The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-03

I. Are Catholics allowed to use
baked beans on Friday which have
been cooked with pork, If they do not
eat the pork? g. Does either or.
both parties receive the Sacrament
of Matrimony when a Catholic and
Protestant are married by Catholic
priest?
1. 1t is generally considered that
whatever substance is extracted from
the meat cooked with beans is
equivalent to drippings, the use of
which is permitted in preparing meals
on days of fast and abstinence. Hence
it is allowable to eat beans cooked
with pork provided one does not eat
any portions of the meat which may
happen to be served with them. z.
This question is one in which a de-
finite and decisive answer is not
easily given. Some theologians deny
that the Sacrament of matrimony is
received by even the Catholic party
to mixed marriage. Others regard
such a marriage as comforting sacra-
mental grace on the Catholic party.
BY divine ordinance it is essential to
Christian marriage that it be sacra-
ment. 1t is certain, therefore, that
a marriage contracted between bap-
tized persons is Sacrament-even
the so-called mixed marriage between
a Catholic and a non-Catholic, pro-
vided the latter has been validity bap-
Of fhn ri RI q
mixed marriage is unbaptized there
can be no question of sacramento
grace for such a one as baptism is
the gateway to the other sacraments
none of which can be validity received
without it.
Should young girl intending to
enter the religious life and wishing to
receive Holy Communion more than
once a month deprive herself of it
because she is afraid people will talk
about her when she really wishes to
90 to Communion.
The young girl who does not receive
Communion more than once month
because she is afraid that people will
talk about her is making a very poor
preparation for entering the religious
life. Provided her daily life and con-
duct are in keeping with her desire to
receive Holy Communion frequently
she should pay no attention to what
people say or think. God, not the
people, is her Judge; and people who
criticise others for going to Holy Com
munion frequently belong, for the most
part, to the number of those who are
rarely seen at the altar rail. They are
doing the DEVILS work; and practical
Catholics are not afraid to be con
sidered "pious' by them. By all means
go to Communion frequently and pay
no attention to the people,
1. Must married woman always
wear the wedding ring or is it sin not
to do so? 2. Is it sin to use false
hair?
1. 1t is customary for a married
woman to wear her wedding ring al
ways. 1t is an index of her station in
life and ought to be pledge of her
fidelity to it's duties. If it is taken off
for the purpose of allowing greater
freedom of conduct then it is sinful.
2. 1t is misfortune rather than sin
to be under the necessity of wearing
false hair
What is meant by general COMES
sion and when should it be made?
A general confession is one in which
the penitent repeats sins already con-
fessed and extending over period of
time previous to ones last confession.
In general confession the penitent
goes over ground already covered by
past confessions. The length Of time
embraced in general confession
varies from ones whole lifetime to any
period of lesser extent during which,
as a general rule, one or more comics
sions have been made. There are
times when general confession is
obligatory, times when it is advisable
to make it and other times when 1t
should not be thought of. A general
confession is necessary whenever a
bad confession has been made either
because a mortal sin was wilfully con-
cealed or because the penitent is clear
ly conscious that he made no attempt
to be sorry for a mortal sin confessed
or to amend his life In all such cases
the person must make a general con
fession in which he tells all the sins
committed since his last worthy con
fession no matter how long it may be
since that confession was made. A
general confession is advisable, though
not necessary, whenever a person mas
been leading very careless life, pay
ing little attention to deliberate venia1
sins and sailing dangerously close to
mortal sins. In such case it would
be we'll to make general confession
as preparation to entering upon ar
entirely new mode of life. In this case
the general confession is made through