The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
Kindly explain the office of the
Blessed Niruin

Inc DIVINE once is collection OF
prayers, hymns and pious readings.
Each priest and all those in holy or
ders are obliged to recite this Office
every day. The Office of the Blessed
Virgin, called also the Little Office, is
modelled on this and it is reCited by
Sisters and other religious according
to their rule.
When about to fall asleep | often
hear a pleasant voice calling my name.
1t that a sign of anything?
1t probably is a sign that Your
nerves need attention.
Is there any Catholic College in N.
Dakota where a boy who has finished
the eighth grade could work for his
tuition?
We do not know of any such college
in \. Dakota. There are several Cath
Ollie colleges in Minnesota. You might
write to St Thomas College, st. Paul;
st. Mary's, Winona; st. Johns, Col
legeville.
When and why were Catholics for
hidden to become Masons?
This question has been answered
several times during the past year.
Briefly, the Popes have on many oc-
CasiOns forbidden this. The reasons
are that the Masons really are re-
ligiOus sect. as they have a ritual and
a kind Of religious service. Moreover,
in spirit they are opposed to the Cath
Ole Church and it's supremacy.
is not the "New Age" the Masonic
Organ, as strife roducng as the Men
acc and such papers?
The New Age" frequently goes out
OF its way to attack matter pertain
ing to the Church. 1t is not tho only
Masonic organ. that does this. Any
publication that seeks to stir up re-
igious strife in this country is I'M
American and bigotcd. They are all
mud-slingers; some throw more, 9th
ers less.
Catholic girl marries and dies out
side the Catholic Church: do you say
that she loses her soul and goes to
hell?
We do not say anything of the kind.
1t is not the province of the Question
Box to consign souls to the Internal
regions; indeed, the Catholic Church
never says of any soul, never has stat
hnt nortip,
has been condemned to the abode of
the damned. 1t will, however, not be
amisS to consider the false position of
such diSObedient Catholic girl. She
has been keeping company with man
who is not of her religion; she knows
we'll the teaching of her Church on
the subject of mixed marriages, and
she Is fully aware that the prOXimate
preparation for a mixed marriage is
mixed cOmpany-keeping; she hears
sermons, and the views of the Church
authorities are made known to her
through Catholic publications. Never
theless, she plans for just such a mar
her and her faith tells her that she
is endangering the peace of her soul.
She makes no attempt to interest her
companion in the doctrines of her re-
hgion, neither does she arrange an
interview between him and her pas
tor; she makes and completes elab-
crate and minute preparations for the
marriage. A month or so before the
date selected, she calls to see her
pastor and pretendS to be rather sur
prised that any possible hndrance
could arise in the way of her wedding.
Her prospective husband is not at all
anxious to sign any agreement about
the Catholic training and education of
the children; he refuses to submit to
any instructions in the Catholic re-
igion; the Catholic girl is disappoint.
ed; all arrangements have been made:
ana at solicitation of the man. she
goes with him to a minister or a JUS
tice of the peace and attempts to be
married Afterwards, her COMPANION
Is even less willing to meet the eXac-
lions of the Church in the matter OF
mixed marriages, and she feels that
she cannot part from him. She goes
to Mass and says her prayers for a
time; then she begins to grow care.
less and cold; she cannot receive the
sacraments, and gradually she stops
going to church. Has not such an IN.
fortunate Catholic girl deliberately
placed herself in the danger of losing
the faith? Was she not responsible
for the forfeiture of the faith? Can
one lose the faith without grievous
sin? In that condition of soul, youl
Catholic friend dies and faces her
God.
Is there anything to the story that
an Irish saint by the name of Bren
men, think, discovered America lone
before Columbus?
You refer to st. Brendan, who lived
between the years 4S4 and SIT. The
saint was great missionary and trav
eler, and legend has it that he sailed
westward in the company of a mum
Der of other monks with the result
that he landed on a part of the earth
that must be our America Many ar
guments are advanced in support oil
this contention. One is that the Morse
men in their journeyings found lane
that was called Greater Ireland;
others assert as proof the fact thai
St Brendan mentions certain foreign
animals opH ploptc hot pyo,o - ~