The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-19
Religious Intelligence.

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The Ri Rev Charles H. Cotton, D.
/ D.. bishop of Buffalo. \. Y, left his
episcopal city ON Nov. 10 ON his first
ad limina visit 10 Rome He will be
one of many American bishops in the
Eternal City for the golden jubilee of
the definition of the dogma of the I'm
maculate Conception of the Blessed
] Mother of God.
AZ the opening ceremony of New
York's subway Most Rev Archbishop
! Farley gave the benediction.
The graceful proportions of TIE mag
nificent new Pittsburg cathedral are
/ becoming more evident. The tall spires
of white granite are finished. Crowds
| of pedestrians pause daily to admire
| the great building.
A recent decision handed down by
the supreme court of Michigan in the
| case of the Church farm" confirms the
sale of several hundred lots bringing a
return of $4,000 to the diocese of De
! troit.
Last Sunday 100 members of the
Married Mems Sodality of Our Lady of
| Sorrows church. Chicago. formed Il
procession to make the jubilee visits to
the cathedral The procession made a
very imposing sight and caused mucn
edfication.
In the Ecclesiastical Review for last
month appears a decree of Pope PiuX
Y granting an Indulgence of seven
years and seven quaranunes, applica-
bic to the poor souls in purgatory for
saying in addition to the prayers after
low mass the invocation. Most Sa-
cred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on
us, thrice repeated "
About a year ago Miss Helen Gould
offered prizes for the best essays on
the origin and history of the Catholic
and Protestant versions of the Bible.
Both Catholic and Protestant scholars
were invited to participate in the con-
test The recently published list of
the judges chosen shows the name of
not d single Catholic. although there
are many eminent Catholic authorities
on Holy Scripture who might at least
have been asked to serve on the COM
mittee Such discrimination does not
promise an impartial judgment.
Brooklyn n. Y, will have the largest
number of pilgrims to the golden jubiz
lee of the dogmasof the. immaculate.
Conception to be held in Rome in De
cember 1t will be composed of nearly
200 priests. headed by Rt Rev. Bishop
Mcdonnell.
At the request Of the secretary of
the International Tabor bureau, the
Federal Council of Switzerland has
sent an invitationNte the vatican ask
ing that the pops be represented at
= Il on cnr
for the protection of workingmen. 1t
is said that Pope Plus will comply
with the request and send a prelate as
his personal representative.
The municipal council of DIXON has
decided to change the denomina ton of
all it's streets which have borne for
centuries the names of saints, and to
substitute in their place the names
of illustrious Frenchmen. st. Peter
has been substituted by Pasteur st.
John by Zola, and St. Bernard by
Dolet. NJ. Fevre made a strong plea
for the retention of the name of st.
Bernard, who wasf borne in the town.
but the other2 aldermen would not
consent.
Eight thousand e.. dollars. was the
generous purse which the priests of
the Buffalo diocese presented to their
devoted bishop at the close of the sy- |
nod. to defray his expenses to the Eter-
nal City. 'His priests are proud of !
Bishop Cotton and he is proud of them. |
The ceremonies attending the dedi-
cation of the handsome, new addition |
to St Marys church, Monroe. Mich, !
Sunday morning Nov. g. We're partici-
pated in by three prelates. a score or /
more of priests and large gathering
Of the laity. 4-F'.
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Very ReT. James Davis, vicar gener-
al of the diocese OF Davenport. "a. has
been selected by Pope Piu, X to be CO.
adjutor bishop to Right Rev. Henry
~OsgroXe hishOn o. The saInn diocese. NJ