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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-29
Honorably Discharged
HOLY CROSS TEACHER is DE-
CLARED EXEMPT.

Word has been received of the hon.
orable discharge of Corporal Van Bier
san from the United States Army,
with the statement that he had been
falsely indicted into the service.
Corporal Van Biersan is we'll known
in Fort Wayne, Ind, as Brother An
thony, c. S. c., of Fort Wayne, Ind,
of the staff Of the Catholic Central
High School, whence he was drafted
by the local board the latter part of
April, Notwithstanding his claim for
exemption as a regular minister Of
religion.
Almost at the same time that he
received from Washington the notice
of his honorable discharge, he was
informed by his superior officer at
Camp Taylor, where he was sta
toned. that he had been promoted to
a sergeantcy.
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CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL
MEETING
ANNUAL MEETING, SAN FRANCIS
CO, JULY 22-25, 191a-RAILRoAD
RATES TO THE WEST.

"A good attendance at the fifteenth
annual meeting of the Catholic Educa-
tional Association, which will be held
in San Francisco on July 1926, is now
assured by the announcement that the
Government has authorized the rail
roads to grant the usual summer tour
list round trip rates from all points
East to the Pacific Coast. This rate
will be good from June 20 to October
81 and will carry stop-over privilege
lat all important points. The rate will
be only moderate advance over that
prevailing in other years. The round
trip rate from Chicago via direct lines
will be about $87, plus war tax and
incidentals, and the rate from other
points will be proportionate.
From inquiries received at the office
of the Association, the attendance will
ticipated. The members who expect
to take the trip are advised to consult
local ticket agents at once, and these
agents will give them complete infor-
nation on all details. Many of the
Bishops of the country have signified
their intention of sending official rep
resentatives to the meeting, and sew
eral special conferences of representa-
tives of the Provincials and Religious
Communities of Women will be held
under the direction of Archbishop
Hanna.
A program of unusual merit has
been arranged and the exercises will
conclude with grand public meeting
in the large City Auditorium which
has capacity of seating ten thousand
people. The meeting will pay tribute
to the splendid patriotism and loyalty
shown by the large number of boys
|of our Catholic colleges and parish
schools who are now in the military
service.
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Continued from page IL
Father Secchi, Priest-Astro-
homer

which is lOfty-nay, Divine Honors
and distinction were showered upon
him as his fame spread throughout
the whole of the civilized world He
was decorated with the Cross of the
Legion of Honor by the Emperor of
France and with the Order Of the
Rose of Brazil by the Emperor of
Brazil. But he remained ever a hum
BILE religious, devoted to the interests
of the Church. This thought of 10y
atty to the cause of religion and of
Holy Church was one that most con-
soled him on his deathbed. "Oh," he
exclaimed to one who visited him in
his last illness, IF you only knew
what comfort / feel in dying, after
having spent my life in the service of
the Church" At the observatory one
of the first astronomers of his day, at
the university a professor, and yet he
was commissioned in addition by the
Papal Government to measure a
geodetic base-line, extending over an
arc of two degrees between Rome and
Rimini; to design and superintend the
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Continued from page II
Vast Growth of K. of C..
War Work

suggestion of the denomination to
which he belonged. 1t is the human
touch in the midst Of great trials and
dangers that makes men unmindful of
the form through which comfort is
brought to the soul. When these men
mingle again in our complex society,
it is unthinkable that the preiudices
and strained relations of their child
hood will ever return"
This indicates the blossoming of
one Of the rewards the Catholic war
effort his most certainly merited-
recognition by our fellow-citizens!
With this recognition and firm con-
viction that the Catholic people, ex-
hOrted by their bishops and priests,
will rally to the support of the war
work in the future as they have in the
past, the collection of the millions
necessary to extend and maintain the
work during the coming year, is as
sured!
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changed conditions in Russia we were
held for several months in Japan, and
at the present time about one hundred
of us are in Manchuria, working on the
Chinese Eastern Railway, which is a
portion of the through line from Vlad-
ivostok, on the Pacific ocean, to Petro-
grad.
while in Japan we were able to
attend a mission church at Nagasak,
the Masses being said each Sunday
by French, Belgian and Japanese ma
tive priests. This was most interest
ing and the piety of these Japanese
converts was most edifying. The Cath
olics have formed many missions in
Japan, particularly in the southern
island, and have done wonderful work,
their converts running into thousands.
AT Hardin, where I am at present
located, there are two Catholic
churches, one Polish and one Chinese
Last Sunday, in company with four
brother K. C.'s | attended High Mass
in the Chinese Catholic Church, it be-
ing Pentecost Sunday, and the man
ner in which the service was carried
out. was amazing The priest was a
native Chinaman, and the six acolytes
were Chinese. The choir was COM
posed of French, Polish and Chinese
Sisters, who run the mission school,
the responses, of course, being made
in Latin. The entire congregation
composed entirely of Chinese, outside
of the five American officers, joined
in the singing, and the way in which
they sang hymns without referring to
hymn books spoke we'll for the work
of their teachers, the Sisters. The
piety of these people, like the Japan
csc, was noteworthy, and it would
make some of our Catholics in the
States ashamed if they could see them
Although Communion time was not
reached until after eleven o'clock, prac-
tically the entire congregation went
to Communion"
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hospital on the site recently purchase
on the banks of the Mississippi il
the northern part of the city has bee
abandoned for the present.
st. Lawrence: Last Sunday morn
ing Right Reverend Bishop Busch aC-
ministered Confirmation to a class 0
thirty-nine candidates. In the after
noon the Right Reverend Bishop drOy
to Maine, where Confirmation was az
ministered to a class of thirty-eigh'
A substantial donation was made b
the two classes for the Bishop RnsC
scholarship.
Platte: A new church is being bull
here to replace the one destroyed b.
fire about a year ago. Rev. Angus
Plachta of Royalton has charge of thu
mission. The new building will be {;
frame structure costing about $4,000
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FAITH OF ORIENTALS
VIEW OF ST. PAUL
MAN ON CATHOLIC JAPANESE
AND CHINESE - LIEUTENANT
BARRON WRITES IMPRE ssloNs,


Lieutenant w. j. Barron, a brother
of Rev. Joseph Barron, professor in
the st. Paul Seminary, is an officer in
the Russian Railway Service Corps, a
branch of the engineering department
of the United States army. Lieuten-
ant Barron, who is member of the
st. Paul Council, Knights of Columbus,
writes as follows to brother knight:
'"The corps of which I am member
was organized last fall in st. Paul for
the purpose of instructing the railway
men in Russia in railroad work to
help move the great supply of mate
rails at Vladivostok to the Russian
front, enabling the Russians to. sue
cessfully prosecute the war on the
eastern front, Due to the greatly
y
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A London Procession
GREAT INfERCESSoRY PAGEANT
IN ENGLISH CAPITAL-ALL OF
THE ALLIES REPRESENTED.

The great procession of interces-
sion for the Allies, particularly for the
armies, which took place last Sunday
in and around Westminster Cathe-
dral, London, was a veritable triumph
for Catholics. Arrangements had been
made to deal with some five to six
thousand people, and as the weather
was grey and threatening less than
this number were expected. The pro-
cessionists numbered nearly twenty
thousand, and included representatives
of all the Allies. The procession went
without a hitch, and the demeanor of
the crowds which witnessed it was
everywhere most respectful.
The procession was most represen-
tatiye of all orders of the Church and
all strata of society. There were
groups from siXty-eight parishes,
which included some of the richest in
London, like the Oratory and the
Jesuits', in Farm street, and some of
the poorest, like IS. Mary and
Michael, Commercial road. There
were monks and nuns of nearly all
the great orders and congregations,
The Belgian, French and Italian
groups marched in national dress,
with children in white. The Ameri-
can group, led by an American sol
der, was notable. All the groups had
their national flags, and all the parish
groups were preceded by a crucifix
and carried one or more banners.
The Children of Mary wore blue
mantles and white wells and were in
great numbers. The Cardinal, the
bishops, the prelates, and the Cathe-
dral chapter lent bright hues to the
procession. There were wounded sol
diers, nurses, airmen, Catholic police,
boy scouts, and members of Parlia-
ment, including Sir Mark Sykes, in
the procession. The Society of Our
Lady of Lourdes. the organizers, who
walked just before the Cardinal in-
|cluded at its head, Its president, the
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Brief Reviews and Notices

The 1918 kaydet: Volume 1. Pub
lished by the students of ST. Thomas
College, st. Paul. Price $500.
1t is customary for colleges and uni
versities to perpetuate remembrance
of their local chronicles in magazine
or year book. The students of ST..
Thomas College are to be highly con-
graduated upon the magnificent work
which they have just issued. With
gracious delicacy they have dedicated
their offering to the Most Reverend
Archbishop whom they style, Found
er, Director, Benefactor, Friend of
the College" 1t is difficult to select
any one feature for encomium in this
splendid work of three hundred pages
Scholastic work, athletics, military
and social activities all have their
place with quips and flashes of local
humor. There are hundreds of pic
lures and cuts depicting many phases
of college life. An interesting feature
is the roll of honor, containing the
names and station of the hundreds
of ST. Thomas alumni who are engaged
in the service of their country The
makeup of the book could scarcely be
surpassed for artistic outline and dura-
bility. Great credit must be given to
the Editor-in- Chief, J. E. O'Malley,
and to the Business Manager, Charles
J. Regain, with the Board of Editors.
The guiding hand of the whole enter
prise was that indefatigable worker,
Rev. M. A. Ryan, Director of the Com
mercial Department of the College.
Towards the Goal: BY Mrs. Hum
phry Ward. Published by Charles
Scribner's Sons. Price 60 cents.
In the present work, which contains
a preface by Theodore Roosevelt,
Mrs, Ward gives a vivid description
of war events as seen by her. She
aims at arousing the English people
to the serious nature of the conflict
and to the necessity of taking deep
interest in the trials of the Empire.
A rapid review shows some of the
heroes of the terrible struggle on the
Continent and describes the efforts of
the allies to reach the Goal Alto
gether, the work is a valuable addi-
ton to contemporary history, and
at the same time an inspiration to
patriotism.
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comforting together.
The next session of the training
school will open July II. The course
covers a period of five weeks. During
the time of instruction the candidates
receive the salary and wear the uni
form of private of the United States
Army. The facilities of the school
have been so enlarged as to accommo-
date $50 candidates. This increase
has been necessitated by the demand
for chaplains created by the recent
passage of the bill allowing one chap
lain for each 1900 officers and men.
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Carmelite Chapter

The Carmelite Chapter will convene
at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on
July 8. Very Rev. H. Doswald, presi-
dent of St. Cyrils College, Chicago,
has been again chosen to preside over
the chapter. There will be an cleo
ton for Provincial, priors and pastors.
The present Provincial is Father
Basil A. Kahler, who succeeded the
Rev. Dionysius F. Best, who died sud-
denly in Pittsburgh on the occasion of
his silver jubilee in April, 1914.
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Continued from page 50
DIOCESE OF ST. CLOUD

ST. Cloud: Last Saturday the con-
tract was let for the erection of a
large addition to st. ,Raphael's hos
pital. The new building will be a
three-story brick structure with full
basement and will be separate from
the main building. 1t will contain the
laundry and the heating plant for all
the buildings. The upper stories will
be used as sleeping apartments for
the Sisters and the employees. The
work on the new building will be
rushed so as to be completed before
cold weather sets in. The cost of the
new building will be about 100000. The
plan Of the Sisters to build new
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-29
Prince-Priest Murdered

At Mohileff, Russia, recently Prince
Eugene Swfatopelf-M irski, a Catholic
priest, was murdered by Bolshevists.
He was supporter of the Polish army
and was brought before the revolu-
tionary tribunal. A tumult took place
and the public withdrew in a panic.
Next day the priests dead body. COW
cred with wounds, was found outside
the town. The head was split open
and the hands broken.
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Polish Chaplain

Rev. L. Michalski, p. p, of st.
Stanislaus Church, Monogah, W. Va,
has been appointed chaplain of the
Polish Legion, now being recruited in
America and Canada for service
abroad. Father Michalski has received
leave of absence from Ri. Rev.
the war. He will leave for the other
side in a very short time.
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Priest is Appointed

The Rev. J. B. McCloskey, rector of
the Sacred Heart parish, Camden, N.
j., which is right in the heart of the
great shipbuilding zone in that city,
has been named chairman of an adj
Visory council to guard shipyard
workers from rent profteers Father
McCloskey is also chairman of the
draft board of the third city district
of Camden.
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American Mission Society

The American Foreign Mission So
ciety has added another priest to it's
faculty, in the person of Rev. John F.
Swift, who has been released by Car
dinal Gibbons that he might join the
Maryknoll Society.
Father Swift, since his ordination a
few years ago, has been attached to
st. Charles College, Gainesville, Md.
He is the third priest from the Arch
diocese of Baltimore to take up this
important work.
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When a Mass is said for a deceased
person, and an offering has been made
for said Mass, will the deceased re-
ceive the full benefit of the Mass, or
merely a remembrance, if black vest
ments are not worn?
When a Mass, as above, is offered
up the deceased person receives the
benefit OF said Mass regardless of the
color of the vestments. This matter
of color is mere ceremonial rite, and
has nothing whatsoever to do with the
special value of the Holy Sacrifice.
On what occasion cannot black vest
ments be worn when the Mass is Of
fered for the departed?
These occasions are many, and they
depend entirely upon the rubrics, or
those rules which govern the perform
ance of the rites and ceremonies of
the Church.
If a person has received the last sac
raments ard is suffering intense agony,
is it wrong to ask God to take that
person from earth?
In such case it is the custom of
Catholics to pray that the person in
question be granted the favor of a
speedy recovery or a happy death.
With regard to the liquor question,
is the Pope in favor of prohibition?
As far as we know the Holy Father
has never legislated on the subject of
prohibition as it is understood today.
Both Popes and Councils, however, as
well as the pTelates of the Church
have always advocated temperance.
The Councils Of Baltimore i'll particu-
lar have gone on record as opposed
to the liquor traffic. Strictly speak
ing, temperance is a religious issue,
while the prohibition movement is
political or economic question with
strong moral bearing.
Can Catholic priest recite formal
prayer at the baccaIaureate ceremonies
in public school?
A Catholic priest can recite a form
al prayer anywhere, if he is invited.
Can a Catholic young couple be mar
ried by priest without having the
banns published?
If there is a good reason for omit
ting the publishing Of the banns, as
for example, in a case where the
young man has been called to military
service, the pastor can obtain a dis
pensation from the banns.
How long does it take priest to
obtain a dispensation from the banns
of marriage?
The priest communicates with the
Bishop of the diocese, and usually re-
ceiVes the dispensatiOn, when it is
granted, within few days.
G) Is it wrong for Catholic girl
to keep company with a non-CathoIic
man who has been divorced? ~ May
she marry such a man if he joins the
Church? ~ Could she marry him if
he did not join the Church?
~ 1t is presumed in the question
that this man, though a Protestant,
was lawfully married. In this case it
is absolutely wrong for a Catholic girl
TO keep company" with such a man.
90 The answer to this part of the
question involves what is called the
Pauline privilege. This privilege has
been explained several times in this
column. 90 If his first marriage was
valid u Catholic girl cannot marry him,
even if he is divorced.
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Senior Chaplain

Information received in Boston
from France is to the effect that Rev.
Michael J. O'Connor, chaplain of the
101st Regiment THE Fighting NINTH
has, in general orders read to the
Twenty-sixth Division, been promoted
to the rank of senior chaplain of the
division. u. Ell. .
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Duchess of Norfolk. leading the young
duke, her little son, and accompanied
by her eldest daughter, Lady Rachel
Howard. This is the first public APP
pearance of the duchess since her
bereavement.
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His Pious Death.

Father Secchi suffered from a
malady Of long duration, which finally
killed him, and in the last years of
his life he was compelled to abandon
active Observatorial work, though he
still continued to direct the activities
of his assistants. In the second week
of January, 1878, he was obliged to
take to his bed. In his last illness he
seemed to have lost all thought ex-
cept for the things of God, and his
piety, humility, resignation and
patience under suffering edited all
who came in contact with him. He
fingered until February &c, 1878, when
he expired, at the age of ffty-nine
years and three months, his last
words being an act of thanksgiving to
God for the great favor of dying in the
bosom of the Church and in the Ro-
man College, sanctified by the death
of the angelical ST. Aloysius. He had
Il lived forty-four years of his life as a
Jesuit. He wished his Cross of the
Legion of Honor to be hung on the
tomb Of ST. Aloysius and his insignia
of the Order Of the Rose of Brazil to
be offered at the shrine of st. Igna-
thus. His obsequies were celebrated
in the Church Of st. Ignatius, the body
resting in front of the altar between
the four columns which support the
dome, upon one of which the observa-
tory. the scene Of his lifelong labors,
rose above the coffin of the humble
religious. Altar and observatory:
here we have the epitome of the life
| of Angelo Secchi.
1t is a life that makes for truth and
holiness, for holiness by its bright
example of humility and obedience
land for truth in it's testimony that
science is not the monopoly OF
materialism and rationalism, but is
compatible with a deep faith in the
truths of revealed religion and the
teachings of the Catholic Church.
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erection of lighthouses on the coasts
of the States of the Church, and even
to advise as to the schemes for the
water supply for several Roman
towns.
Refused Honors.
The beginning of Secchi's scientific
career was conditioned by the revolu-
ton of 1S4S, its end was to be sad
dened by that of 1870, since which
time the Vicar of Jesus Christ on
earth has become the Prisoner of the
Vatican. The observatory of the
Roman College had a worldwide repu-
tation, and Secchi was probably the
foremost scientific man at the time in
Italy. His religious brethren were
prescribed, but special exemptions
were made in his case by the Italian
Government, SO as to retain him in
the post which he occupied with so
much distinction. He consented to
remain, but with his allegiance to the
Holy See unimpaired. He was
tempted with the offer of the general
supervision of all the Italian Observa-
tories, and even with the granting of
the senatorial dignity, with express
release from the constitutional oath.
But he would have none Of these
things.
Father Secchi," said Pope Plus TX,
when sending his his special blessing
on his deathbed, has always known
how to unite science with religious
virtue, but the two virtues which shone
most in him were humility and
obedience. We know how often he
was urged to accept honors and en-
Payments from the Italian Govern
ment, but he would never accept them
He always came to Us for counsel and
advice, and never took step without
first hearing what was Our opinion.
Truly he has been an excellent re-
ligious."
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erection of lighthouses on the coasts
of the States of the Church, and even
to advise as to the schemes for the
water supply for several Roman
towns
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-28
SKOWHECAN
William Murray

William Murray. aged about 90 and the
second oldest man in Skowhegan, pass
ed away during Tuesday night at his
home on North avenue. He was but
few weeks younger than j. Fred Pol
lard. who has for some years had the
distinction of being the townships old
est voter. The deceased was born In.
st. Georges, Canada, but came to SHOW
hogan in the neighborhood of 20 years
ago. He was employed in local wool
shops as long as such industries were
conducted here, for long time having
been an employe at the Nosmus wool
shop and continuing at the same place
Of business when J. Fred Pollard. al
ready referred to. came into nosseantoQ.
of the same establishment.
A widow. formerly Miss Mary Clair
Of Waterville, and the following sons,
Charles Murray of Madison, Fred wal
ter, Michael and Harry Murray. all Of
Skowhegan, survive; also one brother,
John Murray of Skowhegan. The. de-
ceased was communicate at st. Marys
Catholic church and requiem mass for
the repose Of his soul will probably -
offered Saturday morning from that "a.
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