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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Grace Before and After Meals.

1t is a good thing to feel grateful
and it is a better thing to show it
hence the good old Catholic practice
of grace before and after meals. This
is formal way of beginning and end
ing one of the serious and most i'm
portant duties of life; for what is more
important and of more vital conse-
quence than the nourishing of orr
bodies and the renewing of their
strength? We pray to God to give
us our daily bread, and through His
bounty we receive it. He makes the
earth yield up its fruits and give us
strength to reap them and mind to
garner them and will to adopt them
to our use and benefit; and for this
we should be thankful-and thankful
every time we sit down to partake of
our daily repast. Whatever We do
whether We eat or whether We drink. do
to the Lord" says Holy Writ. or. in
other words, we are to make all orr
actions a means to honor and glorify
Him, and to show our love and graft
tude for Him. The prayers assigned
to be said before and after meals are
for the faithful, short and to the point
and no Catholic should excuse him
self or herself from saying them. AT
ones own table they should be said
by the head of the family or the
senior member present and all the
rest responding Amen-while if one
be at another's board they should be
said privately when not publicly re-
cited. There is a disposition on the
part of some to neglect grace before
and after meals, Kind of affectatfon
not to be considered lpious, founded on
human respect, but this is cowardlv
and unworthy a member of the great
catholic church. The table has it's
rules of etiquette which good breeding
and good form require to be observed;
so Catholic teaching and principle re-
quire the observanfe of those brief
words which comprise grace before and
after meals. They make a good he
ginning and ending of those necessary
acts in our daily life, and prepare rs
all the better for fulfilling the rest of
our duties. Let us all be faithful in
being grateful.-Seehlines
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Praise Ye the Lord.

(Buhaio Catholic Union and Times)
How can we account for the fact
for it is a faCt-that there are many
men who claim to be practical Cath.
olics, who go to Sunday mass ,,agu.
larly, abstain from meat on FRIDAY
and are most vehement In their reli.
gious ideas, while at the same time
continually breaking one or more of the
commandments?
The second of the ten command
ments, we believe, gets worse usage
than any of the others. The habit Of
Cursing and swearing has come to be q
sort of language in itself nd still the
second commandment is about as plain
and emphatic in its wording as tongue
can speak it, and it tells us we shall
not take the name Of God in vain.
We are supposed to give honor tc
our Creator and to adore God when we
go to mass; and we are honOring the
memory of Christ's death when we
abstain from meat on Friday. So that
does it not seem as if a man who sits
down to his Friday meal and refuses
meat while ne is cursing or swearing
about something or other-probably
about his injured Catholic dignity in
being offered meat on Fridays either
trying to pretend to his God that he Is
living UP to his religion or that he has
simply got the habit of complying with
the Friday obligation and does not real
ize its meaning9
And when a man leaves his church
after mass and Immediately INDUCES in
profanity outside the church door-and
this we all know is no exaggeration-he
is surely ignorant of his reason fol
going to church or is guilty of bias
phemy.
II is a lamentable fact that many
Catholics in all lay fields of labor are
noted for their habit of profanity. They
know it makes their fellows chuckle
70 hear their w-breaking oaths. How
brave they feel when they repeat these
great feats of expression! nj still q
child or ven a parrot could perform
just as we'll
Think of a man who Drctends TO be
manIv-wf1o will bow and scraDe ano
hare his head before a pretty face and
look wise notwithstanding defiance
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Cork.

The Cork board of guardians has
made a strong protest against the
faxed photos which appeared in the
London papers recently, libeling their
fair county.
Justice Gibson in Cork, recently dis
missed the claim for e150 made against
Cork corporation by policeman named
Cremin for injuries sustained in maxi
ing an arrest.
The Youghal board of guardians had
under discussion recently the action of
Mr.. Fitzgerald of Lismore, in writing
to military officer asking the name of
a pensioner, who should be a Protest
ant, with a view to his employment on
the Duke of Devonshire's estate at
Lismore. A resolution was passed con-
demning the action of the Duke of
Devonshire and his understrappers in
creating seetarian strife in the south
of Ireland
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
MY BEADS.

Sweet, blessed beads. 1 would not part
With one of you for richest gem
That CLEANS in kingly diadem;
fe know the history of my heart.
For l have told you every grief
In all the days of twenty years
And 1 have moistened you with tears,
And in your decades found relief.
All! time has fled, and friends have
failed,
And joys have died; but in my needs
Ye were my friends my blessed
beads.
And you consoled me when I walled.
For many and many a time in grief,
Ny weary fingers wandered round
Thy ctrcled chain, and always found
In some Hail Mary sweet relief.
How many a story you might tell
Of inner life, to all unknown,
l trusted you and you alone,
But ali! We keep my secrets we'll.
Ye are the only chain l wear
A sign that l am but the slave.
In life, in death, beyond the grave
Of Jesus and His Mother fair
Father Ryan.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07

into the face of God by making a by
word of the Divinityi TO such a man
we say, keep going to mass on sun
day and kepe up the Friday abstinence.
but in respect for your religion. at
least, if not for the safety # your
soul. be consistent. Get it into your
head that there is Il commandment
among the ten which very emphati-
cally obliges us not to use Gods name
loosely. PrOtestants VINO hear Catho-
lie men who are regular church guers
cursing and swearing cannot help feel
ing puzzled, and the deterrent effect
of such bad example is not to DC easily
measured.
We are taught and we believe that
Christ is ever-present on our affairs.
When We pass the altar we bow the
knee. We are taught and We surely
ought to feel that too much honor can
not be given the name of our Maker.
Our very Catholicity calls for such
veneration. We might as well say we
are true adherents of one political
party while taking brides from another
as to recklessly violate one of the COM
mandments and still claim 70 be Catho-
lies
1t was said of a venerable gentleman
who passed to his reward some years
ago that in a conversion about profan-
ity he said. with q brogue-for he came
from the Green Isle: Sure. 1 couldn't
twist my tongue into a curse" This
man lived his life through without the
use of profanity and was liked by all
who have spoken his name. He COM
manded admiration and respect, and
his family possesses many blessings as
an inheritance.
We are told by Holy Writ CLeviticus,
"a, Is 16). THE men that curseth his
God shall bear his sin; and he that
blasphemith the Name of the Lord,
dying let him die; all the multitude
shall stone him, whether he be native
or a stranger"
An awful harvest is garnered by the
man who cannot open his mouth eX-
cepting to emit foul oaths and Drofa-
nations better for him that he had not
been born, for an outraged God will
exact full reparation for this useless,
senseless affront.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Kings.

At Kilcorma (Frankford) Kings
county, on July 2S, there took place an
interesting ceremony which links up the
threads of Catholic history with the
historic past. A new church erected in
honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
was solemnly dedicated. Kilcormac had
its Carmelite foundation as far back
as 1870. Ardh O'Molloy established a
house which lasted until Penal times
The Kilcormac Missal, which is to be
seen in Trinity College library, Dublin,
was issued from this house, the prior
at the time being Father Edward
O'Higgins. The last white friar of Kill
cormac bore the historic name of Rory
O'Mora. He died November "a, 1868.
Now, no less than $50 years afterwards,
the Carmelite association with Kilcor-
mac is restored
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Sligo.

Mrs. McNally of Sligo, while going
to battle on the shores of Sligo bay, on
July Is, noticed seven children stand
ing on an island which is completely
submerged at high water. The incom-
ing tide had cut them off from the
mainland, and they were in imminent
peril of being drowned. Though unable
to swim, Mrs. McNally rushed into the
water and, taking the youngest chill
dren in her arms, she told the others to
cling to her while she struggled back
to the shore. The tide was rapidly
wade through the waves and to save
fade through the waves and to save
all the seven children, after an exhaust
ing effort
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Kildare.

Very Rev Father Staples, prior o.
C c., Kildare, has returned from his
holiday which his recent illness COM
PEELED him to take.
The very heavy penalty of e5. with
costs, was imposed in a case at Mas
petty session recently, in which Mrs.
Mullee was defendant The charge was
one of supplying to the Mas board of
guardians milk under the standard al
lowed by law.
DR. McKenna. medical officer of the
Ballyiinan district. while on his way
on August Is was thrown from his car
riage and narrowly escaped being
killed His son, who was in the trap
with him. was not hurt, but DR. Nc
Kenna got a bad cut on the back of his
head
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07

lin, on Aug. 3, the Feast of Our Lady
of the Snow, the solemn ceremony OF
religious profession of Sister Mary Jo-
sephine Clare of the Holy Family,
widow of Major Arthur v D. Fftzger-
aid, late of the First battalion Royal
Scots, Uplands. Monkstown, County
Dublin. and only daughter of Mr.. John
Rorke, Johnstown house, Enfield, Coun-
ty Meath, took place. Archbishop
Walsh performed the ceremony.
While fishing from a small boat on
the Boyne, Patrick McKenna of Trim
had a narrow escape from drowning.
The boat capsized and he was thrown
into the water. After being rescued it
was quite some time before he could
be brought to.
The, residence of a farmer named
Michael Murphy, at Balgeeth, caught
fire on Aug II, from some unknown
cause. It is thought it was the work
of an incendiary.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
MONAGHAN.

Miss Bridget Woods Of Dublin street,
Monaghan. died on August 2.
Michael Donaghy of Bellshill, Scot
land, visited his old home at Stanton
agh, County Monaghan, recently, and
found that most of his old comrades
had emigrated to the western states of
America
Mr.. Caulfeld. a, member of Monaghan
board of guardians, is an outspoken
Nationalist who believes in supporting
home manufacture. Recently the guar
dams purchased a foreign made fire es-
cape apparatus. costing 953, which Mr..
Caulfeld described as a Gazzabo be-
cause ii was worthless
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Meath.

The Trim Urban council have decided
to build a new road at Baskinagh and
Fryane. TO cost e700.
A splendid agricultural show was held
in Navan on July 80. The entries were
were more numerous and Of a better
standard than in previous years.
Died, August l, Mrs. Catherine
Greene, North Strand, Drogheda; July
Is. Mrs. William Boylan, Jordanstown,
Lusk; July rs. Mrs. Mary Ann Kelley.
Hopkinstown, Lobinstown.
Mr.. S. Gwynn, NJ. P, delivered a lee
ture on the evening. Of Aug. Is, at the
Tara hall on John Mitchell"
Thomas ]. Maher, who was a prom
inent figure in racing and hunting cir
Giles in the Royal county, died recent
ly at his residence, Clownstown, Tara,
in his fortieth year.
At the Poor Clare monastery of St.
Clare, st. Damian's, Donnybrook, Dub
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Carlow

An impressive ceremony took place in
the church of the Poor Clares Colet-
tines, at Carlow-Graigue. on Aug 70
the centenary anniversary of the cam
onization of st. Callette. who was
raised to the affairs of the church by
Pope Plus XII in 1907. High mass was
sung by Rev. Father Burbage. Carlow
college, assisted by Rev. Father Ke-
hoe, deacon, Carlow college; Rev. DR.
Tierney st. Mary's, Knockbeg, sub
deacon, and Rev. L. Brophy, vicar
president and dean, Carlow college
master of ceremonies. There were a
large number Of priests present in the
sanctuary.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07

pleted and the roofing has begun Ii
order to provide additional funds which
are now necessary for the completion OF
the church, the Rev. William Bracken
p P, Kinnegad has, with the hearty
approval of the Right Rev. DR.. Gaugh-
ran, Bishop of Meath, decided to hold
early next summer a grand bazaar
which will be on the most up-to-date
and interesting lines.
Miss Charlotte Langrishe. who was
a member Of one of the Oldest families
in the county, died on August 10 at her
residence, Firgrove. in the 18th year OF
her age.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Mayo.

DR.. F. c. Ellison, who has been for
several years assistant medical officer
of County Mayo asylum, Castelar,, has
been elected resident medical superin-
tendent of that institution in success
sion to the late DR.. Hatchell.
The proposed erection of a monu-
ment at Irishtown. County Mayo, to
the memory of Mr. Davitt, viii be Ger
tain to appeal to the sympathies of the
Irish nation. It was in the County
Mayo, Of which Mr.. Davitt was a ma
tive that he determined to make the
first start in the agitation to secure
The Land for the People" The birth
of the Land League may be dated from
the gathering promoted by Mr.. Davitt
and Mr.. Brennan. afterwards secretary
of the Land League. which assembled
at Irishtown on April 90 1879.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
OLD HoME.coMlN, WEEK

There amt no use a talkin'
Bout things of other days,
OF places you have been to,
or things that might amaze,
For I've somethin' now to think Of
It's of this | want to speak
There's goin' to be in Baltimore
A real hOme-c comm week.
Oh, there'lI be some great oil doin's
When the boys all gather there
An there'll be a heap o. gladness
That'n permeate the air.
An there'n be a stack O. stories
Well, some kin lie a streak
But that'll make no difference
In OF hOme-COmin' week
Why, there's scater'd Ger creation
Men [ knew long, long ago.
When we was boys together,
An we loved each other so.
Them's the hands I want to clasp
An once more hear EN- speak
When we all meet in Baltimore
In OF homecoming week.
II
There's Bill, way out in Idaho,
An Jim, who's up in Maine,
An Tom, he's now in Mexico
May 1 see EN- all again.
An I want to see EN- come in
LOokin' we'll an fat an sleek,
An grab EN-. hug an kiss EN- >
In OF home-cOmin' week.
An there's lots feel jus as I dc
Who's got friends in ev'ry elm
An in every part the kentry,
North an south of DfxOnS line
But Wen be there together,
An I know your eye'Il leak
AS we sit and talk of oil times
In OF home-comin' week.
Stuart Stevens
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
The House of Praver-

Regarding the glowing tendency Of
Protestant minister's to depart mora
and more from their proper calling the
Catholic Advance Says anent the &C
Invites of one such minister:
"A minister in Syracuse. N. Y. of a
denomination called something like the
Church of ChristE Dis has in
vented way to BRING souls to Christ
and 70 improve tie morals of his peo-
p5e. instead of the usual evangelical
methods this inventive genius has set
up regular act1ge soda fountain in
ils church with the various brands
5iIiu colors or syrRps. When member
oL ms congregau9n gets a thirst he
Elnks at one OF he ladies in charge
ahu IodiIlng sldsE of the cooling mix
lure Is then orou4Eht to him. Should
ne prefer cool left honade with a straw
III ~ ne MAKE. Spine other sign of
which the dispatch, neglected RI +a11
US 1hey say Univ church is getting
10 pe very popuiaE. A local minister
VINO pIeacnes 10 Is congregation in
MS slIlrt sleeves nthight introduce the
sooa 1oulltalh ana the two per cent
that tne Id" aloVNs. 1t would GER
tdlily uraW ana I'm brand of religion
that would De accidentally referred
to would not hurt Na child or ae tbe
medicine advertisements have ~ -
would be effectual Nut barr,,1eee' Doas
it strike the passEbp obear1-o, 49,
church is placIA of nravar ara
meditation and not Han ice Icrear, 60
loon or summer gardlhn. either of which
may be good in its unlace hut neitber
of which is appropriate 10 the worshin
of Almighty God"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Kilkenny.

The death in Australia is announced
of Rev. Patrick Murphy only son OF
D. Murphy, Sevenhouses, Danesfort
He was only SO years of age, and was
one of a number of young Ossory
priests who went to labor in the Mas
ter's Vineyard beneath the Southern
Cross. Although young in years, the
deceased enjoyed the esteem of his
aged bishop, the regard of his fellow
priests and the grateful love Of his
fiock-a love which is the unerring in
dicator of a laymans tribute to a gen.
tie and Jealous soggarth.
Since the laying and blessing of the
foundation stone last September, great
progress has been made with the build
ing of the new church Of st. Mary,
Kinnegad, and now the walls are COM
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Limerick.

A very regrettable occurrence hap
pened at Liskennett, near Ballingarry,
on July %, in which a boy aged 4
years, son of Richard O'Regan, lost his
life. On that date the little fellow
with other playmates on field of the
farm, received a kick from his fathers
pony and sustained severe injuries, to
which he succumbed the following
morning.
Died-July q, Felix Mccarthy, Nell
son street, Limerick, aged 40 years.
foreman carpenter, G. S. and W. R. E.
August l, Robert Pigott, ]. P,
company c, Rattkeale.-July q, Rob
ert O'Hanlon, 10 Mount Pleasant ave-
nue., Limerick.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Beware of Grafters.

:. Notwithstanding the strict laws Z:
!. made by the Ri. Rev. Bishop :.
:. Seaman in regard to collecting in ::
:. this diocese, yet occasionally I'M {:
:. der one subterfugeS or another :
:. these statutes are violated, The !:
:. law is made to protect persons ::
:. from being imposed upon. 1t is ::
). strictly in conformity with the :
Z. Council of Baltimore. Church ::
:. members should be the first to !:
!, discourage all such persons. no :
:. matter in what garb they appear =
:, or what they propose to do. Any :
:. appeal for pecuniary aid. whether :
:. in the form of collection. or sale ::
:. of books or religious articles, is ::
:. strictly prohibited. We refer our Z:
:. readers to the standing notice :
:. which appears in our editorial I:
:. columns. =
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Cathedral d Cologne.
Church Progress

NChurch FNogresS.)
WINE many MODERN cathedral build
ers, cathedral critics hnd cathedral "a
nirers have a stroneE nreiudice n OF
the Gothic type of brcFitecture that
fact would not justify the failure of
some mention. under rtresent conditions
If it be a fact that Nt has fallen into
uisldVor' tnls only fuErnishes an addi-
Ilonal reason Tor thet presentation of
such structure at this time
Less than a single Near is now CON
sumed in the erectionl Of orr imnoen GO
modern steel structur4s. Yet the CO.
logne Cathedral was I552 wears under
construction. That I'LL II was cono.
menced in 124S and ceknnleted in ism
OF course, due consideration rnust he
given to the methods Oh both neriods
1t is cruciform, 532 fket long and 23d
Ieel woe Inc helgntl to the ridge of
the roof is almost 25d feet. It's two
towers are each sis feel high The in
terror height is $50 feetR while fftv-sir
pillars support it's roof. It has but
TOUR alsles, VIII accommodate 80, 600
people ana ITS area is 62A91S square feet,
FINALLY lts Strength of leonstruction is
well reflected in the single fact that
it's bell weighs $4,000 pbunds. Among
it's sacred relics are those of the Three
Wise Men. or Magi.
From this mere recital of mea SIRE
ments, of course, one cAn Gather Int
measre IDEA OF the n5agnificence of
the edince- Nor Will the further in
formation that it cost tayer $40 900 600
lend any aid in that direction. Yet
time of construction, dimensions and
cost, when considered together, readily
brings acquiescence in th4 opinion that
1t IS all that is claimed for it, namely,
the most magnlfcent Gothic temple in
the world.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
GDureb Universal
Calendar for septemba r, 1902.

s. S. Sixteenth after P9nt.-Nativi-
ty of the B. v. NE. Eph. iii, 1921;
G. Luke xiv, 1-11-473,5S4 for the de-
parted.
9. NJ. st. Peter Claver-42O.SO1 for
perseverance.
10. T. st. Nicholas of Tolentino-
513539 for the young.
IL. w. Bl. Charles Spinola-446, 975
for first communions.
12. TIL. st. Guy-467,421 for parents.
lilies.
IA. S. Exaltation of the Holy Cross
-567, 1856 for reconciliations.
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Tipperary.

Maurice Conroy, a corporation labor
er, has been sentenced to three months
Imprisonment by the Clonmel magis-
trates for stabbing near-sighted beg
gar mans dog with a knife, from the
effects of which the animal died. The
dog bit Conroy's child, and he tried to
get the animal destroyed by the police
He then went to the lodging house
where the owner was staying and tried
to get at the dog. The owner took the
dog in his arms and there was tussle
and the wound was inflicted.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
LATEST IRISH NEWS.
Armagh.
From The Pilot.

A number of Orangemen who turned
out IN commemoration of the opening
oil the gates of Derry on Aug. - were
guilty of some rowdy conduct in Iur-
gan. They paraded the streets and
threw stones at the windows of houses
and shops occupied by Catholics. A
number OF piate-glass windows in bust
ness premises were destroyed. Stones
were throWn at the rooms of the Lur-
gan Catholic association. The windoI,-e,
of the police barracks and of the dis
trict inspectors residence were broken.
The police seemed to be powerless to
prevent the Infatuated mob from car
rylng on their destructive work. Sew
eral persons were struck with stones.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
The Booklet.

(From the German of Goethe)
o brook, thou rushest silvery by
While from thy bank 1 clear descry
Thy pebbly depths; and ask thee why
Thus to the sea thou seem'st to fly?
Whence contest thou and whittier
goest?
From mountain source where thou
art lowest
I've tracked thee to the broad domain
Of forest and meadow and orchard
and plain.
II come from out the cavern dark.
Where rocks are rugged, severe and
stark,
On through the flowery fields and
moss;
While mirrored mild my face across
Nothing appears but truthful blue
Reflected from celestial hue.
Therefore have 1 that childlike trust
That forces me where'er l must
Pursue my way obedient
To Him who is all-sapient.
He called me forth from out the stone
And he shall be my guide alone.">
William j. Kearns.