The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-13
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THE CHRC i'll E fHis IaND And IERLANps
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For the first time in the history OF
Regina, Sask., Can, Pontifcal High
Mass was celebrated in ST. Mary's
Pro- Cathedral by Bishop Matthew on
Christmas night. The vestments
worn by the Bishop and the. officiating
clergy were of dazzling magnificence
and were presented to the Bishop in
Quebec and are very costly. Cloth of
gold and hand embroidered linen were
used in their makeup and they were
worn for the first time. After High
Mass at the Presbytery Rev. Father
Suffa on behalf of his congregation
presented Bishop Matthew with a box
of gold it being the fifty-eighth ami
yersary of the Bishops birth. For
each year FIVE dollar gold piece was
given. The Bishop made a suitable
acknowledgment of the presentation
Catholics in Wyoming. Twelve
thousand of the TWENTY-FIVE thousand
,huroh members OF wyoming are Cath.
,lics, according to statistics made
public in Cheyenne recently by the
Home Missionary society. Next to the
catholics, Methodists are most
numerous in the state, then Presby-
erians, then Congregationalists, and
F.. s,aptists last.
Catholic Justices Of the Peace in
'eIand.-A return just issued shows
lat the number of persons holding
te Commission of the Peace in Ire
md is $3.50, of whom 2,275 are Cath
olics, leaving 1854 of other denomina-
tons. Of the liza UPS in Belfast 43
are Catholics and 129 Professionals, and
of the 233 gentlemen who hold the
Commission of the Peace in Dublin
las are Protestants, "a Catholics, and
4 Jews.
Must Have Church Committees
The venerable Bishop Hogan of Kan
sas City has directed that every
parish and every mission in his Di-
Committee, to be selected by the
pastor and confirmed by the Bishop.
It's duties shall be to transact with the
pastor the temporal business of the
church.
Gift of a Font.-St. Catharine's
Church, at Spring Lake, N. j., erected
| by the Marquis Martin Maloney in
memory of his daughter, is to receive
"a gift from him in the form of a bap
| tismal font which has arrived in New
York from Florence, Italy. The new
font is made of Italian marble and
has a bronze top.
First italian Catholic Church in
Maine.-The first Italian Catholic
Church in the State of Maine, was
dedicated in Portland on December
oath, by Rt. Rev. Louis S. Walsh, D.
D., under the title Of ST. Peter. The
church is located at rs Federal Street
and will be the nucleus of what will
be large congregation in very few
years. The Saint Anthony Cadets,
the Young Italian Catholic Club, Court
City of Italy of Foresters, the Saint
Peter Society and other Italian or
CARNATIONS marched in the procession
Bishop Matthews First Confirmation.
lon January LIST, the Rt Rev. Bishop
Matthew administered the sacrament
of Confirmation for the first time
since his elevation to the Bishopric
of Regina In the Pro-Cathedral of st.
Mary. Confirmation has not been adj
ministered in Regina for four years
on which occasion the sacrament was
conferred by the Most Rev. Archbishop
Langevin of st. Boniface.
Converts From Episcopalianism.-
George Gregory Whitleigh and Nathan
Alexander Morgan, former students OF
Nashotah Seminary, Wisconsin, were
received into the Catholic Church re-
Gently by Rev. Peter j. O'Callaghan
C. S. p, in st. Mary's Church, Chi
cago. Rev. Alvah W. Doran, of Phila-
delphia, himself convert from the
Protestant Episcopal ministry, was
their sponsor. Mr.. Whitleigh was q
member of the Protestant Episcopal
i congregation of the House of Prayer
Newark, N. j., and Mr.. Morgan of the
Protestant Episcopal congregation Of
st. Martins, Brooklyn. It is probable
that both will study for the priest
hood.
Holy Name Societies in the Army
AT United States army posts q
Holy Name societies have been or
ganized to put a stop to blasphemy
among soldiers. The members viii
have abundant opportunity to give
good example.
Memorial to John Culinary Shea
Monsignor Doane Assembly of the
Knights of Columbus, of Newark, N
J., at its annual meeting on Decembel
%, decided to undertake the erection
of memorial to John Culinary Shea
the historian of the Catholic Church
!. in America, who is buried in the Hol.
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