The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-11-18

member of the c.. B. L., the Knights of
Columbus and the Royal Arcanums,
.
Referring to the charges made against
the FriaTs in the Philippines. General
Wheeler writes The Frlars and
Priests are charged with all AJrts of
expressions and misdemanOrs. But
it must be remembered that F'riars and
Priests are numerous, and in so large
a body there will be found every pos
sible phase of character and DISPOSE
ton. Some of them are no doubt OPP
pressors of the people, eXacting in the
collection of rentals from the land, IN
dulging themselves in many ways, and
lead lives different from what should
characterize the life of a Priest; but
there are many good men among
Them
Speaking of Mrs Shepherds visit to
Hartford the Boston Republic said:
THE notorious Shepherd woman is
booked to lecture this week, but her
4 audience promises to be slim, for three
iof the leading dailies and the local
Catholic paper have fully exposed her
unsavory character. The escaped nun,
however, appears to have experienced
no difficulty in hiring from one of the
Protestant religious organizations hall
in which TO ventilate her lies and lewd-
ness
A New Haven paper recently gave
! prominence to the assumption that St.
Paul was never in Rome. This weak
! and exploded contention is indirectly
refuted by Father Barnes, a convert,
who has been studying at the college
attached to the English college for An
| glican Clergymen, and who left Rome
on being ordained priest. He claims to
have discovered the burial place of ST.
| Peter. which, UP to now, has not been
definitely known. He is publishing a
volume on the subject, which will be
studied carefully by all archaeolegists
to see if he makes good his claim.
The Sisters of the Congregation of
Notre Dame, Montreal, are sending to
the Paris exposition a beautiful exhibit
i of work collected from the 112 converts
! of their order in Canada and the United
States. The work is collected in seven
teen large books, covering the whole
range of school subjects. One is devot-
ed to specimens of needlework, from the
simplest to the most intricate and ar
tistic. There is besides a fine collec-
| ton of Canadian plants $50 varieties,
prepared by the pupils of Villa Marie,
Montreal, and beautifully bound vol
ume of Illuminated designs, representing
scenes in the life of the Venerable Mar
garet Bourgeoys. founder of the order
o.
Colonel Otter who goes with the
Canadian contingent to fight against
the Beers, has a record as a commander
in the Queens Own when that valiant
body of warriors opposed the Feniars
in 1856. The record says that he was
at the head of his command" on that
occasion, says The Boston Pilot. In
asmuch as his command distinguished
itself mainly by sprinting to the rear
before the advance of the Fenians,
Colonel Otter and his Canuck regiment
may be expected TO be heard from in
the vicinity of the south pole when
Dom Paul and his men advance upon
Cape Town.
The Hartford Courant thinks that
Archbishop Chappelle does not go to
Manila on a mission foredoomed to
failure. 1t says: 1T is not at all i'm
possible that the mission of Arch.
bishop Chappelle to the Philippines, as
personal Representative and delegate
of the Pope, may accomplish more in
the way of tranquilizing the natives
and reconciling them to the new
order of things than the winning of
many paddy-feld skirmishes. In spite
of his French name and blood, people
who knew the Archbishop of New
Orleans when he was as yet only
Ether Chappelle of ST Matthew's,
Washington, say there's no discount on
his AnericaniSm.
Here are some statistics of interest:
There are 1880 priests in Spain to
population of 100000 Catholics Tor
one Priest to 500 Catholics); AZ, S49
Priests in France to a population of
80, 000,0 Catholics Tor one Priest to $50
Catholics): 1850 Priests in Italy to a
population of S,450.000 Cor one Priest
to $40 Italians); whereas, in the United
States there are only so Italian Priests
to $4,000 Italians Tor one Priest to
u 600 Italians). There are 55,26S Cath
Ole Churches in Italy, or one Church
to every 500 Italians. In the United
States there is scarcely one Italian
Church to $4,000 Italians.
.
Father Phelan thus disposes of one
of the ecclesiastical platitudes of the
period: God forgive Archbishop Ire
land for introducing that phrase: per
sonal initiative 1t is being hobby !
horsed to death by men who never !
We're guilty of an original thought and !
never accomplished any one good thing |
in their lives. Only lazy thinkers and |
indolent workers find impeachment in |
the teachings and practices of the
Church Mother Seton did not lack
personal initiative, and she founded
the Sisters of Charity. Father Nerfux /
did not lack personal initiative, and he I
founded the Sisters of Loretto Mother |
Drexel did not lack personal initiative, |
and she founded the Order of the |
Blessed Sacrament. Father Drnmgool /
did not lack personal initiative, and ne 7
established the Mission of Castle I
Garden. Siliman Ives did not lack per-
sonal initiative, and he established the