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so full of love thai. surely you VIII
enter the church and go PIP to the altar
rail. and speak to Him.
Do you ask what you shah say
Have you any trouble? Tell Him aol'ul
it. Have you any temptation? Com
fide in Him and ask Him to help you
overcome them. Have you some plans
of the future? Consult Him; ask His
advice; tell Him you want to do only
what VIII please Him.
Remember. dear reader, that He died
TO save your soul. He dwells in ouc
churches, waiting for us to come to
Him. Other friends may be kind and
loving for awhile, but He is always
our friend, ready and willing and anX-
ious to give us grace and blessings.
During this season, when we are try
ing to live close to His dear Heart, let
us go to Him often Perhaps you live
long distance from the church, or
you are in the employ of someone VINO
needs your service many hours in the
Gay, and you are not free to visit our
Lord in the tabernacle at any time.
Then when your feet cannot take you
to Him, let your head. and commune
with Him in your heart.
Have you read about st. Gertrudes
Coed night, Jesus? She would bow
low and lovingly say, Good night"
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
A circur troupe Of twenty-five Afri-
can negroes have been travelling
through Germany; seventeen were
Catholics, and of the rest, all except
ore, who has two wives, were converted
during their stay in Cologne by DR..
Hespers, a canon of the cathedral.
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Archbishop Harty embarked at Ha-
vre. en- La Touraine, for New York last
Saturday.
The holy father Plus Y, through his
eminence Cardinal Gibbons, has sent
his apostolic benediction to the Paulist
Fathers of New York The message
was read in all the churches in charge
Of the fathers on last Sunday.
On last Sunday week 5000 pilgrims
from Troy visited hthe shrine of Our
Lady Of Martyrs, at Auriesville, n. Y.
Father V. j. Van den Brock of Dill
Ion, Mont, paid his annual visit to Vir-
ginia City. AS Father Van den Broeck's
parish includes Beaverhead and Mad
ison counties, he cannot visit the diff
ferent churches in his parish more than
once or twice a year, and at the same
time attend to the many other duties
connected with his work. AS an illus
tration, he rode, during the year 1902. |
a total of 1900 miles HIS is in hopes
that in few years the parish will be
divided.
Amongst rumors which cannot pru-
IDENTIFY be stated to have no foundation !
are those that point to the possibility !!
in the near future of a Gernian-Amer- !
lean cardinal for the United States and !,
a German American vice rector for the
Catholic University at Washington. I
1t is reasonably Inferred, and private
from Rome confirm this sup
position, that the holy father Plus X |
will, at the next consistory, which may /
be held the third week in December, |
create his grace, Archbishop Farley of /
New York, cardinal.
1t has remained for Filipino to gain |
the distinction of being the youngest I
student to receive the high and envia-
bic degree of doctor of philosophy ever :
given by Georgetown University. He /
is Ramon Jose Lascon, and is 20 years
old
Cincinnati is claiming the oldest
bishop in the Catholic church Arch /
bishop Elder admits he is 81 in the 1
shade. Archbishop Murphy of Hobart.
Tasmania, was born on the same day
the battle Of Waterloo was fought, and
IS consequently in his SO year.
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AT a conference of the Paulist Fa-
Tiers, recently held in New York City,
Very Rev, George Deshon, c. S. p,
was elected superior of the Congrega-
ton of St. Paul. Father Deshon is. a !
graduate of West Point, and was a
1lassmate of the late President Grant
1t that institution. He is a convert, as
ire nearly all the Paulist Fathers.
Sister Marie du Sacre Occur recently
passed away peacefully and painlessiy
t the college of Notre Dame, San Fran
'isco. She was a member of a prom
nent California family Her father was
he late Judge Barry, jurist who prac-
iced in the 5Os. Through her father
he deceased sister was connected with
Commodore John Barry of revolutiona-
y fame. Sister Marie du Sacre Occur
oined the community of sister in 1868
nd in 1881 was appointed sugerioress
f the academy of Notre Dame in Ala
media, and returned in 1895 to her alma
natter
The Pope SmokesWhy Not.
Plus X smokes. and enjoys the dis
motion of being the first pope to make
se of tobacco in this form. Both Leo