The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-27
PAUL|ST FATHERS
 ARE MUCH.PLEASEO
Great Interest in Mission Lectures-"Real Presence
 Was Subject Last Night

The Paulist mission, which was opened 1 at St. Paurs church last Sunday week, will close next Sunday night. The two paulist Fathers-the Rev Father Skin ner and the Rev Father Devery-who are conducting the mission, express them selves as being greatly gratified at the interest manifested, and the large con- gregations that have attended weekday masses and the night services.
 1 The Rev Father Coyle. pastor of St. l Pauls, said yesterday that this mission had aroused more interest than any that had ever been held here.
 Tonight at 7:SO o'clock the doctrine of confession will be discussed. The sub l sect of the lecture will be, 'Nhy the Catholics Confess Their Sins to a Priest"
 There will be no lecture Saturday night, put from 7:s0 to S:So o'clock the holy hour of adoration, transferred from Thursday night. will be observed.
 The Paulist Fathers will hear confess sions Saturday night. At the services lost night the question box furnished an unusual number of interesting and inn portant queries, which were answered by Father Devery in a straightforward and entertaining manner.
 Last nights lecture was on the Real Presence explaining why Catholics be- lieve that Christ is really present in the Eucharist. A summary of tine dis course follows:
 Man is called to live a supernatural life and Christ is the divine teacher of it's laws. It is from the teachings of Christ and of the church Christ founded that man is to learn these things, the knowledge of which is necessary 10 sal vation. But knowledge is not enough. Man needs the assistance of divine grace in order to be faithful to the revelation received from Christ. The chief means Of obtaining this divine assistance is in the sacrament of the eucharist In which Christ Himself becomes the spiritual food for mans soul to nourish and sustain it's supernatural life.
 The Real Presence
 Tt has been the teaching of the Cath ollie church from the beginning of Chris tianity that when Christ, at the last sup Ter, took bread and wine and gave them to His apostles, as is recorded in the gospels, sayln gto them: Take eat this is my body: take drink this is my blood, He changed the bread and wine into His body and blood so that what the apostles received was not mere bread and wlne hut the true and living body and blood or Christ. The church further teaches that Christ in performing this miracle intended thereby to institute a sacrament which should contain His living flesh and blood under the appearances or outward forms of bread and wine and that this sacra- ment was to be administered in His church by His apostles and their suc- cessors for the benefit of mems souls until the end of time. According to the Catholic belief. then, in the holy sacri- flee of the mass, when the priest act .ng in ChriSt'S name. reDeatS OVer bread and wine Christ's words at the last sup per, the substance of this bread and wine is changed into the substance of Christ's body, the outward appearances remaining unchanged. Christ thus becomes really present and remains present so long as the consecrated species of bread or wins remain.