The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-14
REV. FIR. MOORE
 DENOUNCES VILE
 FILM AND PRINT
Tells Holy Name Society Con- centrated Action Must Be Made Against Growing
 Evf1.
MExICANe OtTTRAGES
 MUST BE CHECKED
Murder, Rapfne and Destruc- ton of Church Property Brought to Notice of
 Government


 Government.
 The foaSovang sermon wasaaeIivered by Rev pr. R. F. Moore in the sa- cred Heart church On Sunday last be- fore the assembled body of the Holy Nau1s Sociatyv
 ssDear Holy Meme Men: Your large DraaenOe this morning at the table or the LSoEd, wREh clean hearts after a lclaau coufess1on, is a spectacle that is iinaDar1ng and edtfying. On an occa- sion ea1ch aB this iss 1t Is admirable 10 ranarv ypzzx promise to abstain from I4aIxinsx in vain the Holy Name of Jesus and to decry, as far as you cans all haaspMemy and oaoecendty of speech in others.
 sspsht1e 4k aB your aUowed purpose to protect the snanne Of God against all larreverenca and dfErespect yet, 1t Sxo114d sDem that you should enter 1ereemv crusade that makes for the gen ieraE welfare of Hs church and so- caetx. There are some puoiiS evils 1fl1af should enlist your interest end act1v1tx They are those evils that Eare z4tacaing in various ways the sa- tered and fundazaexxtai principles Of lmoraa1ty, truth and religious liberty. lTsheae arc issues that should not be treated wEtn apathy or inoinerence. They are c1anoKfnE for the militant izea1 and co-operation of every lover of the Kingdom of God on earth
 ~sox7A. thare are who think that 1t IfsSnot the business of Holy Name men #to en2efHere with civic authorities In 1azaanst society. While that is their Eepecfaa duty, yet, we can cooperate with them as citizens and Catholics. Morally truth and liberty are pFin- IcipIes dear to the heart of God and should be sacred also to us because they are the foundation stones of the Church of the Community; and with out them the life Of both is an i'm possibility
 kf.your society meetings you should fffscxzss these issues that affect public decency and moralitys and should adopt some plan of cooperation to suppress these p1b3fc vices that are preyAng upon the innocence of our un- guarded youth At least, we can help to foster public opinion and sentiment aEaAnst public obscentty; against the outragess upon truth that are com naitted against the Catholic church through islander and vilihcation; against the attacks upon liberty which the Mexican Catholics are suffering in patience and with no protest upon the part of those who regard rel ligfons liberty as a constitutional right
 
 graI share We are pleased to note that the work has been taken up and. systeTnat1zed by other Catholic so- c1eties and with appreciab1e results. At the late convention of the Federal led Catholic Societies, held at Ba1d- more, the reports of various com mitzeee have proved effective this so- cia1 service can become, when there is inteIHgent, earnest and concentrated acttou- Along the lines of public de- cenGw and morality. they were espe- s cfalfy-guccessfu1 in censorIng unsavory plavBs suggestive films in moving pic ture8; o4scene post cards and the sup press1on of those vile posters that are daunted 1n the faces of innocent chi1- dren along our highways The pub Ehc theatre received special attention. In the west, there was prepared. a 'Bsc l.st' Of plays which no decent "a. White List of plays was chosen which any Catholic might see with a safe conscience.
 seWhat these dfmenent societies in diHexent parts of the country have accomplished, shoa1d stimulate us to initiate the1r zeal and sef-sacrihce. There are evils, evenlat our own doors, wf18ch should make any good citizen sit ID and think A pubIic-nnnded man lately asked me to solicit the CO., iopera41on of our Holy Name men to procEzEea official censor for all danc- ing halls and to close those where in toxtcants are sold. We know well the inpaz1ang reason. young girls are in- vfted to dance; then to drink and alas to lose, what is the armament of The Holy Name men of New Jersey, Aco-opeEat1ng with the civic auth oriti es were a great help in closing these vesttbuaes of Hell
 Truth crushed to earth shall rise again; the eternal years of God are here, The vile islanders that are studious1y circulated against the Cath 3olic church should not pass unheeded or unchaIBenged- Our duty is to pre- sent the church as she is and not what we should be we'll granted in the prin- cfupIes and practices of our Holy Faith; should be some eWhat con versant with her history past and present, we should endeavor to make them known-to publish the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. You should offset the evil ef- fects of evil literature with good Cath olic papers and books. Let the Amer ican mind, that loves a, square deal see both sides A missionary says that there are three times as many converts where the menace has been circulated We must combat error and slander and ca1iemny with the veal pons of truth
 Religious Analagy.
 mere are outTaSeS dSa1nSL re- Hgious liberty in Mexico that should be seriously studied and published Our American press has been surpris- ing1y silent about them- Facts and conditions, as they have come to us from good authorities are a sad com
 nentary upon our American civiliza- ton. If they are true, these Mexican outrages are crimes against humanit1 And cffenses against constj tutional lib erty- Rapine, lust and murder ar' committed in the name of liberty Churches have been footed and de stroyed; priests have been exiled ant rnurdereds while nuns have been pros