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that the government would some day
lament the storm of bigotry to which it
basely yielded when it closed the Cath
Ole Indian schools.
There is not Catholic in McKinley's
new Philippine commission. But Arch
bishop Chapelle is there, and he will
make it very difficult for the Commits
sion to misrepresent the Church in
those parts.
The Catholic diocese that contains the
smallest number of priests, churches
and Catholics is that of Alaska, in
which there are only thirteen priests,
Eve churches, five chapels, four par
ishes with schools, two charitable instt-
tutions and 1000 Catholic population.
Rev. Father Stafford responded to
the toast The Spirit of 1776' at the
banquet of the Loyal Legion in the Ma
tional Rifles Armory in Washington,
D. c., on February %. President Nc
Kinley was present and afterwards
complimented DR.. Stafford on his ad-
dress.
In a letter written to Father AIKEN of
Helena, Mont. from Vienna, Jan. Is,
Bishop John B. Brondel says he ex-
pected then to leave soon for Flanders,
from where. after a visit of several
weeks, he will start for home The
bishop is supposed to be now at Bruges,
his birthplace
The Catholic winter school of Amer
lea is now in session in New Orleans,
, La. An attractive course of lectures
is in progress, among the names on the
programme being Rev Thomas T. Nc
Loughin, Henry Austin Adams, Pro-
| fessor Austin OEMalley, Rev. Albert
/ Brewer, S. ]. and Mrs. Bertha Kuntz
Baker.
A Berlin dispatch states that the up
per house of the Baden Diet has passed
! the bill readmitting all religious orders
to the territory of the grand duchy.
| The passage of this measure probably
marks the close of a fierce agitation
which has troubled the grand duchy
ever since the imperial law of 1873 was
put into force.
The Sacred Heart Review thinks that
the refusal of the Harvard faculty to
recognize the diplomas of Catholic col
leges will be a hardship for many young
men of the vicinity of Boston, who
would study law or medicine at the
university after making their classical
studies at Boston colleges.
Philadelphia has just passed the !
twenty-fifth anniversary of the raising |
of the diocese to an archdiocese, but !
there was not public celebration of the |
event. Archbishop Ryan being absent /,
from the city. The Philadelphia see |
was formed on April S, 1903, by decree !
of Pope Plus VI from the diocese of |
Baltimore. which Their embraced the |
whole territory of the United States.
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The Jesuit Fathers are the latest to
branch out into the non-Catholic field. .
Last week an experimental mission to .
outsiders was given in st. Francis Xa-
vier's college hall, New York City. 1t
was such a success that the fathers are
likely to go into the work in earnest.
Rev. Henry Van Rensselaer, conducted
the mission, and at the end of it TWEEN
ty-fiye inquirers handed in their names
for further instruction.
During the past five years Mary An
derson has spent much time in study
ing music 1t is said by those who
have heard her sing recently that her
voice would cause a sensation in the
singing world, as her acting did on the
dramatic stage. But she sings only for
her Tony as she calls Mr.. Navarro,
and occasionally for the village folk at
a concert. Even during the past year
Mary Anderson has received many
tempting offers of professional engage
ments. She is most emphatic in her
refusals.
The union of hearts of the members
of the League with the Sacred Heart
makes them most powerful. If they
could only realize fully what this union
means, what strength and confidence
they would have. They would fear
neither the world, the flesh nor the
devil. They would ask with utter con-
fdence for all their spiritual and tenn
poral needs. They would cease from all
vided for them. He that watches over
the sparrow will not forget the least of
His children.
The mystified Catholic is unable to
decide from a distance whether the
Boer is his friend or enemy. Reports
differ But if that biological law,
known as heredity, has not woefully .
under the southern sun,
dulge an absorbing love for the hapless I
Papist. They are the only Orange men
of simon pure blood now living. Thus !
the South African conflict is in some :
sense fratricidal and the Pope is but :
to practice the sublime coun-
sci of the Sermon on the Mount when 6
he prays for peace. t
Father Didacus Ruttlander of ST. 7
Augustines monastery, Pittsburg, Pa, +
dropped dead last week while admins ;
-ering spiritual advice and aid to a sick ;
member Of st. Augustine's parish. He 8
was in the best of health when he left o
he monastery to visit the sick. He c
walked briskly to the home of Valen- 7
Inc Speth of Lawrence street to hear =
he latters confession. The priest en- Y
erred tn, ok mans room when he sud-
lenly tuI ed deathly pale. He stag 6
gered to a chair and instantly became .
unconscious. When a physician arriv- n
ID he was dead. Heart disease is at o
ributed as the cause. +
A short time ago the youngest maid Z
# Honor" to Queen Victoria was re- +
.eived in to the church. She was the 9
laughter of Lord Arlington, and her =
husband was attached to the court of p
Greece There were many circum- n
tances about her conversion that went T
o show that the finger of God LED her n
n a most remarkable way into the n
church. Not the least of these !,
vas her untimely demise. Her death 8
vas quite sudden. 1t occurred at the G
ice regal Lodge, Dublin Castle. while ~
n visit to the Lord Lieutenant Her Ie
eception into the church was Leauti- G.
III preparation for her sudden though y
ot unprovided death. h
Monsignor Sbarreti, the newly ap- ~
ointed Bishop of Havana has appoint II
d a Cuban priest as his secretary. -
.lready the opposition to the new ~
Bishop seems to be evaporating The
ast meeting held to further a mani =,
aatation against him turned out to be -
fzzle The speakers who had been 9,
cry bitter against him before his COM -
lg said they liked his appearance and VI