The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
Sir Knights-Christian Brethren:

Sir knights Christian Brethren:
/ salute you with the watchword of
the soldier of the Lord of Hosts, as
spoken by the inspired writer, Strive
for justice, for thy soul with all the
energy of thy souD, and even unto
death fight for justice, and God will
overthrow thy enemies for thee"
Knights of Columbus, you are well
come to the Cathedral of st. Paul
The Cathedral Of St Paul takes unto
itself new grace of form, new strength
of inspiration, as you thrOng its nave
and aisles. The Valorous apostle,
whose name it bears, the hero of
heroes in the long story of Christian
manhood and apostolic fire, l am con-
fdent, deems this mornings scene
worthy of the temple dedicated to the
perpetuation of his memory, to the
growth in human hearts of the virtues
Of the skies of which he himself was
the pre-eminent preacher and ex-
emplar.
Venerable Cathedral of st. Paul, no
regret will be thine, that, preceding
the day of final farewell, the last great
concourse of worshippers boWing to
thy tabernacle was the membership
Of the Supreme Convention of the
knights of Columbus, August 4, 1914.
Soul-uplifting, rich in supernal
meaning, this mornings scene in the
Cathedral of st. Paul! IJnbelief in
the reign of God, of Christ, of the
Church of Christ, spreads it's darken-
ing shades across the world of men.
Loud the cry: Let us break their
laws asunder, and let us cast their
yoke from u.s. And now the counter
cry: never shall we bend the knee to
Baal. God reigns, Christ reigns, the
Church reigns. In defence of God, of
Christ, of the Church, we swear to
live, we swear to die, today and to-
morrow.
The Ideals of the Knights of Columbus.
Before me are the delegates to the
Supreme Convention of the Knights
of Columbus-the representatives and
spokesman of their four hundred thou
sand fellow Knights, scattered over
the broad continent of America. /
cannot over-value the nobleness of the
ideals that are yours, the wealth Of
the power you may put into the serv-
ice of religion through the diffusion
of those ideals among the whole men,
bership of the Church.
Who are the Knights of Columbus
Who are they, in the ideals embodied
in their professions, in the accepta-
tions of the general body of Catholics
They are Catholic laymen, who aim,
in their private and public life, to be
typical sons of the Church, in whose
coming, and going we may see the
practical realization of the teachings
and the commands of the Catholic re
ligion-who aim to be the trusted
auxiliaries of the Church in the full.
fillment of her divine mission, her or
ganized chivalry, ever first and fore.
most where her call is heard, or heI
banner leads.
Typical Catholic laymen, the
Church's imperial guard! Sir Knights
a high note is struck. 1t echoes the
music of the skies: it brings us al
once to the feet of the Goldman o
Palestine: it bespeaks what is bes
and most exalted in the teaching O
the Church, what, consequently, is bes
and most exalted in the dreams, the
PHILOSOPHERS of humanity.
Be the privilege mine to say in some
detail what the Church expects from
her typical sons, particularly in tn,
circumstances of our age and ou
country.
The Act of Catholic Faith.
First of all demand of you an ac
of faith-the vital condition of super
natural life, of membership in Christ
mystic body. Il believe in God tn
Father Almighty. l belfev
in Jesus Christ, his only-begotten Sol
our Lord, conceived of the Hol
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, cruc
fled, risen from the dead.
believe in the Holy Catholic Church.
Every man has his philosophy {
life: as his philosophy" so his all
of thought and act. Your philosophy
is your act of faith.
An act of faith! What, you wi
say, so simple, so easy for the Cat
olic as the act of faith? Yet, not $
simple, not so easy, that it need NJ
be guarded from errors and misco
ceptions, more or less prevalent in OF
day, that vitiate its essence, and a
nul its power of action.
The act of faith, required from IL
Catholic, is the assent of the intelle
to truths, principles and facts, tn;
have distinct and absolute entity,
themselves. outside of and separa
from the human mind. You ha'
heard of the so-called modernism
rejected and condemned by the Po
tiff, Plus X. 1t is a widely diffust
error, preached and extolled by not,
contemporary philosophers as Bergs'