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Show ! WE aiiii WlT ' It is said that the Bishop of Columbus Colum-bus has not yet been appointed. The general election held in Belgium resulted in the reduction of the Catholic Cath-olic majority from 102 to 95. Socialists are the gainers by the change. The mission of the Jesuit fathers, Milwaukee Mil-waukee church, resulted in the baptism of eighteen non-Catholics. There were i t,050 holy comunions. Most Rev. Dr. Gaffney, Lord Bishop of Meath, has ordered prayers for peace to be offered up at all massed in his diocese until the cessation of hostilities hos-tilities in South Africa. The Catholic Mirror says with much truth that home correspondents an so busy conferring red hats upon ter- .' tain of the American hierarchy that they are neglecting to fill the vacant sees of the country. The Marquis of Ripon has eiven S.VmI towards St. Bede's Catholic grammar school, Bedford, and has consented to become vice president. The native nuns of South India ar doing excellent work as teachers in the mission schools. The Rev. Brother Leander Ramsay, O. S. B. (formerly an Anglican clergyman clergy-man and vice principal of Wells Theological Theo-logical college) was raised to the sub- diaconate at St. Mary's. Newport, at Trinity, by the Eishop of Newport. Rev. John J. Sheahan. chancellor of . the diocese of Buffalo, died suddenly last Thursday from acute attack of erysipelas. He was 36 years old and was born in Buffalo. Father Sheahan was an accomplished student and irt many respects a remarkable man. At Morelia. Mexico, last week the monument in honor of Father Manuel de Navarette. who lived in the beginning begin-ning of the century, was unveiled by the governor of the state. Father Manuel Man-uel was a poet and patriot, and his statue represents him holding a manuscript manu-script in his hand. The Jesuit fathers have withdrawn from the care of St. Joseph's parish. Troy, N. Y. It is the present policy of the order in America to give up purely parochial work and confine themselves to avocations special to their institute. Not long ago they also gave up a large parish in Providence, R. I. Mayor Hart has selected Stephen O'Meara. editor and publisher of th Boston Journal, to deliver the Fourth, of July oration that Boston annually hears in Fanueil hall. Stephen O'Meara is a brother of the late authoress of that name, vho has written so delightfully delight-fully on Catholic subjects. Bishop Lenahan of Auckland, who hag just passed through the United States on his way home, after an official visit to Rome and a tour of Europe, entered en-tered the New Zealand missionary field when 24 years old. In lS9t, on the death of Bishop Luck, he was consecrated conse-crated bishop. This is the first vara. I I tlon he has had since entering the missionary mis-sionary field. The Paulists, it appears, are coming1 to share with the Jesuits the hatred of anti-Catholic bigots. An infamous eastern east-ern ranter is now advising fanatics to pray that the country may be protected protect-ed from the Fathers of the Congrega- j tion of St. Paul. The great work thes zealous missionaries are doing to dispel , the clouds of ignorance and bigotry in this country has evidently alarmed this worthy. Dr. S. Lovvther, in his sermon at the Memorial M. E. church. White Plains, on a recent Sunday evening spoke o the duty of Christians to the poor, and said: "The eulogy passed upon our good brother (Rev. Father Kelly), who passed away recently, was that tha poor were always on his mind and that he was ever looking after their welfare, and his flock therefore feel his losa keenly." At Syracuse theouTer day. according to the Catholic Sun, the last person to present herself for confirmation was Miss Mildred Lyman, who is a recent convert to the faith. She was baptized on Saturday, made her confession that PUftn incr t nrAo V. . . 1 . : . u.),n,ai.ucu ilJiy UUlIlIIiUillUII I'll Sunday morning, received confirmation Sunday afternoon and was married on Thursday noon to Dennis McCarthy, Jr., by the Rev. William F. Dougherty. The nuns are being employed as census cen-sus enumerators in New York. They were chosen because the institutions from which they come were unwilling that a stranger should come in with, embarrassing questions. The institu-tions institu-tions or societies which have thus asked ask-ed for an enumerator of their own for these districts are the Sisters of Charity Char-ity of Mt. St. Vincent on the Hudson, the Female Academy of the Sacred Heart and the Institute of Mercy, oa East Eighty-first street. 3 The Catholics of Ceylon, one of the most progressive of all our foreign missionary fields, are to be warmly congratulated con-gratulated on two recent developments of great promise. The one is the opening open-ing of a new wing (built at a cost of 60,000 rupees) of the most successful St. Joseph's college, Colobo, whose growth and prosperity have been really remarkable; re-markable; the other is the establishment establish-ment of a Catholic club, also In the capital. The Oblate Fathers may well be proud of their missions and of their flocks in spicy Ceylon. The Pope is very much interested in me itanan ainonc congress, in tne name of His Holiness, Cardinal Ram-polla Ram-polla has written the following letter to Count Paganuzzi, one of the chief organizers of the congress of last year: Having received copies of the report at Teira last year, and of the account of the Catholic movement during that year, I hastened to lay them before the Holy Father. His Holiness was greatly pleased with them and has directed di-rected me to thank you and to send the apostolic benediction to you, to the committee, and to all who .take part in the work of the Catholic congresses andi committees. Allow me to thank you on my own part for the copies of the report re-port supplied to me and to assure you of my sincere esteem." |