The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-03-24
CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Bishop Seidenbusch is expected home
from Europe next month.
Bishop Jansen will be consecrated
Bishop OF Belleville, on April 70.
Bishop Wigger's illness still con-
tinues, aud although his condition has
somewhat improved recently, ne is ny
no means well. -r
The city of Buffalo has Catholic
population of 90. 600 1t has 20 Catho-
lie churches in charge of secular
priests, Jasuits, Rademptorists, OBJ
latas and Franciscans. &4A
After Easter three Sisters of Notre
Dame at Worcester. Mass, will accom-
pany Rev. Father DsGrasse to his far
off mission at Spokane, Washington
Territory, whbre they will open schools
in September Another colony OF the
Sisters will follow in August.
Bishop O Hara announces that ne
will visit the discipline of the Church
On those who attend balls in Lent; and
eondemns these who build halls and
then let them to others for purposes
wh ich s,candaiiZe Catholicity.
Last Sunday Rev. Faith Il Stang an
nounced that in conformity with do
cesar decree flowers will not in future
be allowed OH cofIia5 in the church dur
ing religious services. Neither will
.he casknt he opened i'll the church.
trhe t,bovs paragraph is taken from ths
Providence Visitor, and the announce
meat was made IN Bishop Harkin' s
cathedral in Providence.
Sunday, March II, Bishop elect Nc
Govern of Harrisburg, Pa, was conse-
Grated Bishop to succeed the late Bishop
Shauna,an Bishop O'H;ra, Of Scran-
ton, o1iciated. Archbishop Corrigan,
several bishops, and $50 clergyman were
III attendance. Rev. Father Werlich,
o. New York, delivered the sermon,
which was abeand eloquent. lie dwelt
on tue duty OF the clergy in the matter
OF obedience. 1t WAS the first consecra-
Sion Of bishop which ever occurred
there, and Father W erich referred to
t;le act that the new bishop was taken
u.rect from tbs ranks OF the clergy as
rnusual anal significant.
The Provincetown, Mass, invalid
who sued the pastor OF The Catholic
Church there because lie did not grant
his request to stop the ringing Of the
church bell, has lost his case The
plaintiff, {. young man had been sun
struck, aud lived with his parents,
whose house was directly across the
street fcOnl the church. His physician
went TO the priest aud asked him If he
youi,, stop ringing the bell, as owing to
the Plaintiffs peculiar mental condition
IL tlirew him into conYulsiOns. This /
She defendant refused to do, and this |
suit was The result. La ordering a judg
rac!!t for the defendant. the Suprame |
Court said that the church and the bell
we1e here before the young man, aud
Il he didn't like tho ringing he bad no
business to 20 where it annoyed hlm.
The autograph letter from the Pope
10 Emperor Frederick, which Mgr.
G;ilinlberti takes to Berlin, expresses
the deep sorrow OF His Holiness at tho
l,a;lttl OF a monarch who was animated |
BY the frieudliest feelings toward the |
Catholic Church. The Pope thanks
Eulporor Frederick for the tone Of Ills
proclamation, which, he says, gives him
10y, inasmuch as it proves that the son /
cheyislles the sentiments of his father
sentiments which give assurance that
ti,a relations between Prussia and the
Vatican shall become more and more
frieudly The Pope on his part will do
ali in Ills power TO secure friendship
that will bs 20 the glsry ct both the
emperor and the papacy. In conclusion
His Huiiness expresses wish that the
synpernI may recover his full health, in
file interests alike to his people and OF
the whole Of Europe.