The Newtown bee., 1905-06-09
AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN
NOTES FROrl ST ROSES.

GOOD AUDIENCES ATTEND THE MIssIOl SERVICES.
 The Mission at St Rose s church un
 der the auspices of the Connection
 Apostolate, which began with the
 Sunday services, and continuing eacf
 weekday night, has been largely at
 tended. Rev Father McClean, the
 superior has been in charge, assisted
 by Father Dolan. On Sunday morning
 the sub ject was 'Zeal for Souls," the
 text being "I am the Good Shepherd
 The speaker referred to the zeal Christ
 showed for the souls of mankind, and
 said we also should labor for the saliva
 tion of our brethren like Our Lord
 Himself. Sunday evening the subject
 was "The Divinity of Christi" First
 is the testimony of Christ himself,
 that he was perfectly sinless; the tes- Etimony of the Apostles concerning
 his mighty works, the miracles he
 wrought; then the testimony which
 he gives, himself, when he calls him.
 self the "Son of God"
 Monday night, Father .Dolan spoke
 on the subject of "Indulgences. "
 Christ gave to the church the power
 of binding and loosing, and all this Our Lord gained for us in the Passions.
 Indulgences does not mean licentious.
 ness. IndUlgenceS does net mean li-
 cense to sin because it presupposes absolute freedom from sin. In order
 to obtain forgiveness of sin in the church it is necessary to show strong and earnest disposition to avoid sin in the future. Indulgence, instead of being license to sin, is a help against future sin according to the Catholic teaching.
 Tuesday night. Father McClean spoke in an interesting way on ''The Pope. and His InfalIibility. In the Old Testament we find shadow of the new. In the old dispensation there were Levites and priests and above the Great High Priest. In the new dispensatiOn there should be one supreme authority. From the teSti- mony of Our Lord we find He treated St Peter as leader, gave him the commission to strengthen the breth- ren, gave him the keys of authority. Then comes the testimony of history; After Christ had risen from the dead we find the apostles recognizing the leadership of Peter. To-day, his suc- cessor, the Bishop of Rome, is acknow- ledged as supreme leader in the Catholic church. And when he speaks on matters pertaining to faith his word is always considered the infalli- ble truth. By infallibility we do not mean the Pope cannot sin, for he can sin if he so wishes. Nor does it mean that he knows everything in science or letters. It is not personal gift. It is only gift bestowed on him in preme leader of the Catholic church. | Infallibility is not a strange thing, | either, for we find in order to conserve | the constitution of any nation body l of men are chosen and vested with the l fullest authority to interpret the law. What is claimed for the infallibility | of the Pope is that he is guided by the promise Our Lord made to St Peter, that his faith shall not fail
 The lecture, Wednesday night, was | on "The confession of sinS," in the Catholic church. Father Dolan was the speaker. He showed in the first | place, that the sacrament of confession or penance is of divine design, using "Whose sins ye shall forgive, they are whose sins ye shall retain, they are retained" History fails to state any particular time when this was introduced by man as some claim. History always mentions the leaders of any innovation into Christian doctrine, and certainly it's failure to mention anything about the time or the persons who introduced confession is strong argument that it dates back to Apostolic times and is certainly of divine origin. The lec- turer dwelt particularly on the mode of confession, showing to a conclusion how the secrecy of confession has al- ways been cared for and showing also it's great moral benefit in the world. Owing to the weather the questions placed in the box were answered on Thursday night.
 The subject of Sunday nights ad- dress will be, "Why am Catholic," Father Mclean being the lecturer. There will be masses at and II a. m., as usual. Other subjects treated are ''Purgatory," "The Real Presence" and ''The Blessed Virgin"
 On Monday morning at 9 o'clock, there was months mind mass fer ho 1of fo r1