The Detroit times., 1910-04-13
TO MAKE WAY TO 3.
CATHOLICISM EASY
This Is Object of NJn.Catholic M,s
sion Paulists Fathers Are Conduct.
ing in St. HlOysius Church.

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wS osa so a. or'nepts of humanity
, ""'en uou btless contain endless ma
-. 10 study, for him who might
~ the reasons for their pres
- the old church. are the cou
bns over which two young
raa fathers. OF pleasant PERSONAL
NY VI smooth, easy oratorical pow
ers' hol' sway in 81 Aloysius church,
during their two weeks mission here,
10 noS b.catholics
4e one sees devout figure
..... Aing in prrayer. with. head bowed
Al the pew IN 'front.' but beside the
4, sitting bolt upright in the pew,
nc who seems TO wait 10 be COR
ed. who comes TO listen, 10 shake
head dolefully, { and to wander
dn into the street. stfh in quest .,
y belief 20 cherish
~ Outlines. the keen observer might
lhave gathered IL was u husband and
Ewife who were thus )cddly divided,
yet within arms reaclAof each other.
Sometimes ii was the. woman VINO
knelt while the man not in religious
communion with her maintained an
erect position I'm his seat Sometimes
il WAS the reverse There were old
and young, high and humble; some
coming ready 10 be won back from
Professionalism TO the church of their
fC efathers. some without religion,
eoming to see. hear, and perhaps, DC
gathered into the fold which has such
earnest advocates in the Rev Ber-
trand / Conway and the Rev william.
7. Walsh. of the Society of st. Paul
the Apostle A large majority of at
tendants az the mission are deyout
Catholics. come 10 hear the eloquent
young priests, and to gain only fresh
fervor in their beliefs The announce
ment card states the purpose of these
lectures. held each evening In ST.
Aloysius church, is TO explain the
doctrines OF the Catholic church 10 all
seekers Tor the truth and 10 answer,
in a kindly manner, all of their DIFF.
ficulties
FIR Conway put the project in a
vastly prettier form
ITO make easy the way TO the Cath
Ollie church for one who inquiries. or
wants TO know" was his explanation.
And in doing that, the Paulist
fathers have held these missions for
thousands of people in the United
States. In sever years. they have
distributed $4,000 Catholic mass
books. and 600 page volumes which
they call The Question Book" That
book offers a revelation as TO the
trend of the human mind on matters
religious. II contains questions,
dropped in the Question Box" M the
various missions held by the Paulists.
The questions are answered. and
M in nh
night brings other questions Some
are almost ludicrous But some of the
queerest. Father Conway explained,
sometimes contain the element Of
doubt that kebc some soul from the
church.
For instance, If Monday nights
mission, when FIR Conway answered
the questions, and FIR Walsh deiv
cred a mastery lecture on The ID.
vinity of Christ" one OF the questions
Was What 30 you fhink OF hypno-
tism2" Fr. Conway. taking it for
granted that the questioner wanted
10 know the attitude of the Catholic
church toward hypnotism, replied that
the vague force was used. with the
sanction of the church. i'm therapeu-
tics. and in some delicate operations
OF surgery As a public exhibition,
however, the church was against
hypnotism.
is it permitted for a doctor 10 put
suffering patient out of his misery
by giving him poson?' was another
question. The answer was, that even
In the most extreme case, IL was not
permitted You cannot do evil, that
good may come was the answer.
Thousands Of questions. some OF
them deep ana all embracing as faitn
itself are asked and answered in the
books distributed each night at the
nltur rall