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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-07
Priests Pledge $500, 900
CLERGY OF OMAHA TO RAISE
SUM FOR COLLEGE AND
CATHEDRAL.

On Wednesday afternoon of last
week a meeting of the priests of the
diocese of Omaha on retreat was
called in the college reading room
at Creighton University by some of
the senior clergy. Father Muenich
presided and stated the purpose of the
meeting was to give all the priests
an opportunity to subscribe towards
the new Bishop OConnor Hall and
the completion of the new Cathedral.
Within half an hour $4,000 had
been subscribed by the priests pres
ent From this amount, which is to be
paid in installments during the next
three years, the purchase price OF
O'Connor Hall will be deducted and
the remainder devoted to the expense
of completing the Cathedral.
AS the priests of the diocese have
already contributed toward the new
Cathedral about $4,000, the subscrip.
ton last week brings the total OF
their offerings to more than 100000.
1t is the intention of the Arch
bishop to push the campaign for sub
scriptions to the Cathedral during the
summer so that the edifice may be
clear of debt when it is dedicated next
November.
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ORIENTAL MISSIONS.

The general intention recon-
mended by Pope Benedict XIV,
for the members of the League OF
the Sacred Heart during the
month of July, is the Missions OF
Levant.
By the Levant is meant those
countries that lie East Of Chris
tian Europe and border upon the
Mediterranean Sea. They include
Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, Turkey
and the other lands as far as
Persia.
The Catholic Church was
founded by Christ in the Orient.
1t spread rapidly throughout Asia
Minor and the countries around
the Mediterranean Sea. From the
very beginning false leaders ap-
peared in the midst Of the Chris
tians and sought to set up new
doctrines. The followers of these
leaders became. heretics and soon
separated from the true Church
Sects OF various kinds arose, each
denying some tenet of Christian
belief. AS a result of the efforts
Of men like Nestorirls, Arius, and
others, we find at the present
some seventeen different heretical
Jurisdictions. In spite of this an
almost equally large number OF
Oriental religions still recognize
the supremacy of Rome.
For many years Jealous mis-
sionaries and members Of various
religious orders Of men and
women labored earnestly and in.
defatigably in order to bring
back to the True Fold those who
have wandered far from the Faith
The fortitude of the Armenians
the Syrians, and other Oriental
peoples, under the stress of con
tinued persecution, presents as
exalted an example Of Christian
heroism as is to be found any.
where. The Holy See at present
is endeavoring to bring back tc
the center Of unity these Orientals
who are still without the fold
For this reason the members OF
the League are urged by the Holy
Father to offer up renewed pray
ers and supplications i'll order
that as there is one shepherd sc
also there may be one fold.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-07
THE PRECIOUS BLOOD.

From time immemorial human
life has been connected in every
way with blood. Biologically as
well as spiritually, the pulsing red
stream that courses through man S
veins is indicative of life. To
wantonly shed a fellow-man S
blood is murder, because it is tax
ing his life: to shed ones own
blood in a noble cause is heroism,
because it is giving ones life in
that cause. To uphold the princi-
Piles of right government men have
willingly poured forth this salu-
tary life stream, and have satu-
rated the earth in every cline that
right might prevail. To vindi-
cate the honor of God Christians
have fructified every soil with
this seed of Christianity. The
world today is being inundated in
a deluge of human blood in de-
fence of freedom, or what is sup
posed to be liberty.
If it be true that the dignity Of
the man who sheds his blood adds
nobility and value to the cause he
represents, then must Christianity
be placed upon the plane of infin-
itude, since it has been empurpled
and sanctifed, cleansed and vivi-
fed by the salutary streams from
the heart of a God. The month of
July has been set aside by the
Church for the solemn commemo-
ration of the Precious Blood.
Christ s heart and His Blood have
been identified as the twin sym
bols Of His love for mankind: the
Heart is the source of that love,
the Blood, it's proof. For greater
love than this no man hath. While
torrents of human blood are being
poured forth vainly in a human
cause, Christians should be ever
mindful Of that Precious Blood
that gushed forth and trickled
down on the hallowed Mount of
Golgotha.
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human and divine. A man living
on desert island will not be
forced to pay taxes. 1t scarcely
could be said, however, that his
personal liberty is diminished or
impaired when he becomes a
member of the social body and is
obliged to bear his proportionate
part OF the burden Of taxation.
Besides, personal liberty is fire.
quently a changeable factor
Where prohibition has been en-
forced and has been given a fair
test the results have been so bene-
fetal as to be recognized and adj
mitted by those who formerly OPP
posed it. This is shown also by
experience, since it is much more
difficult to make prohibition
state return to the use of liquor
than it is to force so-called wet
state to adopt the dry law.
Again, it is said that prohibi-
ton cannot be enforced, and,
therefore, should be rejected. It
may easily be answered. that it is
enforced. True, large centers of
population present peculiar diff
culties in the enforcement Of such
a law. but it scarcely can be main
tanned logically that the violation,
even the frequent violation, of a
law is sufficient reason for the
repeal or the rejection of that
law. Were such thing true;
then would it be necessary to
change both the natural and the
divine laws, as well as human
legislation, for all of these laws
are subject to frequent violation
Where the law itself is directed
towards the public good the
remedy for frequent fractures OF
|the law is more stringent enforce
ment thereof.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-07

Thirty-three Oriental beggars
were released from Ellis Island,
New York harbor, on June IA,
where they had been detained for
two months by the department of
immigration. Deportation is now
impracticable. These professional
solicitors are Chaldean HISTORIANS
from Turkey and Persia who have
collected thousands of dollars
from churches and Christians
throughout this country, making
capital Of the suffering and need
in their homeland. The federal
authorities found in their posses
sion many forged credentials, fic-
titious letters and rubber stamps
(made in America) initiating the
seals Of Oriental bishops.
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taken up by those whose power or

taken up by those whose power or
favor he courts, the average Cath
Ollie is strongly tempted to silence
his Catholic sense and TO ally him
self with such movements which
cannot but be detrimental to the
interests of his faith. Thus it not
rarely happens that a man who
poses as Catholic will affiliate
himself with societies, even those
condemned by the Church. He
thus incurs the Stigma OF renegade
from his religion, and at the same
time he is watched with suspicion
by his new associates. For the
keen observer in forbidden socl-
ETY. knows full we'll that a man
who will give up the practice OF
the Catholic faith in order to &C
quire position or influence from
his new associates is a man who
will bear watching. 1t would be
well if some of our Catholic socl-
cites would insist more vigorously
in investigating the religious
standing Of each and every one OF
their members, for frequently
| wolves are to be found III their
midst.
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PIONEER PRIEST DIES
REV. FERDINAND LECHLEITNER
PASSED AWAY IN OMAHA.

The oldest priest in Nebraska in
point of service, Rev. Ferdinand Lech-
leitner, passed away some time during
Saturday night, June %, in his room
at st. James Orphanage, Omaha.
Father Lechleitner was found dead on
Sunday morning, apparently having
been dead for several hours. The
cause of death was apoplexy. He had
suffered from asthma for some years,
but only two days before his death
he was about the city, arranging to
take short vacation among relatives
in Cedar county.
The funeral was held at st. John s
Church, Omaha, on Tuesday morning,
June 26 All the priests of the dio-
cese who were on retreat at Creigh-
ton University, attended the Requiem
Mass, which was celebrated by Rt.
Rev. Mgr. Colaneri Archbishop
Harry preached the funeral sermon.
In accordance with Father Lechleit-
ner's wish, the remains we're taken
to Cedar county for interment at ST.
Helena The remains were accom-.
panied to st. Helena by Rev. Clement
Stratmann, who officiated at the inter.
ment on Wednesday.
Father Lechleitner was ordained in
Omaha on August II, 1869, by the late
Bishop O'Gorman, first Vicar Apos-
tolic of Nebraska. His studies had
been made at Muenster, Westphalia,
near where he was born, in 1874, and
at ST. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee
About September /, 1869, he was ap'
pointed to st. Helena in Cedar county
then the only mission north of Jack.
son in Nebraska. The church was
built of logs, as was the priests resi-
dence, and railroads were unknown
in that section. In September, 1870,
he moved to Yankton, Dakota Terri
tory. He spent much time also on
the Indian missions.
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THE TWIN APOSTLES.

Next to Christ and His blessed
Mother no other figures stand
forth more prominently in early
Christianity than the two great
apostles, Peter and Paul. One was
chosen by Christ to captain the
little band of heroic co-founders
of Gods Church. The other, a
human frebrand, was snatched
from the flames of fanaticism by
God Himself, then quenched and
cleansed, and finally cast forth
amongst men as a flaming torch
kindled at the divine fires. Peter,
with mind and heart transformed
and elevated, entered the city of
Rome, took in with one sweeping
glance the enormity Of it's
iniquity, and gave vent to his feel
ings in one word, Babylon! Paul,
the cultured, intellectual, the in
trepid and unfinching apostle, en-
tered the synagogue and confuted
the doctors OF the law; on the
heights of Athens he gathered
about him the flower of Greek cul-
ture, and expounded the mysteries
of that God whom in their blind
grasping they had named The I'm
known.
AS the Church progressed in
numbers and in influence those
two great figures grew apace, I'M
til down to our present day they
have stood forth in heroic size and
stature as the impregnable outer
works that guard the citadel,
which is Christ, towering above
the nations. Having confessed
Christ i'll their lives, they sealed
this testimony i'll the violent death
which each suffered. Spurning all
human considerations, filled with
the Holy Ghost, fearless in profess
ing the faith, dauntless in the face
of danger, they ever remain as the
noblest examples Of fidelity to
faith and conscience for Christians
Of all times.
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SOLVING A PROBLEM
POPE is TRUE TO TRADITION
NUNClO USED A NEUTRAL Ian.
GUAGE.

A good story is told regarding the
celli of his letters accrediting him as
Nuncio of the Pope to the court of
King Louis of Bavaria at Munich.
AS customary in such cases, the new
Nuncio communicated beforehand to
Count Hertling-who, besides being
premier, is also foreign minister
copy of the speech which he had to
make in presenting his letters of cred
ence to the king. In accordance with
time honored usage, the speech was
couched in French, that is to say, in
the language of diplomacy.
To the amazement of the Nuncio, he
received an intimation from Count
Hertling that he could not be permit
ted to deliver his speech in French, in
the language of country with which
Germany was at war, and demanded
that the address should be delivered
in German.
Now, the German of the Nuncio is
of a somewhat hating character, and
he referred the matter to the Pope for
instructions. The Holy Father was
not long in making up his mind. He
caused Cardinal Gasparri, the Secreta-
ry of State, to direct the Nuncio under
no circumstances to make his address
in German, and that since there was
opposition to it's delivery in French,
he was to use Latin, the ancient lam
guage of the Church and of ecclesias-
tical diplomacy, for the purpose.
This rendered it necessary for King
Louis to reply to the speech also in
Latin, and it was the first occasion in
modern times that ambassadorial Gre
dentials have been delivered and re-
ceived under such circumstances.
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Conservation Of Soldiers
TROOPS OF ALLIED ARMIES ARE
DEDICATED TO THE SACRED
HEART OF JESUS.

Following is the form of consecra-
ton of soldiers adopted in the en-
tente countries:
Amid the fearful trials through
which our country is passing, we
come, o Lord Jesus, to offer Thee our
worship and our prayer.
Created by Thine omnipotence and
redeemed by Thy blood, we adore
Thee as our God and acknowledge
Thee for our Lord and Master.
We beg Thy forgiveness for every
sin by which we have offended Thy
Sacred Heart.
To this Heart, which has so loved
mankind, we consecrate ourselves, our
families, our armies, our country.
We consecrate ourselves to Thee:
our minds, that they may believe
every truth taught to us by Thee
through Thy Church; our hearts, that
they may love Thee always and
above all things; our wills, that they
may obey all Thy commandments !;
our WEAKNESS, our sufferings, our
blood itself, to be spent at Thy good
pleasure, that Thy just cause may
triumph and Thy kingdom upon earth
be enlarged.
We consecrate our families to Thee;
and, to establish therein Thy reign
we will fulfil all our duties as sons
as husbands and as fathers, and bring
up our children to be followers OF
Christ.
We consecrate to Thee our armies
give wisdom to our leaders, make
every soldier brave in battle and
generous in self-sacrifice. Keep each
one of us under Thy protection an6
lead us on to victory.
We consecrate to Thee, in so fal
as in us lies, our own country and the
peoples allied to us: grant that "the
justice which exalteth nations" may
reign among us, and that victory may
crown our struggle to defend the
right
| Adorable Heart of Our God, the
allied nations cry to Thee! Let Thy
blessing rest upon us, and be Thou
our protection and our safety.
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Encouraging Friendship
BAVARIA AND THE HOLY FAITH
ER's GOOD OFFICES.

From the chief city of Bavaria, in
which the Papal representative, Mgr.
Pacelli, arrived a few days ago, there
came words of praise and homage for
the successor of st. Peter. Reports
taken from the Zurich, Switzerland,
papers inform us that Prince Alphon-
sus of Bavaria has been charged by
the King to visit the various concen-
tration camps in Switzerland, and to
convey to the Bavarian prisoners in
them the good wishes of their sover-
eign and their country, and to the
Swiss government the gratitude OF
the people he represents. During his
visitation the prince spoke to the
prisoners in one of the camps in these
terms: According to what | have
heard, to my great satisfaction, in a
very short while a great number OF
you will be enabled to return to your
own country.
eve owe it to the initiative and the
efforts of the Pope and to the gener-
osity and charitable hospitality OF the
Swiss that an exchange of wounded
prisoners can be made, and that SO
many of you have been able to find a
refuge in this beautiful country, where
you get every attention necessary for
the recovery of your health and
strength. 1t gives me great pleasure,
therefore, to give expression in this
place to my gratitude towards the
Pope, towards the Federal Govern
ment, towards the ecclesiastical and
civil authorities, and towards the
whole Swiss people,"
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THE PAPAL FLAG
PROMISED IMMUNITY FROM SUB
MARINE ATTACK BY GER
MANY.

The Papal flag will give immunity
from submarines to a vessel which
sailed in the past week from New
York for Naples. The vessel has spe-
cial signs painted on her sides as well.
The steamer is carrying Archbishop
Cerretti, former Papal delegate to Aus
tralia, now on his way back to Rome to
take up his duties as Secretary of the
Congregation for Extraordinary Ec-
clesiastical Affairs. Rome arranged
with Berlin for immunity of the vessel
which was to carry the Archbishop
back to Rome. On the Papal side
promise was made that only the Arch
bishop and his staff, with few Ital-
ian friends, and no contraband of
war, should be carried on the vessel
The arrangement was made only after
some interchange of messages be.
tween the Vatican and Berlin.
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Your summer vacation may be
important, even necessary, to you.
Remember, however, that the sal
walton of your soul is somewhat
more important. This salvation
is endangered if you wilfully
select a location for your outing
where Sunday Mass is neglected
There is no closed season for this
duty.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-07

Frank P. Walsh of the commit
tee on Industrial Relations has
entered a complaint to the Fed
eral Trade Commission. He claims
that a conspiracy exists to raise
the price of print paper and
hamper the press. He demands
immediate action, asking that five
individuals and corporations
with others" be ordered to quiz
their oppressive tactics. He states
that the Commission has ample
power under the law to stop this
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"ONLY A BOOB BUCKS THE
BOOZE"

| Oughtn't to knock my own game,
maybe, or try to give a black eye to
the business that keeps me in food
and clothes and a. roof over my head,
but take it from me, there's an awful
lot in what this fellow Bill Sunday
says. / know! I've been back of the
bar for a whole lot of years, and I've
seen drinking men come and go, but
| never saw one of them go away
from the saloon a better man than he
was when he came in it.
Bills argument-''it don't get you
anything about the best | know.
wish had dollar for every young
fellow I've seen starting out to drink
and winding up in trouble. They
may have a good time with a couple
of cocktails before dinner and half
dozen highballs before turning in
for the night, but they're not having
any fun when they sneak up to the
bar in the morning and get an alb
sinthe frappe to straighten them out,
and say to the bartender: "How do
look, Charley? All right? Do you
think can face the boss in the Of
fice?"
And they're not very gay when
they ask the bartender-as they often
do-to slip them a dollar to see them
through the day. And many one
does that-young fellows with good
jobs and fine chances in life.
A mans boob to get started in
the drinking game. | don't know
whether Billy Sundays statistics are
right or not about the increased
prosperity of town and all that
when it is dry. But | do know from
what I've seen with my own eyes that
for the individual man the booze
game is all wrong.
1t takes his money away from him.
1t takes his job away from him.
1t takes his health away from him.
Many and many time in the last
few years I've put on black hat
and black tie and followed some
good fellows coffin to the graveyard.
Maybe he wasn't a souse or very
hard drinker, but the old stuff got
him through some disease or weaken
ing that whisky brought on.
| don't know how many men in
New York Bill will get on the water
wagon, but know he has put a lot
there already. The more the mer-
rier.. The end of the booze game is
in sight, anyhow, with prohibition and
local option laws being passed every
where, and, for my part, I'm going
to duck out Of the business as soon
as I get a chance.
-BD "A Bartender
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and events. God still rules wise
ly, even though men shake the
earth in their fury.

Speaking of the want of leaders
a Catholic writer reminds us that
by leaders is not meant men
with official authority, but simply
men of character and influence,
and above all, men of goodwill
who have genuine zeal for the
things of God. Given a few such
leaders, and soon is realized the
reformation Of a bad neighbor-
hood or Of an Indifferent body Of
Catholics. ,"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-07

Since the beginning of the war
q number of so-called prophecies
attributed to various monks have
been going the rounds. These al
legged predictions are claimed as
foreshadowing present world
events. As their authenticity is
doubtful and the Church has
made no announcement on the
subject, no attention whatsoever
should be paid to them.
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ILAON, RICH in HISTORY
ATTAINED GREAT IMPORTANCE
UNDER EARLY FRANKISH
KINGS.

Situated on a long, isolated hill that
rises abruptly to a height of nearly 600
feet from a fertile and extensive plain,
Laon, toward which the French army
is rapidly fighting it's way, was town
of $4,000 prosperous inhabitants at the
outbreak of the war. The capital of
the department of the Aisne, seventy
eight miles northeast of Paris, it form
ed with the Rheims and La Fere a
triangle of important fortresses in
Frances scheme of defense along the
northern frontier, says geography
bulletin issued from Washington head
quarters of the National Geographic
Society.
Surrounded by vegetable gardens
and fruit orchards for which it was
famous, Laon was also an important
manufacturing center for metals,
sugar and linens before the war de-
stroyed all of it's industries.
The first mention Of Laon in the
chronicles of ancient Gaul appears
under the name of Laudunum in the
fifth century. During the ascendancy
of the early Frankish kings it attained
great Importance and in the tenth cen
fury was the royal residence of the
Carolingians. To st. Remigius, who
baptized Clovis, the traditional founder
of the kingdom of France, Laon is in
debted for the establishment of its
bishopric which for nearly 1900 years
was second only to the Archbishopric
of Rheims in prestige and power.
Under the walls of Laon in 1914
Napoleon met defeat at the hands oil
| his German nemesis Butcher, he
whose opportune arrival was to turr
the tide of/battle against the great
military genius at Waterloo the fol
lowing year.
Laon figured conspicuously in the
| military annals of 1870 through ar
extraordinary incident. The town. hat
capitulated to the Germans who were
entering the gates to take formal pos
session when Henriot, private of en-
gineers in the French army, succeeded
| in blowing up powder magazine
seriously damaging number of build
ings and killing and wounding full!
500 people. The explosion killed
three times as many French soldiers
as it did Germans, however, ant
Henriot was one of the victims of hi
own enterprise.
On the ramparts of the thirteenth
century Notifications have been bull
beautiful promenades commanding eX
tensive views of the plain in ever.
direction.
The town of Laon is of special in
terest to Americans as the birthplace,
of the intrepid Able jacques Mar
quette, the Jesuit missionary who
with Louis Joliet, rediscovered thu
Mississippi River in 1878, journeyin.
down the great water course from
Wisconsin to within 700 miles of tn
Gulf of Mexico. Marshal Serurier, on
of Napoleons most gifted soldiers ant
statesmen, was also native of thi
1 place and monument stands here il
his memory.
The Laon Cathedral of Notre Dam,
is one of the finest thirteenth-centur.
Gothic edifces in Europe.
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Mr.. Hilaire Beloc maintains
that the mass of our own people
do not know what ought to be
said on points as they arise, An
exchange comments on this and
notes that one cause back of this
situation is entertaining of the
memory and neglect Of the rea-
soning faculty.