopee Rev. Fl. Morris, St. Pat
rick's, St. Paul Rev. J. }. keane, ST.
Thomas Seminary: Rev. Joseph Sou
mis-, Beardsley; Rev. 7. Boland, Litch-
field: Rev. l.. Ryan, West Albany !;
Rev. Thomas Duane, MENDOZA; Rev.
John Straetten, Ghent; Rev. Pocholsw-
XII, Minneapolis.
There are sixty-three Roman Catho-
lie parishes in New York city, divided
as follows: Canadian, / /; Polish l !; Bo-
hemlan, l French, l.: colored people,
i; Italian, 2; German, II; Engllsh
speaking people, As. Fifty parishes are
administered by the secular and Is by
the regular clergy. The latter are
composed of one Dominican Father,
one Paulist Father, one Father OF
Mercy, two Franciscan Fathers, two
Redemptorist Fathers, four Jesuit
Fathers. The Catholic population OF
the Archdiocese of New York is estl-
mated to be about 100000.
ALI the papers in the country, Catho~
lie as we'll as secular, which have al
luded to the arrival of the Rev. All
gustus Tolton in this country, have
erred in stating that he is the first COL
ored priest ordained for the American
MISSIONS. When the sanity Bishop
England ruled the Church in Charles
ton, S. c., he ordained colored man
for that diocese; but race prejudice
was then so strong that he (the first
colored priest Of the United states)
went to France, where he labored in the
ministry to the end Of his life. Men
tion of this fact is made in the works OF
Bishop England.-Catholic Knight.
The Duke of Orleans, eldest son CT
Louis Philippe, was killed, as may be
remembered, by jumping from his car
riage while the horses were running
away. The fact was supernaturally re-
yealed to nun of the Carmellte Con-
vent at Tours, of which frequent me1l-
tion is raade in the life of the Holy
Man Of Tours She was told that the
Prince was in purgatory, and asked for
prayers. The superiors directed her to
offer a1l her prayers, fasts, etc., for the
,,n onnv aonl The hrnk en-heart6d !