The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-17

1. Some Catholics claim their
priests are too highly paid; what can
be said to them? 2. Is there any Cath
Ollie college or high school where poor
people can send their children for 500
a year or $125 a year, or where boys
or girls may work for part or all of
their tuition? 8. Is there any place
in St. Paul where Catholic girls may
90 on retreat at moderate expense?
If so, when is the retreat conducted?
q. Is it right for us to ask God to keep
us from all sin, even venial sin, so
that we may please him in all things?
5. When we gain pIenary indulgence
for a soul in purgatory can we believe
that it has gone to heaven and pray
no more for that particular soul?
l. Almost anything. 1t is very diff
ficult to convince such people that
there is no foundation for their claim.
2. Write to the Very Reverend Presi-
dent of the College of St. Thomas, st.
Paul, Minnesota, and to the Brother
Director of the Cretin High School,
st. Paul, Minnesota, who will furnish
you with all information in regard to
their institutions. 8. AS far as we
know there is not such place. Why
not come to the city while mission
is being given in one of the churches
and follow it? 4. Yes. We not only
may, but should ask God for every
grace necessary for our temporal and
spiritual welfare. Every time we say
the Our Father we ask God to protect
us from all sin. 5. The Catholic
Church has no jurisdiction over the
souls in purgatory and she does not
claim to make direct application of
the merits of Christ and of His Saints,
to those souls She offers these mer-
it's to God by way of suffrage and
leaves the application entirely to Him.
A Catholic may gain a plenary indul-
gence for a particular soul in purga-
tory; but God is not pledged to apply
it and it does not follow necessarily
that this soul is at once liberated from
purgatory. The Church does not pre-
tend to understand just how God
makes the application but she teaches
that by means of prayers and other
good works we can assist these souls.
Hence, we should not cease to pray
for a particular soul because we have
gained a plenary indulgence for that
soul.
(1) Can the name Christian be cor
rectIy applied to Christ? (2) Has God
appointed certain time for each one
to die? When that time comes has a
doctor any power to save?
CD A Christian is follower of
Christ, one who accepts His teaching.
1t is, therefore, incorrect to apply the
term to Christ Himself (2) st. Paul
tells us that "it is appointed unto men
once to die" (Hebr tx, 20. Since God
knows all things He knows when each
one shall die. We do not know it,
however, and we are bound to use
every legitimate means to preserve
our health and prolong our lives.
(D Can Sisters receive presents of
money for their own personal use?
(2) Is their salary paid individually
or collectively? (3) Are they allowed
to visit and dine at private house?
CD The VOW of poverty which Sis
tiers take does not permit them to &C.
cept presents of money for their per-
sonal use. (2) AS a general rule,
when Sisters are said to receive a
salary for their work, the money is
paid to the community and not to the
individual 60 A Sister is sometimes
permitted to visit at the home of her
parents; but otherwise she does not
go to a private house except on bust
ness. AS a general rule, she is not
allowed to dine at a private house
without special permission. The rule,
however, varies somewhat in different
communities.
Are there many converts to the
Catholic Church from Professionalism in
the United States?
The Very Rev. Rector of the Apos-
tolic Mission House, Washington, D.
c., is authority for the statement that
there were 2S,709 converts received
Unto the Catholic church, on profes-
sion of faith in the United States
during the year, 1909, the last for
which statistics have been furnished
by any reliable authority.
(D Does the Catholic Church
recognize the marriage of non-Catho
lies before a minister or squire as a
true marriage? (2) If not, can q
Catholic be married to a divorced
non-CathoIic by priest?
ID The marriage of non Catholics
before minister or squire is a true
marriage, if there be no legal impedi
ments thereto. The Catholic Church
recognizes the validity of the contract
though it is not a sacrament. (2)
The Church never recognizes the mar
riage of Catholic with a none atho
lie who has been really divorced, and
such marriage never takes place in