The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-16

OF %. ~ Was d NAtda
subject; the war Of eloquence waged
all night alasl the weapon Of destruc-
ton had not then been discovered. But
here we must pause for to-day. The
final scene is yet to be described.
CATHOLIC NEWS.
The Jusuits are about to open q
church and school In Kansas City, Mo.
Late Irish papers report Right Rev.
Bishop Conaty, Of .Cavan, improving.
Rev. .. P. Fitzsimmons, Of Santa Fe,
N. NJ, is visiting his parents at Fond du
Lac, Wis.
Rev. F. ]. Jones, formerly Of st. Co
lumkill's church, st. Louis, is now pas
tor Of POtosi, Mo.
Rev. William Nice uirk, recently or.
dained at Troy, sang high mass at st.
Patrick s Church, Hart ford, Conn ,on the
28th ult.
Rev. G.. j.. Willard, w G.. Of Yank-
ton, Oak, is spending a short time in
Milwaukee before returning to his mis-
sion. @
During his recent visitation of the
northwestern portion Of his see Arch
bishop Ryan, Of Philadelphia, con-
firmed ], 1913 persons.
The Paulist fathers, under the direc-
ton of Rev. Walter Elliott, G. S. p,
began a mission last Sunday in St.
James Church, New '' York city atty
Bishop Marty and Rev. Father
Stephen, of Dakota, were in Washing
ton this week on business connected
with the Indian Catholic bureau.
"A Very Rev. David Russell, chaplain at
Nazareth Academy, Louisville, KY,
celebrated the twenty-ffth anniversary
ofshis inordination last month.
The death is announced, 18th. ult.,
Of Sister Vincent, Of the Order Of
Mercy, Little Rock, Ark. sister i
the first bishop of that see, Right Rev.
Andrew Byrnes u b i y !.
Rev.J II. Ryan, pastor Of st. Mary's
Church, Pecatonica, FL, died suddenly
there q she 9th ult. of ma1arial fever.
He was q nativg Of Ireland and III his
35th year. = &. ss - ", -
Y Sister N. FIavin Byrneel,, 4 Of the Order
of Mercy, died at the Mercy convent,
Lawrenceyille, Pa, last month, in the
51st year Of herlife and the SD Of her
religious profession.
On the 9th ult. the lay members Of
the faculty of Notre Dame University,
South Bend, Ind, presented the Presi-
dent, Rev. Father Walsh, C., with
a magnificent gold chalice.
The Pope has converted personal
presents Of many years into money and
donated the proceeds, eco, 900, to the
Propaganda. He will hold a consistory
towards the end of the month, when
he will name some bishops, but no car
dinalS.
Among the notable ecclesiastics who
passed away last year were Cardinals
McCloskey, McCabe and Nina, Arch
bishop Bourget,; of Montreal, Dean
O'Brien, of Limerick, Bishops Kraut-
bauer, Of Green Bay, and Manucy, Of
Mobile.
Archbishop FeehaD, Of Chicago, has
appointed Rev. N. O'Brien, recently
ordained, assistant pastor Of st. Johns
Church, that city, and Rev. Father
Bernard, hitherto curate at St. Patrick $,
pastor Of st. Anne's, Kankakee, Ill.
The death of Sister III. Dorothea
Mccormick, of the Sisters Of Charity
at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Gin
cinati, occurred on the 10Th ult., and a
requiem mass for the repose of her soul
was celebrated the following day at the
chapel OF the hospital.
A council Of the bishops Of the Mil
waukee province will be held at Arch
bishop Heiss' residence the last week
of this month, when the names OF three
clergymen will be agreed upon and for
warded to Rome, one of which will be
appointed bishop Of the vacant see OF
Green Bay.
The ecclesiastical summary OF the
Roman Catholic Church in the United
States for the year. ending January l,
1883, shows that the archbishops num-
Der II, bishops 81 and priests 1925.
There are 1911 ecclesiastical students.
and archdiocese OF Milwaukee having
the largest number 1856 There are ,755
churches. OH chapels, 1.733 stations,
SO diocesan Summaries or houses OF
study for regulars, IS colleges, 31s
academies and 2,621 parochial schools,
by 49l .9i9; pupils. The chari-
table institutions number 40.
It is stated . petition win be lodged
against the return Of Dr.. Fox for the
Tullamofe division Of Kings county,
on the ground that Dr.. Fox is an Amer
lean citizen.
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