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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
POLES TO GET kEtPsAkEs
TREASURES LONG IN SWlTZER
LAND TO BE RETURNED TO
AFREE POLAND.

The Polish government is arranging
to return to Warsaw about 100000 ma
tional keepsakes removed to Switzer
land in 1772 to prevent their falling
into enemy hands.
When the partition Of Poland be
tween Prussia, Russia and Austria be
came imminent, patriotic Poles be
gan to transfer collections of national
relics to Repperavelle, Switzerland
where they have been preserved fol
nearly $50 years.
Among the relics of old times is a
scepter Of one of the Polish kings
The keepsakes are to be added to the
national museum in Warsaw, which
has been established now that Poland
has regained her freedom.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

Recommendations for positive
aggressiveness along the lines Of
public morality in each commun-
ity," and a vigorous condemnation
Of public dance halls, bad books
and unfit motion pictures, we're
contained in a report submitted by
committee Of the Reformed
Church at it's annual synod at
Asbury Park, N. j., last week.
The report was adopted. Rev. DIR.
Willard D. Brown, author Of the
report, also declared that thirty
five thousand Protestant churches
in the United States are without
pastors and only 1,450 ministers
will be graduated from theological
seminaries to fill these places. He
said that 5000 preachers are
needed each year to fill pastoral
vacancies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

is a clown hiding behind the mask
lof decent man. He is the small
boy who has stolen under the cir
Gus tent, instead of paying his. way
in, and who takes his seat in q box
with the honest patrons.
The nominal Catholic is found
everywhere, and in all ranks.
Luther and Henry VIII and
Renan and host Of other such,
were nominal Catholics. This
abortive type of believer is the
kind for which practical Catholics
are called upon so often to apollo
gize. He is ever ready to substi-
tute criticism for direct action of
a helpful nature. He may pray
with the believer, but he will also
the next day scott with the scoffer.
He assumes that he is called upon
to correct the clergy, to castigate
Catholic editors, to browbeat his
pastor, to belittle our schools, to
ridicule the really pious. He is
ever on the alert to seize leader
ship in a Catholic cause when it
costs him nothing. On the other
hand, he will as often evade his
duty in such a cause If it threatens
to impair his standing with outsid-
.ers.
It is regrettable that some
means could not be devised
something like a Stacker ist-to
Ipillory the nominal Catholic of
high and low degree. No doubt,
were the Admiral spiritual lead
er he would soon purge his flock
lof these rag-tag- and-b obtailers
and there would be one fold and
one shepherd, and the fold would
embrace real sheep and not zebras,
to quote the English Admiral y
Sims.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

the ease with which they may be
approached. Some time ago a
gentleman, speaking of his first
visit to a high dignitary nation
ally known, remarked: Il went
into his presence with fear and
misgiving, but in two minutes |
felt that I had known him many
years. True greatness is great
also. in it's humanness. Had this
gentleman approached one of that
mans assistants his fear would
have been turned into terror and
finally into hatred Of the whole
profession.
Men like Washington, Napoleon,
Lincoln, and countless others of
such high degree, were idolized by
reason of the human, democratic
touch which characterized their
attitude towards even the least of
their followers. Benedict XIV at
once impresses the visitor with his
gentleness and kindness, not the
majesty of his position. Many in
ferior assistants Of all these men,
however, cultivate pose that is
intended to annihilate the by
stander at a glance, but which in
reality stirs resentment or causes
merriment.
No business can long afford to
tolerate the poseur, for he net only
draws down odium upon himself -
which is a negligible factor-but
he creates an atmosphere of posi-
tive repulsion for the cause which
he represents. Many a firm has
lost a good customer through the
insolence Of clerk who was a
DOSeur.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
To revive OLD ORDER
HiERoNYMlTEs, APPROVED IN
18TH CENTURY, WOULD RENEW
ACTIVITIES - ANCIENT RELIC
loUs SOCIETY WAS FAMOUS IN
SPAIN.

Efforts are being made in Spain, we
are told by the Irish Catholic, to re-
store the ancient congregation OF
Hieronymites, one of the religious and
literary glories of that nation in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The superior of the new religious,
Father f. de Albalary Ferreira, has
just gone to Rome, accompanied by
one Of his brethren, to petition the
recognition of the congregation by the
Holy See.
Eventually the new community hope
to make a foundation in the famous
monastery at Yuste, to which the EN-
peror Charles v, on his abdication in
1855, retired, and where he died. The
present owner, the Duke de Balien,
has restored the property to the new
community.
The first center of the Hieronymites
in Spain was the monastery Of San
Bartholomew de Lupeana. The first
prior obtained approval Of the order
from Pope Gregory XI, in 1873. The
order prospered. Charles " held it in
high esteem. In 1889 the Hierony-
mites were given the monastery of
Our Lady of Guadalupe in Estrama-
dura. in which is preserved the image
of the Blessed Virgin, most venerated
throughout Spain. Philip II built on
an elaborate scale the monastery of
St Laurence of the Escorial, In which
the kings of Spain are buried. The
fame Of the library attached to it is
well known. Many members of the
Hieronymite order were raised to the
Episcopacy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
THE FLIRTING CATHOLIC.

The question is sometimes ask
ed: How can a man be a Catho-
lie and socialist? The answer
is: 1t can't be done. True, some
Catholics profess zeal in their
faith while at the same time firt-
ing with socialism or any other
false cult. In this case they are
playing the game both ends from
the middle, and they are bound
sooner or later to fall afoul Of one
or the other system.
Socialism clearly stands as the
great antagonist Of Christianity.
This is evident from the teachings
Of socialists themselves. Chris
tianity is the sworn enemy Of So
cialism, as appears from the doc
trine of the Church, expressed in
letters Of the Supreme Pontiffs, of
the Bishops, and the writings of
recognized Catholic authorities.
That certain men pretend to recon-
Gle the two forms of belief may
be admitted. It is nevertheless
certain that such men misunder-
stand either one system or the
other. At heart they may be Cath
olics, but they insist on wearing
the livery Of the foe. To this ex-
tent are they guilty Of giving help
and comfort to the enemy, and as
such are unworthy Of the name
Catholic.
If the reason Of this anomaly be
sought it will quickly be found in
ignorance, either of Catholicity or
of socialism. True, some avewed
Catholics seek their own material
advancement on the wave of some
cult or form of economic or spir-
itual doctrine forbidden by the
Church. This does now, however,
excuse them from participation in
those things which their Church
condemns. Even if the ban of ex-
communication be not placed upon
them, they still, in spite Of all
their protestations, remain enc
mics of the Church, for they give
adherence to those things which
religion tells them are incompat-
ible with true belief. They may
be Catholic: they are not
Roman.
The danger Of flirting with GER
tain false theories is shown if one
but recall such names as Renan,
Loisy, Tyrrell, Murri, ST. George
Mivart, and not a few others that
have essayed to straddle two
horses at the same time. It is
childish for a Catholic to say
"I'm a socialist, but of course
don't approve of free love, i'm
morality and exclusive public
ownership" He may not be sat
urated with poison, but he shows
evident signs Of being badly af-
ficted with moral and mental skin
disease. His Catholieity is not
strong enough to cleanse him from
the Infection, so he goes on the
assumption that he is perfectly
well. Spotted monkeys are al
ways a phenomenon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
FATHER BURGER DIES
OMAHA PRIEST VICTIM OF EF
FECTS OF INFLUENZA

Rev. William N. Burger, a priest OF
the diocese of Omaha, died on Tues.
day, June Z, at Colorado Springs,
Colo. The cause Of his death was an
affection of the lungs due to an at.
tack of influenza last year. Before
going to Colorado, last November, he
was pastor Of st. Rose church in
Omaha.
Father Burger was born in Chicago
August II, 1881, and studied at st
Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, where
he was ordained on June 10, 1904, fol
the diocese of Omaha. Since that time
he had served in various parishes In
Nebraska, among them being Spencer
Crawford, Osmond, st. Libory, St
James and st. Rose, Omaha.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
JOAN OF ARG HOME

Last week Miss Victoria LeMieux,
on behalf of the Joan of Arc Associa-
ton, of which she is the founder, COM
pleted the purchase of the Arlington
Hotel in Faribault. The building is
to be occupied primarily as home
for young women who are employed
and who have no home of Their own
in that city.
Miss LeMieux has formed an
organization of prominent business
men to direct the institution She
expects to expand this movement and
in time to establish similar homes
in other cities.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
THE POSEUR.

There is a species of the social
genus, homo, that aptly may be
described as the poseur. It is
somewhat difficult to localize him
or analytically to isolate the pc
culiar germ. He is found in every
field Of human endeavor and is in
stantly recognized by the observ-
ing. Often he is clothed with a
little brief authority, which is the
thin raiment through which the
true contour of the poseur appears.
In striking a mental attitude of
hauteur he renders ridiculous both
himself and his fimsy garb.
This species is not confined to
one locality: as noted, it appears
wherever men congregate and is
universally distrusted and despis-
ed. Were this the net result, the
attitudinizing would become a
farce pure and unalloyed. The
real harm is done, however, by the
contempt which is aroused towards
the body which the poseur repre-
SCENTS, be it business firm, school
or profession.
The poseur is all-sufficient unto
himself: in him doth all greatness
begin and end: he is the complete
circle. Others exist merely as un.
fortunate entities outside the
magic sphere. Great is Bel, and
there are no others.
One of the ordinary traits of the
really worth while personages il
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

I'm one Of the big public schools
of Greater New York, out Of a
thousand children one-third O!
them did not know the Ten Com.
mandments. One-quarter of the
children had never even heard OF
them. An almost incredible state
of affairs, says a writer. On what
foundations is the character OF
those young minds being builded
without the very foundation stone
of moral law being laid?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
HONOR BLESSED VIRGIN
NEW MASS OF MEDIATRlx OF
FERED IN BELGIuM-PoPE
REVIsES TEXT.
(By N. C. w. G. News service.)

(By N. C. w. G. News Service.)
On the last day of May, there was
celebrated in many churches in Bel
quinn the special Mass of Mary Med
iatrix, following its warm approval by
the sacred Congregation Of Rites and
the Holy Father personally. The
appreciation was obtained by Cardinal
Mercier, who submitted the text of
the Mass and the Office to the Congre-
CATION of Rites at the instance
.of the clergy of the diocese Of Malines.
The text was reviewed by Pope Bene-
,dict himself, and with his own hand
he made several improvements. At
the same time he granted the Office
and Mass to all the dioceses of Bel
GUM. Cardinal Vico, project Of the
Congregation of Rites, has informed
Cardinal Mercier that the Bishops of
sSpain have recently requested and re-
,ceived the Office and Mass of Mary,
and the Supreme Pontiff entered the
Feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All
Graces, in his own private calendar for
May 81.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

Corpus Christi! To the average by
stander this day is without further sig.
nificance, but in those regions in Swift,
zerland where the Roman Catholic
faith predominates, particularly in the
historic forest cantons and the Alpine
districts, it is the day of days, when
the whole population turns out in
great professions which are SO i'm.
pressive in their character that multi
tudes of Professionals do not hesitate
to also appear on the scene as spec
tators, writes non-Catholic cores
pondent.
Happening to be in Switzerland's de
hghtful Captain Berne-at that
time, an almost entirely Protestant
city, was advised to just follow the
crowd on that glorious morning in May
and the crowd all seemed to make its
way for the GAO A. M. Lotschberg
Express which traverses the heart oil
the Bernese Alps between lovely Kan
dersteg in the Bernese Overland and
quaint Goppenstein in the valais
thence proceeding to Brig on the Sim
plon route leading to Italy.
An Alpine Valley.
Goppenstein, an unpretentious vii
lage, is situated in the lower section
of one of the most romantic Alpine
valleys in Switzerland, the Lotscher
valley, watered by the turbulent Lon
"a. This tiny stretch of land with its
well kept fields, meadows and pas
lures, it's snow-capped mountains and
friendly villages nesting in closely
formed groups above the foaming gla
cier stream, is generally likened to a
wayside paradise which has only since
1918, when the great Bernese Alps
railway was opened, become generally
accessible to outsiders. This seclu
sion from the world made it in the
days before the railway imperative
for the inhabitants to chiefly depend
on their own resources and to adhere
to the simple life, to dairying and
farming on modest scale. On &C
count of the mountainous nature OF
the land the general use of ploughs
and carts is practically impossible
The fields are therefore simply hoed
over and everything that has to be
brought to and fro is carried.
While the bride path leading up the
valley would be pronounced as terri
bly, fatiguing by opponents of ultra
modern footgear, the tourist with sen.
sible, strongly soled shoes can cover
the entire length of the inhabited
highland in about hours. However
a modern little carriage road will soon
be opened for traffic, much against
the personal wish of some of the very
conservative Inhabitants however, but
a boon without doubt, to visitors who
prefer to drive.
The first village we encountered aft
er Goppenstein is Ferden, a cluster Of
sunburned chalets, so closely built to-
gether that newcomer invariably in.
quires after the reason. This method
of layout has been adopted throughout
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
RADICALS N CHILE

The fight to separate Church and
State in Chile, which is led by presi-
dent Alessandri, has renewed the old
dispute centering around the question
Of jurisdiction over the marriage cere-
mony. The radicals are preparing to
push legislation, declaring religious
marriages illegal unless they are fol-
lowed by civil ceremony.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

A correspondent, musing over
Admiral Sims recent utterances,
says: Here is the whole secret
Sims reads Everybody's Magazine.
In the May number there is a
story, "The Poor Man s Orchids. "
There is an old shaky-legged doc
tor in it and an old shaky-legged
dog, and it is from this dog he
gets his inspiration. So the gen.
eses of the idea is obvious. Here
is the quotation Would the old
or the new platform triumph, !" he
wondered, Damit's (Damit is the
suggestive name of the doQl griz-
zlsd color supplying the AIspira-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
SNUB F|TzALAN
DERRY CORPORATION DENIES
ADDRESS TO LORD LIEUTEN-
ANT.
(By N. c. w. c. News service.)

(By m. G. w. G. News Service.)
A striking illustration of the con-
ditions Cd affairs in Ireland is given
in the aim st entire lack of addresses
Of welcome for the newly appointed
Lord Lieutenant, Viscount Fitzalan.
So far, theAsynod Of the Episcopalian
Church is the only body that has vot-
ed such an laddress. Usually numer-
GUS addresses Of welcome are present
ed to an meaning Lord Lieutenant.
A motion toApresent such an address
was recently rejected by Derry Cor
poration, on WA ich the Catholics have
a majority. Supporting this action of
the corporation, the Mayor explained
that it was takEn because the Lord
Lieutenant was the representative of
government guilty Of atrocities in
Ireland.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

Our missionary magazines seem
to be agreed that the only hope
for the conversion of Africa is in
native clery, writes The Echo.
"The natives regard the black
priests as their fellows and will do
everything for Them says the
Missions Catalogues. Would not
the same principle hold good in
America? Still no serious efforts
seem to have been made to supply
our colored people with a clergy
of their own blood and color. Why
mott
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
ELECTIONS IN BELGIUM
CATHOLIC VOTE SHOWS GAIN IN
EUROPEAN cITIEs-LocALITIEs
REGISTER VARIOUS LOSSES.
(By N. G. w. C. News Service. !,

(By N. G. W. C. News Service.)
A general report on the votes
obtained by the various political
parties during the recent municipal
elections i'm Belgium has just been
published. 1t shows very clearly the
progress made by the Catholics n the
large cities.
In Brussels the Catholics obtained
21.61 per cent of the total number
Of votes in the elections of 1919. This
year they obtained $3.50 per cent, a
gain of $50 per cent. The Socialist
loss was $50 per cent.
At Client the Socialist percentage
in 1919 was 1875. This year it is
35.9. The Catholics, who had 28.4
per cent in 1919, this year have 37.7.
This is loss Of 7.6 per cent for the
Socialists and a gain of 9.3 per cent
for the Catholics.
I At Liege, in 1919, the percentage of
Socialist votes was 41.3. In 1921 it
is 1877 per cent, or a loss of &c per
cent, while the Catholic votes have
risen from 243 per cent in 1919 to
31.8 per cent, gain of rs per cent
in 1921.
At Antwerp the Catholics made a
gain of 10 per cent, while the Social
lists lost 7 per cent.
This year for the first time women
appeared at the polls.
Queen Elizabeth appeared at the
polls like an ordinary citizen, and
took her place in line with the other
women.
The King did not vote, in order to
show that he is outside Of all political
parties.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
BISHOP kOuDELKA i'll

Right Reverend Joseph Marie Kou
delka, Bishop Of Superior, Wis, was
taken seriously ILL last Monday. As
we 60 to press "wednesday no hope
Is held out for his recovery.
Bishop Koudelka was born in Bo
hernia in 1862. In 1908 he was conse
Grated auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland
being transferred to the same position
in Milwaukee, in 1911. Two years later
he was appointed Bishop of Superior
to succeed Bishop Schinner.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
FATHER O'CONNElL DEAD
PRIEST or THE CHINESE MISSION
SOCIETY DIES IN ARIZONA

Rev. James O'Connell, D. D.. a
member of the Chinese Mission Soci.
ETY., died in Phoenix, Ariz., Sunday
June 5. He had been ailing for some
time and left Omaha for California
last winter for the benefit Of his
health. For the past few months he
had been in Arizona.
y Father O'Connell was born in Ire
Sand and was about % years of age
He was ordained in 1917 at Maynooth
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
BENED|CTNE SUPERIOR

The general Chapter Of the Bene-
dictine Congregation Of France has
elected Rev. Dom German Cozien as
Abbot of Solesmes and SUPERIOR Gen
eral of the Congregation. He will re-
place Dom Lelatte, who asked the
Holy See to be relieved of his charge
on account of his great age and
infirmities.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

Preliminary returns of the u. S.
Census Bureau indicate that more
than six million families own their
homes. More home owners now
live In the United States than in
any other country. An aggregate
investment of approximately $780,
000,000,000 is represented by these
homes, assuming that the average
value is $4,000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18

the valley as protective measure
against the avalanches which sweep
down certain mountain sides in the
spring.
A United Procession.
It is 10 A. M, and the entire popu-
lation seems to be on it's way to Kip
pei, the chief village of the valley, a.
little higher up. This is the meeting
place Of the pious inhabitants of the
four communities, Ferden, Kippel,
Wiler and Blatten and the solemn fes-
tivities Of the day begin with the cele-
handsome church of Kippel. After
Mass the procession begins to form,
led by bearers of crucifix and banners.
If man of military age is absent
without urgent reason, he is fined.
The men belonging to the Swiss army
appear in special uniforms, consisting
OF white trousers and a red coat with
yellow and black decorations. White
leather bands cross the shoulders and
chest, a military hat with feathers
forms the headgear and sabre and
field bag complete the outfit. Almost
every family possesses such an outfit
which Is worn only on this particular
occasion. Some men even appear in
real old officers uniforms worn by
members of their families once be-
longing to the Neapolitan or French
Swiss regiments; uniforms, which
possess immense value today.
Winding Through the Valley.
The beginning of the procession is
announced by mortar shots. Crucifx
and banner bearers are followed by
young girls in flowing white wells;
then come the brotherhoods in white
robes, after them the military contin-
gent, then little girls all In white, with
floral wreaths on their heads. But
the style of dress displayed by these
sweet-faced, rosy youngsters is, like
everything in the Lotschen valley,
quite old fashioned-and herein lies
the very charm of this picturesque
vale. Choir singers and the clergy
are next in line, followed by the vari-
GUS village officials, the schoolboys
and the general congregation of the
four communes.
The procession winds it's way from
Kippel to the meadows nearby, where
it stops before wayside cross to in
woke the divine blessing upon the val
ley, it's inhabitants and the harvests-
to come on the fields. A further serv-
ice back at the church ends the days
ceremonies.
In Catholic Switzerland.
Similar Corpus Christi professions
take place on a smaller or larger scale
in all the Roman Catholic parts OF
Switzerland. Lucerne, for instance,
which is pioneer of Catholicism in
Central Switzerland, has a wonderful
procession on much more elaborate
basis. Other places which cannot fea-
ture the ancient, like the Lotschen
people, or the impressive pomp dis
played at Lucerne, celebrate this great
religious holiday atGired in their Sum
day-best; black for adults and white
for children and young girls. After
Mass they too, generally pausing be-
fore the Stations of the Cross en-
route, wind their way to some special
chapel or wayside shrine in the en-
virons, where Gods blessings are inn
plored upon people and land.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-18
In his bacealaureate address I

In his bacealaureate address to
the students Of Columbia College,
Dubuque, says The Witness,
Judge Kavanaugh of Chicago
made this striking statement
"Our country has only two friends
the Atlantic Ocean and the Pa
cific Ocean" 1t was one of his
climaxes reached after a survey
of our history in it's relation to the
great European powers. In the
past every one Of them failed us in
our time Of direst need.