The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-20


emn Communion in the Diocese Of st.
Paul?
The following extract from the let
ter of the Most Reverend Archbishop
to the clergy of the Diocese of st. Paul
contains the regulation regarding the
age at which children are permitted
to receive their First Solemn Com
munion: "The age at which children
will be brought to solemn First Com
munion will be that of their tenth, or
their eleventh year, not earlier than
the tenth, not later than the eleventh,
as completed the 31st day of Deem
Der of the year preceding that in which
the solemnity is to take place.
1. What is Easter water? 2. Can
it be used for the same purposes as
Holy water?
1. Easter Water is water blessed
by the priest on Holy Saturday. A
portion of it is used in the prepare
ton of baptismal water; the priest
sprinkles the congregation with some
of it on Holy Saturday and on Easter
Sunday; some of it is put in the holy
water fonts in the church; and some
more of it is taken by the people for
use in their homes. Apart from this,
there is no mention of the use of
Easter Water. 2. 1t cannot be used
in the ordinary blessings of the church
nor as substitute for Holy Water.
Will you please publish the names
and locations of the Catholic Churches
in St. Paul?
The Cathedral, Sixth and St. Peter
streets; st. Joseph's, Virginia Avenue
and Carroll street; Assumption, Frank
lin and Ninth street; st. Adalbert's,
Charles street; st. Agnes, Kent and
Thomas streets; st. Andrews, Oxford
and Hatch streets; st. Demands, AL
bemarle and Geranium streets; st.
Casimir's, Jessamine and Forest
streets; St. Francis de Sales, West
Seventh and James street; st. James
Juneau and View streets; St. Johns,
Forest and East Fifth streets; st.
Louis, Cedar and Tenth streets: St.
Luke's, Portland and Victoria streets;
st. Marks, Dayton avenue and Moore
street; St. Mary's, Ninth and Locust
streets; St. Matthew's, ROBBIE street
and Hall avenue; st. MichaePs, Colo
RADIO street; st. Patrick's, Case street;
st. Peter Claver's, Aurora avenue and
harrington street; Sacred Heart, East
Sixth and Arcade streets; st. Stanis-
laus', Western avenue and Superior
street; st. Vincent's, Blair street and
Virginia avenue; st. Ambrose's, Brad
ley street
I. What is the apostIeship of pray
err? 2. Is it breaking the fast be-
fore Communion If one should happen
to get snowflake in his mouth or if
ones gums should bleed and he swaI-
low the blood? 8. Is it a sin not to
make the sign of the cross before and
after grace at meals? q. Is woman
supposed to wear black more than a
year when her husband and son dies,
one shortly after the other?
l. The Apostleship of Prayer is a
pious association or league of prayer
in union with the Sacred Heart of
Jesus. 1t was founded at Walls, France,
in 1914, by Francis x. Gautrelet. Its
statutes were approved by Plus TX. in
1879, and revised and approved by
Leo XIII. in 1896. The object of the
Apostleship of Prayer is to promote
the practice of prayer for the mutual
intentions of the members, in union
with intercession of Christ in heaven
There are three practices which con.
stitute the three degrees of member
ship. The first consists of a daily
offering of ones prayers, good works
and sufferings; the second, of daily
recitation of a decade of the beads
for the special intention of the Holy
Father recommended to the members
every month; and the third, of the re
ception of Holy Communion with the
motive of reparation, monthly Or week
ly, on days assigned. The members
are also urged to observe the practice
of the Holy Hour, an hour spent in
meditation on the Passion of Christ
The association numbers over twenty
five million members, about four mil
lion of whom are in the United States
The members are entitled to many in
dulgences. 2. No. The fast before
Holy Communion is broken only wher
one swallows liquid or solid food. The
swallowing of the secretions of the
mouth or of foreign substances which
do not serve as food or drink do not
break the fast required of those who
wish to receive Holy Communion
No. 4. 1t is a matter of custom
Black is usually worn for year after
the death of member of the family
and after that semi-mourning for {
time.
What does the Church demand of /:
wife whose husband becomes a priest
Before married man can be admit
ted to the priesthood his wife mus