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Show Religious Intelligence, . I'ious ladies of the Paris aristocsacy. to express their antagonism to the Combe? ministry, have started a fashion fash-ion intended to prove their allegiance to the church. Gold crossts of various sizes have taken l ho place of brooches, and rosaries are ued for chains and bracelets. An honor has iciently been conferred con-ferred upon Ri v. .1. D. Piolet. S. J.. by th- French Academy of Sciences. 111 the shape of the Joest prize $4U'i for u.-nful work for the pubde benefit. I ll was in recognition of his work. "The French Catholic Missions of the Nineteenth Nine-teenth Century," in six volumes. "There are." writes "Sae rdoK" in the New 'World, five Stair noimal schools in ll'.inois. Anions i iu professors profes-sors of all Iho-.' "--hools ther- is but one Catholic. Up to a short time ago there were none. The matter was brought to the notice of the authorities.' author-ities.' and they tried to satisfy tin- )o-1 )o-1 pie bv hiring one Catholic." ; - I Very It' v. John Carroll. D. D.. presi-J presi-J dent of Hi. Joseph'? ol'eg. . Dubuque. I la.: will be connect ate.l bishop I He!"ti3, Mom., on Wedta .-'Ja. De-j De-j comber 21, l!i0t. the f asl of St. Thomas, jlho apostle. Th!. announcement ha---j been made officially. Archbishop Ke.-ine Mixing the date. The ceremony will take 1 place in St. Raphael's cathedral, pa-buoue. pa-buoue. f At N"v or'caiis. Dec. 1, Father Cornelius Cor-nelius Vandeven was consecrated bish-j bish-j op of NatchUoches. Kishop Meersh-airts Meersh-airts of the Indian territory preached l.the sermon. Bishop Vandeven was or-Idained or-Idained in 1S90 and is"ptThap'3 the oung-! oung-! os? Roman Catholic bishop in the : United States. .- j ! .-, I I At Davenport. la.. Dec. 1, the Rev. I James J. .Davis, pastor of Sac red '?-' tai l I cathedral, was eonsecrai e.d c.of.i'. jtor j bishop of Davenport. Rislidp Spalding of Peoria prra-.hed the seimoti and ! Archbishop Kfane of Dubuque consecrated conse-crated the new bishop. ! Do;-. I. the pope leeeived hi private audience the Rt. Rev. .1. B. Dcliney, bishop of MapclU"ter. N. Ji.. and the Most Rev. Paul P.ruchcs. ::rc: bishop C Montreal. Que. ' Preuss' Review says: "We learn from j the Verite Franca i-e (No. 407:'.) that t h canonical process for the beaitlica-tion beaitlica-tion of the Veneiv.b'e Duns Scotus wili soon terminate favorably." Sixteen Engli m-speaking Catholics are among the members-elect of the new Canadian parliament, twelve on the Liberal side and four on the Conservative. Con-servative. There are over fifty French-Canadian French-Canadian Catholic members. The canonization of the Blessed Gerard Majella. C. S. S. R.. and Alessandro Ales-sandro Saull. of the Barnabites. will be celebrated on De?. 11. Beatifications will be celebrated on successive Suq- I days. -f A. cablegram from Rome s-ay-?: Dr. Lapponi declares that recent reports of the pope's health are greatly exaggerated. ex-aggerated. There is nothing in the shape of heart trouble, but Ins "holiness "holi-ness suffers from dyspepsia, due to lack of the active outdoor life he formerly led. St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney., js one of the' world's gems of .ecclesiastical architecture. The vac-t sum, of JlL'oI' 000 has been spent upon ii during the past fifty years, and when completed it will, like that of Melbourne, take rank among the great cathedrals of the earth. f At the recent lecture given; by Dr. Shahan of the Catholic university in the City of New York, over $4,000 was realized for the proposed Hibernian institute now being built under the auspices of the Seventy-ninth division of the order in the metropolis. 'This institute when completed will, be one I of the greate-t monuments to the j Ancient Order-of Hibernians in the world. State President P. S.- MeNul-ty MeNul-ty is one of the active workers and has contributed $1.0W towards the project. When completed the grounds and buildings will have cost over $"l0,000. f The Catholic university .will soon receive, or has already received, from the Knights of Columbus a balance of some two thousand and - odd dollars, which sum represents th-? excess of the oolleetlon taken up for the purpose cf founding the chair or American history. It is their intenti m that this sum should be spent in the purchase of books for the new department.' ' .s. ' i Rev. Valentine Sehirack.- C. PP.'- S.. I pastor of St. Peter's church, Wiuamac, Jnd., was accidentally killed. the other day. The horse he was driving was frightened at a passing handcar, and whirled the buggy around in a semicircle, semi-circle, hurling Father Sehirack. out against a railroad fence post, crushing his skull. Rev. James F. Crenr.rn is dead at Fonda. la., from injuries received from a kicking horse. Father Brennan, with 1 both legs broken, threw himself from a moving buggy. Deceased was ''- ' years of ago. and was an indefatigable j worker and loved by till who knew him. I |