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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-21
CATHOLIC APPRECIATION Of
THE PRIEST.

The true Catholic appreciates the
mysterious greatness of the priest
says an eminent writer of France
He sees inshirn the teacher Of truth
angel of society. He recognizes in him
the custodian of morals, the guardian
angel of society. He recognizes in
the priest the dispenser Of sacred
mysteries, the representative OF the
Incarnate Word, and the instrument
by which Christ's priesthood is per
'petuated through the ages. Lamar
tine in one of his flashes of genius
has drawn pen picture of the priest
There is man in every parish
who having no family, belongs to a
family that is world wide; who is
called in as a witness, counsellor
and, an actor iii all the most impor
tant affairs Of life. No one comes
into the world or goes hence without
his ministratiolIs. He takes the
Child from tie arms Of IFS mother and
parts with him only at the grave.
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MAKING IT EASY.

Il 49, gHs4 j.
Father Zahm, in Through South
Americas Southland" gives a very in
teresting account of his visit to the
Sisters School Of Corumba
During the nine days I spent in
Corunba," he says, 81 had an excel
lent opportunity of studying the admi
rable work which the children of Don
Bosco are, everywhere in South Amer
lea, accomplishing in college, convent
and hospital. Most of the fathers and
seminafians in charge of the college
in Corumba are from France and Ger
in the school are from Lombardy and
Piedmont. Coming from the invigor
ating climate Of central Europe to the
|sweltering region of the upper Para
quay, they naturally suffer very much
from the hot and facilitating atmos
phere of their new homes. But they
never complain. On the contrary, they
go about their work as cheerfully as
if they were in their homes on the
Pc or the Rhine.
II called to visit the classes in the
convent school one day when the
Temperature and humidity were un
usually high. To me the heat was al
most intolerable. Turning to a gentle
little nun whose checks still retained
the bloom of youth, and who had been
reared among the foothills of the
Italian. Alps, | said:
Sister, how do you endure the OPP
pressive, suffocating heat?'
"'Oh, Padre MILO, she replied with
sweetness and childlike simplicity
the love- of God makes everything
easy
Had I asked all her companions
the same question, l should have re-
ceived substantially the same answer
Love enables them to do joyfully what
earthly rewards could never induce
them to undertake.
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OLD PARIsHIoNERs.

Man and boy Gas the expression isl
we have been a member Of the same
parish for something over fifty years,
and we sometimes indulge IN mental
survey Of the old parishioners who
have since gone to their reward
(helpcd in our recollections by very
model history of the parish, written
by the present pastor, himself boy
of the congregation), says the Citizen.
Rich and poor, prominent and aver
age, these We're good people, deeply
interested in the welfare of their par
ish, loyal to their pastors, co-operat-
ing actively when called upon, and
cherishing a real Catholic life and
spirit Among them was leading
merchant who affiliated with his Jun,
iors every Sunday in the Young
Mems Sodality; convert. educator
nephew of Fenimore Cooper. the
novelist), who was superintendent of
1.-The Sunday school; a brusque ex-
mayor, who once came down hand
somely with $4,000 to rebuild the
steeple; an official in a great life in.
surance company, who had time, how
ever, to attend Mass every day 1--WE
afterwards came into possession at
an auction sale Of part, of his library,
and observed that though only COM
mon schooled, he had bought most of
fthe Catholic books published in the
70's and S0's); a woman who was a
missionary in the intellectual life of
the parish, conducting up to her 10th
year a reading circle for younger
women; 4 school teacher who, start
ing with a Sunday school, laid the
foundations for an Italian parish.
We might go on with a score
of typical instances.
There are, no doubt, just as good
people today in all our parishes. But
in our perspective, these older par.
ishioners seem somewhat stauncher
pillars of their church-perhaps be-
cause closer to pioneer conditions.
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FATHER .FABER ON DEATH.

May we not conclude, or at least
with reasonable hope infer, that to
most, if not all, men, the hour of their
death is seasonably timed? They die
when it is best for them to die. There
are some dangers Ia advance which
they avoid by dying then They die
when they are in the best state for
dying. Even the deaths of those who
ARE lost. may be mercifully timed.
When men die young, it is becaltse
they would have lost themselves if
they had lived to be old. When men
Idle late, it is perhaps to give them
time to correspond to grace, to do
penance for the past, and especially
that they may get rid of some evil
habit which would else be their perdi-
ton, and which the mere infirmity of
age will help them to abandon. When
men die just as they are coming into
the possession Of riches, or at the out
|set. Of a smiling career of laudable
ambition, it is perhaps because God
sees in their natural character or in
their personal circumstances some
seeds of future evil, and SO He takes
them while all that evil lies innocent
Fly undeveloped in their souls who
lean think of what death is, and yet
idoubt that Gods wisdom and His love
Fare brought to bear with indispensable
sweetness both on it's manner and its
thine? If God were pleased to tell u.s.
1--WE should probably be amazed at the
numbers Of convincing reasons that
there are why each of us should die
when, and where, and how we do.
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THE SOULS IN PURGAToRY.

They lived with us on earth; they
loved the sun
On golden mountain peaks; the
shining sea
Sang them it's olden music murmur.
ously;
Mayhap they were our loved ones
and had won
Our hearts by deeds unselfishly, nobly
done;
Parents who toi1ed and moiIed that
we might be
From pain and sorrow and ill-fertune
free--s Mr.
( TO shelter slas,s Fate's blows they did
not shun!
Now are their souls immersed in
cleansing fire,
They cry to us-"O, friends, our
groanings hear,
Pray for us that the Heaven of our
desire
Be not denied for long. Assuage
our fear
Here where we tremble meath
JehoNah's ire
And bring the day of our deliver.
ance near"
Rosary MAGAZINE
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The vision OF the winters duties
danced before Stella's eyes. Last
winter big Bob had been laid up for
two months with a broken arm. His
job was dangerous
ooh, not this winter" breathed
Stella.
3 Next spring Or sumner"
Mother Bar1ow!" Soft tones begged
the questioner.
Il guess-never," decided the visit
full eyed Stella.
"Neyer-neyer say never" Mrs.
Barlow said, briskly. Promise to
come tomorrow Come just for a
day. See what lies over the hill, the
beauty Of other peoples lives, the
beauty of their environment. Just
stay day. Then come home"
1t was Mrs. Barlow, the efficient and
magnetic club leader, speaking now.
1t was difficult to ignore her invita-
Htion.
Ruth Barlow glanced hastily to-
wards Stella.
"Promise!" invited the older wom-
an.
Il won't promise butt may comet
Mrs. Barlow closed her lorgnette.
The battle was won
Its beautiful over the hill, my
dear. Beautiful And there is friend
ship there, too, and music, and serv-
ants to walt upon one. Admiration
also You will like it--over the hill"
Il have been waiting long time"
"For nie?" interrupted the exultant
Mrs. Barlow. Il shall take good care
of you. | am not Catholic but Ruthie
here is. You and she will get along
famously.'
Ruth Barlow's lovely eyes sought
the still lovelier ones of Stella.
80 Teddy is nearly one" she said.
But the other girl was not attentive.
She was about to live her dream!
Over the hill
tContinued on page ID
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a PETITION.

Had you but seen. as we have seen,
I The Face of Jesus Crucifed;
Had you but heard, as we have heard
+ The throbbings of His wounded side;
Could you but know with what love
He burns to have His children
home;
Your hearts would break with fearful
grief,
That you on earth must longer
roam.
But we have passed from all it's cares
Are anchored safely from its fears
And yet we burn in purging flames,
Where minutes seem like long, long
years.
Oh, help, oh, pity US!
And we will pay you back thou
sandfold,
And speed your entrance to the land
, Whose streets are paved with living
gold.
Oh, help, oh, pity us!
Our hearts are burning fiercer than
fires,
Which round us play in living flames
TO purge us from all earth's desires
Oh. help, OH, pity us.
One prayer, one little aims for
/ Jesus given
Will help to pay our unpaid debts,
And when we enter in our home,
And our first burst of praise is Ger
We will remember you; and then
Will pray for you forevermore.
= II nj, mn
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He blesses and consecrates the cradle,
the bridal chamber, the bed of death
and the bier.
He is one whom innocent children
grow to love, to venerate and to rev.
erence; when even those who know
him not salute as Father; at whose
feet Christians fall down and lay bare
the Utmost thoughts of their souls
and weep their most sacred tears. He
| is one whose mission it is to console
the afflicted and soften the pains OF
body and soul; who is an intermedl
airy between the affluent and the in
digent; to whose door come alike the
rich and the poor-the rich to give
| aims in secret, and the poor to re
ceive them without blushing. He be
longs to no social class, because he
belongs equally to ALTO the lower
by his poverty and not infrequently
| by his humble birth; to. the upper by
| his culture and his knowledge, and
by the elevated sentiments which. q
religion itself all charity inspires snd
| imposes.
| He is one in fine who knows all
has right to speak unreservedly, anC
Whose speech inspired from on high
falls on the minds and hearts of al
with the authority of one who is di
!vinely sent and with the constrainins
Ipower of one who has an uncloudei
faith. Such is the priest, than whom
no one has a greater opportunity fol
good or power for evil, according as
he fulfills or fails to recognize his
| transcendent mission among men.
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be made, for example, including the
generous Catholic, the uncritical Cath
Ollie, the fervent, the courageous, the
non.apologetic, the sincere or humble
Catholic as c0ntrasted with thai
"dress-parade" type or class.
These are such real and true Catho-
lie men and women, you know! There
are those who have wonderful faith,
marvellous charity or love, for God
and for their fellow people; and who
are full of great zeal to help others
and promote every good Catholic
work, These types we also have in
every parish, Dec sratias.
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And For strife-Torn World.
THE LITuRGlcAL. YEAR.

The central fact in all history is the
coming of Christ into the world.
Historians recognize this fact by
dating events either before or after
His birth, that is, "B. c. (before
EChris0 "A. D." Tin the year of our
Lord, ammo Domini").
But the Civil Year, beginning on
January 1 and ending on December
81, takes no account of this tremen-
7dous fact, says Mgr. Henry. The
Church Year, called sometimes the
Ecclesiastical Year, sometimes the
Liturgical Year, expresses symbol
ism. Comprising the same number of
weeks as the Civil Year, the Church
Year begins and ends differently, for
lit is not concerned with secular bnsi.
ness, but with the greater business
of, our salvation, and therefore wishes
to common orate, in the divisions of
the year, the wonderful work Of our
redemption. -
I The Church Year may be consider,
ed as comprising three grand divisions
or cycles celebrating the work. Of tee
Three Divine Persons of the Most
Hold Trinity. The Christmas cycle
celebrates the sending, by God the
Father, of His only-begotten Son into
the world: CAS- the Father hath sent
me- said Christ John, 20:2D.. 1t
comprises the period of preparation
known as Advent, and = extends to
sSeptuagesima Sunday. The second
cycle deals with Easter and celebrates
the rising of Christ from the dead: 81
lay down my life that may take it up
again John, 10:171-that greatest of
miracles, upon which our faith is
founded Il Cor, Is: 1D. 1t comprises
the preparatory seasons of Septua-
gesima and Lent, and extends to
Pentecost.. Finally, Pentecost cele-
.brates the coming Of the Holy Ghost
to abide forever with the Church, and
its cycle comprises the remainder of
the year. The Church Year thus be-
gins, not on January J., but on the
first Sunday of Advent.
the year is Easter. 1t occurs on the
first Sunday after the first fun moon
after the tWenty-first of March.
The Church has a distinct Divine
Office for each day of this variable
year, which those who are in Sacred
Orders are under obligation to- recite.
But side by side with this varying
succession Of days and seasons, there
are many feasts, some Of them dixie
that of the. Immaculate Conception) of
splendid eminence, which occur on
fixed days of the month This con
currence gives much concern to those
who must prepare the Church calen-
dar for each year, for the greater
feasts take precedence of the lesser
and the graduation is defined with most
minute exactneSS. Innumerable com
promises are thus to be effected, not
arbitrarily, but under the guidance Of a
maze of rubfical directions. Priests,
and even some of the devout and in.
structed laity who read the Breviary
whether in Latin or in the Marquess
Of Butes excellent translation of the
Breviary into English), must Have re
course to- a yearly volume entitled
tOrdo divini officii recitandi.' for
minute and specific. directions as to
1.-THE proper manner Of reading the OF,
fee and saying the Mass of each. day
,of the year.
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TYPES OF CATHOLICS.

Our very able contemporary of
philadelphia, the Standard and Times,
Eenuinerates the following types of
Catholic people: The critical Catho-
Ole, the stingy Catholic, the indiffer-
lent, the Uniformed, the lukewarm, the
Eapologetic Catholic, and the dress.
parade Catholic.
Here are included quite a number
lof poor folks, of course; they. are to
be found in every parish. perhaps,
and they are what may in general
be called ''weaklings" in the faith:
l,their characteristics, as noted, are due
| to different causes: to their individual
ture has many mean traits against
which not all make any kind of a
fight; then, there is education or the
lack of it; again, there are the pas
sions, pride, covetousness, lust, envy,
sloth, but these are, of course, the at
tributes or defects of fallen or cor
rupted. nature.
Catholics, like other human beings,
have to struggle against their own in
nate n1eannesscs and for some the
fsfruggle is a harder one than it is for
Iothers; some OF us have greater need
of the grace of God, it seems, to keep
us fairly decent. And often those
Iwho need it most make the least eff
|fort to have it; they are the "indif-
Iferenf, and the 'lukewarm,'' which
lnlcsns they are spiritually slothful
at the s;ime time, there are Catho.
lies who do not belong in any of the
Eclnsses mentioned; and we are won
derfng Thy TREY are not noted as one
or more of the types" A list might
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STOCK QUOTATIONS. SOUTH ST.
PAUL, JANUARY is. 1922.

Hog auotations--
Heavy packing hogs. $500 a 6.25: bulk
1.90; Workers., S.15@s.40; Gull pigs, AIS
$3.50; good stock pigs, S.50@9.00.
killing steers
Common to light steers, 350d450:
plain killing steers. 4.25 @ $50 good
steers. 5.75Cl6.5o; long fed steers. $50
G1.50; good TO choice sfed ycarlings,
s7.5oM950.
Stockcrs and Feeders
Fair to good yearlings. S.75@525;
good to choice yearlinEs, 5.00GD6.25;
fair feeders. COOL 600 lbs, 1000 $50;
good feeders, 9o0-1,0o0 lbs. 4.75@6.25.
Good COWS. $4,000 5000; choice cows,
10000 5000.
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DONNIE, NON SUM DleNus.

In my Heart art Thou, o Lord, in my
heart
O, how can I ever fear,
When L know Thou art SO near,
I In my heart?
Thou dost say to me, o Lord, Thou
dost say:
See, this is My Body true,
THAT is offered up for you
Every day."
Faith and love have I, o Lord, faith
and love-
And with hope entwined, these
three
Make Thy message clear to me,
From above.
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suppose? Cooking, washing, sewing,
ehai And where is. Ellie?"
ELLIE" The speakers voice be.
came somewhat strained This
morning Ellie has gone to lagrange
meeting. Little Bob and Stella the
younger went with her. The others
are at school" -
Haven't you any ambition?" Mrs.
Barlow asked.
| Mother Barlow!"
[ Stella Hare WINGED. 81 did have.
have now, guess. I have always
wanted to go to the top of that hill
out there" she nodded vaguely to.
wards the window, land see what lay
on the other side
But why didn't you go?" the in.
quisitive older woman persisted.
Bob married at nineteen / was
fourteen then and for the last thir-
teen years they have needed me here
up to that time l lived with father
and mother here in the valley.
thought maybe could sing or paint. y
That's horrid," the girl said, holly
But it was her own fault" the
.mother-in-law remarked She gazed
severely at Stella. "You should have
gone and realized your ambition"
Stella raised a well-formed but red
knuciSled and broken-nailed hand to
arrange a stray lock of her abundant
soft golden hair.
Should L? Father Halpin says not.
The children needed me, so stayed. y
"Humph. You are a Catholic, OF
course. Those priests"
Now, mother Barlow"
"Well, it's providential that the mo.
tor car broke down in front of this
bhouse. / see that plainly
"Providential? nlurmured Stella.
Ruth Barlow rose and set the emp
~ tumbler upon the table That was
refreshing--thank YOU" She pulled
her seal wrap from the back of q
chair and turned to the older woman
shall we go?"
sit down, Ruthie. | intend having
my say, so save your diplomatic ma.
neuvers. Yes, said providential and
1 mean providential. No good look
ing girl like you," once again the lor.
gnette came into action, ''was born to
waste her sweetness upon this desert
air. And am resolved to end your
isolation. / live over that hill, a few
miles over it is true, but over it and
and YOU can come to me-
ND butts, please. said Mrs. Barlow
her brown eyes alight with enthusi.
asn. Here was a new sensation for
the social world in which she moved
As Ruth and she had come to the
door She had heard. Stella singing
about her work. She recognized a
good voice when she heard one. .You
can come to visit me. And if you
have scruples concerning visiting a
stranger why, stay at HOTEL
Il have no.
Il want you to give several recitals
for me and, of course, pay in adj
vance" Mrs. Barlow broke in suave-
~, equal to any obstruction
'Oh, couldn't promise.'
To go over the hill, Over the hill
and far away, But what Of the wash
ing and the cooking and the mend.
ing9 Ellie's back--and Tommy
throat which was weak and needed
her careful nursing? She had solemn.
~ assured Elizabeth, too, that she
would have her gymnasium suit ready
in day or two The pears were
ready to do up and the cranberries
waiting to be made into jelly. And
there were the rag carpets-and the
ntits--aild the mince meat
oh, couldn't this FILL she cried,
hopclesslY
This winter" the memorable voice
of Mrs. Barlow inquired.
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: REALIZATION.

| Stella Hare, bending before the ice
chest which stood out on the lean-to
porch of her brothers house, hesitat.
ed her nervous lingering of a pint.
cream bottle. 50.
| isn't it, dear?" went on the voice
in the kitchen.
| what, mother Barlow?'' gls
| why, never having been away
from this dreadful place"
ooh, that"
+ isn't it awful?''
/ "Oh, I don't know, mother Barlow
It's home to her."
/ Home. The girl On her knees at
the ice box laughed suddenly. But
While her ears were tuned to the con
versation going on in the kitchen, in.
stinct prompted her to decide quick
ly upon mixing the remainder of the
milk with the small amount of cream
left and pouring the result into the
tumbler she had taken from the kitch.
en- cupboard The girl had not exact
ly refused tea, yet Stella knew she did
not particularly care for it,
| Home is where you hang your hat
Teddy says the older woman's voice
continued. ~
A tinkling laugh rang out Teddy!
Why Teddy can hardly wait to get
into the new house. He detests board
ing as much as I do. And only yes.
terday your quoted authority stated
that the bard was right! There is nc
place like home"
You wander, Ruth. reiterate that
/ it is awful-awful for her never to
have been out of this place."
Stella rose and stepped into the
kitchen.
DO you mean on account of the
houseN' she inquired, as she placed
the glass Of milk on a plate and hand
ed it to the pretty, dark-eyed girl sit.
ting near the big wood stove.
The woman in the rocker pushed
aside a heavy mink cape.
Il mean the house-and the town.
/ Mother Barlow!"
| 1T isn't her house, take it, and
it isn't her town either, Ruth" stated
Mrs. Barlow, calmly.
/ Stella's wide mouth trembled into
a smile.
Won't you have another muffin:
No. thank God, it isn't my house.
But [ do not think it SO bad =
Ruth Barlow cried, her dark eyes
scanning as much as they could Of the
interior of the gray frame house
This kitchen is a love. The 1inoleum
is pretty-I adore blue and white,
The walls match it perfectly and the
dimity curtains are dears. As for the
stove she moved her Chair nearer
to the glowing range. 81 think it the
best indication always that someone
in the house understands what home
means
! Stella flung a snowy napkin over
the muffin dish and sat down before
the zinc covered table.
I insisted upon the kitchen being
| done over she said. Il told Ellie
and Bob that il it wasn't | would
leave
| Are there children?" Mrs. Barlow
demanded, gazing critically the while
at Stella through jeweled lorgnette.
six
Six" exclaimed Ruth Barlow. her
pointed little white face aflame with
interest.
Stella raised her brows a trifie.
THE children are all right" she an
| sWered
i love children, too the other girl
said. gently.
Six. Hunnph!' Interrupted, the old.
er woman. You do all the work, !
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Let him deny himself! how can
we reduce this to practice? Self-denial
consists in saying No" to ourselves
and those who can say this little mono.
syllable to themselves with as much
determination as they sometimes say
lit to- their neighbor, will advance rap
idly on the royal road to the Cross.
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Sermons on Catholic Worship.

omitted on Good Friday and Holy Sat
urday to recall to our minds that
Christ, the Prince of Peace, did not
again announce His peace until resur-
rection evening, when appealing to
His apostles He said to them, Peace
be to you."
i And For Strife-Torn World
In conclusion, dear friends, let me
beg of you, when you say the Agnus
Del and the prayer for peace in Holy
Mass, to implore the Lord with all the
earnestness and fervor of Christian
lisouls to give to this strife-torn world
that peace which He purchased by
His death and left to us as a legacy
here below in token of that eternal
|peace we hope to enjoy in heaven.
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II we are well with God all is we'll
with us, though the thickest darkness
OF adversely be round about Ii We.
are not we'll with Him nothing is wei!
with us, though the best and brightest.
be at our feet Father Fnber.
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GRAIN FUTURES, MINNEAPOLIS.

Mhcat--Nav high 1.Ion low. 1.lSn,
July. high. t1S1s low, 1.12A.
! oats--AIas, high, sS Is low, S2a.
Kyc-;SIhy, high, 1855; low, 1874.
Isaflty--1Iay. high. 4s1s low, %.
Flax-May, high, 2.07A; low, zoe.