The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-10

(D Why grant dispensation when
the Church forbids the marriage of
Catholics and Protestants? (2) If a
Catholic marries Protestant since
the new marriage laws came into ef-
feet can the priest administer the Sac
rament of Baptism to the children?
(3) Does the Catholic who attends
Mass but hardly ever receives Holy
the Mass? (4) What steps should be
taken to get Iukewarm Catholics to go
to Confessions and Mass regularly?
(5) Are parents responsible for their
children when the latter have reached
the age of thirty years or more and
marry Protestants?
(D The Church which made the
law for the general good has author
ity to exempt an Individual from the
operation of the law if there be a
sufficient reason for so doing. The
Blessed Virgin was exempted from the
law which made the transmission of
Original Sin universal. (2) Yes. (3)
Of course he does. The frequent re-
ception of Holy Communion is not re-
quired in order to derive profit from
attendance at Mass. (4 Prayer, good
example and judicious amount of urg-
ing will usually prove eficacious. (5)
If parents give their children good ex-
ample and proper training during
their youth they are not responsible
for any neglect of duty of which the
children may be guilty after they
reach the age of manhood and woman
hood
ID What prayers should be said
when the Blessed Sacrament is taken
out of the tabernacle and carried in
procession at the Forty Hours devo-
ton? (2) Is it a sin to sew fancy
work on Sunday? ~ Is it sin to
dance on Sunday? ~ What is an in
diligence? What does it do to US
after we are dead?
(1) There are no special prayers
prescribed. (2) No; if it is done &C.
casionally for recreation, and not as a
means of making livelihood. (3)
Certain kinds of dances are forbidden
at all times because of the danger to
those who indulge in them; others
are tolerated under proper conditions.
Dancing is not one of the methods
advocated by the Church for keeping
the Sunday holy. 1t may, however, be
entirely harmless, as, in itself, dane
ing is not sinful. (4) An indulgence
is the remission of the temporal pun
ishment due to sin. This remission
may be in full or in part. Those who
gain indulgences shorten the time
they would otherwise have to spend
in Purgatory for the remission of the
temporal punishment due to sin which
they failed to satisfy for during life.
I. Do we gain an indulgence on
Holy Thursday by visiting a certain
number of churches? 2. If person
were engaged to young man who
died and desires to marry his brother
can she do so without dispensation7
1. A plenary indulgence is gained,
on the usual conditions, by visiting a
Repository on Holy Thursday; and
a partial indulgence of ten years and
ten guarantees is also gained by every
visit to Repository in the same or in
different churches. @ A dispensation
is required before there can be a
marriage ceremony between them if
the engagement took place before the
recent marriage legislation went into
effect. Since Easter, 1908, the new
law of the Church regarding marriage
does not acknowledge as economically
binding any contract of betrothal I'M
less a written engagement, mutually
made and accepted, and witnessed by
authorized persons, has been entered
into.
1. Is it sin for a Catholic to at
tend dance on Sunday? 2. Must a
Catholic priest give advice after con-
fession?
/. 1t is, if the dance is of such a
nature as to be an occasion of sin to
the participants. Some dances are
quite harmless forms of amusement
and may be INDUCED in even on Sun
day, though it is not the best way of
honoring the Lords day. 2 The con.
fessor gives advice during confession
whenever it is necessary. After the
penitent has left the confessional he
is not allowed to refer to anything
heard in confession, even for the pur
pose of giving advice.
l. If non-Catholic joins the Cath
Ollie Church must he be baptized again
if he has already been baptized in an.
other church? 2. Can a non-Catholic
act as witness at Catholic marriage?
1. If, after investigation, it is found
that the convert was properly bap-
TIED in any church he cannot be re-
baptized when he joins the Catholic
Church. Whenever there is any doubt
about the validity of his baptism il
must be repeated conditionally when
he becomes a Catholic. 2 There is nc
express prohibition. 1t is more be.