The Irish standard., 1888-10-13
CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Angels.
Council Bluffs, Ia, is building new
Catholic hospital.
A Papal Nuncio has been commits
stoned TO present the Golden Rose to the
Princess Regent Of Brazil.
There are said to be about 100000
Catholics in Connecticut nearly one.
third the entire population of the State.
The body Of Archbishop Segbers,
murdered last winter on the Yukon b7
his servant, has been brought to Vic.
toyia.
Mr.. Tardevel, editor of La Verite, oil
Qnebec, is now on his way to Ireland, to
judge for himself OF the condition of the
people.
Miss Ely O'Donovan, of Cork, Ire
land, recently made her profession in
the Marianite Sisterhood of the Holy
Gross al New Orleans.
The priests of Detroit have formed an
association to work among the Catholic
people Of the State in connection with
the Total Abstinence Union Of America
Bishop Longhlin, OF Brooklyn, On re-
cent Sunday ordained Rev. Mr.. Sherry,
8 member Of the Order of the Fathers of
Mercy, a priest at St. James Cathedral,
Chat city.
The Holy Father, in recent audience,
recommended the young men Of the
Circolo di San Sletro to serve the cause
of the Church whenever they could in
the press.
Sister Alphonso, of Austin, MINI,
who gave instructions in the convent
school last year, has gone to Platts~
mouth, Nebraska. and has taken charge
of a new school there.
Cardinal Moran Of Sydney, has ap-
piled for an auxiliary bishop. Very
Rev. DIR. Higgins, of the Diocese OF
Meath, ireland, has been appointed
bishop ooadjutor to the Cardinal.
Rev. M. j. P. Dempsey, secretary OF
the diocese Of Detroit, is on visit to
Baltimore for the purpose of conferring
with Bishop Foley regarding the latter's
intel]ation iu November in charge Of
that See.
Bishop Gilmour's order, that no priest
shall ofhciate at funerals where flowers
are used, is based on the ground that the
modern usage leads to excessive world
Ainese. The order is timely, and should
loe generally followed.
Mr. Luke Rivington, lately received
into the Church, and the author of a
book which almost deserves to stand be-
side Cardinal Newman's "Apologia,'' is
at present in England He contem-
plates joining the Society Of Jesus.
A feature Of the reception of the Most
Rev. Francis Janssens. the recently ap-
pointed archbishop of New Orleans, was
grouE OF addresses in Italian, German,
French, and English. That in French,
by Mr.. Gayarre, is specially spoken Of
AS remarkable example Of pure and
elegant French dictlon.
The practics OF receiving Holy Com
rauniou On the first Friday Of every
month III honor of the Sacret Heart of
Jesus is becoming universal among
Catholics. In some cities the churches
aro as we'll crowded on the first Friday
Of the month as on Sunday mornings.
The month Of October is also called
the Month Of the Holy Rosary and the
Month Of the Guardian Angels. On the
irst Sunday Of the month, the feast Of
The Holy Rosary is celebrated; and dur
ing the whole month the special devo-
;ions ordered by our Holy Father will
i)e performed by the faithful.
The Catholic papers Of Rome, in stat
ing that the Rev. Father Foley, Of the
diocese Of Baltimore, has been appointed
TO succeed Bishop Borgess., of Detroit,
resigned, and that Father Hennessey has
been named Bishop of Wichita, mention
;hat She latter priest is native of Ire
land, that country which has given so
many Bishops to the Church.
At the request of Bishop Hogan, Of
Kansas City, the Lazarist Fathers will
shortly establish congregation in that
city. A site has neen purchased on Oak
street, and the building of a church will
Eoe shortly commenced. The erection Of
q German Catholic church corner
'rwenty-fourth and Holmes streets,
Kansas City, will also be carried into
execution in the course of the present
year.