The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-16

ollcahs' denounclng vice and exhort-
ing sinners to repentance. Tn the hard
work of the missions they found their
sweetest joy and never shadow of
regret crossed their minds for the
emoluments and the honors they had
left behind. But conditions arose in
their own household and by their own
frcsdc, which made it imperative for
them to go out once again. They were
all Americans and stout believers in
the vocation of the American people.
and they were earnestly anxious to
bring the best people on the face Of
the earth, as they considered the
American people to be, to knowledge
OF the truth in the Catholic Church.
a Teutonic spirit ruled among the
Redcmptionists at that time, and an
effort was made to turn the work Of
these talented Americans into Ger
man channels and thus cut off their
chosen field of activity
1t was vital question. The USE
fulncss Of their lives was to large
extent wrapped tip in it. The differ
encc OF judgment was appealed to
Rome, and Rome babe Hcckcr,
Hcwct, Walwortl,, Baker and Deshon
to separate from the community thew
loved and start afresl1, so that tl,ev
might continue on the lines Of their
chosen work. 1t was all done in the
best Of spirit, and though these men
went out from their chosen home and
started anew, they went with the cor
dial good will of their brethren, and
ever since the best Of good feeling has
existed between the Rcdcmptionists
and the Paulists.
The Paulists began without cent.
but with stout hearts and a firm con-
vlction that their chosen lines we're
the best, and fifty years OF labor has
not demonstrated the contrary.
They came to New York and made
beginning at Fifty-ninth street and
Ninth avenue. That was then far in
the country This was in November,
1858. For nearly fifty years they have
lived here, and their life has been an
open book and their work has been
known to all men. They gathered
disciples about them who became ami
mated with their spirit They contin-
ucd to carry on the missionary work
in which they had been trained.
Though dispensed from their VOWS as
Rcdcmptionists, they did not lower
the ideals of the religious life that
had been presented to them, nor did
they abate one bit of their earnest
ness in attaining the standards of
perfection that they had learned. They
did, however, modify their methods of
work They adopted means that
would bring them more in touch with
the bust1ing, active, everyday life about
them. The Catholic World Magazine
was started. The Catholic Book Ex-
change, a publication society after the
manner of the Methodist Book Con-
Germ. was established
With the profound conviction that
they could preach from the printing
press as we'll as they could from the
pulpit, they started printing plant,
out from which have gone millions of
pages of literature, to do their good
work of explaining and commenting
the doctrinal teaching Of the Catho-
lie Church. An article in the Ameri-
can Ecclesiastical Review says that
the activity Of the Paulist Fathers in
the fulfllment of their external voca-
ton has radiated chiefly in eight di-
rections, and mentions these eight
avenues Of work to be:
(1) Preaching of missions to the
faithful; (2) the splendor and exact
ness in carrying out the Church's cere-
monial; Cd in reforming Church music
by going back to the old Gregorian
plain chant; "a in opposition to in
temperance and the liquor traffic; 50
in the elevation Of sermonic standards
and the encouragement of Catholic
literature; (6) the aposto1ate Of the.
press represented by their printing
house, which during the past year sent