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Show f I 5- aei life 1 Qjj J CHURCH CALENDAR. I April Devotion The Holy Ghot. I Sunday. iM Tbird Sunday after Easter.' Pat- I !;:!:' ..f S. .Tosi-ph. S. Fidelia of-Sifrmaringa. I Monday, ' S. lark Evangelist. J Tuesday. SS. ('let us and 3Iarcellinus. Our J) I I.;i'ly Ciooil Counsel. 0 Wednesday, 27 S. EgLert. S. Peregrinus. S. ; i'.T. 15. Peter C'anisiu's. :nt. ; Tliur-day, 2 S. Paul of the Cross. S. Vitalis,' Friday. S. Peter of Verona, M. S. Robert:' j ,k S. liuph. Ab. ' yvv. I S; t;ir,iay, gO-Octavc S. George. S. Maxiraus, 0C ; 3J S. Sophia, VM. X POPE BLESSES THE KING'S DAUGHTER. O Mollis do Fontenoy in Chicago Tribune:' X I' ll- X ha s.'ut. his eeial blesing to little Prin- O ? - Mafnlda. the 1-nmnths-old daughter of King ; V;. -t Knimanuel and Queen Helena. The. queen' v i v 'il'!'' 11 IOW wot-ks is to beeome on more a mother H ; '"'Pd, of a son and heir, thus averting- tlie O ; !i.-fi'-'t to the ihrone of the unpopular Duke of O f I -' 11 ' tirst time .-inee. Pius IX m-m his X f t'' ,Il( Kinp: Viet or Emmanuel, O j ?::;! :d! at her of the present kiujr, in 187$, that a I v I i...re oi jx ace and poo'l atHvo1-. this kind has. O j 1'"" "'liveycl f'mm the valieau'to the quirinal, the V j ivi.'r portion of which, it.mus't.iurt be forpotten, O t ill siibjert to the. luiu .of the vKurcdi. 8 I 'i,'iU'rr f thMuessaxe on-this occasion was" g J. eelosiastie as at tlie time of the demise of X f Tin' king, but a piiMuresqu.ly att.ire'd.eontadina or . X I ,:!':t woman. -in full peasant eosrurne, and who I , v, r rdn.i' little Prineess Mai'alda's birth has been W I I ;n-tinjr ;is her balia. or hufsp. The" service of the 0 I w..m:ra are shortly to be dispensed, with, and anxious' X f ,,; to .-av. Home aitd return to' her village without O -".nig the Ttito, she .askel for permission to go to X i j tii'1 viitiean. which was obtained for her by Queen v I i JJcI.na from the kintr. who intimated thai Jnnwimw.Vi . 0 ' !:"-' V"' Wt,11M'n f h' court had been to ste 0 Holy Father, ihere was no reason why she X i sh 'iild be debarred from going.., V i The woman "was received, with the utmost kind- Q ''j;y Fins X. who asked her many questions about X 'iT,' 'harffo and gave lur much good advice O j iin"iit h r duties. On leaving-he exclaimed: 4,I j i'lvr my Idessing n-t only to you. hut also to your CX pp-.nt little eharge."' The king, and especially i!m uueen. liave been much gratified by this kindly iif'ago from ihe pontiff, which. is worthy of note i ! indicating the increasing friendliness of the re- ; j liiiioiis between the Vatican and the quirinal. I CARDINAL SATOLLI COMING. j Car.linal Saiolli, with the permission of the t i J'-'pe. is going to Ihe United States privately and j without a mission, arriving probably in June. As j Mect of the congregation of studies the cardinal ; vili visit ihe Catholic university at Washington. I r.-i.-I he will also make a trip to the St. LouisvworldV I Ur. Car.liual Satollis visit to the United States' i i- -onvi,J,.rod most important, there being no ree- !! in recent times of a cardinal attached to the ( !"' 1' froing abroad with being accredited an able-- FAKE STORY ABOUT NUN. f.u Associated Press dispatch, has been sent ; Vro.hVa-! from Dubuque, la., stating that Sister i ! Ami' if,, of Purlington. Ia.. has made application to j t An hiiishop Keane to be relieved from her vows I 1-Ul' might wed one of her music pupils. Harold St.-ven.oj,. ' - riio story is absolutely untrue. It is authori- i trivly stated, that Sister Annette, who is now j t'ii'hiii- nnisic in Dubuque, never had any pupil 'v ' "''line of Stevenson, and that the whole story I 3; 'i--s'i' of falsehood. It is understood that par- j 1; interested have employed legal counsel and : '''flt ono P"ier in Iowa has In-en obliged to 'ii'i'i a retract iot; in order to avoid an interest- .' damage sii;t. j j SISTER M. MONICA, S.S.J. !;o was known in ihe world as Iiss Bertha I V, ..nicjiu. surreuilered her pure -soul into the hands I ';; iN Maker at the hour of His death on Good Fri- I '' ' he was a memlxT f the community of the I '-'-y- "f t. .losejih. of ihe diocese of Detroit, j : i.d li.-ad of the cnnunercial department at Xaza-i Xaza-i 'alemy. Xazareth, Kalamazoo county, Mich- T-ii. hilc '-oiuplaining more or less from the '"i-'iiiiPiig of Lenl, sje -was able to be about her. I I y "r'K- :"'d s--nt a good share of Holy Thursday ; 1lio .-hapel, renderinp her loving services to the 2 i"--;i,.iy. Death came very suddenly, as a result ' ' diso.-is.u Slie was greatly beloved, Pspecial- I I- ! .v tin .v. who intimately knew her. An ideal. I 'i-iou-. ;i faithful servant of tlie Mastery kinV ' " : i' . -illy i b ud a helping hand, with the posses- of such faculties as always render the one so ! I i l i vf.l a seeming necessity, fl od knew lest and I .!!...! 1 it: ! . t. - .i r . i . i. tt . j 1 i iiuiiscu in hit iiuriy-iouri.il year, nor '-nil w.-.s largely attended on ihe 4th inst. The I 1' 'M.il t.x.k place at Xazareth cemetery. A number ' ' !-ryyinen wen" iu attendance, the sermon on j ' ' "'a-ion ln-ing preached by Kev. Thomas Kyan IS ' P'.nt i:i-. Pl.-aso prav for the rei'ose of her soul-'. if ; 1. 1. . ; 1 1 . ' . j ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS . , 1 A ;i:'.'ing of the permanent. rectors and dio-e- i j ": ; ''"iNu'tnr of the archdiocese f Boston was V - ' I oiiFasier Monday for the formal choice of -: ' ' ii'l.ite for ijo office' of coadjutor with right of i j s': -siou to ihe Most Kev. Arclibishop of Boston.- i - lii'.-o-.- some time ago signified that such an aid ; administration would be acceptable, and this I - 'if lir-t step in the method, prescribed by the 1 i in- names chosen will be sent .to Pome and I : . 1,, lb,. bishqs of the province of Xew.Fuglanl,. I ' v ill so 'ii ineet and chosC their own list, which I J . ' oniirin ihe jiriests' idioice or depart widely I " m it. This list is also sent' to Rome, and the ! ' ; i j-. or.linarily. btit not invariably, made from I 1 tw.. lists submitted. ... ... ? I iie i.-t chosen on Monday last is said to include, j n -lines of Kt. Kev. Matthew Ilarkins. bishop of" I ';- id.-ii.-e. K. T., and Kt. Key. John J. Brady. aux- I j j; ' l'ishojt of Boston, while the third choice is be- .1 1,, 1. cither Kev. Kichard Xcagle, permanent I I"1 "' Tno C'l'ureh of the Immaculate Conception, 'ii' Ii u. or Kev. William P. McQuaid, rector of Sf. i1"'1';"" 'l''''li- Boston. Bishop O'ConneJl of Port-I Port-I M-.. is also mentioned as a possible choice. 1 FATHER KRUG IS WELL KNOWN. I Washington, D. C, April 15. The report from I Y'uo that Kev. Father Boniface Krug, abbey of the j jm'-.ijs Benedictine abby Moutc Cassino, province j ( -erta. Italy, is to be appointed papal nuncio at t j'" rliii is of -special interest in'tbe United States, I 'r lather Krug is known personally to Catholics j lirr,ngh'-iut this country. The abbot, though born j '" (,ennany, was brought up and educated in Balti- I I tn. .re. Wit. n lie was a boy of six years his parents ( I Miirte, 1,, emigrate to America, but his father died 1 f" Bremen and was buried there. - The mother con- Jinued K.r journey, and settl(-l with' her children f ldrimor... When the boy was ten year old, I Ue. 15oaif ae WiuunerJ. who" iiad -shortly before in-H in-H fl " . troduced the Benedictines into the United States and foumled St. tncenfs abbey. Jicar what is now Latrobe, Pa., j.anl a visit to Baltimore. Young Krug was pointed out to him as a bov of great promise, and Abbot Wimmer. after a talk with the ad obtained pprmission for him to return with him to St. incent s abbey and study to be a monk. At St. ineent's young Krug showed mudv aptitude ap-titude for study. After a course of about ten vears he made his first vows in the order, in 1MJJ. A few months later he was drafted to serve, in the Union army, and in order to escape military service he obtained permission from the abbot to go to Europe. After a few mom lis in Kome he met. a Benedictine from Monte Cassino. who induced-him to go to that famous abbey and complete the vows which he had first taken on this side of the ocean. Some years later he became the prior of Monte Cassino. and during his occupancy of this post restored the chapel in which were buried the bones of St. Benedict Bene-dict and his sister. St. Scholaatiea. St. Benedict died in the year ."4.1. Six years later Father Krug was made abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Cassino. an old abbey . famous for many years as the' residence, of Pius VII. Seven years ago he was made president of the Cassinese congregation, which includes the a'sso-i a'sso-i t .... .i i i - - . . . . viaieu jjeneuicuno aDDeys ot Italy. lie celebrated celebrat-ed abbey of which he is now ihe arehabbott is on Monte Cassino. about fifty miles north of Xaples. The monastery is a massive pile of buildings, more like a palace than- a church. The monks located there arc noted for their scholarship and their medical skill. Four years ago Father Krug made an extensive tour of the United States for the purpose of raising, funds for the restoration of the tomb of St. Benedict, Bene-dict, in which object he was eminently successful. Father Krug has a sister, Theresa, who is' mother-' priestess of the Benedictine Sisters in Chicago. Another sister is Mrs. Frances Kuper of Baltimore, and still other relatives and intimate friends reside I I in Milwaukee and elsewhere in this country. His appointment to the Berlin court will be regarded re-garded as particularly good politics on the part of the vatiean, for Father Krug is a personal friend of the German emperor, by whom he is held in highest esteem. It will be remembered that on the occasion of his visit to Kome last year Emperor William went, to much trouble and personal inconvenience to pay a visit to Father Krug at Monte Cassino. MEETING OF BISHOPS. The bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Xew Orleans were summoned by his grace, Most Kev. Archbishop Chapelle, to meet in the city of Xew Orleans on Tuesday, April 12. Among the matters that 'came before the meeting was the selection se-lection of three names for the bishopric of Xachito-ches. Xachito-ches. La., made vacant by the recent death of Bishop Bish-op Anthony Durier. - . The province of Xew Orleans comprises the archdiocese of Xew Orleans and the following dio-. dio-. ceses: Little Rock, Ark.; Mobile, Ala.; Xatchez, Miss.: Xatchitochcs, La.; Galveston, San Antouio and Dallas, Tex. and the 'vicariates apostolic of Brownsville and Indian Territory. PROVIDENTIAL JOURNEY OF A PRIEST. A Temple,' Tex., correspondent of the Southern Messenger of San Antonio relates the following: Last. Sunday evening our pastor," Key. P. A. ' Heckman, went over to Westphalia (twenty miles) to assist in the fourty hours' devotion, telling ns not to look for him back until Tuesday night or Wednesday. On Monday after dinner he felt tired and sought rest, but in vain, and' after 3 o'clock he got up and told Father Heintzelmann and Father TIartmann that he had better go home. The two priests tried to do their best to persuade him from doing so, but to no avail, and a little after 4 o'clock he started for home. Xow, about twenty minutes to o'clock there was being enacted a terrible double tragedy in Temple Tem-ple if we allow for the difference between sun time r,nd railroad time, we will see that the tragedy and Father Ileckman's departure from Westphalia took place at about the same time. The tragedy resulted in the instant death of a man (a nou-Catholie).and the fatal wounding of a woman who had formerly been a Catholic, but had lost her religion through marrying an infidel. Our prayer was for a priest, but where could one be had? Father Heckmaii, we supposed, would not. return until next, day, and there was no other priest within many miles. But lo! about o'clock Father Heckman drove leisurely into town and on hearing of the tragedy repaired immediately to the, bedside, of the. dying woman. She was perfectly conscious, made her confession and received the last sacraments. Her calmness ami resignation afterwards amazed ihe doctors and other attendant?, and she retained consciousness con-sciousness till her dealh, which took place at -2 a. m. At the funeral leather Heckman preached a most eloquent sermon, which made a powerful impression impres-sion on all who heard it. A RELIGION OF LOVE. In an article'on "Some French Xovels of the Day," in the Fortnightly Keview. writteu by Le Comte do Segur, we come across this following altogether alto-gether unexpected passage referring to the Catholic Church: "Whatever the faith to which one owes allegiance, alle-giance, one may admit that the Catholic Church has mysterious affinities with the soul. The frequent observances imposed on her adepts, intermingling with the acts of everyday life, become an' intimate part of existence. Above all, she addresses herself 10 Ihe heart in a familiar language, for she speaks to if of love: and wielding this powerful instrument instru-ment for the government of souls, she thrusts down her roots the deeper as she finds in the capacity of loving, a fresher and more fertile soil: . - "In fact, she has the strongest hold on the heart that, is most disposed to tenderness. 'It is impossible,' impossi-ble,' said Joubert, 'either to speak against Christianity Chris-tianity witho.ut anger, or for it without love!' Her greatest paints, her martyrs, were lovers; it' suffices merely to open at a venture the pages of the book par excellence of Christian acetieism,The Imitation of Christ.' to be convinced that the doctrine it preaches is that of love Xot a mere sentiment, inert and fruitless, ... but-' a useful love, nourished by the spectacle of human misery, -offered to the service of one's neighbor as to the glory of God, and educated by long practice to. the supreme sacrifice of self." . |