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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
PRIEST IN CABINET
CATHOLIC PRIEST NAMED MINIS
TER OF cZECHO-SLAVS - RE-
QUEST TO CELEBRATE MASS IN
SLOVAk.

An announcement has been made
that the Czecho-Slovak republican
government is now definitely consti-
tuted. The ministry is composed of
members of all parties, and constitutes
a representative national government
The newly formed cabinet contains
among its members three Liberals,
M. NJ. Kramarcz, president of the coun-
Gil, Rasin and Stransky. Three Of
the members are agrarians, M. Stan
elk, M. Prasek and M. Zahradnik.
The last named is, perhaps, one of
the most strenuous and important
members of the cabinet. NJ. Zahrad-
mix, who is a Catholic priest, and Alb
bot of the Premonstratensian order,
while his country was under the DOM
ination of the Hapsburg monarchy,
carried on a most vigorous and spir-
tied campaign for the independence of
the Czechs, and he has lived to see his
life work crowned with complete sue
cess.
Finally, the new Czecho-Slovak cab
met has among its members the leader
Of the Catholic party, M. Hruban.
At conference of the South Slav
Bishops twas proposed that an appeal
shall be addressed to the Holy See
requesting that Catholic worship may
be conducted in the Slav language.
According to this plan, the clergy
would be permitted to celebrate Mass
in Old Slovak, while the other services
New Slovak. This project has been a
matter of debate for some years past,
and the matter will be properly pre-
scented to the Holy See through the
ordinary channels for a request of this
nature
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01

committees working for a healthier
childhood
The older children have been given
special attention. In order to afford
older children opportunity to gauge
their physical development tests of
physical efficiency were made part of
the recreation drive, held in the sum
mer. The drive included many other
features planned with the purposes of
giving boys and girls a chance to de-
velOp wholesome interests and play
under healthy, decent conditions.
The present drive Of Children's Year
is the Back-to-School campaign. 1t
is now going forward in SO states, and
is an effort to get out of industry and
back to school the many young boys
and girls who left because of war con-
ditiOns
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
HOUSE OF GOOD SHEPHERD
INSTITUTION AT HELENA, MON
TANA, MAKES GREAT STRIDES
UNDER ABLE ADMINISTRATION

Mother Aloysius, Superior of the
House Of the Good Shepherd in Helena.
Montana, has been transferred to Spo-
kane, Washington. She had served in
Helena for thirteen years as head of
the local institution. Mother Aloysius
has placed her institution on a solid
basis, and it is in most prosperous
condition. 1t is equipped with most
modern machinery for the work done
by the inmates, and the debt has
been reduced more than fifty thousand
dollars in few years.
When a few years ago, the visitor
general OF the Sisters of the Good
Shepherd visited Helena, coming from
Anger, France, she stated that the
Helena House Of the order was the
finest in the entire area under her
jurisdiction, which includes Europe,
Asia, Africa, America and Australia.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01

In order to make this destructive
work more thorough, every schoolbook
was revised in 1905. The grammar of
Larive & Fleury, for children from II
to IA years old, had a sentence page
y, God is great; this was changed
to Paris is great"
Space does not permit me to quote
any more examples, suffice it to say
that every mention Of God, of prayer,
Of immortality is obliterated in all the
school books of the neutral schools.
Even pictures were cut out; one in
stance is rather striking today: In a
small history Of France, full-page
illustration of the Cathedral of Rheims
was suppressed and map of Cham
payne substituted. That moral degen-
Grafton follows upon this killing of re-
ligious faith in a child is undeniable.
In 1912 there was an important con-
ference i'm Paris to consider the re-
markable increase in Juvenile crime -
Monsieur Henri Robert, the Maitre
BatOnnier of the Paris bar, a most dis
tinguished authority, asserted that the
root of the evil lay in education with
out religion; that the juvenile crimi-
nails were the harvest of the neutral
education. He summed it up in these
memorable words: "Un enfant peut
crOire; il ne peut pas raisonner!" "a
child can believe; it can not rea-
son!'D
That many thousands of these
''Fatherless Children of France" at
tend the neutral schools is an abso-
lutte fact. In the minds of the Presi-
dent and the most distinguished Off
GERS, there is no reason why they should
not. 1t is perfectly natural on their
part, from their point of view. Mar
shall Jofre, the victor of the Marine. is
a great patriot, but he is not a Catho-
lie, and can not be expected to object
to the neutral schools any more than
American Catholics do. Monsieur
Laferre, one OF the most conspicuous
officers Of the ''Fatherless Children of
France is Minister of Public Instruc-
ton. All his influence and that of his
school teachers who Miss Fell wrote
in letter. have the task of distribut-
ing the money to the mothers, are anx-
ious to have the war orphans attend
the neutral schools.
1t is only for Catholics-as l said
before-that the question of the child's
faith is paramount; and Catholics must
look these facts in the face. Sincerely
yours,
MRS. BELLAMY STORER.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
RECONSTRUCTION WORK
X. OF C. ARE TAKING ACTIVE
PART IN FURTHERING EN-
PLOYMENT OF SOLDIERS.

During the war, the best efforts of
the welfare organizations were devot-
ed to developing the morale of the
soldiers During the reconstruction
period, they must turn their atten-
ton to the development of a peace
morale. The war is not really over
until the boys who gave their all for
Americas cause are restored to peace
time employment and until every
thing possible is done to rehabilitate
the wounded men and make them self
supporting.
The country owes it to all its fight
ing men, to the wounded no less than
to those who have come out I'M
scathed, to keep up their morale dur
ing the reconstruction period, and
since there is nothing which inter-
feTes with the morale of the men dis
charged from the service so much as
a long period of unemployment and
it's consequent distress, every effort
should be made to secure positions
for them. This is the most important
work to which the welfare organiza-
tons can devote themselves during
the next three months. The National
War Council, with the cooperation Of
the Knights of Columbus, is endeav-
oring to interest all Catholic groups in
| America in this important work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
WORK OF JOSEPHlTE Fathers
ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS WHAT
is BEING DONE FOR SOUTHERN
COLORED PEOPLE,

The annual report Of the missions
and institutions for colored people in
charge Of the Josephite Fathers gives
the following figures:
st. Joseph Seminary, Baltimore, Md,
priests, 81 seminarians, sisters.
Epiphany Apostolic College, Balti-
more, Nd, priests, so students, 7 Sis
ters.
st. Joseph College, montgomery,
Ala, priests, 4S students, 3 lay teach
ers.
st. Joseph Industrial School, Clay
ton. Del, 2 priests, Is students, 6 in
structors, Sisters.
st. Joseph Home, Wilmington, Del,
sc boys, 9 sisters.
Engaged in the colored work, 65
priests Zone priest at the Catholic Uni
Versity), 2 army chaplains.
Thirty-one seminarians and so stu
dents preparing themselves for the
priesthood.
Ninety-three Sisters and So lay
teachers at work in the classrooms Of
the various schools of the missions );
$500 pupils. "a missions without resi-.
dent priests.
Twenty-siX Sisters in charge of the
domestic departments of the institu-
tons, 10 lay teachers engaged in these
institutions.
The thirty-eight congregations are in
the following States: Texas, Louisiana,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama,
Maryland, Florida, Virginia, North
Carolina, Delaware, Kentucky, Arkan-
sas; they number 1882 souls.
Baptisms during the year, 1885;
First Communions. 1,27O; confrma-
tons, 779; converts, 1872; under in
struetion, 1913; school attendance, 1899
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
FRENCH WAR ORPHANS
MRS. BELLAMY STORER WRITES
OF NATURE OF WORK FOR
FRENCH WAR DRIP n A N S.
WARNS CATHOLICS CONCERN
ING PERILs OF CHILDREN.

In regard to the movement here to
help the fatherless children of France,
the following letter to the Catholic
Telegraph, of Cincinnati, Ohio, may
be interesting.
Editor of The Telegraph:
| wish to explain, in as few words
as possible, why American Catholics
should not contribute to that great
philanthropic association called THE
Fatherless Children of France" The
reason is that the large majority OF
these children are sent to the Govern
ment schools, which have suppressed
the name of God, and all reference to
prayer or to future life.
To Catholics, the soul of the child
is of paramount Importance the body
secondary. The "Ligue de renseigne
ment," which dominates the public in
struction in France-under the rule Of
the Radical Party-had it's root in Ger
many. 1t was founded by an Alsatiar
schoOl-master, Jean Mace, who, after
the FrancC-Prussian war, echoed the
well-remembered words of Bismarck
uttered several years earlier: 1T was
the German school-master who wor
the battle of Sadowa!" This phrase
electrified France, and was seized upol
by the radical party of Free Masons
as a means to promote infidelity ant
to destroy religion in the education o
the French people
The Grand Orient" (the Freemas
/ onry of Franee) on September 1, 1877
scratched from it's constitution the an
Gent formula, ITO the glory of the
Great Architect of the Universe Hav
ing declared publicly that there is nj
God!0 they instituted the Codes.
schools. These schools are not simpl,
"non-religious," they are aggressivel,
atheist,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
SOCIALISTS ENDEAVoRED TO
OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT
DEMANDED ABDlCATiON OF
oUEEN-cATHOlI RALLIED
TO RESCUE-DAYsOF PRAYER
THE BROWN GENERAL.

A correspondent, just returned from
in the Universe, of the recent attempt
at Revolution in that country:
After seeing how successfully and
completely the German Socialists had
effected a revolution the Dutch lead
ers of that movement grew bold. The
Socialists are, it is true, but minor
ity in Holland, but they counted on
the support Of the hungry mob. Dur
ing the first and second week of No
vember, they began to make their
presence felt; they held large mass
meetings whenever and wherever they
could, and urged the people to insist
on larger rations, and to take them
If they were not forthcoming. They
limited that directors Of the National
Distribution had their own cellars full
Of supplies, struggled, and bought at
fabulous prices. (The writer heard a
Dutchman shrewdly remark that the
cellars of the Socialist leaders them
selves might be examined with advan-
tage) And they urged the people to
take matters into their own hands
An ultimatum was sent to the Govern
ment, demanding an increase of the
bread ration. They also demanded
the abolition of the First Chamber, the
abdication of the Queen, fewer work
ing hours, the general overthrow Of
the existing Government. They
threatened a general strike on refusal
to grant these demands.
The Government replied by increas-
ing the bread ration, with a promise
Of unlimited supplies as soon as grain
in sufficient quantities could be
brought into the country. The rest of
the demands were ignored. The So
cialists then demanded double the
quantity of bread, although it was a
matter Of impossibility for the Gov
to the other points of the ultimatum
In all large towns indictments melted
the people to gather together and
grumble and shout insults against the
Queen, always harping upon the state
of semi-starvation in which the very
poor lived, and entirely ignoring the
fact that this was not the fault of the
Government but of the particularly
trying position in which Holland was
placed in consequence of the war.
Then 1t was that the Church
stepped into the breach. Handbills
were printed and distributed broad
cast, calling upon all Catholics and
lovers of law and public safety to
stand together and resist with all
their might the Socialist menace to
individual liberty. ''Why should we
submit to the Reign of Terror of a
small minority?" they asked, and
pointed out the awful example of Rus
STA and Bolshevism. The Bishops of
the Dioceses sent urgent letters to the
parish priests to be read from the pull
pit on the following Sunday, eyhorting
the people to support the Government,
and give all their assistance to crush
out the Red Flag which menaced
the peace of the whole country. Cler-
Gy and leading Catholics organized
mass meetings in their turn, and sue
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
THE CHINESE MISSION
FATHER WALDRoN, OF ST. PAUL,
HAS JOINED IRISH MISSION So
CIETY-WORK TO BE CENTERED
IN CONVERSIONS OF lNHABiT-
ANTS OF CHiNA-ROUSE OF So
GETTY IN OMAHA.

( st. Paul has joined hands with Ire
land in helping tC extend the cause of
the Irish mission to China. Several
months ago Rev. Paul Waldron, pro-
fessor in the st. Paul Seminary, left
this city to take up work in the cause
! OF the Chinese missions.
/ While waiting news Of his new work,
we have just received q letter from
Father WaldrOn informing us that he
is still at ST. Columban's Mission
House in Omaha, Nebraska. He tells
I us that he is actively engaged in
spreading q knowledge of the new
work and in arousing sympathy and
interest in it. He adds that some of
the missionaries expect to leave for
China this year, but that he Will re
main working fer the cause in this
/ country for some time longer.
+ Father WaldrCn was born in Agha-
more, County Mayo, Irenland, June 20,
1888. His preliminary studies were
made in st. Mary's College, Rath-
mines, Dublin, and in st. Jarlath Col
lege, Tuam, Galway. He made his
course in philosophy and theology at
ST, Patrick's College, Maynooth, and
was ordained in June, 1914. He took
one year post graduate course on the
Dunboyne. In September, 1915, he
| Joined the faculty Of the st. Paul Sem
/ mary in this city where he was pro,
! fCss0r o. moral theology.
! The new seminary for the missions
! in China was opened in Ireland in
January, 1918. 1t came into existence
/ as result Of the remarkable move
ment that began towards the end of
! 1916, when number OF priests in Ire.
/ land volunteered for mission work in
China. They banded themselves to.
/ gether to form a Society which would
/ devote itself to China alone This So
ciety was economically erected in the
/ Diocese OF Galway in June, 1918 After
! two years existence the Society now
numbers thirty priests, seventy-two
/ students and more than one hundred
/ nuns who have volunteered for this
mission. Recently q house Of the So.
ciety has been established in the
! United States, in the Diocese of Oma
! ha.
A monthly magazine, The Far East
is published in Omaha in the inter.
ests Of the Mission. In general the
work Of the Society in this country is
to try and get American Catholics in.
terested in the conversion of China
This is doae chiefly in two ways: by
! bringing the Mission literature to their
notice, and by organizing a Crusade
OF Prayer, which aims at getting as
many Catholics as possible to offer
prayers for the conversion of China
! TO accomplish this some of the PRIESTS
OF the Society, including Father VALID
ron, visit various centers and endeav
or to make the work known. No ap.
peal is made for money, but interest
IN the magazine, which now has cir
culation of twelve thousand, and in
the Crusade of Prayer, is the sole OBJ
jeCt of the work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
Pope SEEKS INTERVENTION

A dispatch states that Pope Bene-
dict has requested Intervention by
Monsignor Ratti, papal delegate at
Warsaw, the Archbishop of Posen,
and Archbishop Szeptycki of Lem.
berg to end the conflict between the
Ukrainians and Polish troops, accord
ing to message received in Paris by
the Polish national committee.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
JOBS FOR SOLDIERS
CHICAGO HOLY NAME MEN ARE
ACTIVE.

Bishop A. J. McGavick has urged
the members Of the big Brothers"
Of the Holy Name Society of Chicago,
to devote themselves to obtaining all
the good jobs possible for the 10000
returning Catholic soldiers and sailors
in whom the society is especially in
terested.
The meeting at which the Bishop
spoke was attended by repre-
sentatives from seventy-seven parish
es. The president of each society was
requested to appoint committee to
seek positions for the returned men.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
REVOLUTION in HOLLAND
ceeded in arousing the patriotism and
loyalty of their compatriots.
The "BroWn General"

ceeded in arousing the patriotism and
loyalty of their compatriots.
The "BroWn General"
In Rotterdam the Government had a
valiant and eloquent champion in
Father Borromeus De Greeve, O. F.
NJ, known popularity as the Brown
General He is the most famous and
eloquent preacher and orator in Hol-
land. Wherever he breaches the
Church is crowded to overlooking by
Catholics, Protestants, and Jews.
Whenever he addressed Catholic polit-
ical meetings in that thrilling Revo-
luton Week, he met with wild well
come from thousands of people Of all
denominations While he was speak
ing inside the building, the waiting
enthusiasm for their eloquent country
man, sang Justify every patriotic and
national song that could be thought Of
Meanwhile the Government was not
inactive. Troops from Limburg and
North Brabant, solidly Catholic, and
with an inherent loyalty to the Queen,
were dispatched to all big towns. Ma
chlne-Suns and cannon were placed in
vulnerable positions, and guards were
mounted at the chief pOst-offices, rail
way stations, and public buildings. To
supplement- the soldiers, the voluntary
Landstrum was called up; men OF all
ranks and classes voluntarily trained
as soldiers, but who did not belong to
the regular army. All obeyed the
call with alacrity, and prominent bus
mess gentlemen could be seen at all
hours shouldering a rife on sentry go
round guarded places, wearing pri-
Yates uniform. They were fed from
the Central Kitchens, and at night
slept on straw in schools. All en-
joyed the experience like schoolboys
on an adventure, in spite of the biting
cold weather.
Nation at Prayer.
In consequence of the vigorous
measure taken by the Church in the
first place, and then by other Chris
against the Socialists was very great,
and the people responded unanimously
to the Governments appeals to their
loyalty. There was also great en-
thusiasm for the Queen, and all Hol-
and wore an orange rOsette as a token
If their love for her. Every day after
Mass the Litany of Our Lady was
said in the Churches at the request
If the Bishops for the safety of Hol-
and and the Queen.
When the Socialists had withdrawn
their threats and acknowledged their
mistake, a Day of Prayer was fixed by
the Government as thanksgiving for
the averted danger and for protection
n the future. The Queen was asked
to pay official visits to all the large
towns, and everywhere she and little
Princess Julana were received with
the same affectionate enthusiasm
Soldiers took the horses from the car
riage, and drew the Queen along amid
uproarious cheers from the people,
November % was the National Day
of Prayer In all Catholic Churches
the Blessed Sacrament was exposed
all day, and all Catholics were asked
to communicate There. were relig-
ious services, too, in every Protestant
Church and Jewish Synagogue. Peo-
pie who had not been inside a place
of worship for years went that day
So, Hollands troubles being over for
the present, Holland thanked God for
His mercy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
PRIEST DELIVERS INVOCATION

Rev. Daniel v. Patti of Eveleth,
Mimi, gave, the opening prayer at the
dedication of the $135, OOofrecreational
building in that city on January II.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
BISHOP OF TRIESTE

Monsignor Bartolomasi, Bishop for
the Italian military forces, has been
named Bishop OF Trieste, Austria s
former Adriatic seaport.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
Is it wrong to remove the beads of

rosary and use them for necklace?
A rosary is a religious object in
tended to promote prayer. To use
such an object for the display OF van
ity, or of personal adornment, savors
Of weakness in faith The beads GER
tainly should not be used in such a
manner.
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A RE there any isolated souls
~ among us who still believe
that the society woman, the
woman of wealth, does nothing but
twiddle her thumbs and giggle?
The Ayes?
The Nos?
The Nos have it!
And it has been the manner in
which they came from the seclusion
of their homes and their immediate
set" that convinced the world Of
their ability to do big things.
Mrs. John L. Kennedy is one of
our shining examples of what a
frail little woman can do when she
decided to do it. For the past year
Mrs. Kennedy has worked every
day in the Red Cross warehouse as
state Inspector of hospital supplies.
This may sound like light job, but
those who inspect and pack, know
that it takes physical strength as
well as mental agility to handle this
work. So expert has this little
woman become, that she says she
feels capable of taking a job as
packer in some big wholesale or
manufacturing concern. And to
this remark she adds: mo, indeed,
I am not at all certain l shall never
have it to do. One never can tell
about life-it plays so many queer
tricks"
A society woman, in the strictest
sense of the word, does not describe
Mrs. Kennedy. Truly this term
seems cognizant with corsages of
orchids, with mink capes, be-rib-
boned poodles and lorgnettes, and
these appendages are far, far re-
moved from this charming matron.
But Mrs. Kennedy is an ideal host
ess. The good old-fashioned hos
pitalityN of our grandmother's day
elvelops the guest as he steps in
side the portals of the Kennedy's
beautiful suburban home. No amount
u sntsEtaining seems to discomfort