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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

Some weeks ago The Bulletin
published the Pope's encyclical
on the Jubilee, which has been
declared for this year in COM
memoration of the peace which
the Church acquired by the edict
of Constantine. In the present
issue will be found the letter of
the Most Reverend Archbishop on
the same subject. We trust that
all our readers will peruse this
letter, and that all the Catholics
of the archdiocese will avail
themselves of the opportunity
thus afforded of gaining the spirit
ual privileges offered by the Holy
Father. Our Lord intimates the
special advantage of uniting our
selves in prayer. The period of
the Jubilee is one in which Chris
tians the world over are perfectly
united in the grand unison of
prayerful supplication.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

grees. The only point on which
all Protestants are fully agreed
seems to be opposition to the
Church of Rome. Surely, mega
ton can never prove solid basis
of unity in matters Of faith. Since
real, true unity is the aim, why
not Investigate the claims of the
Church which maintains that she
alone is true to the genius of Chris
tianity. The Catholic Church is
venerable in antiquity, steadfast
in belief, uncompromising in her
doctrine. The fact that some de-
nominations are willing to surren-
der their most cherished tenets
leads us to believe that they
might derive great benefit from a
sincere study Of the Church of
Rome. A church that is ready to
discard a part of its doctrine,
manifestly cannot lay claim to the
possession Of the truth in it's en-
tirety. Let us hope that the sim
cere search after truth will event
ually lead many to the sure haven
of the only true Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
SUMMER READING.

Modern life has produced vast
network of problems, more or less
serious, more or less related to
morality and religion. The ques-
ton of good reading has often
been discussed in the press and
from the pulpit. There is phase,
however, of this problem that con-
fronts us every year about this
time. 1t is the question of sum-
mer reading. Mental relaxation
is desired by all, but not all per-
sons apply the rule Of reason to
their choice Of reading. Good
books and bad books are definite
in their nature and their object.
This season, however, produces
stream of so-called literature that
is just silly, frothy, inane. AS a
rule such books are the answer to
the popular demand for eight
reading" The avidity with which
they are devoured argues GER
tain quality Of mental lightness
which its possessors would be fain
to admit. Light reading in itself
is not necessarily harmful; but it
becomes useless, and even noxious,
when the effect is simply to ac-
quaint us with the commonplace
in thought or action, without re-
deeming feature Of new ideas, no.
BILE thoughts, beauty of diction,
or elegance of expression. Many
persons there are to whom the
least intellectual effort is a source
of WEAKNESS; even such easily
fatigued minds may find a new
source of pleasure and of profit
in the perusal of the recognized
classics Of any tongue. The varie-
ty to be found, both in subject
and in treatment, in real classics
permits a choice to the most fas-
tidious. The mind may be enter
tanned, the imagination refreshed,
and ennui averted by a judicious
selection from the vast store
houses of the classics. One of the
chief results from such a course
of reading would be a higher and
healthier mental tone for the ordi-
nary jaded spirit. while the novel,
the complete novelette,, I" the one
thousand-word short story, turned
out on contract, would soon lose
their flavor, to the benefit of the
average reader, though to the
financial loss of the low-priced,
low-class magazine.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
A PLEA FOR UNITY.

At the General Convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States in 1910, a
resolution was adopted appoint
ing a joint commission to bring
about a conference for the pur-
pose of effecting a union of all
Christian denominations through
out the world. Since that time the
conference has from time to time
issued pamphlets on the subject
of Christian unity.
The mere fact that such unity
is aimed at shows that the Epis-
copal Church has finally realized
the futility Of a multiplicity of
Christian denominations. In re
cent pamphlet we are told that,
UNCONVENTIONAL lines are grow
ing blurred. They are difficult to
explain. Certainly they are not
to be perpetuated."
1t would seem that since de-
nominational lines are drawn in
matters that are essentially dis
tinctive, no one body of believers
within the Protestant communion
will be willing to surrender what
it considers a necessary line of
cleavage. There must exist the
difference between Protestant and
Protestant as between Catholic
and Protestant, in varying de
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

1t is estimated, says Catholic
Missions" that about 100000 is
spent daily in the 10000 moving
picture shows of this country,
making a grand yearly total of
$1,825.O0O.
To assume that Catholics do not
contribute their share to this vast
sum expended for recreation
would be useless. Yet here is an
excellent chance for self-denial,
and the thoughtful person will
realize that the price Of a few
tickets for the movies" put
aside now and then would mean
a goodly offering to the lonely
missionary in a distant land, and
enable him to indulge in his own
favorite form of amusement,
namely, the conversion and relief
of the poor pagans.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
THOU ART PETER.

On Sunday, June 90, the Church
commentaries the memory Of SITS.
Peter and Paul. The Prince of
the Apostles was the first of a
long and glorious line of spiritual
sovereigns.
The Importance of the papacy
in the history of the world can
not be overestimated. Thou art
Peter, and upon this rock I shall
build my Church. were words
that inaugurated a new epoch in
history. The successors of St.
Peter, guardians of the rock, have
been men of varied abilities, at
tainments, and personal sanctity.
They may have been men Of the
stamp of Leo XIII, who was pos
sessed Of the most brilliant intel
lectual attainments, a profound
scholar, a man trained in the dip
lomatic arena for years, accustom-
ed to wrestle with the powers that
be, and endowed with a nimble
genius. Or they may have been
men less dazzling in their rela-
tions with the world. In either
case the Church was safe in their
guiding hands. The ways Of God
are ever worked out perfectly, if
less dazzling in their appearance,
yet none the less effectual.
The unbroken chain of the Ro-
man pontiffs is a magnificent sight
to contemplate. Extending far
away in the dim twilight of an
tiquity, it gains brilliancy by it's
very age. No nation can show
such a glorious line of monarchs,
such a galaxy of stars of the first
magnitude. In ages agone the
powers of hell often threatened to
engulf the Church and her head
but the invisible guiding power,
the ompipotence of God, ever
averted the storm, and caused
light to shine out of darkness
Kings and emperors, states and
ministers, cabinets and parties did
their utmost to destroy the work
which Jesus Christ founded two
thousand years ago. They did in
deed succeed at times in tearing
away the outer covering, the ma
terial mantle of the spouse of
Christ, but this only served to dis
close the invincible strength with
In.
From Julian the Apostate to
Henry VIII, from Queen Bess to
the present, never has the Church
been entirely at rest. Never, how
ever, has she succumbed. Towards
the close of the eighteenth cen
tury her enemies prophesied her
proximate dissolution. Goethe,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
RARE IRISH BOOKS AND MANU-.
TS-VALUABLE COL
LECTION IS DISPERSED.

The extensive and valuable collec-
ton of books relating to Ireland,
formed by Stephen ]. Richardson, of
New York, has been sold by the
Merwin Company. It consists of near
ly 1000 lots. Mr.. Richardson was
formerly editor and proprietor Of The
Gael, and president of the Gaelic
League of America. 1t took him a
quarter of century to form this col
lection. His idea was to use it in
the publication of an Irish encyclo-
pedia, but he has decided that the
task is too great, has reluctantly
abandoned the work, and will dispense
his library.
Among the rarities are manuscript
copy of Keating's History Of Ire
land" in the Irish language; Henry
O'NeilPs High Crosses of Ireland; !"
fac smile reproductions of ancient
historic Irish manuscripts, the For
feited Estates in Ireland Act" printed
in black letter, London, 1867, and a
first edition Of Thomas Moore's Irish
Melodies" London, 1907.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

Rousseau, Bolingbroke, d'Hulst,
and a score of other prominent
leaders of atheism, gloated over
the approaching disintegration of
her to whom they applied the
filthiest and most opprobrious
epithets. We all know how these
coryphei ended their mortal
career; and the Church still lives
on. Cults and sects spring up
every day like gaseous bubbles on
the troubled waters of the world.
Free Thought, Free Love, and
Free License to everything draw
admirers by the thousand. Chris
tian Science, Spiritualism, Holy
Rollers, Jumpers, the Shepherdess
of Paradise, and Theosophists,
with other freaks and cults ad
infnitum food the world today,
and are eagerly embraced by men
hungry for novelty, or eager to
cover their errors with some show
of responsibility. But the papacy
goes on in it's own peculiar way,
led by the spirit of God, influenced
by no earthly power, but true to
it's divine mission. The Pope as
head Of the Church represents in
his own person the spirit of God
He is fully able to cope with all
the powers Of darkness. The
waves of heresy have time and
again swept over the world; enc.
mics Of every description have
arisen in their fury and might
but the policy of the Church, at
tuned as it is to the divine plan
ever energies VIGOROUSLY. The
troubles of recent times are az
nothing compared to what the
Church has passed through il
ages gone by. In time, they al
tend to purify the body of the
Church from weakness and incon
stancy among her members. II
the meantime, the Pope continue:
to reign over a people that love
and revere him, and respect hi:
power. Sooner Or later many Of
the most brilliant men Of thu
world open their minds to thu
truth of Catholicity, and embrace
it's tenets.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
THE NATIONS DRINK BILL.

At time when minds are 80 active
ly engaged in considering the causes
which explain the high cost of living,
says writer in the Philadelphia
Standard and Times, these few
thoughts suggested by Prof. O'Hara's
carefully written article in the March
number of the Catholic World may
prove both interesting and helpful.
From the statistics furnished by Prof.
O'Hara we may learn that our public
revenue derived from alcohol during
the year 1911 was 100000, 900; that
then the debt of the United States was
81, 6,848,636; that the value of the
cattle then in our United States was
estimated at 81 ,484,888,647; that the
flour and grist produced during the
time was valued at $3.50, 1874, 900; that,
finally, the price of the alcohol used in
these United States during the same
one year, 1911, was $1.S33,643,525.
These statistics referring to bread
and meat, and in consequence affect
ing every man, woman and child,
should be contrasted with the cost of
alcoholic drinks consumed during the
year 1911.
Many have judged as extraordinary
the cost of our Panama Canal, which
when completed will have required
the expense of 1915, 100000. Equal to
almost five times this cost was the
1911 bill for alcohol.
Mr.. Franklin H. Wentworth. secre-
tary of the National Fire Protection
Association, in an address recently
delivered on "The Economic Waste
of Fire." informs us that the annual
fire loss in the United States exceeds
$3.50 ZOO, 900.
4 Count 200 every minute, night and
day, and at the end of ten months.
1OO,OOO,OOO will not have been
reached.
Imagine train moving at the aver
age speed of forty miles an hour; at
the close of 1853 years 1OO,OOO,OOO miles
will not have been covered.
However, this annual fire loss of
$25O,OOO,000 may be multiplied by
seven without exceeding the price
paid for alcohol during the one year
1911.
| II, then, the fire loss in the United
States is $500 per minute every min
ute during the year in question (by
no means exceptionally $4,000 were
spent in alcohol
II this represents an expenditure
viewed from the economical aspect,
who will dare record how health,
crime and eternal salvation were af-
fected by this masked agency, ever
hard at work?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
CATHOLIC CHAPLA|NS
HOLD CONVENTION IN NATIONAL
CAPITOL.

The first congress of the Catholic
Chaplain Corps, of the Army and
Navy, recently concluded three-day
session in Washington, adjourning to
meet here again two years hence.
A resolution was adopted recon-
mending to the Secretaries of the
Army and Navy the erection of
chapels at all military posts. At pres
ent religious services are not held in
any regular hall. The suggestion of
Secretary Daniels that the naval chap
lains organize among Catholic enlist
ed men such societies as the Total
Abstinence and the Holy Name was
adopted.
Discussion developed an almost
unanimous sentiment in favor of
Catholic chaplains being allowed to
wear the clerical garb Of Catholic
priests instead of the uniform. The
congress went on record in testify
ing to the high character of army and
navy officers and their cooperation in
the work of the chaplains.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
THE CURSE OF INTEMPERATE
DRINKING.

In his book, 'The Business of Sal
vation," Father Often has a chapter
on Incorporate habits in which he
treats first of the over-indulgence in
food of those of whom it may be truly
said that their God is their belly"
Then Father Often says:
And if intemperance in eating can
be the cause of so much harm, what
evils may one not rightly expect to
result from intemperance in drinking?
For in this matter there is usually not
a question of innocuous beverages,
such as the good God has provided for
the shaking of thirst; but of vile con-
coctions that poison the body, kill
reason, and make man a veritable
brute. The swine that Wallows in the
mire is an object of disgust, but an OBJ
ject of greater disgust is the drunkard
who staggers with unsteady step I'M
til he tumbles down anywhere in a
senseless heap. What a disgrace to
humanity such drunkard Isl! That
Keeling, lettering, gibbering thing a
man? That dwelling, lascivious, foul
mouthed thing the image of God? Oh,
the horror of it, the pity and the
shame!
"Yet more painful than the per
sonal degradation, unspeakable though
it be, is frequently the harm
brought upon others by this british
indulgence. What awful things hap
pen in the families of drunkards only
they can tell whose lives and homes
have been hopelessly ruined by the
very persons who should have been
their guardians and protectors. How
many maltreated wife has not dread
ed the Homecoming of her drunkard
husband, whose kisses and caresses of
years gone by have long since given
place to blows and foul imprecations
How many poor child has not looked
with horror upon domestic scenes that
are burned like curse into the mem
DRY of life's early years.
There is no need of dwelling on
the gruesome details of these ever-re-
curing tragedies; they are too well
known to call for rehearsing. Broken
hearts and blighted homes bear wit
ness to the havoc wrought by the de-
mon of drink throughout the length
and breadth of the land. Young and
old, men and women, have sacrificed
their self-respect, their homes and
their happiness, and it may be their
very souls to their cravings for the
poisoned cup. Surely, where such hor-
rors occur there is need of the virtue
of temperance; for without it the
world must needs become hell"
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DEATH OF BROTHER ALBEus.
CONGREGATION or THE HOLY
CROSS LOSES DEVOTED SON.
OCCUPIED RESPONSIBLE POSI-
TIONS.

Brother Albeus, prominent mem
Der of the Congregation of Holy Cross,
died at the Motherhouse, Notre Dame,
Indiana, June 14th. For more than
a quarter of century the deceased
Brother was familiar and popular
figure at the University of Notre
Dame During all these years he
served the college with rare devoted
ness as a teacher and project in the
preparatory department, or as treas
urer
He filled many other important posi-
tions in the Community. For years
he was Provincial Treasurer, mem
Der of the ProvinciaIs Council, and
more than once was elected by his
brethren to the General Chapter or
Conference of the Congregation.
Brother Albeus was born at Dun
lawn, near Dublin, Ireland. Early in
life he resigned an excellent position
in his native land in order that he
might devote himself to the service
of God.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

Frank Spearman, the American
Catholic novelist, in a personal ac-
count of his reasons for becoming
a Catholic, mentions among a
number Of obstacles which he
found in his path to Catholicity
the fact that he was a Freemason.
To become Catholic Mr.. Spear
man knew that he must, of course,
give up his membership in that
order. He writes: "From the
Masonic side of the question in my
case, there was no reason that I
could see why I could not belong
to the Church and to the order.
But what 1 realized instinctively
was that Masonry was not vital in
my life, whereas the choice of an
authoritative religion was ex-
tremely vital.'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

Thomas Nelson Page, writing in
the Churchman, anent the pro-
posed change Of name in the
Protestant Episcopal church,
says: 81 wish to say for myself,
that when / leave Professionalism
and turn my back on her prin-
ciples, I shall go the whole way
and accept Roman Catholicism. I
care not for the halfway things.
know something of Protestant
ism and something of Cathol-
icism; the midway, uncertain,
pretentious, halfway things that
it is endeavored to erect before
our eyes in such specious guise is
something I do not know"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
DEATH OF ALICE SHORT.

On Friday, June 20, Alice Short
passed away. In the happy spring
time of life she faded as flower in
the field. Though she had reached
the age of truest enjoyment Of earth
and its pleasures, she went through
her fatal illness without in the least
way rebelIing, and approached the end
without replning.
She was jealous member of the
Christ Child Society, and labored fer
vently In the work OF instructing the
Italian children in the tenets Of their
faith.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
DANGER TO HEALTHY MIND.

Alcohol and danger to healthy minds
are synonymous, says Sir Thomas
Clouston, M. d. Its pleasant emotional
and social effects need constant watch
ing. 1t hinders work of any kind. 1t
is not needed for health. 1t is the
most frequent cause of mental dis
ease. The nervous, the young, and
those with a family tendency to nerv-
BUSINESS and insanity should avoid it's
use. Those who do brain work should
be especially careful of it. The $780,
100000 pounds sterling spent on it
yearly in England is our worst spent
money. It is attended by dangers to
the race as well as to the individual.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

The Catholic paper cannot take
the place of Church or school, says
the Sacred Heart Review, but it
is mighty auxiliary to these
forces of Catholic life and sane
tifcation. Catholic pastors know
from experience that the family
taking Catholic paper is much
more likely to be well-disposed
toward the work of the parish
than the family which reads
nothing but the secular daily from
one years end to the other b.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28
A PROTESTANT AND THE CROSS
WHY DO PROTESTANTS SHRINK
FROM THE USE OF THE
CROSS?

A Protestant writer in the Trenton
Sunday Advertiser puts on record a
thought which has often found lodg-
ment in the Catholic heart: ''Why do
SO many Protestants shrink almost
in adherence from the use of the
CROSSE" What can it suggest to the
Christian but the mystery of Calvary?
"A Protestant" says:
II am one of the innumerable throng
of Protestants who fail to do their
full religious duties during the Lenten
session. A visitor to many of our
Protestant churches today will find
empty pews during this, the Lenten sea-
son. A little storm or a feeling of las
situde, perhaps, keeps the people away.
Not so with the Catholics of Trenton
at least. In early morning hours, mid
hail, rain, or snow, one will see men,
women and children vending their
way to church there to commune with
God and by their presence commem-
crate the suffering and trials of the
blessed Savior. Truly / say as a
Protestant, is not their example well
worthy of emulation? Who can say
nay?
Gust one word more. All Chris
tians will agree that the shedding of
Jesus blood upon Calvary's cross
made possible the redemption of man
kind. We ask dissolution from our
sins at the Cross of Calvary Why,
then, should we be ashamed of the
Cross? Every Catholic and Episcopal
church is known by cross. A num-
Der of Protestant churches, too, I am
their edifice. The Catholic clergy and
Episcopal rectors wear a cross upon
their person in full view. The sweet
Sisters of Charity to my mind look
more angelic when the cross that
adorns their sombre garb appears in
view. The sight of the cross makes
man have better thoughts. When
worn on the person it is indicative of
reverence and awe for the Saviour of
mankind. The cross on the church
spire makes it appear more holy, more
divine in it's character.
A1OW SOLALO1 L1AS IL uuSL U0 70 d
person stricken on the public street
to have priest or other servant of
God kneel by his PROSTATE form and
press to his lips the cross and offer a
petition to the Omnipotent on High
for forgiveness of SINS Nothing in
my mind can better beautify our
homes, our business places, our work
shops than the cross and pictures of
the Blessed Jesus. 1t brings us to a
realization that it is not all of life
to live nor all of life to die, that our
stay on earth is only transient, that
our lives are but as a breath, dream.
1t makes man stop and realize that
he has soul to save and of a never
ending eternity. Today in this era
of white slavery, vice and crime the
only salvation of our. girls and boys is
the church of the everything God.
Within the folds of Christ and the
Church our loved ones will be safely
sheltered and ultimately saved"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

July is the month consecrated
to the remembrance of the Pre-
cious Blood. 1t was the generous
outpouring Of that same Blood
that made our salvation pos
sible. It is the remembrance
and the loving affection to-
wards that same most Precious
Blood that will do much towards
softening the harshness of our
lives, and empurpling our souls
with the life-giving grace of which
the Blood of Christ is the pledge.
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creed, or moral condition. Above
all things, do not scott at the fall
len and the unfortunate, even the
Magdalens. Pity them. 1t was
the love and the sympathy of
Christ, not His mighty power, that
won over the first Magdalen to a
life of virtue and penance. Pity
the unfortunate, contribute to
their welfare, and pray the good
God to send them His grace, the
grace of final penitence and true
contrition.