The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-25
Name some Catholic Statements

l. Name some Catholic settlements
for social work. 2. Can a Catholic
girl earn living by such work?
l, The following are some of the
more important Catholic settlements:
Chicago, hist. EliZabeth's Settle
ment, 317 Orleans street; ST. Mary's
Settlement, 656 West 44th street;
New York-The Barat Settlement,
296 Elizabeth street; Miss Lombard's
Settlement, East 21st street; Sacred
Heart Mission Settlement, Church of
ST. John, East 73rd street; ST. Roses
Settlement, 257 East list street; st.
Louis-Guardian Angel Settlement. 2.
Write, stating qualifications, to any
to the above addresses.
/. Is it proper to genufIect at the
is moved? 2. Is it proper to kneel at
the "orate Fratres?" 8. Should the
people be seated at the beginning of
the Offertory or remain standing until
it Is finished2
l. 1t is proper to make a reverence at
the beginning of the Gospel; it is not
necessary to genuhect 2. 1t is not a
matter of obligation to kneel at the
"Orate Fratres"; custom sanctions it
in some places, and in such places, for
the sake of uniformity, the custom
ought to be followed 3. At the be-
ginning of the offertory the people
ought to resume their seats.
read in The Bulletin from time to
time about Bishops going on their "ad
limina" visit to Rome. What is the
meaning of it?
The term ''limina Apostolorum,"
the thresholds of the Apostles" sig
nifies the Church itself; and the lad
limina" visit means the visit to the
Basilica of st. Peter on the Vatican
and of that of st. Paul on the Ostian
Way. According to ecclesiastical
usage the first duty appertaining to
the lad limina" visit is that of visit
ing the Sovereign Pontiff, and paying
him the homage and obedience due
from all Catholic Bishops. Hence, if
the Pope happened to be residing else
would be obliged to follow him
thither. The obligation is of very
long standing; in one form or another
it existed from the most ancient times.
ST. Gregory VII, in the Sixth Council
of Rome, held in 1916, bound the Bish-
ops of the Roman province to make
the visit every year. Clement VIII,
by the Bull eek quo in Ecclesia Del"
of February 10, 1896, made definite
legislation on the subject for the rest
of the Catholic world. On reaching
Rome on his lad limina" visit every
Bishop, before presenting his report
on the state of his diocese, goes to the
two Basilicas, already mentioned,
adores the Blessed Sacrament, prays
before the tombs of st. Peter and ST.
Paul, and receives in each case a GER
tificate testifying that he has per-
formed this obligation. Provided with
these two documents the Bishop can
present his report to the competent
congregation, and apply, through the
Major Domo, to be admitted to the
presence of the Sovereign Pontiff, and
may not leave Rome without a dis
pensation until he has had audience
with the Holy Father.
l. How do you explain the seeming
contradiction Of the statement of the
New Testament that no man has ever
seen God, with Abraham's and Moses
intercourse with Him? 2. Why is
there no uniformity in the use of the
same Catechism in our parochial
schools? For instance, my children
had to re-iearn twice the prayers for
Confession, and then again they are
different from those | learned.
l. No man has ever seen God with
the vision of full comprehension,
which is possessed by God Himself,
Father, Son and Holy Ghost. mo man
hath seen God at any time: the only
begotten Son, Who is in the bosom
(John I:1S.) To comprehend is to
know fully, as fully as the object is
capable of being known, to know all
that there is to know about it. God
is infinite, and hence can be known
fully by an infinite mind, and by it
alone. Another explanation is that
no man has ever in this life
seen God face to face as He is seen
by the blessed in Heaven. We do not
know what was the precise nature OF
the vision of God that was accorded to
Moses and to st. Paul; we are free to
hold that they saw God face to face
even in this life, but even so it was
a temporary and a, transient vision, il
was due to a special supernatural
favor, and did not, of course, amount
to full comprehension. Most authori
ties, however, deny that even those
great servants of God were favored
with the vision of God face to face
during their mortal life; the vision
they obtained was according to those
authorities a lower degree of super
natural vision. 2. There is, as you
know, substantial uniformity, and even
more than that in all Catechisms
there is uniformity in all important de
tails. But this is big country, with
several ecclesiastical provinces, very
mixed Catholic population, derived
from every country in Europe, will
their several traditional ways of ex
pressing the truths of Faith, and the
emotions of prayer that are common
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