The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08


non-catholics they served fried eggs
and creamed spring chicken and, of
course, | had to make my meal of the
day on eggs. During the meal was
asked what was the difference between
eating eggs and the chicken, both be-
ing the original Of the other?
The precept of abstaining from flesh
meat, if vigorously enforced as it was
in early days, would forbid the use
not only of flesh meat, properly So
called, but of allsthe products of the
animals that supply flesh meat, such
as eggs, milk, butter, cheese, lard,
suet, and drippings. In recent times
the rigorous fast and abstinence of
former days have been relaxed some
what and certain foods are permitted
which were once forbidden. Nowadays
the Church requires those who fast
and abstain to deny themselves the
use of flesh meat and suet, but allows
them to eat eggs, milk, butter and
cheese and to use lard and dripping
in the preparation of abstinence food.
Hence, you did right in not eating the
creamed spring chicken served on the
occasion to which you refer You lost
an opportunity to show how reasonable
the Church is in her lenten require
ments by not being able to explain
this matter to your non-Catholic
friends. Very often Catholics lose op-
portunities of removing misapprehen-
sions in regard to the Church's teach
ing from the minds of non-Catholics by
not being able to answer the simple
questions which they are asked.
Is it allowed in Lent to eat meat
and oysters at the same meal?
No, oysters are classed as fish, and
as fish and meat are forbidden at the
same meal, not only on the fast days
of Lent, but even on the Sundays, it is
not permissible to eat oysters and
meat at the same meal.
Will you please state how many en-
ployees are at the Vatican?
We have no means of knowing how
many are employed in the Vatican.
1. Can a Catholic priest be men,
Der of public school board? 2. Can
he be member of a club where games
, are played, such as pool and cards,
and where, perhaps, rough language is
used? 8. Is il proper for him to be
a spectator at the dance after Cath
Ollie social?
1. There is no reason why a Cath
Ole priest should not be member of
a public school board if his fellow
citizens wish him to occupy such a
position. A Catholic priest is usually
well qualified to discharge these
duties. 2. This question implies a
belief that a priest should not play, or
be spectator of games of pool and
cards. There is no reason why he
should not take part in innocent recre-
ations of this kind for the playing of
games of pool and of cards is not
necessarily wrong. When such games
are played as gamblers play them, no
priest will tolerate them in club of
which he is a member. If he cannot
stop them he should resign his mem
bership as protest against the carry
ing on of gambling. If rough Ian
guage is occasionally used in a club,
the presence of priest or someone
for whom the members have respect
would seem to be imperative. Usually
the members of a club do not employ
rough or unbecoming language in the
presence of fellow member who is a
priest. 8. Many priests look upon it
as part of their duty to be present at
most of the social affairs and enter
tainments given by their people or I'M
der the auspices of the parish in order
to see that nothing Objectionable is
tolerated. In view of the unbecoming,
not to say immodest, dances that are
now in vogue priest is justified in
watching over his people to see that
they do not participate in dances of
this kind. Those who object to the
presence of a priest as spectator at
a dance following social given by his
people usually need watching.
Does the funeral service have to be
in the parish the person lived in at the
time Of his death, or could they be
held in the parish from which the dead
person desired?
1t is expected that the funeral serv.
ices will take place from the church
and in the parish of which the de
ceased was member. If he died in a
parish other than that of which he
was a member, there is no reason why
his funeral should not take place
from the church to which he belonged
If there be good reasons why person
should be buried from a church other
than that to which he belonged by
right the matter should be taken up
with the local pastor in order that the
necessary arrangements may be made
Is the mission of Our Lady of Pity
$50 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Ohio
a Catholic institution Of charity? II
so, what is its work.
This mission is Catholic institution
for the protection of homeless boys
It is in charge of seculars with a
woman as director.
Is it proper for lay person to ap.
proach Holy Communion first wher
there are Sisters in the church to re
ceiVe?
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