Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-18

have devised q plan to overcome this diff
Guilty Their example is being followed by
the priests cf many other churches.
A newspa ser ON small scale is what the
Paulists uss to communicate with their
parishionen. II is called The Monthly
Calendar OF the Church Of st. Paul the
Apostle. Tie number of pages which each
issue of Thu Calendar contains is usually
sixteen, but often there are twenty-four.
The size Of The page ia 81 by 81 inches. A
heavy paper cover, adorned with an en-
craving Of The church. incloses the pages,
on which reading matter and advertise
ments alternate. In the upper portion of
four of the pages containing reading mat
ter is PRINTED list Of the feasts of each of
the four weeks in the month. 1t occupies
about one-iourth of the page. Beneath
it are brief notices about societies Of the
parish whose meetings occur during the
week, and paragraphs on various subjects
of special Interest to the parishioners. Va
rious parish topics are discussed in the
reading matter printed on the other pages
The Calendar has an editor. He is the
Rev. John j. Hughes, one of the younger
members OF the Paulist community. Father
Hughes tales great interest in his little
publication
"a Calendar like ours would be great
benefit to every parish" said he to a re-
porter. 1.-THE Calendar is the Catholics re-
ligious memorandum book. AS the sailor
consults bis almanac for tides and the
phases of tne moon, so should the Catholic
refer to his Calendar. For every day there
is saint or a devotion, for every week a
meeting OF some society, his own or his
children's, and for every season OF the year
special phase of his religious life. The
Calendar II a chart for his voyage. With
our large congregations and our short
masses the parochial relation is at q mini
mum. Every expedient to supplement
this should be resorted to with alacrity
IF business man is not sure those who
trade with him understand his words, he
sends circular to them. That is exactly
the purpose of The Calendar. 1t is a print
ed messag, from the pastor of souls to his
flock. In large city parishes such a means
of communication is necessary if we want
the people to understand intelligently the
notices aid regulations of the parish.
When read from. the pulpit it is safe to say
one-third of the congregation do not hear
word of them and another third forget
type and carried home they are apt to be
read and commented upon, and thus rub
bed in, as 1t were, and not so easily forgot
ten."
At the Paulist Fathers church the first
Sunday Of every month over 5000 copies OF
The Caller dar for that month are distrib-
uted without charge among the parishion-
ers This costs nice little sum, but the
money rec eved for the advertisements pays
all the eX oenses.
Father Hughes says that the use of The
Calendar has had a marked effect. "When
ever we wished to call attention to any
new regu alton or denounce any abuse
he told the reporter, 1--WE spoke to the PEG
pie throu Oh The Calendar and good re
suits were produced. If the people do not
recite the prayers properly after mass, We
tell them through it's pages how it should
be DONE and repeat the notice until We
have gaiI ed what we want. If they rusl
out of CHI lrch before the priest leaves the
altar little good humored sarcasm print
ed in the next Calendar will make then
feel ashamed to do the like again"
In this city the parishes that have Cal
endars similar to that of the Paulist Fa
theirs are those of the Church of the Sa
cred Heart, the Church of st. Vincent
Ferrer and st. Monica's church. Half {
dozen churches in Brooklyn have Calen
dars and in other cities the example of thu
Paulist Fathers is also being followed. -
New York Sun.