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The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY THIS YEAR.

From the time of it's institution
Memorial Day has been dear to
the American heart. 1t has serv-
ed to revive memories that are
painful, indeed, but at the same
time fraught with a spirit of JOY
that our heroes have not died IN
vain. On that day every cemetery
becomes the goal, the Mecca, OF
countless thousands who remem-
ber the dead. In spite of atheism
or materialism, our citizens cher
ish the memory of those who have
gone before. The living love to
think, yea, to hope that death was
not the end of all, that their loved
ones still exist and are happy.
If we can believe the many re-
ports from the battlefronts OF
Europe, there is no infdelity in
the trenches. There all human
considerations are cast aside, as
men stand face to face with real
death. The innate yearnlng OF
the human heart for immortality
asserts itself audibly in the pres
cnce Of the CHASTITY specter., Men
believe, they know, they are con-
vinced that there is a God and a
hereafter. The quibbling OF
creeds, the rival claims of various
denominations affect them not: !:
the Catholic Church holds up to all
the promise of eternal happiness,
and as a consequence the Catholic
chaplain becomes the ready an
swer to the questioning soul.
Memorial Day this year gives us
added cause for renewed prayer
and fervent supplication. To the
number Of our deceased relatives
and friends are added the many
who have fallen on the field OF
death.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
Belgian Prelate Named
FRENCH INSTITUTE HoNoRS CAR
DINAL MERCER.

The Institute of France, led by sew
eral members of the Academy of
Moral and Political Sciences, proposes
the election of Cardinal Mercier to a
seat as foreign associate" 1t will
be remembered that last year the same
academy adjudged its great prize for
devotion to duty and good works to
the Primate of Belgium.' The cardinal,
who is honored by the whole world,
is not only great character and pro-
found philosopher, but he. is also a
vigorous and cultivated writer. Above
all, he is a great Churchman. News
is now filtering through of j. how the
Belgians under his direction Tcelebrat-
ed this year the fetes of the First
Communion The cardinal urged on
all the necessity for greater fervor
and simplicity on this occasion in the
fourth year of the war. He exhorted
the parents to receive Holy Com
munion with their children, and rec
commended all to go in sabots, since
the times were such as to cause their
general use not only among the poor,
but also among the once well-to-do.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
CRETIN HIGH SCHOOL
ANNUAL ELocUTION CONTEST AT
CATHEDRAL HALL - RESULTS
OF RECENT CRETIN SCHOLAR
SHIP EXAMINATIONS.

On Thursday evening, May 16, in
the Cathedral School Auditorium, the
boys of Cretin High School presented
their annual elocution contest to a
large and appreciative audience. The
work of the youthful speakers was a
revelation. There were two divisions,
the Senior and the Junior. The for
mer was composed of six boys chosen
from the Sophomore and Junior
classes of the School The latter con-
sisted Of six boys selected from the
Freshman classes. Harold J. Farrell
was the choice of the judges for first
honors in the Senior Division. His
selection was, "She Wanted to Learn
Elocution." This young man stood
first last year also. In the Junior
Division, first place was awarded to
Edward Behling. His rendition of
Bernardo Del Carpio" was excellent.
His wonderful speaking voice enabled
him to win over Edward Miner, a
close rival, who spoke ''The Sunset
Line" Gold medals will be awarded
to the successful contestants at the
Commencement Exercises at the Audi
torium, June 5.
The Cretin High School Orchestra,
of twenty-six pieces, played delight
fully during the intermissions.
While the judges were reaching a
decision, the Cretin Choral Club, COM
posed of 200 boys of the School, rem
dered several numbers The judges
were Rev. G. F. MeGinnis, Ph.D., Rev.
Brother H. Mark, director of the De
La Sale Institute of Minneapolis, and
DIR. F. Prendergast, DID. S., '02.
The Cretin Cadets took part in the
Red Cross parade last Saturday after
noon. Great rivalry existed between
the six companies as to which one
would march best Several judges
were stationed along the line of
march. Their decision was unanimous
in favor of Company "A"
In the scholarship examinations that
were held at the School May Is, John
McCauley, of st. Luke's School, won
the four-year scholarship, he having
attained the highest general average.
A three-year scholarship was won by
Carl Guldin of st. Agnes School Ell
mer Swenson, of ST. Joseph's Orphan
Asylum, won the two-year scholarship,
and RichardsDoherty, of the Cathedral
School, won the one-year scholarship.
These scholarships will be awarded at
the Commencement Exercises in June.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25

Canon law consists of prcccpts of
the natural law, positive Divine pre-
cepts, directions left by the Apostles,
and ecclesiastical constitutions. The
sources of canon law are: Holy Scrip
ture, ecclesiastical tradition, the de-
crees of councils, papal constitutions
and rescripts, the writings of the Faith
ers and the civil law, Many things
relating to the external polity of the
Church have been borrowed from the
imperial enactments of ancient Rome
and Incorporated in the canon law.
The collections of canon law, con-
sidering it as system in present
force and obligation, began with the
'Decretum of Gratian," in the twelfth
century. However, canon law was not
a new thing then. Disciplinary rules
had been known in the Church as
holy canons" from the earliest times,
beginning with the Council of Jeru-
salem in apostolic days.
Due to the war, the greatest diff
Guilty has been encountered in getting
copies of the new code in America.
Months after it had been issued there
was only one bound copy in each dio-
cese-that of the bishop. The code is
in Latin only. 1t was proposed at first
to have official translations issued,
but everybody who must consult it
knows Latin, so this was deemed un-
necessary. The commentatory liter
ature on the code is already cOnSiQ-
able in size.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
HEARING VERSUS THINKING

Frequently when a child is ap-
pretended in wrong-doing his eX-
cuse is, | did not think. This de-
fense is Immediately battered
down by the parent or teacher
with the admonition, "You should
think" At the same time hearing
without thinking seems to be de-
feet of adults. quite as much, il
not more. than among children.
Thoughtlessness commonly is adj
vanced as a pardonable pretext
for careless conduct. 1t always
indicates either shallowness or in
difference, usually both. A val
ued exchange, speaking on this
subject, has the following obserya-
ton:
Why is it that so few people
can tell what a sermon they list
ened to was about, or can give the
gist of an article or book they
have read? Their minds are like
a sieve, and they are always men
tally poor because they have not
exercised their capacity to think,
study and assimilate what they
read, or hear.
1t is disconcerting to speaker
or preacher to observe the lack OF
attention and the listless faces OF
a congregation, when they are ad-
dressed and presented with ideas
that have often taken many hours
or days in preparation. Many can
relate how the speaker had beau
tiful eyes, or faulty pronuncia-
ton, or said something foolish, but
when it comes to giving even a
cursory summary of the thoughts
and feeling conveyed, most people
find that their brains were asleep
during the delivery of the dis
course.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
THE SEVENTH GREGORY.

The Church Of God has been
blessed with leaders who were
equal to every peril that threat
ened its existence. The fidelity of
the early supreme pontiffs carried
a fiercely assailed religion through
the storms Of heresy and human
brutality. Each age had its prob
lens for the Church, and each age
witnessed the indomitable heroism
Of a Pope who feared but God.
The promise to be with her all
days to the end of Time has heart
ened both the Catholic Church
and her guides.
On numerous occasions through
out history imperial authority has
arrayed itself in open defiance Of
God and His pontiffs. Popes have
gone joyfully to a martyrs death
rather than renounce their rights
and prerogatives as representa-
tives Of Christ. Henry VIII met
a Clement, and Napoleon. faced a
Plus: both monarchs felt the
weight of pOntifical allegiance to
God and fidelity to truth.
Henry ~ Of Germany was un-
fortunate in arousing the fighting
spirit in a man of the character of
Gregory VII. The immortal Hill
debrand was thoroughly versed in
the intricacies Of imperial in
trigue: he had witnessed it at the
various courts of Europe. He
knew, none better, the extent of
the evils that had flown from I'M
lawful interference in ecclesiasti-
cal affairs on the part of ambitious
kings and emperors: the abuse of
investitures, and other serious ills,
constituted a curse before the
Church Of God. Henry presumed
on his power as king and his pres
tige as emperor: he failed truly to
estimate the intrepidity of Hide
brand. Even when, like Theodo-
sius, confronted with his crime, he
scorned to initiate the penitential
course marked out for him by
Gods anointed. Henry would cast
discretion and reverence to the
winds: he would openly court the
tornado. When the blow fell it
not only struck him to the ground ::
it shattered his throne and piled
the wreckage thereof high upon
his rebellious head. The twin
bolts of anathema and deposition
laid him bare and helpless before
the world. He went to Canossa,
broken and spiritless. One more
final, desperate assault on papal
authority, and Henry sank into
disgraceful and ignominious obliv-
ion. Gregory triumphed, the
Church was purged Of evil, and
each year on the twenty-fifth day
of May we like to muse on the
ways Of God and the fearlessness
of His servant, Pope Saint Greg
ory VII, whose festival is COM
memorated on that memorable
day.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
THE NEW CODE
JURISDICTION IMPLIED IN POWER
OF BINDING AND LOOSlNG-
DISCIPLINARY RULES USED IN
FOLD SINCE EARLIEST CHRIS
TlAN TIMES.

The new code OF canon Jaw of the
Sunday-the Feast of Pentecost. Some
portions of it are already effective.
This code, which affects both the
clergy and the laity, has been pretty
thoroughly reviewed in its effects on
the laity in past articles in this paper.
The code has been arranged by COM
mission named in the reign of the late
Pope Plus X, but whose work was
not completed until after the present
Pope had ascended the chair of ST.
Peter Jurisdiction is implied in the
commission of binding and loosing
which Christ gave to the apostles, es.
pecially to st. Peter, says the Denver
Catholic Register. Hence the estab-
lishment of a code of law has direct
Biblical sanction. If the Church lacked
discipline, many of her children would
soon lose their faith. Other churches
with their loose discipline find every
vagary of doctrine being taught from
their pulpits or suggested in their
practices But the Church can change
some of her discipline to fit the needs
of the times without affecting her doc
trines. Nothing new, therefore, in the
way of dogmatic truths is introduced
when a new code of canon law be-
comes effective. Yet some of her dis.
ciplineiis so bound up in her doctrines
that she could not change itrwithout
changing them. She cannot change
natural or Divine law.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25

Had it not been for the Scapular the
chances are he would not have re-
ceived the last rites of Mother Church.
The incident was referred to at the
$3.50 and 10:3O Masses at the main
K. of c. building last Sunday. So
impressive was the lesson that over
two hundred sought enrolment in
the Scapular
Some months ago Father War
ing, captain chaplain in the U.
S. army, at present located at Gov
ernor's Island, New York, warned the
soldiers and sailors against the use
Of the Scapular medal only. He ad-
vocated return to the old-fashioned
Scapular. The Scapular cloth is worn
around the neck and remains there
even when the injured or wounded are
divested of their clothing. Frequently
it has been recognized even by non
Catholics and has been the means of
bringing the Catholic chaplain to the
wounded and dying on the battlefield.
Parents, relatives and friends should
encourage the boys to wear the Soap
ular. Pastors should insist that their
boys be clothed with, same before
leaving for the camps and entering
the service. AS for us it will be our
duty to know that every Catholic I'M
der our jurisdiction is equipped with
the Scapular. 1t is the badge of the
Catholic and may be the means of
bringing the last Sacraments to some
poor soul on the brink of eternity.
Ascension Thursday six Masses
were celebrated, the number of COM
municants being sixty. Sunday last
the usual eight Masses were celebrat-
ed and the number of communicates
was one hundred and forty. The fol-
lowing brothers from Des Moines
council assisted in the entertainment
of the visitors: John E. Cavanaugh
and William Doyle.
Fraternally yours in Christ.
PATRICK N. McDERMOTT,
K. of c. Chaplain.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25

A number Of our Catholic con-
temporaries gave credence a few
weeks ago to report that General
Pershing, commander of the Amer
lean forces in France, was Cath
olic. We doubted this. Now comes
denial in the form of an an
nouncement in the Living Church
(Episcopal) which says that the
General was recently confirmed in
the communion of the Protestant
Episcopal Church by Bishop Brent
in Paris. Whatever his creed,
General Pershing is credit. and
an honor to our country
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25

ftIl and optimistic may make their in
fiuence felt in the community, the sec
ond purpose will be natural conse-
quence, namely, the minimizing of
discouraging letters to the ''boys"
from the home fireside, than which
there is perhaps nothing more destruc-
tive of the fighting morale. No army
lad in khaki nor sailor lad in blue
can do his best as fighter-and our
country needs every ounce of fight
there is in them-when his spirit is
shaken if not completely broken by
tear-stained, disheartening letters from
home. This work will be continued
along practical lines through local
organized effort aimed to improve the
morale of those left behind"
To give impetus and enthusiasm to
the new movement launched by the
America First Association, it's officers
and county vice-presidents decided at
their meeting in st. Paul last week to
hold a monster statewide next OF
kin" meeting in st. Paul early in June.
To this gathering every father, moth
er, brother, sister, wife and sweet
heart of a soldier or sailor from Min
nesota will be invited, and it is be-
lieved they will attend by the thou
sands.
Every effort is to be made to get
President Wilson as chief speaker. 1t
the president cannot come it is hoped
to get Secretary of War Baker or
some other cabinet member of an
equally prominent national character.
No effort will be spared to make this
gathering the most notable yet held
in Minnesota since America entered
the world conflict.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
RELIGIOUS SPIRIT OF SOLDIERS.

Camp Dodge, Iowa, May 81, 1918.
To the Editor:
The wisdom Of the Church in devils
ing ways and means of leading souls
to Grace has been time and again vim
dicated. The institution of the Sacra-
mentals, for instance, has been JUS
titled. Some there are calling them
selves Catholics, who have looked
upon such as ultra-religious, futile
and unnecessary. Even when pressed
to make use of such means they have
cast them aside with scorn. The
practical utility and saving grace of
the Scapular was amply exempli1ed
in our midst last week. Harry Wick
ham, whose home was in Newark, N.
j., a private in Company e, 4O4th
Telegraph Battalion, went to Des
Moines last Monday evening. At Sew
enth and Walnut he was struck by the
bicycle of neWsboy. and hurled
headlong to the curb. He was picked
up by passersby and removed to a
doctors office, suffering from frac-
ture of the skull. Thence he was TAX
en- by ambulance to the base hospital
at the camp, which was reached about
1890 A. M. Meanwhile he became un-
conscious In that state he was put
to bed at the hospital, and in the act
was observed wearing the Scapular by
Catholic orderly. The latter imme.
diately summoned the K. of G.. chap
lain, who was at the bedside of the
poor, unconscious soldier boy within
fifteen minutes. Around his neck was
the identification tag as also the EN-
blem of his Church Conditional alb
solution, Extreme Unction and the
Last Blessing were administered. Al
4:30 A. M. he passed away, never hav
ing recovered Consciousness, yet for
tilted by the last Sacraments through
the grace Of God and the Scapular
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
Chaplain General Hayes
AT FIELD MASS IN
PRESENCE OF FIFTEEN
i. THOUSAND.

In the most impressive religious
service witnessed at the big camp,
$4,000 Camp Dix soldiers, their moth
ers and other visitors last week at
Wrightstown, N. j., attended a field
Mass celebrated by Right Reverend
P. J. Hayes of New York, re-
Gently appointed by the Pope as bish-
op of American armies in camp and
in the field. The great open-air serv-
ice was held on the parade ground,
near the knights of Columbus head
quarters, before an altar set up on a
f1ag-draped platform, and officers and
enlisted men in uniform aided in the
service.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
New College in Sight

The Conventual Franciscans have
purchased property near the Cath
olic University, Washington, D. c., on
which they intend to erect, when the
times shall again be propitious, a
house for higher studies, or post
graduate house. The property con-
sists of a triangular plot across from
the Apostolic Mission house, with a
frontage of about 317 feet on Michigan
Avenue, 1S4 feet on Seventh Street
and 2G3 feet on Monroe Street.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
Father Walsh Appointed
is GIVEN A NEW
DEAN.

The Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j.,
has been appointed dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown
University, to succeed the Rev. John
B. Creeden, S. j., recently promoted to
the presidency.
Father Walsh was a few years ago
a member of the Georgetown faculty.
He is one of the most brilliant of the
younger members of the Society of
Jesus. At the completion of his theo-
logical studies at Woodstock, Md, a
few days ago, he made public de-
fense of several theses against many
of the leading Catholic scholars of the
country.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
WHAT DRINK WASTES.

All the world is trying to eliminate
waste
There is no single product of man
ufacture or article of commerce that
is the source or cause of so much
waste as liquor.
1t wastes capital. If transferred to
other industries the capital now in
vested in the liquor industry could be
made to go four times farther than
it now goes, both in employing labor
and in utilizing raw materials.
i 1t wastes earnings. We spend two
billion dollars O year on drink. elf
there were no liquor to be had all this
would purchase homes, pay for life
insurance, and provide better food and
clothes and more of the good things
of life.
1t wastes man-power. If the liquor
industry were abolished the 100000
men now engaged in it would be freed
for other employment.
1t wastes foodstuffs. If all the ma
terials now used in making liquor
were used for other things, bread
would be cheaper, sugar would be
more plentiful and more fruit would be
| available for family use.
1t wastes human efficiency. The
workman who does not drink is more
efficient than the workman who does.
The lower efficiency of the drinker not
only lowers the average rate of wages,
but it lowers the output of an industry.
! Employers recognize this fact. 1t pre-
vents them from obtaining the maxi
mum production and paying maximum
wages. 1t prevents the workman who
does not drink from earning as much
as he might because his fellow work
man drinks.
1t wastes human life. The habitual
use of alcohol is definitely known to
be the cause of several commonly fatal
| diseases. Even it's moderate use
shortens the lives of men four years,
according to the actuaries. Excessive
use of liquor doubles or quadruples
this loss of life. At the very least it
seriously weakens every mans ability
to resist disease or to recover impair
ed health
Isn't it worth while trying to elm
mate all this waste? If you believe
that the traffic in alcohol does more
harm than good-help to stop it.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
Continued from page 81

GraceviIIe: The Junior Musicale of
the st. Mary's Academy pupils was
given at the Opera House last Friday
afternoon, and as usual was heard by
a large audience. The little people
are we'll grounded in music under the
skillful direction of the sisters, and
all the relatives of the little perform
ers were rightfully proud of their
- "a
ShieIdsviIIe: Rev. Father Molloy,
pastor of st. Patrick's parish here,
and chairman of the finance commit
tee of the Catholic war fund, has re-
ported that $573.45 has been secured
from Red Cross entertainments held
in the parish the past month.
The entertainment given at Shields
vile last Friday evening for the bene-
fit. of the Catholic War Fund was
largely attended, and proved success
full socially and financially. On one
article alone an auction brought $271.
LonsdaIe: The committee of Fari-
'p0uAI SOuAC1l, 1AnlSuLS Ol COLUMBUS.
soliciting subscriptions for the Catho.
lie War Fund, visited Lonsdale May
IA, where they were joined by Rev.
F. 7. Bouska, pastor of the Immacu-
late Conception Church. During the
afternoon Father Bouska and the
members of the committee called on
his parishioners outside the. village
and collected about $8O0s
Waverly: On Sunday, May 19, the
local council of the knights of Colum-
bus initiated class of about seventy
five members. The st. Cloud team.
consisting of some twenty members,
exemplified the degree work.
After the repast at noon the mem
bers and their friends adjourned to
the city hall where splendid Ameri-
can program was given. The Grand
Knight James Clements, presided and
the Rev. Father Moore was toast
master. Dinner at noon and the BAN
Duet in the evening. were served by
the ladies' Of st. MarY's parish.
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25
CHINESE RESPECT PRIEST
BATTLE SUSPENDED TO PROTECT
PRESIDENT OF CATHOLIC
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The Very Reverend James A. Walsh,
ary Society, who has just returned
from a six months tour of China, said
that when he approached Leong-Kong
in Kwangtung province, where the
northern forces of the government are
fighting the southern army of the rev.
olution, prominent resident, who was
a friend of General Leong, leading the
northerners, told him that the bellig-
erents would not Intentionally harm a
foeigner, and, if requested, both sides
would stop fighting so he could pass.
Word was sent ahead to General
Leong and both sides stopped firing.
Father Walsh decided to take Cir
cuitous route and not pass between
the opposing armies. When they dis
covered this the battle was renewed.
Just before he reached Kiang Pc
rebel army took the city and sacked
the bank of $4,000. So the city could
conduct business as usual the populace
took up. collection, and, by giving
the invaders $50 apiece, got them to
throw down their arms and leave the
town. Outlaws are conducting whole
sale kidnappings, Father Walsh de-
clared, and in one instance stole one
third of the population of village.
What China needs is government" ;"
said DR.. Walsh, who heads the Ossin-
ing Seminary, that is to send four
missioners to China very soon. There
is no hope Of progress" he added, ''un-
til they get orderly government. Mean
while millions of dollars of American
capital is tied up by the suspension
of industry"
The Catholic bulletin., 1918-05-25

his duty was to work iii harmony
with his country. The American
nation as one man stands ready to
give its ALL Our boys Of every
creed, and of none at all, are fight
ing side by side and giving their
life's blood that we at home, even
the cowardly bigots, may continue
to live. In such circumstances
leniency with these disturbers
ceases to be a virtue: it becomes
an actual crime towards the cQun-
try at large, and especially to-
wards the men under arms.