The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-02-28

Catholics are as 8oou no oInol L'o.' -
the ewes of the world they stand Oh the
same footing. Catholics now make non
Catholic friends and acquaintance. IN
conse quepce of this association
THEY GET CARELESS ABOUT THEIR RELIC
ION.
They begin by being silent when it 10
talked about. Often Catholic when he
hears things spoken against his religion
does not answer. When he hears Our holy
Pope Plus TX, run down ne hoios nis
tongue /; but good son will always speak
out in the face of those who do not oeHeSe.
Now, dear brethren, you who are met here
for the purpose of enrolling yourselves In
the Young Mems Society are not ike those
bad Catholics-if you were yon won,o not
be here. A society like that OF the Young
Mems Catholic Association is of great i'm
portapce to strengthen and support those
who are not strong enough to stand
alone. When the world was Christian and
when society was Catholic, then man
that was weak was supported by the Chris,
tan and Catholic society round him but
now in these days, society is not Catholic,
Chrstian-for the spread of unbelief Is 80
dreadful, and the spread of doubt, contra
diction, aud religious controversy ls 80
great, that outside the Catholic Church 1t
| seems as if men were ceasing to know
what to believe. Society is neither Catho-
Tic, nor n6EuIy SuIiotiobS ouu ~
supporting q weak man, it pulls him down
aud a Catholic who may be sometimes we'll
instructed in his Faith, but may not know
the reasons of his religion, can very easily
get puzzled by the sharp and crafty objec'
tions which he hears and reads OF every
day. He wants, therefore, something to
! support him. AS there is no Catholic So
ciety, we must make one for ourselves,
and the Young Mems Catholic Association is
exactly what is required. The men of the
Catholic Church in early times were
brought together they stood shoulder to
shoulder, and by their organization were
able to give support to one another. You
know we'll that a small army well disci-
plined will stand their ground against far
greater members not so we'll organized
The organization, discipline, and drill of
handful of good soldiers will stand together
and route multitude. just 30 with a
small number of good Catholics. Though
their numbers may not be 80 great as Inc
enemy, yet, by their organization. by
standing, as have said, shoulder to shout
der, they will hold their own, and, what
ia more, they will help the poor weak men.
This Society, first of all, will have read
ing room that is, place where you can
come every day, and in the afternoons or
evenings, and where you will have books
and newspapers for your perusal. In
this meeting-room you can meet together.
form friendships, afford ard receive mutual
knowledge and Improvement. Secondly,
from time to time, you will be able to have
amusements of every KIDD some music.
lectures, OF some other Catholic entertain
ments. Friends will be found who will
come and lecture for the benefit of the So
ciety, aud every thing will tend to make
you men of sound mind and sound princi-
,, pies, that is, outside the Faith for we
don't want anything but Holy Church in
side the Faith. Holy Church has taught
T.k. s !,
) Catechism he will do very well he does
not want any more, because he will be
able to do what the poor man in Constan-
tnople did in earlier days, when hectic
tried to perplex him. The poor man an:
swered the hereto thus-"I believe in G cd
the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven
and Earth" and
, THE ANSWER REDUCED THE HERETO TO
SILENCE;
3 nothing more WAS required. But outside
our religion, which we learn from the in
fallible voice of the Church Of God, there
are q multitude of things in which Catho
Lies have got no instruction. For instance,
, there is not a newspaper you take up dur
ing these days in which you will not read
! something against Plus TX, against the
Church, against it's doctripes-within the
last few weeks hardly anything else. All
things are said about Popes of early days
that one Pope did this, and another said
that. How is Catholic to know the truth
about all these things Well, in the
Young Mems Catholic Society way is
opened where all knowledge on such mat
= ters viii be gained, and Catholic will be
enabled to give the right answer to such
fa'sehoods and calumnies. The other day
it was said that Pope encouraged the
r taking away of the life of Queen, aud that
- another Pope laid down that "the killing
n of hereto was no murder" When Cath.
), olics hear these things, how are they to
= know the truth in order that they may
= contradict errorR Well, now, the Catholic
r Young Mems Society will give you an OPP
a portunity of knowing the truth about all
: these things. 1t will impart sound Ca
f tholic opinion, with sound Catholic know
a ledge and sound Catholic principles. all of
- which we stand in need Of Outside the
!. Faith we stand in need of knowledge which
/ can be gained by uniting together as you
q propose to do. For example, it is needful
y to understand the Pope's right to temporal
!. power. If there is one thing more than
- another within the last twenty years which
q has been perpetually talked about, it il
Y the temporal power of the Pope that is
y