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Toe, Feb. 27,1897.
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LENTEN REGULATIONS
THE A.P. A. DIBSATISFH
of
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the
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inK the manner of
cannot be said that it*>
ScLSEtkj of the interior
why should tihejr speak
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SMfcy. T—!<3apdKFar Itowt.
■yta^teT .*—*C-Fr**e>»e*" WHowa
i *A Catholic newspaper is a per-
petual mission in every parish.
! —Hrs Holiness Pope Leo XIII
L
on that scon »e
she would be heretical to th re.’*
If Masonry be a religion, th hat
omission, of course, makes i ret-
ical; hut, as wc arc told,“^ nry
docs not even profess to b
ligion." If it is not a religio hat
i mem
Blessed Trinity?
These Masonic rituals ei
fer to religious matters or1
I
LS- .L
latitudinarians. not caringjk
(article about the 1 „
- - -r arke
etc
■c pres-
other.
,riy for’
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.... 4:00 p. m.
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are recommended to recite the
Holy Rosary at a cooveaient boor
for the people; but above aS, to
give them suitable iBstroctloas to
those, who doubt whether or not
they arc obliged to keep the fast
or abstinence of Lent, should con-
sult their Pastor or Confessor.
12. According to the general
law of abstinence. Catholics should
abstain from flesh meat every
Saturday of the year, but by an-
other special indult of the Holy
Father, dated January, 1886, the
use of flesh meat is allowed every
Saturday in the year, for ten years,
on condition that it be announced
every year, excepting always the
Saturdays hereinbefore mentiooed.
Some prayers, at option, are re-
commended to the faithful on the
days in which the privilege of eat-
ing meat is allowed.
The Rev. Pastors are entreated
to have the devotion of the sta-
tions of the non at least on Fri-
. J
f Ff.i-R’JASY :oth was reieb'
■ cd by many Protestants as :
400th anniversary of the birth
Fish and flesh are not al-
lowed at the same meal, even on
Sundays.
7- -
*J. A Forest.
Bp. ot San Antonio.
Dec. 31. 1M5.
MagfoCopy Se- On* T«*r SLW-
SaaAabMlo. _
As religion te the only science, which
elfins* pledge of h*ppine« in this
world szmI in the world to come, it i*
incumbent upon all to l**ra iE- And
wh**’ better means to obtain this end
than the reeding of a good «>d »nBd
! -rliHona journal, as the Southern Mro-
eesger publiahed In San Antonio?
For. thia is a Catholic paper to which
we not only give our approbation, but
which we recommend every famiJ f of
onr Vicariate to have.
PrrCT Vkrdsover.
Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville.
Laredo. Texas. March flth, 1(M.
is a heretical acct.' Can be nun*
«a some sects that are not hcret-
of the Universe, as Mr.
himself admits; thus it do ?ot
reject ail supernatural trutl .nd
docs not "scofi at the very i
a personal God."
Mr. Carper says:
We cordially indorse the approbation
of onr eeteemed predecessor in fgard to
the Southern Mesheiokr of San An-
tonio. Tex.. Wc are happy to recog-
nite in that publication all the elements
which, according to the expiation of
our Holy Father Leo XIII . make a
I Catholic paper • ‘ a continual mfMion ’ ’.
iEd we earnestly recon mend the
SormEiUf Messenger to all the faithful
of our diocese.
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*•1 daya^Maa* twially at 7 a. m.
ar. xKaaXi.’* folmr catmca.
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7 a. in. 1
The A. P. A.'s of Wiscemri*
want the U sited >tares to restore
: state,
to be placed in a memorial hall
that is to be erected. This a.uscs
the Western Woldina* to say:
“Herod wanted the Three Kings
to come back hbr’way, that he
might learn froarxhem how be
might ft the newbom Saviour for
a statue or a coffin. They' did
not come." It is to be hoped that
been begging the Saltan to desist
from ma reacting the Christians,
and have succeeded in rendering
tbrnndves the laaghtog stoch
----- ----* ■ ever bdtodd. But King Gauge,
when the Christian* of the Irisod
THE SOUTHERN MESSENGER, MARCH 4. r«97
” ’ the English !*“£’“£'•
Uoss C. Xmaz,
Bp. of San Antonio.
I;
I
M
it -i
I of Crete were threatened with tj
I same fete as the Armenians, cd
I eluded to come to then rescue, d
I with petitions to the Sultar., H
I with an army. Whether he
I succeed in freeing the island fm
| the Moslem yoke, remains tc I
I wrn• for, the -powers* seem rea<
I to protect the Turks against ci
I Shame, a thousand tinges shar
I -or. them I
I HOW THEY EXCUSE T11E1
I SELVES,
■ Philip Melanchthor., the gr
■ friend of Luther, although he '.1
B: a much better man than :
■ latter, and might h-ut ret'..
cd to the Church, had his aharac
been less weak and vaciilat■.;
No doubt, the admirers of Melani
thon in their sermons had much
praise and nothing to blame
Luther’s friend: but as the Er
ing Bullciir. says, they forgot
i mention the following incident
| his life. When his mother
I <iymg she sent for her son ;
| ■said to him; ** Philip, try son,
I me, since you have tried bo
I which is the best religion, the
I <jr the new' “Mother,' repl
I Mclanchthon, “the new religion
I the easiest to live in, but the
[I is the safest to die in." “Then,
I son," said the mother, "send fo
I Priest, that I may die in peat
I Some place this colloquy betw
f Luther and his mother: but th;
I- an error. All historians, who
I fer to it, attribute it to Melan
| thon and his mother.
„...
sas^iMSSiriSK. ==<h«
tor *on>e reuonable c*u»e. they jadfce ’*■= rtwn it
it proper to ebetxln from It for » time;
otheridM. let tb^ Winded from
th. Church *h‘Ie livfng. and when
they die. be deprived of ChrhtUn
burial. ’ *
+PETEE VERDAGUER,
Vic. Apost. of Brownsville.
Laredo, Tex., Feb. cend, 1897-
an analysis.
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xtncmx xnaaiKKxnR-
A* the preo, when properly dime,
ed. is a powerwl aid to ,
[jgion and diffuae the knowledge of &
Tmth, we approve -if . the peper. Tax
Sovthexk Mwxmgbs —which i»
published under our control, and we
Mr. Adolphus Carper, the cx-
Frcemason, in his first communi-
cation, referring to the alleged rev-J
cUtions of Diana Vaughan, re-;
marks that “facts alone can serve |
the cause of Catholic truth in her
battle with schism, heresy, and
error." These arc very wise words,
and seem to indicate that the
writer thereof would make no ac-
cusation against Masonry without
giving facts. Whether he be con-
sistent with his utterance, wc will
see later on. In that same first
communication there were some
or in other words, because they "«“■“« ?f .?war‘i.!n “ '
r ascribed to the Church teachings'-
- she does not hold. 1. , .
' er, not satisfied with that omis- 1
sion, sent us another letter in f
which the same charges arc re- ;
peated, and he seems to be anxi-
ous about having them published.
Wc give here the last letter in *
full, and may he never regret hav- 1
ing written it:
, Galvestox, Tex , Feb. 1», 1SK. '
Editor Mkwexger :
Often I am »ked: "What hit you :
see wrong in Freem*»onrv, that ewtwM
your Roaum Catnolic Church to con-
demn it?” Ab an •x-Ffmth*bou o*
twelve yean, who demlrted in sood
. - *nawer; Asa dud-
_____________I oeBeve moat firm
!y all ahe teaches; obediruce to her, aa
my mother, among other*. Deuce, upon
her bidding. I withdrew from an order
aha condemns. Why does she condemn
it? Because Freemasonry is * heretical
sect; she holds and propagsteu princi-
ples diametrically opposed to Catholic
teachings; holds and practices, (where-
ever she has the power and influence in
the Kovermentof a state;as for instance,
in France. Italy, United States, Mex-
ico. Ac. dto..) all the Raman Catholic
Church condemns as modern errors.
To-wit: LatltudlaariaiiiBm in matters
of religion and faith. The Catholic,
Protestant. Jew. Mohamedan, Confu-
cian. Quebcr. Parse®, Brahmin and
Buddhlat meet on a level In the lodge.
Masonry does not even profess to be a
___1 aa the handmaid of
all TeUsions. Her votaries need but
bow to the first great cause of all things
visible, she stylas the Great Architect
of the Universe: learlnx each ot her
members free, aa to the mode or man-
ner ot bowing to. or worshipping that
principle. Xextpnre Materialism; she
promises her neophytes, benefits to
themselves, their fellows, (Masons,) in
material matters only: nothing of re-
ward In an eternity hereafter. Third
Naturalism; aa an order, she rejects in
her philosophy, all super-natarallaai;
thousands of so-called worthy Free
masons. espi>cially in Europe, s&off at
the very idea of a personal God. a hell
or a heaven; deny the very existence of
personal drvfls. or angels. To sum-
marixe. they hold all the mod-trn errors Trinity: and
i-oudemned at the peril of Anathema, in J---
the infallible Syllabus of Pirs XX;
that compendious epitome of the in
fallible dogmatic teachings of the Holy.
Romen. Apostolic and Catholic Church
•>f God. Masonic rituals ignore, de-
signedly. the Holy Trfulrv; and on that
score alone aha would be heretical to
the-cor*. Finally, I beg to state most
emphatically. that Kulght Templarahip 0 “UR1 iton has it to
is not Freemasonry; only solemnly - — - -
leagued with it. Th* letter wro. after
Sts year* trid by a Panel rnniiiartn.
CathoBc Church tn A. D.
two eentarias beta* Lather sod other
modern henwiarrha were bom. Thia
vsey unholy league aroornnmurtoateB.
thwefoe*. Fran masonry ipso facto. I
tnotlhmonnwmd toy many srnseista
aotli^etarQy. Hespectfuly.
AsotHtwCiim.
Materalism, as condemned by fe
Church, is not the thing as ui x-
stood by Mr. Carper, and he ill
do well to get the meaning oi he
word from some one who as
studied a little philosophy.
The third charge is Natun m.
Naturalism denies any high n-
: tervention in the phenoma of
,a"d -KHb’ttes ev^og
to blind force or forces. Be tae ■•whsn
thousands of Masons do m >e- r ' *_____1 ,
lievein.supernaturaltruths,ifes
not follow that Masonry is
nor that it is condemned
Church for that reason. The ire
hundreds of societies that IH be
Blessed Trinity?
Now. we id Mr. Carper: where
are the fact* i» Hs letters that
"alone can serve the cause of Cath-
olic truth"? For eur part, we be-
Beve that Masonry is a sect and a
very dangerous one far the &ith of
the Catholics that join it; we be-
Beve that the association with rocs
•who make no tfistinction between
the various reEgtans or who
at the idea of a personal God, etc,
wni work detrimentally on these
_ ____| we hold that, even
ligion of then- the Church, it would be more prof.
- itabic for CathoKcs to keep away
from such association. But, we
■SngaaTto'ito oaode must confer tlw
' t £0 or wot’! would ncvCT have condemned
^Architect of sonry, if no other facts had bcm
..hat obligation 'given her than thoserecordec oy
'shape and form Mr. Carper. If Mr. Carper woe
__- _ A paid by Masonry to write against
right to ad- it as he has done so far, he could
of aU hardly nave performed the task
dub is not a ‘ aiy better than he did. Of course,
A, labor*, we would never tiujiic of zmlcng
> members' sich a charge against him, know,
describable j iig him to be a good, sincere, ttp-
bdiZwithout thereby becoming a'rght Catholic, intending to do
As long as Maronry docs jpod. But “facts alone can serve
sect. As long « Iof Catholic trutk"
of its own, it is not a sect. H------- _
Mr Carper says: “ Masonry docs -Ime the publication
not even profess to be a rdigion • Mr
but poses as '
religions."
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commuteattana Hinai m 111
_-^Z--wroanoniwi by correct naroro
------JTwdtarw not tor pubil-
tat u eVliirac* of good faith.
i* Scwad-clw* Mali Matter-
fl** ASTOyiO/TEX.March 4. IStff.
rn-TT CHCEtCH DIRKCTORY.
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gr Bov. J- A. Foctk.
gta. J. Mimax-
Sta.-i-B- E. Audrt.
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fin--- a: toe tow Mam and at
High Mno,
»“rato«t 'r'li he<r con^
1& hngllab *t .
ta«<y aututday from 5 co 0 iw P-
*r. ***VacgEacy
jtav.C. J- Smith, 0. M. k.
jlta.P. F. P*riMrt.O. „ ,
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rr. joaarH’* curves.
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Veaper* ■ ■ ■
Those who are exempt from
the obligation of fasting may cat
meat at every meal on the days
on which flesh meat is allowed.
S. Lard or fat may be used in
preparing lawful food.
9. The use of eggs and white
meats 1 lactidnia) is allowed at the
principal meal and collation.
-ju- ■ 1 n^c5S lawfully dispensed pensed from the abstinence, hence
Oo«byior exempted, all the faithful who
“One cf the most ossrreal
; -frarimes in connection witt 1
j use of liquor", says a contend
I vary, “is the wonderful tazd
[ with which people, who are in 1
habit of drinking, adduce arj
■ meets in favor ot thc-.r weakn^
One man must take h-s g’a^
I lore breakfast to give him an anj
E tite, while another cannot do
I -cut a drop of spirits after, to dg<
| -the meal. While a third finds
| a glass of whiskey acts as a p
[■ventative against fever, a f&ui
imust take a little brandy ••
| vent a chill. A t.nl-
l-drop upon genera, t-. -.
B a sixth, because he :<ro
lit does h:rr. good. C-
tliquor because he think.
|;-medical acvnscr ough’
■'-it for him. and yc-
|<ause his doctor d:si^
| —in this case the medica; mafi
I -generally s fool in the pat:cr.
I opinion. One drinks, because
I has *a fit of the blues. and a
I other, because he feds sc ■«.
I -ar d really after aU •.? :s such
I sociable custom, you know ” Wh
f one drinks to console h-.mse-t
I imagines for some pecumary :■>
I another feds it incumbrn- up
F himself to cdebrate some acre—
fortune. Because be docs no: .
to refuse is the reason .mother v.
L give, while yet another t
B you that he drinks simply 'u -
I time.' The latter not fr-.'rcquc-:
I ends by k-.lhng h-.msdf.'
I And not only the latter. ’>
E many others, too, cnc by dy-
I long before the time, to wmcb 0”
I wise their life would have been p
I longed by their Creator. Temp
I; ance is a virtue the lack of wbi
| is usually punished already m •'
| life.
------... ad how <» ** aarell_ -F^nMomy
hoSooap~aiee«intl»:Ro^
Catholic Church condemns as moti-
on errors.’ We understand how
a man can hold an error, but how
he ran practice an etw « “ °PC"
ration above oar conception.^
, President-elect McKinley
I selected Judge McKenna of <
t fornia as Secretary ot the Into
As McKenna is a Catholic,
I rage of the A. P. A. is at the t
[ ing point, and the A, P A. m
I bers of Congress are going to ;
: test against that selection. W
must increase the fury of the m
bers of that organisation is
[ fart, that they’ had demanded t
I office for their beloved Linton.
I the reader knows, the Sccrctag
r the Interior is the erne who gi
[ out the contracts for In;
i whoois, and Linton would b
been very careful, if. be had c
chosen, to keep the han's share
the bigots and leave the cru:
to the CathoTics. Last w.
I Gor^ress decided to no loi
' make appropriations for Ini
L schools which are not in the lu
L of the government', bat. it se
♦hat the government is not
rady to open schools in snffic
iramba. Tbas the Senate c
Benediction of the Blessed ^Sacra-
ment. wKA may be preceded uy
b.. £ s&r
By ^dispensation the use of flesh
meat is allowed on Saturdays dur-
ing this year, except Saturdays
which arc fast days- The dxspen-
■ j ia granted by Rome on
condition that it be so published
every year*
Please announce on the Sunday
previous that the annual collection
for the Indian and Colored Mis-
sions will be taken up on the first
Sunday of Lent, and that a plen-
ary indulgence is granted on the
usual conditions to all who con-
tribute in this manner toward the
propagation of the h aith.
Plrase add in the Mass, when
the Rubrics allow it, the collect
spiritual and temporal wants Of thev coma to the yoari cf
the diocese. . dfreretioo. .hrt, fa
Wishing you, Beloved Son tn
! Christ, and those entrusted to
your care, the blessing of God, I
remain.
Yours devotedly in Christ,
+N. A. Gallagher,
Bishop of Galveston.
St. Mary's Cathedral,Galveston,
jter. L Dtoro»»XI.
StaAaro—HiirU Mvm
V«<rer* ■ • ■ ■
: Week day—Ma»»____
tr. ram c-ivi>.k> (cotxiaan.)
I Rev. J. A. D11 in W111>.
I EVac nV of meh month
Low Mm* .......
Hi<k M*» *■ “•
Qaodwr xjn<!*y* Muk 9 .00 a. tn.
Rrore Sued*?, erenlnc ser-
rtc* . . • p‘ m
Wtak day*— Sh*»........7.1WH0.
I Krory Friday, otia hour of pnb-
I adoraUao of toa Bia*^cd
S*cr*JiMit rrotu •■00 to
Ta* adortLonon U10 tln-t ind third hn-
dm will h* followed by tne bena-
I dictlot. of the Blasted S.u.-r*ment.
I *T. rAraica’n CiiVRCti.
I C*r^or Willow ir.d Van tie** street*.
I Jtev. W. G. Etendarroa.
I Rta. tSIG Willow adret.
E *tad*v* and Holy Day*—
I ’ Low Miu ...
I Hl*b Maa* • •
I i.atachlam.....
I Vaapcra........
1 *r«*k.<tayn—Maa*........
I tnwmntacoKwn.
I tor- J- & *- A“Ut
■ g^^yBaudWeckday*—Maa*. 6:20 a. w.
K taanrwr O* OCX UIM OF TUX IAXX.
I itav- Henry Peflarkora. Ch*plain.
| Wta Day*—Ma**.......... °1’
H —l-a---1 M—.............. S:43 *. “-
■ Voapar*........ 3-°® P- “*
B aaara aoa* nwmtaar.
E Rta. J. B. Martin. Chaplain.
B «r. rxaxeuf hoxb ron nrx aokd.
H Ateaadrd from Santa Boa* Infirmary-
Bt n. wd*' couxxet.
B Sta. John Wolf,Director.
B tar. Jo*. W*cta*B*r. Chaplain.
B BWm Mlclaw! Donnelly. Troaaurer.
JI bi ■tar's colxm*.
Ita Jot-11 Bumedcr, Director.
Bar. An*. Frtacbe, CbaplBls.
SCHOOLS Ac.
Uraalln* Coerent—104 Anguata St.
Oar Lady at to* Lake—Lake Vl*w.
St Coni«' Col***—WaatEnd.
St, Mary’r CoUrire—College 3c.
StAMeph'* School—He BoobamSc.
St. Henry** School—1709 3. Florae Su
Itaanate Word School---C'or. C. —- ■
WUiiw Sts. j a-rc twenty-one years ot age, are
*■ Fernando School for Boy*— SIS X. i bound to observe the fest of Lent.
I n< "fhc of abstinence
Sta Foroando School far G.rfo-215 from blndl on from
3**91oan Saba ht. I ,
St 'Peter CTaver'* School—GW Urol seven years Of age.
OdkSc. I 12. By an Indult from the
St Joarph'*Orphan Anylnm-MIlltiry' Hoiy givcn March Ijth, 1895.
Sc^Jota’* Orphan Arrlnm—Milam i for ten years, workingmen and
th***. „ ; women, and their households, are
from the abstinence from
•g yitataSt | flesh meat on aU days of Lent ex-
. ‘ ' -j cept Fridays, Ash Wednesday, and
Calsndxr. Saturday in Holy Week. Those
y*n< MK Munk 1»~ XMT. 1°^ them who are bound to fast
T—l« Sunday <d Lent. faay cat meat only onue a day,
mnxpl Sundays.
* The,time within which the
Ball aretr*. , firithfuTmiist comply *rith their
™ * Midaat Eastcr duty extend fp^n the first
u—te® Dwr.—Hofy I*M*|Saoday of Lent to Trinity Sun-
,1*1 Sunday d«yi On tbeocher days they
. it 1 Wil A this taaoe the MESSUHbe hdd to the church o* Iwo
i ‘ upon the rixth year mday* dating the week; and p*r-
(< t tHiTmi fa granted to hare the
StJ
?--1^1-■ - '■ J. rJJ
REGULATIONS OF LENT I
For the Vicariate Apoatolic <rf
Brownsville.
1. All the faithful, who have
completed their 21 st year, are ob-
liged. unless exempted on account
ot age, sickness, or hard labor, to
observe the few of fast, from Ash
Wednesday to Holy Saturday in-
clusively, Sundays excepted, and
during the year, jn Ember days,
on the vigils of the Feast of Pen-
tecost, of the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary.of All Saints,
and of the Nativity ot Our Lord.
2. Fast consists in taking but
one full meal a day, and in ab-
staining from flesh meat, eggs, and
milk. At night a light collation is
allowed which, however, must not
>lk . exceed one-fourth of a regular sup-
XIII, of per, nor can it be of substantial
food.
3. The use of flesh meat is al
lowed at the principal meal or din-
ner during Lent, except every
Wednesday and Friday, the Sat-
urday of Ember days,and ot Holy
Week.
4. On Sundays flesh meat is
allowed at all meals, but on that
day, as well as on every other day
in Lent, it is prohibited to use
fish and flesh meat at the same
meat
5. The use of milk, butter, and
eggs is allowed during Lent.
6. In the morning a cup of
coffee, tea, chocolate, or other
liquid of like nature, with a small
piece of bread, is granted. ltBn(iiDg to ls65.1
7. Persons who, on account ot catholic
their occupation, cannot take their
principal meal at noon, arc allow-
ed to invert the order, and take a
, collation at noon and the princi
pal meal at night.
8. The use of lard is allowed
■ in the preparation of victuals.
9. Persons who are not bound
. to fast can use flesh meat at every
t meal, as also butter, eggs, and
milk, the same as they would do
t on J5unday, or any other days of
the year.
I o. The five dispensations
granted in Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, rell^on; bat pore*
are so by an Indult from Rome
dated August. I S3 7. and are to
last for a period of ten years.
I r. Persons who are dispensed
from the fest arc not always dis-
For the Diocese of Galveston. ;
In accordance with the Indult 1
of His Holiness, Leo ------
August 3, ISSy, we publish the I
following Regulations for Lent.
Ash Wednesday, the first day !
of Lent, falls this year on the 3rd
of March.
1. Every day in Lent, except
Sundays, is a fast day.
2. Only one full meal a day is
allowed, which should be taken
about noon <but when the full
meal can not be taken about
noon, the order may be reversed,
the collation may be taken in the
morning, and the full meal in the
evening.^
3. A small refreshment, com-
monly called a collation, may be
taken in the evening
4. A cup of coffee, tea, choco
late, or some similar drink, with a
bit of bread, is allowed in the
morning.
5. The use of flesh meat is al-
lowed at any time on Sundays,
and at the principal meal on Mon-
days, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, except on Ember Sat-
urday and Holy Saturday.
6. F ' * " '
... 7U0a.ni.
_____lOaXI*- m.
Maa* and
_____ (230 a. m.
, toe i.’arbedral
m.
re- not be
these rituals contain partallat- year* tbe “poarerx’of^Enropelixre
*"Z cf woe ping '---■ -* ~ ■ -
God or the devil or eai ting
some supernatural truth <n it
CTBE profag to be a refig but the woridaadg<oi<fatohhiKey
regnlatiocis or poch s* ent*,
the
: sense than the other sect^
it docs nut promise what it canrfi
give. If a Mason goes to hcav^j
Masonry does not bring him thd.
But wc would like to know, sii:
when the obligation rests on a •
cret society to prov.de for the sp - £hc jj sUtac
cal welfare of its membersTT* rn ------
are in thli 'orld hundreds of e-
cret societies which do not do (y
better in this respect than Mab-
ry, and yet they are not considjd
sects, nor are they absolutely 0-
demned b^ the Church, so a to
forbid membership therein u cr
the penalty ot excommunica a.
these scheming Wisconsin P.
A.'s will have no more success
than Herod. Tncy might place
the Marquette statue in their
memorial hall for a time, only to
throw it out of the window later
on. In regard to the bin dmr and-
ing the return of the Marquette
statue. Bishop Messmer of Green
~ 1 a sermon:
------Bstiaa piuft—lufc sincsr
its ftrodaaMmtal priocipk* tta IslleaC
ot men. rrsatin number sad powerfsX
in inflnenc*. as tt>^ **J*. t**cln a spite-
ful war , opes ud in seent, s^stoM
thousands of fellow dttaena on no otter
ground than that <rf rellxioiM batiet. U
breuuiBB the duty of *H loyal Htiarai* to
retain members, who are dow ;ht "Jaod by their country and itact»<itt:-
infidds, and yet they have oe en •
condemned by the Church, la- pnnented in the prroent Wtaocsti tor-
son ry speaks of the great An ect ■ t^aterc t> nmave tiro Marquette tetne
- - -- - - - . i*a prstaut place and brlnj- fc back
r“ to our State is only a small aide tame ot
a deep laid and widespread parsec uttaa
agaiaa* Catbalic American rirteenu xne-
der the lying: pies of proteetfeg Amer-
lean iewitutinna. Though in ftielf K
may be of verv liEUe canroqueucs to tta
_____“ JI nic wbethn- the
rituals ignore, designedly, th oly stand* of*t^
---- -’ -• ■ auj nbere *l*e. the matter become* cd
the ktosw Intexroc to all whr: it i*
made the bcue of contention b«fw*en
wennim American loyalty, truth. and
jtatice od ma* aide and a femrim-born.
fhJte Axtariranj^. nursed Oy secattan
kyred and political jaaiuitej on the
other. Saeh j* untatamMy ttei aig-
nificamoaf that bill tn Madfaoa.ngard-
iag the Manjuea* ntatoe."
Klxg George, of* Greece, may
--- 1—’ a great diplomat, but be
has a heart far misery. For two
Za ow Mr. Carper
> state w.’uj.'
UAk **w* W - r ■ ----
religion" is not a sect, un pkatically a thing, which wc have
* ■ —never denied. What do wc care
whether the Knights Tcmpfer are
Freemasons or not ’
At the dose of his letter. Mil
Carper says: “I trust I have an-
swered my many querists satis-
admit that if fertorily." Wc are glad to learn ?
i ses some
order to prepare
with the Easter duties.
r for salvation and how —
prepare themselves ^^vethe
Holy Sacraments with profit to
^dcs Sundays and holy day?
of obligation, benediction of the
Holy Sacrament can be given
every Wednesday during Lent.
The Rev. Pastors
to announce l------- - .
by order of the Council of Balti-
more must be made on the first
Sunday of Lent for the Propaga-
tion of the Faith among Indians
and Negroes, and to forward it to
Rev. A. Sou chon, Laredo.
The Rectors are requested to
read and explain to the faithful
the following Canon from the
fourth Council of Lateran*
The fourth Council of Lateran
” «srwn
one —-
particle about the 1 „
fellow-members, treating
Catholics, Protestants, Jew*
and “1— „
or manner ot bowing to, or
shipping, the Great
the Universe"; but,wl
has Masonry to s’ .
the creeds of its members?
merchants* dub has a 1
mit as members people
creeds, and yet that <fi_
sect on that account,
union may receive as
workingmen of every j
w T ■**»■****•»*»■*----
Masonry docs good* But **£acts alone^
-> / <wd! fir cause of Catholi
Therefore, we shall henceforth de.
__‘ t of aU com-
nunications from Mr. Carper in re-
the handmaid of alllgard to Masonry, unless they con*
This again, if it were tain -focts." We have no reason
true would show that it is not a to doubt the veracity of his words,
sect’ Either Mr. Carper contra-but words are not “facts." If he
diets himself or Masonry denies wants us to publish his say-so'< he
to be what it is in reality. Mr-must not object to others beliei-feg
Carner said a while ago that it in the sayings of Leo Taxi! ot the
X a heretical sect, and now besieged Diana Vaughan.
tells us that “Masonry docs not Fin ally. Mr. Carper writes: “I
even profess to be a religion." Abeg to state, most cmphaticady,
"heretical sect" necessarily profes-khat Knight Tempfership is not
JCXU religion, and an organi. Freemasonry." >
zatfon that “docs not even profess does not need to
to be a i— „
less its non-professton be an allure
ment for the ignorant, making th
people believe that :t is no- a sc-
oot withstanding i* is one. It i
left then to Mr. Carper to prov
that Masonry is a bypocritiod o:
ganization. or to .-------
has contradicted himself. , that people tty- to be instructed ia
The second charge of Mr. Cai' regard to Masonry, but, if Mr. Car*
” ------p.,re Mj per proooscs to give his ar.strers
I terialism because it promises ben|, through the coiumns of toe Mes-
eh™ at all 4 fits "i;1 «*««» onlf SENGER, we propose to charge him
I nothing of reward in an eterr.il the regular rate we cnarge for ad-
• \ | hereafter." Herein Masonry- shoir vcrtiscments._____________
But Mr“ ciro-lmorc 501,50 than thc ,otbcr ^ THE MARQUETTESTATCE
-------------- ,r STILL W0RKIES .pEE
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