The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07

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1ence, fracturing his skull and dled
Rev Father Andrew Michael, for
years the beloved pastor of st. Magda-
ems church at Madison, Ind, died on
Tuesday night, after an illness lastlng
several weeks.
The Very Rev. Father Whitmee, su-
perior general of the Pallottines, has
returned to Rome from long and ia
tiguing journey to South America,
where he visited the various houses OF
his order. Father Whitmee had the
of finding everything -
a most fiourishing condition! He mas
resumed his duties at San Silvestro, in
Capite, with characteristic energy.
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Monsignor Denis O'Connell, the new
ly appointed rector of the Catholic uni
versity at Washington, starts for ms
post about the middle of February, aft
er. probably, first visiting the Catholic
of Freiburg, Bonn, Lille
and Louvain.
Preparations are being made by the
Catholic community of Glasgow, Scot
land. for the celebration of the thirteen
anniversary of st. Mungo.
which takes place this year. The chief
ton will be held in the cathedral
of that city.
The centennial anniversary of the
birth of Padre Secchi, the great Jesuit
astronomer, one time stationed at
Woodstock, Md, will be commemo-
rated in Rome.
The Roman Catholic cathedral at
Westminster is gaining color and rich
ness from the decoration and memoir
ais. The high altar is now in place,
and a series of chapels, with ceilings
adorned with mosaics, is approaching
completion. The baldachino over the
high altar is supported by eight onyx
mopoliths from African Quarries.
On the goth of next month the Holy
Father will have completed the years OF
Peter. Who would have thought in 1873
that the new pontiff, then 6S years old
would be one of the two destined to see
the years of Peter?"
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The more valuable presents which
the Holy Father has received on the
occasion of the pontifical jubilee are
exhibited at the vatican. The totaI
number is go. 600. A Roman correspond
ent states that a clause in the pope's
will bequeaths this treasure to the holy
see excluding therefrom his family.
The Very Rev. J. A. Zahm, provincial
of the congregation of the Holy Gross
in America, whose headquarters are al
Notre Dame, Ind, has gone to Paris tc
look after the interests of his order in
France, which, in accordance with the
terms of the associations laws, is liza
BILE to confscation at the hands OF the
French government.
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The bishop of ,Puebla, Mexico, the
Rt. Rev. Ramon Ibarra Gonzales
proposes to build at Puebla small
theatre for the poorer class of people
where moral and educational plays car
be presented. He will defray the ex-
penses out of his private purse.
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Documents elevating the Rev. Pat,
rick F. O'Hare, rector of the Church
of St. Anthony of Padua, Manhattan
avenue and Milton street, Greenpoint
to the rank of domestic prelate have
been received in Brooklyn. This rank
carries with it the title of monsignor
and entities the holder to wear purple
Monsignor O'Hare's parish is one OF
the largest in Brooklyn, and it was only
recently that the church debt was
wiped out and the building consecrated
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The first free kitchen for the poor OF
Rome, instituted by the Catholic Char
itv association, was lately opened. Ia
bies were laid for 100 poor persons anC
blessed by Cardinal Vannutelli. A num-
ber of ladies waited on them and the
municipal authorities and lady pat
ronesses on the committee were pres
ent
The irremovable rectors and consult
ors of the diocese of St. Louis, Mo.
have agreed upon the following list FOL
the office of coadjutor bishop with right
of succession: Bishops Joseph Edward
Dunno of Dallas, Tex; Bishop John j
Glennon of Kansas City, Mo-, and Bish'
Oh s. G. Messmer of Green Bay, Wis.
The Church News association of New
York has discovered that nearly three
fourths (317,000 out of 451 ,OOO) of those
who go to church on Sundays are Cath
OllCS. lGlt SOlAlC pIPPAS NeSAA N--AS
Protestant country"
Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli has beer
appointed vice chancellor of the Cath
olic church in succession to Cardina
Parocchi, who died Jan, 10.
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The pope received in private audienc
Francis McNutt and Mrs. McNutt o
washington, D. c.. who presented t
him q Jubilee gift of four magnificen
columns of alabaster from Tivoli. Thes
have been erected in the throne room
to hold candelabra on each side of tn
throne
The Rev. ]. lyman, D. D., of Farm
worth, Bolton, England, and membe
of the Stafford Diocesan School asso
citation, in thanking Mr. Redmond TO
the action of the Irish party in the fina
stage of the education bill, informs hir
that the repairs clause means a savin
of at least $4,000 per annum to tn
Catholic schools in the diocese of Sal
ford
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The wills of two eminent English di
vines have just been proved DR.. VIII
liliam Vaughan, bishop of plymouth
and brother to Cardinal Vaughan, VIII
died at the age of SS, left an estat
| valued at S77O; whilst DR.. Joseph Ar
gus formerly secretary of the Baptls
( Missionary society, and subsequent
president of Regents Park college, lei
an estate which has been valued &
S134,1 gross.
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The oldest school of music in til
world is in Rome. 1t dates back to til
year 1856, and the great Palestrina wa
| its first president Pope Gregory XII
tformally recognized it's foundation
! 1854 as a congregation of the musician
of Rome, under the invocation of S
Cecilia. 1t still bears the title of tt
ACADEMY ot ST Cecelia It's first Ger