The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-11-27
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Brief Reviews and Notices

We have received from the office
of the Irish Messenger" Great Dem
mark Street, Dublin, ireland, the fol-
lowing penny publications:
Devotion Of the First Fridays, by Rev.
Joseph Mcdonnell, s. j., contains
q novena of meditations on the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, each of
| which is followed by prayers and
a spiritual examination that may be
used with great profit by those who
have a special devotion to the Sac
red Heart, or who make the Nine
| Fridays. 1t has also the twelve
promises of our Lord to Blessed
Margaret Mary in favor of those
devoted to His sacred heart, acts
of conservation and other special
| prayers.
Help for the Holy Souls, by Thomas
Mcdonald. A raccolta of the most
common indulgenced prayers and
practices of devotion for the ben
eft of the souls in purgatory. 1t
is an appropriate booklet for the
month of November.
St. columbanus, by Rev. Myles ".
Roman, gives a brief sketch of the
life and missionary activity of the
great Irish Saint of the sixth CEN
fury who founded monasteries in
France and Italy, and whose thir-
teenth centenary was observed this
month.
Our Lady Of Lourdes, by e. Leahy,
recounts the different apparitions
to Bernadette Soubirous, at what is
now known as the Grotto of Lourdes
in France and the most remarkable
cures of recent years at that veneer
ated shrine.
The Women of France and the War,
by the Comtesse De Courson.
This gives a brief account of the
efforts made by the women of
France, individually and in groups,
to minimize the distress caused by
the war by their activities in their
respective localities and at the
| front where they serve the wounded
soldiers.
A Boys Choice, by Rev. Henry Davis,
S. J., is dialogues on Vacations
between Charles, boy, and Mr..
Worldly-Wise, in which is brought
out the Catholic teaching in regard
to the vocation to the priesthood.
The Falsity of the Theory of EVolu.
ton: BY Rev. A. M. Sicily, o. P.
Published by the Kaufer Company,
Seattle, Wash. Price Is cents.
In this booklet of eighty-four pages
Father Shelly replies to lecture on
''The Origin and Antiquity of Man."
given by DR.. e. v. Smith, Professor
of Zoology in the University of Wash
ington, in which an attempt is made
to show the truth of the theory of
evolution as applied to man. Father
Sicily takes up the arguments of
Professor Smith one by one and shows
how inconelusive, il not absolutely
false, they are as foundation for
the theory of evolution. He compares
this theory with the fact of creation
and gives popular exposition of the
teaching of the Church in regard to
the origin of the human race.
The Fall of the House Of Pedagogues:
BY Rev. Francis O'Neill, O. p, Phi. d.
Published by the Central Bureau
OF the G. r. G. Central-Verein, ST.
Louis, Mo. Price 10 cents a copy,
or $3.50 a hundred.
The author Of this pamphlet is
stationed at the Dominican Convent,
Minneapolis, Mimi. He makes an ex-
animation of modern educational ten
denotes in the non-Catholic world and
points out the weakness of the system
He also takes up the question of text
books used in non-Catholic institutions
and cites specific instances in
which they place the Church in a
false historical light. The Catholic
school is discussed, the important
work which it is carrying on is
forcibly pointed out, and its great
moral influence for good is emphati-
ca1ly insisted upon. Catholic school
teachers will find in this pamphlet a
strong and substantial argument in
defence of Catholic education.