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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
CARDINAL GIBBONS
HEARD CHRISTMAS MASS IN BED
ASKED TO HAVE CAROLS RE-
PEATED LATER - MESSAGE
FROM POPE.

(By N. C. w. C. News Service.)
Midnight Mass on Christmas day
was celebrated in the room occupied
by Cardinal Gibbons at the home OF
Miss Mary Shriver at Union Mills
Nd, and His Eminence, lying on his
sick bed, devoutly followed the cele
.bration of the Holy Sacrifice by the
Rev. Albert Smith, his secretary.
The occasion marked the first time
in fifty-nine years that His Eminence
was unable to celebrate midnigh,
Mass at Christmas and the first time
in nearly half century that he die
not pontificate.
women from st. Johns Church, West
minister, stationed in the parlor of the
Shriver home, sang the familiar
"Adeste Fideles,' NNoel," "Silen
Night" and other hymns so dear tt
Catholic hearts at the holy season
The Cardinals face lighted up as he
listened to the carols, which, at his
request, were repeated at the end O
the Mass
Hundreds of messages from his
friends were received by the Cardina
at Christmas, including cablegram
from His Holiness, Pope Benedict
which read:
"His Holiness begs of the Lore
every grace and comfort to Your Em
inence, who in your laborious life have
rendered such service to the Church
He sends to you with paternal affec
ton His special Apostolic Benedic
tion."
The Cardina! is also in receipt of ;
message from King Albert of Belgium
which says:
Il send you my best wishes for th'
restoration of your health, so precious
to all the Belgians."
Cablegrams from Rome indicate tha
the Holy Father is praying daily TO
the recovery of the Cardinal and tha
Mass is offered daily for him in SAINT;
Maria in Trastevere, Cardinal Gibbons
titular church in Rome.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
LABOR AND JUSTICE
Dr.. RYAN ADDRESSES WORKERS
IN NEW YORK.

(By N. c. w. C. News Seryice.) !.
Trade unions must fight as hard as
they know how against the attempt
to destroy them, and all friends of JUS
tiee must redouble their efforts to i'm
prove conditions of employment by
legislation, declared the Rev. John A.
Ryan of the Department of Social Ac-
tion of the National Catholic Welfare
Council in speaking before the Ameri.
can Association for Labor Legislation
in New York last week.
Doctor Ryan spoke on "State Inter-
vention VS.. Industrial Autocracy." He
advocated a considerable measure of
the ownership of the tools Of produc-
ton by the workers, to be brought
about by cooperative organizations.
Rabbi Stephen s. Wise of the Free
Synagogue of New York and Whiting
Williams, former vice-president of the
Hydraulic Pressed Steel Company,
were among the other speakers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
DEFENDS PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS

Gus performance of the duties of citi-
zenship in our democracy.
| "The State and society should as
nearly as possible remove all obstacles
that stand in the way of any and all
children in taking full advantage of
the opportunities for education offered.
and should guarantee to every child
opportunities for education at least as
good as those offered by the State and
local community in which the child
lives.
i do not, however, believe that the
State should deny the right of indiyid.
uals in societies to establish and main
tain schools for the education of chill.
dren at other than public cost. Nor
do believe the State should prevent
or attempt to prevent parents or
guardians from sending their children
to other than unsupported and State
controlled schools.
Perfect freedom in the establish
ment and maintenance of schools and
in sending children to other than pub.
!, lie schools is, | believe, in thorough
accord with the principles of our
American democracy, and should be
maintained. | believe, however, the
State has right to require parents
to send their children to public schools
unless at home or elsewhere they
make provisions for their education at
least as good as that offered by the
public schools, and that it is the duty
of the State to make such inspection
of all private and parochial schools as
| may be necessary to make sure that
| the schools which children are per-
mitted to attend in lieu of the public
schools are substantially as good as
| the public schools, and that they offer
instruction in those subjects which
are generally considered necessary for
good and intelligent citizenship and
for successful living in our democracy.
"All schools, whether public or pri.
yate, should be required to give in.
struction in the English language
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
TO CARE FOR ITALIANS

1t is announced that henceforth the
Holy See will not permit Italian secu-
lar priests to undertake work among
immigrants until first they have had
the requisite training in the Pontifical
College. If, as it is easy to imagine,
foreign Bishops do not confide to the
care of any other secular Italian
priests the spiritual direction of i'm
migrants, but limit all such appoint
ments to those coming from this col
lege, it is believed that the moral and
religious welfare of the immigrants
will be better insured.
When foreign Bishops have need of
priests to work among Italian immi-
grants, they have now but to turn to
the Bishop for Italian immigration. He
will seek to meet their requirements
by providing well trained and discip-
lined priests, speaking the language
of the country to which they are as
signed, conversant with it's laws and
customs, and more or less prepared to
take an active part in the life of the
community in which they are to serve.
Counts on Aid of Ordinaries.
1t is realized that the work of super
vising these priests when they are in
foreign lands is difficult, but Monsign-
or Cerrati will count very much on
the aid which will be given by the 10.
! cal Bishops, under whose jurisdiction
the priests while on duty outside of
Rome will be placed Monsignor Ger.
rati makes plain that they have been
his institution. The DEGREES of the
Sacred College of the Consistory are
still in full effect.
In Italy, Monsignor Cerrati said
| there is much to do in co-ordinating
| the various efforts for the protection
of immigrants. 1t would appear thai
the present number is insufficient fol
the needs, and it will be necessary tt
add others so that the immigrants viii
find offices, bureaus of information
secretaries and other helps to direct
aid and accompany them, and to save
them from the vampires who, in Italy
as elsewhere, attempt to defraud them
i In, American ports of entry as
sistance is greatly needed. Some ex
cellent labor has been performed b,
Catholic organizations, but it is con
ceded that much more is necessary
This the National Catholic Welfar
!, Council will undertake. 1t is to thi
| task of bringing about cooperation
between his Office and American orgar
izations that Monsignor Cerrati vii
: give special personal attention durin
his visit to the United States.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
An ITALIAN MINISTER
ITALIAN JOINS PAPAL ENVOY IN
VIENNA.

News that Marquis della Torreta
Italian Minister at Vienna, participat
ed in the official reception given by
the Papal Nuncio in honor of the new
President of the Austrian Republic
has created a considerable impression
in Rome, being the first time an Ital
ian diplomat has officially recognized
representative of the P0ntiff abroad
It is recalled that Marquis della Tor
reta's relations with Mgr. Cerretti
Papa1 Secretary of State, during the
Paris peace conference, were excel
lent, and that later he shared his
scanty supplies with Mgr Valfre d
Bonzo, now Cardinal and formerl,
Nuncio at Vienna, during the wors
period of famine there.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
GERMAN M|Ss|ONERS
NEEDED IN Brazil

German missionary priests, many OF
whom have been evicted from the
fields of years of service by allied pow
ers, will find fruitful field of labor in
South America, especially in Brazil
In Santarem and North Brazil, where
the Franciscans conduct their mis-
sions, it has been found very difficult
to secure vocations among the natives
and plans have been now made FOL
the establishment of missionary col
lege in the old Saxon province of Ger
many which will supply workers fol
their sterritery. 1t is estimated that
this province already has sent close to
two hundred workers into this field.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
CHAPLAIN TO SENATE
FATHER HARRINGTON OF ST
PAUL WAS APPOINTED LAST
MONDAY.

At a meeting of the American Leg.
ion committee in st. Paul last Mon.
day evening, Rev. William Harrington
was chosen as Chaplain to the Min.
nesota State Senate. He officiated at
the opening of the new Senate on
Tuesday, when the Legion choice was
ratified by the Senate.
Father Harrington, assistant at St
Luke's Church, st. Paul, is also state
chaplain of the Legion. He was on
the Mexican border for one year with
the First Minnesota, and when this
unit became the 151st Field Artillery
Father Harrington accompanied the
unit to France and was the regimen.
tai chaplain all through the war. He
saw 1877 continuous days of fighting,
He is one of the most popular and
best liked army chaplains Minnesota
has ever had.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
CATHOLIC WOMEN's COUNCIL
WOMEN OF ST. LOUIS DIOCESE
TO MEET. E

(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Catholic women of the diocese of st.
Louis will meet on January IL, at the
call of Mrs. w. T. Donovan, first vice
president of the National Council of
Catholic Women, and representative
of the st. Louis province on the nation
al board of directors, for the purpose
of securing the affiliation of Catholic
organizations of the diocese with the
National Council of Catholic Women.
Archbishop John J. Glennon will ad-
dress the meeting. More than one
hundred pastors of st. Louis and near.
by territory have been invited to send
two representatives from their par.
ishes to the meeting and in addition
there will be two delegates from each
society, sodality and association in the
diocese.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
IN. C. w. c. Special Cable.)

The Holy Father last week issued
four pronouncements of the highest
Importance to the secular as we'll as
to the ecclesiastical world. The first
dealt with the recalcitrant priests OF
Czecho-Slovakia; the second, with the
unsatisfactory execution of the Treaty
of Versailles; the third, with evils now
besetting society; and the fourth, with
spiritual dangers created for Catho
lies by the Y. NJ. C. A. and similar
organizations.
Czech Priests Union.
In the allocution on the subject OF
the Priests Union in Czecho-Slovakia
the Holy Father condemned the organ
ization as schismatic, and declared
that the Church will never abolish or
mitigate the law of celibacy for the
clergy, and will never introduce so
called democratic" reforms into her
discipline The Pope praises the
priests of German nationality and
those CzechO-Slovak clergy who aban'
dOned the union; and he expressed the
hope that others will follow their ex'
ample.
Missions Harmeo ny Allies.
The Holy Father deplores the diff,
culties imposed on Catholic missions
by the execution of the Versailles
Treaty. A spirit of equity, he says
marked the formulation of the arti
cles of the treaty affecting missions
but a like spirit has not characterized
their execution. The Pope declares
that he has protested repeatedly, with
out, however, obtaining the results de
sired. He now denounces the painful
condition and holds that, in the inter
est of religion, civilization and human
ity, the Catholic missions should not
be molested.
Five Wounds of Society.
In receiving members of the pom
tifical Court on Christmas morning
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
FEDERAL COMMISSIONER cLAx
TON OPPOSED TO ATTEMPT To
ABOLISH THEM RIFE c 7
FREEDOM NEcEssARY-No OBJ
sTAcLE MUST BE PLACED IN
THE WAY or EDUCATING THE
CHILD.

Opposition to the doctrine that the
State shall deny the right of indi-
viduals and societies to establish and
maintain schools for the education of
children at other than public cost is
made by P. P. Claxton, federal com
missioner of education, in a signed
article in School Life. This publica.
ton is issued by the department of
interior, board of education
This statement by Mr.. Claxton, a
man who has made his life's work a
study of education, fouts the argu-
ments of those bigots in Michigan who
sought to abolish the parochial and
private schools in that state, who stir.
red up strife and who forced Catholics
and Lutherans to spend many thou
sands of dollars in defense of their
rights. In his article, Mr.. Claxton
says:
Il believe most fully in the Ameri.
can public school, its purposes and
principles. 1t is the duty of every
State to make it's public school system
as effective as it can be made, and the
duty of all citizens to cooperate hearti.
ly to this end, first by providing good
legislation and good administration,
and, second, by paying willingly all the
taxes necessary for it. The State is
under obligation to itself and to the
people of the State to provide as near.
ly as possible full and equal oppor.
tunity for all the children for the edu
cation necessary for individual devel
opment. for industrial and economic
efficiency and for the wise and virtu
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
PONTIFF DISCUSSES PROBLEMS

the Holy Father replied to the address
Of felicitation made by Cardinal Va
nutelli, Dean of the Sacred College, by
declaring that five wounds are now
affecting society: Denial of author.
ity, animosity of brother toward broth
er; frantic pursuit of pleasure; disgust
for work; and forgetfulness' of the
supernatural end of man.
The remedy for these evils, the
Pope said, is the teaching of the gos-
pei, which alone can bring about or
der and the true rehabilitation of So
ciety. His Holiness declared that,
ever recalling the lessons of the gos-
pei, he will fulfill his own duty and
cooperate for the Christian reconcilia.
tion of peoples.
indifferentism of Y. M. C. A.
The Pope issued decree through
the Holy Office, inviting bishops to
give their attention to lay organiza-
tions promoting, under the pretext of
sport and culture, religious indiffer-
entism among youth. He indicated by
name the Y. M. C. A.
''This society,"" says Pope Benedict,
displays sincere love for young men
but corrupts their faith while pretend
ing to purify it, teaching conception
of life above all churches and outside
every religious confession"
Catholic Propaganda.
In the presence of the Pope on We'd
nesday was published decree con-
firming the heroic virtues of Veneer
able Bellarmine. His Holiness took
occasion to recall the duty of Catholic
propaganda and the necessity of op-
posing the adversaries of Catholic
schools with papers, reviews, and con-
ferences, and of training propagan-
dists expert in doctrine and exemplary
in life.
Huge Sum for Charity.
The contributions of the Holy Fa-
ther this year for the relief of the
starving and suffering children in diff
ferent countries of Europe exceeded
fifteen million lire fnormally $9,000,-
000), according to the report just pub
lished. Four million lire were given
by the Holy Father to Germany; and
one million lire each to Hungary and
Czecho- Slovakia. Lesser sums were
contributed to other afflicted coun-
tries. Contributions to the Pope's
fund for this work of relief came from
all over the world.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
!. THE VATICAN LIBRARY
CARDINAL GAsGUET's QUEST FOR
.a DOCUMENTS TAKEN FROM
VATICAN.
(By N. C. w. G. News service.)

(By N. c.. w. G. News Service.)
Cardinal Gasauet, who, through the
reorganization Of the personnel of the
Vatican Library, has assumed the title
of "Archivist of the Holy See" is max
ing great efforts to secure the return
to the library of many important doctl'
ments which were long ago taken
away from the archives. He conclud'
ed a favorable exchange with the
Italian State Archives last spring, and
is now turning his attention to other
countries that are known to have docu
ments of value which formerly belong
ed to Rome. f.sa ,s..
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
No MIDNIGHT MASSES
IRELAND SUsPENDS USUAL Gus
TOM THIS YEAR.

The celebration of midnight Mass in
Ireland was rendered impossible this
year. To many people it meant TAX
ing the most important feature out OF
their observance Of the feast. Other
wise church arrangements underwent
no change.
Dublin churches were visited by
thousands on Christmas Eve. Pulpit
pronouncements exhorted people te
pray to the Prince of Peace so that
they may enter the new year with the
fortitude necessary to bear their cross
until He relieves and delivers them
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
VATICAN APPOINTS BISHOP IN
CHARGE OF EMlGRATloN-RT.
REV. MICHELE cERRATPS PLANS
INCLUDE A VISIT TO UNITED
STATES.
(By N. C. w. C. News Service.)

(By N. C. w. c. News Service.)
Monsignor Michele Cerrati, who was
recently consecrated for the Titular
See of Lidda, and subsequently ap-
pointed Bishop for italian Emigration,
expects to visit the United States next
autumn to study conditions there and
make provision for the better religious
care of Catholics from Italy.
In discussing the steps recently TAX
en- by the National Catholic Welfare
Council to safeguard and assist i'm
migrants arriving in the United States,
Monsignor Cerrati manifested the
keenest interest in this program and
expressed a sincere desire to cooper
ate in it's realization.
How Work viii Be Carried On.
Chief among the duties of the new
Bishop for Italian immigration will be
the creation of an ecclesiastical per-
sonnel for the spiritual direction OF
Italians throughout the world and to
supervise the work of priests assigned
to that ministry. 1t is felt that this
ministry can be performed adequate
ly and successfully only with the col
laboration of the local Ordinaries, with
whom it is Monsignor Cerrati's inten
tion to keep constantly in touch. The
coordination in Italy of the various
enterprises and organizations which
have for their object the assisting OF
Italian emigrants is next in lmpor
tance among his duties.
The selection of priests adopted ant
trained for this particular form or mis-
sionary activity is regarded as deli
cate and difficult task. 1t was TO pre-
mare priests for just such labor tina
the tate Pope Plus X planned Ponti
fical college in Rome. The war inter
vened to prevent it's establishment
since the close of the war, His Hol1
ness. Benedict XIV, undertook to hastel
the fulfillment of his predecessor
hopes, and the college is now In eS
istence and operation. The Institution
is situated in the center of Rome, NC
70 Via della Scrofa. Under the dlree
tion OF Cardinal de Lai a section
the ancient but magnificent palace i
which the college is quartered ha
been remodeled and equipped wit
eyery necessary convenience and al
pointment
To this college will be sent all thos
oriests who intend to labor among in
migrants. Here they will receiv
training especially designed to fit thel
for missionary endeayors. All VIII
enter must come specially recommend
ed by their respective Bishops, and /
the event they fail to give proof
snecial aptitude for missionary life
foreign countries, they will be return
ssd to their local dioceses.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
PRIEST WAS COMMANDER OF
FRENCH TROOPS BURIED ALIVE
DEFENDING vERDUN-ARBE Po-
LlMANN STANDS NEXT TO
PRESIDENT MlLLERAND AT DED.
TcATion OF MONUMENT PRovID-
ED BY.AMERicAN.
(By N. c.. w. C. News Service. }

(By N. c. w. C. News Service.)
When Able Polimann stood beside
President Millerand at the dedication
few days ago Of the monument erect
ed near Verdun to the heroes of Dou-
aumont who, on Whitsunday, 1916,
were buried alive as they stood in
their trench, their fixed bayonets pro-
truding from the earth which covered
them, it became generally known, for
the first time, that a Catholic priest
had been the leader of this heroic
troop.
The Whitsunday calamity in 1916
was one of the most remarkable and
shocking tragedies of the war. In the
terrible fighting before Verdun in the
spring of 1915, the 18th Regiment of
Infantry was unit of the French
armies, which for weeks battled the
German hosts and saved the city from
capture. The Third Company of this
Regiment was commanded by Able
Polimann.
Troops Buried Alive.
For two days before Whitsunday
(June 12) the 18th Regiment stood
on the firing line, without shelter from
the fiery rain of projectiles. They
made the fiercest defense against the
enemy's many attacks, though they
saw their battalions dwindling away
The order was to hold the ground al
any cost. When no ammunition re
|: NAMED, Father Polimann commanded
his men to defend themselves with
their bayonets. and they waited fol
| the next assault. A new yolley oil
shells ploughed the ground and buried
alive those who had escaped death
from the explosions.
A few of these heroes (among them
Father Polimann, who had been the
soul of the defense) were only partly
covered by the earth. When the enemy
occupied this terrain which they had
at last taken at such a heavy cost to
themselves and the French, the survi
ivors were drawn from the trench an6
made prisoners.
American Gave Monument.
| A short time after the armistfce al
American-G George F. Rand-visitet
the battlefields and happened to pas:
the very spot where this superhumar
drama was enacted. He saw the bayo
nets and was struck with admiration
when the story of the heroic death o
these infantrymen was related to him
Out of slight swelling of the ground
hardly noticeable, the points of th'
bayonets were to be seen in a row tha
marked the length Of the trench.
| When Mr.. Rand returned to Paris h
presented to the French Governmen
i SOC, 900 francs to be expended in tn
!. erection of suitable monument whic
should protect the knall under whic
J the soldiers were buried and be mt
mortal to their heroic sacrifice. TIL
day after making this gift Mr., Ran
was killed while flying by airplan
from Paris to London.
The monument which marks tn
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
RuTHtMAN PRIEST DEAD

Very Rev. Michael Balogh, dean or
supervising head of the thirty-five
Ruthenian Greek Catholic churches in
America, died at his home in Cleye-
land, Ohio, December 27, of pneu.
monia. He was SIS years years Of age.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
PETERS PENCE
cHlcAGo'S OFFERING TO POPE
OVER $4,000.

The largest gift Chicago has ever
made to the Holy Father in the an.
nual offering of Peters Pence, is that
announced from the Chancery Office
of the archdiocese as the result of the
Peters Pence collection in all churches
on November 21.
At the present rate of exchange
there goes to Pope Benedict XIV as
the result of this splendid display OF
affectionate generosity, approximately
three and one half million lire, OF
$126,126.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
CARDINAL PORTRAIT

(By n. G. w. c. News Service.)
In testimony of his affection for the
members of the Shriver family, at
whose home he has been frequently
a guest, and of his appreciation OF
many ~kindnesses shown. to him, His
Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, has pre-.
sented to Miss Mary o. Shriver, a
life-size Oil painting of himself. It is
the famous one called "The Thinking
Cardinal"