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Show SPOKANE, WASH. ' Catholic clergy and prominent business busi-ness and professional men of Spokane are making preparations to entertain Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul should his grace decide to stop off at Spokane while on the way to Seattle next month to participate in the dedicatory ceremonies at the new cathedral. It is expected that during his stay In Spokane the archbishop may visit the Catholic institutions, including Gon-zaga Gon-zaga college, St. Joseph's orphanage, the refuge house of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, the Academy of the Holy Name, the school of Our Lady of Lourdes and the various Catholic churches in the city. From Spokane the archbishop will be accompanied by local clergymen, who will attend the dedication of the cathedral. It has been proposed to gather together at that time the largest number of priests and laymen ever been seen at any one time in any city in the Pacific northwest. north-west. Bishop Edward J. O'Dea of the diocese dio-cese of Nisqually, in discussing the recent re-cent decree of the Holy See, said: "The decree declaring that no marriages mar-riages shall be valid among Catholics unless they are performed by a priest in the presence of two witnesses, but making exceptional provisions in case a priest is not available, so that the parties may contract a common-law marriage, Is not at all revolutionary or surprising in the measure. It is not a new law nor a new decree, but simply sim-ply the adaptation of an old law to new conditions and new localities. The church recognizes the irrevocability of the contract, wherever or by whomso-ecer whomso-ecer performed, providing the party is legally authorized to perform the ceremony cere-mony In the country where the contract con-tract is made. It has no power to annul an-nul the contracts except, where before the marriage is made there existed an annulling impediment, in which case the civil law would be In agreement with ecclesiastical law. If there has existed no annulling impediment, however, how-ever, the church cannot Interfere with the marriage, even if it were inclined to do so. The parties are married so long as life shall last. As to the expiration ex-piration of their sin In violating a church rule, that Is a matter between the offender, the church and God. The church teaches the same doctrine as It did when St. Peter occupied the pontifical ponti-fical throne." The Church of Our Lady of Lourdea will have charge of the big fair to continue con-tinue ten days the middle of November, Novem-ber, the booths being placed in the unfinished un-finished parts of the edifice at River- side avenue and Madison street. These officers will have charge: Mrs. James Cronin, president: Mrs. Patrick Clark, vice president; Mrs. E. J. Roberts, treasurer, and Mrs. James Harrington, Harring-ton, secretary. The proceeds of the fair this year will be used in helping to defray the cost of finishing the church of Our Lady of Lourdes. The work of completing the church was begun be-gun last April, and has been in progress prog-ress since that time. Something new in the line of season tickets has been introduced by the management com mittee by which a high grade automobile automo-bile will be given away. Rev. Father Herman J. Goller, president presi-dent of Gonzaga colege In Spokane, says the enrolment this year Is the largest in the history of the Institution, the attendance being 250 day students and 270 boarding pupils. The majority of the students are residents of Washington. Wash-ington. The next largest delegations come from Montana, Idaho, British Columbia and Oregon, in the order named. As in former years, it Is the intention of the faculty to foster sports and the work of planning basketball, football and handball teams has already al-ready received considerable attention. New apparatus has been installed in the big gymnasium, and it is now regarded re-garded as one of the best equipped in the northwest. The teaching faculty In the college numbers twenty-five instructors. in-structors. The first normal school to be established estab-lished in Spokane was instituted at the Academy of the Holy Name recently. The purpose is to prepare students for teaching in the state of Washington, either in Protestant or Catholic schools. It now includes a two-year course and is open to girls only. The addition of the normal school enlarges the scone of the academy to include what corresponds to a grade school, a high school, as well as a teachers' preparatory course. The academy opened with a record attendance, more than 300 pupils being enrolled. |
