The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18

ricks Day? 2. Is it sin for a Cath
Ollie to attend a funeral which the
Freemasons have full charge Of?
l. 1t is not any more sinful to
dance on st. Patrick's Day than on
any other day. 2. If ones presence at
such a funeral would cause scandal
or be interpreted as a participation in
Protestant services then one would
not be justified in attending.
1. In what country and year was
ST. Patrick born? Who were his
parents? Was he always Catholic ?
In what year did he go to ireland and
why? What was the state of religion
in Ireland when he went there and
when he died? What did ST. Patrick
do for ireland in an educational way
and when was the first school started,
and how did ireland rank with other
nations at that time? Why is ST. Pat
rick's Day celebrated on March II?
Is ST. Patrick considered one of the
greatest among the saints? 2. How
many counties are there in Ireland
and what is the land area?
1. st. Patrick was born at Kill
patrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland,
in the year 3S7. His father, Calphur-
MUS, belonged to a Roman family of
high rank and his mother, Conchessa,
was near relation of the great pa
tron of Gaul, st. Martin of Tours. In
his sixteenth year Patrick was car
ried into captivity in Ireland, where
he remained for six years. He escap-
ed and returned to his friends in
Britain, but his heart was set on de-
voting himself to the services of God
in the priesthood. He was ordained
by st. German at Auxerre. During
his priestly career Patrick heard the
voice of the people of Ireland begging
him to come once more among them
and, as a preparation for his mission
airy work, he was consecrated Bishop
and commissioned by Pope Celestine
to preach Christianity in Ireland. He
returned to Ireland about the year 433
and met with great success in preach
ing the Catholic faith. The people of
Ireland were mostly pagans, but there
were many Christians among them.
When st. Patrick finished his life
work the people of Ireland were most
ly Christian with only few pagans
among them. st. Patrick died on
March II, 493, and it is in common
Grafton of that event that his feast
day is celebrated on the 18th of
March. About the year $50 st. Pat
rick established college at Armagh
for the education of young men for
the priesthood. Later on similar in
situations were founded at Kildare,
Noendrum, Louth and elsewhere.
These were followed in after years
by large number of monastic schools
and educational institutions of one
kind or another. In a short time Ire
land became the home of scholarship
and learning to which students came
from all parts of Europe and Irish
scholars and saints established schools
in all the countries of Europe. 2.
The area of Ireland is 32,535 square
miles. 1t is divided into four provinces
and thirty-two counties
I. Should one genufIect before the
Blessed Sacrament when passing from
one side of a church VestibuIe to the
other while the main door of the
church is closed. 2. In order to
gain the indulgence attached to the
"Behold, Oh kind and most sweet
Jesus" ETC., should it be said after
Communion or might one gain the in
diligence by reciting it during the
day? Also may this indulgence be
gained but once after each Commun-
ion or as often as recited? 8. Are
monks required to maintain strict
silence after entering monastery or
are some orders of monks more strict
than others? | have been told they
are never allowed. to speak after be-
coming a monk.
/. 1t is not necessary to genufect
while passing the closed inner door
of church leading into the vestibule.
One may do so, however, if he wishes.
2. Pope Plus TX by decree of the
Sacred Congregation of Indulgences,
dated July 81, 1858, declared that
those who wish to gain the plenary
indulgence by saying this prayer,
must say it with devotion before an
image or picture of our crucifed Re-
deemer, and being truly penitent,
after confession and Communion,
spend some time in prayer for the in
tention of his Holiness. 8. With the
exception of few orders, the best
known of which are the Trappists,
communities of monks are not re-
quired to observe strict silence at all
times. There are times during the
day when silence is to be observed,
but otherwise they are free to engage
in conversation. Some orders are
stricter than others in this regard.
I. Suppose say an INDUCED
prayer for another person, and since
| cannot gain an indulgence for an
other, to whom is the indulgence APP
piled? 2. have a rosary blessed by
the Pope on which can gain, on one
bead, all the induIgenees gained by
those who visit the Holy Land, some
plenary and many partial. Which is
the largest indulgence attached to a
rosary? Some time ago | read that
the rosaries blessed by the Pope have
not the largest indulgence attached
to them. Which, then, is the largest
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