The Catholic bulletin., 1918-02-16
Is Alice the name of saint?

lhGIG Is IuS LlhpIS0S 81 talINS
whose feast is celebrated on December
II. There is also a Blessed Alice, a
Cistercian nun, who died at La Cam
bre, Belgium, in 1850.
Two unhaptized persons were mar
ried by justice. The wife now
wishes to become a Catholic ant the
husband opposes her. What should
she do?
She should consult Catholic priest
who will explain to her the nature
of marriage between Catholics, non
Catholics and paSans. He will then
tell her that after certain formalities
have been gone through she may be
allowed the use Of the Pauline priyi-
lege.
Is it sin for a person who has not
attended Mass that morning to go Wis
iting on Sunday afternoon?
Such a performance is not neces
sarily sin. If Mass was omitted
through negligence on Sunday morn
ing it would be sign of rather weak
faith to spend the afternoon in social
pleasures.
What will become of the souls of
uahaptized children after the last day?
The teaching Of the Church is that
unbaptized children who die before
reaching the use Of reason will go
neither to heaven nor to hell. They
will be in what has been called Linn
DO, or a state of natural happiness.
If young girl wishes to become a
nun can she remain in the world for
time to support her parents and
then enter the convent later on?
The duty towards parents is a nat
ural one. Ordinarily speaking, if the.
parents absolutely depend on the as
Sistance of a child, that child should
support her parents as long as it is
necessary. In individual cases consult
your confessor.
A certain man died. Later on
member of his family also died. Can
this second person inform the first of
things that have transpired in the
meantime?
In the first place the two persons
might be in different states. In that
case the means of communication
might be somewhat strained Provid-
cd both persons are in the same place,
there is nothing in Catholic teaching
contrary to the belief that such in
formation might be impaired
Two Protestants marry and then
separate. The lady becomes a Cath
oIic and wishes to marry a Catholic.
Can they be married in the Church?
No answer can be given to a gen.
eral question OF this kind, since each
individual case may have circum-
stances that will entirely alter the
nature Of the problem. In general it
may be said that when there is ques-
tion Of uncertainty arising from a mar
riagC tho proper thing to do is to con-
suit q priest and to explain all the
details OF the particular case.
Why is it that children cannot be
named after martyr?
The contrary is trte. In fact, in
tho carly Church it was customary in
nearly ell cases to ramc a child after
/" martyr, Even at present in Cath
oIiC countries children very frequently
arc given the names of local martyrs
or OF tho patrons Of the city, province
or country.
Ecc3 the Fourth Commandment sup
pose obligations OF parents towards
thc? children?
Parents have many obligations to-
wards their children. In the first
place, the parents are responsible for
the existence of the child. They are
obliged, so long as that child is a
minor, to provide everything that is
necessary for it's physical welfare
this includes food, clothing, housing,
medical attention, and all the care
which a dependent naturally has claim
to from a superior In the second
place, parents are obliged to provide
for the spiritual welfare of the child.
This means that parents are under
strict obligation to see that the child
is instructed along moral and relig-
ious lines, both at home and in
school. Parents who leave all religious
instruction to be gained by the child
in church are not fulfilling their duty
towards God or towards their child.
The moral life of the child is unfold.
ing daily; and the parents, especially
the mother, are obliged to take means
to ensure the development of the
child's mind along correct and strict
~ moral lines. To this end kindness
should be mingled with firmness, but
never to the detriment of correct
morals. The idiotic senselessness of
some parents in catering to the childs
whimS, even when these point to
wrong objects, is most culpable; it is
criminal, since it permits the child's
undeveloped moral nature to be pois-
oned by false principles. Parents also
are obliged to provide Christian edu-
cation for their children. Catholics
who insist on sending their children
to non-Catholic institutions may al
lege many pretexts for their un-Chris-