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Show I1 OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT. Editor Inlermouutain Catholic: My Dear Sir: Replying to your favor dicing my approval ol The Intermountatn Catholic since its establishment in this diocese, I will state that I consider the founding of a Catholic paper in Salt Lake not the lease of the many blessings bestowed be-stowed by Providence on the Church here I during the past two years, its birth occurred oc-curred at an opportune time. Its zeal, in propagating Ca.tholic truth, has had, I ;nce its inception, my hearty, though i silent approval. 1 believe with Our Holy Father that "a good Catholic journal is a perpetual mission in a parish," and that I it will serve as a question box, at all times, for anxious inquirers. In my visl-, visl-, tations 1 shall hope to rind The Inter- mountain Catholic in the homes of every Catholic family. Its mission is to espouse es-pouse truth, justice and morality, and all flevoted priests will find in It an able co-operator co-operator in their missionary work. It is my wish that all my priests and the laity entrusted to my charge should encourage your noble effort and that of the generous gen-erous founder of The Intermountaln Catholic. Yours sincerely L. SCANLAN. Bishop of Salt Lake. Salt Lake City, Oct. 2. 1900. CARD FROM BISHOP SCANXAN. ' I feel It my duty to protect Catholics snd the public generally from fraud and Imposition by notifying them from time to time that no person bearing the name and garb of a priest or sister or anyOT.s else Is authorized or, permitted to solicit or collect In this diocese for any purpose Church without having trom me permission permis-sion in writing bearing mv seal and signature. Should any one be found engaged en-gaged in doing this unlawful work of i collecting without such a document, he or she. as the case mav be, should be retarded re-tarded by all as a fraud and an importer. L. SCANLAN, I Bishop of Salt Lake. !) Nov. 20. im. THE POPE'S ADMONITION". A Catholic newspaper in a parish Is a ferpetual mission. Let all who truly and rom their souls desire that heligion and pociety defended by human intellect and literature should flourish, strive by their liberality to guard and protect the Catholic press, and let every one !n proportion pro-portion to his income support them with his money and influence, for to thos j Who devote themselves to the Catholic press we ought by all means to bring helps of this kind, without which their Industry will either have no results or uncertain and miserable ones. POPE LEO XIIL . |