The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-07-01

hearty sympathy and support of large
numbers of the foremost Catholic SO
ciety women of New York and else
where.
1t is largely through these exclusive
and influential women that the little
manual will find readers this summe,
at Newport, Narragansett, Lenox, Bal
Harbor and other fashionable resorts
thus paving the way to more intelli
gent understanding when the Daugh
tiers of the Faith meet in the fall for
formal organization.
So thoroughly has the field of work
been outlined that there is scarcely
capital of Europe that has not one
or more women of title or unques.
toned social position ready to cooper.
ate with the New York society as soon
as official notification comes that the
hour has arrived for action. Negotia-
tons are already pending for the man
ual's translation into French and
Italian.
THE Office of the Daughters of the
Faith" says the manual, lis to unite
Catholic women, more particularly
those of station and influence, in dis.
countenancing the social usages and
customs that are the evident cause
of the spread of moral evil in society
and in protesting a. higher spiritual
standard as the requirement of the
Catholic woman in the world"
"The Society does not seek to dis
place older organizations, but to act
as a bond between them; first by the
union of a few courageous women
whose lives are an open protest
against the evils rife in the fashion
able world. 1t is the hour of sorest
need when the morality of nations is
endangered, and when the world is
calling for the Christian woman"
The chapter on divorce embodies
the Scylla and Charybdis upon which
the Daughters split in the first days
of agitation, not few declaring that
to fulfil the letter of the rules they
would be forced to ignore socially
not only closest friends, but in many
instances kindred so largely has d.
vorce through mixed marriages made
inroad into Catholic homes. I
"The Catholic Divorce who remar-
ries," says the manual, "excommuni-
Gates herself. She enters into what
she knows to be sinful relationship,
and by that act openly sets at naught
the teaching of the church. 1t is not
the church that has cast her off, it is
herself that has broken the filial tie.
The Catholic Divorce who remarries
must be socially ostracized. She has
no excuse. The Protestant has some
Such unions (ProtestanD as are
openly adulterous should be treated in
the same way as the Catholic Divorce
and subjected to the same rule. To
neglect to discourage divorce because
of the divorces who are in good faith
is to encourage it."
1t is said Catholics should make in
the matter of divorce, a strong and
united protest, and should cooperate
also with Protestant authorities, who
are rapidly organizing a movement
against its social recognition"
Our own country, the morality of
which has not kept pace with it's en-
says the manual, has
thrown off all restraint and allows
divorce for the slightest cause and
with almost unlimited frequency. So.
ciety is, in consequence, on the verge
Of moral ruin, and nothing but the
religious and social recognition of the
true horror of this crime can arrest
the evil that with cyclonic force has
in a. comparatively short time over.
thrown domestic peace and uprooted
the safeguards of purity and honor.
10 condone the sin is to partake OF
it, and we should realize its effects as
we'll as it's nature, for if we so condone
it we become moral participants, not
alone in the sin but also in the evils
that follow"
But the author has faith in the
American girls natural generous i'm
pulses, her courage and we'll defined
ideas of right and wrong.
IF she be encouraged to study for
herself the serious questions of life
and to cultivate healthful and uni
swerving purpose to be true to the
highest ideals of her nature" con-
tinues the manual, 1.-The new woman
may yet outgrow the prejudice that has
caused the title and become a syn.
onym Of that gracious and helpful
womanhood that is so greatly the need
of the twentieth century and has SO
wonderful part to play in the uplift.
ing of mankind"
The chapter Some Questions An.
'wered" is the contribution of an emf
nent ecclesiastic. Here many phases
of marriage and divorce within the
jurisdiction of the church's "Matri-
monial Court" are tersely explained.
The Daughters of the Faith invite
questions on these vital subjects, and
in every instance, the manual states,
authoritative answers will be given