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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
Mortuary "Flowers."

We have often advocated in these COL
umns the substitution, by Catholics, of
spiritual offerings for flowers at funer-
ais, and have had occasion more than
once to commend such substitution by
some of our Catholic societies. We &C.
cordingly read with genuine gratif1ca-
ton the other day, in the Daily
Times" a secular journal of Moncton,
New Brunswick, an account of q Catho
lie funeral Whereat the offerings of
friends were exactly what we would
have them be. Says the Times: LAS
had been requested, flowers We're not
generally contributed. On the other
hand, the spiritual offerings were
8 3" Then follows list, more than
half a column in length, of separate
spiritual gifts, aggregating a total of
11S Masses offered, Isl Masses heard,
11S Communions, 159 Stations of the
Cross, 294 Rosaries, with a number of
Spiritual Communions, the DE Pro-
fundis,' litanies, invocations and par
in indulgences gained during
one year and applicable to the souls in
We congratulate the
Catholics on the excellence of
their taste, and the Times on its pub
lication of thes most satisfactory list of
flowers" that we have met
with in a long while.-Ave Maria.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
Catholic Hero.

Secretary of the Navy Meyer has di-
rected that one of the torpedo boat de-
stroyers recently authorized by con-
gress shall be given the name of Mona
CHAN in memory of Ensign John Robert
Samoa on April l, 1899, by natives while
engaged in reconnaissance made by a
combined force of British and Ameri-
cans. Ensign Monaghan, q young Cath
Ole, who was from Washington state,
was attached to the United States ship
Philadelphia. then at Apia, Samoa.
The following is an abstract from the
official report of the occurrence made
by the commanding officer of that yes-
SELL
1T is in evidence most clear that
when Ensign Monaghan discovered that
Lieutenant Lansdale was wounded he
used his best endeavors to convey him
to the rear, and Selling a rifle from
disabled man, made a brave defense,
but undoubtedly he fell very shortly
after joining him. and the hostile ma
tives, flushed with success, bore down
on our men in his vicinity The men
were not In sufficient numbers to hold
out any longer, and they were forced
along by fire which, was impossible
to Withstand. Ensign Monaghan did
stand. He stood steadfast by his
wounded superior and friend-one rifle
against many-one brave man against
a score of savages. He knew he was
doomed; he could not yield He died
in heroic performance of duty
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
Dramatic Scene at Reatification.

Rome. April 1S.-In the presence of
$4,000 French pilgrims. practically all
The bishops of France. many cardinals
and family descendants of the new
saint, the solemn ceremonies in the
Qualification of Joan of Are were car
RED out in st. Peters today. Accord
ing to the rubric the pope does not at
tend Qualifications in person. but as a
mark of special devotion he assisted
this afternoon at solemn benediction
which replaced the ceremony of the
veneration Of relics, none eisting in
this case.
Soon after daybreak streams of pill
grims began to arrive in every imag-
Unable conveyance. They crowded the
great edifiCe until at $3.50 o'clock myri-
ads Of electric lights burst out. and the
organ Numbered. The long procession
of cardinals took their places. In the
special galleries were the Duke of Allen
con. the sisters Of the pope and group
of French and Italian notabilities. The
Basiiica. presented a fan-like appear
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
Save the Sunday.

The severity of Sunday observance
has indeed moderated, but we of this
generation must beware of veering
about to the opposite extreme of laXity.
In the return swing of the pendulum
there is room for discrimination that
will not surrender a day of rest to one
in which places of amusement and
business houses may run in full blast
The entering wedge came when the So
called concerts came into vogue and
which worIdIy-minded managers di-
Yerted to their own ends. Only q TigoT
list will object to the peoples taking
much needed recreation. On the other
hand, only the secularist will advocate
the surrendering Of the day to paid
providers. Whatever makes
for robbing Sunday of its religious
character is sure to rouse here in Con-
necticut a storm of disapproval and the
fury of the storm is likely to spend it
self on those who are, unwittingly, it
may be, preparing the way for pro-
fanation of the one day of the week
which belongs to the Lord. If
there must be Sunday vaudeville and
grocery stores and Sunday dry
goods stores why not the Sunday sa-
loon with its accompanying evils? Let
down the bars and the unholy brood of
will come trooping in
Hartford Transcript.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
EUREKA, UTAH.

Rev. Father Rosa of All Hallows col
lege spent the Easter holidays in Eu-
reka, the guest of DR.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Hensel
j. G. Sullivan returned last Saturday
from a short business trip to Salt Lake
City.
Mrs. Pat Shea returned last Saturday
after several days visit in Salt Lake
City and Ogden.
John Hannifn was called to Spring
City last Saturday by the illness of
one of his children.
George Hensel returned to Salt Lake
City last week, where he will renew his
studies in All Hallows college.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day afternoon of last week over the re-
mains of Mrs. Margaret Biddlecome,
who died at Albuquerque, N NJ, last
week, and who was former resident of
this city. Rev. Father Ryan of Salt
Lake conducted the beautiful services
for the dead and spoke words of con-
ISOLATION to the bereaved relatives De-
ceased was the daughter of Mrs. John
L. Sullivan, and leaves a widoWer and
four children, besides two sisters Mrs.
P. O'Reagan and Mrs. John Osborne.
and three brothers, Philip, Patrick and
Dennis Sullivan, all residents of this
city, to mourn her sad demise. The
remains were followed to the City GEM
etery by large concourse of friends,
where the body was laid in the tomb
beside the grave of the deceased father.
who died about three weeks ago.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
Returns to Mother Church.

The well-known Maltese anti-clerical
Journalist, Matted Decaesare. editor Of
La Sede del Papi, has just died in
Rome. On learning that his end had
come, Descaesare repented of the cam
paign he has carried on against the
church for such a long time, and left
behind a document of some interest,
considering the previous life of the
writer. Il the undersigned. repentant
of my errors, declare that l wish to die
in the bosom the Catholic church, my
mother, which I profess and believe to
be the only true church. l repudiate
every doctrine that is not taught by
her. and / believe and profess to believe
all that the Roman Apostolic Catholic
church teaches. Iregret intensely hay
ing in my writings insulted ecclesiastf-
cal authority in the venerated person of
his excellency the archbishop OF Rhodes
and bishop of Malta, of whom ! now
humbly ask pardon and beg his pastoral
blessing.
(SigneO AIATTEO DECAESARE.'
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
The Flower Garden.

Make the rose bed in a sunny situa-
ton.
Every garden should have rambler
rose.
sunflowers are the taIlest growing
ANNALS.
Petunias do exceedingly well in a dry
location.
Evergreens do best when transplant
ed in early May.
Annual flowers will make fine dis
plays in their first season
Oleanders ought to be cut back be-
fore growth starts in spring.
Don't buy cheap flower seeds. They
will not prove satisfactory.
Dwarf ageratum is the best blue for
border or bedding purposes.
Gladiolus bulbs may be planted as
soon as the frost is out of the soil.
Old privet hedges that have become
bare near the ground should be cut
back to six-inch stubs. New srowtbs
will then be sent UP and these will be
clothed from the ground to the tip with
leaves. Privet hedges that have he,
come too tall may be treated in the
same way.
For a damp, shady location forget
me-nots are valuable. They become
naturalized and last for years.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24

of Our Lord, for my part, L had rather,
with the Roman Catholics, believe that
she is in heaven already than imagine
that she shall never be there. Never
was there so great and honorable
wooing as Mary had-whether we con-
slider the immensely and greatness of
the Person, the Holy Spirit, or the
superiority of the ambassador, the An
gel Gabriel. Well might the Blessed
Virgin, upon mature consideration, af-
ter the example of Rebekah, speedily
give her full consend and say: Behold
the handmade of the Lord; be it unto
me according to thy word Bishop
Usher in his Emanuel speaks thus:
That blessed womb of hers was the
bride chamber wherein the Holy Ghost
did knit that indosSoluble knot between
out human nature and His Deity. Our
glorious Bridegroom vii not demolish
the chamber which he made and dearly
bought and paid for, from whence He
proceeded, but will repay it with per-
manent and wonderful magnificence.
In perpetuam rel memoriam. In the
heavenly choir she will indeed appear
to be blessed among women, when
Christ shall set her at His right hand,
as Solomon did Bathshebd, his moth
err"
1t would appear from the foregoing,
says the Ave Maria, that the eminent
congruity and the sweet reasonablenCss
of Catholic teaching relative 10 God S
Blessed Mother have appealed to devout
and logical minds even in the most
anti Catholic periods and environments.
philadelphia Catholic Standard and
Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
Oswald crawford,s Travels.

"By Path and Trail" by Oswald
Crawford, Untermountain Catholic
Publishing Co.. is the title of the au-
thor's record of travels chiefly in north
ern Mexico and the southwestern
United States The book is dedicated
to Frederick White Scofeld. 1t de-
scribes in glittering periods the people,
scenic beauty and terrifying solitudes
of northern Mexico and Lower Califor-
MIA These regions are largely unex-
plored and unknown areas that are lit
orally vast parks and have mineral and
agricultural possibilities that will place
them on par with the greatest and
riches of the states of the Mexican re-
public. Anyone who is fond of the lit
erature of exploration, or who likes to
probe even by proxy into the mysteries
of unknown lands among strange and
savage people, will find by Path and
Trail fascinating reading-The Toron-
to Globe,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
The Emmanuel Movement >,

"A pdsle truth underlies the Emman-
1eI movement as it first appeared: that
Ger tam physical ills resulting from
NIohSdolng can be cured by strength
elIIng the moral fiber of the patient,
Cathollc priests constantly act on This
PIlhclpie in the confessional. But they
90 deeper. They make their penitents
vi pdtlentS TO realize, first, the reality
nllu enormlty of sin. Then they
then the will to break with the
occasions, as the drunkard with the
bottle, the miser with his money the
scdIdal-m on2er with the temptation to
LAX 70 But the main purpose is to heal
me soul The cure of the body is in
Gluental albeit. especially in the case of
lIle urunkard and the victim of even
groSSer temptation. inevitable
1he priest never trenches on the PROV
lnce OF the doctor. except in the indirect
and always most appreciated fay OF
canning the troubled conscience
Protestant physicians have testified to
the writer of their superior chances of
success III treating the Catholic patient
at peace with God through the minis
tratlons of the priest. They have also
testified to the priests insiStence on the
physician for bodily ills: in other words.
to the priests unwillingness to under
take any functions save those to which
he is consecrated. The priest is the
physician of the soul. If. incidentally.
the cure of the soul benefits the body.
SO much the better. But no priest will
turn his church into a clinic Honor
the physician for the need of him. is
reckoned among the words of divine in
spiration
Catholics who suffer from chronic and
even dangerous diseases are advised by
their clergy to seek all natural means
of restoration of health before they set
out on pilgrimages to st. Anne de Beau
pre- or to Lourdes: and it would aston
ish many who take Catholic credulity
for granted if they could know the tests
which the church demands before she
viii recognize a cure as accomplished
by other than natural means. She is
the implacable adversary of mOrbidity.
and hysteria; and she in
sists that her priests keep in their legit-
innate business and not interfere at all
in the physicians domain.
We have to see a check from the
common sense of the community, if
from nothing higher, on the Emmanuel
ovement, Eddyism, and all else which
only inspire false hopes in the sick and
divert them from the proper care alike
Of soul and body.-Catherine Z. Con-
,NaV
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
EDureb Universal

dmce, 1t was hung with red velvet
oLdperles and everywhere strings of
S SIeolIlc lights were artistically ar
rahsed. Huge pictures representing the
l lilidcies of Joan of Arc, and her statue
meie placed over the high altar. but
liIey were yelled. The ceremony began
pS me reading of the brief, at the last
"o-u OF Which the wells fell. The statue
%IppTdFed framed with electric bulbs.
Ii nc peils pealed forth and the massed
t ta, lntoned the TIE Deum. which was
t,'r. up by the vast throng. MANY OF
t .ile pilgrims. overcome. burst into fran
VIC cheering, which was immediately
suppressed. -ii'e u q 'eiS
ne bishop Of Orleans then said the
pontlflcal mass in honor of Joan
VI arc Which ended the first portion of
me ceremony. In the afternoon the Ger
t Sllioilial was not less impressive. The
i ,Ioiy iatler passed through the ranks of
hle 5g pilgrims, followed by his court
@ ~ picturesque guards to the altar
80 'SI the singing of the liturgical hymn
' Cile advocates for the beatification pre-
sc TO the pope the traditional gifts
u basket of flowers and the life of
JUL vi Are, magnificently bound.
The United States was represented nv
ccsa ataiI O'Connell Of Boston, Mgr
It' archbishop of Heliopolis: Mgr
Kennedy, rector of the American col
lese' ana Bishop Farrelly, the new bish-
~ vi cleveland, who for the first time
appeared in his robes of office
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
The Better Class" Catholics.

Even Catholic professional men and
women are, after all, only Catholics,
like the rest of US. and they should
shine as examples of Catholic loyalty to
the parishes in which they live. Any
thing which segregates the better
class Catholics from the rank and file
of the parishioners is mischievous and
will be found in the long run hurtful.
There is something wrong with the
educated" Catholic who is averse to
associating at church with the other
members of the congregation. and who
feels himself so superior that he must
either flock by himself or with others
of an exclusive type. We have too
many clans and cliques now. Let us
have more Catholic wholeness-and
holiness. In a genuinely Catholic parish
the rich and poor commingle, pray to-
gether, work together.-Sacred Chart
Review.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24

stay. Moreover, the most glorious re-
suits have been secured During the
existence of this mission movement
1000 missions have been given TO
Catholics, with nearly 1000, 900 confess
sions; 5000 missions have been given to
non-Catholics and nearly 100000 con-
verts have been prepared for reception
into the church. Finally the movement
has earned for itself a papal constitu-
ton by the apostolic letter LIE lis Omni-
bus OF September 6, 1908. in which the
Apostolic mission house has been ap-
proved by name, and its special policies
have been explicitly commended.
AT this period of our growth, there
fore, the gathering of this Washington
conference will have more than ordi-
nary significance and will command I'M
usual attention.
in view of all this, this fourth con-
greSs of missionaries will have a wider
and broader scope. His emidence the
cardinal will be invited to preside.
There viii be an unusually large num-
Der Of bishops and priests and members
of the religious orders present. There
VIII be side congresses for the discus
son of special questions of missionary
import. There viii be the reunions in
which old friendships will be cemented
and new ones made. There will be that
display of good fellowship and happy
union of hearts devoted to great and
glorious ideals which have character
lied all our previous conferences from
Winchester down to this one. Finally,
there will be the home coming of many
to their alma mater, where so many
happy days have been spent, and the
renewal of that old inspiration that
keeps alive in the heart of the mission
airy the zeal for souls that leads him to
spend and be spent that they may be
gained to Christ.
Wednesday, June 9, in the evening, is
the opening session. The graduation ex-
erciseS Of the university are to be held
on the morning of the same day. Tile
next day. Thursday, will be Oh the
feast of Corpus Christi, and the confer
ence Will close on Friday in time for
any one who desires to get home for
Sunday. The conference days will be
halycon days at the Apostolic mission
house. Put all other engagements aside
and come and be our guests during this
latest and largest Washington confer
ence Of missionaries
By order of the executive committee.
REV. A. n. DOYLE. Secretary,
Rector of the Apostolic Mission house,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
Missionary Congress at the Apostolic
Mission House.

The fourth congress of missionaries
nill be held at the Apostolic miss on
house on June 3, 1909. The following
call has been issued by Father Doyle to
over two hundred missionaries:
Reverend and Dear Father-In Janu-
ary last we sent out a circular letter in
order to elicit the best sentiment in re-
gard to the coming congress of mission
aries, and replies have been received
from very high percentage of the
actual workers in the field.
The almost unanimous sentiment is in
favor of holding the congress immedi-
atelv after Trinity Sunday, and at the
close of the Paschal mission season,
and holding it at the Apostolic mission
house. In Difference. then, to this SEN
ff1nent. il is so ordered. The call there
fore is herewith sent out to all mission
aries who are engaged in mission work
and TO others who are interested in its
,,romotion to assemble in the third
washington conference in the Apostolic
mission house, Tuesday, June 9, and 10
remain in session until adjournment, IL
order to- discuss the best means and
wavs for the further organization anl
DEVELOPMENT of the mission movement
in the United States
we have come to the period in the
growth of this mission movement when
If needs the highest wisdom of the prac-
tjcal missionary to suggest the methods
that will contribute to the advancement
of the cause that is so near to our
hearts.
VIC are no longer in an experimental
stage. If we ever were. We have becn
under the scrutiny of the bishops and
nriests of the country for well-nigh
score of years. and we have stood every
test that has been applied 10 us. DO
cesar priests have given missions ano
~ cry hest missions. The older apos-
tnifc nands have had the test of years
70 demonstrate that they have some to
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
INWGRINIINrcc

To be in the world yet not of +be
world Is program of Catholic life hard
70 understand, and harder TO nra ntice
Tor the world is a pleasant enemy ana
its spirit manifold; and we are prone to
think that worldliness is hardly blame
worthy in laymen. Yet nothing can he
more false NC
Worldliness is the approaching things
as they appeal to our passions and Il
IesIS ga lhe mptlon that this pres
ent NE Is for which we were
made. INV ~ il 7ess is seeing things
as GOO sees hen: nd it is based on
the belief thai the ly reason why We
are III TINS Weird IS Ia get ready for the
next. 1t rememDe IS that Jesus was On,
artisan. and Mar. tie spouse of a car
penter, and St Paul a tentmaker. and
that not merely 10 monks and nuns but
also to laymen Christ said: Seek We
Irst the kingdom Of God and his JUS
tice." '"9
UnWorldlInesS does not mean that we
give up all amusement, but it does
mean that we keep our pleasures with
IN bounds; and that we do not make
them ends, but means to serve God bet
ter. Again, we are worldly or unworld
~ not merely by what we do or avoid
Two men may live side by side the
same external life, with the same occu-
patton, the same pleasures, the same
family circle; yet one be wholly world
Y, and the other wholly unworldly.
Where is the difference? In their mo-
tlVeS. The worldly man lives for this
world alone, the unworldly for God and
the next.
To avoid worldliness, therefore. we
need courage; we need faith. to show us
the shadows that surround US; We need
hope, to tell us of our everIs sting in
heritance; we need charity to unite us
10 God: we need 'the sacrament of faith
and hope and charity. the Holy Euchar-
list.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
MILFORD, UTAH.

The four classrooms do not accomrno-
date the children at the schools and a
new building will be erected for the fall
term.
Mrs. Mary Lanegan will move to
Beaver City, Utah. and arrange to have
mass offered in her house al regular in
tervais. Mr.. Lanegan is establishing "a
circle of Nicleodians in this part OF the
state.
Maloy's residence will be used as a
church on the fifth Sunday in May and
the children will receive their first holy
communion when the priest from Las
Vegas makes his next visit
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
Jews Urged to Join Catholic Crusade.

(From the Jewish Independence
The Catholic Federation of Cleveland
is deserving Of a great deal of credit
for the stand 1t has taken against filth
on thes tage The Federation has fought
the Salome dance at the Colonial Thea
tire to d finish and will win. Proper
organization, with right and justice on
the side of the organizers. will win any
battle. Every clean-minded citizen, If.
respective of religion, will wish the
Catholics Godspeed in their valiant
fight against stage indecencies which
are corrupting the morals of our boys
and girls. The Jewish organizations of
the city should join the Catholics in
this crusade for the purity of the stage,
which means the purity of the home.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
seatification of Joan of Arc.

1t is expected that sixty members of
the French hierarchy and thousands of
French laymen viii be in Rome Sunday
to participate in the magnificent cere-
mony of the Qualification of the Veren-
able Joan of Arc. A special pilgrimage
has also been organized in England.
whose soldiers burned the Maid of
Orleans" at the stake In Rouen After
Sundays ceremony the Maid" will
have the title of blessed Joan of Are"
The final decree of canonization will
probably be delayed for ten years, or
perhaps for q quarter of century.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-24
When MEMBERSHIP Lapses.

Membership in the mystical body of
Christ is rare blessing eliciting graf
itude when realized. 1t implies obliga-
tons without whose exercise member
ship ceases. The special obligation is
the open, public approach to the altar
for the partaking of the Bread of Life.
How frequently the approach depends
upon the sincerity and fervor of the
member. If the Easter season is passed
without this approach and there is no
sufficient excuse for the failure. the
membership lapses: the delinquent of
his own volition drops out.-Catholic
Advance.