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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

your issue of today contains a mis-
statement so glazing that it cannot be
permitted to go unchallenged for a sim
gle hour" he wrote. ''The Cathedrals
of st. Patrick and Christ Church
never, at any time, belonged to the
Church of Rome. They were founded
built and maintained by the Church
of Ireland to which they still belong"
The Tablet" comments as follows
on the canon's statement:
This announcement perplexed
those worthy Irish Protestants whose
Orange sympathies have not allowed
them to grow familiar with the pecu-
liar views of continuity now fashion
able in this country. They rushed off
to consult their encyclopedias, but
only to find that Christ Church was
erected in 1898 and St. Patricks in
1870. From which they have hastily
and rashly concluded-We quote from
a private letter-that Canon Mervyn
must either be mad or very much mis-
informed Obviously the canon has
left them under the impression that
his contention is that these two ven
cradle structures were built in the
reign of Elizabeth.
Canon Mervyn, of course, is not
really more insane than his older cler-
ical brethren of the High Church
school, says the Tablet and it doubts
that they will be grateful to him for
drawing attention to the letter in the
Times
I'm England there is a sort of plau-
sibility about the contention that the
people changed their form of worship
and that the churches which their an
cestors built did not on that account
cease to be theirs. But the people of
Ireland never changed their form of
worship and the men who built the
Dublin cathedrals were not the ances-
tors of the handful of AngIo-Irish of
the Pale who changed their religion
backward and forward at the bidding
of Henry or Edward, Mary or Good
Queen Bess.'
Canon Mervyn and his brethren
might we'll envy the certainty of con-
viction shown by the old Irish apple
woman, who on being asked by tour
list in Dublin, is this Christ's Church,?
replied instantly, 1t used to be-"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

), The latest addition to the list
of religious innovations which
characterize modern mont Catholic
Christianity is a "Dental Sun
day." The delegates to the Ma
tional Dental Association which
convened in st. Louis this week
were offered the freedom of the
UNCONVENTIONAL pulpits for the
propagation of dental truths.
This action on the part of the sects
is in keeping with the efforts to
introduce novelty into their relig-
ious services which is so character
istic of the present day tendency
among the denominations. No
doubt, the dentists drew larger
crowds than the, regular ministers
could and, in all probability, the
religious views Of their hearers
did not suffer, from this infusion
of dentistry. We presume these
temporary preachers knew enough
about their subject to draw valu.
able spiritual lessons from the
need of sound teeth and clean
mouth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND Y0CATIONS

boys shall be a priest of God? And
yet, much as we esteem the priest;
blessed, as we are, with the favors
that God bestows through the priest
hood of His Church, a dearth of
priestly vocations among us is a fact
too sadly evident. While some of our
parishes have sent out numbers of
young men to carry on the work of
Christ, many others have never fur
nished one candidate for the holy
priesthood And, strange to note,
among the latter are some of the old
est, Wealthiest, and best equipped par
ishes in the Archdiocese Of Dubuque.
How abnormal this state Of things ap-
pears when one considers that we
should not only supply our home mis-
sionary needs, but now and again
should send apostles into the fields
afar.
Therefore, with all the earnestness
of my soul I appeal to priests and
people to watch and tend the budding
vocations in the souls of chosen youth.
And let it not be said that in our
archdiocese any vocation has been lost
because devout young man had not
the means to enter Dubuque College.
The College and it's generous friends
have always given much help to poor
young men aspiring to the priesthood.
We hope in time to have ample means
to care for all such youths, and even
now we will provide for them with
all the resources at our command.
Name the boy of your parish who
seems called to the sacred priesthood,
and lack of money shall not stand be-
tween him and the Altar of the Lord.
Gods arm is not shortened in these
days. He still offers the grace of q
priestly vocation to hfgh-souled young
men,-to some, it may be, in all our
parishes. Dear Father and Brethren
on all Of us rests the duty of cooper.
ating with Gods designs. Are we
alive to our responsibility in this i'm
portant matter? Have we done our
duty? Have we been careful to see
that Gods call is recognized and His
offer accepted by the youths whose
direction His Providence has given to
our hands? These are questions on
which we should search our con
sciences in the presence of Almighty
God.
Dubuque College will open its doors
on September II. 1t is your college
1t belongs to priests and people, It's
purpose is one that you approve,-to
promote the cause of God by sending
out into society an intelligent, loyal
Catholic laity, and by preparing the
way for a priesthood that will serve
the highest interest of souls. Help
your college to fulfill it's noble pur
pose.
Yours in Christ,
+ JAMES J. KEANE,
Archbishop of Dubuque
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
WILL THE B1GOTS BELIEVE
TT?

At the recent Prohibition Ma
tional Convention in this city, Rev.
l.. L.. Pickett of Wilmore, Ky,
quoted the alleged statements of
President Lincoln regarding the
menace to American institutions
Of the Catholic Church and her
subjects.
He probably never saw, or if he
did, he ignores, the statement
made by Robert Lincoln, son of
the martyred President, when the
bogus quotation was sent to him
by Anthony Matre, Secretary of
the American Federation Of Cath
Ollie Societies. His answer was:
Manchester, Vt, Nov. 4, 1912.
Dear Sir: In reply to your in
quiry respecting the authenticity
Of an alleged quotation Of my
father in an anti-Catholic circu-
lar enclosed by you, | never be-
fore heard Of it or anything like
it. An examination Of indexes to
his papers and letters disclose no
authority for it, and l have no
doubt that it is a simple inven-
ton from beginning to end.
"Yours very truly,
"ROBERT LINCOLN"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
MODERN RAILROADING WOULD
ELIMINATE LIQUOR.

Mr.. w. S. Stone, of Cleveland, O.,
Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, in a recent
letter used some plain and forceful
language from which we quote the
following:
THE position of the organization
is well known. We fight the liquor
evil perhaps as hard as any of the
churches, at least. Liquor has no
place in our modern railroading.
There is no class of men of whom
more is required and who should
have clearer heads than the men in
charge of the transportation service
Of this country. Those of us who
have been in the railroad game for
years know the inffnitesimal space of
time that spells the difference be-
tween safety and disaster. There is
no question but that liquor does slow
down the brain action, and the man
in the cab of the locomotive, and the
man in charge of the train, even
though he has no regard for his own
safety, has no business to use it in
any way if by SO doing he endangers
others.
Il never expect to be manager of a
railroad, but if I were, a man could
not work for me who would take a
drink of liquor either on or off duty.
I would not make a difference be-
tween the two, because a man who
will drink off duty is not fit to go
duty when the time comes.
Il fail to understand why our men
do not come out in the open in GER
tain localities and fight this enemy.
He tends to destroy the home life,
to lower the tone of the citizenship
of the community, and the morals of
the individual as well, to say nothing
of his mental and physical health"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

the principles Of Christianity. The
marvellous growth of the Catholics
in our country is due 10 their regu-
lar and endless child training.
Every day the Catholic child is in
school he is taught Catholicism as
we'll as the secular branches.
When the child finishes the gram
mar grades, the higher grades are
offered him in schools under Cath
Ollie influence until he has finished
the highest degree. They are new
er forced to turn the Catholic stu
dent over to the state school or
to some Protestant school for his
finishing work, 1t is Catholic in
fuence from the cradle on up and
only a Catholic influence. The
statistics show that during the ten
years previous to 1910, SO per cent
Of the children in Catholic homes
were turned out Catholic, while
less than 40 per cent Of the chill
dren in Protestant homes became
members Of any church at all. The
Catholics are never seen conduct
ing great revivals Or evangelistic
campaign. They educate the child
to be a Catholic, and he is a Catho-
lie till he dies.
This picture may be rather rose
ate, but coming from a Protestant
source it shows more discernment
in the matter of cause and effect
than many Catholic parents dis
play.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
NEED OF RELIGIO n
PUBLICIST SAYS WAR
SHOWS VALUE OF RELIGIOUS
TEACHING.

In an address at the recent annual
Congress of the General Association
of Church School Managers and
Teachers, at Brighton, England, Mr..
Ian Malcolm, M. P, spoke in favour
of definite religious instruction:
War" he said, docs one of two
things to a man, either it deepens his
religious sense or it expels it alto
gether. Which it does depends enor-
mously upon early training. He had
noticed the occurrence of both of
these phenomena in the French Army
since the beginning of the war, and
among French people behind the lines,
but UNNECESSARILY the greater number
of the cases that he had heard of
had been of men deepened in their
convictions, or returned, perhaps
after long desertion, to the colors OF
Christ. Before August, 1914, France
as a nation seemed to be straying
very far from the fold of the Church.
But the war had changed all that,
changed it for good. Now there were
quite 10000 priests serving in the
trenches; Mass was celebrated daily
under fire, in forests or dug-outs or
stables, in all parts of the line; the
churches in the rear were never
empty; the cathedrals and churches in
all parts of France are now filled
which used to be practically deserted.
There was no mistaking the signs of
the times in France: there was
tremendous religious revival, for the
French have realized that glory to God
comes before peace on earth. He had
seen regiments and battalions bowed
in worship, silent, shrouded congrega-
lions at all hours, PROSTATE in prayer
and intercession. They were not
moved to such devotions by any
ethical, indeterminate, undenomina-
tional, new-fangled theories of a
higher life. No, they were just
practising the religion taught them
by their mothers and their village
based upon the most definite, the
most dogmatic principles of the In
carnation and the Atonement; that
was what they wanted in time of
trouble No shadowy substitutes, or
short cuts, or compromises could give
them the courage that they needed in
the trenches or in the home; SO, un-
der the thunder of the guns or stunned
with grief, they turned again., like
children. to their mothers knee, and
clasped in faith the outstretched hand
of the Man of Sorrows"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

Ollie students at the University
complain that their religion is
very often ridiculed by half-baked
teachers who do not hesitate to
discourse, i'll what they consider a
learned manner, about Catholic
subjects of which they know
absolutely nothing. These pro-
fessors do not go to the trouble
Of looking up the ordinary sources
of information on Catholic sub
jects, which ought to be acces-
sible to teachers in any educa-
tional institution worthy Of the
name. If Catholic students are
to be subjected to the humilia-
ton OF attending lectures in
which bigoted professors calumni-
ate the Church and her doctrines,
they should enter a protest to the
University authorities and if no
action be taken in the matter they
should leave the institution.
Those in charge of the University
of Minnesota should take note Of
the fact that the Catholic tax
payers Of this state are not con-
tributing money for the support
OF professors in a state institu-
ton who show themselves as I'M
fitted for the positions they oc-
cupy as the author of this recent
work on Ralph Waldo Emer-
son. /"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
MAKING READY.

An exchange calls attention to some
people who are getting ready for the
coming of prohibition in their states
next year. For example:
THE owners of the largest brewery
in the State of Colorado are building
pottery plant from which they ex-
pect to make more money than they
ever did from the brewery. They also
are experimenting with matted milk
manufacture. Neef Bros, of Denver,
will make malt brew, new tenn
perance drink guaranteed to contain
no alcohol.
''The large brewery at Bellingham,
Wash, will be transformed into a cold
storage and creamery plant. The
Secretary of the Beer Drivers local
union in Spokane goes into the hotel
business and the Secretary of the
local Bottlers' Union has bought a con-
fectionery.
THE Idaho Falls Brewing Company
will convert it's buildings into a cold
storage and ice manufacturing plant,
and at Nampa the same crew of la
ooAClo olO NJ" CHpiOyeu III making
food instead of beer"
Then, there's the automobile bust.
ness. More people will have money
to invest in machines when they have
stopped investing in beer, etc., and
Mr. Ford, even, may not be able to
supply the growing demand! There is
always something else to do, and
often it is the turning point in the
fortunes of man when he is COM
PEELED to give up a business i'm which
he thought he would have to stay all
his life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

In Catholic schools things are
viewed in their proper perspec-
tive; due sense of proportion is
exercised; distinction is made be-
tween fundamentals and acciden-
tails, and most stress is laid on
what is most worth while. Catho-
lie educators, says "The Ave
Maria" understand that educa-
ton is more a matter of drawing
out than of pouring in-of draw
ing out and unfolding the powers
of mind and soul rather than OF
pouring into the memory a heter-
ogeneous collection of facts and
figures, precepts and principles.
They know that any education
which is at all worthy of the name
comprises physical, intellectual
and moral training; and that the
last mentioned, so far from being
negligible, is UNNECESSARILY the
most important of the three.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
PROCESSION
ITALIANS PARADE IN LONDON
BELGIAN NUNCIo PRESENT.

On the feast of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel the annual procession in the
environs of Hatton Garden, London,
Eng, organized by the Italian colony,
took place. This is the Oldest and
most picturesque of all the outdoor
professions. On this occasion the
parade was nearly mile in length
and was witnessed by thousands of
people. The spectators made it the
occasion for demonstration of SYM
pathy with Italy, SO that the statue
of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pre-
coded by the Italian and British ma
ational flags side by side, was received
with enthusiastic cheers by the people
who fringed the sidewalks. An Italian
band led the procession, which was
witnessed by Mgr. Tacci Porcelli,
Papal Nuncio to Brussels, who was
spending a few days in London.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

The vacation days are slipping
by with, it would seem, more than
ordinary feetness. In two weeks
the month Of September will usher
in the immediate preparation for
another school year. Parents who
have not yet made a choice Of a
school for their children should
lose no time in attending to this
important matter. If they are I'M
able to decide for themselves they
should consult their pastors, who
know all about the Catholic edu-
cational institutions suited to the
needs of their parishioners.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
TWELVE POINTED QUESTIONS.

Does the liquor traffic render any
real service tor humanity?
Did alcoholic liquor ever improve a
mans disposition, his health, his
morals, or his earning capacity?
Does the liquor traffic add dollar
to the worlds wealth?
Does the liquor traffic produce bet
ter citizens, better husbands and
fathers, better business men and hap
pier women and children?
Do employers of labor prefer men
who drink, and urge their employees
to freely patronize the saloons?
Does the finished product of the
saloon find his way to the halls of
legislation, to the bank, to the factory,
to the drawing-room and to the
church, as frequently as he does to
the, Jail and to the poorhouse?
Would other lines of industry and
business suffer wreck and ruin if all
liquor saloons were closed?
Did the saloon ever help man to
be Christian, to love his home and
to support his family better?
Does the liquor traffic make politics
cleaner, and influence voters to sup
port better men and measures?
If saloons are clean and moral in
stitutions, why does the law forbid
women and children to visit them, and
hedge them about with strong legal
restrictions?
If saloons help business, why do
Boards of Trade, Chambers Of Com
merce, and Improvement Clubs not
advertise and praise them as among
the city's assets and attractions, as
they do schools, churches, libraries,
parks and factories?
If saloons and alcoholic liquors are
a blessing to the world, why do good
Christian men, pure women, and most
moral citizens condemn and shun
them, while drunkards, harlots, Grim
inals, gamblers, and buns patronize
and support them?
Your answer to these questions
should determine your attitude toward
the saloon and the liquor traffic when
you enter the voting BOOTH
American Issue.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
Archbishop's H Use,
Dubuque, Iowa, July %.

Dear Father and Beloved Brethren:
The approach of the next school
year impels me to address word to
you. The work of Christian education
is the one nearest to my heart, and Du-
buque College is the crown of Chris
tian education, in this archdiocese. To
all who have co-operated with me in
the work of upbuilding our College, |
express my sincere gratitude, and ] ask
God to bless them with His choicest
gifts.
We all should strive for the success
of our College, not that we may glory
in splendid buildings and external
grandeur, but that through it we may
give educated, useful men to Church
and country. The great question to
be answered by the modern world is
whether civilization shall continue to
be Christian. If the Church is to
play her part in the moulding of mod
ern society, Catholics must WELD
power not by numbers merely but by
intellect and moral superiority.
God has favored large proportion
of our Catholics with earthly goods.
Such Catholics can without hardship
obtain a college training for their
sons, and what better investment can
they make with part of their worldly
means? Wealth may vanish, but edu-
cation is an endowment that never can
be lost. If Catholics were awake to
the Importance of higher education,
our own archdiocese would send forth
young men more than sufficient to tax
the capacity of our College. Our peo-
pie, am sure, mean the best, but they
need to be reminded of their respon-
sibility to higher education. Espe-
cially do they need to ask themselves
the vital question: Are we sharing
the mission of the Church by fostering
vocations to the priesthood?
This subject of vocations is one that
should be very dear to each and every
one of us. Where is the Catholic par
ish or the Catholic home that would
not rejoice to see one of it's members
among the Lords anointed ministers?
Where is the pious Catholic mother,
whose choicest prayer is not a plea
to Heaven that one, at least, of her
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19
KILLED At THE FRONT
FATHER O'SULLIVAN MET DEATH
IN THE BATTLE OF THE
SOMME.

Another gallant Irish priest has laid
down his life with the army. Father
O'Sullivan, who was killed by a shell
in the battle of the Somme few days
ago, was an alumnus of Maynooth, and
had been ordained scarcely a year.
Practically all his priestly career had
been spent with the army at the front
and he was loved by officers and men
for his cool way of ignoring danger
when it was a question of giving the
Last fSacraments to the dying. Two
fellow-chaplains recovered his body
and took it to a tiny village behind
the lines, where they said Requiem
Mass for him and then buried him
with their own hands in the little
French cemetery. One of those who
performed this last act for Father
O'Sullivan was himself wounded in
the hand. He is Father McGuinness,
also from the Irish mission.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

Catholics who know what they
are talking about never feel the
need of apologizing for the Cath
Ollie school. They know that it
has indicated it's claim to place
second to none in the educational
world. It's course is equal to the
best of it's class and is not weight
ed down with the fads and frills
which are so common a feature of
secular education. The teaching
of the Catholic school is thorough,
it's ideals supernatural, its train
ing such as to develop the whole
man-physical, moral and intel
lectual. What more is needed for
genuine education?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

One Of the subjects to be dis
cussed at the Triennial General
Conference of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church to be held in St.
Louis, Mo-, next October, is the
proposal Of a subcommittee of the
Commission appointed to revise
the Book Of Common Prayer, to
eliminate from the Lords prayer
the doxology, "For thine is a
kingdom, the power and the glory
for ever. Amen. In other
words, there is a movement among
the Episcopalans Of this country
to say the Lords Prayer as it has
been said by the Catholic Church
down through the centuries from
the day on Which our Lord Him
self taught His apostles, and
through them all generations, how
to pray. If the report of the com
mission be adopted and the cur
tailment take place it will be an
other vindication Of the truth of
the Catholic version of the Bible
which never admitted this appen-
dix to the Lords Prayer into the
sacred text.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-19

Next week the priests Of the
diocese will enter upon the exer-
cises Of their annual retreat.
For a few days they will relin-
quish the ordinary parochial du-
ties and devote themselves in a
particular manner to the consid-
GRAFTON of their own spiritual we'll
being. These are the only days in
the year they can really call their
own. For the rest Of the time
they are at the beck and call of
their people; and while they are
obliged to be ever mindful of their
own spiritual welfare, they never
allow personal considerations to
interfere with, the, call Of duty.
Before going on retreat they ad-
just, as far as possible, their
parochial work so that no calls
will be made upon them save
in the most urgent cases. The
faithful should bear in mind
that the time of retreat is a time
of prayer and recollection and
they should make no demands
upon their pastors during it's con-
tinuance. Mindful of the relation
ship existing between pastors and
people, they should pray that the
coming week will be fruitful in
graces and spiritual progress for
the priesthood in general and for
their own pastors in particular.