The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-06-14
RELIGTous INTELLIGENCE.


RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Gradin, first Catholi,
| bishop of ST. Albert died June 3, at st
| Albert Manitoba His see included TIL
entire territory of Alberta, and he wa
the senior bishop of Canada, having beer
! sonsecrated in 1859.
With his letter of congratulation to the
pope, President Roosevelt has sent to hi:
! holiness a full set of his own works, eacf
! volume containing his autograph and al
appropriate sentiment of presentation.
4 rumor has reached the states via
| London that Mgr Falconio, the papa
delegate in Canada, has been definitely
as papal delegate in the United States.
Miss Mary Burns of Nashua, n. H.,
has presented the pastor of the Immac-
ulate Conception church at that place
with a check for $4,000. Plans for the
new edifice will be begun at once.
.
1t is only about thirty-six years since
the first mass was said in Salt Lake City.
The celebrant was Rev. +. Kelly, and
Mormon capital was then under the spir-
itual jurisdiction of Rt. Rev. Eugene
o'Connell, bishop of Grass Valley, Cal
founded at Madrid in honor of the papal
jubilee, to aid the working classes. Its
patrons are amongst the highest of the
nobility, and have been long interested
are the Marquis de Urquijo, the Marquis
de Nina and the Duke of Sotomayor.
%
Two thousand and thirty-two men
went to communion together on Palm
Sunday in the church of St Nicholas,
nriH Ia biGhnnC
with "filial veneration" during the visit
tation of their dioceses-a further con-
tradiction of the calumnies of men like
Mr.. Sydney Brooks, who writes in the
North American Review MAY 1902 about
the corruption of Spanish priests and the
hatred of the people for them.
o
A recent correspondent of the Spectator
quotes the late Cecil Rhodes as having
stated some time ago: II have great adj
miration for the Catholic church. 1t is,
in my opinion. the one logical religion
of the world. and II 1 had time i should
like to become Jesuit myself. I know
many Jesuits in Rhodesia, and have so
great respect for them as a body that
/ take off my hat to them, each and all.
Mr.. Rho0es estimate differed consider
ably from the one last year expressed by
Waldeck=Rousseau.
The Catholics of the United States last
year contributed $1,000 to the Catholic
foreign missions. while Italy was salts
fled in contributing So, ,S07 .OS. Turkey
contributed Sc. .472. 64. Russia and Poland
0S72 Africa 13 and India about $1000.
Canada donated Sa,S29.64, Mexico s5,O4. 81
and Central America and West Indies 81
49,. 50. Poverty-stricken Ireland gave S22.-
France S791. .236. 62. Germany S15,S9S.96 and
little Belgium S6S. 800. 30.
Rev. Father Limbrek of the German
writes attractivey of conditions in Will
liamsland. German New Guinea. The mis-
sion has been in existence only six years,
yet considerable progress has been made.
Mission stations now, exist at St Joseph
in the island of Tamlee on the mainland,
at Kokan in the island of Ally, at Mo-
numbo and at the Bay of Bogia. For
the most part the inhabitants are can
nibals, and Father Limbrel cheerfully
writes that "one of these days some of
us may be roasted and eaten" Schools
are conducted at every station.
o
New South Wales statistics show that
12S,6O5 Catholics habitually attend Sun
day services in that country. third more
than the Church of England can show,
half as many again as can be shown by
the Methodists and nearly eighteen times
the number exhibited by the Baptists.
.
Much improvement in the condition of
DR., Austin O'Malley, head of the faculty
of Notre Dame University, was reported
today by the physicians of st. Agnes
hospital. where DIR. O'Malley was taken
on Friday DR.. O Malley is suffering from
an acute case of stomach trouble, and it
was thought at first that an operation
would be necessary. The patient, how
ever, has shown so much Improvement
that his speedy recovery is looked for.
Abraham Simmer, the we'll known He
brew philanthropist of Waverly, Ia. has
to surrender his home and sur
rounding park in this city to the Sisters
ment of a hospital, which they have
agreed to have in operation by Oct. l. In
the meantime, an extensive addition viii
be made to the already .commodious
building The property as it stands, to
which the Sisters of Mercy have been
given a quit claim deed, is valued at
$4,000.
President Morrissey has announced that
the formal presentation of the Laetare
Notre Dame on the evening of June is.
The same evening the exercises of the
graduating class will be held and the
commencement address delivered by Will
liam p Breen of Fort Wayne, a former
Laetare medalist. Several ecclesiastical
dignitaries have been invited. and an
effort will also be made to have the living
Laetare medalists present President
.
The June ordinations TT the cathedral
in Baltimore will take place June y. They
have an added interest from the fact that
the second colored man ever ordained to
he priesthood in this country will re-
,eive holy orders on that day at the hands
IF Cardinal Gibbons The colored candi- |
late is the Rev. J. Harry Dorsey. a stu
lent at st. Josephs seminary. He was
-aised to the diaeonate last fall by Bishop
4 A hn
ordained in this country was the Rev F,
:. r. Uncles, in the cathedral. Dec 13 !
SSl.l Father Uneles, who is a member of /
he Josephite Order. is now stationed in |
Delaware. Another colored priest. Father |
lotion, who died few years ago i'm Chi |
ago. from the effects of the heaat. was /
'rdained abroad. Father Dorsey was |
'orn in this city twenty-eight years ago. /
md, was educated at st. Paul He will I
abor among his own people.
At the end of the fifteenth century there |
yere less than 100000 of people speak /
ng English; at the end of the sixteenth |
here were 6.000,000 at the end of the /
eventeepth there, were $4,000 at the I
nd of the eighteenth there were u 900 600 {
nd now there are ll6.000.000. During the I
corresponding centuries the progress of
french was as follows: 10 600 600 1900. COO.
W years French led easily and at the
nd Of the last century was 10O0O, 900
head Nowit is 6t.0oopcO. behind.
D $50 $3.50 /
Like most people. the Pope has his lit /.
Ie weaknesses-a love for sweat meats +
his is well known In Italy. and at his
1bilee q motherly peasant woman gave
xpression for him by "a present of an
normous pile of sweets. wrapped in
uge colored cotton pocket handkerchief
is said at the time that none of the
ope's many presents pleased him more
han this.
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A Surprise.
What made you seem so upset the day
e became engaged? You knew ] was
Ding 10 propose-didTllt you?'i-
t'Oh. dear me vesi BlIt I had M idc., 1