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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
YALE PRAISES K. OF C.
PRESIDENT HADLEY DESCRIBES
AS ADMIRABLE X. OF c. EDU-
CATIONAL WORK..

The Knights of Columbus have re
ceived from President Arthur T. Had
ley of Yale University, the following
letter Of appreciation for the knights
establishment of hundreds of scholar
ships for ex-service men. There are
now IS K. of G.. scholars attending
Yale, including Captain Tim Callahan
of the football team Mr.. Hadley
says:
"The work of the Committee on
War Activities of the knights of Co
lumbus, in awarding scholarships to
service men who wish to study in the
colleges and technical schools of the
country, is admirable both in it's con,
ception and it's execution.
Nothing is more important for re-
construction than to have the supply
of educated and trained men kept al
it's normal level, and to give men who
have periodically served their coun
try in war the chance to serve it eff
fectively in time of peace. Among
the many efforts to secure this object
that of the Knights of Columbus takes
an important place, and promises tC
be carried out with the same good
judgment which has characterized the
war work of that organization
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
NON-CATHOL|C MISSIONS
PROTESTANT UNION IN MISSION
FIELDS-HAVE UNIFORM
LABEL.

The remnants of Professionalism are
getting together in the foreign mis-
sion fields. A writer in Asia says:
There are in China and Korea to-
gether no less than fifty-four union
undertakings, most of them educa-
tional, including ten colleges and fiji
teen theological schools. Thirty-eight
different missionary societies have
joined in these enterprises. 1t is to
be noted that most of them are
American. In India, where American
influence is not predominant, the
growth of union work has Jagged.
China is particularly proud of her
union mission schools. She has six
union theological seminaries, a fact
which explains that in some parts of
the republic uniform label has been
adopted to mark all churches, the de-
nominational label being entirely
omitted
There is in the above facts meat
for thought for both Catholic and
Professionals. Let American Catholics
keep in mind the value and economy
of union, and use all their efforts to
generously uphold the efforts to be
made by the Board of Missions now
being organized by the American
Hierarchy. And let our separated
brethren look upon the spire of every
Catholic Church and behold the age
old uniform LABEL of Christianity,
the Cross of Christ,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29

Our enlightened" twentieth
century is as infested by supersti-
tious as were the so-called Ozark
Ages The vogue Of fortune
tellers, clairvoyants, and ''me-
diums' in all of our large cities
proves it. The London Times
says: "Scratch an elder of the
Kirk of Scotland and you will
find a believer in magic" In
various parts of England "heal-
ing stones" are still built into
houses, spells are cast upon cat
tie, and effigies Of wax melted
over the fire to compass the de-
cline of a hated enemy. w. c.
Mackenzie, in "The Book of
Lewis" just published, says that
on some of the British Islands con-
sumption is cured by allowing
small frogs to jump down one s
throat, shingles are cured with
grease from the Church bell. A
maid servant in the Cotswolds, ac-
cording to DR.. Duckworth, got
herself confirmed three times be-
cause she regarded confirmation
as an excellent cure for rheuma-
tism. So far as superstition is
concerned our age has not much
to pride itself upon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
STRIKES AND LABOR
IRISH ARCHBISHOP ON INDUS.
TRIAL SITUATION - w n EN-
STRIKES ARE ALLOWED.

The remarkable sermon, preached
by the Archbishop of Tuam on the in
dustrial situation, is being much
talked about. His Grace pointed out
that it was to the Catholic Church
the working man owed his enamel
patton from slavery, and all the adj
vantages that he has today. He out
lined the golden days of labor, the
two centuries preceding the Reforma-
ton, when the guilds had organized
the different crafts, and regulated the
conditions of labor. From the Refor-
nation onward the position of the
workman sank until he became the
wage slave of the early nineteenth
century. Today it was necessary to
remind labor of it's obligations, and
the laborer of his duties to society.
The Archbishop laid down four
heads, under which alone a strike is
iustifiable There must be claim
peaceful means of solution must have
failed; the grievance must be worse
than the evils resulting from the
strike; there must be reasonable
grounds that such action will have
success He also pointed out there
would always be division of labor
with hard work for some, and easy
work for others; there would also al
ways be class distinctions; and re-
ligion alone could soften the asperi-
ties of social inequalities.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
4 QUESTION AND ITS AN.
SWER.

A correspondent writes in as
follows: lis it proper for a
Catholic young woman to keep
company with a divorced man,
with a view to marriage?' The
simplicity Of this question argues
either perfect innocence on the
part Of the writer, or a desperate
hope for some kind Of a loophole.
The case then described by the
writer is not altogether unique.
1t depicts Catholic young
woman who has allowed her af-
fections to run riot with her rea-
son and her faith, one who has
knowingly and with her eyes
wide open walked into the meshes
of an illicit liaison. It shows how
weak. faith can be in a person who
will OF her own free will sacrifice
the hottest doctrines Of her
Church simply in order to pander
to a morbid love that can have no
solid foundation Of either reason
or Christianity. The very fact
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29

that divorced man-in this case
he is described as a Catholicism
so ensnare, a girl as to make her
forget her religion and her God,
is proof sufficient that he scarcely
is fit partner for pure-hearted,
clean-minded Catholic woman. He
does not go straight, and his aim
is sinister. If carried to it's end,
such tragic romance can lead to
nothing else than a complete di-
vorce from religion on the part
of both persons.
1t is not easy for a true Chris
tan to understand just how a
Catholic girl will permit herself
to slip so far as to take up with
a divorced man, even as casual
companion in innocent pleasures.
The fact that he had already
given his affection to another,
and then had drifted away or
been cast away, should be suffi-
.cient warning that he is stale
fruit. AS an old writer says,
The peach that will fall without
plucking
Is rather too mellow for me.
The answer then, given in all
charity, is that a Catholic girl
should absolutely avoid keeping
company with a divorced man :;
she should remain firm in her res
olution never to lower the stand
ard of womanly purity and of
Catholic instinct by assoclating
with one who in all probability will
prove for her a source Of weak
ness in her faith and of danger
and temptation to forget her God.
The same is true Of a Catholic
man and a divorced woman: the
danger is the same in both cases.
incidentally, such actions sug-
gest that a girl is desperate, and
seizes upon what may be her last
chance Of matrimonial felicity.
1t all goes to show that the fruit
is really too mellow, when it will
fall even without plucking.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
At the same time II must be

At the same time, it must be
said that the senate Of the United
States has been treated with
slight consideration by the Chief
Executive. Their proffer of as
sistance at the peace table was
rejected almost with scorn. Hold
ing, as they do under the Consti-
tuition, the supreme power to
make war or peace, this body was
left. entirely to their own devices.
They passed the time in wrangling
over domestic problems, while
abiding the opportunity to assert
themselves when the hour should
arrive. That hour has struck,
and the revindication has been
complete. They have thrown
down the treaty in which they
had no hand, and have refused to
walk under the Caudine forks
erected by the President as test
Of their docility. To their credit
and honor be it said that they
have remembered their oaths and
have refused to follow the lead of
man who had mbibed too much
autocracy through mingling with
foreign autocrats.
There is no doubt that our SEN
ate and our people Of all political
persuasions desire treaty with
Germany. We wish and we need
a league of nations. But when the
time arrives that the duly elected
representatives of democracy
must submit meekly and tamely to
the absolute dictation Of one man,
even of a President, then it is
high time to appoint a ear, to de-
clare a return to monarchy, and
to drag in all the paraphernalia-
hateful to a free people-of an i'm
perialistic sway.
The gratitude of the nation
should go out to the men who
have stood firm for republican
freedom in arranging relations
with foreign peoples both in war
as well as in peace. 1t is well to
be magnanimous with other ma
tons: it is better to guard our own
hard-won rights. Charity begins
at home, and so does justice, and
there both should remain even
while extending their beneficent
influence to those in need. A
treaty and a league we want:
one-man treaty and league we
neither need nor can tolerate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
MAKING MARRIAGE INVALID

The daily papers this week in
form us in a most enlightening
manner that the Holy Father has
been asked to make certain mar
riages invalid. The parties con-
cerned are three American women
who apparently have rebelled at
the false luster Of foreign titles.
After some years of married bliss
or establishment they now seek
their freedom. AS to their valid
claims for this liberty, we must
leave the authorities at Rome to
decide.
1t might be well, however, to re-
call to the minds Of our Catholic
people what they already know,
namely, that the Pope does not
make a marriage invalid. Just as
he cannot grant a divorce to two
Catholics, neither can he make in
valid a marriage already contract
ed. What he really does is to in
vestigate the conditions surround
ing the contracting of the mar
riage, and then to state whether
or not the essential requirements
of such contract were observed or
not. In case these conditions
were present the marriage is de-
clared to have been valid, and
only the death Of one Of the par
ties can release the other. Where
the necessary conditions were
lacking the Holy See declares that
by reason Of that defect the mar,
riage was invalid from the begin
ming. In no case, however, does
the Pope make the marriage
invalid.
The procedure followed in such
cases is similar to that which OBJ.
tains in a higher court of justice
The contract is subjected to the
test which examines every part OF
the document to detect flaws or in
accuracies. Certain defects OF
their very nature render con.
tract invalid, while other faults
may simply impair it's legality
without affecting it's validity.
If Catholics bear this distinc
ton in mind they can easily ex
plain to their inquiring friends
what happens when Rome de
clares at times that such or sucl
a marriage was invalid.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
DEFINING A PARISH
ROME DEFINES WHAT CANON
LAW MEANS BY PARISH
HOW ESTABLISHED.

In the Acta Apostolicae Sedis for
September, we read:
The COnsistorial Congregation is
sues a declaration or explanation of
some canons of the CodeX, concerning
parishes and missions: Cd Par
ishes" are parts of a diocese in which
special rector is appointed in
charge of the faithful; quasi par
ishes'' or missions" are similar divi-
sions of vicariate apostolic or pre-
lecture apostolic. (2) To establish
parishes a decree of the Ordinary is
required determining the limits of the
territory, the seat of the parish and
the endowment necessary for the wor-
ship and the priests maintenance ;
however, immovability is not neces-
sarily assigned to the rector. CD In
case the faithful are few and unset
tied, and the necessary resources are
not Forthcoming, Subsidiary" churches
or "chaplaincies" should be estab-
lished within the boundaries of some
parish, under the latter's dependency
until they may be made parishes. ca
AS to an endowment, Canons 1909,
1410 and 1415 are to be observed.
90 When a parish has been canonic-
ally erected (as in p, the rector or
pastor, or his substitute, is bound to
apply the Mass pro populo; the rec,
tor of a subsidiary church or chap
plaincy is dispensed of this obligation
III Oh
some, application should be made to
the Holy See for reduction. eau
gust l, 1919
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
ARMY CHAPLA|NS
THlRTY-ONE CATHOLIC PRIESTS
IN REGULAR ARMY-ScAT-
TERED OVER WORLD.

In studying the corps of chaplains
as it appears in the Army List and
Directory (''The Who's Who for the
army, it shows that there are one
hundred and eleven chaplains, all told
In the regular establishment-four.
teen of them having the rank of ma.
Jor, twenty-four that of captain, and
seventy-three first lieutenants.
Of these one hundred and eleven
thirty-one are of the Catholic faith
and their stations are in all parts of
the world where any of Uncle Sans
army boys are doing service.
The highest rank that a chaplain
may attain is that of major, mount
ed, the base pay being $4,000 yearly
plus ten per cent increase after each
years service, until twenty years are
in, when the pay of a major stops at
$4,000 yearly by law. On retirement
army officers receive seventy-five per
cent of the pay of their grade (salary
and increase)
Two Catholic chaplains, Fathers
Timothy Perfecto O'Keefe and Fran
els B. Doherty, are the only ones in
active service that have reached the
grade of major
Father O'Keefe is the dean OF
senior of the Catholic priests in the
army. having been appointed on Feb
ruary 2, 1901. He was born on No
vember II, 1864, and was appointed
from the District of Columbia. He is
now on duty at Fort Leayenworth
Kan.
Chaplain Francis B. Doherty (majol
cavalry is the veteran of the Cath
olic chaplains in age-and member
of the st. Paul Diocese. He was born
December 81, 1862, in Massachusetts
and appointed to the army, March Is
1902. He served during the Spanish
American War, and was commended
for gallantry in action. He is long
way from home now, being on duty
at Tientsin, China.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
REMARKABLE FAMILY
MOTHER BECOMES NUN mine
a5 CHILDREN RELIGIOUS

A distinguished lady of the aris-
tocracy, Sonora leila Pedriera de
Abreu Magazines of Brazil, after hav-
ing generously given to the service
of the Lord her nine children-three
boys becoming priests and six girls
Sisters of Charity-when she became
a widow, entered the congregation of
the Servants of the Blessed Sacra-
ment. On January % she received
the sacred habit, blessed by her own
son, who, after a touching allocution,
in which he brought out the example
of the Mother of God calling herself
the Servant of the Lord concluded
with these words: "My dear mother,
from now on, you will not call your
self any more leila Pedriera de Abreu
Magalhaes, but in religion Sister
Mary"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
REJECTING THE TREATY.

An exclamation Of surprise, en-
phaSlzed here and there by keen
disappointment, went round the
world last week when the Ameri-
can senate adjourned without rat
flying the treaty of peace with
Germany. Political leaders and
thinkers expressed their opinions
in accordance with their partisan
views. Foreign members Of the
allied council seemed to sense i'm
minent danger in the refusal of
the American body to sanction the
document in which our President
had such an important part. The
world at large, we were told, will
suffer for this action on the part
of the United States senate.
And yet, from the American
viewpoint, it would seem that the
best thing our senators have done
IN the past two years was to turn
down fatty and Enthusiastically this
agreement among the allies in i'm
posing terms of peace on the Cen
trail Powers. Since the beginning
Of the war in 1917 deep students
and loyal thinkers. in this country
had feared that we were drifting
towards the abyss Of autocracy
The stress of war and the need
of harmony held our senators in
leash, lest the welfare Of the ma.
ton might be jeopardized by
wrangling and our armies placed
at disadvantage by reason of q
want of cooperation at home.
Now that that danger has passed
the senate has once more re-as
serted it's constitutional rights
The fundamental difference be-
tween our government and that Of
other nations is that we believe
In the actual practice Of democ
racy, while many other peoples
are subject to the dictates of thu
monarch, or are influenced by
their traditional fears that exis
even in a constitutional monarchy
Our President played a great ano
noble role in the vast tragedy tina
visited humanity. He put fortl
1.-THE highest ideals and the lofties
principles as a guide for the ma
| lions. While they needed our ali
the allies humbly submitted to tn
idealism of Mr.. Wilson. Whel
that need had passed they one,
more fell back to their age-old in
trigues and crooked diplomacy
such as has been apparent eve
since the arlnistice was signed
! Mr.. Wilson was too big for them
his ideas too clear, his aims to-
disinterested. The allies hav
drawn up a treaty, that is certain
to occasion another war when tn
nations have returned to a posi-
ton of enforcing their traditional
Inspirations.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
REAL ENEMIES OF GOOD.

It is a we'll known axiom of
success in any large body that the
principle to be aimed at is to get
from each individual unit that
measure Of power and ability of
which he is capable. This is the
secret Of the success Of financial
leaders as well as of military
chiefs. Realizing the particular
talents or capacity Of each one in
his charge, the successful leader
endeavors to bring out that tai
ent or quality at its fullest, and
thus to enlarge and to insure the
success Of the whole enterprise.
On the other hand, given GER
tain qualifications in a man, per-
sons always will be found to min
imize his efforts for the general
good. Usually these persons
either have not the talents they
oppose, or their pettiness leads
them to crush out as far as posi-
BILE the good accomplished or
aimed at by the one they despise.
In this way, such persons while
apparently seeking the general
good of the firm with which they
are connected, actually are tun-
melting under the monument be-
ing erected by the cooperation of
the loyal members Of the same
firm. They are poisoning the
wells of prosperity, are planning
the undoing Of the efforts of
others: in a word, they are seek
ing for themselves the honors
that rightfully belong to others,
while at the same time they make
pretense of loyalty and fidelity.
During the war such characters
were detected throughout the ma
ton, and usually they were dealt
with in a speedy and effective
manner. Now that peace has
dawned, to some extent, persons
Of this type are again busy in try
ing to undermine every structure
that seems a. trophy Of the work
of others. Where they are sue
cessful in their nefarious at
tempts, the general good suffers
to just that extent. To all APP
pearances they sometimes sue
coed in deceivirg even the elect,
the leaders of thought, of bust.
ness and of uplift. The harm
they accomplish is often incalcul
able; but having neither con,
science nor honor, they proceed
on their way, climbing over the
wreckage they have caused, and
striving to mount the heights
made accessible by their more
loyal and devoted fellow work
ers. It is all a pity, and the gen
eral welfare will continue to suf
fer until such miscreants are
known under their true colors
and are exposed to the scorn Of
all true men.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29

Mr.. p. D. McKenna, writing in
the Catholic Citizen, says: "Nap-
per Tandy was the original Sim
Feiner. In 1873, when England
restricted the trade of Ireland be-
yond human endurance, James
Napier Tandy, a Protestant Dub
liner, started a campaign against
the purchasing of English goods
That was Sim Fem. So effective
was the patriotic work of this
Irishman that he finally was
driven out to America in 1895, &
political exile"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
A STUDENTS CHAPEL
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LEADS
IN CATHOLIC sTUDENTS-HAVE
THEIR CHAPEL AND CLUB
ROOMS.

Professor John HemenWay writes
of the progress made by Catholic stu
dents attending the University OF
Michigan. Mr.. Hemenway for five
years was professor of biology at the
College of St Thomas in this city.
He writes:
The chapel for Catholic students at
this University was opened for Mass
last month. Rev. Michael P. Bourke
has charge of the chapel. The home
of Dr. De Nan Crede, professor emer-
titus of surgery at the University, was
purchased and remodeled to serve as
chapel. The building, with a pref
ty white stucco exterior, stands OBJ
posite the campus. 1t contains COM
Portable club rooms for the students.
On Sundays and holy days two Masses
are said. A Holy Name Society
| for the men students and society
for the young ladies, to be called the
Daughters of Mary, are now being or
ganized Members of these societies
will receive Holy Communion in a
| body once a month.
There are $50 Catholic students at
| the university this year. According
to President Hutchins this is the larg
est number of Catholic students in
attendance at any American univer-
sity not under Catholic auspices. AL
ready the chapel is crowded beyond
capacity at the ten o'clock Mass The
chapel was dedicated November % by
Of
Largely through the efforts of Faith
err Bourke Cardinal MERCER recently
visited the university and received
the degree of Doctor of Laws Fifty
five hundred people crowded into the
big college auditorium to greet the
Cardinal, and thousands were forced
to remain outside.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29

are pious, they look cross" Fa
Their Faber preferred to see them
looking cheerful, with the serenity
of good consciences and with the
assurance that their Redeemer
liveth. Wherefore he counsels
when leaving the Church, dear
brethren, not only genufect, but
put something like a smile on your
belated countenance. Then, when
the heather sees you issuing from
the portals, he will feel that your
hour before the tabernacle has
done you good; and that he him.
self has missed something
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29
RETURN OF BODIES
ASKED FOR BY FORTY THOU
SAND RELATIVES OF DEAD
SOLDIERS.

The War Department has received
forty thousand requests from relatives
for the return of the bodies of theil
soldier dead in France, Col. E. w
Anderson told the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. Representative
Flood of Virginia, ranking Democratic
committee member, said this had
caused a turn-about in the policy OF
the War Department., and that the
bodies would be returned as soon as
arrangements could be made with the
French government.
Delegations from all over the coun
try are asking for return Of the
bodies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-11-29

The Very Rev. w. Corby, c. S.
c., of Notre Dame University,
was a young priest when the Civil
War started and became a chap
lain in the Army Of the Potomac,
being assigned to the Irish Brig
ode under Gen. Thomas Francis
Meagher. In his book, Memoirs
of Chaplain Life Father. Corby
relates that on one occasion a
Protestant chaplain of another
division asked him how he
brought his men to divine service
Father Corby answered: "Why,
my dear sir, | do not bring them
Their faith brings them" Father
Corby served through the whole
war with his brigade.