Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-05

hendy before the general public the activities of this great organization and called forth many favora ble comments from non-Catholic clergy men. There is perhaps no society m the United States that has attract. ca within the past twenty years more attention than the Holy Name so- Nlety, Accounts of new Organlza- uons aud annual rallies of this society have occupied columns in the leading newspapers Of the metropolitan cit les, thereby making it a topic of uni FeTsai comment. aud this general in- teFest can find a true explanation only in the high and noble aims of the society and in the large and en- rhusiastic number of its adherents. The aim Of the Holy Name society is to stop and prevent the use of bad lsnguafse, blssphemy, perjury. CUTS ing and obscene expressions. and in- asmuch as the society endeayors to diseountenaee these evils. not only from it's members but also among their friends and associates. ii nat urally appeals to the heart Of every clean cut citizen and to the high ideals Of every yigilant and dutiful
 
 Holy Name society is one of the oldest confraternities in the Catholic church IL goes back to the times when the Crusaders, after having lived many years among the Saracens in Asia. brought back 10 Europe many of the customs and vices prevalent in that distant country Among them were cursing. immodest language and blasphemy. The PoDes, always ready to remedy the evils that crept , quietly into the church. were also prepared to encounter this menace. Accordingly, Gregory x, after the Ecumenical Council held at Lyons in the year 1874. deemed it behttiBg to issue the following decree:
 Recently during the council held ] at Lyons. we deemed it a useful com mendation 10 exhort fhe faithful to i enter that House Of God with humili- | ty and devotion. and to conduct them l selves while there in a becoming | manner. so as to merit the divine | henediction and at the same time 10 1 give edification We have also i judged it proper 10 persuade the faith l fui 70 demonstrate more reverence ] for that Name above all names, the only name in which We claim salya. tion-the name of Jesus Christ who has redeemed us from the bondage of ! sin. Consequetly, in view of obey ing that apostolic precept, in the Game of Jesus. let every knee be bent, we wish that the pronouncing of that name. chiefly al the Holy Sacrifice. I every one world bow his head in token that interioriy he bends the knee Of his heart This decree was addressed to the general of the Do minican Order. aJ the time Blessed ] John of Versailles, and exhorted him 10 enioin upon the mebers Of his l. community the propagation of the de. NOtion and reverence due to the Holy Name. and the BonlniCans gladly hearkened to the voice of the Father Of Christendom. Everywhere they preached the yeneration due to the Holy Name in which alone. accord ing to St. Peter. salvation is to be obtained. EHectual 10 this end were the erection of altars dedicated to the Holy Name. These two factors grad usiiy paved the way for the organtzs- 1 aion of a society or confratenrity of the Holy Name The society as il exists today seems 10 have had it's origin in Portugal In l432 a terrible plague was ravaging the city of Lis bon. The retired bishop Of that city, -Andreas Diaz. who for many years previously uBsuccessfnliy urged upon fhe people the establishment of al Holy Name society, thought this oc- casion favorable opportunity to at least accomplish his hearts desire. .arsiul.y covered with tarrs paper He according blessed water in honor of the name of Jesus. and it's distri- button among the plague-stricken peo- pie was followed by miraculous C.: fects: for in a short time Lisbon was freed from the scOuTge. The people now looked upon Diaz as a man sent by God for their deliveTance. They who befcre had received his words with deaf ears. now readily accedcd to the fuiiltment of his long cherished plan Gu January I, l433. the inhabi- fants Of Iishon. in gratitude. to God for His goodness through the instru- mentality Of Diaz, assembled and held what vas probably the first procession of the Holy Name sO- ciety. On that occasion the first Holy Name coufFateTnity on record was established Prom that time forward the yenerafion Oi the Holy name and inc erection of cOnfrsternities in- creased. From Portugal the devotion spread 10 Spain. Italy and Germany. The two great Franciscan n issiOn- aries, st. Bernardine of Sienna, ldied May 2a. 1Sf4l. and his disciple, St. John Capitran tdied October 25. I4s34. IaBOred zealOusly to spread the society. In the following centriy tbe Dominican friar. Father Didacus of Victoria. established a cOnfraternity of the Holy Name of God, which was 70 be a league against cursiBg, per jury and all profanity. This was aI- fiiated with the confraternity ot the Holy Name of Jesus. established by nishcp Diaz. and was approved Dy Pibs " on April j. t5g4. Twelve otbcr sovereign pontiffs besides those aipeady mentioned did all in tbeir power 10 foster or advance the so- ciety. and among the monarchs Of Eiirope who used their influence 10 haze the society spread throughout