The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-18
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


started a movement to erect buildings
in the different parishes of the city for
the physical and mental training of
young men. One building is to cost
1000 Other Catholics should fol-
low the example, of their Brooklyn
brethren by providing a hall where
young men could meet for social bene-
fit, and where they could improve mind
and body. A building for Catholic
women would bring together many
who are friendless and strangers to the
city. al
s.
Writing of the Trappists, conmu
nifty of whom, exiled from France, are
the New Freeman, of st. John. says:
1T is remarkable how these men live.
For centuries their order has existed
in the Church.; they will not die out;
governments cannot kill them. The
manner of living among them would
soon put an end to most of us. At
least so we think. They never eat
meat in any shape. They don't take
too much sleep. being on foot as early
as o'clock in the morning. Potatoes,
turnips. carrots, cabbage bread, fruit,
when they can get it, is the bill of fare,
day in and day out. Fish. eggs. milk,
them. They are healthy and live long
President Roosevelt has recently
made a cash contribution toward the
movement to purchase Irish pictures
for the proposed Gallery of Modern Art
to be established in Dublin.
s.
The conversion on his deathbed of
Leonard Moody has caused quite stir
in church circles in Brooklyn N Y,
Mr. Moody had long been treasurer of
the Brooklyn tabernacle and a close
friend of the Rev. DR.. Talmage. His
wife and daughters had been Catholics
for several years, and the former at
tributes her husbands conversion TO
her daily prayer that he might be
vouchsafed the light of heaven ere he
departed from this life.
s.
Rt. Rev. Bishop p J.. Garrigan of
Sioux City ably eXpounded, in a recent
sermon, the doctrine of free will and
sin. The bishop maintained that it is
impious to attribute the authorship of
sin to God. The divine Author of our
being endowed man with free will and
man alone is responsible for the sinful
abuse of his powers. As God is in
finitely just and holy, man cannot be
ptIliIlt6u " SSCdpt IlllS ISSpOIlSlpllity,
but will be held accountable for his
every voluntary act.
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Most Rev. JJ. Glennon, Archbishop
of st. Louis, arrived in Jefferson City
Tuesday evening and appeared that
night before legislative committee in
the house to argue in behalf of the
passage of certain divorce laws de-
signed to eliminate the evils of divorce.
1t was the Arehbishop's first appear
ance before legislative committee and
his discussion of, the marital relation
and the evils of divorce and the sane
tity of the home was one OF. the most
beautiful and profound disquisitions
ever heard upon the subject.
His remarks We're extemporaneous,
and were not reduced to writing This
is most. unfortunate. If a stenogra phi
ic report of that speech could be had
and circulated among the members of
the house and senate it is not likely
that any opposition could exist to the
bills favored by the Archbishop. for it
was the opinion of all present that
there never was such an address upon
such a subject in the Missouri capitol.
jefferson City CMo.) Democrat.
The highest standard of morality in
the world today is that which is up
held by our Catholic women. The
most beautiful of all the virtues seems
to be their own particular heritage
And they are not ungrateful to- the
saints who went before to teach them
how to live.-Rcv. p. J. Murphy. c. S.,
T.