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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
DES MONIES SCHOOLS
BISHOP DRUMM INSTITUTES
SCHOOL BOARD OF PRIESTS,
LAYMEN AND WOMEN TO REG
ULATE ALL SCHOOL MATTERS.

Rt Rev. Bishop Drumm has adj
dressed a pastoral letter to the clergy
and laity of the Des Moines diocese,
announcing the institution of Cath
olic School Board for that city, which
later will be extended to a diocesan
board. The board will consist of a
Bishop, the principals of Catholic
high schools, the pastors of parishes
with schools attached, together with
laynen and women nominated by the
Board and appointed by the Bishop. 5.
The purpose of the Board is to reg.
ulate with authority all matters per-
tanning to- the schools; to coordinate
all into one unified system; to bring
about uniformity of methods. courses,
classes, tests and textbooks; to eX-
anime. adopt and install a common
catechisln; to appoint examiners who
will visit and examine all classes at
least once a year and make reports
to pass upon all matters coming UP
concerning these schools, such for in.
stance as the location, construction
and equipment of new schools, and i'm
provements on existing schools parent,
teacher associations visiting nurses
and the like; to meet at stated in.
tervals. make. discuss, apply or reject
recommendations; in word, to be a
clearing: house for all Catholic school
questions; and to print a detailed re.
port of NIL schools uHder its jurisdic
ton at the end of each scholastic year
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
4 UNIQUE CONFERENCE
IRISH PRISONERS ORGANIZE
BRANCH OF ST. VINCENT
De PAUL.

Archbishop Gilmartin, addressing his
people in Westport, Ireland, said:
you are Catholics first and politicians
afterwards. You recognize that while
nationality is noble sentiment and
great deal, Christianity transcends
politics and nationality That the
Catholics of Ireland live up to the ideal
put before them by His Grace is ex-
emplitied by two incidents.
In the detention Camp at Ballykin-
lar, County Down, there are over 1000
political prisoners informed. They are
allowed to associate together. One of
the first acts of the prisoners was to
establish Conference of the st. Vim
cent de Paul Society Many of the
prisoners were. before their arrest,
members of the society, and devoted
part of their leisure hours to the relief
of the poor. With the sanction of the
Irish Council of the Society, they form
ed the Conference at the Camp AS
they are unable in their interment to
visit the poor, they have adopted GER
tain spiritual exercises for the gen,
eral good of the members of the Camp
They have established the Alteration
of the Blessed Sacrament They dis
tribute beads, prayer books and scapu
lars to such members of the camp as
need them, They organized on Christ
mas morning a full attendance of the
Catholic prisoners at Holy Commun
ion, and 900 approached the altar.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
GERMAN SCHOOLS
CATHOLICS STRUGGLE FOR
RiGHTS-GERMAN BISHOPS Pc
TiTloN PARLIAMENT ON EDU.
CATION

In anticipation of struggle in de-
tense of Catholic education, this year
the Bishops of Germany, appealing to
the provisions of the national consti
tuition, have submitted a petition to
Parliament and presented the claims
of the Church and of Catholic parents
to religious instruction for children
The Bishops set forth the Catholic
view of education, which, they con
tend, should everywhere embrace NOR
al as well as mental culture. Their
position as representatives of the
Church and the Catholic body is clear
ly and unequivocally defined.
The confessional peoples schools
are the best for Catholic children
they hold. They point out that these
schools exist in every community
where parents desire them to be es
tablished or maintained, and that they
should not be sighted in favor of the
Simultan (combination) schools. The
same, the Bishops say, applies to the
Catholic high schools.
To avoid conflicts over the ques
ton, the present confessional schools
must be recognized as sanctioned by
the national constitution in all cases
in which the parents want them
The expression, proper manage
ment," must not be construed as ar
impeachment to the establishment anC
conduct of confessional schools, the
Bishops declared. On the contrary
such schools are always to be estab
lished if a sufficient number of pa
rents desire-this number to be deter
mined in accordance with the law
Private confessional schools, thu
Bishops demand, shall be supported
as far as possible by the parents, bu
the state must contribute some ofs2ths
cost of them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
RUSSIAN CONVERTS
COUNTESS AND THREE CHILDREN
EMBRACE CATHOLIC FAITH
..s IN ROME

Countess Maria Fumasoni-Biondi
and her three children, Leone, Juri
and MUSIC, on January 4, made their
solemn profession of Catholic faith in
the: Church of the Sisters OF the Sa-
cred Heart, in Rome. The Countess,
who comes of noble Russian family,
had been contemplating this step for
some time.
The ceremony was conducted by
Cardinal Granite Pignatelli di Bel
monte, Bishop of Albano, who, before
the reading of the ritual formula, de-
livered short address in which he
pointed out the significance of the
beautiful ceremony. The Countess
and her children, kneeling before the
Prince of the Church, then read the
profession of faith and accomplished
the prescribed acts.
The Russian priest, Father Evrein-
off, then celebrated Mass according to
the Greek rite, and administered Holy
Communion under the two species, &C,
cording to this rite.
The ceremony was. witnessed by
Cardinals Camassei and Marini, by
the Princess Wolkonski and Count
Bobrincki and many notable persons
from the Russian colony in Rome.
The same morning the Countess
Fumasoni was received in private au.
dience by the Holy Father, who after
speaking few kindly words, gave to
her and her three children some
beautiful rosaries in memory of the
happy occasion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05

he actually disbelieves in each one OF
these dogmas?
II a Catholic misses his Easter duty
and then marries divorce (who has
never been baptized) out Of the
Church, and she would willingly be.
| come Catholic, in what way could
he, or both of them, be taken into the
| Church?
The first thing to do is to see your
pastor and explain the case to him
1t will have to be presented to him In
the end, and it is better, to consult
him at once. The Catholic Church
does not recognize your marriage
with a divorced person, The law of
God is very clear in the matter: "And
hesthat marrieth her that is put away,
committeth adultery" This is Christ s
teaching in the first three Gospels.
You cannot be received back to the
Church while you are living in state
| of mortal sin. You must either prove
| that the first marriage of your di.
| vorcee was not valid marriage (for
you say that she was never baptized)
or you must separate from her. When
that is done, you may be received
back to the Church on your sincere
confession and atonement for what.
| ever scandal you have given. In her
case, she could then be received into
| the Church after course of instruc-
| tions, and when she has given evi.
dence that she has the true faith, that
she believes that the Catholic Church
is the one true Church of God. A Wis.
it to your pastor will inform you of
your duty in this matter and will be
the easiest step out of your present
pre1icament
Is there such thing as selling your
soul to the devil?
One could, maliciously and bias.
/, phemously, enter into some sort OF
agreement with the demon that if a
| certain unlawful gain were received
or certain illicit pleasure were Civ.
en-, or a certain sinful end were at.
| tanned, the devil could have the soul
of the sinner in question. This is a
possible suppOsition, and we believe
that legend records one or two ex.
| amples of the transaction. 1t would
not amount to the actual selling OF
the soul in question, because the grace
of God is always active, and the per.
son could repent. The only time that
the demon obtains actual and ire,
vocable possession of soul is when
that soul is condemned to hell. In
your case, it was merely q wild and
irrational thought that flashed through
your mind, and you had better forget
all about it..
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
CHURCH AND MUSIC
DR.. ELIOT PAYS TRIBUTE TIC
CATHOLIC TEACHING OF
MUSIC.

The success of the Catholic Church
in teaching music was cited by DIR
Charles Eliot, president emeritus OF
Harvard University, to support his
contention in the course of an address
in Boston, before the New England
Educational Conference, that "some
very important changes are needed in
American schools" Dr. Eliot was one
of several speakers art the Conference
which was attended by Right Rev
Sebastian Walsh, Bishop of Portland
and other Catholic educators.
Next to the immediate concern fo1
the physical training of the people, DIR
Eliot said, should be that for better
systems of teaching in both public and
private schools. He said:
Il think it fundamental that we
have new methods of instruction, new
methods of discipline, new methods oil
training. We should make the train
ing of the senses a prime object every
day. We should teach every child to
draw, to model. to sing, to read mu
sic. We must not feel that the teach
ing Of music is impossible. The his.
tory of music in the Catholic Church
demonstrates that, and the singing OF
hymns in many of the religious demon
nations shows that it can be done
Music, one of the delights of life, has
been neglected in our American
schools"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
SECRET SOCIETIES
IMPOSE OBEDIENCE WITHOUT
PREVIOUS kNoWLEDGE-sUc
= SOCIETIES ARE CONDEMNED
BY LEARNED JESUIT.

(By N. C. w. c: News Service).
Rev. Peter Finlay. S. j., has in the
latest of his theological addresses
dealt with the sinfuiness of member.
ship in secret societies. First. he
takes the Society of Freemasons.
Membership of that body is of itself
immoral; and, furthermore, it is for
hidden under the gravest obligation
and penalties by the Church
!. Here in Ireland" he said, I'VE have
had experience of similar oath bound,
secret organizations in our own time. -
The immortality of such secret, Or
CARNATIONS and the consequent i'm
morality of the oath by which mem
bers may be bound to them arose from
the every nature of the organizations
themselves, he continued. A Catholic
joining religious order had from
one to two, perhaps seven or eight
years, during which he could study
it from within, before binding himself
to it irrevocably. In the case of Sc
cret societies, admission precedes all
real knowledge: in entering you
pledge yourself to the unknown. In
a Catholic Religious Order you enter
q body approved of by the public au-
thority of the Church to whom Rules
and Constitution have been submitted,
by whom they have been confirmed;
who controls all the orders activi-
ties. In secret society there is
neither approval nor control by any
public authority. civil or religious.
When you take the oath or VOWS
of religious order you bind yourself
only according to the Rules and Con-
stitution' which the Church has sane
toned.
When YOU make oath in z secret
society, you lbind yourself unreserycd.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
HEIIY GREEN'S SON
col. GREEN GIVES $4,000 Tt
FoRDHAM UNIVERSITY. =

Colonel E. Fl. Green, son of the late
Hetty Green, has given $4,000 to the
Fordham University fund, bringing the
total 10 s201,5i9,
Although ! am not of the Catholic
faith said Colonel Green in announc.
ing the gift at luncheon at the Bank.
ers' Club, Il appreciate the great work
that is being done at Fordham Uniyer.
sity and the dire need of new build
ings and additional equipment to car
ry on that work
The Very Rev. Wflliam McNufty
pastor of St. Johns Church at Pater
son., H.. j. and Fordham's oldest liy
ing alumnns, contributed $500 to The
fund ON his 92d BIZ sEgay, itc srattl
ntcd in 1853, -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05

Is it sin to dance on Sunday eve.
nins7 What is your opinion as to
dancing on Saturday night?
The question of dancing has been
treated in this column on many occa.
sions. Briefly, dancing in itself is
not sin; it is merely an expression
of joy. At the same time this expires.
sion may take on manifold aspects
it may become sinfully insinuating. al
luringly evil or downright indecent
as so many dances of today unmistak,
ably are. The fact that apparently de-
cent or Catholic girls take part in an
indecent dance does not by any means
purify the dance itself, nor does it
leave the girl pure. AS regards in.
dulging in this pastime on Saturday
or Sunday. there is nothing wrong in
the act itself, providing that from 9th
er standpoints it be proper. A public
dance on Sunday evening, however,
usually is looked upon as lowering the
standard of observance of the Lords
Day. Saturday night dances are a
curse, although too often are they
given thoughtlcssly-or defiantly-by
certain Catholic societies. The reason
for opposing them is found in the too
ready excuse for missing Mass the
following day, an excuse eagerly
grasped by the lukewarm Catholic,
and sometimes resorted to by the 9th.
erwise sensible person.
Is it wrong for 4 Catholic girl to
sing in a Protestant church and &C.
cept money on Sunday, after attend.
ing Mass and other duties at her own
church? .s....
We do not care to utter final de-
cree on this subject, for the simple
reason that we have not the authori-
". The Church strictly forbids Cath
olics to take active part in any non
Catholic ceremonies or services of re-
ligion. This is clear. Some Catholics
who sing in non-Catholic churches af-
firm that they are simply a musical
feature of the service, but that they
do not actually participate in the re,
ligious service. This is rather fine
distinction and may sometimes hold
good. To sing liturgical parts of the
non-Catholic service, however, seems
to be really taking an active part in
that service: otherwise, what is it?
An analogous anomaly is seen in hav'
ing a n-Catholic sing the words OF
the Credo, for instance, at our Catho'
lie service. Is there not tinge OF
mockery in Il non.Catholic's proclaim
ing before the congregation in a Cath
olic church, Il believe in the Holy
Catholic Church, the Communion OF
Saints, the forgiveness OF sins" when
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
MELT AWAY B|GOTRy
ILL FEELING IN SOUTH BEING
LESSENED BY MISSiONARiES-
WORK DONE BY CATHOLICS
FOR CHILDREN SoFTENs PA
RENTS PREJUDicEs

How bigotry in the South is being
conquered through the faith of little
children is inspiringly illustrated in
the little town Of Cottonton, Ala, set
in a missionary field that for years
resisted every advance of the true
faith, and which even now numbers
only one hundred and fifty Catholics
in six thousand square miles.
Here, five years ago, the mission
airy sisters in lay garb found every
door closed against them and were
forced to seek aims and asylum in an.
other city. Today they have estab'
lished a fIourishing school, the Bless.
ed Trinity Academy, which numbers
five hundred children. With few Elk
eeptions these children are non-Cath
olics, many of them the offspring OF
fathers and mothers who few years
ago could hardly tolerate the mention
of priest or the sight Of mission
airy sister.
Difficulties in Starting Mission
Cottonton is scarcely more than a
dot on the map of Russell County
and lies in the diocese of Mobile, close
to where the Chattahoochee separates
Alabama from Georgia. 1t is served
from the Vincentian Mission in Opel
ika, town of $500, in Lee County
where the Rev. Thomas A. Judge and
four assistants have established St
Mary's Mission House. From this
base Of operations the Vincentians
take care of four missions and seven
stations, scattered through seven
counties. At Phoenix City, in Lee
County, the Missionary Servants OF
the Blessed Trinity have another
school, with registration of one hun
dred and fifty boys and one hundred
girls, of whom scarcely a dozen are
Catholics.
In this section of Alabama bigotrs
seems to be almost a blood condition
Repeated efforts on the parts of zeal
GUS and resourceful missionary priests
even to establish friendly relations
with the people repeatedly failed. The
ignorance and provineialism of many
of the natives left them a prey fol
years to activity of fanatical preach
ers and unprincipled politicians.
Finally there was only one resource
left. That was the use of lay cate
chists. Generous and jealous men
and women were engaged in the work
The young men, in order to establish
contact with the people, went into bust
ness. They for1nd friendly relations
with tradesmen, mechanics, bankers
| and professional men.
But the missionary Sisters, garbed
in lay dress, did even more notable
and successful work. Two of them
came TO Cottonton five years ago
They wanted to establish a school
Violent opposition met them, threats
and ISLANDERS were employed to drive
them away. It seemed as though
their efforts were to be in vain.
Then came opportunity Three lit
tie ones from the North were brough
by their parents into the district
Here were charges for the Sisters ant
a. school was established Like thu
grain OF mustard seed it grew. Nov
it is a social center for the surround
ing territory and in four years, hun
,,reds of children. the majority @
lf,c;l non Catholics. have conc untinl
sheir control, They have started a.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05

~ to obey all directions whatsoever;
and even should your oath contain
the saving word lawful 1t is the
chiefs of the society who must judge
of the iaWfnlness; you may not Judge
for yourself, nor may you seek the
Judgment Of the Church or of the
State. And it is in this mainly that
the immortality and sinfulness of mem
bership Of a secret society consists. A
member of such society gives him.
self over blindly into the hands OF I'M
disclosed irresponsible superiors. He
may be called upon to violate the very
grayest obligations. imposed on him by
natural, civil, ecclesiastical, and di-
vine law, and, however horrible the
sin the member had promised, had
even sworn soIemnly before God, to
pcrpctrafc t. Membership Il, such u
society IS rfUrbtddem by the natural
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
CATHOLIC HISTORIANS
CATHOLIC HISTORY SOclETYS
MEETING IN NEW YORK.

The annual meeting of the United
States Catholic Historical Society will
be held in New York Monday, Febru-
airy Z, at the Catholic Club. The Hon.
Maurice Francis Egan, who will make
the address of the evening, will speak
on James A. McMaster, Editor of the
Freeman's Journal" Election of Off.
GERS will be held during the evening.
The society has already announced
the subject of its third annual essay
contest, which will be competed for
by students in Catholic colleges of the
United States. The subject is: MAR
garet Brent, the First Suffragist and
Some Other Women Leaders in Cath.
Ollie American Annals"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
THE Lost VASE

The $4,000 Sevres vase, lost in tran
sit after it's presentation by the presi-
dent Of France to James A. Flaherty,
supreme knight of the Knights of Co
lumbus, has been found in Constanti-
nople, a message received January 28
said. 1t had been placed by mistake
in shipment OF furnishings for the
knights club there.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
MRS. MAURICE F. EGAN

Mrs. Maurice Francis Egan, wife OF
the former United States minister to
Denmark. died of pneumonia January
20, at the home Of her son-in-law, G..
A. O'Reiny, Of brooklyn Mrs. Egan
formerly was Miss Katharine Mullin
OF PHILADELPHIA
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
EXCAVATION IN PALESTINE

Excavations at Beth-Shan, in the
Valley of Megiddo, Palestine, will be
undertaken next June by the Museum
of the University of Pennsylvania, in
the expectation of unearthing relics
that will throw additional light on the
early history of that part of the Lee
want.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05

and divine laws, even though its OBJ
ject be rightful and deserving of all
praise.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05

1t is not necessary for all men to
pc. great in action The greatest and
snl..ilnea.t nnNers IA often r1fnufe
patience. Horace Bushnell,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
THE JUGO-SLAvS
CATHOLIC LOSSES IN JUGo-SLA.i
VIA. GIVE CONCERN DisQUiET-
ING INTERPRETATION or ELEc-
TON RESULTS BY LIBERAL
ORGANS, -
BY Dr.. Frederick Funder.
editor Vienna "Reichspost"1

&EotLOE SnSt~tSFSSA
Approximations felt by the Catholic
public of Jugo-Slavia have been justifi-
ed by the outcome of the recent cleo
lions. The old Catholic party of that
country, after achieving one victory
after another under the leadership
first of Canon Kuhn and subsequently
of DR.. Sustersic and DR.. Krek, has ex-
perienced depressing failure. Out OF
40 mandates in Slayonia the Catholic
party now has but fifteen.
The chauvinism to which SO many
became prey in the last year, induc-
ed many notable Catholics-even some
of the clergy-to retire from political
life and devote themselves solely. to
religious activities. Many of them, un.
able to share the hopes held out for
the new development, found it ad-
visable to assume a waiting attitude.
Others sought to rival the liberal par.
ties in their ecstasies of natiOnalism,
| fattering themselves, apparently, that
this would result in an understanding
with Serbian Orthodoxy and ultimate.
| ~ LII a. lCuDloh vi. LuuL NoA4AAAAAAaSAs
| with the Catholic Church.
Boasts Of the Liberal Organs.
Keen disappointment is felt by those
who now read of the triumph of anti.
clericalism The liberal organ, Sloven.
ski Narod, boasts of the defeat of these
hopes of consolidation. This publica'
ton declares that the Slavonians and
Croatians have finally entered the
Oriental sphere of culture" and that
"Jugo-Slavia is celebrating striking
victory of Orthodoxy over Roman
| Christianity" This wholesale defec'
ton of Catholics is not accepted as a
| fact or probability by Catholic &c
clesiastics or publications. The Cor
respondenzblatt fur den Katholischen
Clerus holds that there is surely nc
danger at present to threaten the Cath
| Ollie public"
| There is some justification for these
| forebodings. Religious controversies
and troubles are raging in Croatia
Twelve parishes in Croatia have adopt.
ed the party of the so-called Reform
ers, who are preaching a kind OF
Jansenism among Croatian Catholics
They are proclaiming nationalism
within the Church, the popular cleo
ton of the clergy and the abolition OF
celibacy.
Menace of chauvinism.
| Notwithstanding all these condi
tions. the menace to the Church in
| Jugo-Slavia is not so great as it is In
Czecho-Slovakia. First, it must be
noted, the elections in Croatia have
issued in such way that the Croatians
| are practically isolated from the Ortiz
odox Serbs. Moreover, the distinctive
marks of the Catholics in the western
parts of the country will once more
separate them from the Orthodox sec
| tionS of the East.