The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
Was Sir William johnson a catho.

The English Who's, Who mentions a
Sir William Johnson, son of a PrOtes
tant minister. 1t does not indicate
that he was a Catholic nor is he men,
toned in the English Catholic Who's
Who.
Could you give list of names of
Catholic Bishops of Meath, ireland?
We have no such list at hand. Per
haps some of our readers may be able
to supply these names.
S Is President obregon of Mexico a
Catholic?
We have never heard that he is,
although it is possible that like most
Mexicans he may have been baptized.
lf it is sin to believe in dreams,
why did St. Joseph interpret them?
Ordinarily it is sin condemned in
the New and the Old Law to believe
in dreams. At times, however, God
may reveal certain things through this
medium, as He did on various occa
sions. When this happens God takes
care TO make it perfectly clear that
the revelation is from Him.
Why is it forbidden to eat meat on
Friday?
Because the Church so commands.
The reason for this prohibition is
found in the, respect for the day on
which Christ died.
Are holy days of obligation and
days of abstinence the same all over
the United States?
They are at present.
is the use of cream allowed in cof
fee at breakfast when one is obliged
to fast?
1t is allowed.
Does the law of fast and abstinence
for Lent cease at noon on Holy Sat
urday?
1t does cease then according to the
new Code of Canon Law.
When are the feast days of SIS.
Lucille, Edna, Irene, Eva?
st. Lucille, June 20; st. Edna, or Ed
ana, July 5; st. Irene, April 3; ST..
Eva, September 6. r. $751;
May a Mason or Odd Fellow be bur.
led in a Catholic cemetery?
Catholic burial is reserved for those
who died in the true faith. The New
Code of Canon Law makes no distinc-
ton as to family lot, although in
some Catholic cemeteries a plot of
ground not conseerated is set aside
for infants who died without baptism.
Is a priest allowed to say Mass for
a deceased Mason or Odd Fellow?
He is not allowed generally speak
ing; although he may offer Mass for
this intention in private way that
if the person died in good faith and
is in Purgatory God may have mercy
on his soul.
Some persons say that woman was
the last thing God created, she does
not possess a soul, and after death
she cannot go to Heaven.
We publish this question merely t.
show how idiotie some persons" can
be.
Did Christ give more power to st.
Peter than to the other apostles?
He did. He commissioned st. Peter
to feed both the lambs and the sheep,
j. e., to care for both clergy and laity.
The Gospels show in many ways. that
ST. Peter: was chosen to head the apos.
toIic college.
II you examine your conscience ev-
cry night and make an act of contri,
ton, do you have to confess those sins
to the priest? -#
The Catholic faith obliges us to con
fess all mortal sins, and strongly ad
vises the confession also of yenial
sins, A practical Catholic confesses
every sin, large and small. One is
not always certain that his act of con
triton is perfect; hence confession OF
all sins is practiced by Catholics.
What are Jews?
They are the descendants of the
chosen peoples of God. In ancient
times. all other nations abandoned the
true religion, the Jews alone adherins
to the belief in one God. They have
always retained this faith in spite o.
persecution. Christ came and abro
gated the Old Law; but the majority
of the Jews refused to receive Him
and the Apostles then turned to the
Gentiles.
What kind of worship do the Jew
practice?
They have ceremonial and forms
of worship towards the one true God
Having rejected Christ as the Redeem
err, they continue to believe and wor
ship even as did their forefathers
They have prayers and sacrifice, blu
not the Christian sacraments or TIN
Mass. The older Jews are very tena
cious of their religion and their faitl
is sincere.
Are Grant, Felix, Virgil and Emil
the names OF saints?
The last three are; Grant is not,