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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-29
PAROCHIAL JUBILEE
ST. EDWARDS PARISH IN PHIL
ADELPHiA WAS FOUNDED
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

The golden jubilee celebration of
the founding of st. Edward parish
of Philadelphia. Pa, was celebrated
last week. On Sunday, Jan. 16, Sol
emn Pontifical Mass was celebrated
by Bishop McCort. Archbishop Prem
dergast persiding The sermon was
delivered by Right Rev. Mgr. John j.
Tierney, ID. d., of Mt. st. Mary Sem
mary, Enmitsburg, Nd On Monday
solemn High Mass was celebrated for
the living and on Tuesday a Solemn
Requiem Mass for the deceased par
ishioners. On Monday evening a
meeting was held in the parish hall,
at which addresses were made by
Hon. VIM. A. Hayes and other promi.
nent parishioners
The original church edifce was pur.
chased from an Episcopalian congre.
cation and was the nucleus of the
present ST Edward parish The pres.
lent church cost s2So,0O0, the school
s140.00O and the reetory SIS 900
Among the parish activities are a
settlement house, a day nursery
mothers meetings for instructions II
scientific housekeeping and free din
lners to the poor school children.
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EDITOR OF REVIEW or REVIEWS
PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Mr. Henry Stead pays the following
tribute to the Pope's efforts on behalf
of peace i'll the Noyember-Decem
issue of 'Stead's Review of Reviews:
Give peace in our time, o Lord,
is the official daily prayer of millions
of people, Other millions follow their
ministers every Sunday in fervent ap-
peals to God for peace on earth. All
the various sections of the Christian
Church believe absolutely in Christ as
the greatest power of peace and love,
and give lip adhesion, Love your enc
mics, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you. Yet of all
the powerful religious sects in the
world there is only one which has
dared to try and bring about peace.
The head of but one has had the
courage to lift UP his voice and urge
the combatants to settle their differ
ences by conference instead of by the
sword. to stop killing each other, and
endeavcr to save hundreds Of thou
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ing owe, directly or indirectly, to the
piety, culture and loving care of CO.
lumbanus and his monks
1t is interesting to recall that the
famous Ambrosian library at Milan,
Italy, was established by Archbishop
Fredrico Borromeo, a nephew of st.
Charles Borromeo, who expended
large sums of money OH it and sent
scholars over all parts of Europe in
search of precious books and manu-
scripts. EIe went to the library at
Bobbio and found there large col
lection of Irish manuscripts on which
the monks set little value. He ex-
changed a set of choir books, yes-
perals and graduals, for some of these
manuscripts which he brought with
him to Milan. When he realized the
special Importance of his find, he re-
turned to Bobbio for the rest of the
collection but in the meantime the
monks had discovered their value and
refused to part with them. This por-
tion of the manuscripts were kept at
Bobbio until the revolution when the
monastery was suppressed and they
were taken to the Royal Library of
Turin where they remained until ten
years ago when a fire destroyed much
of the library and many of the manu-
scripts.
The Irish manuscripts in the Ann
brosian Library are preserved in a
tireproof room and shown only to
special visitors. One is particularly
valuable 1t is the Latin text of the
Roman Gradual written originally OH
vellum in the monastery of Bangor, in
Ireland As time went ON the lay
brothers in the choir did not under
stand the Latin and for their benefit
an interlinear translation into Irish
was made on the pages of the man
uscript The language is the Irish OF
| the seventh and eighth century and
is one of the best examples of that
now in existence.
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.s1OO,0OO FOR ORPHANAGE
CAPTAIN LAMBERT OF PUEBLO,
COLO, LEAVES LARGE BE.
QUEST TO INSTITUTION WHICH
HE FOUNDED.

The will of the late Captain John
j. Lambert of Pueblo, Colo, gave, to
Sacred Heart Orphanage in that city
about 100000 in stocks and bonds,
but which will not be available for
one year The present debt on the
orphange is $4,000. held by st. Louis
capitalists.
Among the other beneficiaries are
the following:
st. Vincent de Paul Society of Du-
buque, la, receiFnss 900 tB be used
for the poor; the Lofetto Academy OF
Pueblo receives the sum of $500 to
be paid to the Sister Superior in
charge of the same; to st. Mary's Hos.
pital of Pueblo, $500 through the Sis
ter Superior; and personal gifts to
relatives and friends.
All other property, moneys, stocks
bonds, notes, warrants, real estate
and every other kind of property, real
personal and mixed, is given to the
franciscan Sisters, Incorporated in
the state of Missouri, and in charge
of the Sacred Heart Orphanage.
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SISTERS EXILED.
TWENTY-THREE SISTERS OF THE
SACRED HEART DRIVEN FROM
MExlco-coNvENT is coNFIs-
GATED.

Twenty-three Sisters of the Order
of the Sacred Heart arrived in New
Orleans, La, recently, where they
received most cordial welcome from
the members of their Order at the
Rosary Convent on st. Charles ave-
nue.. The Sisters were expelled from
Guanajauto, Mexico, on Christmas
Eve, their convent having been con-
fiscated last September. After the
confiscation of their convent they
were sheltered by friends of theirs in
private homes. The order for their
exile came from the governor of
Guanajauto, who was responsible for
the conflscation of their convent.
Altogether there were about thirty
Sisters of the Sacred Heart Con
vent in Guanajauto, and all of these
were punished" by the governor for
the high crime and misdemeanor of
having broken the laws of Mexico by
wearing a religious habit, for having
taken the VOWS of religious, and for
having lived in religious community.
OF the thirty in the convent only
tWenty-three Sisters came to Louisi.
ana. Seven went to Mexico City,
where there is a convent of the Order
which is still pursuing its great mis-.
sion of education unmolested. It has
200 boarders, and there is still an
other convent of the Order in Mon
terey, which has not been interferred
with.
This is the second convent of the
Sacred Heart Order closed in Mex
leo. The other was in Guadalaxara
OF the Sisters from that convent who
were exiled, some went back to Spair
and others went to Cuba and Soutl
America.
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THE TRAINING THAT PRIESTS RECEIVE

Lord in Holy Eucharist is fostered by
visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and
that to Our Lady by the daily recita-
tion of the rosary. The days work is
concluded by the prayer said in COM
mon in the chapel before retiring.
The more solemn exercises of High
Mass and Vespers are conducted reg
ularly on Sundays and feast days; and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacra-
as on the first Fridays, and frequent
" during the months of October and
May and during the Lenten season.
Special devotions are likewise prac-
ticed and encouraged. Regular in
structi0nS on the religious life are
given to the students i'm the confer
ences held practically every day of
the year. These instructions are sup
plemented by spiritual retreats, Of
which two are generally held during
the scholastic year, one at the begin
ming and one at the end Immediately
before the ordinations.
"The lips of the priest will guard
knowledge, !, says the Holy Ghost in
sacred Scripture; and the acquisition
of knowledge by the candidate for
the priesthood is second in impor-
tance only to the acquisition of holi-
ness and virtue. The priest who is
to instruct the people in the law and
doctrine of God, must possess that
perfection of knowledge which will
enable him to discharge with fruit
this sacred obligation. A general edu-
cation, something like universal cul-
ture, should indeed be the heritage
of every priest, since all knowledge
may be turned to advantage in guild
ing and directing souls to heaven.
This general education is usually
impaired in the colleges; the semi
nary must of necessity confine itself
largely to instruction in technical mat
ters. And that is done in the course
of theology, which exhibits a COM
plete and systematic exposition and
explanation of Gods doctrine and law.
With theology and preparatory to it,
must 60 course of philosophy, which
furnishes the rational method of pro-
leedare In inrc.stiga tseHe aud iIlustTa-
tions, analogiess or even arguments I'm
support of revealed truths. Hence the
two great sciences taught in the semi
nary are philosophy and theology, for
which the Council OF Baltimore re-
quires a period of six years; two for
philosophy and four for theology. In
the classes Of philosophy are usually
taught also such other subjects as
are helpful for the study of theology
or for the practical exercise of the
future ministry, as, for example, the
ancient and modern languages.
Sacred theology naturally occupies
| CONTINUED on page 81
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-29
Sc EMINARY JUBILEE I
slxTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF DIED.
IcATIoN OF ST. FRANCIS SEM
MARY, MILWAUKEE, WILL BE
OBSERVED ON JANUARY 20.

On January 20, the Feast of st.
Francis de Sales, the Provincial Sem,
mary of st. Francis, Milwaukee, Wis,
will observe it's patronal Feast as we'll
as the sixtieth anniversary of its ded.
ication Right Reverend Mgr. Rainer,
the rector, will celebrate the solemn
High Mass OH that day, and there will
be present many priests from the sur.
rounding dioceses.
On January 20, 1856, the first build
ing of st. Francis Seminary was
blessed and solemnly opened by the
Right Reverend John Martin Henni
first Bishop of Milwaukee. The Rev
Michael Heiss, afterwards second
Archbishop of Milwaukee, was ap
pointed its first rector, while Its
founder, DIR. Salzmann, acted as pro
curator. Twenty-Five students were
enrolled the first year, but their mum
ber grew from year to year, till tht
Seminary of ST. Francis became ont
of the most prominent and best know
institutions of it's kind in the United
States.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-29
SWISS CATHOLIC OFFICIALS.
PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT
AND PREMIER OF sWiTzER-
LAND ARE MEMBERS or THE
CHURCH.

Switzerland is happy in having
three Catholics occupying the most
important positions in her national af-
fairs at the present time. The Presi-
dent of the Helvetic Senate, or Pre-
mier, M. Python, Is q veteran Cath
olic of the Fribovfg canton, which
has already given Monsignor Colliard
to the Bishopric of Lausanne and Ge-
neva. He was largely responsible for
the foundation OF the University of
Fribourg, which has done so much
for Swiss Catholics, and which has
rendered great scientific and literary
services to the world in general. The
Vice President of the Council of
States, M. lie Landeman Bueler, who
was recently feted at Morgarten, is
also Catholic, and the actual Presi-
dent of Switzerland, M Motta, who
comes from the Italian canton Of III
cino, is also a Catholic. Thus the
three divisions of the Federal States,
the French, the German and the Ital-
ian, are all represented by Catholic
exponents in the government Of the
Federation at the present time.
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THE SEMINARY is THE TRAINING
SCHOOL FOR THE AcQUIsl-
TioN OF VIRTUE AND KNoWL-
EDGE-THE DAYS PROGRAM.

The dignity of the priesthood is Of
so exalted character that it requires
a fitting subject in which it may be
vested; and hence priest ought to
be near perfection as it is. possible
to attain, writes Very Rev. f. j,
Schaefer of st. Paul Seminary, st.
Paul, Mimi, in Extension Magazine. I
But perfection cannot be attained ex-
cept by practice and training, hence
the necessity of stage of prepara-
tion, during which young candidate
endeavors to put his soul into such
condition as to render it not altogeth-
er unworthy of the priesthood
Sancity of life is naturally the pri-
mary and most important object in
the training given by the seminary
to the young candidates for the priest
hood. If the priest is to sanctify
others he must be holy himself; for
the people will seldom advance in vir-
tue, if the example is not set by their
leader. Both the Council of Trent
and the Third Plenary Council of Bal
timore insist most strongly on the ne
cessity Of holy and Virtuous life in
the priests.
Among the virtues recommended a
prominent place is given to holy pur-
ity, humility, obedience and self-de-
nial. The acquisition and mainte-
nance iii the soul of sanctity and vir-
tue is obtained by various means,
chief of which are the Holy Sacra-
ments. Seminarians are told to-
cleanse their soul in the tribunal of
penance regularly once week, so as
to remove quickly whatever sin, stain
or imperfection might be found init.
They are asked to approach the Eu-
charistic table in Holy Communion as
frequently as the feryor of their piety
will suggest and the advice of their
director will counsel
Next in Importance is prayer, for
which the assemble at different
times OF the day. The first exercise
consists in the morning prayer and
meditation, during which some great
mystery or truth of faith is consid
cred with a view of deriving there
from spiritual emotions and practical
resolutions to be applied to the course
OF their daily acts. The sacrifice oi
the Holy Mass follows Immediately
upon meditation. The particular ex
amen at noon, and the examination
of conscience in the evening will re
veal to them both habitual and other
defects, and will suggest means to
overcome them. Devotion to Our
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it were, through which the faithful
which the Tabernacled Saviour abides.
The completion of the chapel of ST.
Joseph is already assured, through the
generosity of the Sisters of st. Jo-
seph, whose patron he is, and before
long contracts will be awarded for
the furnishing and adornment of it.
Our Lady's Chapel will be the gift of
the Catholic women of the diocese,
who have taken to themselves the
work of completing it and embellish-
ing it with the best that their means
allow. They wish to make it the most
beauteous shrine of the Immaculate
Mother i'll the Northwest and already
several thousand dollars have been
collected for that purpose. Canvas
Sers are busy in the different parishes
of the city seeking contributions to
the fund. The names of all the don
ors will be preserved beneath the mar
bic altar and special prayers will be
offered up for all who make an offer
ing for the completion of this chapel.
TO aid in some small degree in the
furtherance of this project in honor of
Our Blessed Mother The Catholic
Bulletin has opened it's columns to-
contributors, especially from the more
distant parts of the diocese, who may
desire to make donation towards the
fund now being collected for Our
Lady's Chapel Each week we an
noIlnce the names and addresses of
those who send their contributions
through this office, together with the
amount contributed, and each week
the money received for this purpose
is sent to the treasurer of the fund
During the past week we have re-
ceived the sum of ten dollars of which
acknowledgment is made i'll this is
sue.
OUR LADY'S CHAPEL FUND.
Already acknowledged ......... $500
"a Child of Mary" Graceyille,
MINI. ...,.... ..,............. 900
Miss Margaret Mcbride, Dayton,
Mimi. ..................... 500
Total .........,.-.... $1,000
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-29
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE
FATHER SMITH OF PHiLADEL-
PHIA WAS ILL THREE DAYS
PASTOR OF THE CHURCH or
THE. ASSUMPTION, SINCE 1909
A NATIVE or PHILADELPHIA,
ORDAINED IN 1889.

On Sunday afternoon, January 16,
the Rev. James ]. Smith, Rector of
the Church of the Assumption, Phil
adelphia, Pa, died in st. Joseph's hos
pital in that city after a three days
illness following an acute attack of
appendicitis. The funeral took place
two days later, Archbishop Prender-
gast presiding. The Pontifical Mass
Of Requiem was celebrated by Auxil-
larry Bishop McCort and the sermon
was preached by Father Daily of the
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Father Smith was a native of phil
adelphia, where he was born tifty-six
years ago. He was ordained by the
late Archbishop Ryan on June Is,
1889, and occupied number of diff
ferent pastoral charges in the diocese
prior to 1903, when he was appointed
irremovable rector of the Church Of
the Assumption. He made many Inn
provements in the church property
and erected a new convent and a new
parochial residence.
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ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO
MOST REVEREND 6. w. MuNDE.
LEM WILL BE ENTHRoNED ON
FEBRUARY e-APoSToLIc DELE
GATE WILL oFFIclATE.

Definite arrangements regarding
the date and details of the ceremony
connected with the installation of the
Most Reverend George w. Mundelein
as Archbishop of Of Chicago have
been completed and it is officially an
nounced that the enthronization will
take place in the Holy Name Cathe-
dral on Wednesday, February 8. The
Most Reverend John Bonzano, Apos-
tolic Delegate, will otticiate at the
ceremony, and celebrate the Pontifi-
cal High Mass after the clergy of the
Diocese make their submission to the
new Metropolitan.
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THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE FROM
THE PEN OF FATHER cLEARY
OF MINNEAPOLIS APPEARS IN
THE CURRENT ISSUE or THE
"EccLEsIAsTlcAL REVIEW" IN
ANSWER TO STATEMENTS
MADE IN PREVIOUS ISSUES OF
THAT PUBLICATION.

The undersigned begs leave to in
woke the calm, unprejudiced verdict
of the priests of the country regard
ing the vexatious problem or resisting
the bold and defiant power of the
liquor traffic The Rev. Lucian
Johnston in the October number Of
the Review, and the Rev. Father Nc.
MILAN, in the November number, dc
not, trust, voice the sentiments oi
the devoted priests OF this country on
the liquor problem. Both seem to
have become panic-stricken over the
dangers of Prohibition. Neither 81
them takes the trouble to define fol
your readers just what we are to uil
derstand by prohibition.
The writer has had some experience
during the past forty years in trying
to minimize the evils of the liquor
business. He has met many fanatics
on all sides Of the yexatious problem
The most unreasonable fanatics, how
ever, that he has encountered any
where are prejudiced champions o.
anti-prohibition Throughout the c0un
try, generally speaking, the Count,
Option movement, or the Local OptioI
movement. aims simply to rid the com
munity of the liquor saloon. | hays
never met with any notable nunlbe,
Of anti-saloon champions who enter
tained any thought, whatsoever, D
debating to the individual or to com
munities of individuals, what the.
should be required, by legal enact
ment, to eat or drink Yet, directl.
| In the face Of repeated declarationi
that the advocates OF County Optioi
desire simply to relieve the com
munity of the expensive and de1noral
izing burden OF the saloon, the or.
will be raised about personal liberty,
and the stomach of Timothy will b
exhibited to the frightened gaze d
/ the heresy-hunteTg, whose stomach
do not need booze
i i wonder if these alarmlsts eve
stop to consider how much comfol
and encouragement their unfair al
sertions give to the enemies /
sobriety, to the enemies of Christia
moraIity and common decency. w
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-29
An Old BIBLE

a Bible which was printed in 1867
and was among the effects of Scotch
settlers in Florida more than 200 years
ago is valued highly by E. G. Cham
bers, a general merchant of Dempster,
5. d., a descendant Of the Chessman
and Chambers families. The Amer
ican emigrant ancestors of the Chess
man and Chambers families i'm Flori-
da, moved to New York and in 1907 TO
land grant at Carlisle, where the
last of a family of nine recently died
on the old homestead Twenty four
years ago Mr.. Chambers aunt pre-.
sented him with the book: 1t contains
family records dating back to 1884 and
is in a good state Of preservation.
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BISHOP SCANNELL'S WILL
ENTIRE ESTATE CONSISTED OF
$4,000 INSURANCE POLICY -
NEVER ACCEPTED FIXED I'M.
COME FROM THE DIOCESE.

The last will and testament Of the
late Bishop Scannell Of Omaha, Nebr.,
was filed for probate last week. 1t
was executed on March II, 1916. The
estate consists of life insurance poll
cies amounting to $4,000 and such
diocesan property as was not held
by separate corporations but the title
to which vested in the Bishop in fee
simple. Out of the proceeds of the
insurance policies held by the Bishop,
the will directs that $1,000 shall be
paid to Mgr. Colaneri and Rev. d. p.
Harrington to carry out certain pur-
poses which he had made known to
them, and for this amount they are
not required to make any report to
the court
The residue of the estate, whether
held as Bishop of the diocese or as a
private person, the Bishop bequeathed
to John Henry Then, Bishop of Lin.
coin, and Patrick IA. McGovern, Bish.
op' of Cheyenne, for the uses to which
it was applied at the time of the
death of the testator, to be later con
veyed to his successor in the See oi
Omaha. Bishops Tihen and McGoy
ern are also appointed executors oi
the will without bonds.
During his nearly twenty-five years
as Bishop of Omaha, Bishop ScanneIl
like his predecessor, Bishop O'C0nnor
devoted all his income to the needs
of the diocese. He never accepted
beyond what vas necessary for hil
personal support, any income from
the diocese; so that his personal ea
tate at his death consisted only OF thl
insurance policies taken out NAM
years ago.
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GIFT FOR V|NCENT|ANs
HOME OF LATE MICHAEL JENk.
ms OF BALTIMORE GIVEN TO
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY.

Miss Eliza Jenkins and her broth
ers have given to the st. Vincent de
Paul Society the dwelling of the late
Mr. Michael Jenkins in Baltimore,
Md. 1t was the intention of Mr.. Jenk-
ins to donate the property for the use
of Catholic societies as Headquarters
or a place for holding meetings. His
sister is only carrying out his wishes.
The house was the town residence
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Jenkins, and
has not been opened since Mrs.
jenkins death a few years ago. The
building will be used for the purposes
for which it was given.
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JESUIT PRIEST DEAD
FATHER BOONE WAS CONNECTED
WITH LOYOLA COLLEGE FOR
A QUARTER OF "A CENTURY.

Rev. Edward D. Boone, s. j., a well
known Jesuit educator and for the
last twenty-six years stationed at
Loyola College, Baltimore, Md, died
on January Is at Mercy Hospital in
that city. Father Boone had been in
i'll health for several years. He was
for a time vice president of the col
lege and also prefect of studies. For
fourteen years he had spiritual charge
of the Catholic inmates of the JAIL
penitentiary and House of Correction.