The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
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: : THE CATHOLIC WORLD.
1t is rumored that Omaha is to b
made an Archdiocese.

1t is rumored that Omaha is to b
made an Archdiocese.
The late Cardinal Mazzella was the
He was a theologfan, and the author
of a classic on the Church. He was
at one time a. professor at WOODSTOCK
College, but during the latter years o.
his life resided permanently at Rome.
foremost member of the Jesuit order
The traditional resting place Of the
remains of Ireland's patron saint, al
DoWnpatriclz. has recently been covered
with a huge memorial stone, weighing
about seven tons, taken from the noun
tain side of Slieve-na-Largie. On the
upper surface is carved an Irish cross
with the name "Patric" in Irish char
acters Of the ancient Celtic form
Captain Mckinley, a first cousin OF
the President, was married in the IN
naculate Conception Cathedral Of Den
yer, Colo to Miss Regina Quigley OF
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind Captain Mckinney
has since become a convert 20 the
Church. He has contemplated becoIn-
ing d Catholic for some years. ana the
matter was finally settled after MS
marriage TO Miss Quigley.
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AT a meeting of the friends and ad-
. anirers of the late Rev. DR.. McGlynh,
held in Worcester, Mass. is was ueciueu
to hold a memorial service in that city
on April Is. 1t is understood tnat the
speakers will be William Lloyd Gar
rison of Boston, and Rev. Fathers
Ducy and Burtsell of New York. Inc
memorial will be in the nature OF
tribute from the Single Tax men ana
not from a Catholic standpoint.
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A religious census has been taken
of the City of Philadelphia Inc Inc
work was done thoroughly, and 4.oVo
enumerators were employed. GIVING
five TO every Catholic family ana -FOUR
TO every Protestant. the result is as
follows: Catholics, 1866; Methodlsts'
49,. SO4: Episcopalians, 103,,Sl2; Prssoy-
terians 102 $50; Baptists, lOO.i4S; Lu-
therans 7130S. This shows that Arch-
bishop Ryan presides over one OF the
greatest Catholic centers IN the world
A Rome correspondent writes: The
Osservatore and Voce report the gen
erous words of that most Protesldhl
of Monarchs, the German Emperor
when visiting the newly-restored Ben
edictine Abbey of St. Mary Laach. u
that great Order, which has merlted
so well Of civilization, and sun merits !
so well of the Church, he said: W mere
ever Christian virtue is found, and
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there are found also the traces Oh INC
order of St. Benedict"
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1t is now settled that Archbishop
Ireland will deliver the dedicatory au-
dress at the unwilling of the LatayetIe
monument at Paris on July i. Inc au-
dress will be spoken in French ana VIII
be non-religious in character. AmpaS-
sador Porter will act as president, ana |
the other American ambassadors IN |
Europe as vice presidents. Commls- |
eioner General Peck viii make the ad- |
dress of presentation to France, ana /
Mr.. Frank j. Thompson, secretary OF |
the Lafayette monument. committee TO |
the exposition, viii speak on behalt OF |
the school children. and the monument
will be unveiled by forty-seven AmeTf-
can girls who will pull tri-cOlored cords
simultaneously.
Archbishop Kahn, the energetic met
ropoIitan of St. Louis. knows how TO
tell a good story in introducing Arch
bishop Keane to a St. Louis audience
recently he related how he and the for
mer rector of the Catholic university
while in college together, had been
named the two canes, and how their
fellow students had resolved this title
into ''the two sticks" Carrying this
smile further. he remarked that he
had heard himself compared to a hiclk-
DRY cane. while his grace Of Damascus
had at the same time been likened to a
sugar cane.
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The Cleveland Universe makes note of
the fact that in Springfield, O., where
there are 10I5 Catholic families and
about 10000 families of all other de-
the total number of births
in 1899 was rs. OF these 216
were reported from Catholic families.
The birth rate for Catholic families J
was one for every five, while for the :
of the population it was one
for every twenty. In commenting upon ! {
the statistics the health officer of I
Springfield says that such conditions /
result in the downfall Of nations" In
many sections of New England the !
figures are more startling than those T
from Ohio.
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A religious census of New Haven, !
Conn. undertaken by a Protestant So s
ciety, shqxS that the Catholics. are far
in the lead. The number of Catholics t
is set down as 1890 in a. total popula- !
ton of 96.9Sl. The most populous Pro- {
testant sect is the Congregational, I
which boasts l4.196. 1t is a noteworthy l
fact that while the figures for the COM y
bined SectS Of PrOtestants is about 500 4
more than those given for the Catholics.
Yet the latter lead in churchgoing mem
bers by over 1000. There are more \
foreigners than native born in the city. Q
and of the immigrants nearly one-half +
are Irish.
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The appointment Of Very Rev. Denis =
ODOnoghue as auxiliary bishop of In .
breaks the line of French
bishops that has ruled the diocese since
is establishment, and he will also be
Indiana's first bishop from among the :
people The appointment, however. does q
lot necessarily imply that he win be !
he next bishop Of Indianapolis. as the ,
Papal brief dies not give him the right .
u succession. which some auxiliaries
'njoy. Father O'Donoghue received
he appointment at the personal request -
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