Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

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any mutual affection, is the Incompatible
treasure Of the Catholic Faith. Hence
the Church abhOrs and has ever abhorred,
mixed marriages; che does not allow
them to be celebrated inside her temples,
nor with her sacred vestments, nor with
the imparting Of any blessing. And this
attitude, and these laws Of the Church, ARE
on very obvious reasons. For,
leaving aside those happy instances in
which the non Catholic party respects in
the Catholic the right of the free exer-
else of religion and the Catholic edu.
cation of the offspring, and treating
the question on its own merits, it
is evident, in the first place, that
the faith of the Catholic is naturally
liable to be weakened, if not seriously
injured, by the absence of all faith or II
different belief BY the other party. In
the second place, the want Of the Catho-
lie example, and frequently the actual
non. Catholic, and sometimes anti Cath.
olic exertions, of the one parent must nat
urally and necessarily damp, materially
injure, or wholly paralyze the faith of
the offspring. 1t also often happens that
before the children are sufficiently old
to understand and practice their religion,
the Catholic parent is carried away by
death; and In this case it cannot reasons.
bly, be expected that the surviving parent,
who does not value the Catholic faith for
himself, will take much interest, or any
interest at all, in securing it for his
children. Would to heaven that sad ex-
perience did not corroborate these rea-
sons, and that we we're never called on
to mourn over the deplorable results
which we have pointed out!
Hence every Catholic young man and
woman should calmly and seriously re-
fleet on all this before entertaining the
thought of even the possibility of an en-
and should also take counsel,
in due time, of parents and respective
Pastors. Instead of doing SO, there are
some Catholics who, despising the author
ity of the Church of Jesus Christ, and al
most abjuring their faith, apply for the
celebration OF their marriage to civil
officer or Protestant minister, not only
themselves thereby to make
contract which has no force before God,
and consequently does not prevent their
intercourse from being horrible concu-
binage, but also committing really sin
of sacrilege-partaking Of the enormity
or sscrilegi0us communion received at
the hands OF minister or q magistrate.
This language may appear strong, but we
fear it is scarcely strong enough to awaken
the Indifferent Catholic to sense of his
duty-the only object We have in view.
We therefore 0rdain-lst, That the
Pastor, unless authorized by the 0rdi-
nary, shall not assist ut the marriage of
those Who will not have applied TO him
At least three days previous TO their mar
risge; sadly, That none can be married
without having furnished due vouchers
for their freedom. and. when bc:h parties
are Csshelics. without the doe pgbiica-
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