The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-13

! Will cost S2O,OOO. IEe contract mas DeeH
/ let to an American firm by the Rev
Father Hickey, the pastor. There are
! eighty-nine of these windows in the
/ church, and Father Hickey considers it
! Il monument to the fealty of his parish
J toner's that each of these windows Is to
! be a memorial to some one of his parish,
and that the cost of the whole is already
! provided for by donors. Father Hickey's
personal gift is the large rose window in
the choir, and the firm has carte blanche
10 make this window one of the most
beautiful of its kind in the country.
The breaking of ground for the new
| st. Stephens church, Hazlewood, Pa,
will take place in the early fall.
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! st. Mary's church at Fort Recovery, o.,
monies. The building is Gothic in style,
| of large seating capacity, with sym
metrical spire rs feet in height.
The venerable Brother D, Lltz of the
| Brothers of Mary, st. Louis college, San
Antonio, Tex, has reached the S0th ami
versary of his birth on the feast OF the
! Assumption, and on the same day ceie-
brated the golden jubilee of his religious
A permit has been granted for the
( erection of a brick combination church
and school in Cleveland, o., at cost of
! 100000.
Three notable Catholics of the Louisville
| diocese. Bishop McCloskey and the Very
Revs. Paul Aft and L. BaX, are arrang-
ing to celebrate their golden jubilees.
Hon. John D. Crlmmins and ]. P Nc
! Nulty have each given the sum of 81 900
| for the new Hibernian hall to bee rected
in New York City
The sum of $500 has been left by the
will of Annie Mcguire of Philadelphia for
masses for the repose of her soul.
Bishop McCloskey of the diocese of Lou
lsVllle viii lay the corner stone of the
new st. John church at Carrollton, KY,
| on the 9TH OF October.
Bishop Cosgrove of the Davenport do-
| cese will celebrate the eighteenth ami
versary of his ordination on Sept. IA. Dur
| ing that time he has administered the
| sacrament of confirmation to an average
| of 800 persons per year, in addition TO
| ordaining many priests and laying the
| corner stones of many Catholic churches.
He has just completed his visits for the
| summer season.
Mr.. Richard S. Treacy. 80, the newly
elected president of the Fordham College
| Alumni association, on behalf of the
Alumni society has presented 81 $50 to the
! college to found the alumni literary essay
purse OF 500. This purse, which was Co
permanent prize foundation made by the
| Fordham Alumni association within the
| past two years The active members of
| the Fordham alumni organization are evil
IDENTIFY most practical and efficient.
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Ninety-five Sisters of the convent of Our
Lady of the Lake, San Antonio, Tex. last
week renewed their profession and seven
.
Bishop Aldering of the diocese of Fort
/ Wayne and his clergy and 100000 people
| have forwarded to President Roosevelt
| their resolutions asking that education
in the Philippines shall be allowed to re-
main Christian.
| Bishop John O'Connor has arranged
with Contractor Edward NJ. Waldron to
complete the 100000 cathedral of the
Sacred Heart in Newark in four years.
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In the order of precedence the follow
ing names We're presented to the assem-
bled bishops at Pittsburg. Pa, for nomi-
cese: Very Rev Francis L. Tobin, V. G.
| Very Rev. Edward A. Bush and Rev. Will
liam Kittel, chancellor of the diocese.
| The corner stone of the new St John5s
church at Landeck, o., was laid the other
day with appropriate ceremonies. 1t is
estimated that 10000 people were in at
| tendance.
|
st. Raphaels church, San Rafael, Cal,
caught fire from some unascertalned
| cause shortly after midnight last week.
The outbreak was discovered by two Chi
nese, who saw the smoke issuing from
underneath the rear portion of the right
| wing. They told a policeman, who set
the bells ringing, and the fire brigade
was soon on the scene: Before it reached
the church, Father Phillips and his two
assistants, Fathers Egan and Praught,
enected an entrance and, lighting all the
| candles on the altars, started to subdue
the flames with buckets OF water. They
the sacred vessels. After three-quarters
| of an hours hard work the hremen
checked the flames. Portions of the
church were slightly damaged by smoke
| ana water. There is some suspicion that
| the tire was Of incendiary origin.
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The cathedral of Dallas will be dedi.
Gated on Sunday. Oct. rs. At this dedl-
cation are expected many of the proml-
nent members of the hierarchy. Rt Rev
John Lancaster Spalding. bishop of Peo.
| ria. has consented to deliver a lecture
IN the cathedral on the night of the dedi-
made for this occasion. and it will be
some weeks before the full programme
can be completed.
Ten thousand dollars have been expend-
ed on improvements at st. Johns college
Fordham. this summer.
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Reports at hand show that the late or
| phan's picnic at PittsburS will, in finan-
cial receipts, reach $1,000 and possibly
Will exceed that amount. 1t was the ban
ner picnic, surprising in receipts all pre-
vious years.
FOREIGN
Rev. DIR. Daniel Quinn, the eminent
! Greek scholar. has been appointed to
the presidency of the ,Leonine college at
Athens. Father Quinn is native of
Ohio and is but SS wears old.
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Statistics of the Capuchin Order re-
| Gently published in Europe show that il
has a total of 5& houses. conducts 10,
hospices, has sixty-one. houses for nov
leges. Although little is said of the
Capuchins on this side of the sea, in
reality they are proving remarkably sue
cessful in recent wears.
In Australia Catholic progress is excit.
ing alarm. In Victoria and New South
| Wales a movement has been started
| among Anglicans and Nonconformists to
| oppose Catholic influence at the polls. II
| is claimed that the church. In favorlns
female suffrage as charged, meditated
controlling the government.
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Among the names of several Catholic
! officers mentioned by Lord Kitchener In
| his dispatch of April s. for favorable no.
tice for good service in South Africa, is
that of Rev. Father Alexander. chaplain
to the forces.
A Catholic anti-Duelling league is be
ing formed In Austria.
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Monsignor Joseph Schroeder. formerly
| of washington university, has beer
chosen rector of the new University o
Munster.
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Father Livius. the Redemptorist, who
died recently in London. was a Master
| of Arts of Oriel college. Oxford, and q
| convert He was known in this country