The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-02-13

thlnk you are DOING II Tor 9ooo
cause? 2. What should man with
a large family who earns from eighty
to enc hundred dollars a month pay
for the rent of pew? 8. Are there
seats in the Catholic Church set aside
for the poor?
1. 1t is mortal sin to miss Mass
unless one has lawful excuse for re.
naming away One who pretends to
be sick is acting lie and failure tC
attend Mass, on this excuse alone
would be mortal sin. ,. The
amount will vary according to local
conditions and the needs of the par.
ish. Such a man should pay the pew
rent ordinarily asked for in his parish
church for a pew sufficiently large tC
accommodate himself and family at
Mass. This is form of church sup.
port which. is due in justice to the
church from those who occupy seats
and every person who can afford it
should have at least a sitting in
church. 3. 1t is not the rule in most
churches to set apart a certain section
and label it for the poor That
would impose a humiliation on those
who occupy the seats which the
church does not wish to impose upon
any of her children. Many people who
are too poor to pay for seat in church
do not want to have their poverty
publicly advertised Others may be
Temporarily embarrassed and cannot af
ford to pay for pew and they do not
want their condition exposed. If q
pariShiOner is not in a position to pay
pew rent or to make an Offering for
seat i'll church on Sunday he can al
ways make arrangements with the
pastor if he will make his condition
known to him 50 that he can occupy
seat without having a demand for
money made upon him. Pastors are
usually very considerate in these mat
terS and if a person is too poor to pay
for seat in church he can always
make arrangements for his accommO
dation by having an interview with the
pastor.
If Il priest said that you should not
GO to the Protestant Church for the
Christmas tree or services and you
went through pride, would it be sin?
Good Catholics do not attend Protes.
tant services. They know that it is
wrong to countenance any form OF
worship different from that of the
Catholic Church, and if your pastor
forbade you to attend Protestant serv.
ices he was merely fulfilling his dut!
towards one who evidently needed the
admonition. Your failure to obey your
lawful superior in this matter was
certainly vcnial sin at least 1t may
haze been more than venial sin il
your example was the cause of scan
dial to others or if you went for the
purpose of participating in these serv.
ices.
What is meant by the Gideon Bible?
is it Protestant Bible?
The Gideon Bible is a copy of the
Holy Scripture which is placed in the
rooms of hotels, etc, by society OF
men known as the "Gideons' who
make it their business to distribute
the Bible in this way for the benefit
of the travelling public. This Bible
is the King James version of the Prot
estant Bible, a translation of the
scriptures which was authorized in
1911 and revised in 1870. 1t contains
many errors, more than 10000 of
which we're pointed out by Thomas
Ward in his commentary, published
i'll 1858.
1. Is there an order of Sisters who
keep their own names after becoming
Sister? Is it sin to have
habit of coming to Church after Mass
begins, but before the Mass Book is
removed? 8. In what part of the
Bible is Purgatory mentioned?
1. Yes, the Sisters of the Sacred
Heart, for instance, retain their sur
names in religion and prefix the word
Madame to it. In fact, all Sisters re.
tain their surnames in religion and
use them when signing official docu
ments or important papers of ali
kind. In place of their Christian
names they take the name by which
they are to be known in religion. 2.
In order to fulfil the obligation of hear
ing Mass the whole of the Mass must
be heard To be wilfully absent dur
ing any portion of it is at least ven
ial sin. The sin will not be grave I'M
less notable part of the Mass is
missed. AS a general rule, mortal
sin is committed if a third part of the
Mass be missed and less is sufficient
for a grave sin when any action Of
special Importance in the sacrifice is
in the portion missed. In case of in
voluntary absence during notable
portion of Mass there will be an obi
cation of making it up by hearing
that portion of another Mass, if there
be an opportunity of doing so on the
same day. This, however, does not
refer to the Conservation and the
Communion, which must always be in
the same Mass. 1t is usually main
tanned that one does not commit a
grave sin who arrives at Mass before
the Offertory, but if one is in the hab.
it of coming to Mass at that time,
there is grave reason to fear that his
neglect of this portion of the Mass
will lead to further neglect and that
sooner or later he will come so late