The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-16
Cor. Cincinnati Commercial
RituaiiSm

Tts Remarkable Growth III Eegland.
1t is very remarkable To see how
carefully aud earnestly the RItualls,ic
party in the English Church are
building up system OF their own IN
side at the National establishment.
they have Their oratories and their
homes for slsterho dds IN most large
towns; YOU meet their priests III mo.
nas,ic dress, and their nuns, Oh the
street aud the confessional Is now
~ regular AN Insulation IN some OF
.helr churches as in those OF the
Catholics, they are paying the utmost
attention TO their schools, and there
has lately been prepared very com.
pete instruction for the education Of
children, which is worthy ofno,ice as
IA symptom OF the religious condition
Of this country. The first step is for
the priest who las charge of school
TO draw up a course OF instruction,
embracing dogma, morals, and wor-
ship. For the younger pupils, this
includes explanations CT the Creed,
the Ten Commandments, and the
Lords Prayer. For more advanced
scholars a general definition Is pro
posed like the following: Faith IS
i supeina,ura. and theological virtue,
which is infused into man; which
makes him clcave firmly to all that
God has revealed, and TO all that the
undivided Catholic Church has hand
ed down 20 us for our belief, both
because God. who is Truth itself,
cannot believe us, and because the
Universal Church cannot wholly, ard
with one accord, fall into essential
aud important error"
In the school the boys are placed on
nc slde and the girls on the other
The priest announces the subject tor
questions and answers-"an article
II faith. a commandment OF God or
the Church, or whatove it may be-
Turning first to the boys, he asks
them to suggest soma question on
The subject which he MY put TO the
slrls, receives reply, and conveys it
to the girls. receives reply, and
conveys il to the boys. asking il they
are satisfied with the answer lfthe
boys demand proof OF the reply, or
illustration, the question goes back
and forth, until considerable emula
ton il excited, and the matter runs
It's full length. Then the girls are
allowed to put a return question.
The INSTRUCTION" (which appears
in the Church Tmes) deals with the
subject OF ch,ldren's retreats, and
priests are recommended TO arrange
such il possible. On .he principles laid
Town IN a work entitled, "Re,raite
Prrparaoire la Premiere Commun
ion, par NJ. IAbbet Mullois, Paris
Leon Foun,aine, Editeur" Child
rens masses are earnestly recon-.
mendcd On such occasions the
children should he made to tcel that
he service IS all their own. For
this purpose they should be grouped |
as close as possible to the alter and
PRIEST Il ey only should be consider
Ell, and, as far as possible. The service
should be accompanied by running
commentary OF their hymns 1t is
also recommended that the Stations
1T the Cross should be adapted to
services, as substitute for |
the ordinary catechising. The hymn
book in use is the Children at Cal
vary Nc mission, it is added, need
be without pictures OF the Sta
ions, the set Of which can be secur-
ID at rs low sum IS two guineas
So, il is clyde il the Ritua!ism looks
. great career, probably not with.
,ut reason Others, also, see that
his country is being divided into
wo-camps Rltualism and Rational.