OCR Text |
Show Daughters of Isabella. The National Order of the Daughters of Isabella, a society of Catholic women, wo-men, founded on lines similar to those of the Knights of Columbus, excepting that it has no system of life insurance, has in the short space of three years, since its foundation at Utica and its incorporation in 1903, grown from one local court to seventy-six courts in seventeen sev-enteen states of the United States, with a membership of 6,700. 'This order seems to be steadily developing. de-veloping. It operates a mortuary relief re-lief fund, controlled wholly by the local 'courts. Its ritual provides for two excellent degrees, and the women who join find as much comfort and pleasure as well as instruction, from the holding hold-ing of membership as do the knights in their society. National Secretary M. F. Kelly of Utica, N. Y., )s kept busy answering Inquiries from Knights of Columbus as to vhe prospects of local courts in various va-rious parts of the country. The order seems destined to fill a large niche in the social life of Catholic women. - Quebec Cathedral. The Cathedral ot the Immaculate Conception. Quebec. Canada. was founded by Monseigneur de Laval de Montmorency, the first bishop, in 1647; completed in 1G63; dedicated under the title of the Immaculate Conception Con-ception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 11th July. 1G65 (in consequence the feast of the dedication of churches in Canada takes place invariably on the second Sunday in July); enlarged and Improved at various times and finally rebuilt in 1767, after its destruction during the siege of Quebec in 1759. At two different times it was erected into a parish church in 1670 and again in 16S4. It was raised to the dignity of a basilica minor and affiliated to St. Mary Major in Rome, on Aug, 28, 1874. As has recently been said, it is the Mother Church of North America. The remains of Monseigneur Laval are interred underneath the sanctuary. |