The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09

| the marauder who dared to invade
our fair land Among those who
went to the border was our State
Deputy | am glad to see him safely
returned I am glad he went, be
cause of the good work he did there.
The house of worship erected ON our
southern border, for the accomm0da-
ton of the Catholic soldiers in the
army is the result of his good judg-
ment, and tireless energy, aided by
| the generosity of the Knights OF Co
| lumbus. What this means for the sol
der boys we best learn from talking
with the piOus mothers of these brave
sons, whose most ardent prayer is
not that Providence may defect from
their child the enemy's bullet, that
can only kill the body, but rather
that God may protect him from the
neglect OF his religious duty, may
shield him from shafts of sin that
can kill both body and soul in eterni.
ty. Let this good work, so suspicious
ly begun, be the chief care of the
Knights. We trust that increased
| donations shall be your response to
the increased demands that larger
army may make. because of its
| larger needs.
The substantial aid which the
knights of Columbus have given to
the Catholic University OF Washing
| ton, TO St. Thomas College of st.
Paul, and other worthy institutions
| of learning is evidence of the great
interest they take in the cause oil
education.
Not by privilege, but by right, the
knights stand today in the foremost
ranks Of benefactors and patrons OF
the Arts and Sciences. The battle is
| won. The field is ours The public
forced to recognize US have learned to
| admire US.
What has the society done, and
what is it doing to foster in its mem.
| bers the virtues that have eternal
| value?
| The proud ship which, with dis.
tended sail majestically proceeds, as
it cuts the briny waters, on its jour
| ney to its destined port, will be found
| to have caught up many a barnacle
in its ocean journey, and it must be
dry locked and scraped The ship
must be rid of these accretions which
| impede its progress. So our society
| launched on the sea of life, and i'm
| PEELED by heavens favoring breath
shall, from time to time, find its prog
| ress to the port of Triumph impeded
by an occasionally clinging human
barnacle. For the good of the order
these must be gotten rid of. No one
who, without sufficient cause, neg
lects to hear Mass on Sunday, fails tC
comply with the Easter duty, should
be allowed to remain in ignorance oil
| the fact that this violation of the
/ rules of the society forfeits his right
to membership.
The custom in some orders of re
quiring certificate, signed by 9
| priest, as evidence of compliance
with the Easter duty, does not recon-
mend itself. In the very nature Of
| things the priest ought, and generally
! does, know less about that than any
man in the congregation. The con
| fessor hardly ever knows who goes
| to confession to him, much less does
he try to remember the name of the
| penitent. In the distribution of Holy
Communion the priest, by the grace
of God, is performing an act Sc
| sacred that he concentrates on tha
act his every thought, and gives it his
| fullest attention. Every Catholic, in
stinctively, feels that here careless
ness were culpable, and willful dis
traction sinful. For these reason!
any member of the society can more
conveniently and with less liabilit,
to err furnish the desired informa
| ton.
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