The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13
QUESTIONS ATTACK
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Some Queries To Paulist Priests Re-
feet on Faith. But All Are
Answered in Lucid Way.

Varied and various are the questions
| the paulist fathers. the Rev. Bertrand
l.. Conway and the Rev. William L
Walsh. now conducting non-Catholic
mission in ST. Aloysius church, are
required To answer. II is true that
most of the interrogations are inspired
by sincere desire for knowledge.
Some OF them, however. are tinged
with bitterness against the establish
ed customs OF the church. Others are
weighted down with sarcasm. Some
are fraught with argument. One ques-
ton read Tuesday evening was pre-
eedsd With s~1 ~fHst i9as~~. 81 'sssD5ss
cap. closely written. railing against
the church.
There is an intense interest I'm the
mission By O'Clock Tuesday even.
ing IL was almost impossible to
squeeze another person into the big
auditorium OF St AlOysus. SO eager
are people to hear the doctrines OF
the Catholic church eXpounded by the
Paulists There are few who come
from idle curiosity.
Two questioners Tuesday night want
ed to know if II were not true that
two-thirds of the saloon and dive keep.
ers attend the Catholic church An
other asked Doesn't your church
encourage drinking among your peo-
ple?'
"rhe church does not deny saloon
Keepers or dive keepers" explained
FIR. Walsh The church Is a big net
that takes i'm all kinds OF fish Some
are good and some are bad However,
the Catholic church says that saloon
keeping is a disreputable business.
One day OF the year is set aside in
which TO specially exhort the saloon
Keepers and the dive keepers to aban:
don their business"
Another questioner wanted to know
II the Catholic form OF Christianity
made the world better F'r. Walsh
answered this by saying that civiliza-
ton springs from the Catholic church.
OldworId literature and architecture
had its inception in the church. he de-
clared Many of the big universities
OF the old world owe their foundation
to the Catholic church
ITO what do YOU attribute the in
difference to the religion that prevails
in America" asks one
is the Catholic religion declared the
priest Indifference is the logical out
come of the followers OF Luther who
was the first Protestant However.
all churches are good. II YOU do as
they say"
There were so many queries Tues
day night that time was not given to
answer them all. FIR Conway dis
"A ri 10
clared that the whole social. political.
business aud religious system is built
upon faith in one another. and faith
is the authorities upon these different
things Some things we must know,
because they have been established by
men who have given their lives in
seeking for the truth
There are those who say: 4 will
not believe because | cannot under
stand said Fr. Conway That was
why Jesus said; Unless YOU be as
little children. you cannot enter the
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agnostics
Faith sometimes depends upon
good living The corrupt politician.
the man who is untrue 10 his wife
sometimes becomes so ashamed that
he dare not conf IS his sins So he
gives up the outward practices Of re-
ligioN and becomes Indifferent. He
looks for the evil i'm churches, both
Catholic and Protestant
The impression seems to prevail
that the services begin at o'clock.
They begin promptly at 7:30. Many
IN Tuesday nights audience were late
and II delayed the services consider
ably Wednesday night the Paulist
Fathers will discuss the Bible.