The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-10-06
Can a Catholic young man belong
TO school fraternity in which they
are not obliged to take an oath?

Yes; there is no ecclesiastical pro
hibition against joining such societies
and each case must be judged in par
ticular according to it's purpose anC
intent and its circumstances. Many
college fraternities and societies are
to be condemned on educationa.
grounds. They foster a mean, unfair
and un-American spirit of class and
partially and as such are condemned
by the school authorities. Many fra
tcrnities on the other hand, serve a
useful purpose and are to be encour
aged. Catholic students must use
their own good judgment in this re
gard. However, in almost every large
educational center, there are Catholic
clubs, and these should be patronized
and supported by the Catholic young
men and women.
If one was making a novena, could
he say the novena prayers during
Mass? Would you advise one to make
a novena, or to have Mass said for
special intention?
state
otherwise you may say the novena
prayers where and when you will.
AS to the choice between a novcna
and Mass why not combine both
Make the uovena, and on the last day
have a Mass read for your intention
and receive holy communion at that
Mass.
90 Will you kindly state whether
there is ST. Sigfried, or Siegfried,
and if SO, at what time and where
did he live? (2) Why does the
Catholic Church attack Socialism?
"a st. Sigfrid was an Englishman
of noble birth. Consecrated bishop.
he went to Sweden, during the reign
of King Olaf, and preached the gospel
with such success that he is called
the Apostle of Sweden. He died in
HOOP and was buried in his Cathedral
Church in Wicklow, Sweden. His
tomb was made famous by the many
miracles wrought there by his inter
Cession. ca The Catholic Church
attacks Socialism not so much be-
cause it is false theory of economics.
but because it is anti-religious It's
leaders are openly atheists and ma
terialists. e. Belfoot Bax, a leading
English Socialist, defines Socialism
''as new conception of the world,
presenting itself in industry as coop,
eratiye communism, in politics as in
ternational republicanism, in religion
as atheistic humanism."
What would you think of a Catholic
who stated openly, almost boastfu!Iy,
that he had never read the Bible?
l would be ashamed of him, as a
poor specimen of a Catholic, unless,
of course, he were an analphabete,
i'll which case he would not boast of
1t. Even if he were unable to read,
as a Catholic he had an opportunity,
repeated every Sunday, to hear por-
tons of the Scriptures read and the
very repetition of them should make
him familiar with those parts of the
Bible. The Catholic who has never
read the Bible, at least parts of the
Gospels, should be ashamed of him
self; the Catholic home that does not
possess copy of the Scriptures has
disregarded the frequent admonitions
of the Church. Catholics NAV and
should read the Bible. They may gain
an Indulgence by doing so every day,
and the practice will make them bet
ter Catholics. At the same time,
Catholics realize that Christ has made
His Church the official interpreter of
the Bible, and they can always receive
Gods truth from that authoritative
source.
Where is oliver Cromwell buried?
General Montgomery?
Cromwell was buried in Westmin
ster Abbey-one of the most horrible
Sacrileges ever committed there, for
history holds fewer more despicable
figures, despite his ability-but in 1861
the grave was broken up and the coffin
dragged to Tyburn, where the molder-
ing body was hanged and then thrown
into a deep hole under gallows, and
the head set upon a pole at the top
of Westminster hall
In 1918, the governor general of
Canada, at the request of the New
York legislature, permitted the re-
mains of General Montgomery to be
moved to st. PauIs chapel, New York,
near the monument erected by Con-
gress to his memory.
Are conversations and amusements
that arouse and inflame the passions
sinful? Mortal or Venial sins?
Such conversations and amusements
are sinful, providing the conversations
are not necessary. When they are
necessary, pleasure must not be taken
in them. Deliberately to arouse the
passions is mortal sin, if full con
sent of the will is present. Scrupu-
lous persons, however, often find the
sixth commandment to be their great
est bugbear. They should get a regu-
lar confessor and adhere strictly to
his advice. In many cases acts that
seem like sins to them are not sinful
at all.
What is astroIogy? Are belief in it
and a study of it forbidden in the