The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-27

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The Catholic Church has forbidden
her children to join certain societies
which usually are called secret. The
nature of such society usually is
that, first, it unites its members for
the purpose Of conspiring against the
State or the Church; second, it de
mands the observance of secrecy to
such an extent that it must be main
rained even before the ri2htfui &c
ecclesiastical authority; third, it eNacts
an oath from the members or prom
Use of blind and absolute obedience;
fourth it makes use OF q ritual and
ceremonies that constitute them as
real sects. The various societies are
condemned by the Church for all or
some of the above reasons. The
Church has explicitly forbidden her
children to join the Masons, the Odd
Fellows. the knights Of Pythias and
The Sons of Temperance. This inhibi-
tiOn extends also to the WOmen's auXil-
Iaries Of such societies, as the Re-
belahs, Eastern Star, etc.
. The Order of Odd Fellows was
formed in England in 1912. 1t was in
troduced into America in 1919. Like
the MasOns, it is strictly a religious
sect. The manual of the society tells
us: odd Fellowship was founded on
great religious principles. They have
chaplains, affairs, high priests, ritual
and funeral ceremonies.
The Order of the Sons Of Temper
ancc was founded in New York in
1872, a"d introduced into England in
1876. The nature Of this society is
evidenced by its mode of initiation,
the form of the. obligation and the
manual of religious Worship.
The Order of the KNIGHTS of Pyth-
las was founded in 1864, by prominent
Free Masons. The chief objections
which the Church has TO the X. OF p.
arc: First the oath of secrecy; sec
ond, the blind obedience commanded
by this oath which refuses the author
titles even of Church and State a
knowledge Of what is being done;
third, the pagan PythaCCras, and the
ia cotSltS ClIIOll, y lIlldS anu LIOLlN SIuS
are thr teachers and models in the
oor fyoy CHRIST .1ono &c snob q modal
Nv dncrao iceuod in 1900 . cath
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anco is oIlovod 40 ro,noi,, :, tboeo
socio+ios with ,or,,;,e;o,, of +1,o Apos-
,oIic DoIooo+o ,ndor ro,,, oorI;tiorc.
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n baTo tho eociot,, +a,,o ,ar+ ~ bic
f,po,,oI ava al d,,os, ,r,,,.+ ~ .o,,+ -
wv ,,o;1 or Nv +tir,7 ,,.t,.
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70 ioi, o,,o &C t,o,o ,oa;ot;ol, -, 80
,,oro1, condon,,od t,. bic Ch,,,,ob doo.
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Ioin .no+bor roIioio,, 10 co,,,,7,ite .
mortal sin no co,,o+ o,,rooob tbo
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horsbi, ,,or oo,, to no ai,.a,, Cl,,,ia+;or,
bn~io1 e ho dioe ~ t1,ot ,+ato
Friday as day of abstinence?
We know from the very earliest
writings of the Church that Friday
was observed as a dav Of abstinence
c1oir,oI ,,nti1 ,,,ro,, Io+on Tho .rroaaf
5ng of Tho Arostlos " ,ror,, do+inc
from tho ON. Of tba fret con+rr,, -,
from, tho hoairn;nu ~ .ho aonand oo,
,r,.,,. ,rortnIri,n n.hn ,,.moto ,,a1,,r,i.,
o,,,I,, !, ,ho .aoa,,1 ,,5 ,,,;,l $3.50.
+,,inc. CIo,,ont ~ ,Ia,a1n;a ,,,,l
4hc fact that FriIa,. ,v,s ohsaryod ~, .
,1o,, ,r .,h,ti,,,,o,o r,1,a .aII.
+hr nation u,,s nro,,oi,,od ~, Dan,
Nicholas ,pzepcrl ,rI,a I7,.;a.,. ,,,, ~
npncn ie ono of tboso r,,r,, nr,ot;no.
and institutions IN t,o Ti,,,ra,, 49,,
bavo deveIorod with Tho f,i+b ;+,.a1f
# VOC NOT noooss.r,, 80 ,,a,.a 49,.
,,1;oi+ lou, -, H. ,,,,I,ioot. -
+icod for oon+,,rio,. ,oFo,o - ~
lHSueu ny tie auIhoIllleS OF the Um
Ncl0di ChuIcI'
way person Seahd sponsor IN pap
t'Sm f0r more than one caiid darin!
one year!
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