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Show OrriCIAL EUDOESEiEENT. Editor Intermountain Catholic: My Dear Sir: Replying to your favor asking my approval of The Intermountain Catholic since its establishment in this diocese, I will state that I consider the founding of a Catholic paper in Salt Laka not the lease of the many blessings bestowed be-stowed by Providence on the Church hero during the past two yearn. Its birth occurred oc-curred at an opportune time. Its zeal, in propagating Catholic truth, has had, blnce its inception, my hearty, though filent approval. I believe with Our Holy ; Father that "a good Catholic journal is a fierpetual mission in a parish," and that t will serve as a question box, at all times, for anxious inquirers. In my visitations visi-tations I shall hope to find The Inter-j Inter-j mountain Catholic in the homes of every Catholic family. Its mission is to espouse es-pouse truth, justice and morality, and ail devoted priests will find in it an able co-operator co-operator in their missionary work. It Is my wish that all my prieEts and the laity entrusted to my charge should encourage your noble effort and that of the generous gen-erous founder of The Intermountain Catholic. Yours sincerely. L. SCANLAN. Bishop of Salt Lake, j Salt Lake City. Oct. 2. 1900. CARD FROM BISHOP SCANLAN. I feel it my duty to protect Catholics , . and the public generally from fraud and i imposition by notifying them from time to time that no person bearing the name and garb of a priest or sister or anyoa else. is authorized or permitted to solicit or collect in this diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the Catholic Church without having irom me permis- Fion in writing bearing my seal and signature. Should any one be found engaged en-gaged in doing this unlawful work of J collecting without such a document, he or she. as the case may be, should be regarded re-garded by all as a fraud and an imposter. : L. SCANLAN. ; Bishop of Salt Lake. ' Nov. 20, ISM. j THE POPE'S ADMONITION". A Catholic newspaper in a parish is a perpetual mission. Let all who truly and from their souls desire that heligion and society defended by human intellect and l!terature should flourish, strive by their liberality to guard and protect the Catholic press, and let every one in proportion pro-portion to his income support them with his money and influence, for to those who devote themselves to the Catholic press we ought by all means to bring relps of this kind, without which their I, Industry will either have no results or I uncertain and miserable ones. POPE LEO XIIL |