The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Within the last twelve months 364
Jews became Catholics in Vienna.
The English PILGRIMS were received
nv the Pope on the lO11l Of January.
The latest church statistics say there
are !, ,0OO, 600 Catholics in New England,
700 priests and 600 churches.
Thousonvile, Ct, is to have a new
$50, 900 church ;!ext year. $35 COO or tue
cost having been already collected.
Rev. Hugh j. Kelly who WAS recent
ly appointed a chaplain in the navy:
succeeds Father Riorden at Castle Car
den.
The Hoy Father proposes to send
twelve mill II francs Of Jubilee money
to various charitable institutions OF the
world.
With the nld year the Xavier Union
OF New York passed out OF existence
and ths Catholic Club came into being
with the new.
The audience to be given by the Pope
tc the Irish pilgrimage has been hxed
sotake place between the 5il and The
10th Of ,.ext February.
A well known Augnstjan Father, the
Rev. Edward Augustian DALEY, OF AT
iantic City, N. j =, celebrated The silver
iubilee of lis priesthood recently.
Fifty years ago last New Years day
tho Pope said his first !na&s. 1t was
celebrated in the chapel Of st. sotanlslas
Kostka. in the church of ST.. Andrew il:
Rome.
Mgr. persico, according to a telegram
from Rome. has announced that an
English Fapal jubilee pilgrimage will
arrive there in January, q Scotch IN
February, and AT Irish one III March.
The Catholics Of the colooy of Vic
sor?a, Aus raia, mindful CT the devoted
priests that noble college has spnt them,
having gratefully contributed The sum
OF $40 600 TO ALL t{a}lows' College, Dub
lin, Ireland.
The wife Of the lipwIy elected presi
dent Of the French Rrru5ic, is q de-
vout AMI practical Catholic, d!stin~
suishel for her great charities. an! her
rare literary and linguistic acquire
nen!s. She is said 10 be the best IN
formed woman in France.
The Schools Of the Sisters If Mercy,
Rirco! Hill, San Francisco, the Oldest
EHthu|ic schools in hat city. were
burned to the ground recently. lbrongh
the kindness OF { he Insurance cnm}an-
les and The ,iberaIjty OF the people they
are being Ypn7llit on a splendid! scale.
The Catholic population of ihe arch
diocese Of Chicago is oven Il @. eco; there
are 2t7 churches: 2Gs6 priests, o.! whom
3O5 are secular auG 81 rt religious OF.
slers; there are II ecclesiastical 'tuftt'nfs
FOR the .lcdocese in tha different col
eyes, aatI thA v3riuns rsrIchial schnH.S
are attended by over tort% thousand
chl3en.
Two Burglars entered the residence
of Bishop O'F'a1reN, at Trenton, \, j..
the night Of January 3. A1d out OF TIE
room where The bishop lay Sleeping
stole a geld watch and chain, q pectoral
cross. studded with rllhies and d!a-
m,nds, and two amethyst rings. The
servant girls were awakened, bu3 were
too much frightened to give an alarm.
The rope's Jubilee WAS g,andly cele-
brated at st. Peters Church. Memphis.
There were solemn services in the
morning, at which Rev. K. A. Asitieid,
O. T.. preached :, fine sermon. In The
afternoon Father M,ran, o. T.. the
rector, preached at Vespers. The
church WAS crowded with both Catho-
lies and Protestants. The Appeal Of
that city speaks most highly Of the
celebration.
At ST. Marys Notre Dame, Ind. a
beautiful, conventual church, real gem
Of architecture, has been erected and
consecrated to the Mother OF God and
the service Of religion under the title OF
Our Lady OF Lnretto. It is bull: in tne
form of a Greek cross, witha dome sur
mounting the center, after the stVle OF
Santa Maria in Cariganno at Genoa.
It is 122 feet III length and 50 feet i'll its
greatest width. The cross above the
dome rises to o height of lis feet.
On Tuesday after Christmas at ST.
Johns Seminary Brighton, Mass. ali
event occurred almost OF unique inter
est and Importance in the Catholic his
tory Of Boston. The clergy VI the tl!o-
eese on that day presented to thu sem
mary a suburb bronze portrait bust ot
its beloved founder, HisGrace, the Most
Rev. Archbishop Williams. and al c
presented to the Archbishop a purse
Containing q magnificent Chris mas
present in the shape Of a check for
seven thousand dollars.