Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-03

Tomorrow being the first Sunday of
the month, the usual monthly Rosary
procession will take place at the Domin-
lean church at 1880 in the evening. There
will also be vespers and short instruc-
ton.
Rev. Father Logan informs us that the
St. Louis Bertrand parish school will open
for the season on Monday. Everything
has been done that will add to the COM
fort and convenience of the children who
will attend.
New boilers have been placed in the
boiler room of the Dominican church at
an expenditure of $500. The usual month
ly collection taken on the first Sunday at
every month will this time be used to-
ward defraying this expense.
All the parochial schools in the city
will open next Monday, Sept. 5. The
children have been busy this week hunt
ing out their books preparatory to start
ing in. The prospects are for an in
creased attendance everywhere.
In place of the church that was blown
down by the tornado in 1896 in St. Louis
the congregation of St. Francis de Sales
is erecting building which will be prac-
tically indestructible and will have the
tallest spire in the country. The build
ing will cost 1925, 900, and the steel rod
on the weather vane will be 1873 feet from
the ground.
Archbishop Keane, former rector of
the Catholic University at Washington,
now of St. Louis, and Archbishop Lam
gevin, of Manitoba, have returned from
a trip to Europe. They had an audience
with the Pope, and Archbishop Langevin
said His Holiness differed very little in
appearance from what he did twenty
years ago.
Cardinal Gibbons was visitor at the
summer school at Cliff Haven, N. ",
last week, and was very much pleased
with what he saw there. 1t was his first
visit, bet he said il would not be his last.
He was accompanied by Bishop Foley, of
Detroit. They were given reception,
and when they left the students gathered
at the station and sang all American pa
triotic songs. Bishop Foley accompa-
MED the Cardinal to New York.
The Vatican at Rome is to be lighted
by electricity. This is an innovation
which will add much to the comfort of
those inhabiting it and to the beauty of
the interior. Pope Leo XIII. has done
much toward improving the Vatican, one
thing being the heating Of the whole
palace so that the long draughty corri-
doris are comfortable on the coolest,
bleakest days. This was done at the in
stigation of his physician. He has also
restored some of those marvelously beau
tiful hangings and walls.
The frescoing and refurnishing the in
terror of the Cathedral of the Assump-
ton was begun last Monday. The work
is TO be done by Lieber Bros. and will
take several months New windows are
also to be put in, donations of FIVE hav-
ing already been received and the others
expected at once. Those who have al
ready signifed their willingness are Miss
Maggie Judge two, and one each from
Mrs. Kitzero, Mrs. d. d. Hays and DIR.
Ouchterlony. When these repairs are all
completed the building will be one of
the finest churches in the country, the
architecture being unsurpassed.
One of the new books ON the market is
"Jerome Savonarola," by the Rev. ]. L.
O'Neil. This famous Dominican, whose
fourth centenary the world is now cele-
brating, has been very much discussed,
many making him a forerunner of the
Reformation, thus seeing in him only
well-meaning son of the Catholic church.
Father O'Neil has in this work shown us
the true inwardness of the mans charac-
ter as deduced from his own writings
found after his death. Apart from its
intrinsic worth and the interest in the
subject treated, the book will be much
appreciated here on account of its we'll
known author, Father O'Neil having
been stationed here at the Dominican
church for some time, where he founded
the Aquinas Union. He is also we'll
known as the founder and editor of the
Rosary Magazine. which position he only
recently resigned on account of i'll health.
The book is written in his usual enter
tanning style and will no doubt meet
with ready sale.
The Holy Name Societies of the vari-
GUS churches in Brooklyn, N. Y, held
their annual reunion recently. The so
cieties met at their respective halls and
marched to where the convention was
held. 1t was very edifying to see such
large body of men all banded together
for the sole purpose of suppressing pro-
family as far as it lay in their power. The
societies in Brooklyn are on the increase,
as each member tries to secure at least
one other member during the year. As
one passes along the streets he can not
help but note the increase in profanity
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