The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-27

consequently, have formed no opin-
ion in regard to it. We have seen a
review of it which says that Father
Durens treatment of the subject in
this little book is very delicate, and
his spirit the essence of reverence;
yet somehow it appears risky to try
to couple the hottest things of relig-
ion with the gamblers instruments,
and not few persons will be i'm
pressed, we imagine, with that view
of the case"
What is the nearest quite strong
Catholic community to the north of
Bingham Lake, Mimi?
Sleepy Eye, New Ulm and Mankato
are populous Catholic communities
north and northeast of Bingham Lake
There are other smaller towns near
er to it but the proportion of Cath
Ole to non-Catholics is not so great as
in the towns mentioned.
When a child goes to confession
can he receive Holy Communion be-
fore he receives his first Holy Com
munion?
Some years ago our Holy Father,
Pope Plus X, issued a decree in
which he exhorts pastors to allow chill
dren to receive Holy Communion pri-
vately as soon as they come to the
use of reason, and this is now the Gus
tom in most places. ForNthis it is
necessary that the children have a
sufficient knowledge of the Catechism
to know what they are doing. They
are not expected to have as thorough
grasp of Christian Doctrine as it
required for first Solemn Communion
which is now administered, as former
~, to children who have attained the
age of eleven or twelve years. A
child may receive Holy Communion
about the age of seven years and con-
tinuo to receive it at frequent inter
walls until he is prepared for his First
Solemn Communion several years aft
erwards.
Supposing a person be enrolled in
more than one scapular, will soap
uIar medal take the place of all, or is
it meant for the scapuIar of Mount
Carmel only?
A few weeks ago we published the
decree Of the Holy Father in regard
to the scapular medal and it's use and
we cannot afford space to reproduce
it. If you would read the Question
Box carefully each week you would
have no difficulty in answering this
question. In brief, it may be stated
that the scapular medal can take the
place of as many scapulars as per-
son has been enrolled in, provided
the priest who blesses the scapular
medal makes the Sign of the Cross
scapulars for which it is to be sub
stituted by the wearer.
If man born of Catholic parents
falls away from the faith while young
and marries a Protestant before a
judge and then gets a divorce and is
willing to come back to the Catholic
Church, will Catholic girl be allowed
to marry him?
If the first marriage was valid he
cannot marry again while his first
wife lives, even though he may have
secured legal divorce from her Suf-
ficient proof would have to be laid
before the proper ecclesiastical au-
thorities to convince them that the
first marriage was invalid before the
Church would allow the man to marry
again. The best way to have a mat
ter of this kind fixed up is to consult
your pastor and be governed wholly
by his advice If the facts of the case
warrant it, he will take the matter UP
with the proper authorities or tell you
how to proceed with the case.
I. BY whom was the Carmelite Or
der Of Sisters founded? 2. How many
provinces of tho Order arc there in
the United States? Give addresses.
How many Sisters in the United
States belonging to the Order?
[. The Carmelite Order of Nuns
was instituted by John Soreth, Gen
eral of the Carmelites in the fifteenth
century Shortly after its institution
the discipline of the Order became
somewhat relaxed and st. Teresa,
who was in convent of the Order at
Avila, Spain, set herself to reform
the community and became the found
err of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns
whose rule is strict. At the time of
her death in 1882, st. Teresa had
assisted at the foundation of seven
teen reformed Carmelite converts for
women. 9 The Convent of Discalced
Carmelites at Baltimore, is regarded
as the Motherhouse of the Order for
the United States, although each mon
astery is Independent. There are mon
asteries at st. Louis, Mo-; New Or
leans, La: Boston, Mass; Philadel-
phia, Pa Brooklyn, n. Y; San Fran.
cisco, Cal; Wheeling, w. Va; Seattle
Wash, and Los Angeles, Cal. In the
United States there are 106 Sisters, Is
novices and Is postulants in the Or
der, according to the latest available
statistics.
II a person receive the Sacramento
in mortal sin several times and while
In that state be received into some so
clety, Is it enough to mention when he
goes to confession, that he received