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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11
THE CHALLENGE Of
CATHOLICISM

In series of articles which he is
contributing to Blackfriars, Mr.. Ches-
terton retraces the intellectual steps
which led him to the threshold of the
Catholic Church. Pointing out that
the fundamental reason why man
becomes Catholic is a firm convic-
ton of the objective truth of Catholi-
cism, he observes in characteristic
style that at the present day people
are expected to give reasons not SO
much for joining as for not joining
the Catholic Church. 1t is really a
case Of "Are you Catholic? IL not,
why not?" This is due to what "G.K."
describes as the Challenge of the
Church"
That this challenge is heard over a
very large area there cannot be the
slightest doubt; it is loud and per-
sistent, and is taken up in the most
unexpected quarters. 1t never occurs
to people to state why they are not
Mohammedans or Confucianists, but
there are thousands of nom Catholics
who feel that 1t is distinct duty to
formulate very explicit reasons for not
becoming Catholics. This challenge of
the Catholic Church is one of the most
hopeful signs of the times, for, as Mr..
Chesterton shrewdly observes, this
array of reasons for not joining the
Church marks the beginning Of the
ultimate reason for joining 1.-THE
Unipersal, London.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11
THE HAWAIIAN ISLES.
BY the Rev. Michael Mathis, G. S. c.
IN. C. w. c. News Service.)

BY the Rev. Michael Mathis, G. S. c.
IN. C. w. c. News Service.)
Missionary work in the Hawaiian
Islands is under the direction of the
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of
Jesus and Mary of Belgium. The
principal educational institution, st.
Louis University, is under the direc-
ton of the Society of Mary in Paris
and is under the direct jurisdiction
of the provincial house at Dayton,
Ohio. There are about one thousand
pupils. We were not able to visit st.
Louis University-a fact deeply re-
GREETED by Monsignor McGlinchey, Fa-
Their Delaney and myself-due to cir
cumstance that we had only seven
hours in which to see Hawaii.
We were but a few minutes in Fa-
Their Stephens Chevrolet, however, be-
fore we drove up to the mission COM
pound, which has been the center of
Catholic activity on the islands for
ninety-five years, or since the Pre-
fecture-Apostolic of the Hawaiian
Islands was established in 1927. The
mission compound comprises a very
devotional church built of coral, a
roomy welcoming home for Bishop
Boeynaems and his missionaries and
boarding and day school for girls in
charge of the Sisters of the Sacred
Hearts, which has 555 pupils. There
are at present 80 missionary priests
in the five inhabited islands, Al
churches and IS chapels
The Catholic population of the
Vicariate Apostolic, which was created
in 1847, after the Islands had remain
ed Prefecture Apostolic for thirteen
years and was then a part of the
Vicariate Apostolic of Oceanica for
seven years more, is now $4,000. The
total enrolment in Catholic schools
is 1900. There are four academies,
one conducted by the Franciscan Sis
tiers from Syracuse, New York, and
nine parochial schools.
A Visit to Waikiki.
We felt peculiarly at home in the
company of the twelve cheerful mis-
slonar1eS who gathered around the
community table, at which Bishop
Boeynaems presided like an indulgent
father. The predominance of native
pineapples and bananas gave the
lunch a fine tropical flavor and after
lunch we set out for the famous beach
at Waikiki. The road lay along King
street, the principal highway of the
city. 1t gave us a chance to size up
Honolulu. Frequent sight of Uncle
Sans soldier boys, names of places
of business, familiar automobiles and
the ubiquitous Ford gave decidedly
American tone to the city, while the
number of Chinese, Japanese, Portu-
guese and Filipinos gave a cosmo-
politan and oriental touch to the pic
ture. We were not surprised to learn
that there are 10000 Americans and
100000 Japanese almost one-half the
total popnlation-on the islands. One
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11

which will rob the depths of the earth
of their secrets. The Able Estines
refuses to disclose any facts regarding
his instrument, except to say that it
weighs 800 pounds and operates best
between the hours of 2 and in the
morning, when the ground is cool.
The value of the instrument will
be proved in the next few years by the
flowing of oil in France. Through the
use of this instrument France will
be able to produce enough oil not only
for her own consumption, but for ex-
port. The Able does not intend to
patent his invention or to form a
syndicate for its exploitation, but will
place it at the disposal of the French
government for locating oil in the
Pyrenees.
The Able Estines says he has To-
Gated oil lakes at Guipuzoca,. in Spain,
though no Spanish biologists suspect.
ed its presence In that district,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
IN. c. w. c. News service.)

IN. C.. w. c. News Service.)
The significance of the fact that the
first Apostolic letter to American
Catholics addressed by Pope Plus XII,
himself one of the most famous of
modern scholars, should have for it's
subject the Catholic University, is
stressed by the Most Rev. Michael J..
Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore and
Chancellor Of the University, in COM
munication addressed to the Hierarchy
of the United States in behalf Of the
annual collection for that institution,
which is to be taken up on the first
Sunday of Advent.
"a sense of common good, of COM
mon responsibility and common duty,
permeates this great pontifical docu-
ment," says Archbishop Curley in re-
ferring to His Holiness letter, s'than
which no more definite utterance on
Catholic higher education has come
from the Chair of Peter"
Three Fruits Of University.
The Chancellor points out that the
Pope's letter indicates that the rapid
development of the University will &C
complish three things:
"The best among your clergy and
laity will be so educated and duly pro
vided with knowledge that they will
prove credit to the Church, and
will be able to explain and uphold the
Catholic faith.
'The teachers in your seminaries
colleges and schools, from this time
on, will be properly trained, not only
equipped with all manner of culture
but thoroughly imbued with genuine
Catholic sense.
There will be close cooperation
and unity in the formation Of youth
a matter of utmost Importance, espe
cially in America where the work o
education is conducted on such firm
and definite principles of organization
that all the schools are linked togeth
er in a certain uniformity and sys
tenn"
A notable tribute to the achieve
ments of the University is paid b.
Archbishop Curley in his letter.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11

Time and again intelligent non
Catholics accidentally getting a
copy of a Catholic paper, have
marveled at it's ''.varied intellec-
tual and spiritual treat" In some
cases the beginning Of a CONVEX
sion has been ascribed to the cas-
nal reading of a Catholic journal.
Any Jealous subscriber, instead of
destroying the Catholic Bulletin
copy each week, ought to pass it
on to some neighbor. 1t will do
good, possibly lead to something
of eternal value.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11

The British are tired of 'Felec-
pioneering and patrioteering, y
quotes the Echo, of Buffalo. The
London New Age says: ''No poll
tician over military age should be
allowed to indulge in any patriotic
cackle whatever.
Our own electioneering katy.
dds have just finished a season.
raucous work. Blessed is the vot.
er who knew exactly why to give
a ballot to a did or a didn t
'tHigh pressure" and strong
arm" methods of persuasion in
politics or in business, regardless
of truth and honesty, drive ono
for comfort to Lincoln's dictum
'You cannot fool all the people
all the time;" also to the homely
saying: "Chickens come home tc
roost."
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advocates among Catholic economists.
Thus DR.. Ryan says that IL the limit
We're placed fairly high, say at 100000.
a law to limit the amount of property
to be possessed by any individual
could scarcely be regarded as an in
fringement on the right Of property.
In the case OF a family numbering ten
members, this would mean one million
dollars. All the essential objects of
private ownership could be abundantly
met out of sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars for each person. More
over, a restriction of this sort need not
prevent man from bestowing un.
limited amounts upon charitable. re-
ligious, educational or other benevolent
causes. Echo buffalo, N. ".
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these many days. 1t reads as.
though, like the Apostles Of old, he.
had heard the voice Of the Great
Captain commanding ito launch
out into the deep. In a sense, he
has cast his lot with the fishers
of men, He is sailing the seas
of life with message to humanity
amid it's manifold menaces of
shipwreck. By word and ex-
ample, he is pointing out the safe
haven of Catholic truth to those
who have lost their bearings and
know neither peace nor security
in a storm-tossed troubled world.
Catholics in the Twin Cities will
assuredly give Admiral Benson a
deserved warm welcome as a dis
tinguished fellow-member Of their
Church and as patriotic citizen
of whom they are proud. He
cannot but be held in deep, heart
rooted esteem for his sterling
worth and merit. Who would
say that these qualities do not
stand out in his own inspiring
words, here quoted for the first
time, on the authority of one who
knows him: II have given fifty
years to the service Of my coun-
try. [ cannot quit that service
now, but / have found at last the
manner of rendering it in fullest
measure and that is through the
National Council Of Catholic
Men -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11
Pope's First Message
To American Bishops

The Catholic University" he says,
lis surely not unworthy of the elo-
quent advocacy to which the Holy See
in this noble letter commits itself 1t
has served our common Catholic inter-
ests in practical way by the creation
and conduct of great works of edu-
cation and charity that depend upon
1t for life and action. 1t has provided
a superior training for hundreds of
excellent priests in many dioceses, and
has sent them home to teach in our
seminaries and colleges, to conduct
the school systems in their dioceses,
to organize diocesan charities, to sus-
tain the Catholic press, to become
apostles of social truth and action.
From all parts our Catholic teaching
sisterhoods frequent it in large mum.
| bers for the educational opportunities
| it offers. That most helpful work, the
Catholic Encyclopedia, is deeply in
| debted to the University. 1t is no
| small tribute that seventeen members
of the American Catholic Hierarchy
| have come from the University.
Though young in years, it has sent
out over a thousand lay graduates,
lawyers, doctors, journalists, scien-
lists, business men, often honored by
their fellow-citizens with places of
trust, and always loyal to the prin-
ciples, of Catholic truth and honor.
| "Out of the donations of the faith.
full, it has acquired a large academic
estate for future ages. 1t has shed
! honor on the Catholic Church at the
National Capital by the number and
splendor of its buildings, by it's noble
appearance, and by the manifold pub
lie service Of its daily life. 1t well
comes yearly our Catholic people
from every state and diocese and
lends dignity and comfort to their
meetings and conventions.
Its chief merit, however, is the rich
and secure promise of future growth,
the evidences of which are seen on all
sides and are felt by every loyal
Catholic heart
The letter contains an invocation
of Mary Immaculate, Seat of Wisdom,
and Patroness of the University, to
move the hearts of the faithful to rally
to the support of the University.
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and diffusive influence Of what is
called Public Opinion. which
has, in common with all human
things, great imperfections and
makes many mistakes. I"
One Of the women's political or
CARNATIONS of the state was COM
mendably active III trying to wake
up the dormant democracy of the
commonwealth. They declared a
non-voter to be a Stacker. But
like our man quoted above, there
are too many i'll a slough of
despond, or like the woman cited,
others are too confused to vote
with interest and vim. There
is a prevalent feeling that in
telligent decision is next to
impossible under the political cir
cumstances of today. Faith in the
authorities and vouchers for party
or individual rule does not go far
nowadays.
Ii the women can remedy this
state Of affairs, they will verify in
an exceptional degree and way the
pronouncement of the American
hierarchy in their memorable pas
toral of three years ago: "To
reach the hearts Of men and take
away their bitterness, that they
may live henceforth in fellowship,
one with another--this is woman s
vocation in respect Of public at
fairs, and the service which by
nature she is best fitted to rem
der. .
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11
FRENCH ABBE'S DEVICE
LOCATES OIL AND MINERALS.

e
His perfection of an invention for
the locating of underground bodies OF
oil and minerals, by means OF which
prospectors may estimate their depth
within d few feet, is announced by the
Able Estines of Toulouse, doctor of
physics and mathematics and former
professor of sciences in the College of
POLICEMAN. The invention is based on
the principle Of radio-actiyity and
was suggested to the priests mind
by the affirmation of an English
physicist in 1905, after the discovery
of radium, that "all metals radiate."
Twelve years we're spent in working
out the idea, but now, according to
the inventor, he has an instrument
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11
Around The World With Missionary

Of the candidates for governor is of
Japanese blood, although of course an
American citizen.
Everywhere, Frightening the sweep
ing lawns of the rich and festooning
the humber patches of the poor, there
was a riot of tropical trees and
strange shrubbery with many-colored
blossoms. The beach itself is sur
rounded with such modernity that it
differs little from beaches the world
over. But it was thrilling to see the
Hawaiians, precariously perched on
their narrow six-foot boards, racing
shoreward at forty miles an hour on
the foaming name of a roaring break
er.
st. Augustine's church on the beach
was for us the most tangible evidence
that we were in the tropics. The APP
proach is a long avenue of royal
palms, ending in a spreading banyan
tree which forms kind Of outdoor
vestibule for the church. The struc-
ture, wooden, is painted with a fine
mixture of cement and sand. This
gives it the solid appearance of stone
and at the same time saves the wood
from the devouring ants of this re-
gion. Delicately wrought lattice work
covers the open spaces which are
ordinarily filled with windows in our
colder climes. The condition of the
pews and the woodwork shows that
the climate is gentle indeed.
A visit to Sacred Heart church,
which is frequented largely by the
Portuguese and which represents
things Catholic on the very threshold
of century-old Protestant missionary
compound, gave us an opportunity to
meet at close range the splendid
types of bright school children who
we saw in so many sections of Homo
lulu.
A Glimpse of Molokai.
We got one glimpse of the dim out
lines of Molokai, where Father Damien
lived an heroic life and died martyrs
death in the service of the lepers.
This was from the precipitous side Of
hill from which we also had a birds
eye view VI T1OHOlulu anu VI Tie UUlC-
ed States forts. The view of the leper
island was given added interest be-
cause Of the explanations of our
guides, who, themselves, had nursed
the lepers at Molokai.
We were all disappointed that we
did not have an opportunity to hear
the, Hawaiians sing, for we learned
afterwards that both their songs and
dances are grossly misrepresented by
the socalled Hawaiian music publish.
ed in the United States. Many of
them have beautiful traditions back Of
them. Aloha" the most popular and
haunting of all Hawaiian songs, for
example, is in reality hymn sung
only at the heart-rending departure
ceremony of the lepers for Molokai.
But seven hours is a short time
and we felt when we were finally COM
PEELED to make for our ship that we
had learned great deal about these
outposts of America in the Pacific.
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OUR. GUEST.

Though midway between the
oceans, we Of the Northwest are
not wholly impervious to the spell
of their mysterious influences.
From our readings at least, we
have had the mighty deep before
us In imagination. Some of us
know from experience it's variable
moods and vast power.
For man who has followed the
sea, we cannot but have a feeling
amounting almost to veneration,
because of the 1wondrous things
he has seen and the profound
meditations he has had inspired
within him in the pursuit of his
calling.
Take such man equipped also
with the rigorous technical and
scientific naval training which the
United States gives to the officers
Of its sea forces, ripened in skill
and judgment by years Of service,
tried out by the most exacting
and hazardous tests of a World
War and emerging from them
with extraordinary distinctions
take such man and note the add
ed quality of a. sincere, whole
heartedly loyal and jealous con
vert to the Catholic Faith, and
you begin to have some founda-
ton for a knowledge Of the per.
sonality of War. Admiral William
S. Benson.
The story of his activities as 8
Catholic layman has been a stinu
!! lating one throughout the lane
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11

Twice welded within three
months, the second time without
the formality Of a divorce from
the first husband either, fifteen
year old girl-wife of st. Louis
did not think she was doing
anything wrong or illegal" 1t
does not seem possible that a case
like this could occur in this coun-
try. With the interior guide of
conscience uninstructed, corrup-
ted, or dead, there is no telling
what startling things may come
to the surface of social life in our
present civilization
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11

One cannot blink the quiet but
deep mistrust in which the gener-
al press and makers Of political
opinion are held by many voters,
earnest men and women who de-
precate the evil features Of our
political campaigning methods.
In the acrimony and heat of clash
ing endeavors to seat rival candi-
dates, partisans do not generally
aim to clear up doubtful issues by
reason but incline rather to OBJ
scure them by appeal to faction
alism and passion. With the pub
lie welfare and the general good
in mind, as the object of their
political activities, Catholics ap-
preciate the forceful words of
Archbishop Bowling:
In country like ours, swayed
by the surges of passionate senti-
ment, what justification has any
man to feel himself secure? With
a shout and a cry and slogan
the old order which was but OF
yesterday is swept away and we
begin to build all things new. Oul
national indifference to principles
as if they savored of dogmas
makes every new policy advocated
more summary in its finality an6
increases the dangers of those
who, like ourselves, conceive Of
life and death as whole and cen
ter our universe on the living
Cod
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11

II am all confused now; I
hardly know for whom to vote, 4
said one woman on the eve Of cleo
ton day. A man of the same
neighborhood in a small city
thought it made little difference
whether we vote or not. we do
not seem to get anywhere by it
anyhow" Which remarks seem
to bear out some words of Cardi-
pal Newman about 1.-THE vague
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1922

Reading merely the secular pa
pers is not doing much more than
making the mind a waste basket.
You stuff it full of much useless
matter, only you cannot always
so easily empty it out again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-02
SNOWAND RA|NMAY. HELP WHEAT AND IS. CAUSING A SLUMP.
Corn and Oats Bolt Weak ened With Wheat, While Provisions List Went toa
 Good Decline
By Associated Press

Chicago, March 1.-Widespread snow and rain likely to prove of much benefit to the domestric crop of win ter wheat did a good deal to bring about a decided setback in prices to- day in the wheat market here. The closing was unsettled at SIS c S&c net lower. with May $1.4S9s q $1.43B and July $L20% @s1.21. Corn finished at IS @1% down; oats off %Q1c and provisions at decline of 15Q22c.
 With a blanket of snow over great stretches of southwestern territory that have been suffering from pro- | longed drouth, wheat traders were prompt this morning to begin chang ing from the buying to the selling side. A material drop in the Liver pool counted an an addition motive for such action and so did notice of the fact that the United States visible supply was larger than a year ago and that there was more wheat too, on ocean passage.
 Failure to stimulate buying based on bullish estimates of farm stocks added greatly in the last half of the session to sentiment in favor of low CT prices for wheat. Gossip that the Canadian government might reduce its crop estimate 2S,000,000 bushels were also without much effect toward bringing in buying orders. The mar ket, however, rallied somewhat at the last owing to profit taking on the part of houses that had sold freely when the market was higher up.
 In and oats resulted from the downward swing of wheat values. Announce ment that disappearance of corn during the winter was the largest on record was without apparent in fluence as an offset.
 Provision prices went down in line with the action of the hog and grain markets Packers were sellers of lard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-02
COTTON HAD A DAY OF UPSAND DOWNS
 N NE W YORK
General Staple List Closed Steady at a Net Decline of Fifteen to TWen-
 ' Points
By Associated Press

New York, March 1.--An early de- line was almost completely recovered in the cotton market today but prices off from 1S.2Sc to 17,94c. or 30 points net lower That delivery closed at 1S.0Sc. or 14 points up from the low est, with the general market closing points.
 The market opened barely steady at q decline of 16 to 23 points on near month liquidation, accompanied by reports that March notices repre- senting between 35,0o0 and 10000 bales had been issued. There also was selling on relatively easy Liver pool cables and less favorable Man chester trade advlces, but leading spot interests bought the March at a premium of 25 points over May, and the market soon turned steadier.
 The apparently ready absorption of March promoted covering of May and July, while there was scattered buy ing of new crop deliveries on re-
 ports that the cold weather in the southwest would necesstate replant
 ing of cotton in some parts of south IeXaS. Marcn SOlu up rom lo.Goc to 1S.5oe and July from 172Sc to 174Sc or back to within 3 or points of last nights closing quota tions. Realizing sales became heavier on the advance, however, and the market weakened early in the after noon when there was western selling and sentiment was unsettled by sharp break in grain and less fav- orable reports from the stock mar ket which appeared to be connected with Washington advices indicating increased prospects for the passage of the bonus bill. March sold off to 1S24c and July to 17.14c and it was reported that there were still March potices circulating. There was enough trade buying, however, to absorb off, ferings just below the 1Sc level for May, while March maintained premium of about 30 points and last prices showed rallies of 14 to l5 points from the lowest. Manchester cables reported that yarns and cloths were both quieter and March liquida- tion was reported in Liverpool in anticipation of tenders of both Egyp- tian and American cotton.