The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-04-10

changed from March 10 to Low Sun
day?
In the decree "Supremi Discipline"
issued by Pope Plus X, on July 2, 1911,
it was decreed, among other things,
that the Feast of st. Joseph would be
no longer a fixed but movable feast,
to be observed on the Sunday follow
ing or coinciding with March 10. The
solemnity of this feast was to be en-
HANGED by attaching to it the privilege
Of an octave. AS soon as this decree
was published many bishops made
representations to the Holy See to the
effect that, as the feast and octave of
St Joseph would very frequently fall
on the privileged Sundays" Of Lent,
there would be no commemoration in
such years Of the Saint, either in the
of the days of the octave would often
fall in Passion Week it would have to
be omitted altogether. They asked,
therefore, that, in order to maintain
and increase the cult of st. Joseph,
the feast be celebrated on March 10,
without an octave and not as holy
day Of obligation, and that the feast
of the Patronage of st. Joseph be en-
dowed with all the rights and priVi-
leges supertaining to principal patrons
and celebrated with an octave. His
Holiness after consulting the Congre-
cation of Rites and the Liturgical
Commission granted these requests
and through the Congregation issued a
decree, under date of July "a, 1911,
which made the required changes in
the provisions of the original decree.
These changes may be summarized as
follows: The Feast of st. Joseph
shall be celebrated on March 10, but
not as a HOLIDAY of obligation and
without an octave; the Feast of the
Patronage of st. Joseph shall be cele.
brated on the third Sunday after
Easter with an octave. Last year
when certain changes were made in
the Office and it was determined to
keep the Sundays as free as possible
from special feasts, it was decided to
celebrate the Feast of the Patronage
Of st. Joseph on the Wednesday fol
lowing the second Sunday after Easter
which falls this year on April q. The
octave closes on Wednesday, April %
In a word, therefore, the Feast of ST
Joseph is celebrated as usual on the
18th of March, and the Patronage OF
st. Joseph on the Wednesday before
the third Sunday after Easter. There
is no transfer of st. Joseph's day tc
Low Sunday.
A person receives Holy Communion
every two weeks, consequently re
ceives many times during the season
prescribed by the Church for the per
forming Of ones Easter Duty. In such
a case, is it necessary, in order t.
comply with the law of the Church con
corning the performance of ones
Easter Duty, that one Communion out
of these be made expressly with the
intention of performing such Easter
Duty?
All that is necessary in order tt
satisfy the precept of the Church re
garding the reception of Holy Com
munion during the Easter time is tina
a person receive Holy Communion
worthily at any time between the frs
Sunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday
1t is not necessary that he eXpressl
determine that any particular Com
munion be received as the Easter Com
munion. The worthy reception of Com
munion during this time satisfies TIL
precept whether or not the person &C
verts to the fact that he is performing
his Easter duty.
Is there any Catholic normal schoc
for girls in the State of Minnesot
where state certificate for teachin
may be received?
No, there are no Catholic norma
schools of any kind that are on tn
same footing and do the same wor
as the State Normal schools. Their
arc Catholic institutions where traiH
ing for teachers is given, but there ar
no Catholic schools to whose graduate
the State grants its certificates fo
teaching in the same way as it doe
to the State Normal schools.
What religious denomination wa
the first to use chapel car? hav
been informed that the Baptists wer
the first and the Catholics followed
2. When person is making noven
and. the first Friday of April comes
as it did this year, on Good Frida
must a person start all over again G
can he 90 to Communion on the SUI
day following?
1. AS far as we know the Baptist
were the first to use a Chapel car fC
missionary work. The Catholic Churc
Extension Society now has tire
chapel cars and two or three mote
cars which are used to bring the ben,
fits of religion to the scattered Catht
lies in the more remote parts of tn
country where church facilities al
few or entirely lacking. 2. We pr,
sumo this question refers to the noven
of Nine first Fridays in honor {
the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This que
ton was fully answered in receI
Issue of The Catholic Bulletin wheI
it was explained that whenever til
first Friday of the month coincide
with Good Friday, it does not nece
sarily break the series of nine Fl
days. That particular month
dropped and the series is continued a
additional month We believe that