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Show 1 " Gburcb Universal CHURCH CALENDAR. Montlrof the Holv Rpsary Sunday, Oc t. S Seventeenth ' af ter Pentecost. St. Bridget. 1. Monday, 9-St. Dennis and companion. compan-ion. Tuesday, 10-St. Francis Borgia M ednesday. 11 St. Gummar. Thursday. 12 St. Wilfred Friday,. 13 St. Edward. Saturday, 14 St. Callistus. I Petitions for prayers from associates I League of the Sacred Heart: J Sunday for the departed, Monday for j severance, Tuesday for the voung I Wednesday for First Communions, Thursday for parents, Fridav for fam- ! llies, Saturday for reconciliation?. Ilowa Catholic Germans. Three big meetings are scluduled for I the week of Oct. 15 in Burlington. Ia. On Sunday, the 15th. will be celebrated the golden jubilee or St. John's parish; i the biennial convention of the St Bonl- face Bund will be held on the 17th and 1 on Wednesday, the 18th, the sixth Ger man Catholic congress of Iowa will convene there. Among Hie speakers will be Bishop Cosgrove of Davenport Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee I Very Rev. A. J. Zielenbac h, c. S. Sp ' M-ovincial of the Fathers of the lioiy Ghost of Cornwells, Pa., and others. May Get the Red Hat. I" While Archbishop Ryan of Philadel phia, on being interrogated on the subject, sub-ject, would not confirm the rumor that H he in to be made the second American cardinal, according to friends who talked to him, there seems to be no doubt that he will be fo honored. When ! asked at the archepiscopal residence whether the archbishop was to be made a cardinal. Father Turner, the chancellor chancel-lor of the diocese, said: "All that I am at liberty to say is that the archbishop is not yet a cardinal." Law Laid Down for Priests. Archbishop Quigley of Chicago has decided that no improvements shall be made on church property unless there is co-operation between 'the congregation congrega-tion and the pastor and that no debts shall lie incurred in the name of any congregation without their consent. The case was that of the congregation congrega-tion at Irwin, in Kankakee county. Father Fa-ther Simurd, the pastor, had planned a rectory to cost about ?10,000. A few weeks ago he is said to have announced in the church that the assessment on the members of the congregation, most of whom are wealthy farmers, would be $1 an acre. They protested and appealed ap-pealed to the archbishop and the latter visited the church. A meeting was called, in which each side was heard. Archbishop Quigley telling the people ."to speak out." - His decision was that no rectory should be, built at Irwin for the present, pres-ent, and in making it he announced the law as stated above. I Monument to Fr. Junipero Serra. i To mark the spot where Father Juni- 1 pero Serra and his faithful missionary ' band landed on the 3d of June, 1770 the spot where, practically, the history ; of California began a handsome cross ! of Vermont granite,, twelve feefc high, set on a solid concrete base, will soon be reared. James H. Murray, the Montana Mon-tana millionaire, who recently bought ihe Tevis hacienda In New Monterey, j lias obtained permission from the war ? department to erect the proposed .mon J u merit,' arid ha. arranged for the con- I struction of its base.1 1 Pope Heads the List. I A dispatch to the Loudon Chronicle p ,from Rome says the Pope, not wishing , - lo be ostentatious, did not make public ' the amount he subscribed for the relief of the earthquake sufferers. 1 q- This resulted in the anti-clericals taunting His Holiness with the declar- ' ation that he limited his aid to spir itual benedictions. It is now officially announced that be gave $40,000. the largest donation jnade, even larger than the king's. V J ' Told in the Barber Shop. The bath man told me this story the other day: An Irishman and a Jew were having an argument, that grew heated as it progressed, regarding the preponderance preponder-ance of Jews or Irish in heaven. Finally Final-ly they derided that each should name thosp of his compatriots whom he believed be-lieved to be in the celestial region, and for each one named he would pull a hair from the other's head. A toss was made for first choice and Die Irishman won. "St. Patrick!" he promptly exclaimed, and out came a strand from the Jewish whisker. ? "The twelve apostles!" retorted Mr. ' Isaacs, and a small handful was dragged from the face of McMulligar.. This was getting serious for Mc. It would never do to concede both heaven and the hirsute adornment of which he was so proud. He thought deeply f for a few 'brief seconds and shouted. "The Ancient Order of Hibernians!" ' The Jewish beard and the argument i -nded right there "Potpourri" of ; ; Catholic Union and Times. 1 f Visiting Jesus Daily. ; Whenever the pious founder of the j Redemptorists preached a mission, he , would exhort the people to visit the ; Blessed Sacrament every day. Once he : I said: - ! "One thing is certain, that next to ' Holy Communion, no act of worship is j no pleasing to God and none is so useful i as the daily visit to Our Lord Jesus j Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. .'j Know that in one quarter of an hour which you spend before Jesus in the Tllessed Sacrament you attain more ' than in all the good works of the rest -i of the day." i The saint practiced what he preached he almost lived before the tabernacle. "Whenever he had a few spare- moments 1 from his numerous duties, off he would ' I Iiurrv to pay a visit to the Lord of tha I Eucharist. There he found rest1; and recreation. There he got strength. ? There he had peace. Catholic Colum- Liaii. Chicago Nightworkers' Mass. For the first time in the history of the i Catholic church in the west regular i; Sunday services will be held and mass j" celebrated before dawn for the night g -workers of Chicago, beginning Sunday. I Oct. 1. Permission was granted to the I Very Rev. p. O'Callaghan. C. S. P.. su- I perior of the Paulist Fathers in Chia- I go, by Archbishop Quigley. who re-I re-I , ceived permission from Rome to hold I this special service for night workers I every Sunday in the year in St. Mary's I church, Wabash avenue and Kklredge I Place, at 3 a. m.. or earlier, if the time Is found unsuitable for the majo: ity of. 'night workers. Chicago is now the sec ond city in the world that enjoys the privilege of Sunday services for night -workers. New York being the tirst city , to receive permission, through the Paulist Fathers, who conduct night : services there for newspaper workers, i The permission must be procured from Rome by the metropolitan of the diocese. dio-cese. Free Scholarships in College. ; It is likelv that every Catholic par ish in Dubuque, la., will 'establish one or more free scholarships in St. Jo-4 Jo-4 seph's college in the near future. It is the aim of Archbishop Keane that each parish establish a' scholars-hip which would cost $40. the amount of one vear's tuition, and that these boy? permitted to avail themselves of the opportunity to get higher education. I J JOURNALIST PROMOTERS. I i j The Propagation of the Faith and the Newspaper Men of New York. 'Going teach ye all nations; baptizing baptiz-ing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: And behold I am with you all days, j even to the consummation of the J world." j This clarion call sounck-d :y Christ to his apostles nineteen hundred i years ago. was used as a text for a ! sermon :nvached last Sunday at " o'clock in the morning in the city of New Yo"k. It was a remarkable incident at a most remarkable religious service. The "newspaper men's mass" was Inaugu- j rated four years ago in St. Andrew's church, which is located in the center of the newspaper district of the great me-tiopolis, me-tiopolis, and immediately attracted the interest' of church people all over the United States. And truly it deserves all the interest that is being given to it-One it-One must be acquainted with the di-veis di-veis elements that form this peculiar j congregation in order t realize the at-j at-j mosj here that i e.rvades this early I Sunday ran niri-? mass. There, at " j o'clock, in one of the few churches j which have stood by a district in whkh religious edifices are getting i scarce, one will find a congregation of from 600 to 7C0 men editors, reporters, J printers;, pi essnie-ii. policemen, post-j post-j office employes, reverently fulfilling ' tluir religious duties whilst their fellow fel-low citizens have given themselves into i the tender care of Morpheus. ! It was to this congregation that the i diocesan director of the Society for the i Propagation of the Faith, the Rev. John J. Duiiii,. nddresseJ an eloquent 'and I earnest apneal for Sympathy and ma-' ma-' terial help. And 'the -'appeal was not in j vain: at the end u the mass sixty-one gentlemen, anions thm the editor of ! one of our great dailies, offered their j st r ices as promoters of the newly organized or-ganized branch, which is to be known i as the New York Newspaper Men's Branch of the Society for the Propagation Propaga-tion of the Faith. Any one acquainted with newspaper workers might have expected as much from such a class of earnest, practical, intelligent men. It has been said and repeated many n time that the sreat fault of which Catholics are guilty is their indifference toward the foreign missions and missionaries. mis-sionaries. The accusation is unjust, for their apparent indifference is due to one cause only, namely: their ignorance of that great and noble cause. How many of the editors, reporters and other oth-er newsoaper men who heard the appeal ap-peal of Father Dunn last Sunday morning morn-ing knew anything of the ways and means whereby Catholic priests, brothers broth-ers and sisters are supported in heathen lands?' How many of them knew of the arduous and often discouraging efforts ef-forts made by our missionaries in the North Polar seas. Manchuria, Alaska, Iceland, etc.? How many of them would have been able to know that heroic successors of Father Damien are living in the Island of Molokai? How many were acquainted with the work of Catholic priests in the torrid zones of Africa? In the land of the Rising Sun? In the far-away islands of the Ocean ica and the snow-clad regions of the Canadian Northwest? The Catholics of the United States have a great "duty to perform and they are willing to do it as soon as it is made known to then. The enthusiasm and earnestness with which Father Dunn's appeal was receive-d by the newspaper men of New Tork is only a reflection of the reception accorded the society by l all classes of people. The burden is not heavy and the reward will.be great. A NEWSPAPER MAN. Archbishop Keane Sought by Lunatic. A lunatic said to be armed with a revolver and a long butcher knife made frantic and protracted attempts one Sunday afternoon recently to see Archbishop Arch-bishop Keane, who, he said, had a thousand dollars of his, and which he was going to get, by force if necessary. neces-sary. The man. whose name has not been learned, firrt tried to find the-Arch-j bishop in the school house and then I in the sisters' home. From there, he I went into the cathedral, where he threw a congregation of women into hysterics, and finally landed on the I steps of the Archbishop's residence. There he was trying to' effect an entrance en-trance when Officer Ben Gray took him into custody. I The lunatic ig not a resident of Du-! Du-! buque. but has been there about a I month, slaying at the' Winona and ! Minnesota houses. He is a German, j about 40 years of age. and is some-' some-' what slight of build. j The Church in Australia. j In Australia, as in the United States, t progress is the order of the day in i chuch affairs. On the second day of this mor.th the magnificent Cathedral of St. Mary was consecrated in Sydney, i and on the following day was held the 1 opening session of the third plenary council of Australia. In the growth of ' the church under the southern cross much is duo to the learning and zeal of the illustrious archbishop of Sydney. Cardinal Morn.- . Not less marvelou3 tai) the cardinal's success as an ecclesiastical ec-clesiastical ruler and administrator is ! the radical change which his political views have undergone. The' nephew and nupil of Cardinal Cullen. Dr. Mo-ran Mo-ran left Ireland twenty years ago a confirmed Tory, of the same unyielding type as hi distinguished uncle. Now he is an ardent home-ruler and Gaelic LeagU'-r. and is not afraid to proclaim his opinions from pulpit -and platform in that clear and forceful speech of j which li; is a master.-, -The transfer ol th" bishop of Ossery.to Sydney was a j great blessins to the Australian church, j It also the mean;-; of letting a new light into his brilliant mind. He w is j j not too oid' to learn thai -he- tuj :v!:t-1 :v!:t-1 ically wrong. Leaoer. San Francisco. I Preservation Home st Toledo. i Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland. O.. has given hi? approval to the opening j of a preservation home in Toledo, to j be conducted by the Sisters of the I Good Shepherd. j The question was presented to the Lucas County Federation of Catholic ' Societies at the::- last regular meeting. when the committee on charity and j morals inc.de its report, j The purpose of the home is for the care of young girls and the work will ! be conducted in three -departments, j One i? the preservation cf young' girls of good 'a-inilics who through circuni-i circuni-i stances may be placed in dangerous I surroundings. 1 The second department is the shelter ' and home provided for repentant girls, j and the third department a reformatory reform-atory for 'Incorrigible g'rls. |