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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
THE INVITO SACRO
CARDINAL VICAR OF ROME
POINTS TO THREE GREAT
NEEDS OF PRESENT DAY
CATHOLICS OF ROME IN GENER-
Gus RESPONSE.

The Cardinal Vicar has issued to
the Catholics Of Rome the "Invito
Sacro" customary before the feasts of
the Immaculate Conception and the
Nativity, and in it he accentuates the
need of three things: Prayer, for
combatants, widows, orphans, for all
in need in these days of trial, and
for the complete civil and Christian
salvation of our Italy, that it may
rise better and purer from the grave
troubles with which the justice of
God Furnishes the iniquities of the
world" need of work in the spirit of
Christian charity, especially for the
refugees from the invaded districts;
need of self-sacrifce, of refraining
from every sort of luxury in daily
life, for money spent therein is bread
taken from the mouths of those in
want
Truly, the Catholics of Rome are
already carrying out the Cardinal
Wears exhortations. The response
to his first appeal has been generous.
The subscription lists are filling, and
the activity of the Catholic organiza-
lions of Rome has borne it's fair share
in the work of helping those who
have come south from the invaded
plains of Friuli and the Veneto. And,
too, in single parishes the priests
have brought home to the people the
urgent need of all the Cardinal men,
tions. In the Sunday discourse after
the Gospel prayer for the victory of
the country is urged, and help for the
needy. Also the parochial organiza-
ton gets to work in making lists of
houses in the parish where there are
rooms available for refugees, and in
these one may be sure that the spirit
of charity prevails, not that which has
been noticed in some cases, an at
tempt to make profit out of the dis
tress of others. Catholics are doing
their full share.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
MOTHER CABRINI DEAD.

A few days ago Catholic circles
IN this country received the above
simple message. To many it came
as a painful surprise, while to the
world in general it meant little.
But the valiant woman who has
just passed to her reward repre-
sents one Of those high types of
sanctity and Of Christian charity
which are the products Of the
Catholic Church alone. With mea-
gre, resources, and handicapped in
many ways in her work, Mother
Cabrini stands forth as one of the
greatest women in the Church of
God during the past half century.
A trail, delicate little woman,
Mother Cabrini extended her help
full works of charity in many
parts of the world. Born in Italy
IN 1850, she established a great
Order of women when scarcely
thirty years of age. The Mission
airy Sisters of the Sacred Heart
owe their existence to the intre-
pidity and single-minded purpose
of this sanity woman. Her aim
in founding her Order was to
spread devotion to The Heart of
Jesus by means of the practice of
spiritual and corporal works of
mercy.
Fortified with the sanction and
the blessing Of Pope Leo XIII,
who revered her most highly,
Mother Cabrini went forth in the
fulflment of her destiny. In the
space of thirty-fve years she
founded schools, hospitals, and
orphanages for Italians through
out Italy, France, England, Spain,
North and South America. The
fact that the institutions estab-
lished by her number sixty-seven,
besides twenty mission houses,
with $500 Sisters working in the
ranks of her Order, shows conclu-
Slvely the vast extent and nature
of her great work. The Italian
people in many countries, and es-
pecially in the United States, owe
probably more for their spiritual
and physical welfare to the heroic
efforts and charity of this little
woman than to any other one
agency that can be named. In the
midst of her varied and busy life
Mother Cabrini found time to Gull
tivate those virtues which belong
to state Of eminent sanctity.
Her loss will be felt most keenly
not only by her numerous spirit
ual daughters, but also by the
Italians of many lands and by the
Church in this country.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
DEATH CAMPS ON THE TRAIL
OF THE BEER DRlNKER.

In a study of $4,000 policyholders of
the Swedish Life Assurance Company
in regard to the effect of alcohol on
the length of life, Ekholm found
general difference of per cent i'll
favor of abstainers. The class studied
included both abstainers and non-ab-
stainers. He found that beyond the
age of A the difference was 26 per
cent in favor of abstainers.
Professor Ekholm's theory that
there is greater mortality among those
who drink, even moderately, is sub
stantiated by studies among life in
surances companies in other countries.
In 1908, 43 wellestablished life in
surance companies in this country I'M
dertook an investigation as to the NOR
tally rate among various classes Of
'border-line" risks, and included the
mortality among the users of alcohol,
classified according to the degree Of
their indulgence. The investigation
covered a period of % years and in
cluded some 100000 policyholders.
All individuals were excluded from
the study except those of sound aver
age conditions when insured.
The groups studied were public, or
homogeneous, except for their vary
ing exposure to alcohol as determined
by their occupations. 1t was found
that among those whose histories
showed occasional alcoholic excuses
in the past, the mortality rate was so
per cent in excess of the mortality
among insured lives in general. The
rate among those who took two glass
es of beer, or q glass of whiskey, or
their alcoholic equivalent, each day,
was Is per cent in excess of the aver
age. Among those who INDUCED
more freely but who we're acceptable
as standard insurance risks, the rate
was sc per cent in excess of the aver
age.
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fear of having its destructiyeness
in the very least minimized. Sci
ence has proven also that the use
of alcohol, especially in excessive
quantities, tends directly to af-
feet the sensory organs, with a
consequent reaction upon those
faculties which use such organs in
human operations. AS result Of
this use of alcohol, certain facul-
ties are exalted into an abnormal
sphere; others are depressed into
the sphere which belongs strictly
to animal nature. The human be-
ing thus handicapped and hamp-
cred in his normal operations be-
comes Indispensable, untractable,
and worse than useless for all
those actions which demand nor
NAL sanity.
Even those nations that have
been accustomed to the daily use
of hight wines and>beers have real
ned the necessity Of curtailing
the excessive use of these social
led artificial stimulants. When a
befuddled brain impedes the
course of straight thinking, and
Iqulvering or benumbed sense or
gans fail to respond Immediately
to the command from the mind,
the soldier becomes vital peril,
not only to himself but also to
those who may depend upon eth
err his orders or his cooperation
Whatever may be said for OF
against the use Of alcohol in bev-
erages, the fact remains unshak.
able that the Punishment of this
greatest enemy to human nerves
will wipe out at one stroke a
world Of evils.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

A Kansas City court has just
handed down a decision in a will
case declaring the instrument. to
be invalid on the grounds that it
was made by a person of unsound
mind. The jury decided the tes-
tator was insane, and the verdict
was determined by a clause stip-
ulating that no part of the estate
was to go "either to Catholic or
to Jew" This is the first time we
have heard Of court cataloging
bigotry as species Of insanity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
THE IRISH CONVENTION
CHAIRMAN PLUNkETT BELIEVES
1T WILL SOLVE HOME RULE
PROGRESS is BEING MADE
coNcILIAToRY SPIRIT IS IN EVIL
DENCE.

Although contrary to popular antici-
patton, the Irish convention has adj
journed it's sittings into the first week
of the new year without announcing
progress, Sir Horace Plunkett, it's
chairman, is hopeful of good results.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the
Irish Agricultural Organization soci-
ETY., of which he is president, he said:
Have patience with the convention,
and do not believe everything you
hear about it. 1t is perfectly true we
have often been on the rocks, and
probably shall be on the rocks again;
but there are always tugs standing
by ready to take us off. We will get
off somehow; and / am very hopeful
of the ultimate results.
There has been in the convention
no unnecessary delay. Any delay, that
has been, is caused by the determines
ton of every member to do his ut
most to arrive at a settlement, which
comes under the definition of SUBJ
stantial agreement. We are making
progress, and have agreed on many
things.
Some things we have not agreed
on; and cannot say that we will be
able to present unanimous report;
but at the end of our deliberations
we shall be agreed on many things;
and those, who have to complete the
task we may leave unfinished, will
have much more simple work than
we had
Sir Horace added that the trouble
some part of the convention work
was scheme for completing the land
purchases, and what had been done
was, in his judgment, likely to pro-
duce a solution that the country
would approve n,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

The wholesale departure Of our
young men into the service of the
country makes the problem of our
parish clubs and lyceums a diff
cult matter. The very best ma
terial is gone out of many a parish
club, observes an exchange. 1t
is about time the older men came
along to offer their services. En-
tertainments are to be kept up,
ushers provided and general util-
ity men are needed in every par
ish. Keep the camp fires burning,
even in the parish club, for the
day when ''Johnnie Comes March
ing Home"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05


The Germania, of Berlin, advo-
Gates the abolition of duelling in
the army and navy of Germany.
The Emperor Of Austria has just
issued an order against it. "This
inhibition says the wel-knoWn
organ of the Catholic Center
Party, twill awaken an echo of
satisfaction in the widest circles
in Germany and will give renewed
expression to the repeated popu-
lar Recommendation that compe-
tent officials put an end to this
duelling evil in Germany" Duel
ling is forbidden by the Catholic
Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

Some people believe in forgiving
all injuries done to somebody else,
in just taxation on their neigh
boris property, in high wages paid
by competitors, in all things that
make for civic improvement and
social betterment so long as the
other man pays for them. They
even believe in having beautiful
churches, and good schools, and
modern hospitals, if they are not
asked to contribute to their sup
port. The good will, cordial APP
proval, and moral support Of such
people are a great asset in a parish
and remain an asset and nothing
else.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
Cause of Little Flower

The Bishop a of Bayeaux and
Lisieux, in France, has left for Rome,
having just closed the apostolic do
cesar process for the cause of beati-
fication of Sister Therese de lTnfant
Jesus. Monsignor R. de Tiel, vice
postulator of the cause, arrived in
Rome last week charged by the eccle-
siastical tribunal of BayeauX to remit
to the Sacred Congregation of Rites
the numerous documents of this in
teresting process, and this he has al
ready done.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
The Negro National Education

The Negro National Education
al Congress, in session in Kansas
City, Mo-, December %, declared
that 100000 American citizens
are without representation in the
National Legislature and they re-
solved to try to elect one colored
man to Congress from every one
of these four cities-Baltimore,
Chicago, New York and Philadel-
phia, where the negroes are num-
erous. There has been no Afro
American in Congress- since the
close. Of the Fifty-eighth Congress,
when the term of Representative
George White of North Carolina
came to an end.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

Mentioning the fact that the
agents Of one of the vile anti
Catholic papers now bawl out
their wares on the streets Of De-
troit, the Michigan Catholic says
"Catholic laymen who are over
anxious to promote the Catholic
Press may well bestir themselves
and take an example from the
enemy. Very few Catholic socie-
ties ever devote an extra dollar
to the work of circulating the
Catholic papers. /"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
THE HAND OF GOD.

That England is only in the
very beginning of a great Catholic
revival is the opinion of the auth
or, III. G. Wells, remarks the
Catholic Transcript. In his re-
Gently published book, "Anticipa-
tons, the writer predicts that
1.-THE countryside of the coming
time will show many a splendid
cathedral, many an elaborate mon
astic palace towering amidst the
Astounding colleges and technical
schools. Along the moving plat
forms of the urban center amid
the shining advertisements that
will adorn them will go the cere-
monlal procession, all glorious
with banners and censer-bearers.
Countless nuns will shelter from
the world in simple refugees of re-
lined austerity. Where miracles
are needed, miracles will occur.
Except for a few queer people,
nourlshed on Maria Monk and
such like anti-Papal pornography,
! doubt if there will be any Prot
estants among the rich. But, Of
course, there will be much out
spoken atheism and anti-religion. =
The author is not alone in his
opinion. Nor have some hesitat-
ed IN asserting that much Of the
sorrow and suffering which has
fallen to the former Catholic
people has been the price Of THEN
turning away from the faith Of
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

The world. has little respect for
one who is always singing a Jere-
miad. There is a whole lot Of
sympathy in the world, but peo-
pie get tired of a continuous flood
of tears. Be game in the face Of
trouble. You can win more by
smiling than by grumbling, says
an optimist. 1t is a pretty good
world to live in even though it has
its little worries. If we would
only measure things properly it
would come to us that our bright
days have been more frequent
than our dark days; that we have
had a whole lot of genuine happi-
ness in our little lives.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

eve may be dishonest without
belonging to the robber baron or
the rowdy burglar class" says a
missionary. "The debt dodger is
a thief. He neither pays his bills
nor arranges the matter in a bust
ness-like way with his creditors.
Respected Christians have ruined
their grocer, forced their butcher
into bankruptcy, stolen the medi-
cine for their sick, robbed the I'M
dertaker of the coffin for their
dead. F"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
Parochial Pupils Win

Capturing forty-five prizes out of
the 100 awarded in a recent essay con-
test conducted by a local business
house, girl pupils of the Philadelphia
parochial schools again gave evidence
that religious training has had no
detrimental effect on their secular
education. The title of the essay was
aHow to Conserve Food in the House, 4
and to each Of the 100 winners was
awarded $50 Liberty Bond.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
THE NATION PAYS THE PRICE
OF BEER.

| He was Fl.
He was feet, IL inches.
He weighed 165.
He had scarcely known sick day.
Morally clean.
Physically perfect.
He did not know the taste of intoX-
icating liquors.
He was the joy Of his mother.
The hope of his father.
And the idol of his friends.
He volunteered.
Uncle Sam received him with open
arms.
Put him in the front line of battle.
Today he fills an unknown grave.
, He was q.
He was 5 feet, II inches.
He weighed 165.
He was morally unclean.
He was physically weak.
He was the habitue of the saloon.
He drank every day and was often
drunk.
He was the sorrow of his parents
He had no real friends.
He was drafted.
Uncle Sam Marked
His unsteady eye,
His depraved face,
His whisky breath,
His cigarette fingers,
His unsteady heart,
And the germs of immoral dis
ease,
And said, stand aside, you are
unfit
And he is left home to help breed
another generation.
American Issue.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

The late Major William Red
mond, of Ireland, had deep de-
votion to the Blessed Virgin. Mr..
Morgan, a contributor to Studies,
tells of visit to his friend at the
barrack. "He had the usual bare
barrack rooms" but, chung up
over his bed was a little picture of
our Blessed Mother, which his
wife had given him, and which, |
afterward heard, never left him
till the end"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

The necessity Of labor has never
been such curse to the race as
the opportunity for idleness, and
the Catholic woman with means
enough to delegate her duties to
others too soon develops the petty
vices of her class, says "The Cath
Ollie Universe. Having nothing
to fill time worthily, she seeks
pastime-that demoralizing pur-
suit of pleasure which achieves
only discomfort, worldliness and
WEAKNESS. The habit of gossip,
the cultivation of perverted stand
ards of life, the frivolity that
breeds irreverence, the social COM
petitions that beget bitterness, the
surface living that blinds to all
but external values, the ABSORB
ton of the spiritual in the ma
terial, the loss of the balancing
sense of responsibility these are
some of the ugly growths of too
much leisure, of too much wealth
and too little sense of proportion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

their fathers. The penalty has
been heavy one. 1t would be
stranger than most human things,
if, after the severe chastisement
which the world at large is now
undergoing, men would not recog-
nize that their only path is the
one ordained for them by God.
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catastrophe was brought about by.

Papal treachery."
The Pope's peace proposals, we
are insolently told, have sown
anarchy in the Italian armies.
The fact, says the writer, was the
very opposite. The existing I'M
rest in the world called forth the
peace note of the Pope instead
Of being caused by it. The ele-
ments of disruption that have
brought ruin to Russia have long
been active in all the nations of
Europe. "The responsibility for
the state Of Italy rests with the
same elements which are respon-
sible for the state Of Russia. In
that responsibility the Pope has
certainly no part A further re-
sponsibility lies on those who re-
jected or ignored the Pope.'s peace
proposals. These proposals, the
correspondent adds, are as a mir
rored image of President Wilson s
own peace message.
With. one exception, the differ
ences between these messages are
differences not Of principle but of
detail. That exception is the in
corporation by the Pope in his
message in place of. America s war
aim to make the world safe for
democracy an aim which the
Pope stated thus: First, the
fundamental point must be that
the material force Of arms shall
give way to the moral force of
right. "
The Catholic Church has done
all in her power to combat the
descriptive elements in Italy, as
Cardinal Gasparri says in the dis
patch from Rome, November q,
l1917:
1.-THE Catholic Church has al
ways regarded true patriotism as
a Christian duty and a Christian
virtue, and still so teaches
When the descriptive propaganda
began to affect the morale Of the
Italian army, the clergy. in gen.
eral and also the army chaplains,
following the example of the
chaplain-in-chief, labored to coun-
teract it and to elevate the morale
of the troops. More than once the
army chaplains Informed the chap
lain-in-chief, who informed the
lsupreme civil authorities, Of the
descriptive movement that was
creeping in-and all that long be-
fore the publication of the Papal
mote. +"
This answer to the malicious
SANDER is absolute and decisive.
1t is of course natural, as the cor
respondent Of the Evening Post "
writes, that those who are to
blame should endeavor to excuse
themselves at the expense Of some
one else. But they are pursuing
a short-sighted policy:
" May | point out the danger to
the Allied cause of attempting to
make scapegoat Of the Pope?
| Ignoring the millions of Catholics
| who have died for that cause,
there are still millions of French,
Irish, Italian, Belgian, Portuguese,
and other Catholics fighting in the
| Allied armies. Secretary Baker
tplaces the Catholics now in the
! United States forces at over thirty
Iper cent Of the total forces. The
whole Of South America is Cath
Ollie. Three-fourths of the Cath
Ollie world lie outside Of the Cen
trail Powers, and are mostly in
active sympathy with our cause"
! federation by the Allies Of this
slanderous campaign is a great
delusion. "There can be no more
descriptive element in the Allied
camp than those who now traduce
the Pope, for. an insult to the Pope
is an insult which every Catholic
| feels impelled to resent. !"
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the interests of America, notes the
Brooklyn Tablet. While it is true
that they are in the minority, their
loudness makes up for their num-
bers. America and her needs are
first and last the interests of the
American Catholic.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

DR.. Joseph Mcmahon, Of Man
haitian, was, as usual, timely in
his recent utIerances concerning
the bias Of some Catholics who
place the national interests Of
their European motherland before
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918.

True faith wakes strong under
the stress of opposition. The
faith of Catholics should increase
in the face of personal loss or
sufferings occasioned by war.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

A Happy New Year sounds
rather sardonic in view of the
slight chances for happiness for
so many millions of people. Still,
one is grateful for the kindly ex-
preston prompted by good will.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

The U. S. Bureau of Naturaliza-
ton reports that, during the last
fiscal year, about 100000 declara-
tons of intention to become
American citizens were filed, and
that about $4,000 second papers
were issued.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

!. At the beginning of it's eighth
year of existence The Catholic
Bulletin extends sentiments of
gratitude to all who have helped
or encouraged it's growth. 1t is
heartening to realize that it's circle
of friends is wide and apprecia-
tive.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-05

During this year in the national
capital 81 men and II women APP
Piled for absolute divorces; 8 men
and sc women made application
for limited divorce; 9 men and ID
women applied for annulments of
their marriage as invalid.
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Gods in His heaven, all's well
with the world. 1t was thus even
when a deluge Of water swept the
earth: it is so now, even though
a deluge Of blood be required to
wipe out the sins of men.
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Rev, James VI. ReardOn, Editcr-in-Chtef'
Rev. c. F. McGinnis, PHI. D.,
Associate Editor.
Harry LoCheed, Advertising Manager.
Printed by WiIlwerschefd 6 Roth.
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The happiness Of man in this life
does not consist in the absence, but in
the mastery of his passions.
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