The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-14
Religious Intelligence,

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1t is expected that Cardinal Satolli will visit the
Worlds fair and spend several weeks in ST., Louis.
Mgr. Lavelle, Dr. McMahon and Rev. John 7.
Driscoll, S. I'll, spoke at the Twentieth Century
club, Buffalo, last Monday evening.
On the Sd inst the annual oratorical contest was
held at Niagara university, diocese of Buffalo,
three students from the junior department compel
ing. The speakers, with their subjects, were: John
j. Carlin, Central Falls, r. l., Capital and La
bor;" Stephen F. Kierran, Troy, n Y, 'Ipfuence
of Character;' John P. Moore, Waterford, n. Y,
present Phase of American Politics." The judges,
chosen from the senior faculty, Fathers Hart
nett, Grace and Cribbps; who decided unanimous
ly in favor of the first speaker mentioned. The
prize gold medal, will be presented to the win
ner on commencement day,June H.
The always beautiful Chapel of Perpetual Ado
ration at the Ok Folks Home, in Pine street, Buff
falo, was made doubly TueE1ay morning,
May 8, because the sublime ceremony then enacted,
when the right reverend bishop, invested with the
habit of the Third Order of St. Francis, number
of young women, and received the profession of
several novices and the perpetual vows of a num-
Der who had passed the probationary period.
His Eminence Cardinal Logue will complete
the twenty fifth year of episcopate Sunday, July
"a, and on that day. the magnificent cathedral Of
Armagh will be solemnly consecrated
A move in the direction of federatng the Cath
Ole socities of Canada is about to be made under
the patronage and with the approval of His Lord
ship Bishop McEyay.
A plan to hold first plenary council in Canada
last week considered at the archbishops palace
in Ottawa.
Archbishop Walsh of Dublin has extended the
time of fulfilling the Holy Fathers instructions
with regard to sacred music until May q.
For the first time since his coronation, which
took place on Aug 8, 1908, Pope Plus went recently
to st. Peters to say in celebration of the
thirteenth anniversary of st. Gregory the Great,
who died in 604, A. d.
Right Rev. Bishop Conaty is obliged to go to
Washington with Archbishop Riordan to be pres
ent at a conference with the secretary Of state
with reference to business interests of the church
in California. He will be absent the entire month
of May.
It is stated that Frau Krupp, widow Of the can
non maker, has given $25 to each of the 1000 men
in her late husbands works, and $125,000 to the
workmens hospital. Frau Krupp is Catholic, as
was her late husband.
During General Kelly-Kenny's private audience
at the Vatican, the Holy Father put many ques-
tons to him about the South African compagn,
and about the facilities given to Catholic soldiers
in the British army for the free exercise of their
religion
The Catholic Indians of the diocese of Ogdens-
burg n. Y attend church in Canada They have
chung to the church, but account of their desti-
tute condition have been accustomed to educate
many of their children in Carlisle and perhaps
other non Catholic institutions. Through the eff
forts of Mother Katherine Drexe number of
these children have been placed in Catholic schools
in Philadelphia.
The parish collections in Philadelphia for the
theological seminary of St Charles Borromeo at
Overlook, Pa. amounted this year to $44S83.37.
This it was announced at, the annual meeting of
the solicitors in the cathedral chapel, Philadelphia,
is the largest fund raised In year for the sem
mary by the present system of 81 contributions.
The architecture of the mission house. Washing
ton, is universally admired. The prevailing style is
that of the old mission churches of California.
There is peculiar reason for its adoption there,
inasmuch as this style has been associated with
the old original missionary enceavor in this coun-
try, and serves to bind that great work with this
twentieth century effort to bring the American peo
pie into the fold of Christ.
The Knights of Columbus Worlds fair bureau,
suite 616 Roe building, SO Pine street, St. Louis
is prepared to furnish information to any Knight
contemplating visit to the fair. The bureau has
on file the addresses of all Catholic families hav
ing rooms to rent. ali Knights of Columbus or
Catholic managed hotels apartment houses etc.
and is prepared to furnish all required informa
ton. P. o. box GO is at tile disposal of all visit
ing Knights.
The archbishops at their recent meeting set
apart the months of September, October and No
vember to carry out the wishes of the Holy Father,
Piux x in connection with the celebration of the
golden jubilee of the PRONUNCIATION of the dogma of
the Immaculate conception.
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia has an
nounced the appointment of four priests as mem
bers of the archdiocesan commission on church
music to take up the work of reform as indicated
in the recent vmotu proprio of Piux X. A fifth
member of the commission is yet to be selected
The Rev Mother IGenevieve Granger, mother
superior of the Convent Of Mercy CHICAGO. is dead
aged II. For fftv-fve years she has been in the
same convent. and for thirty-one years had been
mother superior. She was horn III Canada.