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scholar of New College, Oxford, of sa
He writes: “The traditional ultra-
Protestant conception of ecclesiasti-
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March.
St. Joseph’s, Mar-
CHAPTER XVIL
The Constitution of the United
States of America.
■ Increasing its influence, and hence
■ its usefulness to the Church and the
i country. The Catholic press stands
unflinchingly for moral principles. It
■ reflects the teachings of the one in-
; a tit ut ion in the world which for two
thousand years has never deviated
in its promulgation of Divine Truth
and the application of Divine Truth
to the practical conduct of all the
affairs of human life.
If Christian Scientists, numbering
only a few hundred thousand, by
virtue of efficient organization and a
true spirit of loyalty to their own
belief, can in a few years build up
an International dally that ranks
with the best in the land, what
could not American Catholics do if assy'
they really took up the work which
their Bishops have called upon them
to do—the work of adequately sup-
porting and improving the Catholic
press? What eiuld they not do if
unique opportunity which
they have to take the lend in the
the press? These are quos-
’" "i all Catholics should
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of these j any kind.
SOUTHERNj^MESSENGEJIL
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power of our Government?
A. That power which makes the the teachers of false doctrine.
Published weekly under the aus-
pices of the Bt. IUv. ChrlBt.iphor E.
Byrne, D. D.. Bishop of Galveston;
the Rt. Rev. Arthur: J. Dromerts, D.
D., Bishop of Sea Antonio; the Rt
Rev. Joseph P. Lynch, D. D., Bliliop
last
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all from observing the limit of what
their strength allows in the way
of penance. Attendance at Lenten
devotions, abstinence from social fri-
, vollties, theatres and luxuries In
, j general, are prescribed to all. Regu-
lar attendance at morning Mass dur-
ing Lent, wherever practicable, is a
most efficacious means of combin-
ing devotion with penance. 1
AMERICANIZATION
AND RECONSTRUCTION. I
We gain the ear of our Indifferent
countrymen only when we show the
value of religions education In its
relation to the big problems which
perplex the nation today. Two of
these problems most assiduously
considered now are Americanization
and reconstruction. The various
heterogeneous elements in the coun-
try must bo fused Into the homo-
geneous whole. Wo have large num-
bers in onr cities foreign born to
whom we must impart the princi-
ples, ideas and sympathies which en-
ter into Americanism. We have mul-
titudes born In this country of for-
eign-born parents who live In such
large_ communities of their own
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terwoven Into their whole emotional
and Intellectual life, you remove at
once the chill of the alien and they
feel at once a sense of kinship with
Americans which only .membership
In the Catholic Church can produce.
Now the Catholic Church and the
Catholic school are the great Influ-
ences which tor them soften the:
harshness of strangeness and make
assy and natural the process of as-
similation.
_ Reconstruction is difficult
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Program of the Forty Hoort Devo-
tion and Day of Adoration.
March.
13, 14, 16, St. Margaret's, Pharr.
20, 21, 22, Sacred Heart ct Mary,
Harlingen.
27, 28, 29, St, Isidore’s, Falfur-
rias.
promises, treacherous compromises
and incontinent greed. There is one
measure which can r "
conditions. What we need'la con-
science in the individual and since
this weary world began only one]
posed the idea of cremation on the'with their souls stained and
pTmintl fe rlao4w5«»« All *.».!..*_____ I . * —
of the cause of death Zso”often’need-
led in criminal cases of poisoning.
The Church has no objection. to-----—
cremation In times of pestilence, or an attempt to
ir cases such as the flood years ago - - -
in Galveston, when it is needed for
the public good.
Question—-Please tell
pray on the Hosary
use the scapular?
Answer—We say the rosary as a
sensible ami easy wav to mwithih,'
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Catholic ■ Press Month-,!has opened
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March is the m»th dedicated to
St. Joseph, the burn tin head of the
Holy Family,-Patrisu <s£ the Uni-:
versal Church, disvotlon to whom
was recently urged by the Holy Fa-
ther in a special message to the
Christian world. It is particularly
appropriate that t>1(s natfom-l Cath-
ollu press campaiga should be held
in the month atuociated with lit.
Joseph, for probably no power more
than the power of the press cun bet-
ter serve tho sceEsd interests of
Chrtatiun civilization and the wel-
fare of the fiimlly.
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CmZEMSHIP COLUMN,
Righto and Duties of Americac CSti-
zenshfp Explained. A Chufftar
Every Week.
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Those groups tn tho community
which will continue to have 1_ ~_
families will not be the comfortable
classes, or any other clams that
subscribe to the doctrine ct birth
control, writes Rev. John A. Ryan,
D. D, They will be those persons
who re J act entirely birth, control on
the grounds of morality. In other
words, they will 1^ mainly the Ca-
tholic element of the population.
Thus the fittest will survive; that is,
the fittest morally.
A number of important and highly
, significant facts in connection with
the power and influence of the pre&t
have recently been established by in-
vestigators, and the results made — —: * “*•'—*—* »>*“-
known through books and special ar dty;‘* neither do we go to the osher
tides—facts which have a particular
Interest for Catholics at this time
The first of these facta should be
of deep concern os well as a matter
of special interest to Catholics, not
only because it relates to the press,
but also because it Is so closely end
directly bound np with questions of
faith and morals. This is the fact
that the Christian Science Monitor,
an ” international daily newspaper,"
owned and conducted by the Chris-
tian Science Church organization, is
proved to be one of the ten most In-
fluential dally newspapers in the
United States. The editor of the
Chronicle applied to
editors ail over the country for an-
swers to a questionnaire which read
substantially as follows: “I want co
know which newspapers are your fa-
vorites from a purely editorial point
of view; not which papers are the
biggest or carry the most advertis-
ing or publish the finest features,
but which have the finest editor-
ials.” In nearly all the answers vent
In the Christian Science Monitor was
named; in tact, It came within a
vote or two of being ranked In ttis
first place.
The second tact is the
investigation
T. Kerlln, ]
his study of the :
researches prove
; press has had a
| period of progress.
for us
i have
— pater- - .
on them by days’
we cea
- —- .a more loy-
.^M!»»8eS’_n2m> moi,a
™ itj needs. Our
present time will
faith ta’mn”i^"wanMan3Cta^ ttatag to theX7SeS^
has waned by reason of broken 80 many countries are no lonJer
nrnmisea *—---------------■- able to share with him™ -• nger
__________means. r_ \ _
rcmirfy theyrta 'ttTe'l/desU-
ftsuwi f.. tutfonr ura looking for aid.
Ir in their behalf that L„
than once appealed. Touching In-
in g a little, if the weather is too
hot or too cold, or the distance far,
or the preacher dull, etc., etc..—
then they imagine that they are not
obliged to go to Mass. Some peo-
l pie, who do not go to Mass regular-
ly, get a pious streak occasionally,
when something extraordinary is
going on in the parish—a mission,
’ a strange priest, a new choir, or a
! special sermon on special doings of
. The Mass itself, the cen-
ter and source of all Catholic devo-
”as tions, is apparently not considered
at all.
To a true Catholic the Mass is
everything. It is the highest ser-
vice that can be given to God; It
. is the grandest act that was ever
I performed on thia earth. It has
been condensed Into a short half
hour or bo. but it is the very quin-
tessence of, prayer and praiae. A .. ,,uau
good Catholic will always make the Representative
Mass his central thought and su-
preme objectt.iha will hear it daily,
If possible; he Will never mlsa it,
cept ■ for tii* gravest reasons, on a
Sunday or a holy day of obligation.
Climatic and o ;her conditions con-
strain a great many to mitigate the
rigors of fasting and abstinence dur-
inn- Tnrt n.A j * «u pvn»un anaii De a Menator,
inff Lent, but they do not exempt who shall not have attained to the
The agitctlon naw going on for
the enactment of rigid and severe
laws ponewning Sunday observance
has alroady been commented on In
are not in favor
of the siMnlled “Puritanical Sun-
27, 28, 29. St. Joseph’s, Clarks-
ville.
result o£
i made by Rob-
Profesaor of Eng-
f Institute,
book entitled, "The Voice
uaura, ______r_____
Christi; and the St. Rev. Anthonyi
J. Schuler, D. D„ Bishop of ffii Fiww.
WILLIAM A, MHNGEiT Siral
Manager, to whom *11 moneys Lon
should be paid and commuridcatlansi
addressed.
OFFICE OF PUBLIC,■‘TiON: '
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Building, West Commarcs asd Fiesa
Streets, San Antotdo, Texas Phone
Crockett 2828. Editorial Rooms,
Phone Crockett 3180.
When notifying ttn of u cfeange of
address please give us ths fonnerl
place of residence as well aa the
now address.
Communicatin'ds for
not reaching th£) office by TUES?
P*T —"j zzt :___ __
following week.
Entered at the Postoffice at lion
Antonio, Texas, ss second class mall
matter. ,
WILLIAM CAMPBELL Editor
the
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Another foreign lodge was de-l1Is11 at virsInia Military
[who in a 1—--
Program of the Furty Hours Hero
Lion and Dey of Adoration.
SIrreh,
9. TO, 11, Taylor, St. Mary’s.
12, 13, 14, Westphalia, Church
of the Visitation.
15, 16, IT, Galveston, St, Pat-
rick’s.
18, 19, 20, New Waverly, St. Jo-
seph's.
31, April, 1, 3, Lott, Sacred'
Heart Churtif.
hearing Mass on Sundays and holy
nothing in the Church’s regulations
of greater importance. With the
sense of this obligation developed to
the full, people will get everything
else. It they don’t go to Mass, they
get nothing. . They do not know tho
hours for Mass in their own parish
church; when holy days occur, when
Easter duty time comes; they do not
hear the word of God explained;
they know little or nothing about
the Church and her teachings.
Some people easily get into the
non-CathoItc habit of- thinking that
: there cannot be a. grave obligation
to attend what they call “Sunday
services." If they are tired or ail-
For the Week Emthig March 13, ‘SI.
Sunday, 13—Pmwliu Sunday.
Mcuday, 14—Office of the d*y.
Tuesday. 15—Office of the day.
Wednesday, 16—Office of tie day.
Thursday, 17—Patrick, Con-
■ lessor,
Friday, 18—Sev^n Sorrows of Our
Lady.
Saturday, 19—St. Joseph, Spouse of
the Blessed Virgin Mary.
.. • -?^W<> . ” fiay ths r0MLry as a i?ear brethren, if God calls un.--> .
tl.b Otwan< ea-8y way to medltatejyou to serve Him in the holy
Lordh8ande‘asaLt,0n and °f oar i sanctifying state of mnirin.nnv j
eu VfrRi\ .we *“’■ that ily by fervent pin™ and’esneciali'v I
God had the greatest and deepest.[by the worthy receptionFef
ttat He SEUSX b?boro7f I
!?S!rL"LsM s «»“■* 1
to sufficient proof of this. We could: ble c-
not have more solid grounds for de-j altar
motion to Mary than the example hearts, vOtir
Pnrtiat’ ,God's Sou ant! J’our God into pure
21 d.n HOther *er®, inseparably unit- souls, earnestly beg of
to bestow His dh
bo most closely united in our devo-
13, 14, 15,
shall,
of Dallas; the Rt, Rev, Paul j. Nws- 13, 14, 15,
D' oI ,Coroitaj[D«iiea-
Worth.
27, 28. 29, St. Patrick's. Denl-
Accordlng to Associated Press dis-
patches, the Grand Lodge of Mas-
one, the Ancient Free and Accepted ’ *
Masons of America, reaffirmed re-
—______ “ntly ,la K“ City “8 to
DAY will not apgsar till imue of recoentze the Grand Lodge of
■*"*’ ’ * France and the Great Orient, their
■ action being based on the alleged
[Iatheistic tendencies of the French
orders. The dispatches further state
[that the Grand Lodge Valle de Mex-
ico, for the Federal District of Mex-
ico, also was refused recognition,
the Grand Lodge holding that the
Mexican order to not legal.
We have, says "Truth,” in this a
concrete example of one Masonic
Lodge of one nation refusing to rec-
ognize a Masonic Lodge of another
nation, because the latter is atheis-j
tic. /-**!--- ‘
nied recognitipiL because the order!
in its country fa not legal. The rec- '
oguition of lodges of another cour-*
— — —• .u»»vu. jStO-yy if,
to
on ac-
can
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and it Is natural that they should
: bo mostLplnsely uitited in our devo- Fectivo’ husband’"or your furare v
•’ glorious and sorrowful WonM f" J — • -
in^the Hfe of our Lord and
or *n;;hi:L.a«“?r^awt*1 of ^«ion to
Catholics have hiways
by Upton Sinclair, has sold
hundred thousand copies,
book that is unreliable in
its statements, but also It
a great deal of truth.
These facta prove that the Cirtho-
Itc press has now a great opportuu- iharth;rhavTne7ther ‘the naeu nor
ity for enlarging its circulation and the opportunity of receiving those
«„ <„«------ ,------ Influences which convey and awaken
American consciousness. Them taiga
we must reach and transform. If
they are impressed with the vast
gulf that divides them from the new
citizenship they aspire to, they will -----------—
n?ItheJL syHiPafby with nor am- ®nd rejoiced in uur prosperity. Rec-1 “““ *l commanded in the O1
bition for the goal you desire them Agnizing the importance of America 1,10nt by God Himself for
tLlWJhS’ nBnt y.r™ “ake tl!°m - iteration, he * His peopFe through the
M,JoaoI °f }he most P°t0Ilt ! om hla position the broad- Joel: "Be converted to Me ■
t” 1Qn' f¥>ra whIcI1 they F r-anSC! 0( opportunity which now touting." ia the j<ew T,
L8iVp“ t0 <h,e ChHrch itt °ur ™ ‘n- Christ Himself coumiehed I
amnio8* word, and yet more by ex- ommended fasting by Hto c ■
he obows how effectually the P1®, when He fasted tartv
appreciated ttS have and « account of ihlB ^ltote upon ita
the Vicar of Christ For - fa8t —-
truly say that no people fa
al to the c „„„
gent in providing forTte
assistance at tlie prassa* tlufu wlu
because «■£• tbs Holy Father special consola-
id 'Fnf#1r tn tTi<* Pa/i^ Hint •!*_. « ■
cumin! iUGu w«w m
longer that in the
in Masonry and found it to be ath-ience’" Baya Professor Kerlin; ■
elstic, as American Moscnu now find Ifor thelr influence, the, evidence is
r. .iro Ies3- The negro seems to have
I newly discovered his fourth estate,
i extraordinary
I power of his press. Mighty us the'
f pulpit has been with him, the press I
now seems to be foremost, it is
freer than the pulpit and there is a
peculiar authority In printer's Ink.
His newspaper is the voice of the
negro." Scarcely a negro family in
the whole country. .Is .to be. found
.that does not subscribe to at least
one of the negro papers.
The circulation of Labor, a weekly
newspaper published by the Asso-
ciated Railroad Unions, baa mounted
from a few thousands to nearly half
a million within the last twelve
months. A great circulation drive is
now under way with the object of
running up the circulation figure of
Labor to one million by spring. In
the same issue of Labor which an-
nounces this remarkable fact there
is a news article dealing with the
movement to form cooperative news-
paper-owning associations through-
out the country; a movement based
upon what the writer declares to be
the fact that the commercial dallies
are rapidly losing the respect of the
general public.
No less than .four books ana’yz-
_. .. con-
demning the ultra-commercial policy
and the lack of ethical principles of
the secular press have been publish-
ed during the last few months.* One
of these books, “The Brass Check,"
over one
It is a
many of .
contains i
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4itar a
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dement *^d of humaiitT" far « toeT cun Ia *L Tao ™^^orthe results
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Information Concerning the Teach-
ings of the Church Will Gladly Be:
Given la Tftte Oulmnn. j < ‘
Question—What are the llmt—,
of human liberty, according to the^A
teachings of the Catholic Church? IA
Answer*—God has. supreme do-
minion over the world, and nil who
are in it. Human liberty—« £"*
of God to mon—extends just as far.ren, is. one of the seven Sti»s il
as His laws do not restrict it, ond meitis of the Church of God.
no farther. “ ‘
I Every subscriber to a Catholic
I newspaper is a. contributor to the
propagation of the Faith,
There is nothing which f~
day is as much, as scornfully, as a negligible quantity.
rudely, and as stupidly* derided as I joined a secret society in
dogma. The effect can be <ioen In
the crumbling religious faith cf the
present generation. Moral and un-
cial Illa can only be cured Isy fait!
and principles authoritatively pro-
pounded and loyally practiced-
faith and princlpfles unafraid of the
definiteness of dogma.
extreme of nnrastralned frlvoloust ess
which thn iirrellgious and thought-
less advoebte. There is a golden 1.
mean, which catholics believe In and adopt
practice., ‘ A.
Sunday!'is : a day of rest and of
woreW.-One of the principal com-. „„ ,u„ O£ low unllea
mandmente of the Church is to keep States, in order to form a more Fer-
tile Bunttay holy by hearing Mass *ect Union- ns!.n.bH«h, .tnnrtca Inonra
and roBting froin servile or unneces-
sary work; The religious obligation
is what we wish especially to em-
phasize; tho matter of rest and rec-
reation is secondary. There is rea-
son to think that some of our peo-
ple are not sufficiently impressed
with the supremo Importance of
—that He was plnL
almost all His life with her. Father by r -■
»iOn( „ . .. confes81ol;- _____
humble and*
receive your Savior
and
- —------j vf our
Lord to bestow Hts divine bened'c- •<
n., up,on yourself and your prew 1
your faith in 1
jj His ;1
not be with- |
general Welfare, and secure t__
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
and our Posterity, do ordain and es-
tablish thia Constitution for the
United States of America."
2. Q. What does the Constitu-
tion contain?
A. It contains seven articles and - -
eighteen amendments. The first ten different laity in the Middle Ages is
amendments became a part of the unhietorlcai. Heresy was perse-
?_— i;;i. The others cuted because it was regarded as
have been adopted since that time. ' * ’ ' ‘
3. Q. What is the Constitution
of the United States? . . ... ....
The Constitution of the Unit- but '^f public opinion."
Question—Does the Catholic doc-
trine of excommunication and ana-
thema imply a delivering up of a
man to eternal perdition?
Answer-No, it is the penalty of
. ... exclusion from the Church. Her ob-
Into what branches is the J^ct, however, is to warn the sin-
ner of the danger he is running of
eternal ruin. St. Paul, when ho
said "let him be anathema” who est, f
preaches another Gospel, did not young
thereby consign to hell men whom ble a*
ha would have died to save, but v.hL„ „c v„ollBUB(J ana
wished to denounce most strongly tered by alPthose intending to
tho f.p.Jiphp.Tfl nt fnlco rlnntHnn -------*____ *. . &
A. ' ...
ed States is a document which
makes our Government a democratic
Republic. It secures certain Import-
ant rights for all of the people. It
defines and limits the powers of the
officials of the Government. It is
the fundamental law at our nation.
4. Q. ' *... *_ 1
Government divided by the Consti-
tution?
A. It is divided into three
,ae Legislative, the Exe-
iClie Judicial.
tv hat is the Legislative
Lesson 1.
Q, Why did the Americans
a second Constitution?
The preamble or foreword of
the Constitution explains their rea-
sons as follows:
. “We tho People of the United
Heresy was
to save, but
try was held in abeyance,
the Masons themselves refuse
affiliate with other Masons
count ct atheistic tendencies,
we blame the Catholic Church for i
denying recugniuuii uf Latin Ma-,
sonry and prohibiting its members ■ ** 1,03 its
to join tho ranks on account of its’Senice’ with a country-wide
atheism and antagonism to the 1izatf<,n'
Church? The Church in regard to! "A!i for tfle Prosperity cl u1BSB
Masonry is an outsider. It met Lat-! peri0(i!ca!B’ there is abundant evid-
in Masonry and found it to be ath-j
fdaNl* nu AtWOrinnw 7lfn»n»^ — c _ .v !
French Masonry to be. The Church i
to an international society, with! - ---------- ™
headquarters at Rome, and finding I1” have realized the
an atheistic society called Masonry jpower of his press. .
at He very doors, and being a'
stranger to the tenets of Masonry In
other parts of the world that might
be fighting Latin Masonry for the
same atheistic tendencies, placed
the Masonic Order in general with
the secret societies which it repud-
iates and forbids its members to 1
Join.
We must remember conditions
which prevailed when the Pope con- :
demned secret societies. We must 1
make a distinction between Protest- 1
ant and Catholic countries. It can
happen in countries like America
that a man can join certain secret
societies which are non-Catholic or
Protestant in spirit In some of the
Latin countries there was no Prot-
in our estantism, or if there was it was of
. When a man
.. .... ------- _i one of
these countries he .did not affiliate
with an organization which was
Protestant or non-Catholic or neu-
tral, but he joined a society which
was non-Catholic to the Heeve that
it was antagonistic to the Catholic
Church or anti-Catholic. The secret
sccletles in Latin countries were not tag, criticizing aid to* a dense
only anthCotholic, but were un- *
Christian, atheistic, and some had
targe .blasphemous customs or rites. These
‘ “i secret societies ware hostile to the
' Catholic Church and their principal
object was to undermine It.
The Masonic lodges in America
fall under the ban because they
were officially affiliated with Mason-
ry in Latin countries. The Church
does not condemn the Mason. The ex-
communication pronounced against
those Catholics who would join this
forbidden society has been erron-
ecusly interpreted as an “impreca-
tion” that cursed all Freemasons
and, condemned them to perdition.
The attitude of the Church to-
wards Masonry and. Masons has
been succinctly and expressly stated
by Leo XIII. What he says must he
understood of the Masonic sect in ;
the universal acceptation of tho ;
terms, as it comprises all kindred i
and associated societies, but not of
their single members. There may
be persons among thesei, and not a *
few who, although not free from ,
thhyguilt of. having entangled them-
selVea in atich associations, yet are
neither themselves partners in their
criminal acta nor aware of tho nlti-
mate object which these assocla-
-------—, tions are endeavoring to attain. Sim-
ausplclauaiy and are Uiginning i3arly 80nje o£ the R0vera! oI
' " -T. C!3n,r!fti51‘ tHe association may perhaps by no
SusloX wti<? tZ^mTZ!
. early to forerast the outcome, but BistTOtiy . accept as heceaattily fol- daring
. encouraging mEvieee and a ,«». f_;„ tbe opportunity
common to all, were they not de- *—' ----
ferred by the vicious charactor of - ---------
__ it has ac- bf' prepar<,d to answer with appro-
stassfe
[iiiBsaaMiaMSa^affliggs
Lesson 2.
What qualifications must a
L—.j have?
A. No person ahull be a Repre-
sentative, who, shall not have at-
tained the age of twenty-five years,
and been seven years a citizen of
the United States, and who shall
not, when elected, be an inhabitant
of that State in which he shall be
chosen.
2. Q. Wtmt qualifications must
a Senator have?
A. No person shall be a Senator
krtll «.** ita___- . -J
age of thirty years, and been nine
years a citizen of the United States,
and who shall not, when elected, .
which he shall be chosen.
3. Q. How often does the Con- i
gross meet? [
A. The Congress shall assemble i
nt least once in every year, and i
such meeting shall be on the first (
Monday in December, unless they t
shall by taw appoint a different i
day.
4. Q. How doos a bill become
a law?
A, Every bill which passes the I
House of Representatives and the’„lc, ,
Senate to presented to the President joyful
fSIwn i^?latuTO-, U he aI8"8 “H events’
the bill becomes a taw. It he vetoes at
it (returns it without approval £ the 8?me ttao
both houses may again pass the bill h e-—--- "
by a vote of two-thirds of each tha? Mmhor ‘
house, in which case the bill b^KiM-
comes a taw without the President’s) * nsWelre,i
signature. If the President falls to I
veto or return a bill to the House
In which it originated before the
end of ten days from the time be
receives it, the bill becomes a law. b
the POPE and the <
CHURCH IN AMERICA. ?
From the begin.nfng of bls pontlll- L
cate, Pope Benedict XV, though bu<!<
oened with sorrow and trial, «••—!*
given his children in America
tluual proof of his -fatherly
He bus guided C= I,;., _UUDD.
encouraged us with bls approbation
and rnfni*<a4 tn ollr prosperity, r
laws.
6. Q. What is the Executive
power of our Government?
A. The power which
the laws.
7. Q. What is the Judicial I
power of our Government? i ISS6. the
A. The power which interprets."*- - ■■
the lews. wag k
i“. Of what dtjeu tilt? L-agis-l crpmaLlon
latlve or law-making body consist’, -renl8UOn’
A. The Congress of the United'
their actions; Senators are o^r^X ^yiiivS^^uXTXX
this practical method to undermine' received in the state of divine crai’^
the belief in immortality. Again! It is a horrible crime for Cat ho Un ;
cremation is opposed to the whole [to stand at the altar of God in rhe
spirit of the burial service of the Presence of our Divine Lord and ■<
Ca..bOj!c Church. Hie Angels and Saints and tht
*_ “en and Jdrtsts have op- contract the holy bond of matrimony
--------- vu ihe'with their souls stained and defilel :
ground that it destroys all evidence!by mortal sin. It is a far mcro
horrible crime—a crime usually fol-
lowed by very dire and disastrous
consequences—for Catholics to mal •,
"2 -tt-“ : to marry outside ti n ;
Church of God. How can such pee- -
pie expect too blessing of God upon .<
themselves or their children? What
roaron have they to complain, if the £
why we-punishment of God comes upon W
why we them In consequence of their diBobe- *al
dfence and rebellion? sg
. Dear brethren, if God calls upco S
carvn i— *■__« •
[ sanutifying state of matrimony; pr - H
an act of devotion to [pare yourselves properly and worth- S
te. recePtton of the Sac- I
The very fact;raments of Penance and Holy Cora- S
rimunion. Purify your souls,
Pleasing to your 1 J
? eot,d sincere and aum- :
.—Then approach tfle :
with humble and confiding
i, receive your Savior and
God into pure and loving J
Blessed a
*g=:Ss
........
who in
ot the Negro," gives the result of
His
the negro
most remarkable 1
The Afro-Amer-1
;ican press now consists of two dally;
ri/< ■ newspapers and a dozen magazines
denying recognition of Latin Ma-|Ilnli nearly three hundred weeklies.!
sonry and prohibiting its members ■ ** 1,03 its OWE associated press news ’
V-*-* *1*^---1— _ _ ] C f?. \Vlt Tl Pnil h t rw_wGf1ri
i izatif-jn,
[ “Au for the prosperity
£
6
• BySis PsaEst F«&en, ;$l
iita!;; Ddivereta SLAutia’sCtet^ i i 1
h<!:: Asj&i, Texas. j|
gift! Holy Matrimony, my dear taiHI
far.ren. Is. one of tho aavnn c„ ‘‘
ments of the Church of God. h®.
;a great Sacrament apd was Instil..^
jed by the loving Savior of mankirffiij
uuiouu; Hence the Sacrament of Matrlms^ 1
human i contains within itself an abundan^l
:?p?”;t"“i grace and sutniffl
natural strength. Like all the fUgla
ramenta of the living, hoiv
i touh |
i all mortal efc. an abund/reti
of sanctifying grace and a right tai
■ the special graces peculiar io fbg|
Sacrament itself. These precloSa
graces prepare you in a wonderlW l
way for the trials and crosses ssd l
difficulties of matrimonial lite
for the faithful and courageous (lls- l
charge of parental duties in hrW.^
ing up children as good, sincetEl
generous and well-instructed c.-uh^ l
But to obtain these prteele^ 1
heavenly graces, my dear brethren 3
you must do something on yctil
part, something indispensable ;«• !
the proper and worthy reception ttf' l
thin great Sacrament Prayer is « !
the utmost importance for this part’l
ticular purpose. No doubt you (to 1
siro to form a life-long alliance wltl^l
a good, noble, and pure-mfndsr 1
Catholic young man or with a mc<?1
faithful and chaste Catholic^
j woman. That fs indeed a n>:i1
u.e and elevated desire—a desire I
which^should be cherished and fos-;l
— —-----*-o bitnl::;|
themselves for life, for better aad J
tor worse, in the divinely estab-: |
iished bond of holy matrimony. : T
Then pray fervently and persevw-’ l
; Ingly, with confidence and ‘ 4
I fait h, that our Divine Lord
Question—How can you defend! Hence the Sacrament of
the “Middle Ages” when I * * ; * *_ Ll_ * *
beings were persecuted just because: of supernatural
feet Union, establish Justice, insure th®y would not be Catholics?
domestic. Tranquility, provide for Answer—The latest authoritative raments of the living, holy mntrt-'-!j
the common Defence, promote the | work on the Middle Ages to by A. mony bestows upon those who -wi'l
_. .. . etw A , TurbervHle, a non-Catholic lac- eolve it worthily, that Is with a
Ives turer injnodern history in the Un I-[in the state of divine grace, ,
‘ * 1 all mortal sjn. an abun.UrA-
the special graces peculiar
you make,
matter
by
be brought into subjec-1 Sav*or.
mlrft. flnd Diol I Bril don.
what you
— kMiftUt I " --------* “•*** W*"'
our alas and return !he assured that
— [over yon and
Of Christianity ■11» to happy f
once a day and vaIs °f sorrows and'trials? 1
Um- J
not
nocdi
little desire to;;|
-------.1 cuts
0 few wining to ptyg
'considered her aa their Mother?They of the married state, i
devoted themselves to her service, JL”? were s°- we would not have
and as a sign of that devotion and Thn« *L 7 evening marriages. -3
L.o7oCe; ?ey enro!Ietl themaelvea b? at° hX*?*®” ar® eu»I»sed to 1
under her banner and indicated the'r 9h’ ,ln accor<i with the vaiu-
I?xt0 ? rearing a particular dress. spIrit of tho world. Per- |
This ia the scapular. Formerly it h™ ttey are stylish, and no doubt 1
was a large dress, but with the' wo?[rtItr®.WPrPIy‘ ^it style and 1—
^nS‘k°f Ume- i* was abbreviated S“g’^ym'n^ed“eBa will not bestow -fl
“"A11 K ^umed Ite present anrt happfne38 upon yo< a i
rwnun .The scapuiar is an Indication that!™^ B ’ -The Church of God tol- fl
ir *>. belong to God’s Mother and a ?ra,8B ®uch marriages, but remetn- I
mdhtriHih ba#rlconatant reminder that we are her! ’Te’1 that tho Church of God fl
md trial, ^isons in JemmO^__ ■ ^^pnroveiti Umn^er |
us with his counset* ™E «p ^iNG. in^X fl
-----------li}on’ fln2Ttderine f;lS”nS in ^nerai, we tfaI Benediction to never given fl
Rec' It.co^tu?'1£ed ln the 0,tJ Testa- J**0 0f the sacrifice of Holy Mar
arte.|meat by God Hiro«D He WB That Benediction Is Someth!
i prophet'er™. something very holy and f ‘s
“• * * ‘ are rnarr,l!d without holy Maes. 1
In the New Testament J?611,,yon aro married without Hu*
W — i
Pie. when He fasted f“rtv da^ Be aerion^ my dear brethren, fl
Jasr^^CoMiderw^betoretak^ fl
portant st«n. Pray over it. fl
fmu----------- r- ™ fl
fast commanded by thn recc,mniend the whnia "
fleah’mrXT10! thnt. tlle rebsllkm ^ou.r sympathetic and cwXl,jona;j
s?a
..°o’.T^“rb2‘'n£“ “a "‘"™j^:er;.T.‘^;, ■
•W fcS'M '"“-j
re looking to, aid. And n ment, raifcS conation 1 online and^ «t,a-iiphol3ta^d
!r beha>f that he has more ning.* How nZh “ e are I t”° many cows'
force lias been found nsefal for that ^eed, are the
PttWiw. »nd that force to religion— tmplores all Christians th^nhout whTn to aLw ?. «<msctenre, w, Tm> much on stocfc d
mans devetomnimt and ta D™™ of humanity " c « ^ll^S
nnd CTOvanlCTt hoiaa throutrh1^! 1 -
yjMS»-«s«3W5S®_® ’ks.*”’ ... {&“«*»«
. . The
Church follows the example of St.
1 Paul in pronouncing her anathemas.
1 d0<JS QOt/ha Ca-’ingly, with confidence and ’witVI
tholic Church allow cremation? Ifaj(h, that our Divine Lord Z - 1
Answer—By a decree of May III,[send you such a priceless treasu > 1
i ISS6. the Church forbade Catholics as a noble young man or a pi:„i |
■|"to join those societies Whose object young woman. Our Lord will rot I
it was to spread the practice of fail to bless you with a good wife-I
IcremaUon, or to leave orders for.or a good husband, provided you T
I tiie cremation of one's body or that pray with the humble simplicity of 1
l°f^K OtJ^r "i ■ ■ a little child. Generally apeakii ?J
■ The Church s main reason tor this, there is too much self, and r < 1
, ruling is because cremation is advo-: enough
■ years in or-!who knowing that the Christian
may control speet for the dead rises from
— ---------1 are elected fact
for six yeare, one -third of the num-,fi-‘..
her being elected every two years,
in order that each session of the
Congress may have in it men ex-
perienced In public affairs.
9. Q. What is the object in
having two legislative houses?
A. That one may act as 3 check
upon the other?
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