The Irish standard., 1886-07-31
CATHOLIC NEWS.

continued their boarding school IN MIL
waukee,
The eighteenth annual convention OF
the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union
will be held in Lancaster, Pa: on Sep
tember /.
The orphans of the late Louis Riel
are to be adopted by Mgr. 'Tache. of st.
Boniface, and he will attend to their
education.
The oldest priest in England, Father
Thomas Danson, died last month at the
age of 80. He had been more than
sixty years priest.
Four times month the Catholic
priests OF the diocese of New York
meet and discuss theological subjects
in the Latin tongue.
Father Egan, late Of st. Roses, Ken
tucky, has been appointed superior OF
the new Dominican establishment at
Kansas City, Missouri.
His Holiness Leo XIII. has forward d.
ed to the sanctury of Our Lady of Ri
poll, now under restoration III the dio-
cese Of Vich. in Spain, a magnificent
painting Of the Blessed Virgin.
A convent is being erected for the
Sisters of Notre Dame in Oconto, Wis,
by some Catholic ladies Of that town,
who gave 81 ,lS4 for that purpose.
Although st. George is the patron
saint Of England, there are only ten
Catholic churches dedicated to him in
that country. while st. Patrick has
about thirty there.
Attorney G General O'Brien, of New
York, has rendered an opinion that
ministers in active service, priests and
clergymen who have become disabled,
and those over seventy years OF age,
are exempt from taxation on 81 500
worth of property,
a. marble bust of Father de Smet,
the famous missionary among the III
dian tribes OF the Rocky Mountains,
has been presented to the Chicago His
torical society. 1t is from the cbisel Of
Mr. Howard Kretschman, Of that city,
and is highly praised as work Of art.
Westminster Abbey, the glorious
monument ct once Catholic England, lis
fast going to decay; and the sum OF
e7O,0M is at once required to restrain
ths devastating course Of time. 1t has
stood for 500 years, The architectural
pride Of England--from William the
conquerer to Queen Victoria.
Many Of our readers may be pleased
to know that the principal lamp burn
ing before the Blessed Sacrament in
the L4ourdes Basilica comes from Ire
land. There are, perhaps, q score OF
lamps before the high altar, but the
Irish one is conspicuous by it's size and
it's central position.
Cardinal Gibbons is said to have
been the youngest pre]ate at the Ecan1-
enical Council in 1870, when the entire
Catholic hierarchy Of the world-over
900 bishops assembled in the Vatican
to vote on the question Of Iapal Infalli
bility, and his Youthful but Intelligent
and benign face attracted much atten~
tion.
1t has often struck lis that the events
--deplolable from SO many points Of
yiew-that brought about the despoil-
ing Of monasteries and the dispersion
OF religious orders i'll Rome and else
where, in our day, were permitted by
God for the wise end OF scattering the
Sewers and reapers OF His harvest: so
tnat they might go forth, weeping, if
YOU will, but spreading the Gospel seed
over the earth, to return one day carry
ing their sileaves CT salvation.-Ava
Maria,
Although the head Of the Universal
Church has no army to enforce his
commands, these obtain more ready as
sent than the most Imperative orders of
any temporal sovereign. He has NO
iron-claG feet to thunder forth his de-
crees, but his authoritative word, con-
veyed around the globe by the silent
electric spark, secures the willing ad-
herance Of his countless flock to the
teachings of their Supreme Pastor. AS
the mind Of man is far above his ma
terial part, so is the spiritual power Of
Peters successor above the weak a1l-
thority of mere human force.--Catholic
Herald.
Tie Golden Rose which the Pope has
sent to Queen Christina OF Spain. is a
royal present, worthy Of a monarch's
acceptance. The gift is a rose bush,
containing nine flowers OF various sizes,
fourteen buds, and about 100 leaves, all
of gold, perfectly initiating nature.
The principle rose, which crowns the
bush, opens with screw to receive the
balsam and musk, in conformity with
an ancient custom. The stem issues
from silver guilt vase, in the cinquer-
cento style, exquisitely chased; two
angels form the handles. In the centre
of 4he vase is the efficy of St. Christina.