The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01


Sacraments to a sick person?
When a priest comes to administer
the sacraments to sick person there
should be prepared:
/. A table or stand covered with a
clean white spread.
2. A crucifix and two lighted wax
candles.
8. A vase containing holy water
and brush or sprig to sprinkle it.
4. A glass of fresh water and a
spoon.
5. A clean white cloth to be used
under the chin of the receiver.
6. Some clean white cotton.
Z. A finger bowl with water and a
towel or napkin.
~ Are there any "stigmatized" per-
sons living at present. (2) Is Otis or
Ritschnau's "Legende der Heiligen"
translated into English? Is there an
English olives of the Saints" equal to
them7
~ This is a difficult question to
answer. If there are any contemporary
Stigmata of our Lord they are too hum
BILE to publish the fact to the world.
(2) These works are not translated
into English. The standard work in
English is Buffers Lives of the
Saints"
1. Ii child is baptized in the
Lutheran church must it be baptized
again if brought up a Catholic.
2. What prayer is most suitable for
a child too young to learn the "our
Father?"
8. At what age should a child be
taught to say its prayers regularly?
4. What is the difference between
a Cardinal and Bishop, and why does
the Church need Cardinals?
1. 1t is never permitted to re-
baptize a child already baptized no
matter by whom the baptism was CIV
en-.
2. The "Our Father" is one of the
simplest of the usual prayers; and if
the child is too young to repeat it, he
may be taught to say, "My God, love
Thee" God bless me-" Jesus, my
love-" "Holy Mary, pray for me- or
some similar ejaculation.
8. AS a general rule child should
be taught to say prayers regularly as
soon as it is able to learn them and to
understand, even in vague way, what
prayer is. No definite age can be as
signed for all. 1t depends on the
child.
4. A Bishop is a clergyman who
possesses the fulness of the priest
hood and rules over a diocese in sub
mission to the Pope. A Cardinal is
the name given to dignitary of the
Church who is counsellor Of the
Pope. He is usually, though not al
ways, Bishop. The Cardinals assist
the Pope in the management of the
affairs of the Church. For that pur-
pose certain number live in Rome
and preside over different departments
just as the cabinet ministers of the
President preside over the different
departments of state and are his adj
visers.
1. Is it wrong to attend an orator
icaI contest between school children
or lecture of any kind during Lent?
2. Is a Catholic who belongs to the
Woodmen allowed to act as pall-bearer
for a fellow member who is not a
Catholic?
1. No. 2. Yes, provided there is
I,xy, 20 o;y
cumstances.
1. Is person over sixty-five years
of age allowed to eat meat on Friday.
2. Do the laws of the Church allow
first cousins to marry?
/. No, unless there be some grave
reason for dispensing him from the
observance of this law Of the Church.
2. The sixth precept of the Church
forbids such marriages.; but If there
is sufficient reason for making an ex-
ception to the general law of the
Church in a given case, a dispensation
for the marriage may be obtained.
Is priest allowed to say two Masses
on any day except Sunday?
A priest is not allowed to say two
masses on any day except Sundays and
Holy days of obligation and then only
when necessary for the spiritual well
fare of his flock.
Why do Catholics speak of the re-
ligious revolt of the sixteenth century
as a Reformation" when, in reality,
it was "Deformation"?
Most Catholics use the word RE
formation to. designate the religious
revolution of the sixteenth century
without, in the least, accepting the
meaning which Protestants give to it
of an improvement in religion. Those
who speak and write with precision
add the qualifying phrase, so-called
Impartial historians and writer's gen.
eraly use the word in the sense in