The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-23
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Among the measures which have
passed the Legislature of the State of
Maryland is the report of the joint COM
mittee of the House and Senate, provid-
ing for the c~elebraticn of the two hum
dred and Hftieth anniversary of the pass
age of the Maryland Act of Religious
liberation. The report provided for the
appointment by the President of the Sem
ate and Speaker of the house of a per-
manent committee to take charge OF the
programme of proceeding, and declared
that the anniversary celebration should
lake place at Annapolis on April II, 1879.
The settlement OF Annapolis was coeval
with the passage of the act. The COM
mittee nay be appointed at any time
after the adjournment. The city of Bal
timore and all the cities and counties of
the State are invited to take part in
the celebration. Col. John r. Rouzer
and Senator Williamson the Senate com-
The Roman Catholics of Manitoba
have decided to acquiesce in he Laurier
settlement of the school question. The
Roman Catholic schools will be placed
under the care of the trustees under the
general law. and will become govern
mert schools, entitled according to the
work they do to a share in the govern
inent funds,
The Catholic summer School at Cliff
Haven, on the shore of Lake Champlain,
is TO make two innovations this year. One
of these is the devotion of several days
to the subject of diocesan charities. with
the working of charitable institutions I'M
der the laws of certain States. The other
Is to giving up of a whole week to the
Women The latter is done on account of
the interest aroused by the new associa-
ton of graduates from women's schools.
There are to be lectures for the first time
this year by women on art, law, litera-
ture and history, and all the religious or
ders of women in the Roman Catholic
Church in the United tSates will be well
rpnreSantFd The date is .1TlY 10 and cOy-
erirg a period of seven weeks.
Cardinal Gibbons attended the funeral
services of Cardinal Taschereau at Que-
bee, last Tuesday.
Archbishop Corrigan laid the corner
stone of a lei church at Amsterdam ave-
rue and Ninety-sixth street, New York,
last Sunday. 1t will be known as the
Church Of the Holy Name of Jesus, and
will be 150xS1 feet.
The diocese of Brooklyn has lost one of
its most talented priests in the person of
The Rev. James H. Mitchell, who sue
cumbed to pneumonia last Sunday. He
years in the priesthood, and was only APP
pointed pastor of st. Stephens three
The Sisters of Charity of New York
State, whose headquarters are at Mount
st. MISREPRESENTATION are prepared
dreds of members of the order to serve
as nurses, should their services be needed.
They rendered excellent service in this
capacity during the Civil War.
May 4 Will be a red letter day in the
history of st. Patrick's Cathedral, New
York. Archbishop Corrigan will cele-
brate on that day the t~wenty-fifth anni-
versary of his elevation to the episcopacy,
and the priests of New York and else
where will, it is said be present in ex-
t~ra0rdinary numbers. The priests of the
diocese have arranged, by private SUBJ
scription, to cancel the debt on Dunwoodie
Seminary, In honor of the event. Dun
woodie was founded and to a large ex-
tent maintained by the Archbishop, who
his entire private fortune to it, and
this gift, it is thought, will be one of the
most acceptable of all. On May 5 the
Metropolitan Opera House will be the
scene of the peoples congratulations,
which from all appearances, will not be
to Catholics. Many non-Catho-
lies have signified a desire to take part,
and they will undoubtedly be made well
and allowed to show the esteem in
which the Archbishop is held by all in
New York.
Work on the Newark Cathedral is now
going on. From all over the diocese
word comes that the annual subscription
will be paid on time to prevent any delay
in the work. 5000 600 is the amount need
ed every year. and from the way the pro-
graHme has been mapped out by the able
assistants of the Bishop there is no Ian
ger of any ~defaulting.