The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-02-23

was blind, as lovers usually are: she
would not listen to priest or parent;
she knew that in lesss than six months
John would be a Catholic, he was so
falr so liberal. so good; has he not been
going to church with her every Sun
day? and during services he is so re-
spectful. so deyout that you could never
tell he is not a Catholic: and he spoke
so nice to the priest,' Poor grill Be
fore the honeymoon is well on the wane
her eyes Will begin to open; as the
years are rolling by and the children
are growing up she viii realize her
mistake and the terrible responsibility
/ she assumed in attempting to raise a
Catholic family alone and with no help
from her non-Catholic husband: yea
with all the odds against her, as we
have seen above.
eaneful Effects.
Considering the baneful effects of
mixed marriages and the constantly
! increasing number of calls for dispen
! SdtiOnS we believe the time has come
for the application of stringent regula-
| tions calculated to check this evil; save
the church from the enormous losses
| incurred through mixed marriages and
protect our Catholic men and women
from such calling yoke as that of all
ndiSSOluble union with one who is not
of the faith and who for this reason
can never be one mind and one heart
in that bond of all the most holy and
most intimate; union with God in the
one true faith. OF all the different
states entering into the formation. gov
ernment and maintenance of society,
there is none which imposes greater
sacrifices and demands greater graces
than the state of matrimony. Countless
are The sufferings and pTivatiOns which
follow in its train. and if the contract
ing parties are not proof against them,
by their patient furbearance supplied
by the sacramental grace, their lives
will not be happy.
The powers of dispensing in mixed |
marriages vested in a bishop are dele
gated faculties and can only be used |
according to the mind of the church |
NOW THE CHURCH GRANTS |
THESE DISPENSATIONS ONLY |
AFTER SAFEGUARDING ALL THE
RIGHTS OF THE CATHOLIC PAR
TY, NAMELY: PERFECT LIBERTY
TO PRACTICE HIS RELIGION,
FREEDOM TO RAISE THE FAMILY
IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND A
SOLEMN PLEDGE ON THE PART
OF THE NON-CATHOLIC TO PRO
n ! \ ~ /
FOR THE CHILDREN SHOULD THE
PARENT COME TO DIE.
THESE PROMISES IN PRINTED
FORM ARE TO BE SIGNED BY THE
NON-CATHOLIC AND WILL BE
KEPT IN THE ARCHIVES BY THE
FOR REFERENCE IN CASE
OF NEED. II
Catholics contemplating mixed t
marriage should in time procure from t
heir pastor copy of these promises s
o be presented to their Protestant suit ,
RS in the very beginning of their court I
hip. When all preparations for the {
marriage have been made and the day I
or the ceremony has been selected S
here is NJ time any more for adjusting v
hese points. nor is it fair TO present g
be promises at this juncture. h
No bishop can grant a dispensation i
Mess these promises are secured and h
e possess the assurance that they will e
e carried out. 1t is clear from what
'e have said before that a simple nom II
Interference on the part of the nom Y
'atholic cannot secure the raising of s
be family in the Catholic faith; for Fl
his viii require positive cooperation g
18th the Catholic father or mother, a
hich cooperation i'm the event of 6
cath shall have TO be carried alone by Y
le Protestant. But how can he as W
lme such a responsibility unless he q
nows what the Catholic church II
-aches2 u
THEREFORE, WE DEMAND
HAT EVERY PROTESTANT WISH
&c TO MARRY A CATHOLIC SUB j.
IT TO A COURSE OF INSTRUC- n
IONS TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR l.
HE DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES y
Z HELPING TO RAISE A CATHO- 81
&c FAMILY WE SHALL GRANT
o DISPENSATION UNLESS THIS
EQUEST Is COMPLIED WITH
ND WE MEAN TO WARN CATHO- s.
ICS TO TAKE UP THIS MATTER W
, TIME WITH THEIR NON-CATH-
Lie SUTTORS.
N. c. MATZ, Bishop of Denver" of