The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-16

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The chapel at the National Military
| nome at Marion. Ind. has two chaplains
one IS a Catholic The building is dt
yided into wings, in one of which the
| Catholics have an early mass every Sun
day morning. The cost of the chapel was
$4,000
Bv the will OF the late John McKone OF
Cambridge, Mass, the sum of $1,000 is
left in trust to Archbishop Williams OF
| Boston in his corporate capacity to found
| a scholarship in the American college al
! Rome Tor educating young men of the
! Boston archdiocese for the priesthood
.
Over in Trenton. n. j.. Bishop McFaul
| has warned Catholics against joining the
| new society calling itself the Brother
hood of the Union Some of its primer
pies, on examination. prove to be highly
! Objectionable.
St. Mary's Catholic church in Taylor
| Tex, viii soon be supplied with a fine
new pipe organ. 1t costs $4,000 and is
the munificent gift of Colonel William
| kelleher.
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Work on ST. AIMS new church at Ten
nallytown, D. c., is progressing quite rap
| idly When finished if will Undoubtedly
| be one of the handsomest church struct-
ures in the District of Columbia.
St Teresa's church. Hutchinson. Kan,
! of which Rev. j. \. Pompeney, D. D.,
| editor of the Question Box. is pastor was
recently destroyed by fire.
BY the will of Mr.. joseph E. Weisner
| of Rochester, \. Y, the following be-
| quests We're left for charitable purposes:
| st. Joseph's orphanage, 81 900: St. Joseph s
church. $500, and Holy Sepulchre ceme-
terry, $500.
The Italian COLONY at Charleroi. Pa.
is agitating the formation of a parish of
its own.
.
The Catholics of Corpus Christi, Tex,
are reported to have decided to build a
| new church on the bluff for the exclusive
use of the MeXicans.
The will of John Hartin just probated
in Boston, makes the following bequests:
$500 each to the Home for Destitute Cath
ofc Children and the Little Sisters of the
Poor and $500 to the Free Home for Con-
sumptives at Dorchester
The bands of st. Mary's parish, Can
andaigua n. Y. have collected $1,400 and
8, 800, respectively. to be applied on the
payment of the mortgage. on the church
property.
Rt Rev. Bishop McQuaid of Rochester
has issued a letter to the people of his
diocese calling upon them TO contribute
to a fund for the erection of a Catholic
chapel on the grounds of the soldiers
home at Bath Lately the trustees of
the home made provisions for two resi-
dent chaplains, one Catholic and one
Protestant.
Members of Annunciation parish, Allie
gheny. Pa, are making preparations for
holding an Irish fair at the Coliseum BIZ
cycle track, Allegheny, early in Septem-
hof. 70 CT
Ireland showing the soil from all the
different counties in Ireland and other
interesting events of that place will be
shown. also some of the best athletic
teurs will be given.
.
FL Paso. Tex. may now claim $4,000
population. Incident to this increase
many new Catholic families have come
in and the Church of the immaculate
Conception. which was enlarged some, is
vet crowded at three masses each sun
day. The parochial school of the Sacred
Heart will also have two additional rooms
this fall.
Work upon the new Polish church at
Delray. Mich. has been progressing nicely
during the past week. and 1t is expected
to have the church ready for occupancy
in a short time.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians has donated $4,000
to Trinity college. Washington. This in |
stitution promises TO be the leading home !
of learning for females in this country. |
Rt Rev. James H. Blenk, bishop of |
Porto Rico, who spent several months
in the United States on important bust |
ness connected with his diocese, has sailed !
on the steamship Arkadia for his island !
see.
The decree for the regulation of nom
in
signed by the king. The law comes into |
force on Sept 10. but further delay OF
three months is allowed for compliance
with its provisions. The king has also |
Cross of Alfonso XII to Perez Galdos,
the statement of the liberal papers that
he refused to sign this decree being un-
founded.
FOREIGN.
Sixty thousand people attended the flu
neral of Father Jacinte Verdeguer,l the
Spanish poet-priest, at Barcelona re-
Gently.
Sir Joseph Little. the Catholic chief
justice of Newfoundland, died a few days
ago.
Boleyn castle, England, once the home
Of Anne Boleyn, is now a Catholic re-
formatory, with 200 children.
Mgr Ciach vicar-apostolic Of Arabia.
has been paving visit to Rome and has
had an audience with the holy father.
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The total Christian population of the
Island of Ceylon is S49, 239, and 2S9,OS2 of
them are Catholics.
A monument to Sister Alice O'Sullivan,
one of the martyrs of Tien-Tsin China.
was recently unveiled at Clonmel, Ire
land.
According to the latest official census
there are 20,321. AL Catholics in the Ger
man empire.
Mexican priests. it is claimed are ear
nestly studying the aggressive Catholic
activity of the United States for the pur-
pose of introducing many phases of it into
the church in our sister republic.
Father Bruning. missionary apostolic at
Tokaanu. Tanpo, New Zealand, is appeal +
ing to the Catholics of England to aid
him in building convent school for the
of several thousand Maori con-
verts in his mission.
In two decades the late Archbishop Fee
han confirmed about 100000 persons. or
dained over $50 priests. laid the corner
stones of eighty churches and dedicated
over 100 churches.
Rt. Rev. DR. Makill. vicar apostolic of
the Syre Malabar rite in India. reports
5000 converts during the last five years
He has now 1922 Catholics in his mis-
sion, a number of converts and seminar
les and 27l native priests. His diocese
contains ninety-two churches and fifty |
nine chapels
Mt London a number of native troops |
from India attended Mass at the chapel I
of st. Raphael. They were descendants |
OF converts made to the faith by ST. |