The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
THE .CHILDREN'S HOUR
WHY | Am A CATHOLIC.

The following essay was awarded
the first prize recently in st. Francis
de Sales parochial school, Philadel-
phia. 1t was written by Dorothy Am
lung, II years DID, Of 4180 Baltimore
Avenue, says the Standard and Times:
Two girls walking along one warm
spring day passed Catholic Church.
Immediately one could tell which was
a Catholic by the reverent way she
inclined her head They walked a lit
tie way in silence, when the Catholic
said:
Are you entirely satisfied with be-
ing an Episcopalian?'
Yes, | am, and even if were not:
why should | wish to change the re.
ligion in Which | was born"
Mary, the Catholic girl, answered:
IF you were born blind and your pa
rents, heard of wonderful physician,
who claimed to cure you, would you
prevent this by saying that you did
not wish to see because you were born
in that state?"
why, of course not" said Elsie, the
on-Catholic.
Well, then, why should you wish to
stay in the wrong religion because you
were born in it?" questioned Mary.
But how can you prove that your
faith is the right one" argued Elsie.
why, easily answered Mary; "is
it not the. doctrine founded by Jesus
Christ and for which countless mar
tyrs died, and because Our Lord prom
| ised that the Holy Ghost-the Spirit
| of Truth-would guide it and keep it
from error If our Church has taught
falsely it would mean that God, the
Almighty, has broken His promise,
which is thing impossible. You can
| also prove that it is the true religion
| by it's four marks, which are, that she,
the Church, is One, Holy, Catholic and
4 Apostolic, not including the three at
tributes Authority, Infallibility and
Indefeetibility.
MY faith suits me very WE'LL" said
Elsie, besides there are too many
poor and degraded people in yours.
Our religion was instituted by Henry
| VIII, and most of the English aristoc-
racy belong to our church"
by saying that you only prove
stronger that the Catholic Church is
the true one, for Christ, while upon
earth, lived with the poor, taught and
loved them, and He, Himself, was poor
His whole life." !.
"Oh, I think that one religion is as
good as another if you live a good,
honest, respectable life according to
your own conscience"
IF that really were right, why did
Christ come on earth and abolish the
Jewish nation and establish a new
one?"
| This question received no answer,
as Elsie had no proof
Almost every custom you have in
your church was derived from ours,
as your supreme head, King Henry,
was an outcast from the Catholic
i faith
But our Bible is not like yours
No, our Bible is the true version,
as many passages cut out in yours
still remain in ours. What right has
| a u1uA " SIlOTt6A VI liz W suit Himself
the precious words of God or the
saints, His blessed messengers" No
reply. w - SO
! Our Church." said Mary, SIS the
Holy and only true Church because
1 Jesus Christ. its founder, is holy; it
/ invites all to a holy life, teaches a
holy doctrine and because of the. en-
fnent holiness of so many. thousands
Of it's children. It is. One. because the
members are all in the one com
munion, all agree in one faith and all
/ are under one supreme head It is
Catholic because it subsistss in, all
ages, teaches all nations and main