The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-30
OCTOBER IN THE CHURCHES.
DEvoTIONs ron THE MONTH SET
FORTH ~ LETTER ny BIsH-
or kEILEY.

Refers 90 the Unjust Spolintion Of
fhe August Head of the Church.
and Directs That Prayer he HELD
80 the virgin That nm End May he
MAIDS 60 "These Many Evils"
Fund for Galveston Sufferers Col
Iected In the Diocese Amounted to
$500, OF which the Savannah
Churches Gave s3i3.
Bishop BENJAMIN J. Kelley has issued
the following encycllcal letter. which will
be read so-day in MI the Roman Catholic
Churches Of Georgia:
I'm the encyclicai letters Of Sept /. 1883
and Aug. -. 1851, our most holy father
Pope Leo XIII. warmly recommended the
recitation Of the Holy Rosary. and by
hrs command. on Aug. % 1886. the sacred
congregation OF rites decreed. that. so long
as ihe unhappy condition OF the church.
particularly with regard to the unjust
spoliation Of the august head OF tho
church. continued: the faithful should be
induced 70 have recourse 20 the blessed
and Immaculate mother Of our Redeemer.
sion with Her Divine Son. our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ. IN end might at
last be put TO those many evils.
by "A subsequent cncyclcal. our holy
father has ordered that to these devotlons
10 the Mother OF God. which are 20 be
observed during each month OF October.
shore should be- added prayer to 81
Joseph of which you have a copy.
1--WE. Therefore. ordain that from the first
day Of October until the second day OF No
vember. both inclusive In every church
where there Is "A resident priest. as wen as
in chapcis OF communities where the holy
sacrifice Is daily offered. the five decades
81 the Holy Rosary. the Litany OF our
Blessed Lady and she prayer 10 ST. Jo-
reph be daily said by the priest with the
faithful.
In virtue OF permission given by our
holy father. the rectors may. n they deem
~ prudent, have daily exposition ana ben
edicton Of the blessed sacrament and
during the exposition the aforesaid pray
ers may be recltod; otherwise they viii he
said during the holy mass each day as
prescribed above.
'Since she special reasons, which have
moved our holy father IN prescribing
these devotions. are TO implore God 10 pus
an end 10 the almost insupportable evils
Win Which our oiy fnother, the church and
particularly her chief pastor. are afflicted
our people should be instructed 70 have
such intention in view during October
1T g. thirty years to-day since the un.
5ust and entirely unprovoked spoliatlon oi
che Holy See took place and the King OF
Sardinia. who was the beneficiary Of this
theft. has long since been judged by ths
Lord. whose vicar on earth. the great and
good Plus TX. he made q prisoner.
"As OF old Barahhas WIS preferred "a
Christ The son and successor OF that
Eardinian King was murdered but a short
time since.
Evils and misfortunes have followed
she Sandman monarchy from that fatod
Sent - 1910
las q result Of the forcible occupation
81 Rome by the Piedmont soldiers. m,
Pope cannot, with entire freedom. commu.
nicate with his children throughout the
Christian world. Religion is outraged al.
most daily and her ministers inHuited.
Full freedom ts given 70 those who IN.
suit and every obstacle n placed in ths
way OF those who defend the faith and rs
hallowed practices
"a "a utterly ahhesr=nl 20 Catholic sen