The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-27

Is Il possible for two persons to
look upon certain action in entirely
different Ways as regards its sinful
ness, SO that one might not regard
the act as sinful in any way, or at
least as only venial sin, whereas
the other would consider it mortal
sin?
Yes: such a supposition is among
the possibilities and is not infreQuent-
9y realized in daily life. There are
certain acts about which no sane man
may entertain doubts rs 10 their sin
Iul nature. These are actions which
the law of nature itself brands as sin
full. Such would be blasphemy, steal
ing, certain acts Of impurity, etc. The
very nature Of man condemns these
things, and any one with normal
human nature recognizes the fact.
But there is such a state as errO1c-
Gus conscience concerning actions
which fall under the ban OF the law
of God or the law OF the Church. In
CulDahlo ignorance might arise
Through lack CT training, or through a
wrong tradition, or from some other
CXcus&a'e cause. Thus. person may
he suffering from scrupleS ana look
upon ~ act as sinful when no sin is
InTOlN@d; the lack OF appreciation CT
She moral malice may arise from
weakness CT faith, or lack Of faith,
and this weakness or loss OF faith is
always the result OF sin: or, again,
one may have a more delicate con
science and a kecncr perception Of
the moral status or certain actions,
conscience would not have that clear
understanding. In His judgment, God
tahes al these things into account,
and lie also judges OF tho sincerity of
our pretensc and OF the culpability of
our pretended ignorance. According
10 Catholic teaching, three things are
required fnr mortal sin: grave mat
ter. sufficient reflection, and full con
sent Of the will. The lack Of any OF
these would render the sin venial, and
80 AiplA AitCCt1LC GCLuG4 AIIONICuSC.
(a) Kindly give me the name CT a
book containing short sketches OF all
the different religious orders, and pic
lures OF their habits. CD tiow many
different scapuIars are there, and
what induIgences are attached TO
them? (c) Will one scapuIar medal
do for all kinds OF sacpulare? ID
What induIgences can be placed on
cruclfiN>S and rosaries? [e) When
old pFayerbooks, rosaries, scapuIars
and other blessed articles are worn
out or broken, how can they be dis
posed of without proclamation?
(a) Religious Orders Of Women in
Che United States" by Elinor Tong
DeheE, contains ali you ask for %
Get the little book called The Soap
ular Medal and the Five ScaDulars,"
by Rev. F. Geiermann. (c) Yes, but
it must be blessed for each kind. ID
The New RaCcClta" is a book which
treats Of all indUlgences and giyes all
indulgenced prayers. (e) Burn those
that can be burned, and bury the
others.
II it is necessary to have the hams
of matrmony published at Mass, why
can persons be exempted from this
law of the Church by paying for els
pensation?
The dispensation is not granted for
payment. There must be a good rea-
son given to obtain the dispenSation.
in return for this favor granted by
the Church, an aims is imposed.
which is used for some good work Of
the diocese.
Is there book, edited by Catholic
priest, on the subjects of "saxoiogy,"
"Eugenios," etc.
Yes, there is an excellent book on
Marriage and Parenthood" by Rev.
Father Gerard. Another good work
is Marriage and the Sex Proble,a,"
by d.. F. ". Forester. This latter
book is published BY the Frederick A.
Stokes Co, New York City.
Do many Americans join the Trap
piSts, or are these austere reiiaious
mostly immigrants?
The Abbey Of Our Lady Of Gethse-
mani, IN Nelson county, Kentucky. has
over one-third Of its community made
up OF native Americans The others
are mainly French. The whole com
munity numbers 81. The New Mel
leray Abbey, Peosta, Iowa, has IS men
in its community, and Our Lady Of the
Valley Monastery, Cumberland, r. T..
has 80.
Is it sinful for girl to have a kew.
pie doll?
While it is not sinful, it might be
opportune to array said kewpie in
sufficient raiment to avoid the danger
of colds.
My understanding is that the first
name of Catholic should be that OF
a saint, with no restrictions on the
second name. Is this correct, or is it
the reverse?
The new Code of Canon Law states
(canon 1911: Let the priest see to
it that Christian name be given the
newly baptized if this cannot be
done, then let him add the name of