The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-11-25
THE CATHOLIC WORLD
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Sir George White, commander of the
British forces in South Africa, was
born in County Antrim, Ireland.
The Westminster Gazette states that
Miss Adeline Sergeant. the novelist,
has become a Catholic, 1t appears she
was confirmed by Cardinal Vaughn in
his private chapel on Friday, the 9th
ult. She is one of the first converts of
Father Maturin.
The diocese of Brooklyn lost two of
its priests by death last week-the Rev.
Thomas E. Cumiskey. assistant pastor
of st. Malachy's church, Van Siclen and
Atlantic avenues, and the Rev John
Crimmins, assistant pastor of st. Tere-
sa,s church, Classon avenue and Ster-
ling place.
The Right Rev Monsignor Nicholas
-CantWell. vicar general of the archdio-
cese of Philadelphia, and rector emer-
titus of St Philip Neri's church, Queen
street, below Third, died at the rectory
adjoining the church early on Nov 8.
The venerable pastor was in his S7th
year. and had been connected with ST
Philips church as rector and rector
emeritus for fifty-fve years.
York has received a letter from Father
Craft describing the funeral of Rev.
Mother Mary Anthony, assistant gen.
eral of the congregation of American
Indian Sisters. She died on Sunday,
Oct. 10, while attending services in the
chapel at Pinar del Rio, Cuba. She was
buried Oct II by United States sol
diers.
o.
Funston is hurrying back to Manila,
and is troubled only at the thought that
perhaps the war may be over before he
arrives there. Well, a new country has
been taken possession of since he left,
and there are many churches still I'M
touched by the hand of the looter. Mrs.
Funston may need a change of petit
coats.-Father Phelan in the Western
Waterman of st. Louis.
&C. S. Gleed, senior member of the
law firm of Gleed, Ware & Gleed. of To-
peka Kan" according to the Catholic
Citizen states that his firm had re-
ceived absolutely no intimation from
General Funston of any purpose to be-
gin any legal proceedings against Arch
bishop Ireland. Mr.. Gleed said that he
had simply received a personal tele-
gram from General Funston requesting
him to ascertain if Archbishop Ire
land had been correctly quoted"
German Catholic papers all enjoy
large calculations and all make money,
dull and stupid as most of them are,
says the Western Waterman. The
reason is, the German priests support
them by urging their people. to sub
scribe for them. They know that after
the parish school they are the greatest
proofs of the German tongue. The vast /
majority of English-speaking priests !
would not worry if a Catholic paper |
never entered their parishes.
President Hadley is man of the
lour," says the Catholic Transcript I
'Ritualistic services were to signahze !
lis advent to Yale. The plan miScar-
led, indeed, but the fact is not robbed !
# it's significance. The worship of the |
'uture is to be according TO fixed forms
The tendency is toward ritualism, and
Yale cannot call halt for a long time
wen within her own walls. But behind
III this is the great question:: What /
s a ritual without sacrificial wor-
ship? 1t is like faith and works with
nut charity
The Rev. Dr. David G. Wylie the
,asOtr of the Scotch Presbyterian
hurch in New York, at the weekly
OIL the presbyterian Minister'S
Uttered a warm eulogy of the Catholic
hurch. Newspaper reports say that it
lmost took the breath away from some
f the old-fashioned Calvinists. but in
General was well received. and Dr. Wy
lie was thanked for his paper, the title
f which was. THE Services of the Ro-
nan Catholic Church to American Civ
lization.' 1t was the same which DR..
Vylie read some time ago before the
ministers of Philadelphia.
nd was the fruit of much historical
esearch.
In his PASTORAL letter to his clergy
n the jubilee of the Ammo Santo. MGR
soard, Bishop of Annecy. protests
gainst the systematic disregard of the
lights of French Catholics by success
i've governments in France during the
ast twenty years. He says that in the
uestions of administration. great and (,
mall, those in office, from the lowest
D the highest, when dealing with Cath
lies adopt an exastly opposite line
conduct to the one they would adopt
dealing with non-Catholics. There
J, he says, mo kind of outrage or
lasphemy that has not been proffered
gainst our Holy Faith Until within
ne last few months those in power
themselves With tolerating [