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Show i : OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT. jl ' Editor Ititermountain Catholic: My Dear Sir: Replying to your favor a-klng mv approval of The lntermounialu Catholic "since Its establishment in th diocese, 1 will .-tate tliat I consider the ! founding of a Catholic paper in Salt Lakj f not the least of the many blessings be- "towed by 1'rovidence on the Church nero I , during the past two years, lis birth oc- I curred at an opportune time. Its zeal. In I : propagating Ca.tholic truth, has had. I : since its inception, my iiearty. though I silent approval. I believe with Our Holy J ' Father lhat "'a good Catholic journal is a i; r perpetual mission in a parish," and that, I t ; it will serve as a dies; ion box. at ail j '. ' times, fdV anxious Inquirers. In my visl- tations I shjill hope to tind The Inter- X ' mountain Catholic in the homes of every f i Otholie family. Its mission is to es- J , pouse truth, justice nd morality, ir.d all I ; 1 devoted priests will find in it an able co- I 1 operator in their missionary work. It is j my wish that all my priests and the laity ! " ; "ntrutted to my. charge should encourage 5 ' your notile effort and that of the gen- ; erous founder or The lntermountain j Catholic. Yours sincerely. 5 L. SCANLAN. i Bishop of Salt Lake, i Salt Lake Citv. Oct. 2. 1!00. CARD FROM BISHOP SCANLAN. i , -. I feel it my duty to protect Catholics f - nnd the public generally from fraud and Imposition by notifying them from time I i ' to time that no person bearing the name I and garb of a priest or sister or anyon j else is autnorized or permitted to solicit I or collect in this diocese for any purpose I whr.rver connected with the Catholic Church without having from me pcrmis- sion in writing bearing my seal and signature. Should any one be found en- j gared in doing this "unlawful work of ' . collecting without such a document, he !' or she, as the ease may te. should be re- i carded by all as a fraud and an imposter. i , L. SCANLAN. '. ,' Bishop of Salt Lake. ' ' ! Nov. V, IS??. i - I THE POPE'S ADMONITION". I 1 ! A Catholic newspaper in a parish is a j ! perpetual mission. Let all who truly and I j from their souls desire that heiigion and I society defended hy human intellect and I literature should flourish, strive by their liberality to guard and protect the Catholic press, and let every one in pro-t pro-t portion to his income support them w-ith i his money and influence, for to those i who devote themselves to the Catholic press we ought by all means to bring " i r?!ps of this kind, without which their j Industry will either have no results or uncertain and miserable ones. POPE LEO XIIT. I PHIL. CORCORAN Editor. |