The morning call., 1890-10-11
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
Items of Interest From the DIFF.
ferent Churches.
New Places Of Worship Being Erected on the
Coast-A Solemn IT dunn ct the
Church of Notrs Dame.

The eighty-first annual meeting OF the
American Board Of Commissioners for For
eign Missions will be held in Plymouth Con-
gregational Church. Minneap oils, beginning
October Sth and ending October 18th.
The one hundred and seventh annual con-
vention of the Episcopal churches OF the
diocese Of New York opened in the Church
of the Holy Trinity September oath.
The next annual meeting of the American
Missionary Association will be held in North
ampton, Mass, commencing Tuesday after
noon, October Dist.
Tie Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
sions has called home TO this country the
Rev. j. NJ. Allis of Santiago to present the
pressing need of a college building for the
higher education of boys in Chile.
A prominent leader in the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Centerville, Mich, has
been expelled from the church for going on
the bond of q saloon-keeper.
Work will be begun shortly upon st.
Mary's Chapel, on Hilbert street, between
Fillmore and Steiner, in this city. The
plans show very pretty and churchly
building. The chapel is a mission of st.
Luke's Episcopal Church, and will be under
the immediate charge of the Rev. W. ".
Bolton, assistant minister of the parish. 1t
will be ready for service before Christmas.
The Memorial Church, South San Fran
cisco. held lis quarterly communion service
last Sunday. Six persons were publicly re-
ceived into church membership, five on pro-
fessiou and one by letter. This makes
twenty-five received this year, fifteen on
profession, ten by letter. more than doubling
Tie actual membership of the church.
The Chinese Government has recently in
IDENTIFIED the Presbyterian Board (Northern),
TOD b. ~ of ,Nr.ar hon md Hpll fnr
property destroyed by a mob in 1885, in the
Province of Kwong Sal. China.
The new building for st. Marks Epis-
copal Church, Portland, is progressing
rapidly under the supervision OF the rector,
Mr.. McEwan. 1t is expected that it will be
ready for occupancy early in the winter.
Through the generosity of Mrs. Betsy
Valentine and Mr.. johnson, members of
Grace Parish. this city, handsome set of
furniture has been placed in the Bishops
rooms in the Diocesan House.
Rev. DR.. j. w. Scott of Washington, ID.
c., who is 81 Years old, and the father-in-law
of President Harrison, recently took part in
the communion services of the East Liberty
Church. Pittsburg, Pa.
The Dallas Oregon Presbyterian Church,
Rev. 5. ID. Fulton pastor, was organized last
fall, but only secured the services of n min
lister last June. Services are held in the
City Hall, and are largely attended. Five
members have been recently added. A
Sunday-sehool and Y p S. &. Z. were es-
tablished, and two lots were secured on
which to begin building in the spring.
The Woman'S Christian Temperance
Union will hold its State Convention at
Stockton, October Goth and oath. The
Southern Pacific and San Francisco and
North Pacific railways grant one and one
third fares to all attendants ut the conven-
ton. The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany grant one-half fare on return tickets
The lines Of MppIOcinn n q 81
era counties grant one-half fares on pre-
sentation of credentials.
BY the will of the late Mrs. Frances
Bfownell Holland of Hartford, Conn, the
sum Of 100000 is devised to the proposed
Episcopal Cathedral of New York City.
Mrs Holland was daughter of Bishop
Brownel.
A wealthy Greek, Demetrius Tzani Shi-
ippi, has given two million francs for the
erection Of Greek church in Paris. Hith.
erto the one thousand aud more Helleues
living in the French capital were compelled
to worship in the Russian chapel.
CATHOLIC NOTES.
Rev. Joseph Northman of the Cathedral
at Portland. Oregon, has gone to st. Louis,
Mo-, his native place. for a visit.
The new orphan asylum at Spokane Falls
is nearly finished and toward the end of the
week the Sisters of the Good Shepherd will
take charge of it.
A grand fair in aid of the Sisters Orphan
Asylum, Los Angeles, will open at the new
ArmOry Hall on the 18th inst.
The oldest teacher of Catholic girls in
America is Mother Seton of the New York
Convent of Mercy, who is over 80. Her
father died in 1900. Her mother, n con vert
founded the Order of Sisters Of Charity at
Emmittsburg, Md.
The corner stone of the new academy of
the Sisters Of the Holy Names at Spokane
Falls, Washington, was laid on Sunday, the
18th ult., by Rev. Father Van Goip. S. j.
Rev. Peter Hevey, pastor of st. Mary's
French Catholic Church at Manchester, n.
H., has been appointed Prothonoiary Apos-
tolic by the Pope. 1t is the first time the