The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-06

for whatever purpose he wishes and
if you want him to devote it to your
interests it is only right that you
should make an offering to him if he
agrees to put your intention in place
of his own. The amount of the offer
ing varies with the prescriptions
of the diocesan statutes. 1t is u.s.
ually one dollar for low Mass
and more for High Mass on &C.
count of the expense incurred
for organist, singers, etc. The Of
fering goes to the priest who says
the Mass. g. The prohibition against
the marriage of cousins is an &c.
clesiastical law and, therefore, the
Church can dispense from it if there
be good reason for so doing When
persons marry after obtaining the dis
pensation they are not breaking the
law of the Church for the dispense
ton is simply declaration that the
law does not bind in their case
Hence, the dispensation does not for
give sin for there is no sin to be for
given. The money given on the oc-
casion of a dispensation is used to
assist the Church in her charitable
work and to pay for the expense of
printing and issuing the dispensation.
Marriages between cousins are not en-
tirely forbidden because they are not
against the law of God, nor the natural
law.
I. Why do Catholics abstain from
meat on the Wednesdays of Lent? 2.
Whom did Cain marry? 2. Are there
as many Catholics in the world as
there are baptized Protestants? 4.
Which is right, to bow the head or
look up at the Elevation of the Sacred
Host at Mass?
1. The Church has sole authority to
regulate the days of fast and abstin-
ence According to her original dis
cipline all the week days in Lent were
days of fast and abstinence; and it is
only by dispensation that meat is al
lowed on certain days now. Wednes-
day is not one of these days; and
hence we still observe the fast and
abstinence on that day. 2. Adam and
Eve had many sons and daughters as
we learn from Genesis VA, and as they
were the only people on earth at the
time they must have married one with
another. Hence, it is most probable
that Cain married his sister or his
niece. God permitted such marriages
in the beginning in order to provide
for the propagation of the human race.
8. 1t is very difficult to estimate the
number of baptized Protestants in the
world; but as Catholics outnumber the
adherents of all other sects there can
be no doubt that they outnumber the
baptized Professionals. 4. There is an
indulgence gained by looking at the
: Sacred Host at the moment of Eleva-
ton and saying: "My Lord, and my
God" After that, the head should be
, bowed.
I. A Catholic man marries a Pro-
testant woman before an Episcopal
minister. Is he obliged to live with
her? 2. In case of sickness what
must he do to return to the Church?
3. Will Catholics and Protestants see
God face to face in heaven? q. Is it
better for Protestant to belong to
the Episcopal Church than to any other
Protestant denomination, or are they
all alike? S. When did the Episcopal
Church originate? 6. Did Martin ~.
theirs mother die Catholic? z. Can
Catholic belong to the Equitable Fra.
ternaI Union Society? s. Do you be.
Iieve that all persons outside the Cath.
, oiic Church will be damned?
1. II the marriage took place since
Easter, 1908, when the new marriage
regulations came into force it is not
recognized as valid marriage by the
Church; and the Catholic who is in.
structed in his religion must know
:. that he is living in sin. If the mar
riage took place before the new laws
:. came into force it is valid and binding
> on both. 2. If the marriage is not
!, valid it must be made so or he must
l cease to cohabit with her before he
!, can receive the Sacraments. 8. All
: who are in heaven will see God "face
to face" 4. When compared with
n the Catholic Church they are all alike
n oO Ldl do Ill LAOA
E is concerned. 5. At the time of the
S so-called Reformation. 6. There is
r nothing to show that she did not
8 T. 1t is not one of the fraternal so
e cieties specifically condemned by the
d Church. A Catholic may belong te
s it. 8. No. Nor does the Catholic
!. Church teach anything of the kind
l.. If Protestant couple married BY
Protestant minister joins the Cath
:. Ollie Church will they have to be re
:, married by priest, or is the origina
, marriage valid? 2. Does the Church
consider the marriage of non-Catho
: lie couple by a magistrate valid?
: L. There is no need of SECOND
: marriage ceremony as the first mar
: riage is binding unless there is some
: imDediment which of itself nullifies