The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-01-23

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There are 1851 Catholic places of worship in
Great Britain served by Sill priests 1922 of these
fzseFe regulars 49,
The9cause of canonization Of the Blessed Pirz
rotti Of the Pous schools has Just been before the
sacred congregation of rites,
The sum Of $4,000 for the chapel of the Blessed
Sacrament in Westminster cathedral has been col
leced. not as has been stated, by Mgr. Canon John
Vaughan, but by his brother. Father Kenem.
Vaughan. For over two Years Father Kenem
begged for this object throughout Spain, and he
Obtained there nearly $4,000 When war broke out
with the United States he proceeded on the same
errand to the Spanishspeaking countries of South
America, where he received with great kindness
and secured generous subscriptions.
i, There are at present in Denmark but 5000
Catholics out. Of a population of 100000. The
ruin of Catholicism in this country dates from 1886,
when by a royal decree, the kingdom was closed
to oil Catholic missionaries. Of recent years the
laws i'll this regard have become more liberal There
are now twcnty-one secular priests III the country,
and Of these fourteen natives. Since the pro-
mitigation of the charter of 1910 there has been
nominal freedom in the matter of religion.
Quite recently hitherto unknown crypt was
discovered n.the cathedral of St Mark in Venice
1t contained marble sarcophagus of the ninth
y.
is of archaeological value. inasmuch it confirms
the belief that the foundation Of St. Marks were
laid in the year 500.
When the new Catholic university is established
in Dublin every student of Maynooth college will
be required according a statement made By the,
bishop of Kilaloe TO take at least the degree of
'B a. before commencing the study of divinity
The dedication Of Negro Catholic church took
place recently in Pine Bluff, Ark. The negroes of
that vicinity were so overjoyed that church had
been erected for their especial benefit that they
travelled from all parts of the surrounding country
to be in attendance. The dedication of the church
j. splendid achievement,fo Father Ferdinand.
Among the new students at All Saints school at
Sioux Falls S. D., is; Lost Bird, the Indian baby
who found clinging to Its dead mothers breast
on Wounded Knee battlefield two days after the bait
tic. 'sShe was adopted by General and Mrs J.. W.
Colby, then of Nebraska. but now Of Washington,
d. c. and has been sent to Bishop Hare TO be edIl
Gated She is - years old
When Rev John L. Burke, rector of the Church
of St. Benedict the Moor for negroes of New York,
arrived in that city from Europe a week or so ago
he received for church purposes check for nearly
$4,000, most of which made at lecture given
by Father Chadwick i'll Carnegie hall.
The two papal fans used since the days of Plus
X have been brought to this country and will be
exhibited in the of the University of Penn
syvania 1t is 70 Mrs Drexel, the widow of j PIER
pont Morgans late partner. that America is in
debed for the possession of these valuable fans
Every year she went to Rome Mrs Drexe pleaded
for them, until at last the pope gave his consent to
let them go in exchange for othe.s of the same de-
sign presented by Mrs. Drexel.
1t would seem that Piux X would never forgive
the cardinal who by introducing the Austrian veto
Of
and his own necessity. He has Just issued an
apostolic constitution accommodating any ear
dina hereafter who in conclave interposes a veto
from any power whatsoever.
The design of the sculptor Luccheti, for a mon