The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-24

for their reception in the museum OIL
the University of Pennsylvania, where
they will be exhibited side by side with
the priceless fan made by the queen Of
Italy and presented to Mrs. DreXel.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
A movement has been started in St.
Louis by the knights of Father
Mathew TO erect Statue to Father
| Mathew in Forest park, st. Louis, to
be unveiled in August of the World $
fair year, when the convention of the
| Catholic Total Abstinence union will
J be assembled in that city.
| A New York priest, returned from
Rene, tells how Pope Leo XIII hears
the news of the world every day with
out reading a newspaper. He reads a
! journal published in the vatican or has
a secretary read it to him. This jour
nal consists of brief abstracts of ev-
erything interesting which the papers
! published in Germany England, France
and America and other lands have re-
corded.
| Miss Mary Waite has been received
! into the Catholic church by the Rev.
| ]. T. O'ConneH, pastor of st. Francis
de Sales church. Toledo, o. Miss
! Waite was formerly member of the
/ Episcopal church, but has for num-
Der of years been contemplating the
step which she has now taken. The
ceremony, which took place in the
| chapel of the Ursuline convent, was
witnessed by number of the friends
of the young lady, who is member OF
one of Toledo's Oldest and most prom
inent families. She is a daughter of
the late Edward T. Waite. and grand
daughter of the late Chief Justice
Waite
New Hampshire has at last been
reached by the civilizing spirit Of the
age. She has just removed the relig-
ious test from her constitution. The
work of justice was begun in 1876. IN
til then no Catholic was legally quail
fled to hold public office in the state.
But there still remained the clause:
THE legislature may authorize the sew
eral towns, parishes, bodies corporate,
Or religious societies within this state
to make adequate provision, at their
own expense, for the support and main
tenance of public Protestant teachers
of piety, religion and morality" The
word Protestant has been stricken
out and Catholics are at last on an
low citizens of other creeds.
More than 5000 Catholics attended
the recent lecture given by Rev. Father
Pardow, S. J.. at the Auditorium, Chi
cago. The sum of $4,000 was real
lied, $4,000 of which was donated by
the Hon. Bourke Cochran.
Christmas eve the Pope directed
Archbishop Constantine to distribute
$4,000 among the poor of Rome.
Hon. W. Bourke Cochran will deliver |
the principal address at the celebration |
of the Tooth anniversary of the found [
ing of the Hibernian society on next
st. Patrick's day in Baltimore.
With a view to reach more effectually |
the East End poor, Father Bernard !
Vaughn has rented a room in the Com |
mereial Road district, in which ne will |
practically live for some months to !
come. Twice or thrice a week he will |
enter the courts and alleys, collecting /
a congregation by the ringing Of a /
hand bell.
A great national pilgrimage is being
formed in Germany to visit Rome /
March 3rd.
Most Rev. John MacEvilly, D. D.,
Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland, is dead, !
aged S5 He was the author of the
only full commentary of the New Tes
lament in English except the Abpoch-
alpse, and his work is universally
used as textbook in Catholic coll
leges.
The new altars of purest Carrara
marble in st. Elizabeth's church. Chi
ago, were completed and used for the
first time on Christmas day. They are
counted among the very grandest in
the west.
Rev. Edward Hannin, pastor of st.
Joseph's church, Toledo, o., for the past
forty years. died last Sunday week
He was 76 years old and in April last
dedicated $4,000 church which he
himself designed and the building of
which he superintended.
o
Cardinal Seraf1no VannuteTi has been
appointed vice chancellor of the Cath
olic church in succession to Cardinal
Parocchi who died recently. The haste
with which the pope filed the vacant
Office is much commented upon Car
dinal Vannutelli is now regarded as
the probable successor of Pope Leo. as
vice chancellor of the church is one of
the highest positions in the papacy.
o
The pope will celebrate his silver iu-
bilee Feb. 20, and it is proposed that
each family, parish. diocese and nation
observe the day as one of Thanksgiving
to God for the holy fathers long and
reign. A golden tiara will be
presented to his holiness as an Offering
Of love from all his children.
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From 1877 to 1887 the Catholic mis-
sionaries in Korea had 5000 baptisns of
ADULTS; last year they had 5,203 In the
ast twenty-five years the native Chris
tian population has risen from IL 900
to $4,000, and the priests from two 10
forty, besides eleven native priests.
According to the last Communication
-he number of Roman Catholic
churches in Siam is sixty-eight. Five
# these are in the city of Bangkok
and the others are spread throughout
he interior
According to report. the Catholic wife
II President Diaz of Mexico has at last
persuaded him to resign his Office.
There are in China whole families
hat have been Catholic these 500
'ears. From these faithful Catholic
antilles the church obtains a host of
lative sisters, without whose help the