The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

AND COLORADO CATH
WELL and has not been in better health
for the last ten years
The Holy Father, it is semi officially
announced, will hold consistory in the
month of February. On this occasion
Leo XIII will pronounce an important
allocution in which ne will briefly emu
merate the principal events of his long
! pontificate.
Very Rev. Father O'Malley. P. p, of
Huntley, Ontario. Canada, died recent
ly in County Galway. ireland. He was
related to both Archbishops MacHale
and McEvilly of Tuam. He was in Ire
land on a visit
| The golden jubilee of the German
Catholic congresses will be celebrated
at Cologne from the 23d to the 9th OF
August. The history of the congresses
Is practically the story of Catholic or
ganization throughout Germany since
the days of the Kuiturkampf.
The late Miss Ann Bohan of Bridge
port, Conn. left her entire estate, esti-
mated at from $4,000 to $4,000, to the
new hospital to be erected in that city,
in charge of the Sisters of st. Vincent
de Paul.
Mr.. Thomas F. Walsh of Washing
ton has provided a fund for the study
of Irish history in Columbia, also that
gold medal for excellence in this de-
partment will be awarded annually.
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Documents elevating the Rev. Pat
rick F. O'Hare, rector of the Church of
st. Anthony of Padua, Brooklyn, to the
rank of domestic prelate have been re-
ceived in Brooklyn. This rank carries
with it the title of monsignor, and en-
titles the holder to wear purple. Mon
slgnor OHare's parish is one of the
largest in Brooklyn, and it was only
recently that the church debt was
wiped out and the building conse-
Grated
The passing of the bill at Harrisburg
repeating the law preventing the erec-
tion of hospitals in built-up portions of
cities removes an obstruction from the
projected building of st. Joseph's hos
pltal. south side. Pittsburg. The sub
scriptton fund has now reached $35, 600.
The legislature is asked to appropriate
10000 toward the cost of erection.
The golden jubilee of the reception
into the Order of the Christian Broth
erS of Rev. Brother Botulph, president
of st. Michael's college, Santa Fe. N.
M, has been observed with appropriate
religious and social exercises.
Rt. Rev. ]. E. Quigley, archbishop
elect of Chicago. has made a gift of
$4,000 to the struggling parish of the
Nativity, Buffalo.
The Kentucky court of appeals in the
case of Coleman against the Rt. Rev.
Bishop of Louisville. has handed down
an opinion fully sustaining devises and
bequests for masses.
There are thirty Catholic bishops in
Mexico. The youngest is Rt. Rev. DR..
Leopauidus Ruis, bishop of Leon, who
was educated in Rome.
From 1877 to 1887 the Catholic mis-
sionaries in Korea had 5000 baptisms of
adults: last year they had 5,2O3 In the
last twenty-five years the native Chris
tian population has risen from II 900 to
$4,000, and the priests from two to forty,
besides eleven native priests.
A double golden jubilee celebration
occurred at Latrobe, Pa, Jan. 13, in
honor of the fiftieth anniversary of
Sister Gabriels and Sister Bernard's
entrance into the order of Sisters of
Mercy.
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The late Miss Ann Bohan of Bridge
1aff
mated at from $751; 900 to $40 900. to the
new hospital to be erected in that city.
in charge of the Sisters of st. Vincent
de Paul, and for which land has been
already purchased in North Bridgeport.
The Knights of Columbus directors.
in annual meeting last week, reported
a more than 100 per cent increase in
during last year. Death
claims paid amounted TO 1921, ,000 The
membership of the order is now SIS. 900, |
and the surplus in the treasury
amounted to $S14,O00 The project of
extending the order into Mexico was
discussed. In all proba bility the year |
1903 will see the standard of Columbus |
in the republic just south of u.s. |
The Catholic Converts league of New
York has been incorporated to support !
catholic missions. Directors are Jesse
Albert Locke, George D. Mackey. c. |
Stanton Floyd-Jones, John j. Delany, |
Whitman V. White, Mary L. iBerett, |
Edward l.. Snyder, Stuart A Coates
and Rev. j. ]. Flood of New York.
A few days ago fire created a panic
1t st. James Catholic orphanage at |
Benson, Mich suburb of Omaha and
destroyed the north wing of the build |
ng, causing loss of about S35, 900, |
partly insured. One hundred children |
we're in the building when the fire |
started, but all were removed in safety, |
md are quartered in the converts of !
he city. The institution is outside the |
'ity limits and had no fire protection. !
The asylum was IN charge of the Sis
ers of Mercy and quartered 100 or |
ohans.
The oldest school of music in the |
world is in Rome. 1t dates back to the !
year 1866, and the great Palestrina was |
is first president. Pope Gregory XIII |
recognized its foundation in |
5S4 as a congregation of the musicians |
If Rome, under the invocation of ST !
cecilia. 1t still bears the title of the /
Academy of st. Cecilia. It's first cen
enary was celebrated with much GER
'mony in 164S. The year ITO was re-
narkable for having admitted the first |
woman into the academy. The school |
low possesses an unusually fine chorus !
Ind orchestra, and whenever any great |
went is to be solemnized in Rome the |
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