The Irish standard., 1888-03-17
CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Tenn. Is going 10 D3ll0 SbU,UOV
church.
The Sisters of Notre Dame in Santa
Clara, Cal, are about to erect an addi-
ton to their convent.
Rev. Father Golding, S. j., has been
transferred from St. Peters College,
Jersey City, to Woodstock, Ind.
At last accounts Rev. P. P. Kehoe,
of the Columbus diocese, was in Paris,
on his way to southern France.
Father Sullivan, of Sheldon, Iowa,
will establish q Catholic school at that
place as soon as the spring opens.
The Rev. Father Quinn, of Dixon,
will be the assistant of Father Barrett
at St. Stephens Church. Chicago,
Rev. II. F. Kelly. of Davenport, Ia,
was the guest the other week Of st. Jo-
seph's parsonage, Somerville, Mass.
The Rev. Father Kempe, recently Or
dained, has been appointed an assistant
pastor of St. Paul's Church, Chicago.
Father Murphy, s. j., Of Boston, is
compiling a list Of Irish martyrs for
the faith. The roll already foots up
over 500.
Right Rev. Abbot Leo Haid, Bishop
elect of North Carolina, dedicated re-
Gently the first Catholic church for ne
groes in North Carolina.
by special decree the Pope has
granted Plenary indulgence once
month to those who recite each day the
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin.
Archbishop Corrlgan ordained the
Rev. Thomas J. Cullen as a priest OF
the Paulist Order, recently, in the
church Of St. Paul, on Ninth avenue.
The HoIy Father the week before
last sent special blessing to John
FITZGERALD, OF Lincoln, Neb. Does
this act show Pope Leo down on Home
Rule
Statistics show that we have 1872 COO
churches. $4,000 ministers and IS 00o,~
900 members in the United States.
nearly ont.-llalf OF which belongs to the
Catholic Church.
The new Bishop of Harrisburg, Pa,
Right Rev. Thomas McGovern, D. D.,
until now pastor OF Danvi(le, was con-
secrated IN the pro Cathedral OF his See
Sunday, March IL.
The Chinese translation Of ths word
ssPrCtestant" amounts in effect TO
contradictory. So that the Protest
ant Episcopal Church becomes the
a'Churcn of the Contradictory Bishops. F"
Not bad tor China
The Most Rev DR.. iIealy, Coadjutor
Bishop Of Clonfert, is of opinion that
the weight Of authority. as we'll as ehe
weight of evidence, is entirely in favor
OF The Irish origin Of St. Cuthbert,
Bishop Of Ijndisfarne.
The Catholics in the southern part OF
Palo Alto county, Iowa, have decided
to build a church in that peighborhood.
A meeting was held at Curlew the
other day for the purpose of deciding,
by a majority vote, whether the church
will be located at Curlew or Mallard.
The Marquis of Butte las made CUB
]ic bis intention of building a church
for the Catholics of Rothes " iii Scot
land. 1t lis estimated that the new edi--
ice will cost $50, 900. The ages OF the
faith are returning. We love to chron-
icle these events, in the fond hope that
herois; examples may fad worthy i1nl-
tatcrs among us.
There is much gossip ia Paris about
the decree OF the Vatican annnlling the
marriage Of the Count and Countess
Xtnovski. The lady is Il daughter Of
Marshal i'eliister, one OF the heroes OF
Sebastopol Napoleon ana the Impress
Eugenie We're her haptismal sponsors.
Ner III other was the daughter OF
Spanish Marquis.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Gl]mour, OF
Cleveland, OHIO, has authorized the er-
ection Of handsome brick church ut
Crestllne, Olio, the Rev, c. Trieber,
rector, The building, according to the
plans submitted, will be 81 feet wide
and Al feet long, surnounved by well
proportioned spire. Estimated cost,
exclusive Of interior finish, will Sl3 600
The Refinement of the bones found
in q stone coffin Of the crypt OF Canter-
bury Cathedral, and reported to be the
remains of st. Thomas Beckett, took.
place on Monday, February 18th. They
were laid in an elm she'll made to 1T che
stone coffin, and re buried exactly
where they were found-]n the chapel
of the saint, and close to the spot
where his body was originally deposit
ed.
The Salesian Fathers have just
~o,., ot Ton1nn tha first house OF