The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-24

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, men of the church who is thought t,
, have lost his life at st. Pierre.
Protestants, of course. believe il
,, prayer. but prayer only for the living
What means this praying for the
; dead? 1t is not for their material wei
fare, not for their bodies. Then it mus
be for their souls, and implies a belief
: in purgatory.
DR.. Hills must appreciate this.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Interesting Events Briefly Told il
Church Progress
A contract has been awarded for tn,
Mass1llon. o. Work will begin at once
and the, estimated cost will be SIS 900.
Chicago just now has a Polish Catholic
nero. During recent fire on Fifth ave.
nue., although a mere lad of 16. he boldly
climbed into the flame and was CHIEFLY
Instrumental in saving six women whom
had been abandoned to their fate Until
lately he was pupil of st. George Ger
man Catholic school. that city, and his
name is Frederick Puschak.
The Second Presbyterian church in
| Nashville Ky, has been bought for the
| use of the colored Catholics in that city
The late Mr.. Henry s. Lee, the we'll
,-nown philanthropist of Springfield,
| Mass, left 5000 in his will to the Mercy
| hospital, conducted by the Sisters of
Providence in that city.
Pueblo. Colo, is fast becoming a large
the erection of $4,000 orphanage and a
magnificent college will soon be built by
! the Benedctine Fathers.
Among the many remembrances re-
ceived by Bishop Spalding at the celebra-
J tion of his silver jubilee was a purse of
$1,000 from the clergy of the diocese and
| check for $1,000 from the Knights of Co.
! lumbus
St. Mary's church at Bridgeton. n. Y,
has company of female military cadets,
captained by Miss Kate Ryan. All the
young women handle regulation military
muskets.
Ground has been laid off in Carrollton
and Marysville, Ky, for the new churches
to be erected in those places. Work has
already been commenced on both build
ings.
Rt. Rev Bishop Spalding of Peoria.
Ills, has generously donated the sum of
$500 towards the improvement of Mt. St.
Mary seminary. Cincinnati This makes
fund of 500 now available for that pur-
pose.
.
Lord Kelvin, one of the worlds greatest
scientists, who attended the session of the
American Science association in Wash
ington, is Catholic.
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The old st. Mary's church of Sylvan. |
has been destroyed by fire. 1t was an
ancient and venerable landmark.
Owing to the increased attendance of |
the sailors the building of the Catholic |
Sailors club, at Charlestown, Mass, is |
To be enlarged.
More than 1000 men were in the pro-
cession of Catholic societies when the |
corner stone of the new German Cath
olic church was laid the other day at
Marinette. Mich
The only Jesuit in the Grand Army of
the Republic is the Rev. Patrick H Bren-
nan, S. j., at present connected with st.
Mary's church, Boston. Father Brennan
is the Catholic chaplain of the city in
stitutions in Boston harbor. BY strange
at the same church in Bos-
ton is stationed at present the Rev. Fa-
ther Cowardin S. j., who fought on the r.
confederate side during. the civil war
Father Brennan and Father Cowardin
made their vows together as Jesuits.
Miss Mary Burns of Nashua, N H,
has presented the pastor of the Immac-
ulate Conception church at that place
with check for $4,000 Plans for the .
new edifice will be begun at once.
FOREIGN.
The new chief secretary of government
Of Malta is Catholic.
A plan is suggested to provide English !
Catholic literature for the Catholics in
Japan. to offset the result of the mass
1f agnostic matter now being poured into
that country.
Certain of the French bishops have in s
itrueted their clergy to abstain from all /
'eference to politics in their sermons and !
ltteranees generally:
From detailed statistical return lately /.
published we learn that there are in the !
churches 23S arehbishops and bishops S
who are members of religious orders
.
1t is now credibly stated that two for /
ign Catholic musicians earned the :
states the last season. PadeTeWski earned 7
l25,0cO. and Kubelik s105OOO. 1
The City of Mexico contains 12O Catholic i
churches The pietY of the people and G
he virtue of the Mexican women are \
hings remarked by tourists of all races :,
md creeds.
Inc NdIHOlC JTuIn conference. which =
las been announced to take place at New 4
'ort, will probably be held in the second {
week of September The conference will n
meet at Manchester in 1903 and at. Birm- :
ngham in 1904. I
poon, dated 1855, inscribed ''saynt Nyc- "
las pray for u.s. and bearing a cross p
nd the letters ,.i / II H. c. brought the phe
n engraved figure of ST Nicholas re- :
torlng little children to life.
The German reighstag last Thursday G.
assed the third reading of the bill grant G
1g freedom of religious belief, associa- {,
on and public and private worship s.
throughout the empire, limited only to !,
ne proviso that this freedom shall not "
e used TO the prejudice of civil or ma Il
onal duties. W
Two of the most remarkable events of W
lodern times are those evident in the h
ict that the Catholic government of Co ci
mbia Is overcoming it's Liberal enemies :,
nd that the Catholic revolutionists of u
are overthrowing the Liberal f6
esDotism of President Castro. Sc
N ITEM OF INTEREST TO SALT a,
LAKE TRAVELLERS. b,
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All trains of the Oregon Short Line
1t of Salt Lake City start directly
ON this city, and are consequently III
ways on time. You can depend upon m
lem TO the minute. W