The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-05-27

BY William l.. J. Griffin, A. NJ, D. D. S.

We honor the holy Name OF Jesus
because that Name reminds us OF all
the blessings we have recelVeo
through the Redemption.
The Emperor Justinian says: In
the Name of Our Lord Jesus we begin
all our consultations" The efhcacy
of the Name is asserted by Our Divine
i ord Himself, "In my Name they shall
take up serpents, and If they shall
drink any deadly thing it shall not
hurt them: they shall lay their hands
upon the sick and they shall recover"
In the Name of Jesus the Apostles
cured the lame and raised the dead.
Moreover, this Name reminds the sim.
ner of the Good Samaritan, the Father
of the prodigal, and the Good Shep-
herd, tc succor him in his distress,
and bring consolation to the just who
suffer by recalling to their minds the
suffering of the Lamb of God.
This Name is the terror of Satan,
who in his pride must bow to it and
his Conqueror. Finally, it is the Holy
Name through which we must obtain
all the blessings and graces necessary
for time and eternity: IF you ask the
Father any thing in My Name He will
give it to you" Urban w and John
XXI granted an indulgence to all
those who would add the Name OF
Jesus to the Hail Mary. Sextus V
granted an indulgence of fifty days to
the ejaculation: praise be to Jesus
Christ, Amen" The same Pope grant
ed the same Indulgence to those who
would pronounce the Name reverently
and plenary indulgence at the hour
of DEATH Plus X granted three hun
dred days for the invocation OF the
Names of Jesus and Mary.
Establishment in U. S.
Through the kindness of Mother
Praxedes, superior general, Loretto
Convent, NerinckX, KY, we had the
pleasure of examining the register of
the members and the minutes of the
first Holy Name Society established in
the United States. This little book
contains the names of the members
of the first society. The list of mem
bers contains 246 names, very large
number for those early days in Amer
lea when there were only few thou
sand Catholics in the whole United
States-a much larger list than some
of our present societies established in
our cities, where the parish congrega-
ton will have several thousand men.
Among the names of this first Holy
Name Society were several members
of the Spaldings, the family which
gave two distinguished prelates to the
Catholic Church-Archbishop Spald-s
ing, of Baltimore, and Bishop Spaid-
ing, of the Diocese of Peoria, Ill.
When the society was organized by
Father NerinckX in 1909, it had 1888
members. A great many of the names
of the members cannot now be deciphA
cred correctly.
This little book is an old fashioned
linen-paper note hook of forty pages,
6 by inches, sewed in very inter-
esting sample of brick-red wrapping
paper tesselated in black squares. The
front page is adorned with the mono
gram of the Holy Name and has the
following title: "Confraternity of the
Holy Name, erected in the st. Charles
Church, Hardings Creek, on the sec
ond Sunday of Lent, A. d. 1902
(Christian year,
Father NerinckX requested the sane.
ton of Bishop Carroll to establish the
Ho1v Mama Sociotv
This little book was also examined
by His Excellency, the Most Reverend
Diomede FalcOnio, D. D. afterwards
CardinaD, when he was Apostolic Del
egate to the United States.
Profess Faith in Society.
The Holy Name Society is so we'll
established in the United States that
every Catholic and most of the non
Catholics are. we'll versed in it's OBJ,
ject. 1t is indeed wonderful sight to
see hundreds of Catholic men on
Holy Name Sunday in their parish
church, marching to the altar to re-
ceive Holy Communion, thus testify
ing to all peoples that they are mem.
bers of the Holy Name Society.
Not so long ago we asked few OF
our personal friends, who had won
recognition in their several vocations,
TO give us their view of the Holy
Name Society. If men of their char
acter can openly declare their belief
in the Holy Name-surely, we fellow
members should not be afraid of ridi
Guile.
In reference to the Holy Name, our
esteemed friend, DIR. Maurice Francis
Egqn, a man whose name stands in a
high place on the roll of those men of
renown whose work has shed lustre