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AMERICAN NEWS.
Catholic Surgeon-General,, Q. A. R.—
Dr. John D. Hanrahan, of Rutland, Vt.,
who was elected surgeon-general of the
G. A. R., at its annual convention in
Rochester, N. Y., is a prominent mem
ber of the Rutland Council, K. of C.
He was active in the introduction of
the order into that city and was the
first medical examiner of the council.
Dubuque Mission Band.-*—Rev. John
C. Wieneke, of Hampton, Iowa, has
been appointed a member of the Du
buque Apostolate Mission Band, to
succeed Rev. H. P. Rohlmann, who
has become pastor of St. Mary's
Church at Waterloo.
St. Louis Cathedral.—-TIle building
of the Cathedral of St. Louis is pro
gressing fast. The windows of the
dome are in place, and contracts have
been made for the approaches, balus
trades and surrounding walls.
Largest Dioceses in U. S.—The
largest dioceses of the Church in the
United States are: New York, with
1,219,920 Catholics and 962 priests
Chicago, with 1,150,000 Catholics and
733 priests Boston with 900,000 Cath
olics and 680 priests Brooklyn with
700,000 Catholics and 448 priests Phil
adelphia with 525,000 Catholics and
582 priests Pittsburg with 475,000
Catholics and 495 priests, and St.
Louis with 375,000 Catholics and 528
priests.
New Catholic Society.—A new Cath
olic society has been launched in Mis
souri. It is called the "Aid Society
for Inmates of State Penal and Re
formatory Institutions." The purpose
of the organization is to establish and
maintain a fund to be used for the
spiritual and temporal welfare of the
Catholic inmates of such institutions
in that State.
Dubuque Diocese Incorporated.—
Articles of incorporation for the Arch
diocese of Dubuque have been filed
with the county recorder. Archbishop
Keane has associated with him Right
Rev. Roger Ryan, Vicar General, and
Rev. John M. Wolfe, Chancellor of the
Archdiocese and the following Cath
olic laymen: C. J. Spahn and J. M.
McPadden. The purpose of the in
corporation is to care for the welfare
of the property of the Diocese, in com
pliance with the order recently pro
mulgated from Rome.
To Help Good Shepherd Sisters.—
The Catholic women of Winnipeg have
formed themselves into an association
to be known as the "Lady Helpers of
the Good Shepherd," to assist the Sis
ters of the Good Shepherd in their
noble work for the redemption of fal
len and wayward girls.
Immense High School Planned.—It
is planned to build a Central Catholic
High School in New York City to be
the cap of the parochial educational
system, which now consists of 155
schools and 125,000 students. The
location is under consideration and it
is said that it will be well downtown.
It vill cost not less than $500,000.
Colored Catholics Get Cardinal's
Church.—Through the efforts of Moth
er Catherine Drexel the colored Cath
olics of Wilmington, N. C., have now
a place of worship in the old St.
Thomas Church, the white congrega
tion having built a new church. The
old church is an historic one.® When
Cardinal Gibbons was first Vicar Apos
tolic of North Carolina, St. Thomas
was his Cathedral. Through the efforts
of the Rev. Thomas P. Hayden, a
school for the colored children was
opened this year, 192 pupils being in
attendance. Recently Mrs. Margaret
Loftin, a former organist in the lead
ing Protestant Colored Church of Wil
mington, was received, with her child,
into the Catholic Churcly
New Order of Sisters.—A new order
of religious is coming to Montreal,
the Sisters of Mary-Reparatrice. At
the time of the Eucharistic Congress,
Cardinal Vannutelli referred to the
splendid work these Sisters had done
in Europe, and it was then decided to
found a branch of the Order in Mon
treal. A piece of property has been
bought near Mance Park, and as soon
as the necessary buildings can be
erected, the Sisters, who are four in
number, will take up their residence
in their new home.
Religious Census of Philadelphia.—
Between 20,00.0 and 25,000 men and
women of Philadelphia, representing
every denomination—Catholic, Protes
tant and Jewish—started out on No
vember 25, and in the space of two
hours completed a religious census of
the entire city.
New Church for Calgary.—The trus
tees of St. Mary's parish, Calgary, Al
berta, Can., have acquired one of the
finest sites in the city for a new
church. The price paid was $150,000.
Catholic Educators.—In the United
States fully 40,000 men and women
belonging to religious orders are en
gaged in the work of Catholic educa
tion,
Memorial for Mgr. White.—A per
manent memorial in the form of a
Catholic settlement house* to the late
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RLANDS
Very Rev. Mgr. William J. White, D.
D., rector of the Church of the Visita
tion, and supervisor of the Catholic
Charities of Brooklyn, was strongly
advocated at a dinner recently of the
Bedford Council, K. of C., by Francis
X. Carmody.
In Honor of Columbus.—The New
York Board of Aldermen has changed
the name of Mulberry Bend to Colum
bus Park, in honor of Christopher
Columbus.
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Celtic Cross Cenotaph.—A Celtic
cross was erected to the memory of
Rev. Wm. A. McLoughlin, who was
buried at sea, in the shadow of the
church of which he wa^ the pastor at
Philadelphia.
K. of C. in New York.—The bazaar,
recently held by the fifty-two councils
of the K. of C. in New York, surpassed
in every way the most sanguine hopes
of the promoters. It has already real
ized a net profit of $33,000, although
all the returns are not yet in. The
purpose of the bazaar was io obtain
funds for the erection of a magnificent
building in New York, worthy Of the
great Catholic order.
Van De Vyver Memorial.—The Cath
olics of Richmond, Virginia, have ap
pointed a committee to raise iunds for
a monument to the late Bishop Van
de Vyver. It is proposed to raise not
less than $10,000 for the memorial,
which will be placed over the Bishop's
grave in Mt. Calvary cemetery.
Catholic Bequests.—Four Catholic
institutions of Oregon were substan
tially remembered in the will of the
late Pietro Vairetti, of Clackamas
County, who left an estate valued at
$10,000, consisting largely of cash on
deposit in the Hibernia and Ladd &
Tilton Bank. A thousand dollars is
bequeathed to Joseph Tavelli, a rela
tive, and the balance goes in equal
amounts to the Benedictine Seminary
at Mount Angel, St. Mary's Home for
Orphans, at Beaverton St. Mary's
Home for Girls, at Oswego, and St.
Agnes' Baby Home, at Park Place.
Philadelphia's Parochial Schools.—
Fourteen of the parochial schools of
Philadelphia have over 1,000 pupils
the largest being that of Our Lady of
sorrows, with 1,842 pupils. There are
fifty-six parishes with parochial
schools outside of the City of Phila
delphia in that Diocese, the largest
being at Reading, Pa., with 626 pupils.
In Philadelphia there are seventy-nine
parishes with schools.
Centenary of Bishop Von Ketteler*—
The Catholic Social Union, Milwaukee,
together with other societies, will cele
brate the centenary of the birth of the
great Bishop Emmanuel von Ketteler,
of Mayence, on December 17th. The
Bishop of Toledo, Mgr. Schrembs, will
deliver the address.
Protestant Advocates Statue of
Saint.—The Protestant Episcopal
Bishop Nichols, of California, advo
cates the erection of a magnificent
statue to St. Francis of Assisi, similar
to that of Liberty in New York Har
bor, at the Narrows or the Golden
Gate, San Francisco.
New Director of P. E. L.—On ac
count of impaired health the Rev. E.
Poiri^r S. S. S., has resigned the posi
tion of General-Director of the Priests'
Eucharistic League. He is now sta
tioned at the Junforate of the Fathers
of the Blessed Sacrament, Mt. Eymard
Seminary, Suffern, New York. He is
replaced by Rev. F. Gaudet, S. S. S.,
to whom the libelli and correspon
dence pertaining to matters of the
league should be directed.
New Vicar-General.—Rev. Lawrence
Kennedy, has been appointed succes
sor to the late Father Lynch as Vicar
General of the Diocese of Sacramento.
Father Kennedy is noted as a man of
great learning, being a distinguished
theologian and canonist.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
Honored By Queen of Italy.—Slg
nora Marconi, wife of the wireless in
ventor, has been appointed a lady in
waiting to Queen Helena of Italy.
Hitherto only women belonging to the
aristocracy have been raised to such
a dignity. Signora Marconi was the
Hon. Patricia O'Brien, daughter of
Lord Inchiquin.
Fathers of Divine Word.—The Fa
thers of the Divine Word, of Steyl,
Holland, have taken over the Jesuit
mission on the Sambesi, Africa.
Gardens for the Poor.—The Society
of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris has laid
out for the poor of Paris and its sub
urbs 318 workmen's gardens. These
supply the poor with substantial vege
tables.
Honored by Austrian Emperor.—His
Majesty the Emperor of Austria has
conferred the knighthood of the Order
of Francis Joseph on Signors Cav.
Francesco Donati and Cav. Mariano
Cruciani, Officials of the Secretariate
of State of His Holiness.
Catholicity in China.—The first trace
of the Christian religion in China is
an inscription and a monument in the
ancient capital, Si-gnan-fu, dating back
to the year 635. In 651 the first Cath
olic church was built. No further trace
of missionaries is found until 1246,
when Pope Innocent IV planned to
Convert the Tartars to Christianity,
and for this purpose sent among them
•two Franciscan priests. St. Louis also
sent missionaries and later Pope
Gregory sent Dominican friars into
China. In 1371 thirteen missionaries
and in 1391 twenty-six more set out
for the Far East, none of them ever
being heard of afterwards. Of course,
the name of the famous Jesuit, Father
Ricci, is bound up with the history of
the Empire and also the Church in
China.
Distinguished Convert.—The son of
Lord and Lady Alfred Douglas was re
ceived into the Church at Hampstead,
England, recently.
Fra Angelico Masterpiece Stolen.—
The painting "Madonna delle Stella,"
by Fra Angelico, which was stolen
from the Monastery of San Marco,
Florence, recently was returned a few
days later as mysteriously as it was
taken. This painting is one of the
most valuable among many in the mon
astery. It was designated "Madonna
of the Star," because of the star on
the mante covering the head of the
Madonna. It Is a small wood panel,
two by one feet, and was placed in a
cell occupied by the monk Fra An
gelico when the masterpiece was
painted. The picture is practically
priceless. This is said to be the first
masterpiece ever stolen from a, Gov
ernment museum in Italy.
Madrid Eucharistic Congre««i-—The
report of the Madrid Eucharistic Con
gress in book form has just been pub
lished in Spain. It has been prepared
by Don Jose Polo Benito, assisted by
Don Teodoro S. Marcos^
Bishop Stanley a Consultor.—The
Holy Father has appointed Mgr. Stan
ley, Titular Bishop of Emmaus, a Con
sultor of the Consistorial Congrega
tion.
Tomb of Pius IX.—After thirty years
of assiduous and uninterrupted work,
the tomb of Pope Pius IX in the an
cient Basilica of S. Lorenzo, Rome, to
which the faithful flock in pius pil
grimage in great numbers from all
parts of the world, has received its
artistic completion with the addition
of the last mosaics.
The Norfolk of Germany.—What the
Duke of Norfolk is to Catholic Eng
land, the Prince of Loewenstein is to
Catholic Germany. The latter is now
the aged, humbled Dominican friar
priest in Holland.
Death of Father Knabenbauer.—Rev.
Joseph Knabenbauer, S. J., died re
cently in a hospital at Maastricht, in
Holland. A native of Baria, he had
been a member of the Society of Jesus
for fifty-four years. With Father
Cornely, S. J., and Father Hummer
lauer, S. J., he published a course of
scripture in thirty-nine volumes, sev
enteen of which were his own work.
Father Knabenbauer was' at one time
at Ditton Hall, England,
Succeeds Cardinal Puzyna.—Among
the many archiepiscopal sees for
which the Holy Father made provision
at the Consistory is that of Cracow,
recently rendered vacant by the death
of Cardinal Puzyna. He appointed to
that Archbishopric Monsignor Sapieha
who for the last six years has been
one of his three Private Chamber
lains. The new incumbent is a broth
er of Prince Wladislaw, and was born
May 14,1867. Cracow is a Bishopric
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Memorial for Francis Thompson.—
The fourth anniversary of Francis
Thompson's death was commemorated
recently. When he died he was al
most unknown. Now his "Selected
Poems," of which an experienced pub
lisher did not expect to sell more than
a few hundreds, are in their fourteenth
thousand, while of "The Hound of
Heaven," published separately, nearly
30,000 have been sold. Steps are be
ing taken towards the erecting of a
memorial in St. Paul's or Westminster
Abbey. A memorial plaque is shortly
to be erected in Owens College, Man
chester, where he studied medicine,
and a tablet has been put over the
house in Preston where he was born
in 1859. His grave in Kensal Green
Cemetery has a stone on which, in
beautiful lettering, the work of the
sculptor, Eric Gill, are the words:
"Francis Thompson, 1859—1907. 'Look
for me in the nurseries of Heaven.'"
English Dominican Provincial.—At a
Chapter of Election held at Hawkes
yard Priory, Staffs, last month, the
Very Rev. Father Humbert Everest,
O. P., was elected Prior Provincial of
the English Province of the Dominican
Order in succession to the late Very
Rev. Father John Procter, S. T. M.
He was born in 1868, and ordained at
Mechlin in 1892. After three years'
parochial work in London and Leices
ter, Father Everest lectured regularly
for nearly fourteen years in the Theo
logical College of the Dominicans at
Hawkesyard. Whilst carrying on this
work, Father Everest also served the
Order in other capacities—discharging
for five years the duties of Master of
Novices, and for nearly the same time
those of Procurator. From September,
1904, to 1907, he held the office of
Prior.
Rear Admiral Story a Convert.—
Captain William Oswald Story, of the
British Navy, has recently been pro
moted to rear admiral's rank. He is
fifty-two years old, and a convert to
the Catholic Church.
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