The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

Chicago, on the evening of Nov 30 on on
the subject of Modern Education un-
oer the auspices of the st. De La Sale
auxiliary, is one of the most profound
scholars of the Jesuit order w. Bourke
Cochran. who was to have delivered the
lecture, has subscribed $4,000 to the cause
for which It is given, and the Christian
Brothers of the De La Sale institute
have already sold boxes aggregating more
than 5000.
Robert Thompson aged 1O2 years. the
Oldest Grand Army man in Illinois. and
perhaps in the United States, died at st,
Joseph's Home for the Aged. in charge
or the Sisters of st. Francis, Peoria, Ill.
recently. He was born in Ireland in 1900,
and was over 60 years old when he en-
listed in the Seventy-seventh Illinois regi-
ment.
Three thousand men, women and chill
dren were REGIMENTS Of the Sacramer,ts
of Confirmation at the hands of Rt. Rev
DR.. Garrigan of Sioux City, Ia, during
the tour of the diocese. from which he
has just returned.
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Brother Francis Borchers. one of the
Oldest members of the Jesuit order in the
Missouri province, died on Wednesday at
Marquette college, Wisconsin, aged 49,
He joined the order IN 1S4S and celebrated
MS golden Jubilee in August 1885, He
had at various times been connected with
colleges of the order in St. Louis, Chi
cago and Cincinnati.
The beautiful sacred drama, "'Pilate's
Daughter by Rev F. L. Kennel, c. SIS.
r., was again given in the theatre of ST
Alphonsus' hall, Mission church, Boston.
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings.
st. Joseph's academy, Green Bay, Wis,
Is to have $1,000 addition.
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In the presence of more than 500 per-
sons Archbishop Farley was presented
former parishioners of St Peters church, |
New Brighton, Staten Island.
1t is reported that the old orphanage
In Tannehill street, Pittsburg, Pa, has |
been optioned for $175,0OO and is to be |
into hospital for women and |
children, to be founded by charitable |
persons of that city.
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Boston is today a Catholic city. While
New York and Philadelphia and perhaps
Chicago have larger Catholic populations.
yet in proportion to its population Boston
Of the larger cities of this country. The
present population of Boston is approxi-
mately 100000 and nearly half of these
are members of the Roman Catholic
crease rather than diminish as the years
80 by.
A bazaar, just closed, for the benefit of
St. Patrick church, Milwaukee, netted
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Rt. Rev. Bishop Montgomery of Los
Angeles, Cal, on Sunday of last week
aid the corner stone of the new mort
lary chapel at New Calvary cemetery in
hat place. 1t will occupy site in the
enter of the trace overlooking the whole
grounds.
David Movlan, young musician of
Jersey City, has composed new Ave
Maria, which was sung for the firstltime
asst Sunday in st. Lucy's church, Grove
treet, in that city, by Michael Nolan.
) very good impression.
The Catholic university at Washington
las received from Rt. Rev. Bishop Grace
f Sacramento a gift of 1871 volumes ..of
Id Spanish sermons and meditations.
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BY the codicil to the will of the late
ohm Duffy of Philadelphia an estate of
early $4,000 is left to Archbishop Ryan
he will bequeathed thes'estate to char
les, but probably thinking that he was /
kelly to die within thirty days, which |
e did, he made the codicil. z ,
A three weeks mission to nom Catholics
the Chicago cathedral resultedsin get I
ng eighty-Sia converts under instruction | I
alls at the rectory daily by non-Catho- |
IS numbered from fifty to $50, and $500
'pies of Plain Facts were distributed.
For. the first time in the history of :
erkshire (Mass49 courts, a priest Of !
red prayer at the beginning Of the Oc- y
der civil sitting of the superior ooll-t 2
oct: q in Pittsfield. Justice Charles Q