The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-23
LETTER OF POPE BENEDICT XIV.
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and society than by their cooperation
in correcting corrupted habits. And
if the members of this Order have
given life to many beneficent institu-
tons to help the poor, they will GER
tainly not fail to bring assistance to
their brothers in needs much more
pressing than material ones. And
here We call TO mind the saying of the
Apostle Peter, when he exhorted the
first Christians to offer to Gentiles the
example of really holy life: that
they, considering your good works,
may glorify God on the day when He
shah visit them" LIN the same way.
the franciscan Tertiaries must
spread the good perfume Of Christ,
through the integrity of faith. the in
nocenee of life and the sedulity ofzeal,
that will be an advice and an invita-
ton to straying brothers to come back
to the right path; this is what the
Church exacts and expects from them.
Need More Tertiares.
We trust, therefore, that the forth
coming centenary celebrations will
mark a happy awakening of the Third
Order, and We do not doubt that you,
Venerable Brothers, together with 9TH
er pastors of souls, will employ your
utmost care so that the pious sodali-
ties of Tertiaries may reinyigorate
where they Are languishing, and multi
ply as far as is possible, and that all
may flourish through the observance
of discipline no less than through
number of members. For the prob.
lem is this: to prepare by means OF
numerous groups of believers, through
the imitation of st. Francis, the way
and the return to Christ, in which re-
turn lies every hope of future saliva
tioH What, in fact, the Apostle says
of himself: BE my imitators, as /
am of Christ" can be repeated of him
self by ST. Francis, who, initiating Je-
sus Christ, became faithful copy and
image of Him.
Apostolic Favors Granted.
And to render more faithful this
centenary celebration, agreeing to the
request made by the Ministers Gen.
eral of the three Franciscan families,
very willingly We grant from the
sacred treasury of the Church the fol-
lowing:
l. That in all the Churches where
the Sodality of the Third Order ex-
lists, economically erected, celebrating
in them within one year from the six
teenth of April next, a sacred Iridium
to solemnize this Seventh Centenary,
the Tertiapies may acquire the Plen-
airy Indulgence, under the usual con-
ditions, in each of the three days, and
the others only once; those, besides,
| who, repenting of their sins, shall Wis
| it in said Churches the Most Holy Sac
rament, will gain the Indulgence of
seven years totes quotes.
2. That on the said days, all the
affairs of those churches be privileged
and that during the Iridium, each
priest may celebrate the Mass of St.
| Francis, as votiva pro re gravi ct pub
| lica stimuli causa, observing the general
I rubrics of the Roman Missal, as they
are proposed by the last Vatican edi-
! ton.
8. That all the priests attached to
the said churches, may on those days
bless rosaries, medals and similar sa-
cred objects, applying TO them the
apostolic indulgences, and bless also
the rosaries of Crucifiers and of st.
| Brigida.
And as pledge of celestial favors
| and a token of paternal benevolence,
We impart to you, Venerable Brothers,
and to all the members of the Third
Order, the Apostolic Benediction.
IL Given in Rome, at st. Peters on the
day of the Epiphany of Our Lord
1921, seventh year of Our Pontificate
/ +BENEDICTUS PIP. XIV.