The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-06-07

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BrugeS, Belgium, next Augusta.
| Bishop Cormont of Martinique, Is a ma
| OF Paris, and was once an attache In the
cabinet of the French minister of finance.
At Brisbane, Aus. recently, Father
Patrick Walsh fell victim to the plague,
Queen Nathalie of servia has denied
the assertion that she contemplate en-
believes she has work to do in the world
outside.
The editor Of the dev'ie.. des DeuX
Mondes. Viscount Georges dAVenel, and
Baroness Reilless widow of the former
deputy Of Tarn, were married in the
| chapel of the Catholic institute, at Paris
May p. ~g
l. Father Powers has begun his novel
open air meetings IN. Edinburgh Grass
Market, Scotland. Large crowds attend
| these meetings, and a unique feature Is
the pledge to abstain from all lntoXlcat-
ing liquors on SATURDAYS from noon until
midnight. 1t is known as the twelve-hour
pledge.
In the tour of inspection that the Arch
bishop of Tuam has been making of his
different parishes in Ireland, he expresses
himself as thoroughy3pleased,. and spoke
of the satisfaction it was to him to see
the flourishing state of religion, educa-
tion and temperance,
In the cloister adjoining the Church OF
st. Sabina, Rome, is still seen the
orange tree planted there by st. Dominic
nearly 700 years ago. 1t is still vigorous
and flourishing.
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AT Bologna, Italy. recently a. socialist
''baptizing" took place. The mothers of
the children were clothed in red, the
children were baptized with wine, and the
words used We're, Il baptize thee in the
name of Karl Marx" Thirty were lately
eGhristered this way. in Portmaggion near
Ferrara.
Two Franciscan nuns recently cele-
brated their golden jubilee in Gyasgow.
Scotland, Rev Mother Claire and Sister
Agatha have in their respective spheres
of activity, accomplished much for re-
liglon and education in Scotland The
touching ceremony according to the ritual
provided by the church was performed by
Bishop Mcguire.
In, popular fancy the Patagonians are
all heather savages. That this is far
from true is shown by the fact that it's
two dioceses contain 100000 Catholics.
They are ministered to by fifty-siX
priests, and there are besides forty-four
chapels and ten charitable institutions.
Dutch Guiana, adjacent contains 1900
Catholics, has twenty-siX priests eigh-
teen schools and two charitable institu-
tions.
Canon Bamber died at Windmere, Eng
land, recently. Canon Bamber was born
at Eccles, England. and came of a family
noted for the number of its members
given to the church. He was an eminent
scholar and renowned for his charity
living with rigid frugality in order to as
sist the poor.
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The old abbey of St Andre lez Bruges,
founded a. d. 1100 by Count Robert of
Flanders on his return from Palestine
recently has been acquired by the Bene-
dictines, who are rebuilding it into a fine
monastery in which missionaries are to
be trained and sent forth to labor among
the pagan Indians of Brazil. In part the
ancient monastery was destroyed during
the French revolution.
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At Hobart, Tasmania. recently a unique
plan was arranged for the purpose of pro-
curing funds for q new convent. During.
a baZar a specialsfeature was made each
evening of scenes illustrating mission life
among the Hindus. Japanese, Africans
Melanesians American Indians, Chinese
and Patagonians. The hall in which it
was given, was crowded each evening, and
the plan proved a5stiiking success.
The growth of Catholicity in Edin-