New Britain herald., 1915-01-25
INTER-MARRIACE IS
 DEPl0RED BY PRIESTS
Fathers Winters and Da|y Rap
 Unions Wlh ProteStantS.

Marriage of Catholics and non- Catholice was criticised yesterday al St. Mary's and St. Joseph's S churches by Rev. John T. Winters and Rev. Patrick Daly respectively. Their rema rks on this subject were made in the course of their annual reports regarding the spiritual con- ditiOns in the parishes.
 Both priests deplored the fact that some of their parshioners had seen 1t to marry persons of other religious end pointed out the possibilities and probabilities, of unhappines ess arising from such a union. Married couples who are not of the same faith are apt to find themselves in a state of dis cord over the religious training of their children, the priests said, and Father Daly went so far as to state that during his thirty-one years ex- perience as a priest he knew of few marriages of Catholics and non Catholics that resulted happily.
 Father Winters spoke on Trace suicide" and said he was not pleased with the number of children brought into the world during the past year in his large parish. He likewise gave some attention to the tendencies of young men to frequent saloons and warned them to remain in the paths of sobrety and industry rather than fellow the lives of drinking and shiftlessness.
 The Saloon Problem.
 Speaking of the saloon problem, Father Winters said the priests had been laughed at for fighting the granting of more licenses but they would continue to fight the location of saloons in neighborhoods where they would prove to be stum- bling blocks in the way of young men. This statement was taken as refer ring particularly to a case where resident in the parish had tried seV- eral times to secure license.
 There are many liquor dealers who are good men and try to conduct their sa ioops along strict lines, Father Win ters said, but many of their bartend- CTS and other henchmen profit by in ducing young men to drink to excess
 Some women are hypocritical in de- nying that they like the taste of liquor. yet they do their "tippling' on the sly, the priest said.
 Long Courtships Unwise.
 Father Winters urged against long 
 moral as some of those engaged in them might think. He spoke also of req sons why some girls prefer not to wed, and said that in many cases they had valid reasons, as some are in poor health and others wish to take care of their parents.
 Race Suicide"
 Speaking of Trace suicide,' Father described it as the "misuse of marriage relations He said many mothers dress their daughters like Hasps, so that they are unfit for n motherhood. Some wives are inclined 70 take the advice of "old fogies'' and certain physicians rather than trust to divine providence, he said.
 Father Winters referred to France Is country that was once regarded 1 highly for it's virtues, but Is now l ooked on with shame by the entire | world for it's imm oralities.
 During the year 1914 in St. Mary's l parish there were twentyseven mar | ,iages, 12O baptisms and ninety-seven 1 deaths of adults, of whom ffty-three | were men and fortyfour were women. 1
 St. Joscph's Church.
 Tn St. Josephs parish there were 1 lO1 baptisms, of which fifty-two were 1 girls and forty-nine were boys. There 1 were thirteen marriages and eighteen ] leaths. Eighty received first com munion. There were 10,0 900 communi- | 2ants during the year. The member ship in the various church societies is IS follows: League of the Sacred l Heart, 200; Holy Name society, 30O l "a dies Aid society, 50; Young Ladies society, 80. There are 241 children 1 in the parochial school and 100 in the l Sunday school
 The following was announced as l the schedule of masses for the year:
 Parish mass every morning at o'clock; Sunday masses at ', s. and 1 i 0:3O o'clock; holy days of obliga ton at 5:3o and 8 and first Friday at 5:3O and ' o'clock; vespers Sundays at 3:30, and baptisms at o'clock and Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Funerals at a. m., requiem masses at 8 o'clock and marriages at :, 8, and o'clock.
 Confessions will be heard on Satur- days from 3:30 to 6 and from to | o'clock and on the eyes of the first Friday and holy days. Public school will receive instructions each l Saturday morning at 9:30 for school 1 children during the school term.
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