The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-09-01
CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

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The death is announced of Sister Jo-
ephine Campbell Of the Order of Char
ity at Detroit.
The Catholic schools of Baltimore
save the general taxpayers of the city
100000 annually.
Rev. J. ChristophorY, assistant at s
Peters. Cleveland, O.. has Joined the
Leavenworth diocese.
Monday, the Goth ult., was the
twelfth anniversary of the conservation
Of Bishop O'Connor of Omaha.
Rev. G. w. Morrill,, formerly Episco-
pal rector of Woonsocket, r. T., was
ordained priest by Archbishop Fabre
in Montreal last week.
It is proposed to demolish the half
finished St. Peters Cathedral at Mon
treal and construct parish church
with the stone used in it.
St. Thomas seminary, st. Paul,
which re.opens on the 5th prox., is al
ready assured Of large attendance Of
students the coming year.
About 100000 was the amount Of
the collections throughout the Catholic
churches Of the country this year in aid
of the Indian and negro missions.
A new Catholic high school. with ca
pacity OF SOC pupils, is uearly completed
in Philadelphia. The funds for its
construction came from the estate of
the late Thomas Cahill.
In 1856 Salt Lake City was visited FOR
the fist time by a Catholic priest, but
none permanently resided till the fol-
lowing year. Now the place has a
bishop and six resident priests.
The Holy Father has appointed the
learned Cardinal MazzeIla, vino lived
long time in the United States, protect
or Of the Sisters OF the Third Order of
St. Dominic in the United States.
Father Giovanni Orispi Regghino, in
order to supply church near Milan,
Italy, with a. cheap organ has succeeded
in making one with pipes Of paper III
stead of metal. Its power is great and
it's sweetness uneq ualed.
Rev. DIR. e. F. McSweeney, who has
been for the past two years rector OF
St. Thomas seminary, st. Paul, will
take a professors chain, at Mt. st.
Mary's, .Emmittsburg, Md. He has
given a valuable collection of books to
the college library.
During his short pcntiicate, Leo
XIII has instituted ona hundred and
twenty three hierarchical tltlesname-
ly, one patriachal see, nineteen arch.
bishcprics, hftysaven episcopal see,
ono delegation apostolic, thirty. four
qicariates, and eleven pexiecture apos-
tolic,
The Catholic priests Of Lawrence.
Mass, have been working hard to pay
off the deposjtors in the Augustin bank,
whose suspension five years ago created
such ii SENSATION. During the past two
years $51 900 have been paid to deposit
tors, aad it is hoped that every cent
Will be cleared off.
4 great event next winter in the re-
ligious world will be the publication of
Pere Didon's Life of Christi on
which he has been engaged Tor many
years. and which has been long eagerly
expected by those who believe that
renowned Dominican preacher will en-
tirely refnte M. Renan's work.
THE annual picnic of che Grand Ra'
pids, Mich, branch Of the Ancient Or.
der or Hibernians was to have taken
place, but Bishop Richter showed that
the attitude OF the Church was opposed
to picnics where Liquor was sold and
evening dances held, and further that
the day proposed Assumption OF the
E. V. M was a holy day. The pro-
posed picnic was indefinitely pest
poned.
doubt If there is any Church in the
world in proportion to tbs number of
its adierents, SO much true devotion
and pie5Y. so much genuine religious
araour and self-sacritice, and, more
than all, that best of all tests Of the
substantial truth of religion, so much
true blessedness in the devotional life
as there is inside the Eoman Catholic
Church.-R. Fl. Hutton, Editor of the
London ''Spectator.
Archbishop Elder Of Cincinnati is
making practical efforts to clear off the
indebtedness Of his archdiocese which
came to him as an unfortunate legacy
from his predecessor. The plan adopt
ed is, FIRST. tn have every pastor obtain
annual subscriptions; and secondly, to
have every person in each congregation
give dime month or dollar a year;
this TO be continued until the debt is
paid. Reports shows that the method
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