The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-04-17

and what means of support have they
it they don't teach or nurse? 8. Is
there more than one Order of st.
Dominic and where is the Motherhouse
of these Orders in this country, espe-
cialIy of the CarmeEites, Ursulines
and Holy Rosary? a. Where can get
some books that will help me in these
subjects and the names of these books.
You can readily understand that it
would require more space than we
have at our disposal to answer the
foregoing questions fully, when we
state that thirty pages Of the "Ofticial
Catholic Directory" are devoted to
giving the statistics Of the religious
Orders of women in the United States.
You will find all the information you
seek in the Catholic Directory, a copy
Of which You can probably obtain from
the pastor Of your parish. If you wish
to have a copy Of your own you can
procure it through any Catholic book
seller at a cost varying from one to
two dollars depending upon its com
pleteness and binding.
What is the proper way to say the
Rosary?
The Rosary Of the Blessed Virgin
comprises fifteen decades. What we
ordinarily call the beads is only
one-third of the Rosary, or five
decades. Each Rosary consists of five
decades, a crucifiX, and two large and
three small beads connecting it with
the decades. You recite the Apostles
Creed on the crucifiX, the Our Father,
the Glory be to the Father, ETC., on
the large beads and the Hail Mary on
the smaller ones. Each decade con-
sists OF ten smaller beads for the Hail
Marys and large bead on which the
Our Father is said before the decade
and the Glory be to the Father after
it. These are repeated five times.
In order TO gain the indulgence it is
necessary to mediate upon the par
ticular mystery commemorated during
the decade These mysteries, fifteen
in all, are divided into three groups
of five each, namely, the Joyful, the
Sorrowful and the Glorious. The JOY
full mysteries are: The Annunciation;
the Visitation; the Nativity; the
Presentation in the Temple; and the
Finding in the Temple. The Sorrow
full are: The Agony in the Garden;
the ScOurging at the Pillar; the
Growing with Thorns; the Carrying
of the Cross; and the Crucifixion.
The Glorious are: The Resurrection
of our Lord; the Ascension into
Heaven; the Descent of the Holy
Ghost; the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary; and the Coronation OF
the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Has the Catholic Church ever de-
cIared that Socialism is wrong or
immoral?
The underlying principles of Social
ism, as generally understood, have
been condemned by the Church as
against divine Revelation. Socialism
would supplant Divine Providence by
the providence of the state This is
evidently against the Gospel Of Christ
and all Revelation. Pope Plus TX III
his Encyclical Of November 9, 1916
condemned many Of the theories adj
vocated by Socialism. There is, OF
course, form of Socialism, seen in
Religious Communities, which aims
at Christian perfection, whore the
members have all things in common
but this is not the life advocated by
the Socialists.
Did the Catholic Church ever conse
crate kings of nations? Does she dc
so now?
The Catholic Church has always
taught that there is mo power but
to Caesar the things that are Cae
sar's.' She has always insisted on
the necessity of obedience to lawful
authority even in the civil sphere
We know that there is a close rela
tionship between obedience and rev
erence; and it is this reverence which
was accentuated by the amounting
given by Popes to temporal rulers at
different times. The symbolic cere
mony accompanying the amounting
brought out in striking reliefsthe truth
that all power is from on high. The
people very readily understood the
lesson. For instance, when civil au.
thority was disputed in France in the
middle Of the eighth century, Pepin
appealed to Pope Zachary to recog-
nize his rightful kingship. Shortly
afterwards Pope Stephen travelled to
France and in the city of st. Denis in
the year 753 anointed Pepin King OF
the Franks. Pepin had previously
been elected to the Office by the peo-
pie. The amounting signified that his
rightful authority to govern came
from God. In amounting kings, the
Church followed the ordinance estab-
lished by God Himself in the Old
Testament wherein He commanded
Samuel to anoint Saul the first king
and David the second King Of Israel
That the ceremony no longer takes
place is one Of the effects of the so.
called Reformation; and, as "a conse-
quence, the reverence and obedience
which the people have for civil author
ity has not been raised to a higher
standard because the ecclesiastical
ceremony has been abandoned.
From what source did the Protes-
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