The Irish standard., 1888-01-14
! CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Rev. q. f. O'Leary, Of st. Louis, re
turned to This country from Ireland re-
Gently.
Right Rev. Bishop O'Hara, of Scran.
ton, Pa, is maturing plans for a boys
college.
The Dominican Sisters are about to
establish a convent and school ID
Plattsmouth, Neb.
A Catholic Club on large scale is
being projected in Baltimore, with Car
dinal Gibbons approval.
4 Rev. Father Iambert's g new grammar
Z and dictionary of Volapuk is completed
and will reach the public shortly. ,
The latest church statistics say there
are 1000. 900 Catholics IN New Eng
land, 700 priests and 600 churches.
There is little doubt about the ap,
pointment Of Bishop Fitzgerald to the
archiapiscopal See of New Orleans.
Rev. Thomas Magennis. pastor of St.
Thomas, Jamaica Plain, acted as chap
lain at Mayor O'Brien's Inauguration.
The Rev. Father Robs, of St, Mary S
Church, Chicago, will depart for an
extended trip to Europe in few days.
The Right Rev. DIR. Flood, O. F.,
Coadjutor Bishop Of Port Spain, en-
barked for Trinidad, on the FIRST of De-
cember.
Mr.. G.. p. A. Healy will send to the
Paris Salon, splendid portrait OF Car
dinal Gibbons, attired in the ecclesias-
tical robes.
Miss Lizzie Nagle, daughter Of John
Nagle, wealthy merchant OF Du-
buque, Iowa, has gone to Baltimore to
enter convent.
Rev. Abbe Martineau of The Scmin-
ary of st. Sulpice, Montreal, great ad-
yocate of temperance, died recently in
that city, aged 81.
Verv Rev Rector Fitzmaurice Of St.
Charles Seminary, Oyerbroek, PhiIa-
delphia, celebrated his silver Jubilee the
week before last.
Cardinal Lorenzo Randi died in
Rome December 20. The Cardinal was
SO wears of age. He was prefect at the
Propaganda Fide, and much esteemed
in clerical circles.
The Basilian Fathers, ct Toronto.
have been rendered 100 acres OF land
adjoining Columbus, Neb., by the Rev
Father Ryan, pastor at that place, and
and will at once begin the erection OF a
substantial college there.
Popa Leo is very fond of domestic
animals and birds Of all kinds and has
many OF them in his gardens. A large
aviary, which stands near his favorite
window, is the home OF some beautiful
doves, and in his library there is a cage
of canaries.
The first abbess that ever set foot on
American soil, IS now in Baltimore.
Sister Mary Agnes is her name, and she
is a Franciscan. Her abbey is in Eng
land, but there are many houses Of her
order in this country which she expects
to visit before she returns.
It is something new for an ecclesiastic
ei an English See to be found studying
in an American seminary, but among
those ordained at St. Mary's, Balti-
more, The week before last, was Rev. A.
II. Cullen, for the archdiocese Of West
Minister. Eng, Cardinal Manning's See.
The agitation for Catholic chap|ains
for the United States army and navy
has finally resulted in the appointment
Of two priests-ons for Catholic SOL
diers and the other for Catholic sailors
in the employ OF the Government
Catholic Review.
On December %, the Catholics Of
Richmond, Va, held mass meeting
in the CATHEDRAL Hall, in celebration of
the Pope's Jubilee, at which speeches
were made by Bishop Keane and
others. a resolution was adopted
thanking President Cleveland for the
honor which he paid the Holy Father
on the occasion of his golden jubilee.
Archbishop McGettigan, of Armagh.
who died recently, was venerated alike
py Protestant and Catholic. AS a /
tribute Of respect to his memory the
Armagh Harriers suspended their
meeting for the week, and at the fu
neral Protestants mingled with Catho
]ics, one of the mourners being Arch
bishop Knox, the Protestant Primate.
The school board of the diocese of
Detroit has formulated an admirable
set Of rules-all made in the best inter
est of the pupils. We notice that
particular attention is paid in the De
troit schools to the art Of spelling, Out
of ten pupils OF most schools. SEVEN
murder the English language. Parents
should see to this. We congratulate |