The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-02-04
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The House of the Angel Guardian at
Boston has just celebrated its golden
! jubilee.
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial
school at Westminster has been opened
| in temporary premises.
A movement was recently inaugu-
rated in Rome for the canoni5ation OF
John Duns Scotus. the famous
churchman of the Middle Ages,
$
On Sunday. Jan. s. the golden jubilee
| of old st. Mary's church in san Fran
| cisco was celebrated with due pomp.
| St Mary's is a historic edifice and was
! formerly the Cathedral church of the
Church. 1t was built under the direc-
ton of Archbishop Alemany, and was
used as the cathedral until 1891 On
Dec. q. 1894, it was placed in charge of
the Paulist Fathers. Rev H. H Wy
man is now the pastor.
s.
Mgr. Serafini, apostolic delegate to
Mexico, has resigned, on account of i'll
health. and left for Rome this week.
Mgr. Cerretti. secretary of the apostolic
delegation. will perform the duties of
the office, until a new delegate is APP
pointed. Mgr. Seratino has suffered
from the effects of the altitude, but his
physicians say he will improve III
health on returning to Italy and the
sea level.
$
A dispatch from Guayaquil, Ecuador,
on Jan. IL. stated that while a process
sion was entering the Catholic church
Il Gy-
storm broke and the altar was struck
by lightning, setting fire to the church.
A priest and eight other persons were
mortaIlv wounded. Two persons were
killed by lightning in the same storm.
The strike of the 500 or more en-
ployes of the Kelly Island Line &
Transportation company at Marbehead
and Kelly island, near Sandusky, o.,
has been settled through the mediation
of Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland.
s.
Signor Marconf, of wireless telegraph
fame. is, according to the Patria, en-
gagged to marry Princess Giacinta Rus
poll. q years old, the youngest daugh-
ter of Prince Francesca Ruspoli, mas
ter of the Holy Hospice, a high hered-
itary vatican position.
The Catholics of st. Peters church of
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, witnessed Won
derful event at the o'clock mass on
Christmas morning. After walking
several blocks, Mrs. Mary Sheppard,
aged 1O4 years, appeared at the first
mass. She was celebrating her lO4th
birthday, having been born in Ireland, |
Dec. -. 1900. The old lady had GER
d 4 ii of
ing 10 mass Doubtless fidelity to God |
has brought her many blessings during !
more than a century of years.-Catho-
lie Universe.
The cathedral schools of Helensburg, !
Scotland, were last year given the |
highest government grant in their his |
tory, namely, $3.50.
Prince Arthur Of COnnaught termin- |
ated his official stay in Rome with
visit to the vatican:
new home for Catholic working
boys has Just. been opened III Montreal,
under the dictatorship of Rev. Daniel
c. IS. r.. rector of st. AIMS
church. 1t is called st. Joseph's Home,
and is already a great success.
Acceding to the request of Archbish-
DID Bruchesi of Montreal, Pope Plus y
las appointed Mgr. zotique Racicot, the
present vicar general, as auxiliary bish-
3p Of the diocese.
The news of the fall of Port Arthur
was received in Rome at first with in
,redulity Pope Plus, on hearing the
news. exclaimed: T;Let US hope that it
$ an augury that the end of the war
$ near, now that both nations have
proved their mettle.'
There recently died in Chicago a
mother who had given seven children
O the church. She was Mrs. Catherine
Iennessy. Rev. William S. Hennessy.
,astor of St Joachim's church, and
Rev. NJ D. Hennessy, pastor of All
saints church, are two of the sons.
there is another in a monastery ana
cur daughters in the religious life. she
ras truly a mother in Israel. ,
The Basilica of St. Mary Major at
Rome is one of the most celebrated
hrines in the world. This year of the
jubilee of the Immaculate Conception
a.>o,;o IIy- oeDtappd the attention