Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1902-12-21

to the Bishop, after deducting the or
binary Sunday collections. Frequent
ly nothing is left after the deduction
and the Bishop is duly notified, there
fore, no delinquency can occur. TIE
Bishop has no right to exact such q
promise, unless there is a delin
1uency. | refuse the promise. 1t is
probable that the Bishop referred tC
personal donations, when speaking OF
the seminary collections. Personal
donations are a free gift, and can not
be demanded by the canon law.
refuse to consider it. 1t is true that
it is a diocesan statute, but it is lille
gal
81 inquired into the origin of the
statute and was told by priest that
a synod was held in Covington sever
al years ago. The director of the Ca
thedral mentioned the fact that many
priests were invited to take part in
the cathedral services on Holy
Thursdays. The director was COM
PEELED to give them dinner and re-
quired a compensation 1t was pro-
posed by one of the clergy of the
synod that it looked mean to invite
guests to the church service and
then charge them for dinner 1t was
then suggested that each priest do
nate $500 annually to the seminary
fund and the same could be used to
pay for a dinner that l did not eat
In the letter to the Wiltshire Maya
zine | referred to a number of brill
liant men of worldwide reputation
who had adopted Socialism, and
praised their genius to show that men
of vast intellectual acumen had
adopted the teachings Of Karl Marx.
This is the second charge which
the Bishop calls a scandal, to praise
man of genius, whose writings are
not all accepted by the church There
fore, a Catholic would be guilty of
heresy if he praised the Declaration
Of independence, which was written
by an Infidel. He would be excommu-
nicated If he went so far as to state
that Thomas Jefferson was a great
man. III | submitted to these con-
ditions | would sacrifice my manhood
and conscience and stultify myself be-
fore the public. Every intelligent
man would say that | should be con
fined in an insane asylum.
Therefore, | resigned to preserve
myself from charge of idiocy and to
protect my memory from everlasting
infamy. They want to condemn So
cialism, but my eight propositions
were stumbling blocks to their pro-
ceedings. Therefore, they drop So
cialism and confine themselves to
the charge of my not paying for a
dinner that l did not get, and of stat
ing That an Infidel can have a great
mind"
Life Of Father McGrady.
Rev Thomas McGrady was born in
Lexington, KY, in 1868; was educat-
ed at Bardstown, Ky, completing the
course at Kankakee, Ill, and was or
dained a priest in 1887, at Galveston,
Tex, by Bishop Thomas F. Brennan.
In 1890 he returned to his native
State and diocese, and in August,
1895, he became pastor of st. An
thongs Church, in Bellevue.
Although yet comparatively
young man, he attracted attention
by his eloquence, earnestness and
zeal almost from the beginning of
his pastorate across the river. When
his views on Socialism and on socio-
logical questions in general were not
known or suspected his name on
program of entertainment or lecture
invariably brought out a large atten-
dance. Little by little he began to
express publicly his views, which
sounded strange coming from Ro-
man Catholic priest in good standing
in the church.
1t was not long until, when great
political or economic questions were
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