The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-15

AS regards blanks furnished by
some parishes for names OF deceased
persons on All Souls Day: (a) Is it
necessary to incIose an offering; (b)
does it make any difference how long
the deceased are dead or where
buried; (c) are these Masses appl'ca-
bic 20 deceased non-Cathoiice?
Cal 1t is not necessary to incloSe an
Offering. but it is customary. OBJ NO,
(c) 1t is permissible to include such
names, as the application OF the
Masses depends upon the will OF Al
mighty God. 1t would not be proper,
however, to submit the names OF no
torious enemies of the Church. we
are allowed and, indeed, Urged to pray
for all sinners living; the same rule
does not apply to known enemies OF
the Church who are dead.
When Cardinal, who has See,
dies, is it necessary that his success
sor be also a Cardinal?
1t is not necessary. The title OF
Cardinal may be conferred upon any
Bishop. or even upon priest. 1t IS
simply a dignity OF a high order, but
not of necessity including jurisdiction.
It is customary, however, for certain
Sees to be hOnored by having the t.
tie of Cardinal conferred upon the
Ordinary of that See. This is true
chiefly OF certain large diOceseS Of
Europe, but custom has not yet de
veloped to that extent in our country.
Please give some details OF the life
of st. JarIath,
st. Jarlath was born in Connaught.
He was OF the family of Cormac.
After his ordination to the priesthood
in Armagh, he founded a monastery
at Cluanfois, near Tuam. He opened
a school in this monastery which be,
came famous on account Of its illus
triOus scholars St. Brendan, Abbot
OF Clonfert. and st, Colman, the first
Bishop OF Cloyne, were among his pu-
pills. St Jarlath was called forth
from his monastery to be consecrated
first Bishop Of Tuam. He died on De-
cember %, A. D. $40. His feast is
celebrated December 26 In Tuam,
his principal feast is on June 6. the
day on which his body, enclosed in a
silver shrine, was transferred to Q
church erected for the purpose.
Does the Catholic Church recognize
the marriage of two persons if one
party has never been baptized? Could
a Catholic girl marry divorced man
who, after securing his divorce, wouId
be baptized?
NOn-baptiSm constitutes q diriment
impeachment according to the law of
the Church, and invalidates mar
riage with a baptized person unless
the proper dispensation has been OBJ
tanned However, the Church sup
poses that what has been done, has
been rightly done, and will not de-
clare a marriage null until the fact Of
non-baptism or the lack of a dispen-
satiOn has been legally established,
This is done not by rumOr or hear
say, or preiudiced evidence, but by
corroborated testimony Until such
testimony is furnished, no Catholic
girl may keep company with the di-
vorced man.
Is there such a thing as being under
spell, or being influenced by evil
spirits?
The Scriptures, especially the Cos
peis, tell of many cases Of diabolical
possession. and there is no reason to
deny that the same is possible even
today. Church history narrates many
such occurrences, and within the last
five or ten years several we'll anthem
ticated cases have been noted. The
Church recognizes this fact by the &C.
cIessiastical order Of the eXOrcist, one,
namely, ordained and empowered to
eXpel demons. This is one of the four
minor orders Of the Church, but the
power is never exercised except by a
priest. Before attempting an eXor-
CiSln. or the eXpeiIing of the evil one,
permission and authorization must be
obtained from the Bishop. Demoni-
acal possession is not lightly to he
taken for granted. Great care and
thoroughness must be exercised in
each particular case. Most frequent
ly the cause of the disturbances must
be attributed to some form of disease,
and then the remedy is to be sought
from doctor and not from the priest.
However, the possibility and fact of
diabolical possession cannot be de
MED. Each case must be examined in
particular, and permission OF the
Bishop should be obtained before the
eXorcism is attempted