The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-05-27
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known as an educator, an autnOf, |
a diplomat, and for eleven years
United States minister to Denmark,
wrote, Among Catholics not of the
Latin races Tin whose languages GER
practice of swearing by the Sacred
Name seems almost to have disap-
peared. In Europe, among people who
really count, one never hears an oath,
and as corollary, the risque story,
which formerly occupied much atten-
ton among men after dinner party,
is looked on as in bad taste. / have
always admired the phrase put up
very visibly at the Gridiron Club din
ners-'the ladies are always with u.s.
A more useless, a more offensive haDlt
leaving out the question of moral
ity-than swearing by the Holy Name
probably never existed.
at seems to me, speaking with all
due Difference to the superior kneWl-
edge of those who know present Amer
lean conditions better than l, that
this great change-this remarkable at
ception of the Holy Eucharist.
"The experience of long life shows
me that the two keys to the problem
of this life are reverence for the
Holy Name, inwardly and outwardly.
and the frequent reception of the
Sacrament of the Altar"
Testimony of DR.. Walsh.
When we asked our good friend of
many years, Dr. James j. Walsh, to
give us his view of the Holy Name
Society, he was pleased. DR.. Walsh,
who is one of our foremost Catholic
writer's and lecturers, author of many
books, Knight Commander of the
Order of St. Gregory, had this to say:
Personally / think that the Holy
Name Society has done more to make
Catholicity respected in America than
almost anything else during the past
generation Educated Professionals es-
pecially with a certain amount of re-
finement used to say 'CathOlicity has
just exactly the same sort of influence
that superstition has over people
and especially over the men, for while
it succeeds in attracting them to
Church on Sundays it does not inf1u-
ence their lives to any serious extent,
since it is among them that violations
of the Second Commandment are most
frequent
'Well, a single generation has
changed all this. 1t is wonderful to
what an extent it has worked. and I
have had literally dozens of Protes-
tants speak to me about this. That is
what the Holy Name Society has &C.
! complished."
Dr. John G. Coyle, Knight Com
mander of the Order of the Holy Sep
ulcher, writes to us: ut was man
whom God created out of the red dust
of the earth to His Own image and
likeness, and breathed into that dust
some of His Divine Essence, gave to
man, the last created being, an I'M
mortal soul, part of Divinity. 1t was
man who conquered the footstool of
the Almighty It was man who climb
ed the mountains, forded the rivers,
penetrated the forests, tanned the
beasts of the jungle and captured the
wind to make it serve his husbandry,
to drive his frail craft upon the seas.
| "To be an American is a proud
| privilege. To be Catholic American
| is to be the possessor of heritage of
faith and freedom unequalled else
where in the world Faith leaps to-
L do ~, nj
as pure ard undefiled as when the
first apostles felt the Holy Spirit light
within them on the first Pentecost
Faith in God, devotion to an ancient
and holy religion, inspires these Cath
Ollie Americans with unflinching cour-
age for God and country
"Men of the Holy Name give the
example to old and young. Such men
fire each others heart with renewed
| fervor. Such men, Catholic American
men, are men on whom America can
depend. The Holy Name Society is
doing untold good"
| We asked another friend, this time
a priest, the Rev. Charles F. McGin-
mis-, to give us his view of the Holy
Name. DR.. McGinnis is known for his
clear and clever writings. He is the
author of several books, among them
being the Communion of Saints He
stated:
"A name is but symbol, something
used to designate qualities or merits
ldistinct from a name itself. The flag,
the banner of country, is but a
handful of bunting; and yet how much
glory is not enshrouded in it's silken
folds; great minds of the ages have
striven, genius has touched its apex,
blood has flown in crimson torrents
that that lifeless emblem might re-
main upright and unsullied