The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-01

Lent? 1t not, how could Miss Elinor
Douglas Wise marry the Duke de
RicheIieu in the Baltimore Cathedral
on February 8, His Eminence Cardinal
Gibbons officiating.
There is no law of the Church, pro-
hibiting Catholics from getting mar
ried during Lent if necessary. The
prohibition of the Church extends only
to the solemnization of the marriage,
that is to say, the celebration of mar
riage with the pomp and evidences of
rejoicing with which it is usually sur
rounded. If there be good reason
why Catholics should get married
during Lent they can easily obtain
permission to do so; and intelligent
Catholics know that there is no rea-
son for being scandalized in such
case.
I. If priest leaves the priesthood
and gets married, but goes to Mass
every Sunday, can he receive the Sa-
craments and remain a Catholic just
the same? 2. Is Christ Church Cathe-
draI, st. Louis, Catholic church?
1. Every Catholic knows that a priest
cannot contract a valid marriage. If
he casts aside his priesthood and con-
tracts civil marriage he thereby ex-
communicates himself and is deprived
of all his priestly faculties. While he
remains in that state he cannot
approach the Sacramento and, even
though he may keep up the appear
ance of being Catholic by attending
Mass on Sundays, he cannot be re-
garded as a faithful child of the
Church. Of course, he can never
cease to be priest but he can be de-
prived of his jurisdiction and pro-
hibited from celebrating Mass or
exercising any other priestly functions.
2. Christ Church Cathedral is not a
Catholic, but an Episcopal, church.
Is Vicar-GeneraI honored as much
as a Bishop?
A Vicar-General is priest who has
been selected by the Bishop to repre-
sent him in the administration of the
diocese. For instance, he has the
authority of the Bishop in certain
matters when the Bishop is absent
from the diocese and he is his official
representative on all occasions when
the Bishop is not present in person.
He does not possess the Iullness of the
priesthood which the Bishop possesses
nor can he exercise the powers that
are distinctive of the Episcopate. His
position is a more honorary one than
that of the ordinary priest, but he is
not shown the special honor which is
due to Bishop.
Is the word "Gee" swearing? | am
going to school and said "gee" and
my teacher said II was swearing.
Please tell me If it is or not.
We do not think you were guilty of
swearing when you used this word
1t was probably nothing more than
an exclamation and you certainly did
not intend to swear. 1t is well, how
ever, to be on your guard and not
make use of words or expressions that
may convey to others a meaning which
you do not intend them to convey
Good boys are careful not to use such
expressions.
I. A Protestant friend of mine asked
me why nun cannot 90 home except
in case of some one dying In the
family. How should answer this
question? 2. When a person goes tc
Confession and confesses all the sins
he has committed since his last worthy
Confession, but is worried about the
sorrow for his sins, not remembering
afterwards whether he was heartily
sorry or not, is this bad Confession
II so, what will he tell the priest In
his next Confession?
l. Tell your Protestant friend that
the nuns have to obey the constitution
of the Order to which they belong
They are free to enter the Order OF
not, but once they join they must obey
the rules and regulations laid dowT
for them. In many religious orders the
nuns are never allowed to visit thei1
or relatives die. Other Orders are moi
so strict, and they not only permit the
Sisters to visit their homes on the
occasion of a death in the family, but
also at other times If there be specia
reasons for their doing so. The laws
are not the same in all Orders anC
each Sister knows very well the rule:
which are to govern her future life
before she becomes member of the
Order and as she accepts them she
does not complain about their strict
ness. 2. If person makes a sincere
effort to be sorry for the sins he has
committed he need not worry about
the result. Unless you have very
good reason for believing that you
were not sorry for your sins you neet
not allow the matter to worry you il
your subsequent confessions
What prayers are to be said during
noVenas, and what Is meant by a,
noVena Of Masses7
A novena is series of spiritual ex
ercises carried on for nine consecutiv,
days and for a particular purpose sucl
as the honoring of Our Lord, tn,
Blessed Virgin, the Saints, or for an,
other purpose one wishes. Many prayer
books contain the prayers to be saiC
during novena prescribed by tn,
Church or performed with her appro
baton as a devotional exercise. Wher,