The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-27

Wilmington, Del. Dec. 26.-Bishop
Curtis Issued the following letter to all
the priests in the diocese Of Whining
ton:
reverend Fathers:
s.As soon as practical you will read
on Sunday at least once the following
documents. and you will; Gam sure,
to the very utmost of your ability. en-
sdeavor to procure from all whom the
decree OF the holy see may concern. a
prompt and loyal obedience to this de-
cree. When Christ speaks through his
vicar and in such words. there can pc
no question as to the purport Of the
utterance. A Catholic, excuse himself
how he may, yet ceases TO be O. Catno-
lie If he fail to conform himself thor-
oughly and at once to that utrerance.
Very faithfully your servant Al
Christ, A IA. Glf "a 70,
Bishop of Wilmington
THE epclosure was as follows:
Most Reverend and nlustrious Sir:
Your excellency cannot fail to know
that the archbishops set over the vali-
Gus ecclesiastical provinces OF the re-
public of the United States OF, America,
have in more than one of their assem-
blies taken counsel with respect to the
societies which have grown up in the
aforesaid republic, namely: The ODD
Fellows, the Sons of Temperance and
the knights of Pythias. And you must
be also aware that the aforesaid Dish
OBS unanimously decided that the whole
question as to the societies should be
submitted to the Judgment of the apos-
toic see.. His holiness therefore COM
naitted this question to the Most Rev
erend Satolli and the inquisitors-ge1r-
eral. These in general congregation,
a1eld on Wednesday, June 20, 1894, con-
firmed a; decision previously made as to
the aforementioned circulars, decreed
that all the ordinaTieS throughout the
United States must in every way strive
to keep the faithful from becoming
members Of any OF the said societieS,
and must not fail to admonish their
people to that effect, and that any thus
admonished must be debarred from the
sacrament should they fail to abandon
or keep aloof from the same societies,
This decree his holiness confirmed and
gave it complete effect. It is therefore
communicated to your excellency that
through you it may be transmitted to
all the archbishops, bishops and other
ordinaries Of the United States and for
the due custody of the souls of the
faithful, may be by these ordinaries
carried into effect. Meantime be-
seech Almighty God to bestows all BEN
efits and blessings.
(Signed CARDINAL MONACO.
Rome. August 90 1894.
To the illustrious and most reverend
Francis Satolli, delegate apostolic, WASH
ington, D. c.:
Following is the letter sent by the
apostolic delegate to Cardinal Gibbins:
Your eminence, illustrious and most
reverend:
BY letter transmitted to me on the
9th OF Of; NGyember last through Cardinal
cree asa,O of the holy office sent to me by
to you shall be made public. The sover-
eign pontiff, therefore. will see that the
decree in question shall be communicate ted
by the arch bishops to the respective suf-
fragans and by them it may be promul-
gated. With all reverence and affection
l remain, your eminence, illustrious and
most reverend, your faithful servant il.
Christ. FRANCIS SATOLLI,
Delegate Apostolic
TO his en1irence, illustrious and most
reverend, James Cardinal Gibbons ach-
bishop CT Baltimore.