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7 K r- ft**- I-:- -^1 NEW WOULD ITEMS. Bishop Duffy's Vicar General.— Right Reverend Bishop Duffy of Kear ney, has appointed Rev. Joseph Ma courek of Ravenna, Neb., his Vicar General. Father Macourek is a na tive of Moravia. His theological studies were made at Louvain univer sity, Belgium, where he was ordained In June, 1892, by the late Bishop Van de Vvver of Richmond. He came to Omaha in September of that year. Washington Catholic Federation.— The Catholic Federation of the State of Washington held its second annual convention in Seattle, July 6 to 8. Archbishop Christie, of Portland, Ore gon, and several Bishops took part in the proceedings. Among the addresses •which occasioned much thoughtful dis cussion was that of Reverend John A. Ryan, D. D., of St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., on "Federation and So cial Reform." Dr. Mary O'Brien Por ter, of Chicago, in her address, "Pro tection for Women," exposed the meth ods of white slavers and spoke of the 1,700 girls who disappeared last year on their way from New York to Chi •cago. American Pilgrimage to Rome.- A pilgrimage under the lead of Right Reverend Bishop Tihen, of Lincoln, Nebraska, left New York for Rome, Thursday, July 10. Oregon Nuns Get Land.—After court proceedings for forty-eight years, the Soeiety of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary at Salem, Oregon, have undisputed possession of the property on which is located the Cath olic school. Circuit Judge Galloway has granted an order quieting the title to the property which was donated to the society in 1865, and has been used by it since. First Retreat for Teachers.—The first retreat for the teachers of Phila delphia was given in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, beginning on the morning of June 24 and closing on the morning of June 27. It was con ducted by the Rev. Charles W. Lyons, S. J., president of St. Joseph's Col lege. Jubilee of Cincinnati Parish.— Preparations are under way for the celebration of the golden jubilee of St. Anthony's parish, Cincinnati, which Will be held on Sunday, July 27. The church has been thoroughly renovated. Non-Catholics Denounce Bigotry.— The majority action of the Board of School Commissioners of Charlotte, North Carolina, in refusing to re-elect the two Misses Clifford ,as teachers, for no other reason than that they are Catholics, has had a notable sequel. On June 24, at a mass meeting of citizens that filled the civil court-room of the County Court House, after force ful addresses, delivered in every in stance by non-Catholics, resolutions were unanimously adopted protesting against the action of the commis sioners. No Lutheran Holiday.—"A non-Cath olic subscriber writes to us," says the Boston Pilot, "that the reported en deavor of the Lutherans to make the 400th anniversary of the birth of Luther a legal holiday was the fiction of some reporter's brain. We are glad to publish the correction, which has not appeared in the daily press for we Catholics, too, know what it is to be made to appear ridiculous by reports that are lies." Restoration of Mission.—The his toric structure in Sonoma, California, known as the Mission of Solano, is soon to be restored to its former •elf, $2,000 having been set apart for this purpose by the legislature. The Mission of Solano is the last of the long chain of Missions built in the early days by the Franciscan padres. Today the old Mission is owned by the State, having been purchased some years ago through the William R. Hearst Landmark League. Catholic Boy Has Highest Average. —Wilfrid Pschirer, a fourteen-year-old •choolboy, of Pittsburg, made the highest average of any pupil passing the examinations for entrance to the High School. The lad, who was a member of the eighth grade class in Holy Innocents' parochial school, Sheridan, made an average of 96%. Bishop Tells of Chinese Diocese.— Bishop Modestus Everaerts, Vicar Apostolic of Tadama, was recently in New York en route to his diocese in China. His predecessor was murdered there in 1904. He informed a reporter for the New "iork Sun thas his diocese, about the size of England, has not a single newspaper, native or foreign His episcopal city, Ich'ang on the Yangtsekiang, is 360 miles from the nearest railroad. Bishop Everaerts is a Franciscan sixty-eight years old and talks Chinese fluently. Bolivia'* Patriotic Women.—The -Catholic women of Bolivia, South America, are at work opposing the plot of officials to eliminate religious instruction from the schools, most of which are Catholic. They themselves are teaching catechism and distribut ing good Catholic literature amongst families and working classes. Mgr. O'Brien's Gift.—The Right Rev erend Monsignor O'Brien, of Kalama too, Mich., has given the purse of *2 ,500 presented to him at the time of his investiture, for the founding of •cholai ships at Nasareth Academy. Priest's Care for Boys.—In a period of twenty-six years Rev. D. O. Crowley, director of the San Francisco Youths' Directory, an organization de Toted to the care of homeless boys, re ceived 14,306 boys. v: «jAfled California Nun Dies.—Sister Aurelia, of the Convent of Notre Dame, Ban Jose, California, died Jane 27 at **^cV 7s- ^*$g "w ^1 '^lv tVi ^Hin i FandQ-^Rlanos, 1 r"M-» & i -i£ the age of eighty-eight years, more than sixty of which were spent as a leligious. She was born in Belgium in 1825 and was sent to San Jose as a teaching sister of the Notre Dame Or der in 1854. She was engaged either as teacher, sacristan or infirmarian In San Jose for fifty-nine years. Archbishop Spalding Honored.—The Alumni of the Spalding Institute, at Peoria, an Institution founded by him, tendered the Most Rev. Arch bishop Spalding a brilliant banquet on June 22nd. Senator Daily spoke on "Archbishop Spalding, the Citizen Attorney Bartley, on "Archbishop Spalding, the Churchman." Philadelphia's S. V. P. Home.—The Summer Home of the St. Vincent de Paul Society for the poor children of Philadelphia, at Port Kennedy, opened last month with 140 children. Purple for Iowa Priest.—On the recommendation of the Most Reverend Archbishop Keane, of Dubuque, the Rev. J. J. Garland, of Independence, la., has been elevated to the dignity of Domestic Prelate. "Catholic Opinion" Suspends.—The "Catholic Opinion," of Lewiston, Maine, suspended publication per manently with its issue of June 29. Its mailing list has been transferred to a new publication, "The Maine Cath olic Historical Magazine," which will, be published under the official aus pices of the Right Btr. Bishop Walsh, D. D. Wisconsin Church Dedicated.— Bishop Fox dedicated the new SS. Pe ter and Paul Church at Green Bay, Wis., on June 22nd. The cost of the building is $100,000. Admiral Potts Dead.—Rear Admiral Robert Potts, U. S. N., died suddenly on Monday night, June 30, aged sev enty-eight years. He was buried from St. Matthew's Church, Washington. The interment was in Arlington Cemetery. He entered the service of the navy in 1860. He leaves one son and three daughters, two of whom are Carmelite nuns. New Departure In Federation.— Grand Rapids, Mich., organized a Catholic Federation of the diocese on June 25. It differs with the existing form of organization in this that it did not take the societies as a unit, but built up an organization on the units of the parish, deanery and diocese. Every parish was represented by the pastor and at least two delegates. The delegates were truly representative and included all the nationalities in the diocese. More than forty priests were present. Father Dempsey's Experience,—The editor of Father Dempsey's Magazine speaking of the Italian settlement in St. Louis, says: "In all these sixteen years among them, although there is a population of 6,000 Italians by birth and descent, the writer does not know of one case where an Italian girl has brought the blush of shame to her parents' cheeks." Mission Bells Mark Route.—The King's highway, better known by its old name as El Camino Real, which reaches from San Diego to San Fran cisco, will be restored for the opening of the Panama Exposition and its route marked by mile indicators in the shape of mission bells. This is the road which marks the advance of the early Catholic missionaries into the unexplored region of California. The El Camino Real Association has al ready installed 186 bells along the his toric road. Orange County alone has devoted $1,270,000 to the restoration Union of North Carolina Nuns.—On June 29, the community of Sisters of Mercy at Belmont, North Carolina, founded by Bishop England in 1829, were united with the Sisters of Mercy founded by Mother McAuley and ap proved by Pope Gregory XVI. in 1842. The union took place in the chapel of the Sacred Heart College, Belmont, where the decree of union issued by Pope Pius through the Sacred Con gregation of Regulars and dated De cember 5, 1912, was read to the as sembled nuns. While the work which has been done for many years past still continues the same—teaching, caring for orphans and the sick in hospitals—the order has now the sanc tion of the Holy See. Doctor Scores Socialism.—In his address at the graduation exercises at Boston University last month, Profes sor Austin M. Fletcher, LL. D., of New York City, speaking of Socialism said "Socialism has already become revo lution it is boldly and rapidly ad vancing towards its ends through anarchy, and every 4*]r it is increas ing its errors.** Mexican Bishops in Boston.—The hierarchy in Mexico have decided to send a special representative to the second Catholic Missionary Congress to be held in Boston from October 19 to 21. The delegate is to be the Most Rev. Eulogius Gillow y Zavalza, D. D., Archbishop of Oaxaca, who will be accompanied by two other prelates of Mexico. Gifts to Jesuit College.—Safety Director Denis P. Cash has donated $1,500 for a perpetual scholarship at the St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, Ohio. A gift of $250 for the founding of a prize medal was also announced, the donor hoiag Mr Joseph B. Ver kamp. Retreats for Laymen Multiply Arrangements have been completed for the holding of two week-end re treats for laymen, under the patronage of the Most Reverend Archbishop of Philadelphia, at the Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Overbrook. The first retreat will open Friday, evening, August 29, and close on Monday morn £&> ""-•, T5?% 4* Z**— gs^ry.^fc' a-jispy«- '-ty'V S ing, September 1. The second retreat will open September 5 and close Sep tember 8. OLD WORLD MEWS. Episcopalian Chaplain a Convert.— Rev. Alexander Thompson Grant, for mer Episcopalian chaplain at Wemyss Castle, Fife, England, was received into the Church at Dunbar, England, by Father Long. Two English Pilgrimages.—The British Catholic Association announces two Pilgrimages to Lourdes during 1913. The first, specially arranged for teachers and others, will leave Lon don, under the leadership of the Bishop of Northampton, on Tuesday, July 29th, the National Pilgrimage leaving on Thursday, September 25th. The route will be via Folkestone and Boulogne, and six days will be spent in Lourdes. Duchess Makes Many Bequests.—By the will of the Dowager Duchess of Newcastle several Catholic charities benefit by small sums. Of her estate $2,000 is left to the Crusade of Rescue, to which she contributed $1,000 per annum during her life. The Church of the English Martyrs, Whitechapel, re ceives $1,500, and the Church of St. John, Retford, the Catholic Prisoners' Aid Society, and the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Woodford, re ceives $500 each. She also leaves $1,000 to the Church of St. Thomas, which was built at Woodford. Progress of Home Rule Bill.—The Irish Home Rule Bill was passed on its third reading on the second passage in the House of Commons July 6 by a vote of 352 to 243. This majority of 109 is an advance of eight votes over that obtained at the second reading. Jubilee of Australian Archbishop.— The Archbishop of Adelaide, Most Rev. Dr. John O'Reilly, has celebrated his golden jubilee. His labors in the dio cese include notable journalistic ex periences as editor of the West Australian Record, of which he is said to have even set the type himself. Bequests to Priests.—Two Catholic priests of the Archdiocese of West minster, England, benefit under the recent will of Dr. O'Meara, who left $2,500 to Father O'Connor of North Hyde, and $1,500 to the rector of the Jesuit Church at Stamford Hill. Pictures Sold for Mission.—The recent sale of the collection of pictures of the Reverend J. O'Connor, of Heckmondwike, Diocese of Leeds, Eng land, with the object of raising funds on behalf of the proposed new church, realized nearly $5,000.00. There were 106 pictures offered, and the highest price was $790, which was paid for a painting by J. W. Buxton Knight, "Rain Passing Over." Bequest of Catholic Merchant.—Mr. Jas. A. Doughan, J. P., of Liverpool, left $2,500 to the Right Rev. Thos. Whiteside, or other, the Catholic Arch bishop of Liverpool, for the erection of a night refuge for poor women. Decline in Scotland's Sects.—The various reports of the three Kirks of Scotland are out. In the Established Church there is a serious decline in several important branches. Contri butions and seat rents are down by nearly $19,000. The number of com municants on the roll for 1912 was 713,849, being 1,066 less than the number for 1911 baptisms are also 1,208 fewer. There is also "a dearth of probationers," that is, divinity students. In no fewer than 38 presbyteries out of 84 there is not one resident probationer, while only one is a preacher in Gaelic. In the report of the United Free Church we are informed that "the number on the rolls of the probationers has fallen since the Assembly of 1901 from 225 to 77 at this Assembly, and in another three years the number of probationers will be practically exhausted." Ancient Relic at Holywell Bishop of Manevia, Dr. Mostyn, has presented St Winefride's Church, at Holywell, Ireland, a reliquary, set in rubies, containing a bone of St. Wine fride. The relic belonged to the Powys family on the dissolution of tike monasteries by Henry VIII. Irish Artists in London.—The many Irish artists in London are forming a club to keep themselves in touch with one another and with the Royal Hi bernian Society. Homes in Catholic Belgium.—Some what over twenty years ago the Cath olic Government of Belgium of the day passed a law to encourage and facili tate the erection of workmen's dwell ings, the Post Office Savings Bank being authorized to advance the neces sary funds. Since that law came into operation the Bank has furnished no less a sum than 100,000,000 francs to societies created for the purpose of promoting the construction of such dwellings, and no fewer than 53,850 houses for workers have been erected. Bruges Cathedral Yields Relics.— While excavating for plumbing in the Cathedral of Bruges, Belgium, the workmen came to vaults six feet be low the flooring, frescoed with images of Our Lord and angels, and containing bodies presumably of Bishops of three hundred years ago. Jubilee of Guard of Honor.—In the Sacred Heart Church at Bourg, the Jubilee of the Guard of Honor, now numbering many millions of members throughout the world, was celebrated last month. The members of the Guard offer up one hour of the day as a special act of reparation to the Sacred Heart for the forgetfuiness of mankind. Black Forest Abbey Restored.—The Benedictine Abbey-church of St. Blase, in the Black Forest, Baden, has been renovated and restored at a cost of $100,000 by the Government. German Catholics' Jubilee Offering. —On the occasion of Emperor Wil liam's jubilee, the Catholics of Ger many contributed in his honor for the German Catholic missions about $300, 000. 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TAYLOR, Secretary N. W. Nicollet & CO. PLUMBERS •22 Third Ave. South, Minneapolis. Minn. Organization of Spanish Teachers.— The Association of Catholic Masters in Spain, originated with episcopal sanc tion at Siguenza. Its object is to op pose the anti-Catholic and de-Chris tianizing policy of the Government and it is rapidly growing in numbers and The Church In Roumania.—As a whole the Catholics receive favorable consideration, but the Government hinders the action and the progress of the Church. In Roumania there is one Bishop and one Archbishop. The Bishop is an Italian Capuchin, Mon signor Camelli, Bishop of Jassy. His fellow-missionaries, Italian Capuchins, labor in Moldavia. Mgr. Wetzhammer, a German Benedictine, is the Arch bishop, and resides at Bucharest. The province of Valachi falls especially un der his care. Every effort is being made to encourage the Greek Church the Catholics in the country, it is no ticed, are the vast majority, foreigners. the change in the hands of this committee. Barking Abbey.—The ancient Bene dictine Abbey at Barking, which was officially opened to the public a few weeks ago, was built in the year 666, and destroyed by the Danes in 870. It was rebuilt in 970, and finally restored in the year 1100. Bequest to Archbishop of Dublin.— Mr. Robert Joseph McDermott, of Dal key, Dublin, left personal estate in the United Kingdom valued at about $125,000. Of this amount more than $120,000 was left to the Archbishop of Dublin for distribution between St. Michael's Hospital, Kingstown, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Dublin, and the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin. ... G!a«govr &. V. P. Report^-The an nual report of the of the St. Glasgow Branch Vincent de Paul Society was issued in June. 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The Glasgow Branch has taken an active interest in the Frederic Ozanam Paris memorial. Irish Pilgrimage Changed.—In con sequence of an alteration in the ar rangement for the transport of troops in connection with the French Grand Military Manoeuvres, the Exe cutive Committee of the Irish Nation al Pilgrimage to Lourdes has found it necessary to change the time for the pilgrimage. The date of departure from Ireland will be Monday, Sep tember 8, one day earlier than planned. On the return journey the pilgrims will arrive in Ireland on the morning of Friday, September 19th. Pro-Prefect of Congregation.—The Holy Father has nominated his Emi nence Cardinal Ottavio Cagiano De Azevedo Pro-Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Religious. This step has been rendered necessary by the ill health of his Eminence Cardinal Vives y Tuto, who has been Prefect of this important Congregation since the reorganization of the Roman Curia a few years ago. 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