Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-09
:, THE JUBILEE.

The following letter and the an swer thereto explains itself: To the Editor of the Transcript:
 Dear Sir: There is considerable dispute and misunderstanding amongst members of the different Catholic churches i'll this city, as to the correct time in which the Jubilee should be made.
 Members of one church understand it must be made in fifteen consecutive days, while members of other churches understand the days need not be con- secutive.
 Can you help in settling this disput- cd question?
 Your paper is we'll known in this city, and if you would, through the same, throw some light on the matter it would be much appreciated.
 I understand that in one of your late issues you did publish ''the letter but it evidently was not read and un- derstood by all.
 Thanking you in advance,
 Yours truly,
 READER.
 Bridgeport March ,, 1901.
 1. According to the papal document sixty visits are prescribed.
 ?. These visits need not be made on consecutive days. -... ss
 3. Four visits must be made each day. -
 A. The visits may be made accord ing to the natural, or the ecclesiastical day.
 ,. The natural day is not restricted it begins at midnight and ends at the expiration of twenty-four hours, or at the following midnight.
 6. The ecclesiastical day begins at ? D. m. and ends at sundOWn of the following day. I. The ecclesiastical day affords this advantages: You may make some or all of your visits for the following day on the afternoon or evening pre- vious. II also makes it possible for you to complete eight visits on the same day. For instance. you may make four visits on Sunday which will count for that day: you may make four visits after o'clock on the same Sunday which visits will count for the following day. It is therefore possible to make the sixty visits in eight days. These days, however, can not be eight consecutive days. Thus, you cannot make eight visits on Sun day and eight visits on Monday. You can. however. following the hours of the ecclesiastical day. make eight visits on Sunday. eight on the following Tuesday, eight more on the following Thursday, and so OH.
 s. Even in places where there are several churches. it is possible to com- plete the entire Jubilee with eight dis tinct journeys. This can be done as C 1,, after D. m., and two visits must be made to each church. Thus, in Bridge port, you may visit St lAugustine's at any time between ? D. m. and sun down of the same day, and. having made your visit for the present day, you may leave the church. remain out side for few moments and then re- turn and make your visit for the mor- row. Passing from St AuguStine'S to the Sacred Heart you may make two other visits in the same way, and so on for the other two churches; so that when all are visited you will have com pleted eight visits on one journey. It l should be remembered. however, that | these double visits can be made at no l time except between , o'clock and sundown of the same day. Nor can these visits be made on successive days. They can. however, be made every other day. as has already been explained. The reason why it is pos sibIe to make double" visits is this: The ecclesiastic days overlap from ? till sundown. Thus, on Monday from until sundown you may discharge the obligations proper to that day and anticipate those which are proper tc 1 Tuesday.
 | 9. On each visit it is necessary to say some prayers for the intentions of | the sovereign pontiff. No special | prayers are prescribed.