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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-13
Attack Parochiial Schools
ORGANIZATION IN MICHIGAN
WOULD ABOLISH CATHOLIC
SCHooLS-MAY PROVE TO BE
4 ONLY A FLARE IN THE ATMoS-.
PHERE.

The following dispatch from Lam
sing, Michigan, was published in the
Detroit Free Press on March 10:
James Hamilton of Detroit. repre-
senting the Wayne County Civic Asso-
citation, Detroit, presented and had ap-
proved by the Secretary of State Tues
day form of petition to initiate a con-
stitutional amendment which would re-
quire all residents of the State be-
tween the ages of five and sixteen
years to attend the public schools of
the State, and require the Legislature
to enact legislation to carry out the
provisions of the proposed amend
ments.
All that now remains is to obtain
the signatures of $1,000 Michigan yot-
ers, file the same with the Secretary
OF State, and the question can be voted
on at the coming November election.
The amendment provides that all at
tending school must graduate from the
eighth grade, and in case eighth grades
are not in the course of study, com
plete such grades as are provided.
The amendment would mean the
abolition of all parochial schools in
Michigan
The purposes given in the articles
OF incorporation are as follows: To
select, elect and aid in selecting and
electing honest, efficient and com
petent individuals for public Office in
local, State and National government,
and to promote, assist, perpetuate and
cooperate with all the forces of good
government, politically and otherwise.
The Wayne County Civic Associa-
ton, which is seeking the passage of
the constitutional amendment referred
to above, has it's offices in the Broad
way Market building. Efforts to learn
the identity of the officers of the asso-
citation Tuesday afternoon were with
out result. The association apparent
ly was organized about two months
ago, and its principal object appears to
be the distribution of petitions for the
SUBMISSION OF the constitutional
amendment Literature sent out by
the association indicates that its oh.
ject is to oppose the Catholic parochial
schools, explanation of it's action in
taking up the amendment citing al
legged movements by Catholic organiza-
lions to procure public funds for Cath
Ollie schools"
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KNIGHTS OF ST. ANDREW
SCOTCH HAVE ORDER LIKE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

Imbued with knowledge of the
social wrongs under which Catholics
labor, and inspired by the success at
tanned by their American brethren. a
few Glasgow Catholics about a year
ago formed society whose aims and
objects are almost identical with the
Knights of Columbus. This new
Catholic organization is named the
Knights of ST. Andrew, and the first
annual report, which has just been
submitted, shows a highly satisfactory
progress both in membership and
finance. The pioneers are having an
uphill fight in combating apathy and
Indifference among their fellow-Cath-
olics, not to mention the misguided in
tolerance and opposition of organiza-
lions whose aims are purely political
or national.
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ESTATE TO CHARITIES
MANY INSTITUTIONS ARE ASSIST
ED IN BROOKLYN IN RECENT
REQUEST.

Mary A. Galley, of Brooklyn, N Y,
who died March II, left an estate of
$4,000. A large portion of the estate
is bequeathed to various charities. Be
quests are made to St. Vincent Home
for Boys, Brooklyn, $1,000; and So
ciety of st. Vincent de Paul, Of the
Church of Our Lady of Mercy, $500.
The residue, after number of be-
quests to friends and relatives have
been deducted, is to be distributed as
follows: X Six-twentieths to the Port
Jefferson Home for Cripples, Port
Jefferson; six-twentieths to the Cath
Oic Orphan Asylum, of Brooklyn; four
twentieths to the Little Sisters of the
Poor of the Home for the Aged of
Brooklyn, and .four-twentieths to the
Servants of Relief for Incurable Can
Ger for use at ST. Roses Free Home,
Manhattan, and the Rosary Hill Home,
Hawthorne, N. "
The sum of $500 is left to each of
the following for Masses for the de-
ceased and her parents and brother
and sister: Rev. j. j. McAteer, Rev.
E. ]. Matthews, Rev. Joseph F. Curran,
of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy,
and some needy Church and some
needy priest as selected by the trus-
tees of the estate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-13
PATRIOTIC OFFICIAL
X. c. SECRETARY A DOLLAR A
YEAR, MAN.

Probably the first council of the
knights of Columbus in the United
States to have a dollar-a-year man
for its financial secretary is Kansas
City Council No. 527. To Vincent
O'Flaherty comes the honor of holding
this important Office. At a recent
election of secretary to succeed the
late Mr.. Hoskins, Mr.. O'Flaherty vol
unteered to serve without pay. The
bonding company, however, would not
bond an officer not receiving a salary.
and at the meeting Tuesday night
the council voted to pay its secretary
at the rate Of one dollar a year IN
case he does not work an entire year,
he shall receive only q proportional
amount Of his salary.
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A CATHOLIC FORCE
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED POLICE
MEN AT A COMMUNION MASS.

Fifteen hundred uniformed men of
the New York Police Department, and
200 detectives attended the s o'clock
Mass at st. Patrick's Cathedral on
last Sunday, and every one of them
received Holy Communion. It was
the annual Mass for the Catholic
members of the force, and was one
of the greatest demonstrations of prac-
teal Catholicity ever seen at the
Cathedral, as many of the men, at
great inconvenience, had come from
outlying sections of the Bronx and
Staten Island. A large number of the
patrolmen had finished their night
tour of duty at a. M, and came
direct from their station houses to
the Cathedral.
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Citation FIX. of Final Account.


STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey. SIS. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate OF Patrick
Coleman, .Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom 1t
May, Concern:
On reading and filing the petition of
the representative of said estate, pray
ing that the Court fix a time and place
for examining, adjusting and allowing
his Final Account, and for the assign
ment of the residue of said estate to
the persons thereto entitled:
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
in said matter be cited and required to
appear before this Court, on Monday
the 29th day of April, 1918, at 10
o'clock, A. M, or as soon thereafter as
said matter can be heard, at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in the Court House
in the City of st. Paul, in said County,
and show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted and
that this citation be served by publica-
tion thereof in The Catholic Bulletin,
according to law, and by mailing q
copy of this citation at least IA days
before said day of hearing, to each of
decedent whose names and addresses
appear from the files of this Court
Witness the Judge of said Court this
LIST day Of April, a. ID. 1918.
e. w. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
(Scal of Probate Court)
Attest: l.. w. Gosewisch,
Clerk of Probate.
L. j. Doyle, Atty.
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Continued from page L.
THE SACRED COLLEGE

Representation of the Religious Orders
The representation of the Religious
Orders in the Sacred College is as
follows:
1 One Benedictine, viz, Cardinal Gas
Duet, Project of the Vatican Archives
Augustinians: one, viz, Cardinal
Martinelli.
Dominicans: two, viz, Cardinals
FruhWirth and Boggiano.
/ Jesuits:: one, viz, Cardinal Billot.
Friars Minor: one, viz, Cardinal
Netto, Lisbon
Redemptorists: one, viz. Cardinal
Van Rossum, Grand Penitentiary.
Cherries of Pious Schools, one, viz,
Cardinal Mistrangelo, Archbishop of
Florence.
Salesians of Don Bosco: one, viz,
Cardinal Cagliero.
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FAST AND ABSTINENCE
STILL IN FORCE IN NEW MEXICO.

The following reply by Rome to a
query by Archbishop Pitaval of Santa
Fe is translated from the Ecclesiasti-
cal Review:
Apostolic Delegation, U. S. A. In
QUIT concerning Fast and Abstinence.
January, 1915.
Whether the abrogation of the in
dult concerning fast and abstinence
under title of the bull 'Cruciatae' and
the Summaries, declared through the
apostolic letter of the first day of Jan
uary, 1910, should be extended to
those regions which in times past be-
longed to New Spain and have been
annexed to the United States of
America.
Negatively.
"P. Card. 'Gasparri."
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GOd-but it has often been won IN
unfolding the secret of the Comics
sional. There is not a case on record
that a priest has ever revealed what
was told him in confession. A priest
may cast aside his priestly life, be-
come one of the most degraded of the
human race, he may denounce the
Catholic Church and Her priesthood,
but he never breaks the seal of cor
feSsion.
Seal of Confession.
Numerous cases can be told of
what Catholic priest has suffered
to hold the seal of confession. Not so
many years ago in Russia an unfor-
tunate sexton Of church became
enamoured of a married woman of
the village, who refused to have any
thing to do with him. One night TAX
ing gun with him, he waited in am
bush for the woman and shot her.
He returned to the church and en-
tered the sacristy; the parish priest
entered at the same time by another
door and noticed that the sexton had
gun. On asking what he was do
ing with it, the priest received the
next day. Carefully placing the gun
in the corner of the room, and after
attending to few details to his work,
he asked the priest to hear his con-
fession, as he was anxious to receive
Communion the next day.
The priest did as requested, and no
doubt was shocked to hear of the
murder. The sexton, knowing only
too well that when the body of the
woman was found, the priest having
seen him with a gun, would denounce
him as the murderer-but he knew
also that if he confessed to the priest
he would seal the lips of the priest
forever.
A few days after the discovery of
the body, suspicion pointed to the sex
ton, and he told the authorities that
he had seen the priest come into the
sacristy with a gun, and that the gun
was still in the corner of the room.
The priest was arrested and convicted
of the crime. His good bishop, know
ing of the strong evidence against
the priest, withdrew his faculties, and
the priest was sent to Siberia for
life.
There through all the hardships of
that place, he suffered, deprived even
OF his priestly faculties. He prayed,
and whenever he could he read his
office. For twenty years he
suffered, and then the sexton, when
on his death bed, sent for the officials
of the town and confessed that it was
he who had murdered the woman
twenty years before, and realizing
that the priest would denounce him
when the body was found, and not
having any other way to protect him
self he thought of confession, know
Ing that the priest would never reveal
what was told him. A pardon was
at once secured for the priest, and
the villagers were planning welcome
for the martyr to his religion, when
word was received that the priest had
died two months before.
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he promises seriously to try to Danish
that danger. In the case of your
query, there is but one way to avoid
the danger, and that is for the par
ties in question to abandon the com
pany-keeping. Until they do that they
render themselves unworthy of absolu-
ton. There is no compromise with
the law of God; and it is the law of
God that condemns divorce.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-13
Aid Liberty Loan

The German Roman Catholic Aid
association, one of the strongest Ger
man organizations in the United
States, already has subscribed $4,000
to the Third Liberty loan. j. @.
Juenenann, secretary of the associa.
ton, gave the organization subscrip-
ton Of Postmaster Otto N. Raths last
week, together with the checks to
cover tho purchase or Two 100000
bonds.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-13

WANTED-Girls and women to sort
Waste Paper; steady work. Waldorf
Paper Products Company, PiIlsbury
and University avenues, Midway. APP
ply, superintendent Office, Paper
Stock Division.
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WANT Ed German American
woman, middle aged and good house
keeper wants position in a priests
house. Address Miss Mary Konen,
Hamburger, Mimi, r. No. 1.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-13

WANTED-A competent woman to
do homework for a priest in Twin
Cities. German-American preferred.
references. Address A. A., care of
The Catholic Bulletin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-13

WANTED-A housekeeper, German
preferred, by widower without chill.
dren; nice home; short distance from
st Paul. Address 2, care of The
Catholic Bulletin. #
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Is there such thing as an innocent

Is there such a thing as an innocent
lie?
The Catechism teaches: No lie is
lawful or innocent; and no excuse,
however good, can justify lie; be-
cause lie is always sinful and bad
in itself.
How old must one be before he can
stand godfather for child?
The sponsors at Baptism must be
old enough to understand the nature
of the obligation that they assume.
The responsibilities of a sponsor
would indicate the age that is neces-
sary. 1t must be borne in mind that
sponsors are bound under pain of sin
TO see to it that their godchild is in
structed in the Catholic religion and
if necessary they must fulfil that OBJ
legation personally. They should
therefore have knowledge of their
religion and sufficient discretion to
know when they must insist upon
their authority.
What are the principal teachings of
Lutheranism?
Lutheranism is the title which de-
notes the summary of beliefs that
comprise the religion established by
Luther himself. He preferred to hear
his Church called the "Evangel1cal'
and so it is generally known today as
I NIL Church
The Reformed and Lutheran Churches
Joined forces in Germany during the
early years of the nineteenth century.
It is the State Church and it is known
as the Evangelical United Church,
1t believes that the Bible is inspired
and that it is the only rules of faith.
The principal single doctrine of all
Lutheranism is associated with this
doctrine. Original sin has totally cor
rupted our human nature SO that
everything man does is sinful in Gods
sight and he can be justified only by
a degree of faith which firmly dictates
the notion that God has forgiven all
the sinners transgressions. Luther's
followers are supposed to believe that
Christ's Body and Blood are really |
present during the celebration Of the
Lords Supper, but in mysterious and
rather illogical smanner. Then the
Sacraments of Baptism and Penance
are retained but the latter is eXer-
cised by means of a general confess
sion which is made by reciting
prayer patterned after the "Confite
or" All Catholic doctrines are dis
carded and the supposed liberty of
conscience taught by Lutheranism has
given rise to a diversity of opinion
within its own camp and unity of be.
lief is lacking.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-13

FOR RENT Upper duplex 115s
strictly modern6 rooms
large attic Tri-Statc Phone 23ll9-
N. w. Cedar 6916.
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AttOrneys-at-Law.


GILLESPIE & GILLESPIE,
Attorneys-at-Law.
PunxsutaWney, Pa, Feb. goth.
Mr.. William J. Mulligan, Chairman
War Fund Committee, Knights of
Columbus, Hartford, Conn:
Dear Sir-Your letter of the It'll
inst. to John E. Ackard, local council,
K. OF c., Punxsutawney Pa, has been
called to our attention.
We are deeply grateful to you, and
to all those who are taking such a
kindly interest in the grave injustice
done to Father Cantelmi by the ar
ticle in the Saturday Evening Post of
January -, 1918, entitled "The Honor
of the Force AS the reverend ia
Their is the priest who was concerned
in the transaction at Florence, it is
his reputation which is injured by this
publication.
A Court Record.
The senior member of our firm, W.
M. Gillespie, was attorney for the
owners of the building which was de-
molished as result of this fight, in
suit which they brought against the
state of Pennsylvania to recover dam
ages for the destruction. The case
was tried at Harrisburg, and resulted
in verdict and judgment in favor
OF the owners. Of course, the entire
transaction was gone over at that
trial, the evidence developing nearly
all the important facts. The testi-
mony there showed that instead of
acting the coward, instead of being in
league with the criminals, as is di-
rectly inferred from this "story," Fa-'
Their Cantelmi voluntarily went up to
the house at the risk of his life and
spoke, long enough to the sole inmate
of same (Tabone) to learn who it was
and to try to persuade him to come
out and surrender himself Tabone
was a man completely demented 91d
the wonder is that he did not shoot
Father Cantelmi then and there as he
had the state policemen. The rever-
end father then went over to the SER
geant, Lumb, and told him that the
man was crazy and that he could do
anything-not because he was in
sympathy with him, but because the
man was crazy and desperate Fur
ther there was no secret paSSageWay
from this house, as the article so ro-
mantically states, nor was there a
Cro r,,ic,n Of ,Jof
the law and it's officers, nor were any
bodies seen to drop from the attic
into the ruins as the house collapsed
Instead of this, Tabone was abSo-
lutely the sole inmate the fact that he
succeeded in defending himself so
well being explained by the fact that
he had been a sharpshooter in either
the Italian or Austrian army prior to
his coming to this country and that
he had supplied himself with rifles
and considerable quantity of ammu-
milton.
Investigation Started.
We have already taken the matter
up with the Curtis Publishing Co.,
and their attorney, Frank P. Prichard
of the firm of Prichard, Saul, Bayard
& Evans, Philadelphia, Pa, looking
toward an adjustment of the matter
by ample reparation being made to
Father Cantelmi. If this is not forth
coming, needless to say that all steps
will be taken to secure that justice
which is due to a very good and
praiseWorthy priest.
+ We are glad that an order so prom
inent as the X. of G.. should feel inter-
ested in the vindication of the char
acter and reputation of so deserving a
priest as Father Cantelmi.
Very truly Yours
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What is consanguinity?


Consanguinity is the relation of per
sons descended from the same an.
Cestor. 1t is either lineal or collat-
eral. Consanguinity is lineal between
father and son, grandfather and
grandson, and all persons in the di-
rect line of ancestry, and descent from
one another. 1t is collateral between
brothers, cousins, and other kinsmen
descended from a common ancestor
Who are the patron saints of farm
ers, of mechanics, stock-raisers, and
bookkeepers?
The patron saint of farmers is ST.
Isidore of Madrid, who died in 1170.-
st. Crispinus of Rome is the patron
of mechanics. He was rich, but hav-
ing given all to the poor he preached
the Gospel, and made shoes for his
own support and for the poor. ST.
Wendelin of Trier, the son of Scot
fish king, tended the f1ocks of no.
bleman near Trier, Germany, and is
recognized as patron of shepherds, to
which class stock-raiserS may be said
to belong. AS for bookkeepers, we
know of no particular patron saint
What is the difference between a
sacriIege and simony?
Sacrilege is the proclamation of holy
places, persons, or things. Thus, the
dissertation of a church would be
sacr1lege; the unworthy reception of
sacrament; the misuse of Nconse-
Grated chalice. Simony> consists in
the bartering of a spiritual things
for money or for its equivalent-thus,
II priest attempted to sell a sacra-
ment for money, or an indulgence, etc.
These sins are both very grave Of
lenses for they strike directly at God
or at things consecrated to the wor-
ship of God. They are punished very
severely by the Church, usually with
the pain of excommunition and, for
the guilty priest, with suspension from
his priestly Office.
What do the candles, that we place
by our dead signify.
They symbolic Jesus Christ, ''the
Light of the world" ''the true Light
which enlighteneth every man that
cometh into the world" They indicate
the faith which burns brightly before
men. so let your light shine before
men that they may see your good
works and glorify your Father Who
is in Heaven
What would you think of a young
girl who, kept company with a d.
Vorced man, both Catholics?
| would think more harshly of the
man in the case than of the woman.
because he should be the stronger to
break away from the danger and
would in the estimation of the world
suffer less from the impending dis
aster. His responsibility to sever the
illicit and sinful association is CORE
spondingly greater. Such Catholics
could not receive the sacraments Of
God And the reason is evident. Cath
olics are required net only to avoid
the occasion of sin Al man who de-
liberately places himself in the proxi-
mate occasion 0f sin commits sin nv.
that5 very act: He who loves the
danger shall perish thcrtin. such &
man cannot be given absolution until
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NURSE would like more employ
ment Good references. No objec-
ton to leaving city. Address X u,
care OF The Catholic Bulletin.
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SETTING HISTORY STRAIGHT

bers of the Catholic Transcript"
staff brought the matter to the atten-
ton OF Mr.. William J. Mulligan, ma
tional director of the Knights of Co
lumbus, who Immediately entered into
correspondence with the Punxsutaw-
ney council of his order. The follow
ing letter has been the result:
GILLESPIE & GILLESPIE,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-15
French Lett Nou
Threatens Foes
Communications
(By The associated Press

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE June l3 (Night).-Five DAYS
suffced to stay the German offensive
between Montdidier and Noyon, whose
objective was Conpiegne.
Despite long preparation the Ger
mans were unable to overcome French
resistance and brilliant counter at
tacks by the Allied troops took back
everything of Importance which fell
into the hands of the enemy during
the first rush with large masses of
troops. The Germans certainly gained
some little ground. but their design
failed in it's great lines.
To-day there was an unsuccessful
German attack west of the Oise but
the battlefront elsewhere in this re-
gion was calm. This may be a sign
that the enemy has renounced further
efforts in this direction and is about
to start elsewhere.
Troops who participated in the bat
tie as well as prisoners are unanimous
in declaring that the German losses
throughout the five days were appall-
ing.
The French now occupy a much bet
ter line for resistance along this front
than before the battle, having straight
ened out a dangerous salient. The
French left wing continues to threaten
the German communications.
Both the staff and the troops are full
of confidence that they will be able to
cope with any further German efforts.