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Sunday, 22—Trinity tunday.
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Wednesday, 25—Pt. Gregory VIII,
Pope and Confessor.
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Almost every day at this season wc
read of com men cement exercises of
pub lie schools being held in de-
nominational churches, and at bac-
calaureate sermons by Protestant
preachers on the same occasions,
new, we are sorry
to say; we have had occasion to pro-
test against It in past years, and
even some of the secular papers
have taken em ph title exception to
Rt. Rev. Bishop Drossaerts left on
Sunday for Srin Angelo, in response
tc a telegram announcing the seri-
ous illness of Efmv, H. 35. J. Wirtz.
CoufirraatLon nesl Sunday at
Cuero in the morning and nt Yoa-
kum in the afternoon.
Returning to the city Tuesday
night, Muy 24. the Bishop will a il-
ia inlster Confirmation on IS unday,
Itoay 29, at the Church of the Sacred
Heart, San Antonio.
From May 29 till June 12 Bishop
IDrossaerts will visit the rnisiilons of
Father Hu don, O. M. L, at Menard,
and Father Kistner, O, 31. I.,
Stanton.
The convention season is with us
again end we are glad to note the
evidences of lay activity manifested
by the numerous annual and nation" tbn Church preaches the duties of
the rich, rather than their rights,
'she is nt once the lamented and
rejected teacher of dangerous doc-;
trines.
We have reason to be thankful
and proud that uur Catholic priest-
hood In America simply will not bo
muffled and stifled fay any influence
save that of strict juatlea. Scrup-
ulously following the authoritative
direction of the hierarchy; fearless-
ly. though prudently, denouncing
lalpable Injustice in whatsoever cir-
cles it appears, the Catholic clergy
will stubbornly resist the encroach-
ments of the so-called saviors of
society who have tried and failed
t:> coddle the priesthood. Honesty,
sincerity, justice, for these the
priest will speak, making nci a polo-
so doing.—The Brooklyn
It is ungraiubTiiB te find fault with
the beautiful spirit which prompts
the annual clitHnnone of Memorial
Day, er to is«m:j asiytMng to cavil at
;Ln, the fact iltstt it has b’cexlenfld
far beyond this- original It. tent ton,
ard. become ,ii. Any »t remembrance
net only of sqtslitre who have died
;iu biittie, t>ut. >i.ll .tlw dea d whose
passing han iuft hearts to r-"—--
i!hem. MtiEHWiit;;! Day has assumed
tbti character of ,.an’ American Ail
Sauls’ Day, i;it which, ths cemeter-
■. les hold few jijravU-that ara uugar-
landed. .It hr-a.: Awm arni tender
iiufltom, but hi 'Ei; not u little iucon-
iiistent thM likiwii who set- apart a
■ ■ day-ip place.; :feiei"« on the little,
■incuadts of :lisK;i; ^ihal.- cover the dust
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RADICAL PRIESTS.
The Catholic clergy are being
made the target fur tire attacks of
ultra conservatives and reaction-
aries, who are alarmed at the pres-
ent-day evidences of democratic
progress. The priest who so far
forgets himself as to express a
word of sympathy with Ireland's
heroic struggle for the right to self-
chosen government, is immediately wt. speak of the baptism of bells
Program of chit Forty Hours Itevo-
ttoii and flay of Adoration.
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20, Manor, St. Joseph's.
21, 22, 22, Houston,
rick’s.
24, Texas City, St. Mary’s.
26, San Augustine, St. Augus-
tine's.
20. Eagle 1-aka, Our Lady of
Perpetual Help.
27, 23, 29, La Porte, St. Mary’s
Seminary.
30, 31, June 1, Temple, Hospital.
ly month of May when mother-earth
aa« a - awakens as if to greet the Mother
iriest who dares to Old. Law the altar and all the ves- of <«» w»i» once trod the valleys
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Religious services and sermons in
i denominational churches before the
* students of public schools, which are
supported by the taxes collected
, from citizens of all religious beliefs
, end ct no religious belief, are in
direct opposition to the principle un-
derlying the public school system,
and In conflict with the rights end
privileges of the great body of citi-
zens. Just imagine the furore that
would ensue were the baccalaureate
sermon to be preached and the grad-
uating exercises to be held in a
Catholic church or a Jewish syna-
gogue. How quickly we should
hear the cry “no union between
Church and State?"
We object to the practice as
most unjust discrimination, and be-
cause it implies that sectarian reli-
gion is wedded to the public school
system. Many Catholic children
are obliged to attend public schools
in places where no Catholic school
exists; we object to their being com-
pelled to attend a Protestant church.,
t.j take part in a Protestant service
and listen to a Protestant sermon,
r,r remain away from the graduat-
ing exercises of their school,
object in their name, and in
r.r.ir.e of their parents who are help-
ing to support the public schools
and who have equal rights in them
with the Baptist, the Methodist, the
Presbyterian or the agnostic par-
ent. We object in the same of all
citizens who have no sympathy with
sectarian pre tension h.
The remedy lies with the people
themselves. So long as they supine-
ly permit this open defiance of fair
play and the privileges, of democ-
racy, on the part of the public, school
authorities, so long will the prac-
tice complained of be continued. If
school trustees and superintendents
will not listen to reason, elect men
who will.
Public School Exercises In Protest-
ant Churches.
The Southern Messenger of May 5
makes an appeal to Catholics who
are solicitous about keeping public
schools free from sectarian intlur
ences to protest against having
graduating exercises in Protestant
churches.
This appeal is very appropriate
and timely. By what right can
Catholic children be compelled to
submit to thia unjust demand?
Would non-Catholics enter a Catho-
lic church, if these exercises took
place there. Why discriminate
against Catholics? Let the exercis-
es, if any such are necessary, be
held in the szhool.
Some will say, "My children may
be made to Buffer, if they do not as-
sist." They may lose their sheep-
skin. What doth it profit a man it
he gain the whole world and lose
bls soul?
(Rev.) RAYMOND VERNIMONT.
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J^Eot^ORPUS CHRIStl.
! CHdi Ssmraiy W. 392L
Qnestion—Why does the Church
tKptize bells?
Answera^—The Church does not
baptize bells in the sense that she
confers upon bells the Sacrament
of Baptism. The use of the word
baptism has been discussed ever
since the beginning of the sixteenth
century, when Luther declared that
it was a superstition and a pro-
fanation of the Sacrament. To be,
scandalized at the use of the word
baptism in the matter of consecrat-
ing bells would be the same as to
criticize the ceremonial that is call-
ed the christening of a ship. When
we
speak in metaphor. The ordinary
Catholic child knows bow the Sac-
rament oL Baptism is administered.
The ritual for the blessing of bella
doss not | contain anything that
would mark It as t parody on the
Sac ramen tot Baptism.
The Church consecrates and bless-
es whatever is used for divine ser-
vice, In oitler to dedicate it pecu-
liarly to the service’ of God. Saint
Fmd says to Timothy: “Every crea-__
ture Is sanctified by the word of OD. ^advent of that love-
God and prayer.!’ We read in the
Book of LAviticiia hew under the
of the bad ’in the Church says; “Do
you think that the bad live in this
world for no purpose and that God
does not derive any good from them?
Every bad man or Catholic is allow-
ed to live either that he might re-
pent and live or else that the just
might be tried by him as gold is
tried in the furnace."
MARY AND WOMANHOOD.
(Written For the Southern Messen-
ger Bv Rev. Leo F. Kienber-
ger, O. P.)
Centuries have roiled by since the
Son of Mary, divine in nature and in
person, by His lite, death and teach-
ing changed the oid order of things.
The Blessed Christ went counte? to
the age which held among its false
philosophy that woman is the stave
of man. With the except ion of the
ancient Egyptians who had a high,
natural respect for woman, and the
Hebrew nation which, aided by
God’s revelation, held her in honor,
al! other pre-Christinn people denied
the dignity of man's counterpart.
The records of the Orient show that
woman’s position was one of marked
inferiority, if not of degradation.
Under the aegis of classic tire-ice
and Rome woman's lot was some-
what bettered, but nevertheless it
was bondage. Even the wise phil-
osopher of Greece held that woman
had no soul. And so, with the
coming of the Messias, woman was
elevated to her rightful sphere. Wo-
manhood and Motherhood became
objects of awe and reverence in the
new order of things. And this bene-
ficent state of affairs was brought
about by the giving of the Christ-
If any Catholics have managed to
receive office from President Hard-
ing we should like to know who
I they are. We have carefully tscrut-
i ir.lzed the Ust of appointments as
nYun”MHnHtI,ey appear in the Congressional
"-.’.."-““I Record and fail to And mention of
persons known to ns aa Catho-.
K- OF C. IN HOSPITAL WORK.
The first official report of the
hospital work of the Knights of Co-
lumbus in the reconstruction and
war periods has been submitted by
Supreme Secretary William J. Mc-
Ginley to the United States Surgeon
General’s Department. R comprises
a detailed statement of ail K. of C.
hospitalization work with the A. E.
F. and in the camps at home, with
enrollment of chaplains maintained
by the K. of C. and Of If. C. secre-
taries, huts, cluhs and tents, up toj
the present, when the K. of C, are i
about to launch their intensive i
peace program of hospitalization!
work for disabled men in conjunc-
tion with the Pitblic Health Service
through I
period, immediately follow-j
me ndmiSHfon to welfare work! }fe 1 - .
in contact with the forces, and fol.j Communions,
several months following the armis-, e stele. law -------
'ceiving otir Blessed Lord sfljri
a year, you will hardly
souls free from mortal sfa;,:?|
course, you thereby prore jVSI
ves practical Catholics, fast yoi|
: what might be called "Hfctoftta
lies." You are hard-heartad tarn
the goodness and love of onr RMi
Savior. You fail to appraddil
divine generosity in ths jAyW!3
stowai of Fils graces and
You deprive yourselves
efficacious menus you tarewi
______ _____Ing sin and of keeping'joarjniH
P., comprising the Dijon- Btat' dtvil»e
ant area, with, headquarters, s^POhe yourselves to tae:glij^|
anee Of tIw K. o( c> ™
work
alItaatar™ 1",un"f!ou Jrtth vocation-
al training work-^wisfeh tasks w«
consider the most „u„ ■
the nation in hehalfr of its
veterans,"
ization work when domes tic’"and
uyersenit activities are substantially wl-h the result
branded ns a murderous Sinn Feluer,
who is “on the side of wrong," who
is un-American, who Is anything
and everything vile and despicable.
The priest who is presumptuous
enough to preach the centuries-old
Christian doctrine of the right Of
the laborers to a decent living is
ct led down as a Socialist, a Bolshe-
vist. and a danger to organized so-
ciety.
The priest who refuses to tea gut-
ercent in the taco' of' Injustice,
treachery and deceit is stigmatized
as a sensationalist and a muck-
: raker. The .. L_ ______ 1_
, hold the old-fashioned principle
that money Is not a necessary cor-
relative of virtue, and that the poor
peed a word of defense now and
then, is rated as a nuisance and a
bore. It is the old, old story of
the willingness of wealth and power
tc pamper the clergy as Jong as
they humbly salaam to Cine rich, I
a.id use all their efforts to keep
the poor docile and contented. Ouce!
ACIINaiVLEDGSlENTS.
The Mends of a sick ititin
they believe, was cured through the
Intercession of Teresa, the Little
Flower of Jesus, hereby offer her
grateful acknowledgment. The man ... — - - — -
was ao ill that his recovery was al- Pastoral letter appealing for support
most despaired of. His friends storm-
ed heaven, through the I.ftUe Ftow*
er, offered Masses, Novenns and
Communions in her honor, and the
sick man began to recover nt once.
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31any Catholic papers refer to a
I; Bishop of the Church in this coun-
try as "his Lordship.” This Is a
: European custom where Lords,
Lord Mayors and other officials
are given this time-honored title.
As the late Archbishop Riordan
. said, it Isn't done in America.
are supposed to be s '
over here, and '
taboo in addressing
prelate.—San J
Next Thursday, Slay 26, we shall
celebrate one of the most bsautltuf
festivals of all the Chrlrtiiin year
—that of Corpus Christi^ cr the
Body of Ons Lord. Although not a
holyduy of oW I gallon in thils coun-
try, it is a da? o£ special, devotion
for ail good Catholics, coBimemorat-
ing as It does the institution of the
Holy Eucharist. Tite solemn cele-
bration of the feast is usually held
on tile following Sunday.
It is true that the in s II tut ion of
the Blessed Sacrament Is eotainem-
orated on Holy Thursday with signi-
ficant ceremonies, a processtan, and
great cut ward marks of ide volion
and honor. But on Holy Thursday
we are occupied mainly with the
thought of the passion and death
of our Lord, and we consideir the in-
stitution of the Blessed Sacrsiraent as
one of the incidents of the Passion.
The splendor and glory of tine Bless-
ed Sacrament is only a gleam ot
light that shines out for a moment
from behind the dark cloud of grief
tte practice, but all apparently with- and sympathy which should occupy
- - . - . ~ - cm- thoughts at that time.
eminently proper, therefore, that a
solemn festival should be eiutablieii-
ed for the pure and unmtaed cele-
bration of this great mysteiry.
was done, In God’s good time, by
the decree ot Pope Urban IV, dated
September 8, 1264,
Since the institution of the
Blessed Eucharist is the greatest act
of God's love to man after His in-
carnation, it surely deserves the
highest place in man's grateful re-
Ou this glorioue fes-
tival. then, and on the Sunday fol-
lowing. the churches should be
thronged with devout worshippers.
The contemplation of this wonderful
mystery wilt make us appreciate
more fully the extent of the love
of God toward us; it will enable us
also to understand and derive from
the Blessed Sacrament moire fully
Ifee benefits which It was Intended
tc confer upon us.
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St. Elizabeth’s
Beeville, St, Joseph’s
Our Lady of Vletory - --
Brownsville, Immaculate Conception
Sacred Heart
Ctarnus Christi. Cathedral , ■ ■ - • • • ’
St. Mary's and Blessed Sacrament ..
Holy Croas ’■ r
Violet, St. Anthony’s
Mr Charles J. Hoelscher
Falfurrias, St. Isidore's . . -
■ Goliad, ftnmaculate Conception
Kingsville. St. Gertrude’s
St. Martin's
Laredo, St. Peter's
St. Augustine's ...................
McAllen, Sncrred Heart
Pharr, St. Margaret’s
Edinburg, Sacred Heart
Mercedes, Our Lady of Mercy
Mission, Our Lady of Mission
St. Paul
Refugio, Our Lady of Refuge
Bianeonia, Our Lady of the Rosary
Rio Grande, Immaculate Conception
Robstown, St. Anthony's
Rockport, Sitcred Heart
Roma, Our Lady of Refuge
San Benito, St. Benedict’s
Harlingen, Sacred Heart of Mary. ■ v<.. -
Lyford, Our Lady of Guadalupe
San Diego, St. Francis of Pania
Benavides. St. Paul
San Patricio. St. Patrick’s
Binton, Sacred Heart
Skidmore, Immaculate Conception
VatmanvllEe, Otir Lady of Consolation , . . ,
Riviera, Otir Lady Help of Christians ....
. . . .$2,226.56
of the work ol the Irish Relief re-
mtitatl in the collection of a total
of approximately $150,000 in the
various churches throughout the
archdiocese. The collection exeaed-
In a few weeks he was not only ml hr $40,000 that taken up for
„,__j — ------j. the Central European Relief.
In view af the fact that persona
ot Irish descent are not proportion-
ately so numerous in Chicago as in th®
ttnj eastern part of the country, and
that the Ppliali, Italian, German,
Slavic, aufl- more than twenty-five
other taros make up a great part,
of the' Catholic -population here, the
showtoK ia-'ccsvldared remarkable
by lineal tomJars. ■
Th® CeW Cross Association, or-. ,n
bote (dig months ago with. Eve. The times need valiant
to *”“«*• 0,0 for Home ties K hrol
5*** Etarpose . of: supplementing th<s vovee is
trod cf..jjj^Ajneiriean Relief com-’' —
mlttrur, ’.L-'. K
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---y ......- tag-.fujtmfjiiiito;:Upland- .and plans to
Tire .strength of the Church te in ronttane aawding tends at the rate sougt
.r TMwtaa, ----[ of $;j| ,9<h[l .'lUitil. the nee0 Is ar'B,"
. _ —r --------- tire over. . . R_
tmusrof the rotate of this wrifl. : il ,
al meetings of Catholic organ!za-,
Hons. Such assemblages ore pro- ■
ductlve of much good, not only to
the members of the societies con-
cerned, but fay way of example to
the communities in which they are
held.
The need of an enlightened and
zealous Catholic laity tn these day a,
as, in fact, all ages of the Church,
is undoubted, and the right of Cath-
olic laymen to cooperate, as far as
information and position enable
them, is proportionate to the need
which toe clergy of the Church has
of their assistance. It is well, how-
ever, unfailingly to regard Hie prin-
ciple which was so tersely put by
the late Cardinal Vaughan on onej
occasion, tout “the Church is gov-1
erned not by a House of Commons:
but by a Hierarchy.’’ i
In this country, laymen are to-day
better educated in all probability
than at any time in the past, but.
their education may not extend in
any marked degree to the essentials |
of religion. There are many Catho-
lics, well informed in literature, in
politics anil in business, whose ig-
norance of the teachings and cus-
toms of their Church is nothing less
than disgraceful. Sa ch men eannet
rpasonB.bly expect 'inuch considera-
tion in Church matters from pastors
and prelates, but they are the ones,
as a rule, who are rtuickest to criti-
cize and condemn. There is work
for religion and this Church which
may be done outside of the sanc-
tuary, but those who do it must, be
Catholics in tact and spirit, respect-
ful to the authorities of the Church,
well-info rated concefriiliig their reli-
gion and exemplary in their com-
pSianca with ito prerepta. These are
tlae aot,t ot mwh® should ba ehos-
<>ia as officers and leaders by toe ko»
oletivs.
affecting religion lies strictest defer-
ence should he paid, by officers and
menjbers alike, to the advice and
counsel of the chaiilula' or spirLtaat
director. Within these limitations
there is ample oppsirtonlly to labor
In the interest ot toe Church;
Affl’’/earnest 'antaffiiiuhmi,' prompted; her'. Divine cummiLtou lo^jroaeh
by honest ttettagti ml-'.Rvtaed zeal, in Gosprl to ail nation^ witbim
too cause iai;..Ch$i?ittsWy;de far sxrefr tire, rotare of .totalwn
to '■«■ spirii/'tif fliRtor wMto
firfvY Jj -V ’’ -jz " ~ - • .—■>'$41 «E, to—<-n.<
Tv"'
taries and 18 clubs; in the seventh
zone, with headquarters at Marseil-
les, 11 secretarfea and 3 slubs, and;
In the eighth zone, Italy and Dal-
matia with headquarters at Rome,
14 secretaries and 4 clubs.
The K. of C. are now working In
20 hospitals in the Eastern-North-
eastern department with 2 2 secre-
taries, in 12 hospitals with 13 sec-
retaries! in the Southeastern depart-
ment, with 8 secretaries in 13 hospi-
tals in the Central department and
with 7 secretaries in 7 hospitals in
the Western department. It is ex-
pected that this work wfll be doub-
led and trebled within toe next two
months and every hospital In the
country intensively served bv the K
of C. '
The total shows that the Knights
of Columbus maintained :n hospital-
ization work 36 chsiplains, 698 secre-
tarien and 142 buildings and dubs
and that toe K. of c. are now oper-
ating in G11 hospitals. The report
adds that many tons of supplies, in-
cluding hygienic articles and crea-
of wwa d’»^ibute<l free
-Id , h bnI«Ssts ar‘d that frequent an-
tertajxLSRent? were staged in ail sta-
ttons and buapitalg.
_tlh! work, Mr,
* was conlainisd
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method of as-
. and hills of Palestine. How pa-
tiently must the ever blessed Mary
have waited for the winter to close!
How lovingly must she have thank-
ed her Creator for the warm
breath ot the May breezes! May
we not say that the Father Almighty
gave to the Virgin most honorable,
the Mouth of Mary as His own gift?
A recent commentator has said:
“Shakespeare’s women aro manifest-
ations of the divine, by which God
administers Himself to the world
and uplifts man and society at large
to nobler living." Let our Caf.bnlic
women, then, conscious of thtlr in-
estimable powers for good, by their
truly Christian example, as well as
by word of counsel and prayer, seek
to uplift their feminine neighbors
who know little of the Virgin Moth-
er and whose conversation is chiefly
of the earth earthly; were we asked
their persuasion, we would be for-
ced, by reason ot their "fashionable”
attire, to pronounce them pagans.
Catholic girls lorn to bear the
story. Idyllic in tts simple sweetness,
of the Child-Mary, of her obedience
to her parents, the aged SS. Joach-
im and Ann. The remembrance of
Mary's love for her parents, will
make them dutiful toward their own ;
dear father and mother. Christi.jn ,
maidens will see in Mary's maiden-
hood al] that is lovely, ail that is
pure. And the mother, the queen of
the Catholic family, shares with the 1
Virgin Mother of Christ, whom she !
knows as the '"Lady of Sorrows" as 1
well as the "Cause of Our Joy," 1
the trials, worries, happiness, and ;
well-being of the home. 1
Thus Mary has been the model of !
womanhood from the early dawn < *
the new diapo mention. The world .
haz at times applauded the prowess ■
of that Amazon, the martial femin-
ine type. It has sung the praises ,
f --------- .. ......... ..... < lu ...u . ...... . :/u,|
after physical beauty and esteemed ffaneral K. of c. welfare work
as naught purity of soul and femin- Ther« Is no exact method ot as-
ine decorum. Roma would have her ftailae definite cost of this hospital-
matrons take as their model Venus. .
the goddess of love, and pagan love
was degraded at its very beet. But
the true model of • the Christian
maiden, wife, and mother, is the
obedient daughter of St. , Joachim
and St. Ann, the chaste Spouse of
the poor, humble St. Joseph, the
ever-watchful Mother of Christ the
Lord.
Hence, it Is eminently Atting to '
salute this Ideal Woman, who is '
pattern of virginal modesty for
Catholic mahltmu, the model of con-
jugal fidelity and untiring devotion
for Christian wives, and patpomsss
of her who la loveliest of all earth’ '
treasures, the Catfaolk mothor,
. during this Marfan month
kt ail toe daughters of Evi* t.^.,
r?Ba* ,ha ataiMlard of toe later
lhA f? 15'114tefl! TVxiiul | *
— .are being broken, dT-
..... OiWB- »™O'-s to Amer-
•>ss=issi sr.TS ft 5S4 “
ad to to» dtetribut- eTn- famii3. ThX^d ^hor m; l;w
beset society that lias tod
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Lady i
SOUTHERnl^MIiSSLSGE^
:gubseriptimi...... $2.liC Per Year
PaynW ta advance.
SfnglB Coplea............Ji Cents ■
Published waeW' under lire aun-
plee.s ct ths lilt. Rev-Christopher E.
Byrne, D. Blabop ot Galvesttm;
ike Rt. Her. jArthur J. DrosRSerts, IL
©., Bishop of 15an Antonie; the Rt.
Iter. Joseph F, Lynch, D. D.; Bhhop
of Dallas; the 'tit, iter. Paul J. Nuss-
baum, D. S.|ohoi» of Corpus .
Christi; and tits Ifct. llsv, .Lnthony
J. ScKi'aler, D. IX, Elskop ot El Paso.
“wuZlA^ITli'SiJE^GeLAm
Manager, to whi.in all moneyn
should be paid anti mmimiini'-atlctm
addressed. _____
OFFICE OPT*IBL1C4 HON:
No. 369 Alamo .National Bank
Building, West, Cammrrce and Press
Streets, San Antonio, Phono
Crockett 211LL &dffori&J Rooms,
Phone Crockett 3130.
When notify tog ot a change of Thia Is note lug
address ptense gtii> co the fotmer
place of reitldflitc'- us well as the
new address.
Commnnlcalimm for putlieatlon
not reaching this office by TETES-
SS|6S™ to
In&irtisaaiJtti Contn ’
Qviestion-^May a Catholic couple
be married’witocait a Mass?
itoijrtrtfciiA Catholic couple may
be warrie.fi outside of Mass, but
if they Itimtii the right- Mud ot faith
and wish toe blessing of God upon
theH-;maifffee they will be married
at Mses', irtifess there is some serious
prohibittiig’reason. . j'. -;
Vnestiow^May^. first ;?cotisins be
married if. 'their mothers are half-
sisters? .< .
Atmwet^-No, as these cousins are
still wlthfh ' the forbidden degrees
of ltindre<L ‘ As regards a particular
case,: consult your pastor and ex-
plain all' toe circumstances.
<»nestfoiz-~Are there not some
claiming' to be Catholics who arc
only so la name? Why are they not
turned out?:
Answer'i^-Yes, there are, sad to
say, not a few claiming to be Cath-
olics who are only so in name. There
is nothing strange in this. St. Paul
writing to his disiclple Timothy, ex-
pressly states: "Know also this that
in the last days shall come danger-
ous times,’ men shall be lovers ot
themselves/ lovers of pleasure more
than ot God: having an appearance
indeed of godliness, but denying_tba
power thereof. ..." 2 Tim. 3: 1-5.
Why are they not turned out?
Cur Lord Himself gives the answer
to the parable of the sower and the
cockle. When the servants said to
the sower: “Wilt thou that we go
and gather it up?" ( namely the
cockle) He said: "No, lest per-
haps gathering up the cockle
you root up the wheat also together
with it." St. Augustine speaking ot
the commingling of the an(i
of the Epartan woman who s/juitht McGinley concludes,
There Is 'no exact
I holy faith and especially foil
.. ... .... ------ -----, I Blessed Lord in the Saoinife
army of occupation, headquarters at|His love. r ’ “
and sanctify your souls with Ibri
vine bread of life.—the stcati^
and precious blood, the soid uSS
vinity of your Savior and JWi
—not once a year, but ewiy’<sj
and better still every week.
vine Lord desires this and ratj
and the Red Cress.
The report shows that
the war j ‘
ing their admission to welfare work
cue mi ciis, unu lu: ,
following the armfs-i
lice, the Knights of Columbus main-
tained in the Eastern-Northeastern
department, with headquarters at
Boston, 11 buildings anti 45 secre-
taries in military and naval hospital
work; In the Southern department,
with headquarters at Savannah, 2
buildings and 10 secretaries; in the
Central Southern department, with
- -t Omaha, ami ex- '
tending in jurisdiction as far as :
Palo Alto, Calif., 6 buildings and 17
secretaries. 1
? Overseas,' to the first xovo of the :
a. e. r.
Chaumont area,
at Dijon, the K. of C. maintained I
6 chaplains, 78 secretaries and 8 1
clubs; in the second zone, compris-
ing the Toul, Verdun and Rheims 1
areas, with headquarters at Toul, 6 [!
chaplains, 68 secretaries and 1211 „
clubs; in the third zone, with the I Blessed
avinv r»F fioriii not
Coblenz 96 secretaries and 28 clubs; all sin and refresh and
in the fourth zone, with headquart-
ers st Bordeaux, 8 chaplains, 43 sec-
retaries and 18 clubs; in the fifth
zone, Paris and Le Havre, 12 chap-
lains, 187 secretaries and 26 eiuhs;
in the sixth zone, Le Mans, Brest,
St. Nazal re areas, with headquarters vine Lera oesirw tms (■■i
at Le Mans, 4 chaplains, 79 secre- vine Lord urges this, who lf!:!
tend3 to you the loving, jWw
rotation "Come te w.e, ali’W'S
labor and are heavily ImtdBW!
I will refresh you," Che«t»
cept the invitation of #W'«S
come to Him every week otwg
every mouth, and then
will fetsd you with HllEsSlf>»?|
strengthen you to avoid stt®?
to bear the crosses of tWl »wS
patience. He will lead
and securely to your heMWH
WHAT SEPARATION wir*^
TO THE
(By N. C. W, C. News fWW
Dnblin.—'.Vheti the
Belfast forcibly expelled (“WS
f rom their ein ploy ni cuts
Catholics In the rest of J™gjS
termineci to discontinue tnmwfl
It'.tions with Belfast and ol™’J
ct Ireland centers It ft8**'tSb
fashion of the northern Fn*’Wg
to boast that they
wealth of the country. LKfJS
ed the fact that it was
fustom of the CatholM
rcut.h and wert they MwSa
bulk of their trade and
They have at last been
te admit this fact. The
before the Belfast ('hamW <8;S|
mence. Complaint was
the boycott had played “wrja
their .business. Belfast
refused everywhere bJ - *raa|
----------- _.u ouBswiimuiy ’"t-'n ths, that the ,jja|
amalgamated,” he states, "but the c<1 tend to witlrirJw tos’rJgSjl
estimate is that between four and *rtnl ttoi road. One
nre mRJtoii dollars has been ex- "There has been a 8rt*£gB
I®."*® !ar on work, and ear lion in the distributing ,*»ggajR
ried OU from Belfast.
ter which I am afraid
off tn a few days
opinion of a great many pswga
------- ,... When our new Parliament
vital now facing Halted here, the rords
alfr-of young tightening us down will
tighter and there will
-------- tual boycott of Belfast m
lite pleasant, things and o« Ireland." -tfl
axe roe hf.snt ----- — The boycott was
Orangemen when they
olios from their homes “Srtgfi
employment; but they retajM
taught a lesson by the
orally.
■ - ----0—
Rumors are current 18
' with ttee appointme^^
-Liv«h^
-J
portMif
. 4. _ .
I HVg WuWjggg
| W i&e
Trinity Suntiav, ZrrtaQyWl
■.marks the last dav iSSWi
meat of Easter dtitv
doubt aware
has justly aB(j at liTSTfflR
benignly imposed
Oren without
Pi*ocliras
i d urfag
‘Lt <
And if It isXo^Sll
with this strict
gation of receiving
rament during this
then the faithful srrfw>^E
ceiva Holy Commuriw’W|
possible after Trinity.
Tills law of the
a very important lw kSrS
with It a grave ohtieriSsSM
under sfo. And hroteiuJSI
wilfully and carriwwte^a^
own deliberate fmitti'JSaaS
law. that Catholic la
(si sin before God.
The Church of nog jiT£s|
.... mate knowledge of ht^BS
.... She knows our weakness.
27.80 evil inclinations, ow.^SR
J.OOigers. the cunning an»r*»SffiS
. ..... .
.....—...a
these enemies of oyr tatoaSSla
I jo chureh guards ar,
like a. kind and ever
er. She provides for hfi:
uat wants out of the
treasury, which her BifttetiQ
Jesus Christ, has
; nr d prudent keeping, AiZel
the divine remedies pnwiSOi
for our spiritual il]a,
remedy more flowertul,
tary and more effaaidm Wj
worthy and devout and fith®
ception of our Blessed too!
sacrament of His love, -
This is the reason—^ia4<
my dear brethren, yen
admit that it is a good ZM Vm
reason—why the Chnreh Sji
upon her chi]tirer: the tofitaS
tion of receiving the 3le*s4||j
raent at least once a year afbrij
1 ing purified their souls try a.^jj
i humble, contrite and worflO
Ifession. -..J
But remember, my dear tail
the Church does not wish K |
frequency of our eonfetted
---------- K m
the strict la1
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