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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF
St. PATRICK
ST. TASSACH OF RATH-COLPA
AND HIS RUINED
CHURCH.
(8y Francis Joseph Biaaegi
M. r, |. Al ol

Raholp borders. Saul, where Saint
Padraig spent the first and last years
of his mission in Ireland. He wrote:
Thirty years was | myself
At Saul with purity.
Tassach was Bishop at Rath-Colpa
in Saint Padraig's time, and was
privileged to give the Sacrament to
the dying saint.
"The royal Bishop Tassach,
Who gave on his Arrival
The body of Christ, the King truly
powerful,
AS communion to Padraig'
SO ST. Hngus the Coldee com
memorates Bishop Tassach, whose
festival is on the 18th April, we'll nigh
to the Eastertide. The ruins of the
saints church still remain in Raholp,
in the Lecale of Ulidia. | want to
write few words concerning these
relics and the associations
For years their deplorable condition
has grieved me sorely, and | often
hoped that a time might come, some
chance might occur, when the old
walls, dating from the age of our
National Apostle, would be preserved
and cared for, and handed down in
safety to succeeding generations. The
time has now come, | am proudly
thankful to say, and a new blessing
will surely fall on Raholp and Lecale,
The excavations and preservative
- nh IF Tv1fc
Cumhscraigh and the high arched
church of Saint Nicholas at Ardtole
with it's memories of painted glass and
its stone carved right hand of bless
ing brought John Carly, the skilled
conserver employed by the Board OF
Works, to Lecale; SO we visited Ra
holp together, and planned out what
should be done. With the kindly and
patriotic sanction of the Crangle and
MacGlennon families, the owners OF
the land, and the approval of the Rev
Father M'Garry, the worthy parish
priest of Saul, the task has been made
light and pleasant. The Board OF
Works would, or could, not render
any assistance financially. We fell
back, therefore, on volunteer aid, and
so, perhaps, have freer and fuller
hand The Board did, however, re
lease John Carly to take up the Work
so made myself responsible for the
cost to be incurred.
The church of st. Tassach was
rather small one, go feet or SO lone
by Fl feet broad, with a small wide
spIayed east window AZ feet high
no mortar being used in the heavy
masonry. 1t is built on an old ratt
with large encircling stones. This
was doubtless the residence of Colpa
given for the dover of the saints
church. To the southeast lay the
Holy Well. There are no recen
graves around, and the side wall:
have fallen in some places, and i'm
minent destruction was threatened al
around.
The walls are now being conserved
every stone set firmly in its old place
and made fast for centuries to come
future ages leaving, we hope, only {
gentle touch upon the sacred pile.
What sacred associations clustel
around this spot It is recorded ii
the Tripartite Life that for the spac,
of twelve nights. whilst the clerg.
were waking st. Padraig, with hymns
and psalms and canticles, there wa
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07
ITALIANS AND THE Pope.
ITALIAN INDICATES
THE PoPE's STAND ON
NEUTRALITY.

The Marquis Crispolti, one of the
leading Catholic laymen in Italy, may
be quoted as an example of the
italian attitude on Pope Benedict S
neutrality. His article in the Cor
riere d'Italia," Catholic organ in
Rome, pulverizes the contentious of
those who find fault with the Pope
for his absolute impartiality. Incl
dentally, the Marquis suggests that
the explicit condemnation of Germany
might place the Catholics in that
country in most painful position,
and might lead to methods of reprisal
on the part of the German Govern
ment which are horrible to contem-
plata consideration that seems to
have been hitherto overlooked. And
he concludes:
Profoundly grateful for the proofs
of spiritual and material charity
which the Pope gives to those fight
ing and suffering on our side, as he
has given them to every human
creature fighting and suffering under
whatever flag, we have sufficient ex-
perience and calmness to be glad that
the Pope does not descend from the
height on which his mission has
placed him, and on which he has
placed himself A Pope who, with the
name of justice on his lips, ranged
himself on one side or the other,
anticipating judgments, would seem
to have become smaller BY that
very act, in becoming the sentencing
judge, he would lose something of
his high place. And he would lose
some of his power for doing good,
whether on behalf of justice itself or
on behalf of his own charity. We
Italians know what glory and good
fortune it is to have the Papacy in
our land and normally represented by
one of our race, and we look on ii
as triumph for Italianity that the
Pope can raise himself above ali
strife, can reserve all judgment that
might embitter it, can thus deserve
a title which includes and is supe
rior even to that of judge-the title
of benefactor to the human race"
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fathomless abyss Of knowledge;
it shows us nature in all her mani
fold Versatility and, by disclosing
the impenetrable Businesses into
which it is not given the intellect
to roam at leisure, it inspires a
reverence for the. still unexplored
realms of thought and volition.
Hence, simplicity ordinarily is a
characteristic of great minds. For
a truly learned man is as a rule
possessed Of a certain degree of
simplicity of speech, manner, and
action.
But alas for our modern up
start sciolists! Scarcely have
they begun to sip the ambrosial
nectar Of knowledge than in
ebriated with the intoxicating
effect of a first trial, they at once
ascend, soar, rush into the regions
of fancy. There they take up
their abode; there they revel ;
thence they look down on the
lower world from the seemingly
dizzy heights on which magma
ton has placed them. Woe to
him who unluckily fails to con-
tribute his need Of praise to
their self-constituted dignity! 1t
reminds one of "trip to the
moon, = at famous Eastern
watering place. You feel your
self soaring up, up, above the city,
the clouds, into the pure regions
of ethereal bliss whilst in reality
you are as much subject to gravi-
tation as ever before, nor are you
whit removed from terra firma.
So with our young wiseacres. In
imagination they transcend our
sublunar sphere with all it's para
phernalia of petty trifes, and
dwell on the airy heights OF
inflated fancy. But, alas! it is
in imagination, and in theirs
alone. Frequently we meet young
persons whose once lovable dis
position made them the ideal OF
their friends, and who are now
dwelling on these fanciful heights
their own selves have reared
After all, the greatest learning
is less than the slight simmer
Of tiny, twinkling star as com
pared to the dazzling splendol
of the MONDAY sun. The words
of the poet form a fit thought fol
reflection:
"Let knowledge grow from
more to more,
But more of reverence in us
dwell;
That mind and soul according
well,
May make one music as before
But vaster."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND
THE BIRTH-RATE.

Commenting on the question of
the birth-rate iii various coun-
tries, the London Catholic Times
points out that a low birth rate
follows religious and not national
lines. 1t adds:
1t has been constant boast
of the extreme Protestant jour
nails that Professionalism spells
prosperity and that Protestant
nations are always thriving as
If worldly success were a condi-
ton laid down by Our Lord for
gaining eternal, salvation. AS a
matter Of fact it is not true that
in the promotion Of the happiness
Of peoples Professionalism is more
successful than the Catholic
Church. SO far is this from be-
ing the case that Professionalism is
guilty of tolerating, if not actual
ly acquiescing in, evils which
bear closely on morality and
OGIIhG dG GI1G IOOU VI oil udI1Oudl
progress. Take the question Of
the birth-rate. Principal Griffith
Jones, who admitted at the Brad
ford United College that the de-
creasing birth-rate in European
countries follows on religious and
not on national lines and that
this tendency is most marked in
the Protestant countries, is not a
Catholic but a Congregational
Protestant. It is not, he per-
ceives, a mere accident that Pres
ton has the highest birth-rate in
the countryside, whilst PA is
the rate for the people altogeth-
er. Preston is to large extent
a Catholic town, and that is the
explanation. It would be not
only best for the people Of Eng
land spiritually, but also their
surest safeguard against German
aggression in the future, il they
returned to the Faith of their
fathers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07
The PAPAL DELEGATE
MOST REV. JOHN RoNzANO A
MAN OF GREAT PER-
SONALITY.

THE Monitor" the journal of the
archdiocese of San Francisco, says of
His Excellency, the Most Reverend
Archbishop Bonzano, Apostolic Dele
gate:
The Apostolic Delegate is one of
the most interesting men in the Unit
ed States, not alone by reason of his
high Office, but because of his own
personal gifts and character He has
been the Papal representative here
since February, 1912, and has had a
remarkable career, having spent a
number of years as a missionary in
the interior of China. He was born
in Casteletto in the diocese of Vige-
vano, northern Italy, in 1857. AS a
young priest he volunteered for the
mission in China, and was made rec
tor of a Chinese parish in the heart
of the Chinese empire, his nearest
European neighbor being nearly thir-
ty miles away. After several years of
this trying life his health gave way
and he was urged by the Vicar Apos-
tolic to return to his native diocese
to regain his strength. Almost i'm
mediately upon his return to Italy his
Bishop made him Vicar General of
the diocese, and it was while holding
this position in 1903 that he was
called by the Holy Father to become
rector of the College of the Propa-
ganda. In the following year, 1904,
he was named a domestic prelate.
In January, 1910, the Holy Father
formed a commission to distribute the
funds which were gathered by the
Holy See, for the earthquake suffer
ers in Sicily. Monsignor Bpnzano was
made head of this commission, and
in three weeks he had personally Wis
| tied all the towns and nearly every
village in the stricken district. His
detailed account, which gave the Holy
| Father such a comprehensive under
standing of the situation, was later
published in the Osservatore Romano.
Archbishop Bonzano is noted lin
quist, speaking seven languages as
well as knowing the classical Ian
guages and Chinese. In Rome he is
popular with students of all nations
and especially those from America. 1t
was during his frequent walks with
an American student in 1909 that he
learned to speak English.
Archbishop Bonzano is the fourth
| Apostolic Delegate to the United
States. His office is very important
and exacting one, representing as he
does the Holy Father in this country.
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PRIDE OF INTELLECT.

One of the most characteristic
features Of man, taken intellect
ually, ever since the fall of our
progenitors, is, without doubt,
mediocrity. How few, indeed, are
and ever have been, the truly
learned. They form scarcely a
speck on the broad field of life.
When they appear we hold them
up to our bewildered gaze, and
we are dazzled at the unwonted
light that beams forth from
them.
Nor is our age any exception
to the rule. Proportionally,
mediocrity is as much the order of
the day now as it ever was. Only
it is a question of degree.
Though in no way inclined to
be pessimistic, the truth has often
been borne in upon us that modern
education, in many cases, serves
to blight where it ought to in
rigorate and promote the intel
lectual and moral health of the in
dividual. This is especially true
of certain stages of mental prog
ress. The defect to which we
refer. may aptly be termed the
pride Of the intellect. It's choice
abode is in the innermost taber-
nacle of little minds. 1t origi-
mates in ignorance, or an affecta-
ton of learning The poet truly
philosophers when he says,
A little learning is a dangerous
thing.
Yes, indeed, it often proves far
more deleterious eventually than
real, downright nescience. It's
mere presence in mind is almost
invariably an index of superficial
lily, for depth is Incompatible
with its nature, and it delights
| in shallowness True genius looks
I.out on the vast sea of cognosci-
bility with trembling conscious
ness of its own insignifcance
The broader and the deeper its
knowledge the more is it pene-
trated with an innate sense of
personal diminutiveness. Those
whom we are taught to look up
to as stars in the armament of
Humanity were and are the hum
biest, and the most considerable
towards their fellow-beings. For
! depth in learning opens up the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07
cardinal GIBBONS DAY" AT
FAIR is PROPOSED.

On Cardinal Gibbons return from
the home of T. Herbert Shriver, near
Westminster, Carroll county, Mary
land, where he spent his eighty-frst
birthday, His Eminence found a
pressing invitation from the officials
of the Panama Pacific Exposition ask
ing him to set the date for a Cardinal
Gibbons day at the fair, says the
Catholic Standard and Times.
The general esteem in which. the
Baltimore churchman is held prompt
ed the officials to set aside day in
his honor A special car was offered
him to travel across the country, SO
that he would not be discounted i'm
the least. While the Cardinal appre-
ciated the honor it was proposed to
pay him, he has not reached decis-
ion on accepting the invitation.
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According to reports our sepa-
rated brethren have seen a great
light. They are despatching am
balances stocked with Bibles to
the front. How thoughtful and
unselfish. If we can believe the
reports on foreign missions the
Japs and Chinese find the pages
of the Bibles excellent for rolling
cigarettes and wrapping 81 mall
parcels; the French, Italians, and
Belgians know too much about
their religion to place all t heir
confidence in their "Oxford edi-
TONS: as for the Russians, what
can they do with a Bible unless it
be accompanied with a primer,
speller, and dictionary. The idea
is ever the same: an insinuation
that salvation depends on the
reading of the Bible. What the
soldiers at the front-the soldiers
of all the armies need, is a
stronger dose of true religion of
the heart, not of the printed page.
If history repeats itself, then, as
we look about at the evils in our
own country, we may expect a
chastisement similar to the pres
ent upheaval in Europe, unless
we return, as people, to the God
of our fathers. And it will not be
the Bible, but an humble and con-
trite heart, a chastened and puri-
fed spirit that will win back for
us the friendship of God.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07
APPEAL TO REASON
BARRED FROM PATTERSON, ". j.,
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The board of directors of the Pat
erson library has excluded the Social
list organ, the Appeal to Reason, from
its files. G. F. winchester, the librar-
ian, wrote to Charles Rayner, of Seat
tie, Wash, declining Mr. Rayner's Of
fer to send the publication to the Ii
brary. In his letter Mr.. Winchester
said:
The Appeal to Reason has repeat
eddy attacked the flag, government
and army of the United States and
does not hesitate to advocate the
bringing about of changes in our eco
nomic and political system by treason
and bloodshed."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07

We have received copy Of the
Catholic Mind, of July %. This
little brochure contains an excel
lent trilogy of Catholic thought
on the engrossing subject of Cath
Ollie education. The three papers,
by Most Rev. Archbishop Ireland,
Rt. Rev. Bishop Carroll, and the
Rev. F. P. Donnelly, S. j., form a
perfect little symposium that
should be placed within reach of
every Catholic and non-Catholic,
were that possible. We strongly
recommend the pamphlet to all,
especially to the Reverend clergy
for distribution among non-Cath-
olics. The price is five cents, or
three dollars per hundred. We
shall be pleased to forward orders
to the America Press, of New
York, or they may be obtained
directly from the publishers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07

On the first page we have run
the Introduction to the new ST.
Paul Hymn-Book. The object
and Importance of uniformity in
Church singing is there set forth
clearly and succinctly. The book
will be used by all the churches
and schools in the archdiocese. 1t
will be ready for distribution by
September first, and will cost the
modest sum of twenty cents. It
will 60 further, probably, towards
achieving uniform usage with re-
gard to singing in our churches
than anything else that could well
be proposed. A repetition of an
action forms habit: and the re-
iterated repetition of singing the
same melodies and words will
tend to fix these hymns of the
Church deeply in the mind of all
Catholics.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07

The nations in Europe which
had least use for the Pope in
times of peace, says the Column
bian, are the most anxious to have
him exert his influence in their
behalf in this time Of war. But
he is not taking orders. All peo-
pies are his. He is the Common
Father of Christendom. In strict
neutrality, he grieves over the suf-
ferings and losses caused by this
titanic struggle and he urges all
concerned to bring about a speedy
peace.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07

The local press contained an
item the other day that reflects
creditably on our State Univer-
sity. A certain instructor in
psychology in the University of
Minnesota was dropped from the
staff. Some time ago following
the drowning of his wife at Nan
tucket Island, Mass, the professor
made some rather novel and
startling statements with regard
to her death. 1t seems that the
governing board of the university
had decided to invite the profess
fsor to remain on the staff; but in
later reversing this decision they
showed marked Difference to
sound public opinion that was
most cOmmendable.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07
SATURDAY, AUG. z, 1915.

The late Archbishop Quigley of
Chicago once gave utterance to a
sentiment that seems to have
guided his life. In an address he
said:
81 never relied on any other
agency than prayer for the sue
cess of any of my undertakings,
firmly believing as I do that the
world is not ruled by the hand
that holds the scepter, but by the
heart that breathes the prayer. .
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07

oneself in life Of sacrifice, when
one could so easily rise in the
world? If there were no future
world it might SAVIOR somewhat OF
eccentricity to thus voluntarily
ostracize oneself from home and
family. But Faith says there is
a future, and a mighty serious
one. Moreover, Faith tells us
that there are countless souls to
be saved, and that their saliva
ton, under God, must be effected
through the work of priests and
nuns. Hence, the world and the
Church have need of these two
classes of persons consecrated to
God. Heaven itself needs them,
for they are the instruments OF
Divine Providence in leading men
to an eternity Of happiness.
Now, if parents really have
strong faith, and if they have the
essential happiness of their chill
dren at heart, should they not
rather seek to encourage a voca-
ton when it begins to manifest
itself? Should they not look
early for the signs that point to
divine calling: nay, should they
not even pray that God might
favor their family with the call
Of one Of it's members to serve
Him in the exalted state of the
priesthood or the religious life OF
the nun In those states grace
| is more abundant, the practice OF
exalted virtue is rendered more
feasible, the perils and tempta-
tions of life are minimized, or cas-
lily overcome.
If you are seeking dignity and
honor for your child where else
will you find it more copious than
in the state which makes that
child member Of the very house
hold of God Himself? Can you
Imagine battlefield of carnage
and slaughter, or terrible dis
aster like that Of the Eastland
horror, with no priest or nun to
soothe the dying? Can you con
ceive the pictures of untold mil
lions dying without the ministra-
tons Of the sacraments or the
consoling hands of charity? Does
not your Catholic heart beat high
with pride in your religion when
YOU read the accounts of men and
women-priests and nuns-who
60 to pagan lands and there lay
down their lives for the CONVEX,
sion and the welfare of souls
Can you even imagine yourself on
your dying bed Of pain without d
priest to whisper to you the con.
solutions of religion, or to impart
to you the sacraments which
Christ intended for you at that
very hour?
| Well, then, if all parents pre-
vented their children from be-
coming priests or nuns such pic
lures would soon become reali
ties.
Parents, now is the time fol
you to study the inclinations Of
your child. If you discover the
faintest sign of a divine vocation
do not try to throttle it, or to dis
sipate it: foster and cherish it
encourage it without forcing its
growth; pray to God to strength
en- that call, to confirm it with
His grace, and then like Abra
ham of old, lay that precious of
fering on the altar Of the Al
mighty. You may often have de
| sired to make some heroic sacri
fee to show your deep love o.
| God: there is your opportunity.
/
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07

There was some opposition to
the sending of a representative
from Holland to the Vatican. The
controversy centered about the
fear expressed by the Protestant
element of the nation. But the
first Dutch Chamber adopted the
proposal without discussion ;
while the second Chamber APP
proved it by vote of SO to 10.
Now Switzerland desires to fall
in line with the great powers, as
it recognizes the immense infiu-
ence which the Vatican still
Yields. AS st. John Chrysostom
once said Of st. Paul, that he was
more glorious in his Roman dun-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07
A PUBLIC AGENCY FOR DEGRADE.
TIoN.

The drink traffic is public, per-
manent and ubiquitous agency of de-
graduation to the people of these
realms. For thirty years, l have been
Priest and Bishop in London; have
learned some lessons and the first
thing is this: The chief bar to the
working of the Holy Spirit of God in
the souls of men and women is intoxi-
eating drink -co,d,osf afo,,,,o
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geon than when rapt to the sew
enth heaven, so it seems that the
prisoner of the Vatican is more
revered now than he would be if
surrounded by cohorts. Verify,
saith the Lord, my ways are not
thy ways.
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DIOCESAN RETREAT.

The Retreat for the clergy of
the Archdiocese Of st. Paul will
begin on Monday, August Is.
The exercises will be conducted
by the Rev. Michael O'Connor, S.
j., of st. Louis.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-07

Mothers. tell your daughters, who
are fifteen, or thereabouts, what they
should know to deliberately preserve
their innocence-let them not be led
into evil through prudish ignorance.
Fathers, tell your sons in good time
to he chaste, of set purpose, for
Christ's sake, aided by His divine
grace. Columbian.
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THE AGONY.

"Oh, let this chalice pass from me"
The breaking voice low signs.
ooh, let this chalice pass from me, :"
Plead sorrow-1aden eyes.
"Oh, let this chalice pass from me, !"
Voice choked with anguish cries.
The cup descends; the dregs are drain
ed.
Rise. strengthened soul, arise.
.06tuT aa4d31S
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Entered as second-class matter. jan
uary IL, 1911, at the post office. st.
Paul, Mimi, under Act of March 3. 1879.
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Rev. James M. Reardon. Editor.