The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-19
DIOCESE OF DULUTH.
LETTER OF BISHOP McGOLRICK
FORMULATING THE JUBI-
LEE.
Diocesan Correspondent.
Rev. P. ]. Lydon, Box 772. Duluth. MINI.

To the Clergy and the Laity of the
Diocese of Duluth,
Beloved Brethren:
Our Holy Father, Pope Plus X, now
happily reigning has proclaimed to
all the faithful a Universal Solemn
Jubilee in honor of the sixteen hum
dredth anniversary of the edict of the
Emperor Constantine in the year 313.
This proclamation urging works of
piety and prayer is received every
where with joy and an earnest desire
to gain the indulgences attached to
the Jubilee.
On this occasion the Holy Father
declares: 1--WE consider it fitting to
multiply prayers to God, His Virgin
Mother and all the Saints, especially
the Apostles, that the peoples of the
whole world may restore the glory
and honor of the Church and take
refuge in the bosom of such a noble
Mother, may exert their powers to re-
pei the errors by means of which the
reckless enemies of the Faith strive
to obscure her splendor, may pay the
highest homage to the Roman Pontiff,
and in fine may confidently regard the
Catholic religion as the support and
stay of all things.
"Then we may hope that men, hav-
ing their hearts once more fixed on
the Cross, WILL in this sign of saliva
ton, completely overcome the haters
of Christianity and the unbridled de-
sires of the heart.
But in order that the humble pray
ers which will be offered up through
out the Catholic world on the occasion
of this solemn celebration may more
fully rebound to the spiritual advan-
| tage of the faithful, we have decided
to enrich them with Plenary Indul-
gence in the form of a Jubilee, most
earnestly exhorting all the children
of the church to unite their prayers
and acts of piety with ours, and to Sc
cure from the favors extended to them
by the Jubilee as much benefit as
possible for their own souls and for
the advantage of religion"
We earnestly hope that every Cath
Ollie in the diocese will participate in
this great religious act and be found
al Gods Altar in compliance with the
conditions made so easy by our Holy
Father.
The works prescribed by the Sover-
eign Pontiff are: 1. A Contrite Con-
fession. 2. The reception of the Holy
Eucharist 8. Six visits to the church
IrV~ he oh iwJ TOD NV he Dfc6
op, with prayers on the occasion of
each visit for the intentions of the
Sovereign Pontiff 4. Aims giving.
In the Diocese of Duluth visits to
churches will be made as follows
In places where there is only one
parish the six visits will be made
to the church of that parish; where
there are two parishes, three visits
will be made to the church of each
parish Where there are three par
ishes, two visits will be made to the
church of each of the three parishes.
In the city of Duluth, the churches
to be visited, each church twice, are:
the church of ones parish, the Cathe-
dral and the Church of st. Anthony of
Padua.
Confessors are authorized to change
this rule in case of distance or much
inconvenience, to six visits to the
parish church itself.
Inmates of converts or of religious
Institutes may make those visits to
the chapels attached to their converts
or Institutes. Children who have not
yet made their First Communion can
be dispensed from Holy Communion
by their confessor To the infirm
and others detained necessarily in
their homes, the confessor can com
mute the visits into some other works
of piety.