The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

cnurch at Bracketylle, TEX, on u
morning of Thanksgiving day. Rev T.
O'Kesfe, chaplain of the Twelfth Unite
STATES cavalry. was the officiating prizes
and detachment of soldiers from Fol
Clark assisted at the services. Ther
!, was very large attendance OF citizs n
and soldiers and the beautiful cereme
nies were carried out in manner bot
impressive and edlfying.
The late Pere Mignot of New Orlean
left by will the Deaf and Dumb in5titut
at Chinchuba 70 the archdiocese an
most of the remainder of his property t
Little Sisters Of the Poor,
The New York branch of the Cathoi
Summ5r school is organizing reception
and entertainment to be held on Monday
Feb. 8, at the Waldorf-Astoria.
The slavish Catholics of Barnsboro
Pa, have purchased three lots adjoinin:
4 the Baptist church at that place, an
worlinIen have already begun the Worl
of building new church edifice.
The late Mr. Helena Fechtel of Nil
waukee. by her will. has left $3.50 to st
JoSeph's church 800 to ST. Francis
church and 500 to the Little Sisters o
the Poor of that city
The recent fair, for the benefit of the
Sisters of the Good Shepherd at Toledo
f! O.. netted the srm of $1,000. There were
| many generous contributions from non
! Catholics.
According to Pittsburg Polish jour
nal, not less than eight Polish Catholic
! priests in this country are descendants
| of The ancient nobility of Poland.
! .
The Alumni association of Detroit col
| lege is arranging for the annual reception
| which viii be held about the middle OF
| February.
At meeting of the board of trustees
of the Catholic Summer school. the fol-
! lowing officers were elected: President.
Rev. M. ]. Lavelle. New York; first vice
president. Rev. +. P. Siegfried, Over
brook, Pa; second vice president, Thom-
as J. Garyan. Boston. Mass; secretary,
Warren E. Mosher New York; treasurer.
Rev. John f. Mullaney Syracuse, n. Y.
Religious work in the Catholic Syrian
colony of Pittsburg is progressing quite
flatteringly. The brick work on the new
church has been comms need and will be
hurried to completion It is hoped that
1t will be ready for dedication early in
the new year.
The site for the Italian mission in Mil
waukee has been decided on, but not yeS
purchased. T. J. Neacys conditional git
Of $1,000 has been paid, the reagislte 9Iis sd6
Solemn Military Mass was celebrated on
Thanksgiving day in ST. Peters church
Laredo. Tex. The rector, Rt. Rev. Mgr
E. R. Chase officiated.
%
Two little orphan children at ST. Vim
cents home. Davenport. Ia, have been
left $1,000. The money is forthcoming on
an insurance policy of their father, Ed
ward Struck, who died at Moline.
%
Members of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans and others crowded the Holy Name
cathedral Chicago, ILL.,. to the number
of several thousand Thanksgiving morn
ing to pay tribute to the memory of the
late Archbishop P. A. Feehan, who had
been national chaplain of the Hfbernian
order and the esteem in which the mem
bers held him was shown by the large
o.
Mgr Anatole, spiritual director of the
St Paul seminary st. Paul, Mimi, has
been appointed yicar-general of the arch
diocese to succeed Rt. Rev. John Stariha
who was consecrated bishop of Lead, S.
D., q month ago.
Over 1,00O persons partook of the tur,,
key supper served in st. Colurhbia,,s hall
by the ladies of ST. Columbias church,
Johnstown, Pa, on Thanksgiving even
ing.
By the will of Frank R. Larkin of Mil
waukee, Wis. Rev. Thomas S. Fitzgerald
is given s200 and another 500 to his
church. that of the Gesu, for memorial
window, and Sf06 goes to the Little Sis
te=n of the Poor.