The Irish standard., 1894-12-29
sEcRET SOCIETIES.

SECRET SOCIETIES.
.odicial Proclamation ~ Cardinal Monaco
s and apostolic Delegate satolh.
WrLMlHaros, Dec. g Bishop Curtis
has written the following letter to Al 1
the priests in the diocese Of Whining ton:
Rev. Father: As soon as practicable,
will you read on Sunday, at least once,
the following document, and You will, !
am sure,to the very utm ost Of your abil-
ity endsavor to procure from all whom
the decree Of the Holy See may concern
q prompt and loyal obedience to the
same decree. When Christ speaks
through His vicar, and in such words.
there can be no question as to the pur-
port Of the utterance. A Catholic, ex-
cuse himself how he may, yet ceases to
he q Catholic if he fail to conform him.
self thoroughly and at once to that utter
ance.3 Very faithfully, your servant IN
Christ. A. M. CURTIS,
Bishop Of Wilmington.
The Enclosures were as follows:
Most Reverend and Illustrioue Sir:
Your excenency cannot fail to know that
the archbishops set over the various &C.
cleeiastical provinces of the republic of
the United States Of America, have, in
more than one of their assemblies, taken
council 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 mnst bs also aware
that the aforesaid archbishops unani-
mously decided that the whole question
as to-these societies should be submitted
to the Judgment of the Apostolic See.
His Holiness, therefore, submitted this
question to the Most Reverend Satoli,
and to the inqpisitors general. These,
then, in general congregation held IN
Wednesday, June 20, 1894, confirmed q
decision previously made,as TO the afore-
| mentioned societies, decreed that all the
ordinaries 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 admonlshed must be de-
barred from the sacrament should they
fail to abandon or keep aloof from the
same societies This decree his Holiness
confirmed and gave it completes effect. II
| is, therefore, communicated to your ex-
cellency that through you it may be
transmitted to all the archbishops, bish-
ops and other crdinaries of the United
States, and tor the due custody Of the
souls Of The faithful, may be by these or
dinaries carried INTO effect. Meantime I
beseech Almighty God to beatow all
benefits and blessings.
i. r. CARDINAL MONACO.
Rome, August 80, 1894.
To the Illustrious and Most Reverend
Francis Satolli, Delegate Apostolic,
Washington, D, G.
Your Eminence, Illustrious and Most
Reverend: By letter transmitted to me
on the Goth OF November last through
Cardinal Rsmpoli, his Holiness urges
tnat the decree of the holy office sent to
mo by Cardinal Monaco, and herewith
delivered to you, shall be made public.
The sovereign pontiff, therefore, will see
that the decree ia question shall be COM
municated by the arch bishops to the re-.
spective sudEragans and by them it may
be promulgated. With all reverence and
affection, I remain, your eminence, illus
.trious and most reverend, your faithful
servant in Christ. 8. D:
B Francis SAToLL1,
..5a Delegate Apostolic.
To his eminence, Illustrious and Most
Reverend James Cardinal Gibbons, Arch-
bishop of Baltimore.
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