The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-28

| Inc selection OF venerable rather
DeshOn as preacher at the dedication of
the Catholic chapel, West Point, re-
Gently was singularly appropriate. AS
he stood before the congregation. every
inch still a soldier despite his nigh 80
years. and INDUCED in West Point rem
! iniscences when cadet and roommate
of Grants in the famous institution,
sixty years ago, he won all hearts, es
pecially those of the cadets and officers
/ who formed a large part of his audi
| ence.
The bishops of Ireland met at
Maynooth on June 20 to consider the
present needs of Ireland. Cardinal
| Logue presided. The bishops urged on
| the government the claims of Catholic
Ireland to have a Catholic university,
and also warmly advocated the di
vision among small holders of the I'M
cultivated grass land of Ireland and the
granting of bi-lingual education inf
Irish-speaking districts.
AT Syracuse the other day. according
to the Catholic Sun, the last person to
present herself for confirmation was
Miss Mildred Lyman, who is a recent
convert to the faith. She was baptized
on Saturday, made her confession that
evening, approached holy communion
on Sunday morning, received confrma
ton Sunday afternoon and was mar
ried on Thursday noon to Dennis Nc
Carthy, ir., by the Rev. William F.
Dougherty.
James j. Neville of the Evening Tele
gram, who attended the recent national
Democratic convention in Kansas City.
says the best and most charming piece
of elocution heard at the entire conven-
ton was the opening prayer by Bishop
Glennon. the Catholic Bishop of that
city. says the Syracuse Sun. He and
Webster Davis were the only two men
whose voices could penetrate the vast
auditorium which seated $4,000 people.
The Bishops elOquence made such an
impression on Mr.. Neville that he
went that evening to the Catholic
cathedral where the Bishop addressed
the knights of Columbus.
The little city of Jasper, the capital
of Dubois county, Ind, has church
structure which is so large that almost
anyone of the Indianapolis churches
could be placed inside-steeple and all.
Though this great edifice cost one-tenth
as much as the state house, it was built
by the Catholics of one of the smaller
counties in Indiana, and today it
stands without a single cent of indebt-
edness against it. Three years after
the civil war closed, Father Fidelis
Maute began the erection of st.
Josephs. On Sept. IA, 1868, Bishop St.
Palais laid the corner stone. After the
death of Father Maute the work was
taken up by Father Basil Heusler, who
expects to complete the structure in
1905. when thirty-seven years of con-.
tinuous work will have been occupied |
in it's erection. Except for the orna-
the materials used in the
construction of st. Joseph's were pre- |
pared and put in place by members of |
the congregation, who for three de- |
cades have been making sacrifices of all |
kinds to realize the ambition OF their /
lives! Besides the vast amount of labor
$4,000 in cash has been /
raised; between $3.50 and $4,000 more |
will be necessary to complete the work. |
One of the important results of the |
recent chapter of the congregation of /
the Holy Cross held at Notre Dame, |
Ind has been the establishment of /
missionary corps for the United States.
This step has been in contemplation for
some time. owing to the frequent de-
mands made upon the congregation for
missions and it was believed thai the /
jubilee year offered a favorable oppor-
tunity for the establishment of the
work on a more extensive and perman-
ent basis. Rev. P. j. Franciscus, G.. 5.
c.. who has been for a number of years
rector of the Holy Cross College at the
Catholic University, Washington, D. c.,
and who is widely known as the
ologian and scholar. has been appoint
ed superior of the missions He will be
assisted by Rev. p. P. Klein, G. S. c.,
who has been engaged in the work for
several years past, and is recognized as
pulpit orator of exceptional power,
and bv Rev. Peter Lauth. c.. S. c., late
pastor of the Sacred Heart Church.
Notre Dame.
1t has been decided to remove the
body of Rev. Eugene O'Growney from
Los Angeles to Ireland. Rev. Father
O'Growney was one of the ableSt and
most enthusiastic students of Gaelic in
he present generation. The movement
'or transferring his remains was start
I'd by the Gaelic societies of New York
Who some time ago began the collection
If fund to defray the expense of the
At first Rev. Father
} 'Growney's relatives in ireland on
posed the idea, as they believed it was
lis wish to rest alone and obscure in a
Instant part of the world. But his sis
er, who is a nun in Mullingar (coun-
y Westmeath) convent, has at length
given her consent to the removal. The
Iaelic League of America will have
harge of the undertaking and official
.ction will be taken in the near future
" the national officers of the Gaelic
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