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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
TIE LIVES OF THE SAINTS.

Canon Henson, leading churchman of the An
gican establishment recently suggested that i'll add
dition to verses from the epises and gospels there
should also be read in the churches passages from
the lives of the saints. He said that this was the
practice III the medieval church
The suggestion is one of considerable value. SO
much that comes from the pulpit passes over the
heads of the people 1t is theological, didactic
mystical, for which things our age has not very
vital understanding But the congregation always
listens to what is in the narrative vein. However
money-mad or materalistic our age is there is ever
a deep interest in the emotional and spiritual cpl
sodes found in the lives of the great of the
church as well as in the careers of the great men
of the state And the lives of the saints touch upon
every moral need of the age.
Under the influence of the Bollandists, most of
the fabulous and apochryphal features of hagiolo-
gy have been eliminated, so that the modern world
may listen to the lives of the saints without any
disposition to doubt-Catholc Citizen, Milwaukee.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
PROGRESS OF CHURCH IN CHINA

Who will say the church is not at work in
China report of the mission of Kiang-Nan, for
q YEAR has just appeared. and this shows that the
province Is enthusiastically divided into 1O5 dis
7rics. These are cared for by one vicar apostolic
l76 Jesuits twentyeight secular clergy and seven
ty-seyen seminarists. In addition to these there
are twenty-four Marists at work, and these have
twenty-fou religious catechists. Thirty-two Car
meite nuns are in the same field, twenty of whom
are natives; ninety-two Helpers of the Holy Souls
muns }, thirty of whom are natives; 15S Presenta-
hon nuns. ali of whom are natives. Twenty-three
OF the Jesuit Fathers are natives, as are four of
the Seminarists at work The province contains
E+47o Catholic Christians and S5.S9S Catechu-
mems. From July TO July there were 26216 hap
tJsms all told and 1892 combinations. During
the time there 7027 Christian boys in the
SCHOOLS. and 6,2S3 pagan boys; 6,426 Christian
girls and l.SS4 pagan girls. These were taught by
G91 male teachers and 500 female teachers The
province contains 50,0OOO0O of inhabitants What
a center OF Catholicity it viii be in the years to
--;--,. este u. Matchman.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
NEW UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA.

be laying of the corner stone of the new Uni
F'Fsliy Of Ottawa on Victoria DAY, May a. prom
l>cs 70 be an event of supreme Importance in the
religious and educational annals of the dominion.
L'v Dr. Emery, OMI.. president of the institu-
ION Will issue invitations to the prelates of both
me United States and Canada to the.leading edu-
'aHonaists and to the executive heads and states
men Of both parties. Lord Mimic, governor gen
g'a: Mgr Sbaretti, papal delegate; Sir Wilfrid
1alnor, Mr. r. L. Borden, leader of the opposi-
non: Archbishop Duhamel, the archbshops and
bishops of the other Canadian dioceses and the
A.ad- of the different religious orders will be in
N,cd, together with the lieutenant governors and
cabinet ministers of the provinces, and the heads
%. Tho sister universities and seats Of learning.
Probably one of the most interesting personages
present. if not the most interesting viii be Cardi-
nal Gibbons.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
THE POPE AND FRANCE.

~, According TO the Paris correspondent of the
I,Hoj, 1t appears evident that the present Pope
nullis 1T hardly possible to go any farther III the
way Of concessions to France, and has made up his
. - with respect to religious questions" And
ans opinion Is strengthened by the account which
catholic deputy gives of an interview he recently
~ with the Holy Father. The Pope told him that
'ghehmen of all political shades should unite in
IPnee of liberty, and especially of religious lib
NY Nor Is Plus X afraid Of thefhreatened sepa-
@loh OF church and state; 1t causis him nc lpprc
,.9son Indeed he believes II will 'raisertho char
aver OF the clergy and confirm the devotion OF the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
EASTER COMMUNION.

Among the precepts or laws of the church which
bind under the pain of sin, we read this one:
'To receive holy eucharist at Easter within
the time appointed
Christ. speaking to his apostles. who, then rep
resented the church, said: Whatsoever you shall
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven" For good
and valid reasons the church has commanded us to
observe the above law, under pain of mortal sin,
therefore we are so bound before heaven.
The appointed time, beginning ON Ash Wednes-
day terminates this year on Saturday, May IS, the
day preceding Trinity Sunday. We are well
aware that a few so-caed Catholics, among
our parishioners, hold this law in scorn but they
forget or mscalculate the subject with which they
arc dealing. This is not law promulgated for
any temporal reason, or by any temporal govern
ment but by the church of Jesus Christ; unless he
hears the church let him be to thee the heather
and publican"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
A SCIENTIST PROCESSES HIS FAITH.

Those who have attained eminence as scientists
have sometimes been most ready to acknowledge
their limitations Only the pedant presumes to
have mastered the whole field of human knowledge.
We have heard so much from the noisy agnostic
that we are liable to forget that of the great
est scientists have beeen devout Christians One of
these, distinguished professor Of the official Uni
versity of arts, undeterred by the infdel cam
paign raging around him, makes his profession of
faith in this fashion: Il practical Catholic
and here is the simple process of reasoning by
which l became There IS God, everything
tells me So science itself demonstrates the fact
If there is a God, man has duties toward him, and
therefore there is a religion Engrossed with my
special duties, [ cannot become expert theo-
Logan. But | have looked at all known religions
The Catholic religion is incontestably the most
elevated and the purest she dominates history.
That sufices for me. [ fall on my knees before
her and avow myself her son. thoroughly submits
sive in all those higher questions about which hui
man science cannot tell me the first word Trans
cript, Hartford, Conn.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

School association and that is what it shows Of
those who were asked to their preferences 45.2'
per cent Roman CathoI nc Next come me 1e Dap
who had mo preference" They would not have
dared TO give such an answer iii Boston three cen
turtles ago.
The Roman Catholics OF Boston are better
obnrcb-goers Than the Protestants Their percent
age of regular church attendance is 1901, and of
occasional attendance is Iii The Presbyterians
make the next best showing, with percentage OF
47.32 for regular and 2359 Tor occasional attend
ance.
Another phase of the conditions in the churches
has beech brought out 1t relates to the proper
ton of males to females in the religious denomin-
nations Here too, the Roman Catholic church IS
in marked contrast with Others. Its attendance
shows 40, 767 males to 5S,613 females. In almost
every other denominations save in the Jewish
church, the women outnumber the men in the pro
portion of almost two to one. Those who said they
have no preference for any denomination number
3,50S women to 5161 men.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
NEW YORK SUI ON CHURCH MUSIC.

There is 50 much sense and propriety in Pope
Plus rs desire to reform church music that it is
difficult to why Catholic communities should
oppose the changes he suggests or be reluctant to
accept them. While it may take some time to IN
troduce the Gregoran forms he favors, surely, with
the great mass of noble church music at command
1t must be simple matter to make up at once pro-
grammes from which operate and other profane
music shall be excluded. The services viii be none
the less attractive for the omission
Some parts of the reforms announced affect in
a way the social life Of the community and may
have to be introduced gradually The regular ON
poyment of female voices in Catholic church
choirs is, we imagine peculiar to this country. Tie
exclusion of women may work hardship for while
and create embarrassment till the men and boys
who are to take their places are found and trained
But the Pope acknowledges that his reforms will
need time to be completed, and with the adaptable
ity of the church to surrounding circumstances,
there is no reason to doubt that American Catho-
lies will be able to carry out in substance the holy
sees musical directions
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
CARDINAL sAToLLrs VISIT.

Mgr. Falconi, the papal representative at Wash
ington, made the following statement regarding
the proposed visit of Cardinal Satoli to America.
1--WE are authoritativey informed that there is
10 truth whatever in the current report regarding
the object of Cardinal Satoli's proposed visit to
America, namely, to settle disputes which have
arisen in ecclesiastical circles on account of the al
legged American spirit of liberty and the absolutsm
of Rome.
There is no friction whatever between the
apostolic delegate and the American hierarchy The
American bishops are united and in perfect, accord
with the views of the Holy Father, and Rome IS not
annrehensive that they will ever be otherwise.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
INDULGENCE DOES NOT PASS AWAY

Suppose some one used my beads without my
consent or without my knowledge, would the indul-
gence in that case pass away, and would it be
cessary for me to have. the beads indulgenced
again.
In that case the indulgence docs not pass away
is it necessary to have the beads indulgenced
again. The reason why beads and other blessed or
indulgenced objects cannot be transferred from the
owner for whom they we're indulgenced, to another
person, in order that the second person might gain
the indulgence, is the implied usurpation of right
which belongs exclusively to the church to trans
fer indulgences themselves. There was certainly
no such intention possible in the case above stat
ed. On the same principle the beads would not
lose their indulgence if I would lend my rosary to
another, not to gain the indulgence, but simply to
count the Hail Marys in reciting the rosary
Catholic Union and Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
A RELIGIOUS FAMILY

Rev. Louis Van Driss. who recently died in
Courtrai Belgium, was brother of the late we'll
known Rev. Charles DriscoIl, S. j.. The family
name was Van den Drisch but the three brothers.
who became priests and spent their lives in the min
istry of religion in this country, each changed his
patronimic somewhat out of, consideration for
American tongues. Father Lewis, as he was often
called, lived at st. Josephs, Cincinnati some ten
years, but left there about two years ago to return
to his old home in Belgium, and the closing years
of his life passed at st. Charles Retreat for
Priests.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
GREeoRTAN MUSIC BY PHoNoeRAPH

At the request of the Pope, it is said the sing
ing of the Gregoran iii st. Peters on the oc-
casion of the centenary of ST Gregory, which was
executed by choir of 1900, has been perpetuatcd
for the and instruction of the churches outside
of Rome Arrangements were made with phono-
graph company to take the records of the most i'm
portant parts of the exccutionqand, special meet
ing of all the singers was held in the church the
day following the celebration. The making of the
records was perfectly successful and soon lovers
of church music all over the world will be able to
listen to the most perfect execution Of Gregorian
music
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
Church Universal

faithful" and, by banding Catholics ta.ctber
against the common enemy, ultimately ensnr7 their
triumph. But he urges them to act And Ibis an
pears Just the thing which French Catholics
dread and shirk. They talk protest, lament. but
act not Now that the Holy Father has spoken they
may take heart Of grace, and perhaps-who knows
NJ Combes, seeing that the Pope is resigned 10
separation Of church and state ma. hesitate 4, rive
the church liberty of which hitherto her union
with or rather subsection to the state has deprived
her ii freedom will benefit her. he will certainly
not grant lt.-London Catholic Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
DENVER BRIDE OF THE CHURCH

St. Louis No. May 11.-Four Brides of the
Church. including Miss Lena Rominger of Dem
yer. we're received as sisters at the House of the
Good Shepherd by beautiful ceremony presided
over by Archbishop P. ]. Ryan of Philadelphia
AT 10 o'clock the procession of clergy entered
the sanctuary Scarlet-vested acolytes and mum
Der of priests preceded the archbishop. A second
nrocessio was composed Of the Sisters of the Good
Sbepberd. Last came the central figures of the
day. the four postulants, wearing beautiful bridal
dresses Of costly fabric and latest fashion, adorned
with flowing tule wells and orange blossoms Miss
Rominger became Sister Mary OF the Seven DO
Toroc
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
A PROTESTANT READER.

A Protestant reader Of the London Cathohc
Times writes to that journal as follows
Il find great help to truth in reading Cataollc
papers because 1) get the Catholic position first
hand: (2) the news and statements are reliable re-
gardine Catholicism, and OBJ not garbled or taxed
mn 70 6mbug the reader; (4) it smooths Difficult
ties and removes prejudice; 90 can read the other
side of the questions that concern us; CD ! am
helping good cause by CD helping to spread light
ond increase knowledge.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

pressed this year. or that the liberty OF the PHI
grims will be interfered with
Mrs Thomas S. Ryan of New FORK. lady Of
means who was instrumental in building over thir
ty-fve churches and lately paid the entire expense
of the cathedral of Richmond, Va. costing up
wards of $50O,O0O has been decorated by the Holy
Father.
The vatican authorities deny having received
objections from American archbishops regarding
the impossibty OF enforcing the papal decree pro-
vding for the restoration of the Gregorian chant
and the Punishment of women from church cholrs
1t is pointed out in this connection that the decree
did not call for the exclusive of the C'regorlan
chant nor did it forbid congregational singing, IN
GLIDING naturally, female, voices.
Fully 1000 boys and young men, members of
the Cadets of the League of the Cross and Leag-
uers renewed their temperance pledge on Sunday
afternoon at St Mary's cathedral, San Francisco
The triennia changes which take place in con
nection with the Redemptorist community have
recently been signed at the principal house OF the
order in Rome. In the Irish province the Very
Rev. Father Boylan has been appointed provincial
of Ireland; the Very Rev. Father OLaverty, rec
tor at Limerick; the Very Rev Father Mcnamara
rector at Dundalk the Very Rev. Father Murray,
rector at Belfast and the Very Rev. Father Hayes.
rector of the Esker House OF the Redemptorists at
Galway
As a mark of her esteem foE' the edifying
ample set by the Catholic girls employed in hotel
at Lakewood, n. Y. Miss Cornelia Nash. prom
inent member of the Baptist church in Brooklyn,
has given 800 to Father IIealy of Lakewood for
the benefit of the Church of st. Mary of the Lake
The Irish hierarchy has lost two of its most
noteworthy members by death within few weeks
Following upon the death of the Most Rev. DR.. Nc
od,o b;.b Of +1,o Of
Dr. Coffey bishop of Kerry died at his palace, Kill
larney DIR. Coffey, who about 60 years of age,
had been bishop of Kerry since 1889
1t is stated that, complying with the request
of the project of the vatican library, the schismat-
ical patriarchate of Constantinople has ordered
the forwarding to Rome of a complete collection
of all the numbers of the patriarchal organ and a
selection from all official publications. for which
the vatican library will forward to tho patriarch
various works of its own and this is said to be the
first correspondence IN a very long time between
Rome and the schismatcal patriarchate
Among the oldest living members of the HER
archy may be enumerated: Vicar Apostolic Vail
of Saxony born 1911; Archbishop Posilovic of Ia
gramb, 1914; Auxiliary Bishop Gleich of Breslau.
1915; Bishop Strossmayer of Bosnia. 1885, Bishop
Alschner of Brxen, 1916; Bishop Shredder, auxili-
airy, of Vienna 1876 Archbishop Sivilla of Corona,
1917; Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati. 1919; Car
dinal Archbishop Richard of Paris, 1819 Arch
bishop Williams of Boston, 1922 Bishop McClos-
key of Louisville, 1928, and Bishop McQuaid of
Rochester, 1923.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
CATHOLIC BOSTON.

The Puritan fathers would have been Mortified
IF they had been told that the day was TO come
when an attempt to ascertain the religious prefer
ences of the people of Boston would show that out
Of 241.65l questioned-being nearly half the total
,onulafion-109 400 would say they were Roman
Catholics. and only 2O,319 that they were Congrc-
cafionalists. says the Chicago Tribune. A canvass
has bcccn made By the Massachusetts, Sunday
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
CHURCH CALENDAR.

Iay-Devotion-Blcssed Virgin
Sunday, 22-Whit Sunday. S. Ubald b. S.
Monday, 23-Whit Monday. 5. John Baptist
de Bossi Dev.
Tuesday, 24-Whit Tuesday. s Vincent of Lo-
" Wednesday, 95-s. Aldhelm, B. S. Uurban,
AZ Thursday, 2c-s. Quadrntus, B, S. oduwald.
Friday, 2I-S. John, PM. S. julius, NJ. En-
Der. Fast.
SATURDAY, SIS Gregory VII P. r. Margaret
Pole. NJ Ember. Fast
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
ARCHBISHOP CONFIRMS coLoRED CONVERTS

Archbishop Farley administered continuation
last week in the colored church of ST. Benedict the
Moor. New York, to the largest number of con-
verts ever confirmed at one service in that city Of
the ninety candidates, sixtyone were converts One
Of the largest gatherings that ever filled parish
church in that city witnessed the ceremony. Nearly
2 600 we're unable to gain admission
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
Religious Intelligence.

Arrangements for the annual convention of the
Wisconsin German Catholic societies, which will
be held in Manitowoc May % to 26, are being com
pleted By the executive committee. As all German
Catholic societies of the state are affiliated an un-
usually large crowd is expected
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

The Catholic knights of Wisconsin will hold
their state convention at Madison June l. There
are over 200 branches local divisions in the state
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
e Catholic Opinion

There is greater wisdom in a single line of
Thomas attempts than there is in whole volumes
of certain modern PHILOSOPHERS. Those who can
copy his precepts into their lives reach the lofticst
heights of human action.-Church Progress, ST.
Louis.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

A wise man paid 10 cents week to insure his
house against fire, and 3 cents week to insure his
children against the loss of their religion. The
latter insurance he took out in the form of CATH
Ole weekly.-The Agustinian, Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

Scores of daring Japanese officers and sailors
emulated Hobsons Santiago feat, and went him
one better by succeeding in blocking the harbor of
Port Arthur, and not one of them will be kissed or
mentioned for the national parliament.-Pilot Bos-
ton
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

At the cathedral Tuam, recently his grace the
archbishop presiding, the solemn yespers of the
church were, in all their sublmity and with every
rubrlcal detail, chanted by choir composed en-
tirely of male notes.-the parochial and college
clergy alternating with about sixty-ve of the stu
dents of St Jarlath's college.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

The Catholic church is the best league for the
preservation of the Bible, nevertheless it is good
that Protestans are forming league for this pur-
pose.-Freeman's Journal, New York.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

The high church party in the Protestant Epis-
copa church has suffered nglorious defeat. Aft
er three years deberation, the committee to which
was referred the question of a change of name has
just reported adversely They argue that they are
but known by the present name; and any alteration
in their legal designation while it could not bring
thani rearer to Rome, might them further
from the evangec,ds. The supreme duty of a
Protestant is to keep his face set against Rome
Western Waterman, St. Louis.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

A mine promoter who used the mails for the
promotion of his scheme IS ON trial in San Fran
cisco charged with using the mails to defraud The
same charge might be made against hundreds of
other concerns did their innocent victims care to
publish their own simplicity by instituting Grim
inal proceedings Mans natural Discrimination to
acknowledge that he has been outwitted saves many
q fraud from coming to light.-True Voice, Omaha.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21

There is trouble in the Methodist church. The
poorer churches want better preachers and the
better preachers want richer churches The elo-
7nts 10 exchange his saddle
bags for an automobile; and the log church would
like to hear the goldentongued exhorters from the
metropolis The time limit is a delusion and
snare, and an effort will be made at the next gem
eral conference to abolish it The disciples of Wes-
ley still love the .-one-horse shay" but they are
forced to admit that it is money, after all. that
makes the mare go."-Western Watchman st.
Louis.