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Show I I jfhilgMAfa "This is LI ,JrlliB t e victory I which over- I &b w comsth the I ' Universal. zm h I ' ' CHURCH CALENDAR. 4 Kastf-r Sunday. Gospel. St. Mark xvi, it 1-7: The Resurrection of Our Lord. I Suinlav,' 3 Koner Sunday. ; Moiuhiy. 31 1 --fsPd Herman Joseph. I Tnr-stiav. April 1 Si. lluph, P.. C. Woilnesdav. 2. St. Francis of Paola. C. I 'rhur.-iJav,S. St. Irene, S., Comp., M. M. Fri.iav. 4.-St. Isi'lore, P. C. D. .... Saturday, u. St. Vincent Ferrer, C. i HE BELIEVED. ' f v Striking Story Told of the Remark- I able Conversion of an Atheist. I i . A strong presentation was made a i . feu- evenings ago in a public lecture I ; , . delivered at Grand Rapids, Mich., by I ' Father Sehrcinbs. Paid the lecturer: Father Atha nanus Kirscher, who lived in the seventeenth century, is recognized as one of t'he greatest Fci- g enlists of his day. He was in turn I ' professor of philosophy, Oriental lan- I . - pruagw. mathematics, Egyptiology, i , physical sciences. He was a volumin- I i , ous writer on mathematics and phy- I ' first sciences, and his famous work, "Mundus Fubterrantum," was a real cyclopedia, comprising all the geologi- f " al knowledge of the day. At Rome he . collected an enormous museum of I , scientific Instruments, natural objects, i models and antiquities, and - himself constructed many wonderful instru- ! nients. Father Kirscher was the pos- I : f ssor of a magnificent globe repre- senting our planetary system. By I 5 , means of a secret spring the whole 1 could be set in motion, reproducing in - imitation the movements of the earth I , and the other planets around the sun. , A young friend if the great scientist I eajieii one uay just as me priest was I about to attend a dying woman. Kincl- .; , i ly the priest invited the young man to ! i , his study, there to await his return. 1 Quite naturally, the young man's at- ; ' ' tention was soon drawn to the splen- ! . did globe, and as he was passing his i hand over the instrument he accident- . ,' . ally touched the secret spring, starting I the whole mechanism in motion. Lost in admiration of this wonderful imi- i tation of the universe, the priest found I . him on his return. The first question 'he young man. who, by the way, was ' an avowed infidel, asked was: . "Father, who i? the genius that has I made this wonderful instrument?" V ; ""Why," answered the priest, "no- I ; ,', lody made it: it made itself." ; i "Father," paid the young man. "you are trifling with me; it is against rea- j son; it is an utter impossibility that i : i 1m'-s sjdendid and wonderful imitation 1 j f our universe should have made it- s J , . s"lf or be t'he work of chance." j "What!" answered the priest; "you I admit, lnat a genius was necessary to I make this poor, insignificant miniature ) of the vast universe, and yet affirm th;i the great universe, of which a i single blade of living grass contains f i more wonders than this paltry globe, ; had no maker?" s 1-r a moment the young man re- I ' , fleeted, then, dropping on his knees, he I ; uttered his first profession of faith: ! ' "My God, I believe." I PROTESTANTS PRAISE POPE. Unitarian Journal of Boston Pays Striking Tribute. ' , - The Christian. Register of Boston, '.'.. Mass.. a staunch Fnitarian journal, I pays this editorial tribute to Leo XIII: While he has been shorn of his tem- ' ; poral power, he has today a wider do- i i mir.ion than any pope ever had before, j !,"d controls the fortunes of more peo- I pie than any ruler upon the earth. He ; ! 's reported to have said once that ! : j Gladstone and he were the oldest 4 statesmen in Furooe. but that they had the youngest ideas. While he has , . in form affirmed and reaffirmed the principles of education and govern - i ment to which, as Protestants, we are ' ; ' 10!Jt opposed, he has also, in spirit und by his wide intelligence and 1 ; shrewd knowledge of human nature. I gieatly enlarged the possibilities of i " : Iilioralism in the Catholic church, f " Living, as ail rulers now do. under f llK" "f the electric light, the 1 ' faults and virtues, the defects and th abilities, of the head of the Catholic i ' , church are seen and understood. Much J the glamor of papal authority has ; passed, but all the more, judged simp- : ly as a man and as a ruleramong other j - rulers, we judge him to be one of the I fiiost rem:irl.-.jl.l.j i - i ...v j.iuuuiea uv tne - nineteenth century. Stainless in char- 1 ::cter. of exceptional ability and rare training, he deserves the honors heaped ; upon him by the members of his com munion. CATHOLIC FEDERATION" j The Movement is Spreading Rapidly I Among German Societies. Trenton, March. Anthony Matre M-ci-etary of the Xational Federation in Catholic Societies, with headquar-V headquar-V tors in Cincinnati. ().. has sent a com- ? iiiumcation to Ri.-ihoj) McFaul, fhe I 'J,her 'f "ie federation movement in I Aincrica, advising him that the move- f j,i.nt ,s raiidJ.v growing and it is an- 1 ; - i.' ipated tnat before midsummer there I ' ho a total niembership of S30,ono rh" federation has thus far made its r.'7i,I'Va striries among the. German I ' athohc societies of the middle west j -Jr f TV?1 Vertin. with headquar- l (Mrs 111 thioajfo, has federated all the j , erman Cathoiic societies in lifteen I 1 tatPs it is the intention of the verein i , ,HXt t0 tur" its attention to Xew Jer- I s".y-. I :i , Jno national convention of the ? Knights of- Columbus, heid last week ! , : ;,t Xew Haven, Conn., declined to en- I ,or he federation and this in a meas- VVl' served as a .setback to the move- I , nu'nt- The Knights of Columbus is t rect:gnized as one of the leading or- ;1nization in the Catholic church. ! , . Among the new leaders of the feder ation are Archbishop Chapelle of Xew ' Orleans. Archbishop Christie of Port- i Hnd re-: Bishop Hortsmann of Cleve- j ,o.,u. j.l-jiuj, .uangonne of Los An- I , rT1','- nJ?hy "aid of Xorth Carolina. I.iPhop Heslin of Xatchez, Miss P.Hh- l op Maes of Covington and Bishop Moel- Jer of Cofcumbus. lushop Messmer of I ' Green Ray, Wis., has been associated I T'th Rf?hop McFaul in the movement Mmost from its inception. BLESSED THE KNIGHTS. r Koly Father Sent Message to Their National Convention. I During the meeting of the Xational 1 Council of the Knights of Columbus at f New' Haven this month, a vote was I passed asking Bishop Michael Tierney" I V) transmit to Tope Leo XIII their sen- I S 'micnts of loyalty to him. which Bishop ; lierney did. Subsequently the bishop is ' received the following replv ,f liome March 6, l!0:'.-Ris'hop Tierney, i Hartford. Conn.: The holy father I I i. j . - , grateful for the sentiments expressed ' : ' n the "anie of the Knights of Colum- I bus- anl sends with all his heart his i i apostolic benediction. ! : ; j CARDIXAL RAMPOLLA. i t ; The Priest's Reward on Earth. J If there be on earth one reward i I PTfater than another for the sacrifice a : ? : , ! ; J,rfc" 's forever called upon to make I t . Ior hls fitk, it is the dawn of hope and 'J 1 " .., ..- ..... comfort that shines in the eyes and on the faces of the pain-stricken or the sorrowful, or the despairing, when a I priest approaches their bed of sickness or suffering, and all the phantoms that haunt poor humanity fly at his ap- j pioachh. The murmured "Thank God!'' j auu ine imie laucn. nair smotnerea, or j triumph and peace; the very manner in l which the sick and the wounded arrange ar-range themselves on their couches of sorrow, as if they said: "I have got a new lease of life now: for the Healer and Consoler is here!" all this faith and conlidence and hope, placed in his very presence, as far apart from his ministrations, is a reward, so far beyond be-yond all earthly guerdons and triumphs that it can only be said to foreshadow the blisses of eternity. Father Sheehan in "Luke Delmerge." Attacks the Knights. It appears that a Vatican weekly, the Vera Roma of Rome, Italy, recently contained an attack on the Knights of Columbus, in which it praises the St. Louis Jlevieiv for "courageously exposing expos-ing a society which it declares to be 'piu massonico che cattolico (more Masonic than Catholic)" and expresses the hope that no loyal Catholic layman, lay-man, and. above all, no priest, will, in future, join the Knights of Columbus, and that those who have enrolled as I members will promptly withdraw. The Vera Roma does not know what it is talking about, for while the initiation ceremonies of the Knights are remotely like the initiation ritual of some secret societies, the motive back of them, the principles they inculcate, and the action ac-tion they require are all intensely Catholic. Errors of Good Catholics. Unfortunately for the cause of Catholic Cath-olic truth, falsehood in regard to the church is disseminated almost as much by good Catholics as by Protestants. A few weeks ago the writer, while giving giv-ing a mission to non-Catholics in a J city near Cleveland, learned that a Catholic servant girl, wishing to obtain ob-tain money from her Protestant mistress, mis-tress, declared that she needed money to pay the priest in confession! Only-two Only-two weeks ago, during a mission in southern Indiana, a question was received re-ceived from a Protestant asking how the church could propose as a means of salvation an inclosed prayer. The prayer was the one in honor of St. Joseph, Jo-seph, against which the Catholic Universe Uni-verse a short time ago warned its readers. Last week the same prayer turned up in the question box at Man-tau, Man-tau, O. Many good Catholics of the place recited it religiously every, evening, even-ing, confident of having their ' three wishes granted within thirtv days. One Protestant lady said that, as she could not get herself to believe in the efficacy of such prayers, she could never become be-come a Catholic. The misfortune is, that so many well-meaning Catholics are deceived by these pious frauds; and Protestants consequently get wrong ideas of the church. Catholic Universe. A Book Condemned. Archbishop Elder has-- issued this warning: "We have seen, -a. book entitled enti-tled "Illustrated Explanation of the Apostles' Creed," adapted from the German of the Rev. H. Rolfus, D. D., in which are found serious errors against Catholic doctrine. On learning learn-ing this fact, the publishers immediately immedi-ately withdrew it from circulation in this diocese. I caution both clergy and laity rot to be misled by it. I understand under-stand that the errors are not contained in the original German." Rome, March 25. Cardinal Giacomo Missia. archbishop of Goerz, Austria, is dead. He was born in 1S3S and created cre-ated cardinal in 1H93. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. j A beautiful and artistic offering has just been made to Archbishop Chapelle of Xew Orleans, by a friend who does not care to have his name mentioned. The present is so unique, however, that it is worth describing:. It represents a frolden easel, about six Inches in height. The easel is wrought most exquisitely in burnished pold, and on it hangs a solid gold medallion on which the portrait of the archbishop is engraved. The tracing is in the gold and the work is verv fine. The portrait rests upon a background of stars. The medallion is magnificentlv ornamented with a Greek border of dark-blue dark-blue enamel and nrecion stnn.. Tho shape of the easel is in Gothic s: le, and the whole effect is very handsome. This exquisite gift is intended as an ornament for Mgr. Chapelle's desk or studio, and was sent to him with the compliments of "A Friend." Whije the people were coining into SS Peter and Paul's church. Rochester N. Y.. on a recent Sunday morning for early mass. the. largest bell, weighing two tons, broke loose from its fastenings and crashed through a heavy beam to the flooring above the organ gallerv. llappilv, no one was injured. The Society of St. Vincent do Paul in Xew York City has taken up with great earnestness the work of Catholi.; bovs' clubs, of which there are now ten in the borough of Manhattan. 4; A new Cathoiic publication has been launched in the irozen north. Tt i called the Yukon Catholic. snid the subscribers in and about Dawson cheerfully pay 50 ' cents a sincle copy for the paper, which j is issued monthly. St. Joseph's parish in Cincinnati l1:ls produced upwards of fittv priests and" one bishop. The Knights of Abraham Lincoln Order Or-der of Cleveland. O.. complained to the school council cf that city that the pictures pic-tures of the Madonna, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Family and the Ascension Ascen-sion were designed to lead the mind of the suioents along sectarian lines and should be removed from the school building. build-ing. The council heard the protest read and then by a unanimous vote disposed of the complaint by marking the petition received." ' On Tuesday, April 2?. .mi the clergy of the archdiocese of Boston will tr.e eightieth anniversary of the birthd iv of ArichblsW Wihiams by a pious memento me-mento m the mass of the day and present pre-sent an address of filial affection and esteem to the archbishop at a banquet n the afternoon. 4s Last week congress passed a resolution authorizing the payment of a number of civil war claims. Among the others this item: "To Bishop Augustine Vande yver trustee of St. Joseph's Cathol c church at Martinsburg. Va.. ciAV the use and occupancy of the church bv the civiiy war "he United States during the Brother Charles, president of Manhattan Manhat-tan college. Xew York, and one of the ,LhnrWnA eduSatorS of the Catholic church in America, is dead from pneu-moma pneu-moma at the institution of which he was tne head. Efforts are being made by the Catholic iVir S,'dal,lt?r nJ Bof:ton to sure a C atholic chaplain for the sailors and ma- vard CaUd 8t the Charleston navy The late Mr. Wiularn Skinner of Holv-oke, Holv-oke, Mass., left J.Vk to the House of I rovidence hospital in that city. More than SGOO was realized from a sacred sa-cred concert held recently under the aus-York aus-York atySt- Coums oir in Xew Plans have been accepted for the new parochial school for St. Stephen's congregational, con-gregational, Stevens Point, Wis. Work will be commenced on the same as early as the weather will permit. The cost will be J11.000. The new chimes of St. John's church at Clinton, Mass., eleven in number, were blessed with the usual ceremonies on Sunday in the presence of a large gathering gather-ing of people. At the present time there are in attend-. attend-. ance at Georgetown university two Filipinos Fili-pinos pursuing their studies. One was an officer on the staff of Aguinaldo, the other on that of a Spanish general. In the lit of vice presidents of the national civil service reform league for the present year is the name of Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan, D. D., archbishop arch-bishop of Philadelphia. j The fund for the establishment of a Sisters' Hospital ai Marshalitown. la.. !s i growing very rapidly. Already the sum of $S,0X has been subscribe.! although not a single dollar has yet been asked Some clerical friends who visited the Sunday school in Holy Rosary parish at Cleveland, O., recently were agreeably surprised to find a class of about 400 Italian children. Catholics of the town of Corpus Christi. X. Y.. have collected during the past year the sum of $u,153.50 for the erection of a new church. Within a short time ground will be broken for a new church at Beaumont, Tex. It will have a very large seating capacity and beautiful in its unique style. Mr. Patrick Downs, an old resident of Xorthlield. Mich., has bequeathed his estate, es-tate, consisting of forty acres of land and ?2u0 personal property, to St. Patrick's church of that place. The Sisters of Providence. Holyoke, Mass., receive a goodly inheritance, for the most part in real estate, by the will of the late Maurice Manning of Long-meadow. Long-meadow. ' On Saturday and Sunday last the usual ordination took pface at St. Francis seminary. semi-nary. Milwaukee. Deaconship was conferred con-ferred on twenty-nine students and minor orders on nineteen. Rev. F. Meyer. O. F. M., and Rev. Barnabas Bar-nabas Meyer, O. F. M., of Cincinnati, have been appointed by the Very Rev. Louis Haverbeck, O. F. M., to take charge of the new missionary headquarters headquar-ters at Jemez, X. M. Rev. Francis Sullivan has been elected a member of the board of edueatinon at Albion, X. Y. The Sisters of theIncarnate World at Beaumont. Tex., have just completed very extensive additions and improvements to their hospital, the cost amounting to $15.- j 000. The institution is now up to date in all its appointments. Bv the will of the late John W. McDon-ald'the McDon-ald'the Home for Destitute Catholic Children. Chil-dren. Boston, and the Particular Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are each to receive $500 Work has been resumed on St. Math-ew's Math-ew's church at Monroe, La., and it is expected ex-pected to be under roof during the summer. sum-mer. The altar has been received from Belgium. An architect has prepared plans for remodeling and making an addition to the 13 street Baptist church in Washington, D. C. This property was bought some time ago by the Knights of Columbus. After extensive repairs made inside and out the building will be known as the Knights of CoIumbusTemple. Fire, caused by a defective flue.' recently re-cently destroyed the Catholic school at Moulton, Tex. The Gibhon club of Plttshiire- will soon have a home of its own which will cost $20,000. It will be a two-story brick build-incr. build-incr. with bath room, library, reading, billiard and reception rooms. There will also be a gymnasium and a' hall capable of seating 300 people. The Sisters of St. Joseph at Xew Orleans Or-leans are contemplating the establishment establish-ment of a large sanitarium at Crowley. La. Assurances have been triven that the town will aid in the building. Plans for the new St. Thomas church, Braddock. Pa., have been accepted by the trustees. The cost will be SS0.000. j St. Vibiana's cathedral at Los Angeles is probably the only church in the United States to have enshrined above its sanctuary sanc-tuary the remains of its patron. St. Vibi-ana. Vibi-ana. which were brought . from Europe many years ago and encased above the high altar. The recent lectures to non-Catholics in Holy Angels' church, Chicago, were successful suc-cessful beyond expectation. About 100 persons have signified their intention of becoming Catholics. By will of the late Mrs. Xathalie F. Reynal of Xew York, the foundling asylum asy-lum conducted by the Sisters of Charity receives J5.0W). College of St. Francis Xavier. S:5.033: the associates for befriending be-friending children and young girls, $2,000. A movement is on foot at Tacoma. Wash., to establish a guild tor the pro- I tection of trained nurses. These who are working on the matter are the Sisters ot Sr. Joseph's hosnifal. Their offono ably seconded, by the Woman's Auxiliary of the same institution. By the will of the late Mr. P. McShane of Bouisville, Ky., Rt. Rev. Bishop Mc-Closkey Mc-Closkey has been given $1,000- the Little Sisters of the Poor, $230. and $200 for the church which he had helped to erect in Taylorsville, that state. Since its opening in 1S41, St. Taul's orphanage. or-phanage. Pittsburg. Pa., has cared for 10.271 children, of which number 5,476 were boys and 4.79S jrirl.-. j The Sisters of Mercy in Cincinnati are preparing to dispose of their old mother- house and move to new quarters The money realized from the sale will enable them to complete the erection of thj new community house. The new St. Joseph's hospital at Xew Albuquerque, X. M.. is nearing completion. comple-tion. Great attention has been given to ! hygienic conditions, and it will be modern mod-ern in all its appointments. Rt. Rev. Bishop McQuadc has recently blessed a magnificent set of Stations of o c u Toss J- 1Io,y Fmi'y church, Rochester, . They were imported from Innsbruck, Tyrol, and cost $2 2oo |
