The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
Religious Intelligence.


irish cloth, which was made special.
Tor his holiness. His holiness declared
himself very pleased in accepting tn,
beautiful gift, which he will not fail t.
make use Of.
Father Hugh Lagan's death is a dis
tinct loss to the church and to religion
in San Francisco. For more than g
quarter of century he labored faith.
fully and well in this diocese, and was
esteemed among Catholics and non
Catholics alike in the various cOmnuni-
ties in which he exercised his ministry
In San Rafael, where he served for
many years as a pastor, and in the
Sacred Heart parish of this city. where
the last three or four years of his life
were spent in a similar capacity, his
! passing will be felt as a. personal be-
reaVement by majority of old and
young. May he rest in peace.-Monitor.
| The Baltimore cathedral was filed TO
! overlooking Sunday with worshippers
who had made up their minds to start
! the new year with a religious record.
Cardinal Gibbons at the close of the
| pontifical mass held his usual New
Years day reception in the Archepisco-
! pal residence and greeted hundreds Of
/ persons of all creeds.
At Rome the fact is commented on
that the holy see, instead of announc-
| ing directly to the porte the appoint
ment of a new apostolic delegate to
ConStantinople, communicated the fact
of the designation through the French
ambassador there. thus showing that,
Notwithstanding the rupture between
the vatican and France, there has been
no change regarding the French pro-
ova,, Catholics i'm tho Orient
Saturday, Dec. 8, was the 75Oth an
niversary of the election of Nicholas
Breakspeare, the only English pope, to
the see of st. Peter. The Thames VAL
ley Legitimist club celebrated the day
by an excursion to the village of Bed
mond, where the illustrious pontiff was
born
A most surprised man was Very Rev.
Father Baker Of Buffalo when on OPEN
ing his mail one morning last week to
find a papat brief from Pope Plus Y
comforting upon him the dignity of
Monsignor. The rank invests him with
the title of Right Reverend Monsignor,'
and gives him the privilege of assist
ing at the papal throne.
Father Baker is known all over the
country as the director of the famous
Home of Our Lady of Victory for way
ward boys.
Upon his return last week from Phil
adelphia Archbishop Moeller brought
with him to Cincinnati the Pallium and
papal document confirming, canonical-
ly, his succession to the late Archbish-
.op Elder. The solemn comforting of the
Pallium will likely occur the latter part
of next month.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Cosgrove of Daven-
port, Ia, on Dec 10 reached the seven
tieth anniversary of his birth. He
served as an altar. boy in Dubuque
completed his studies at the "Barrens
and was ordained to the priesthood
Aug. 26, 1857.
Another example Of the heroism of
the Catholic religious women in the
protection of their charges was given
on Christmas eve, when fire broke out
in the east wing of the New York
founding asylum. The 200 children
were panic-stricken, but by the prompt
and heroic action of sisters and nurses,
who made their way with the greatest.
difficulty through dense clouds of
smoke, every child was carried unhurt
to a place of safety. More fortunate
imam the SlSleTS VI 81 illCCHI . ScS
lum. Providence week earlier, the he
roines of the New York institution all
escaped and the damage done the build
ing was slight.
The. widow of Montalembert. the
great French Catholic, died Dec. l, at
the chateau of Ophem, Belgium. The
countess was, born Aug. 90 1913. and
had lived many years with her son-in-
law, the Count de Grunne. Her death
was as edifying as her life.
A life of Father De Smet and his
works, written by Mayor H NJ Chit
tenden of Sioux City. Ia, who has
charge of the government work on the.
Missouri river and the Yellowstone
park, is in the press, and the first in
stallment has been received by the au-
thor. The work is in four volumes and
will be a great contribution to the his
tory and development of the great
west and the important part played in
it by the great Jesuit missionary.
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The stockade mission church in Ca
hokia ILL.,, which was erected before f!
1880. is threatened with destruction. |
The Chicago Historical society has been |
asked to prevent it, and to take steps |
to save this relic of the times of Fa-
Their Marquette.
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Friends of higher education for wo-
men will be glad to learn that the fifth !
year of Trinity college, Washington, d. !
c., has opened auspiciously with
large enrolment of students, the fresh !
man class alone number already thirty !
five members.
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Mgr. Cerebotani of Munich, the in !
ventor of new wireless biography !
system and geodetic apparatus. will /
shortly leave for London to submit his |
inventions TO the admiralty.
Jesuit Map of 1907.
The first reproduction of the famous
Martin Waldeemuller map of 1907 in
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