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Show I j 1 . Qurch I r I I which erer- universal. CHURCH CALENDAR. , Sunday. 22. Twenty-til th and last Sun- ilay alter Pentecost. Gospel. St. Matt. xxiv 15-:;- The abomination of desolation. deso-lation. St. Cecilia, V. M. Monday, TA. St. Clement I., P. M. Tuesday. -4. St. John of the Cross. C. c "Wednesday, 25. St. Catherine, V. M. Thursday, 26. St. Peter of Alexandria, R M. Friday, 27. St. Maximus, B. j Saturday, 2S. St. James of La Marca. Sisters' Offer to "Wage Workers. "Wase-workers of BYdott. Wisconsin 3 or" to be provided with hospital care, t ln -ludins tiursins. board and medicines for almost nothing, if they accept a proposition' made to them by the Sister Sis-ter oi St. Mary's hospital of that Xilace. T)ie proposition is the result of J & letter written to the Sisters by Fred A. Thornton, president of the Beloit Trades Council, who asked what . amount, paid in monthly by workinff-: workinff-: men. would insure them hospital care in ease of accident or sickness. ' The Sisters formulated their propo- . uiti(,,i and then extended an invitation to all the physicians of the city to meet f vith them and discuss its merits. Ele- v n doctors responded and approved the plan as an answer was sent to Mr. Thornton. The meeting- war. '-ailed by the Sisters to discuss the desirability desirabil-ity of offering ihe workinsmen of Beloit Bel-oit an opportunity to receive hospital j care daiiriu any part of or.o year, upon the payment of :,n cents per month for , 4 fah individual. ! Priest's and Parson's Pay. I Some interesting information in re- j paid to ministerial salaries has beer, furnished to the Church Economist ! (New York) by the Rev. Dr. TV. H. j Ilobc-rts. stated" clerk of the Pres-by- ; teiian yei.eral assembly. Speaking for his own thurrh. he says that one bun- rired ministers receive a salary of j J.-..HU0 or more, three hundred receive j from S".r(ou to $."i.eO. and seven hun- j dred receive ;i salary of $2,000 to Jo.- ; firto. "In other words." comments "The I Ki-onomist." "of the T.S00 ministers, less i than one and a half in one hundred are paid So.K'l slifrhtly over five in one i hurt. I red receive .$3.r,00 or more, and j about fourteen in one hundred receive ! I ?2.0fi.! or more." j I In comparison to the salaries paid to j I the ministers those paid to the priests J of the Catholic Church are meager. I "Wo are not aware that they receive an- I roore than S1,2im; in any diocese. There are some dioceses to which J1.000 is j I peid to parlors of imporant parishes, but penerally speaking: the salary of a pastor is $ufl a year. In the diocese of Cleveland, as the people know from j the financial reports.- the salary of the i pastors, no matter how large the par- ish. is only $700. The pastor does not j have to pay for house rent or fuel, but I he must pay all the other expenses i from his- meager salary, helped out I pomewhat by the offerings that are j made. The work of a Tries jn a par-, isli is as far in excess of that of the i minister as the minister's salary is in excess of the priest's. Money, of course, is not the motive power of the priest's zeal and labor. Jle has been called by Him who says: "I have chosen you. you have not chosen cho-sen Me." Yet most people will recog- nize the fact that considering- the j state of the markets and the numerous : calls made upon the priests. the i amount of their stipend hardly reaches I the demands of justice. i It is well for the people to know j that the calls made upon them and in I the sacrifices they have to make, the j priest himself hardly pets enoush to ! make ends meet. Catholic Citizen. j Church Government in This Country, j I "The thirteen provinces into which the Catholic church is divided in the j United States contain each an arch- dioces-, subject to an archbishop, and ' peveral dioceses ruled by bishops, in I ! all numbering eighty-eight. The 100 j I prelates, together with the eleven co- JBdjutors or auxiliaries appointed to '; assist some of them, are designated by i ! : the pope, to whom they are nominated ; ty a ballot of the bishops of the prov- I . ' Ince, and another of the clergy of the J vacant diocese. There is no room for I intermediation or interference by the j Plate, or by any outside agency. As I thirps are arranged at present, the I choice of bishops can be made prompt- j Ij : in fact, in the more important arch- I dioceses coadjutors are usually ap- pointed with the right of succession, I si lhat the administration may con- I tinue without interruption. At the I le ad of this hierarchy as primate is ( I the cardinal, and, to expedite business , I i vith the central government, an apos- ' . toll,- delegate. j "There are 9.74.1 clergymen subject in fU things to the immediate jurisdiction o;' the bishops: and subject to them, b'.so. in all that concerns' parochial ministration', 3.225 members of religious communities in holy orders. These 12.-KS 12.-KS priests minister to 11.289.710 mem-Ixts. mem-Ixts. who worship in 7.005 church and B.7:i chapels. There is no lack of can- i dilates for the ministry, S.3S2 actually preparing to be secular priests and 1.-b"l 1.-b"l religious in the seven universities h'i 1 seventy-one seminaries. There are 1 lt2 colleges f u- males and 643 acad- j eu:!es for females; These schools are 1 maintain d in great part by 5, 000 men, ' leu j(1 holy orders, but dwelling in com- I ir.unity. usually called brothers: and"! fiO.oitii women, the nuns or sisters, whoi h-a- :.id the clergy ir the schools and I charitable institutions, conducting, villi ' proper assistance. H.PTS parish schools ! vith iiCo.CSS pupils, and 923 institutions with 1,11.1.031 inmates." Catholic" Mes- ' Benger Magazine. ! , Eishop Foley Honored. i Tit. Kev. John S. Foley, bishop of Detroit, De-troit, was honored by the people of that city recently with a great reception in honor of his seventieth birthday. The function took place at the Hotel Cadillac. Cadil-lac. Mayor Maybury was master of cere-Jiionies. cere-Jiionies. assisted by Police Commission-' Commission-' or Fowle. Preliminary to the public reception the mayor, with his cross of the legion of honor on his coat lapel, delivered a pretty presentation address, and then a.11 American flag that draped a fine bronze bust of the, bishop was pulled aside. The bishop responded, acknowledging his gratitude at the universality uni-versality of the tribute extended to him, and giving earnest of his own s-s-nse of civic pride and patriotism. One of the first to shake hands with Bishop Foley was Thomas F. Davies, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Michigan. Michi-gan. The wjanglirgs and differences of centuries seemed forgotten when the ; . two white-haired men. sturdy friends through fifteen years, clasped hands before be-fore that gathering of religions. Bishop Davies had been one of the first to meet Bishop Foley on the latter's arrival in-Detroit in-Detroit fifteen years ago. and their meeting at the banquet was a silent evidence of the harmony in which they ! lived. 1 Protestantizing- Catholic Deaf Mutes.! j The Rev. D. A. Lynch, S. J.. makes J an eloquent plea for Catholic deaf-. I rnules in an article on "The Silent I Speakers" in the current number of the 1 Messenger. He gives an exhaustive ac- I fount of the history of- the sign lan- I jjuage and of the efforts made at pres- ent to educate the deaf and dumb. It j may be Interesting to know that "all T I the public schools for deaf mutes in the i country, save two, are controlled, directed," di-rected," governed, taught by Protestants. The Protestant religion when not taught openly is taught indirectly if. indeed, we need use such a word by moral lessons,' history, etc. Protestant ministers 'lecture' on religious- subjects and hold services which all the pupils must attend. No priest is so invited, and were he to offer his services, they would be refused. Under one pretext or other the officials of the institutions denv in many cases to Catholic inmates all religious' freedom, and openly cause them to violate their consciences. Many of the teachers show habitually a bit-terlv bit-terlv anti-Catholic spirit, and in the ! hands of such teachers the Catholic j pupils are as wax a fact fully realized i by the teachers and unscrupulously i availed of. Among the teachers and ' principals are Protestant lnini.-ters. as, I for instance, Rev. Mr. Cloud, principal j of the St. Louis school, who delivers j lectures and holds services in other schools. The literature placed in the I hands of the pupils is Protestant and j frequently anti-Catholic. .The school j papers are of the same character, only j a few two or three being fairly just, j Here is a horror quoted by the Baptist ! Argus from the Kelly Messenger, edited ed-ited by the superintendent of the West Virginia school: " "The papers say the pope has one diamond worth 54.000,000 and 100 finger rings, one of which is worth $100,000. He has thousands of gold and silver I statues. vefsels and other ornaments. ! and $20,000,000 deposited in the Bank of j London. If Jesus Christ could get control con-trol of his ixxssessions it would not take j long for the lost world to have the ben-lefit ben-lefit of the last cent of it.' j "Catholic boys set such statements ; as this in type and send marked copies to their parents, who had been assured that their sons' faith would be respected in the state institutions." I Mass in a Methodist Church. : Killeen is a small town in Texas, not ;a great distance from Temple, to which it is attached as a mission. Though the Catholic population of the place is comprised of but three Catholic families, fami-lies, they are not neglected. For Father Heckman of Temple visits them at stated intervals on week days and administers ad-ministers to their spiritual wants. Oct. 25, however, was the first time mass was ever celebrated on Sunday. Many non-Catholics have expressed a desire to attend the services. Too many in fact to be accommodated in a private house. Learning of these conditions the members of the German Methodist congregation kindly offered their church in which to hold the services. The offer was accepted. A temporary altar was erected and the holy sacrifice of the mass offered up on the same. The sermon was delivered from the church pulpit. The church was crowded with non-Catholics who were deeply interested inter-ested and listened with closest attention atten-tion to the sermon, which was an explanation ex-planation of the ceremonies. English Speaking Pontifical Secretary The Rome correspondent of the Lon don Tablet declares that "no better proof of the wisdom of the Holy Father's Fa-ther's choice in appointing Mgr. Merry del Yal, secrteary of state, can be found than the way the selection has been discussed by the anti-Catholic press of the continent." The most damaging criticism which they have thus far vouchsafed centers in two facts; first, he is only 38 years bid; secondly, he is no Italian. The Avanti declares "that the choice has been forced on the pontiff pon-tiff by th,e Jesuits." The Paris Journal describes the new secretary as a sphinx. Many of the Italian papers were repeating, from day to day, that the sacred college of cardinals wTere indignantly in-dignantly averse to the appointment of Mgr. Merry del Yal. The heart was cut out of this statement by the pontiff himself who declared, in his letter of appointment, "that all the cardinals who had heen consulted by him had agreed that the pro-secretary would made an ideal secretary." The feeling at Madrid is that of great satisfaction. The correspondent of the London Standard has this to say about the new secretary: "He is well known here, and was a great favorite when he was tutor to the young king. It Is generally expected ex-pected that the new pontifical secretary secre-tary of state will show Alphonso XIII the same favor as Leo XIII and Cardinal Car-dinal Rampolla did, and will assist his government in dealing with the clergy and the religious orders and in checking check-ing Carlist agitations. The cardinal's brother is one of the private secretaries of the king and helped to teach him English, which the cardinal and his brother, sister and parents, all speak fluently." The English-speaking world, as well as the Madrid politicians and the Roman cardinals, is more than pleased that the new cardinal should have been made secretary of state. An English-speaking pontifical secretary is, ve .believe, a departure. Catholic Transcript. Bishop Cosgrove's Condition. Bishop Cosgrove of Davenport has acted on the request of Pius X and ordered or-dered an annual collection in his diocese dio-cese for the Catholic university. We are sorry to learn that the bishop's health is very poor. While perfectly-able perfectly-able to look after the diocese from his sick room he finds if very difficult to get about. The "bishops of the province have been thinking of some feasible plan of coming to the bishop's assistance, assist-ance, either by forming a new diocese with Des Moines as the se or giving him a coadjutor. So far nothing defi- ' nite has been done; but something of importance may be looked for to happen in the southern part of Iowa at any time. Western Wat;hman. Priests Lose Thousands. ! Casper Ernst has been spending his days recently in jail at St. Paul, Minn., unable to secure bondsmen on account of the risk, since his shortages, amounting first it was thought to only a few hundred dollars have rapidly increased in-creased to the. hundred thousands. His career was brought to-a sudden halt last week by the action of Father Met.-zler Met.-zler of Chippewa Falls, Wis. Developments, Develop-ments, since show that priests were Ernst's special victims and the total of his embezzlements has jumped from $200 to over $200,000. The names, of some of his known creditors are as follows: fol-lows: Penn Mutual Ins. Co .. .. $110,000 William H. Egan. St. Paul.. .. 16,000 Father Fraunt : 19,000 Father Meyer. .'New Jersey 22.000 Father Baart. Marshall, Mich..- 26,000 Father Metzler. Chippewa Falls, Wis 250 Father Stulz, Sleepy Eye. Minn. 3.500 Father Duren, Ipswich, &. D. .. 9,700 Five priests of -Scott, Lincoln Swift, and Big stone counties, Minn .. :.. 15,000 Father f.Vurst, Brooklyn, X. Y... 5,000 Father Colbert, of St. Paul and the Philippine Islands.. .. .. 3,200 Notes in hand of Mr, Ewing, of . Murphy, Ewing & Bradford . 5.000 Total liabilities known.'... .... $237150 All of Ernst's property, valued at about $200,000. has been turned over' to an attorney to be disposed of. if possible, pos-sible, and thus realize something for his creditors. Besides" the charge. 0 embezzling' Ernst has to face a charge of forgery brought againpt him by Fa-' ter Metzler. Catholic Citizen, Milwaukee. Mil-waukee. - . ; A Little Catholic Town Down East. "Augustus," writing in the New York Observer (Presbyterian), describes de-scribes a, visit to Prince Edward Is- 1 land. Of the town of Tlgnish and its Catholic inhabitants he says: "It is pleasant to get to the end on one's journey even though the inn be small, the night rainy, and the outlook for fair weather, fishing and sightseeing rather dismal. The little inn was com- . fortable, the flag? were flying front of' the church, where a service had i been held in memory of Pope Leo XIII., and the population was walking about in a pouring rain without umbrellas, um-brellas, as if it was the ordinary condition con-dition of the atmosphere. I had a friendly chat with a priest, over a j good fire, who told me that it was j probable that I was the only Protest- 1 ant in town. The days of religious persecution is over, and I slept more peacefully in the village of Scotch and Acadian Catholics than I could have done in the Edinburgh of John Knox, or the Geneve of John Calvin. Only the whistle of the wind and the roar from the distant ocean kept me from sleeping in Tignish. By and by these sounds became an accompaniment to my dreams, and then came a refreshing , and dreamless sleep." ' j Catholic Knights Win Their Suit. By decision of the supreme court at Madison, Wis., recently, the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin win a suit brought by Emma S. Barry to secure the payment of a death benefit of $2,000 carried by her husband. The constitution constitu-tion and by-laws of the order provide that if a member shall cease to be a practical Catholic he shall be expelled from membership and deprived of all benefits of the order. James H. Barry, the deceased husband of the plaintiff, resided in Madison when he joined the order. Learning of his marriage by a Protestant minister the Madison branch voted in 1893 to expel Barry, but did rot formally notify him. He died in 189S, and his widow applied for the death benefit of $2,000. The lower court held that Barry was not a practical Catholic at the time of his des.th. be- j cause he had been married by a Prot- : estant minister and tnerefore the wid- I ow was not entitled to the benefit. The supreme court affirms the judgment. First Public Consistory. Pope Pius X held his first public consistory con-sistory Nov. 12. Five cardinals, including in-cluding the papal secretary of state. Merry Del Val, received their red hats. The ceremony began at 10:30 o'clock, when the five cardinals who Avere to receive the red hat Mgr. Merry Del Yal, Mgr. Callegari, archbishop of Padua; Mgr. Ajuti, papal nuncio at Lisbon; Mgr. Taliani, papal nuncio at Yienna, and Mgr. Katzzschathaler, archbishop of Salzburg, Austria went to the Sistine chapel to take the oath before be-fore Cardinals Oreglia, Rampolla and Macchi, heads of the three orders of the sacred college. Mgr. Merry Del Val and Mgr. Callegari Calle-gari wore their red robes for the first time. Sister Mary Catherine. Sister Mary Catherine, best known as Sister Mary, the pioneer founder of Notre Dame college,. San Jose. Cal., was called to her eternal reward Saturday, Sat-urday, Nov. 7. at the ripe age of 90 years and 2 months. Sister Mary was born at Nimes Sept. S, 1S13. entered the institute of Notre Dame de Namur, Belgium, Feb. 17, 1833, during the lifetime of the foundress, found-ress, Mother St. Joseph, and in 1S43, ten years later, was chosen to be one of the heroic band selected for a mission to the wilds of the Northwest Pacific coast, to which, as yet, no order of sisters has-yet penetrated. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Edward Sullivan, a well known member mem-ber of the Catholic club. New York, and a frequent contributor to various periodicals on political and other topics, top-ics, was recently appointed United States consul at the Turkish cities of j Erzroum and Trebizond. ' A natural gas explosion in the new convent in Salamanca, N. Y., last week greatly damaged the building and resulted re-sulted in the serious burning and injury in-jury of Sister Fabronia. The new building was to have been dedicated by Bishop Colton. Captain Salvatore Pizzati gave $70.-000 $70.-000 to St. -Joseph's Catholic church, New Orleans, to be used in erecting a parochial school building. The congregation congre-gation recently raised enough money to buy the necessary lot next door to the church. Captain Pizzati, who is a Sicilian Si-cilian and made his fortune in the fruit business, has supplied the funds for the school. The news that the Vatican library and museum had been on fire for three hours caused much perturbation among I scholars until the Oaservatore Romano of Nov. 3 published this official note: "We are authorized in the most explicit ex-plicit and most absolute manner to announce that no object of artistic or historic value was lost or injured in the recent Vatican fire." Documents from Rome confirming the election of Very Rev. Clement M. Theunte, O. P., as prior of the Dominicans Domini-cans of New York have been received.. Father Theunte is one of the youngest' priests in the order and had not reached the age limit required for filling fill-ing such a post without an order from Rome. He succeeds Very Rev. Bernard F. Logan. i f The Catholic Knights of America have three times placed themselves on record as favoring the founding of a chair in the Catholic university by the order. The present supreme president. Dr. Felix Gaudin. of New Orleans, intends in-tends to rouse the Knights from their laggard attitude. He has appointed a committee and charged it with the task of soliciting funds from the branches of the order "that an honest effort be made to carry out the wishes of the two preceding councils." . Possibly 5,000 people were present on All Saints' day at St. Stephen cemetery, ceme-tery, Newport, Ky.. where Fathers O'Dwyer and Medshmann officiated. The Knights of St. George attended in a body. The envelope collection taken up in St. Pius' church, St. Louis, on the third Sunday in October, and which took the place of a bazaar In the parish, amounted to $2,000. |