The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-12-03
Religious intelligence.

tire expense of an anonymous donor
was soemnly opened the other day IN
Walworth, the most densely populated
district of London, England.
Earl Spencer. who went to Ireland
some years ago as a Coercionist LoTu
Lieutenant, but who is now a Home
Ruler, had an uncle, the Hon. George
Spencer. who become n Catholic in MS
youth. and Joined the Passionist order,
becoming Catholic propagandist
among the aristocrats of England.
Anna Leary. % years old. telephone
operator at the Evanston OlisO, eN-
change. viii take the veil and become
. Dominican nun on Dec. s. Miss Leary
has been employed as telephone opera
tor during five years. Whlle on hfr va
catiCn last June she visited the moIhel
house of the Dominican order at Du-
buque Ia. where she became impressed
with the work of the nuns ana de-
cided to join the order
The Catholic Woman's National
league began its first convention IN
Chicago Nov 26, in the rooms OF the
Chicago Woman's club in the Fine Arts
building More than $50 delegates from
the branches of the league in all parts
of the country were in attendance.
Following the example of New YORK
Chicago and Philadelphia arrange
ments have been completed for the
mass for night workers in Newspaper
Row, Boston.
The Record of Louisville, KY (Nov
20 says: Catholic journalism in this
diocese and in this country, will ever
remain indebted TO our longtime friend
Lawrence H. Bell who departed this
life holly in God on last Sunday, and
was laid to rest on Tuesday from the
Church of the Dominican Fathers III
this city. He had been intimately as
ISOLATED with the Catholic press for
over thirty years.
When the founder of the Little Broth
ers of Mary, or Marist Brothers. the
Venerable Champagnat, died in 1910, his
society numbered 80 members, in
charge of forty-eight schools. There
are now more than 5000 members; and
they have been. between the years
1S36-1SS6, established in England, Ire
land. Scotland, North and South Amer
lea, New Zealand, Australia, Cape Col
ony, China, New Caledonia, Seychelles
and Africa. Their original foundation
was in France.
The Right Rev. P. j. Donohue, bishop
of Wheeling, w. Va, will receive the
major portion of the estate of Sarah
H. Tracey. valued at more than a
quarter of million dollars, under the
terms of will filed Nov. 10. The will
requests that Bishop Donohue use the
estate to erect and maintain an indus
trial school for unfortunate poor IN
memory of the testator'S grandfather,
Heating Rawson, and two orphan asy-
lums in memory of her dead brother,
Edward Tracey. Bishop. Donohue is be-
queathed $1,000. together with all the
looks paintings, horses and carriages
owned by the testatriX for his own use.
He is 10 sell her rare laces and jewels
and devote the proceeds TO charity.
A new house of the Trappisr order is
now located at Jordan, Linn county,
Ore. The order of Trappists has two
other houses in the United States, one,
the Able of La Trappe,. at Gethse-
name KY, and the other, New Mel
leray Abbey, near Dubuque Ia.
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A statue of the late Lord Russell of
Killowen, will shortly be erected in
the central hall of the ROYAL Courts
of Justice at London. 1t viii stand on
a handsome pedestal. and Will be q
fitting monument TO the popular Cath
olic lord chief justice Of England.
At the regular quarterly meeting the
! New York Catholic school board de-
cided that the history of Ireland shall
! De nenceforth one of the branches OF
study. most especially in those of our
| schools in which the English language
is used exclusively.
His Grace Archbishop Stoner having
! recently given to the holy father an
account of the objects of the League
! of Reparation, his holiness sent his
! special blessing TO the league and all
| its members. The league was formed
! i'm atonement for the. apostacies and
sa crileges during the sixteenth CEN
fury as we'll as for the outrages COM
mitted during subsequent years in
England.
Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee.
Wis. has purchased a costly edition
of Joseph Wilpert's Die Malereien der
Katakomben Roms" as gift for st.
Francis seminary. 1t contains 26 folio
color plates showing the paintings of
the Roman catacombs, and is the only
publication of it's kind in existence. The
work is a splendid example of the color
printers art, and will form a most
valuable addition to the seminary Ii
brary.
Very Rev. James Davis, the present
able and popular vicar general of Da-
venport. Ia, diocese has been honored
by the holy see with promotion to the
dignity of coadjutor bishop of the do
cese of Davenport. Owing to Father
Davis name being the first on the terna
GisO of recommendations made to
Rome by the bishops of the province
and the clergy of the diocese. his Sc
lection for that dignity was generally
expected.
Loretto academy at Cairo, His, one of
the oldest educational institutions in
southern Illinois, was totally destroyed
by fire recently, causing a loss of about
$4,000 on the buildings and its con-
tents.
The Catholic church in Chicago has
lost one of its great laymen. Judge
Thomas A. Moran died suddenly of
heart disease at the Waldorf Astoria
hotel. New York The news shocked
many thousands in Chicago where
Judge Moran has long been known and
Lonored
The bulls appointing Father LilIiS
bishop of Leavenworth have arrived
The conservation will take place Dec
%.
A purse of $1,4eO was presented t.
the Presentation Nuns of San Fran
cisco on the occasion of their COLDER
jubilee celebration recently, by theil
past pupils
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In the Indian missions of the north.