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Show Religious Intelligence, i . - " The Archbis-hop of Tuam and the Bishops of Galway and iSouthwark have arrived in Rome. - - : A large pilgrimage from Orleans. France, to Rome will be on band during dur-ing the canonization of Joan of Arc-about Arc-about New Year's. An electric cross has bexetv erected on St. John's church, New York. This was formerjy the Knox Presbyterian ciurch. . '. 4 During a recent pastoral journey Bishop Allen of Madrus, India, confirmed con-firmed S54v Christians, oOIt of them being be-ing converts from paganism.' 4 By the death of Miss Ann Scullion of Trenton. N. J., the St. Vincent de Paul society will derive the income of an estate amounting to about SU.000. The colony of Syrians and Greeks in Cincinnati will probably soon have the regular spiritual ministration of a priest of the Syrian rile, Rev. Father Baccirola. . . Two Benedictine Fathers have arrived ar-rived in Idaho for the purpoe of "establishing "es-tablishing a monastery. The proposed structure will be built near the town of Cottonwootl, in Idaho county. The thirteenth biennial convention of the Indiana state council. Catholic' Knights of America, will assemble in New Albany, Indiana, on Tuesday, February 2S, 190,"). at. !) o'clock a. m. J f The recent report from Rome concerning con-cerning the health of the , pope was grossly exaggerated. Dr. Lapponi says his holiness will occupy the chair of St. Peter for many years to come. Very Rev. Thomas F. Lillis will be consecrated bishop of Leavenworth. Kansas, on December "7, in the Cathedral Cathe-dral at Kansas City, ,Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis will be the consecrating con-secrating prelate. " The Hon. Miguel O'Tero, governor of New Mexico, who xvas the orator at the recent New Mexico celebration at the World's fair, is a graduate of Notre Dame university. He was a student there for three years in the '70's. .. An alumni association of Carlow college, Ireland, was formed at St. Louii? last week, by her priestly sons in this country. The organization of the alumnae was due to the energetic efforts of Rev. PJdmund A. Cases", pastor pas-tor of St. James church, St. Louis. f- . , It is the intention of the national board of the A. O. H. to secure the services of eight or ten of the ablest lecturers in the country to work under the auspices of the Hibernian lecture bureau, the idea being to conduct a campaign of education along Catholic and patriotic lines. The quarantine of the Indian school at Geona. Neb., has been raised and the pupils and employes are once more at their usual work. The Catholic pupils number one hundred and sixty and are m majority at the Indian school. They hail from different states, some are from Nebraska, others from Montana. South and North Dakota and Wisconsin. -- A Portuguese priest was ordained for the diocese of Sacramento last week by Bishop Grace. He is the Rev. J. Azevedo and was born on the Azores Island. He has been studying for two years in this country at St. Patrick's seminary. Melo Park. The Portuguese Portu-guese of the Sacramento diocese are rejoiced re-joiced to have a priest of their own blood. In receiving Bishop Delaney of Manchester. Man-chester. N. H., recently, the pope inquired in-quired about the diocese of Manchester, Man-chester, asking the number of priests and communicants in the diocese and the proportion between Catholics and other residents. Being told that it was one-third, the pope replied: "You must try to make the other two-thirds Catholics." Old St. Peter's church in Barclay street. New York, is being renovated for the first tim-3 since it was built seventy year ago There wil! be new white marble altars. ?. gift of the Smith family, in memory of their mother, and other expensive decorations. decora-tions. This church contains a valuable painting presented to it over 100 years ago by the King of Spain. The first church was built in 17SG and the present pres-ent edifice in 1831. Colonel "William T. Taylor of Columbus, Co-lumbus, O., journalist, historian arid literateur, lectured recently in the city hall at New LexingLon, O., under the auspices of the MacGahan club. This organization is formed for the purpos? of raising a fund to erect a monument in the public square at New Lexington, to the memory of Perry county's distinguished son,,J A. MacGahan. Mac-Gahan. and this was the first lecture I given for the benefit, of the fund. f The crusade against bazaars, euchres and similar money-raising schemes for the benefit of churches, is on in earnest, both Archbishop -Moeller and Bishop Maes having declared against tl.em. In the archdiocese his grace had requested that they le abandoned, and last Sunday in Covington, Very Rev. Ferdinand Prnssart. vicar general, took occasion to inveigh against them, is he has done beloe. Several months ago Bishop Hartley declared himself opposed to such methods of raising money. . . 4 ' There is. a project on foot in Sioux City, la., to honor the memory of the famous missionary Father De Smet, by erecting a monument to him on tho top of Prospect .hill. The movement is meeting With 'the encouragement of Catholic and 'h on-Catholic alike. ' - . - . .. . : ' A new horned f6r Catholic working I boys h'as just been, opened in Montreal, under the; directorship of Rev. Daniel Holland, C. SS.'.R., rector of St. Anne's church.'. It is called St. Joseph's home and is already . a great success..' ' '''.-v.v,.V. . Bishop Colton of Buffalo, with the sixty pilgrims who accompanied , him .' broad, last week paid a visit to the famous ' Benedictine aboey at Monte Cassino, of which the rector is the Very Rev. Boniface Krug. an American and well known to many of the visit- ors. 4 . There recently died in Chicago a mother who had given seven children to the church. She was Mrs. Cath- j eiine Hennessy. Rev. William S. Hen-; nessy, pastor of St. Joachim's church, i I-.ev. M. D. Hennessy, pastor of All j Saints church, are two of. the sons.; There is another In a monastery ' and i four daughters in the religious life. She was truly a riiot her in Israel, - - "-.' The. first of the converts of the Ox- ford movement died in North Wales last. week, aged S4 years. He was' Father Grant, S. J., and was received & into the church in 1841 while an uu- dorgraduate at Oxford, Tour years be-' fore Newman's, con version. |