The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
CATHOLIC CHURCH NOTES.

/ The Feast Of ths Visitation q tbs Blessed Virgin
observed alTavs o1 'ar 1l # Ja'y. wss s1lenu'v
/ cymmmantaI fast Tuesday In the Convent 4 che
| Visitation. Gsgrgtosu. and i1 che Convent 4 tAe
| Visitation iu Carn,af.rl- avenue
Two masses v,r. celebrated iH each convent With
fhe Blessed Sacrament iH opposition. concluding az
/ the close n aas 'yiA EIaaiafiou q tas Blessed
/ Sacrament
This feast IS commemorative e Che visit q Mar
/ On ST. E.rrh.rn .1 rlr mountains n H.hr0r. and
a-s established hrag=s ~ fH. great -..-u JOB ta
W--- dining which thr Iars I Peter bad more
I Cham err t1 rir ou Divine protection 20 avoid
=iuEf.a.
IN. charity Hrw ty Mary On Lr ri=it 20 her
/ cousin prompted para Urban VI '1 place under 'h1
MYSTERY - Che Visitation the important G1trTriSs
Hs H.5gd rv re ia,rrsss.an # Ce Mother t
Beautiful Love 90 lead Che cru'saiirE parties '1
give each 90 raa other fl- Kiss g peace. His hope
va- u.r deceived history shows u.s. God ll DOT
abandon His church in This extremity Of peril
p-ace and ords. were restored h' ih- N-l'-IsAl
recognition of Martin " elected Pope ln lf.i
Il was iu Che beginning q Arrl that Mary lrf'
Nazareth q, go 70 Hebron. and it would seem that
Tie date n The feast should have been u that
month Ilt thr celebration &C the feast Tas trans
Flrr1 20 Iu'r 2. the anniversary # Nau's return.
brrar.e celebrating IL in Arrl would often have
contested uitE Holy Week
Mary PASSED three months with her cousin. ST.
Elizabeth remaining ju Hebron till The octave If
fhe birth of s. John the Baptist the dav Of his
circumcision. and the next dag. jHiy e. she ST
ert fer Nazareth.
BEGINNING TODAY and continuing every afternoon
during July and August the Blessed Sacrament viii
De exposed ior She vl1cateu Of the faithful. m the
Cru7gu, II -Ig re7ru7i Alteration, from 5.5
O'Clock until -l5 q. m-. when Bnsdictin Il t1c
{ Rfe--.1 Sacrament will ha given.
Rev. A. p DOYLE rector of the Apostolic Mission
House returned 20 Washington yesterday after COM
clg5r- tEl very important and interesting missions
n remote and uOunflinCuS sections Of Virginia.
The Hrst # those vas given iH q little village
orzsnzrl over fftv years ago hy humble p,ddlerS
yhose Irish blood has held them loyal % the
faith while deprived II i's s7cramental features
and sustaining rracrs There a modest htae church
has been erected. in which Father DOYLE conducted
the mission that meant more 90 those poor people
than can be easily understood hv Catholics who par
iicirita daily iu the consultations and comforts u
religion Tie Second mission. given in Monterey
Va. in the mountainous section 0f Highland County
was % uon-CathOlics. The services were held IN
the hotel, az there was DO Catholic Church IN the
town.
An article in the June Missionary entitled a
Summary Of Results shows thar since the incep-
tion Of the missionary movement the secular priests
engaged IN this work have given 100 missions %
Catholics with 80 COO confessions Missions - non
Catholics numbered l5Ot with 20 clurcrs actually
received and 6lo)l left under instruction 20 De re
ceived later.
A well-kucun parish priest, writing to the rector
# the Apostolic Mission House. says Of :ais ar
ticle. AS / read these remarkable statements ]
confess I was simply ast0unded by the work that
has been SO quietly and effectively done by the
mission movement. II is q startling revelati0n 90
Priests who have been in pargclial work for the
past quarter of a century. We have been ploidiug
along in the old beaten 'Uck while yUu have been
striking out into newer ways, gaining marvellous re-
suits and the beauty ~ Il an is, with dCtrimout
% mo- other wlrk In fact vOG have stimulated al
other energies I'm the church. Locking back over
nv parish administration of mere than twenty-five
years. / now confess. 80 my regret. that my min
isrv has been along lines that were too uarrow
and LET slip many splendid opportunities that were
offered me 10 ult the Teachings Cf the Church be-
fore the uou-Cath0cs q the several towns where
was pastor The figures given in the Mis-
sionary do not begin to represent the vast influence
that has been CXertCd by the mission movement
the best work Of which has been the reversal Of
that policy Of Segregation q the last generation"
4 series e entertainments viii he given during
the summer on the grounds adjoining the Church
Il the Holy Comforter which have been fenced in
and arranged Fairgrounds for the BOYS Of the
parish The proceeds Of the several entertainments
viii be devoted 70 the erection Ct new school hall
DR. Stafford has so far recovered from his recent /
illness that ne IS now able 20 take little exercise
and devote some time each day 70 business Of i'm
prtancc He hopes to leave next week fer Atlantic /
CITY
Father Carroll is expected in town ucz' SATURDAY /
from a brief but delightful vacation sgut IN travel
and with relatives in Philadelphia.
4 recent edition Of the Patrican. edited By the /
Fathers If S. Patritks Church, this city, contains
an excellent article on The Exorbitant Price OF
Catholic Books" which, voicing a universal com /
ulain merits repetition in the columns of an daily
papers and is quoted follows: One Of the dif- /
fciltcs that every enc meets who is interested in /
religious wCrf is the exorbitsut Price Of Catholic |
books poorly bound, badly printed, outrageous in