The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-07-18
RELIGIOUS EVENTS.
Interesting Items Briefly Told in
"Church Progress"
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
The twelfth session of the Catholi
Summer School of America recent.
opened under the most auspicious con
ditions at the assembly grounds, Cliff
Haven, N. Y. Sessions will continue
until Sept. 4.
The orphan children of the Cincin
natl diocese were given an outing or
the Fourth, among the pleasures o.
which was a $500 display of fireworks
A few wards of the new st. Vim
cents hospital at Sherman, Texas
were given over to public use last
week. The institution will be in
charge of Sister Elizabeth of the Sis
ters of Charity of st. Vincent de Paul,
formerly stationed at Los Angeles,
Cal.
st. Aloysius congregation at Stur-
gis, South Dakota, has purchased
a site for the erection of a new $4,000
church. which will be built this sum-
mer.
The College of st. Elizabeth, Con-
vent Station, N. j., at its commence
ment, conferred the dergree of A B.
on four young ladies. This is reported
the first time an American Catholic
college has conferred degrees on
women.
The corner stone of the new church
of st. Charles Borromeo at st. Mary,
KY, was blessed by Rt. Rev. Bishop
McCloskey.
The membership of the Catholic
club in New York has reached its con-
stitutional limit of 1000. There has
been recently a large acquisition of
nonresident members. ]
In the new chapel of st. Joseph,
Canton, O., the pastor, Rev. Clement
Treiber, has introduced a simple and
useful device which may be sugges-
tive to pastors elsewhere. Above the
door of each confessional is a small
incandescent light, which, when it is
burning, indicates that priest is
hearing confessions within, obviating |
the necessity of inquiring. In the con-
fessional is another electric light |
'This enables the priest" says Father
Treber, ''to read his office or read his
sermon at night when not engaged in
hearing confessions. Thus he can
keep busy without the necessity of
leaving the confessional.
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st. Cecelia's church, KiIbourn, Wis.
dedicated by Bishop Mess
mer, is one of the finest Catholic
church ediffces in the interior of the
state. The suggestion of a $4,000
church in Kilbourn for any denomina-
ion was at first considered preposter-
this church cost $4,000.
A new church has been dedicated at l
Chamberlain, South Dakota, where
he Catholic population shows a fiat {
ering growth.
Those interested in the building of >
new Catholic church at Deal, N. J., =
re progressing in their work Daniel d,
'Day, who headed the subscription :
st with a donation of $4,000. has .
cen instrumental in raising an equal :,
mount from other subscriptions. It g
expected the church will be finished :,
l a year. =
The new combined pastoral resi- =
ence and school of Sacred Heart par y
h, Corbin, KY, has been completed. Z
he school is well patronized not only -
? Catholics, but also BY Protestants. =
The Home for Fathers of the Apos- =
'lic Mission in Iowa is to be located =
Waverly. Archbishop Keane will =,
bend the summer months in Ger y
any. "
1t is reported that st. Leo's new
lurch at Tacoma, Wash, will be
lady for dedication about August Is. :.
Nearly one-half of the fund of $780,
% to be raised for Archbishop Ryan's
'lden jubilee has been pledged.
Seventy years ago there were only a a
1000 Catholics in Ohio; today they :,
lmber 531, 900. Is Is
P
AS testimonial of esteem to Rev. q,
Hayden, s. J., who retires from ri
e Catholic chaplaincy of the Sol
ers' Home, Milwaukee, after ten
'ars' faithful service, souvenir cane ot
as presented to him at a public h,
Getting in the home chapel Tuesday
-ening Of last week.
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The Hibernians of Leadville. Colo. m
I've donated five gold medals for the
udy of Irish history in one of the
-rochial schools. Forty-five Irish 81
nerican children are competing for
e medals.
The German Catholic Societies of it
'nnecticut held large and enthu- a6
astic state convention at New Haven
Saturday and Sunday last.
The beautiful new church of ST.
ary Magdalene at Omaha has been
and is now in use by the pa
ngregation. The formal dedication
S been deferred to a later date.
Bishop Conaty, chairman of the
mmittee appointed to arrange for
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