Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
! N THE CHU CHE s

II Is understood number of prominent
Catholics VIII go to Baltimore tomorrow
10 Witness the conservation In the cathedral
OF that city of Rev. DIR. Henry Graniohn
as bishop of Tucson. The ceremony will
be conducted by Cardinal Gibbons. assisted
by number of priests The sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Joseph Tracey of
Boston.
Blshop-elect Granjohn was selected by the
pope to succeed Bishop Bourgade in thu, soc
of Tucson, Bishop Bourgade having been
promoted to the archbishopric of Santa Il.
The diocese Of Tucson comprises the whole
of Arizona and Don Ana, Grant and Siecr,
counties. New Mexico. Bshop-e!ect Gran
john Is eminently fitted for the place. hay
ing spent some time in the missions of Art
iona and being an accomplished linpuist
spt aklnS fuently English, French Italian
and Spanish. He was born in J,ors
France, and is about forty years of nge
ne TOOK ms classical course the Marist
t"Iiege OF st. thammond, in the deparr
ment of the Loire. and studied phiIoso,b,
and theology In the seminaries of ST SIi
plice at Issy and Paris. Thence he went IN
Rome, where after examination he e.ina5
the degrees of doctor of divinity and doc.
tor of common law. In 1890 he went IN
the missions of Arizona, where he labored
ui:dl the spring of 1897. when he came
east and became associated with Very Re-.
erend DIR. A. l.. Magnien. president of ST
Mary's Seminary, in organizing the Assoc
citation of the Propagation of the Faith in
this country.
The thirty-seventh meeting of the Wash
ington conference of the congregational
Church will take place Tuesday next in the
Second Congregational Church. Baltimore,
of which Rev. Claude M Severance is pas
tor. The conference is composed of the
following congregations: Washington-First
Church, Rev. s. NJ. Newman, pastor; Rev.
Memorial, Rev. A. p. Miller, pastor; Piym-
cuth, Rev A. C. Garner pastor; Fifth
Church. Rev. E. n. Kirby, pastor; Mount
Pleasant. Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn, payor;
and University Park Temple. Rev. S. N.
Brown. pastor; Baltimore. Md. Association
Congregational Church. Rev. DR.. Oliver
Huckell. pastor; Second. Rev. Claude
Church Rev. Mark Wells. Is pastor asst, r.;
Frostburg. Nd, Church, Rev Geo
NJ Moore, pastor; Monterey. Pa. Church,
Rev. b. b. James. Ph.D.. pastor; Falls
Church, Va, Church, Rev. Arsene Is.
Schamavonian. pastor. and Herndon. Va.
Church. Rev. Augustus Dawson. pastor.
and Rev. DIR. ]. K. Mason, pastor emeritus
The conference will assemble at 10 o'clock
and after organization and the transaction
of some routine business devotional serv-
ices will be conducted by Rev. C. H. Craw-
ford. After this the following program will
1t is expected. be carried out: The Ne
cessity of Admitting Children to Church
Membership" address by Rev. DR.. Huckell;
discussion upon the same: partaking of the
Lords supper. Rev. Mark Wells and Rev.
G. w. Moore as celebrants.
The morning session will close at 1880
and during social hour thereafter a re-
past will be served.
The afternoon session. which will begin
at o'clock. will be opened with a prayer
service, conducted by Rev. NJ. Ross Fish
burn. Addresses will be made on 1.-THE
Church Taking a Summer Vacation" by
Rev. DR.. Newman; What Sunday School
Should Do" Rev. A. p. Miller: Work of
the Home Missionary Society,"" Rev. Joseph
B. Clark. D. D.: The Claims Of the Amer
loan Board Upon the Churches" Rev.