The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-01

AGAINST the laws of the Catholic
Church for a parish priest to allow his
Church to be without statue of St.
Joseph? (a) Why do some Catholic
Churches have the statue of st. An
thony and others do not?
CD No. (2) There is no law OF
the Church requiring a priest to
have a statue of St. Joseph in his
Church. 60 Some Catholic Churches
have a statue of st. Anthony because
they are dedicated to that Saint;
others have it because of special de-
votion to him on the part of the pas
tor or people or both.
When should a person leave the
pew in order to receive Holy Com
munion?
AS soon as the bell rings before
the priests Communion a person who
intends to receive Holy Communion
should approach the altar and kneel
at the sanctuary rail. If the person
receives Holy Communion outside of
Mass he should go to the rail as soon
as the server recites the confiteor.
Is a priest ever allowed to charge
for the administration of the Sacra-
ments?
No. No charge is ever made for
administering any sacrament. 1t is
customary, however, for the faith
full to make an offering on the occa-
sion of baptism, marriage, or
funeral.
Should our morning and evening
prayers be said. kneeIing?
If possible they should be said
while we are on our knees as that is
the humble and natural position of
suppliant sinner speaking to our Eter-
nal Father. However, if we cannot
kneel we may pray while sitting,
standing, walking, working, or even
when in bed, unless one goes to bed
through a spirit of laziness.
If the choir is singing the Sanctus
and the priest is ready for the conse-
Grafton should the choir stop singing,
or would it be right to finish the
Sanctus during the Conservation?
The choir should always manage to
finish singing before the Conservation.
That is the most solemn part of the
Mass and all should be silent in pro-
found alteration with that of the An
gels.
(D If an unbaptized protestant is
divorced and becomes a Catholic can
he be married in the Catholic Church
or by a priest if his wife is still liv-
ing? (2) Can any person be married
by a priest if he is divorced and his
wife is still living?
(D Presumably the marriage of
the unbaptized protestant was valid
and, therefore, as long as his wife
lives he cannot be remarked even
though he be divorced from her. (2)
No, if there be a real divorce.
(1) What is the difference between
a solemn and a grand High Mass?
(2) What is meant by Mass of the
Holy Ghost? An Angel Mass? (3)
What do the titles Fright Reverend
and "Very Reverend" signify? (4)
What are the duties of Canon and
of Chancellor? (5) Why does moi
the Church pronounce it's Latin &C
cording to the Roman method used ir
the time of Caesar and VergiI rather
than the so-caIled continental" OF
"Iow Latin" method? (6) Is it ever
allowable to tell a deliberate lie ir
order to prevent greater crime, such
as murder or theft, or to uncover ;
crime, or capture a criminal as de
stectiVe does?
% So far as we are aware thert
is no difference between a Solemn
and a Grand High Mass. (2) Thes
Masses belong to the class of wha
are called Votive Masses, that is
Masses which do not correspond witt
the Office of the day which priests re
cite from the Breviary but which the,
are allowed to say on certain days i
the rubrics permit. (3) The title
Right Reverend, is given to a Bisho
and to Monsignor. The title, Yer
Reverend, is usually applied to
priest who occupies a position some
what more prominent than that of hi
brother priests, as for instance, tn
Rector of seminary or of a college
ca Canon is the title given to a men
Der of chapter or body of priest
charged with the performance of cel
tain duties in connection with CT
thedral or other church to whic
they are attached. Wherever tn
chapter is economically erected tn
Canons form the council of the Bisho
and assist him in the government {
the diocese. Otherwise, their pos
ton is for the most part an honorar
one. Their chief duty is the daily r,
citation of the breviary in choir.
Chancellor is priest who has charg
of the chancery Office of the dioces
that is, the office in which all officii
documents concerning the diocese al
drawn up, forwarded, and records
In MANY nIacaS the Chancellor iS ais