The Irish standard., 1888-07-21
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RELIGIOUS NOTES.

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hat we freely give is our own for.
ever.
AS the purse is semptied the heart is
filled.
Children have more need of models
than Of critics.
Catholics are increasing in number
in Scotland, owing to large immigra-
lions from Ireland.
Souls are never lost because their be.
ginning break down, but because they
won't make new beginnings. Father
Faber.
3$SIhe twin towers of st. Patrick's Ca
tliedral on Fifth avenue. New York
nave now reached a height of almost
$50 feet.
II The Rev. r. j. Kennedy, a young
priest of Phiiadel phia, is the new vice
rector of the American College in
Rome.
In Belgium, the clericals will have
majority Of sixty in the Chamber OF
Deputies, and majority Of thirty sew
en- in the Senate.
At Lincoln, Neb., a Catholic Total
Abstinence Society with 40 members
has been organized. and Patrick Egan
elected president.
Father McMahon, the former chap
lain for the hospital at Colorado
Springs, Col, has returned to Dubuque
Diocese, where he will remain for a few
months
Rev Father Clements. Of Tintopolis,
I'LL, an able young Franciscan priest,
will soon arrive in Memphis and be
stationed at St. Mary's as an assistant
to ReY. Father Francis.
i Cardinal Manning, who reached his
eightieth birthday on Sunday last, rises
regularly at "a, m. He loves to see
the early morning sun from his cham
Der window.
The annual retreat Of the clergy OF
the Archdiocese of st. Paul will begin
on the evening of Monday. August
Goth. The Very Rev. A. Magnien, rec
ter Of st. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore,
will preside oyer the exercises.
Rev. ]. J. Smith, Of Emnetsburg, !
hnc RI h,,it1
convent and paroch1al school. The
building will be built just north Of the
church, and will. when completed, be
one Of the largest and best equipped
converts in northwestern Iowa.
The Indian papers announce that the
body of St, Francis Xavier will be ex-
posed to the veneration of the faithful
il, December of next year. The feast
OF the Apostle OF the Indies, it VIII be
remembered, falls On the third Of that
month.
A nephew Of the late General James
Shields. Rev, Father Shields. was re-
Gently ordained at Baltimore for the
St. Louis archdiocese, and is now sta
toned as assistant at the Church of
the Immaculate Conception, st. Louis,
Rev. D. Power, pastor.
A Roman dispatch says the conven-
ton with Columbia secures to the Vat
lean the protection of Catholicity as
the State religion, the exemption Of
religious buildings from taxation. and
the exemption Of the clergy from mill
tary duty. The clergy will have entire
control Of the Government schools and
universities.
II On Monday Miss Julia Danner, of
Fellton, Mich. received the white veil
and habitof the Order of Mercy from
theshands Of Rev. II. w. Grimme, in
the Convent of Mercy at Big Rapids,
Mich. Rey. VIM. Kilroy, Of Fenton;
Rev. B. Hens, of Aberdeen, Dakota;
Rev. Jos. Eberts and Rev. Jos. Steffes
were III the sanctuary.
The Archbishop Of New York pro-
poses to erect a diocesan seminary with
in his diocese. Alta meeting of some
Of the prominent lay and clericals Of
New York city. recently, twenty-five
thousand dollars were raised. It is es-
timated that the cost Of the site and
building will be half a million.
That man should he happy is 50 evi-
IDENTIFY the intention Of his Creator. the
contrivances TO tllat end are SO multi
tudinous and so striking, that the per-
ception Of the aim may be called uni
versal. Whatever tends to make men
happy becomes a fulfilment Of the Will
of God. Whatever tends TO make them
miserable becomes opposition to His
ill.--Harc:et A1artineau.,
4 pastoral letter recently issued BY
His Eminence Cardinal Manning pre-
SCENTS very interesting statement of
the progress Of Catholicity in England
since the establishment OF the HER
nro1,r7 Within tEo 80