The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-03
At New Britain Dedication De- clares Professionalism is Founded on False
 Principles.
BASED ON FREE THOUGHT
Infallibility the Only Right Method Popc's Encyclical Against Nod ernism No Sign of Dis-
 infegration.

New Britain, Feb. 2.-With Rt Rev. Michael .Tierney, bishop of the diocese of Hartford, officiating, and with the celebration of pontifical high mass, the re-dedication of the new st. Mary's Roman Catholic church occur- red here to-day The altar in the church had been previously dedicated by Rt. Rev. Thomas Beavins of Springfield, Mass The occasion was also made notable by the presence of priests from Maryland. Kansas, Mas sachusetts, and Rhode Island, in addi- ton to clergymen from the churches in Connecticut. The preacher at the pontifcal high mass was Rev. Joseph Rockwell, S. J., of St Francis Xavier college, New York. Father Rockwell spoke on Modernism, In his sermon, at the conclusion of the pontifical high mass. He said in opening:
 A Protestant clergyman in New Haven about a month ago declared that Protestantism, Is passing. that there is unrest even in the Catholic church. that the time has come for a new. reorganized Christianity. Gold win smith recently prophesied the fall of the papacy''
 | In answer Father Rockwell declared that the church is in no greater dan | ger now than she was in the day of 1 the French revolution at the time of the Reformation, or in the time of the Arians. The gentleman to whom I have referred above" continued the preacher, who sees in the church signs of restlessness and dfsintegration probably refers to the latest storms that threaten her (the church), the storm of Modernism. and perhaps the storm of the persecution in Fance , AS to modernism. You are doubtless aware, that recently our Holy Father, ] Plus K, severely condemned some writer's in the church men in conspic- uous positions, priests and professors in seminaries, who have taught doc- ttfines which are not Catholic, or which are calculated to undermine : faith. Thrss doctrines he sums up un- der one name of modernism, calling them the synthesis or collection of all heresies His first letters sent out in warning and fatherly admonition were unheaded in some quarters, the advo- cates of modernist doctrines stubbornly and haughtiy refusing to obey tho voice of God as manifested by Gods mouthpiece, tn pope, the head of Gods church. Then the pope ex-communi. 4 cated them, that Is, excluded them from i membership in the Catholic church. !, The preacher could not see in the pope's encyclical any sign of church disintegration, but rather the sign of ] true life and pastoral vigilance. Such encyclical was not Tyranny, harsh | ness, or -mindedness as the , modernists assert It was fatherly so- :. lictude. Said Father Rockwell.
 There is in the Catholic church a great fundamental doctrine and princia pie, which is the main doctrinal safe guard of the church. It is the great | principle which has preserved the church's doctrines unchanged It is a principle entirely opposed to certain modern intellectual tendencies It Is r the principle authority.
 The goal and crown of life are so i, precious that St Paul warns us not to miss them by running at an uncer- tainty, or by beating the air If we look about us to-day. the sad spectacle unhappily confronts us of many souls simply beating the air. running cdrifus- dly hither and thither in a restless uri-
 certainty as to where or how the race will end We are living in the midst of great chaos of opinion. There are 1, almost as many views about our duty as there are human beings, and our |, ears fairly jingle with the constant
 talk of liberty of thought liberty, God
 given liberty, unfettered liberty, faith through experience, individualsm-all
 these sounds are ringing continually in our ears, and many come to think
 they must be right. They call it indi-
 vidualism. This is the keynote of the false chords of error, ringing through the world to-day
 Father Rockwell then dwelt at length
 on what is meant by authority. and why undue liberty is rejected in relig- jus matters. He also discussed at some length individualism. Continuing he
 said
 "Dr. Newman Smyth of New Haven,
 to whom l referred in the beginning, i. (Continued on Second Pare1