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The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
RECEIVE PAPAL HlNoRS /.
TWO PENNSYLvANIANS ARE
MADE cHAMRERLAlNS.

lgnatius J. Horstmann, of Philadel-
phia, and Daniel J. Murphy, of Merton,
have been honored with the. rank of
papal chamberlain by Pope Plus XI,
according to an announcement made
here by His Eminence Cardinal
Dougherty.
Mr.. Horstmann is member of the
state welfare commission, a member
of the Board of Directors of St. Johns
Orphanage and the Catholic Home for
Destitute Girls. He belongs to Phila.
delphia Council, K. of c., and is ell
gagged in the wool business.
Mr.. Murphy is member of a local
stevedoring concern and attends the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Over
brook. During the war he had charge
OF the army transports leaving Phila
delphia and represented the Italian
government in that city.
The two men, although widely sepa
rated in the business world, were boy
hood friends and attended school in
the parish of st. Philip Neri.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
ATHEIST IS CONVERT
ECON FRlEDELL PROcLAlMs DI.
vINITY OF CHRISTOPHER NO.
TABLE CONVERSIONS IN EU.
ROPE,

The liberal literary world of Central
Europe has been stunned by news of
the conversion of Egon Friedell, one
of the most powerful and talented of
the younger writer's of the atheistic
school, ...
Marking as it does the third recent
notable detection from the ranks of
artists who regarded it as one OF the
greatest reproaches that could be cast
upon them that they be termed "cler.
lcals,' the sudden religious profession
OF this noted litterateur may be said
to be another indication of a mighty
movement that is leading some of the
most brilliant European minds back
to the foot of the cross.
Especially is this movement being
felt in the literary world. In Austria.
Hermann Bahr, the former managing
director of the famous state theater,
led the way. Josef August Lux, the
celebrated art critic, followed his lead.
Now comes Friedell, to join men who
owe their prominence to the atheistic
press and who have renounced their
former PHILOSOPHERS to give evidence
of Christian truth.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
Mr.. HARD!NG'S MESSAGE
PRESIDENT WRITES ON FEEDER
ALiZATION."

President Harding, through his sec
retary, has sent the following letter
to the st. Louis 'Post-Dispatch" in
response to it's editorial appeal to the
Governors of the various states to
take measures against the present
tendency to centralize power in the
Federal Government:
To the Editor of the "Post-Dis-
patch: The President asks me to
make acknowledgment of copy of an
editorial from the Sunday "Post-Dis-
patch of March 19, entitled, appeal
to Governors to Halt March Toward
Federal Empire The President asks
me to say that he has read it with
very great interest. He asks me to
say further that he sympathizes with
much of the apprehension which you
express, and thinks that there ought,
at the same time. be an effort made
to halt the persistent effort to reach
the Federal treasury in payment for
public service which very frequently
deserves to be the burden of the sep
arate commonwealths.
Yours sincerely,
George b. Christian, Jr,
Secretary to the President.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
YOUR ACT OF LOYALTY.

Every person at some time or
other is called upon to make open
profession of his convictions. This
may be in regard to his belief or
allegiance concerning country,
lodge or society 1t may, in fact,
be matter Of political preference,
or it may arise in a court Of JUS
tice. Personal conviction neces-
sarily demands some kind of
expression in word, in act, or at
least in attitude.
The Church is not mere theo-
retical entity. 1t is a congrega-
ton OF human beings. perfect
society, ruled by definite prin-
ciples, yielding certain privileges
but exacting unmistakable duties
Religion is not merely a. question
Of mind or OF belief. 1t is instinct
with palpitating reality thai
reaches down into the very nature
Of mans soul. It does not leave
him free simply to believe: work;
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
MGR. VAN DYKE DEAD
WAS PASTOR IN SAME PARISH
MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS.

The Right Reverend Monsignor Err
nest Van Dyke died in Detroit on
April 12. He was II years old, and
had been a priest more than So years,
and in charge of ST. Aloysius parish,
more than so years.
The biography of Mgr. Van Dyke
is the history of Detroit. He was
born in that city January 20. 1S45.
His parents were among the pioneers
of Detroit and the house in which be
lived is more than 120 years old. In
it his mother was entertained when
she was Miss Elizabeth Des Meyers.
All his life, except for a few years of
study at Fordham College. New York.
and in the American College, Rome.
was spent in Detroit He was given
the title of Monsignor in 1919: He
was long known as man of high
culture and a devoted priest.
Some years ago Mgr. Van Dyke was
offered the presidency of the Amer
lean College at Rome, a post he much
desired. His parish in Detroit. how
ever, needed him more than ever and
he declined the offer. He also re-
fused a bishopric.
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the dark for the departed 1 II they
need our help surely do they wish
to speak to us about it, to interest
us in their behalf. Just place
yourself en- rapport with them, at
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want, you want; ready? There S
your party, no extra charge for
more than five minutes, no party
lines, perfect service guaranteed.
1t has radio beaten, since no in
struments are required; just tune
up.
Intelligent Catholics will smile
in pity at all this childishness.
Many persons, however, no doubt,
will be lured into the belief that
spiritpalism is the religion of the
future, and the only thing for the
present. What do you make of it
all, Watson?
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some GERMAN JUB|LEts
FAMOUS CHURCHES WILL HAVE
cELE8RATloNs-coLoeAE AND
FULDA TO MARK ANNlvERsA.
+ RlES.

Two of the oldest churches in Ger
many-St. Michaers church in Fulda,
and the Cologne Cathedral-are to ce;-
ebrate jubilees of their conservation
this year. St. MichaePs anniversary
will be its eleven hundredth, while
Cologne Cathedral will have been con.
secrated six hundred years.
This ancient church of Fulda stands
upon the site Of one that was erected
in the earliest period of Christianity
In Germany. 1t was in $40 that Alb
bot Eigil began to build the present
st. Michaels. The work was finished
in 822. In later times the church
underwent restoration but the prin-
c1pal building, the choir and the crypt
survive from Abbot Eigil's day.
Popular Subscription for Bell.
Cologne Cathedral's anniversary
will be observed on September "a.
Solemn ceremonies have been planned
to commemorate the event. The
famous "Kaiserglocke" (Kaiser's belD
is to be replaced by new one, which
will be called "Deutsche Glocke am
Rhein." German Bell on the Rhine"
The "kaiserglocke," like many an
other bell in the towns and villages
of Germany, was melted during the
war to provide metal for guns and
other purposes.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
of undoubted Christian character

must accompany that 1altn.
One of the prime duties which
the Catholic Church imposes upon
every one Of her members is the
obligation Of approaching the
sacraments of confession and
Communion at the Easter time.
1t has always seemed a cause OF
deep humiliation on the part OF
the Church to be forced to legls-
late on such a matter. Ii a Cath
Ollie holds to the, doctrine OF the
Real Presence, to the guilt OF sin,
to the untold blessing of the sacra-
ment of penance, it is passing
strange that the supreme author
ity left by God OH earth must
issue strict command to such a
Catholic to draw near the source
of grace at least once a year. On
the face Of it the duty appears
incredible: for it is eminently a
privilege. 1t is but another proof
of the unfathomable love OF God
who so yearns for His rational
creatures that He perforce will
compel them to enter and be
seated at the most sumptuolls
banquet known to heaven or earth.
TO neglect this reception of the
sacraments, which the Church is
obliged to call duty, is to pro-
claim oneself a practical renegade.
1t is to invite disbarment from
Catholic burial, in case of death.
What is more, deliberate negli-
gence in this matter seems to
tempt God to abandon one en-
tirely.
After all. if Christian has any
hope of heaven, and if he realizes
that that blessed state is nothing
else but the enjoyment of God,
surely he will be at least prudently
wise in accustoming himself to
proximity and converse with that
God who is to be the source Of his
happiness for all eternity.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
DUTCH CATHOLICS
MOURN
SUFFER BY DEATH OF FATHER
DE GRooT-FRiAR OF ST. DOM.
p lNlC DID MUCH TO RESTORE
PRESTIGE OF CHURCH IN HoL-
LAND.

"A great Hollander, SANITY priest
learned professor, orator, writer and
leader of youth is just now being
mOurned in Amsterdam, where he
died, and throughout the length and
breadth of the Netherlands. His name
was John V. De Groot; his profession,
F'rlar of the Order of st. Dominic; /;
his official charge, Professor of Tho.
mistic Philosophy at the University of
Amsterdam; his choice occupation, to
direct the Catholic intellectual elite
OF his country's youths to become use.
full members of the Church and the
commonwealth
He was the last of that pleiad of in
tellectual giants who led Dutch Cath
olics out of the Egyption bondage, in
which they were held in their own
land, to their rightful place under the
sun and upon the soil they, no less
than their Calvinist brethren, have
helped to wrest from the ocean and
to guard against it's onslaughts and
the oppression of hostile foreign ma.
tions. .a,.e.-.
Father De Groot had to his credit
years of successful teaching and lead
ing of youth in his own order and OF
pastoral work in the fair Catholic city
of Nimeguen. In 1894, the Bishops of
Holland, requested by the Academic
Senate of the University of Amster.
dam to choose professor for chair
of Catholic philosophy at this rather
agnostic and materialistic higher in.
stitution of learning, selected him. He
was ripe scholar then, one who to a
vast erudition, clear Judgment and
an exceptional gift of eloquence join
ed an amiability of character, tact.
fulness of intercourse with his fellow
men, simplicity and holiness of life
which had drawn all Nimeguen to his
pulpit in the church, to his feet in the
confessional.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
BIBLE N SCHOOLS
PARTlSANS WOULD INTRODUCE
READING OF SACRED SCRIP.
TUREs IN ILLINOIS SCHOOLS.

An attempt to permit the introduc-
tion of Bible reading in the schools of
Illinois is being made through an
amendment to the state constitution
which declares: "The reading in pub
lie. schools of selections from any ver-
sion of the old and new Testaments.
without comment, shall never be held
in conflict with this Constitution"
The proposed constitution is to be
voted on at the polls.
Nine delegates voted against the
amendment against which Catholic
leaders have sounded warning. Ac-
cording to the Rev. c. s. Bell, the
amendment is meant entirely as an
anti-Catholic move, to take the faith
away from these Catholic children,
who must attend these schools.
Bible reading" said Father Bell,
'is only wedge or covert expression.
meaning Protestant service. If it
read what it means, it would say
Methodist service shall be allowed in
all public schools"
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
A BEAUTIFUL OLD CUSTOM

One OF the prettiest remnants
OF ancient Catholicity is that
which is called the Rogations. The
term means prayers or supplica-
tons, and it is applied to the cerc-
monies on certain days. The
Major Rogations are celebrated on
April 25, while the Minor Roga-
tions fall Oh the three days pre-
ceding the Ascension, The Gus
tom is still carried out with great
solemnity in Catholic countries,
while elsewhere special commem-
oration usually is made only in the
Mass and the Divine Office.
The object of this practice was
to beg Gods protection, to make
amends for mans transgressions
and to obtain a bountiful harvest.
In England down to the time of
Elizabeth the people were espe-
cially devout on these days of
prayer. A great procession was
held through the streets or fields,
and the crops were blessed solemn
ly by priest or bishop.
The Minor Rogations were in
troduced at very early date and
were later on, in 511. made of
general observance. The Major
Rogation also goes back to primi-
tive times, and it seems to have
been instituted to offset the pagan
festival Of Rcbigalia at which
time the heathens made supplica-
tions to their false gods.
Today there is fully as much
reason for the public celebration
Of such penitentiab rites as existed
in the early Church. Conditions,
however, seem to preclude the
proper carrying out of the ancient
custom. At the same time devout
Catholics, more especially those
from the lands Of primitive faith,
remember these sacred days and
unite their prayers with those of
the Church for the welfare of re-
igion and as an offering to
appease God for the sins of the
world. Il ...l ...} ..
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
FRENCH BIRTH RATE
NATALITY FUND Is INCREASED
BY FOUNDERS.

Families of young parents will be
the principal benefciaries of the ad.
ditions made to the Conacq fund by it's
founders, M. and Nine. Conacq. They
have just increased the original fund
by 100000 francs, thus bringing the
total of their subsidies to natality to
100000 francs.
The new fund creates one hundred
awards of 10000 francs each for large
families of poor fathers and mothers,
but with minimum requirement of
five instead of nine children as was
provided in the original grant. The
parents of this family of five must be
under thirty years of age. If the num-
ber of their children later is increased
by four they are entitled to an addi.
tional $4,000 francs.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
RELIEF FOR AUSTRIA
CHRISTIAN SOCIAL PARTY BACKS
GOVERNMENT.

News that the, American Congress
would adopt a resolution authorizing
an extension of credit to Austria as
an aid to relieving conditions there
has been received by the Austrian
people with gratitude and by the Chris.
tian Social party as an augury of
success for it's program of reconstruc-
ton.
This assistance from the United
States comes at time when the col.
lapse of the present government, for
which the Christian Social party is
responsible, seemed inevitable The
leaders of this party are now quite
confident of their ability to bring
Austria out of it's wretchedness and
restore her to state of political and
economic stability.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22

ku klux klan parades are a
violation of the state law and may
be punished by a fine of from 800
to $500 or Imprisonment Of from
three to six months, according to
information sent by Attorney
General A. V. Coco of Louisiana to
Governor Parker. The letter con-
firmed an opinion of Governor
Parker. who has declared that he
intends acting Immediately upon
the Judgment of Judge Coco to
suppress every parade or public
meeting Of robed members of the
Khan. Letters asking the cooper
alton of all district judges have
been written by Governor Parker.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
AN INDIAN CATHEDRAL
DELHI TO HAVE CATHOLIC
CHURCH OF SACRED
HEART.
(By N. C. w. G. News Service. )

by N. C. W. G. News Service.)
Delhi. the imperial city of India, is
to have great Catholic temple. The
great increase in the number of Cath.
olic faithful and the consequent re-
quirements of worship have led the
Catholics of Delhi to form plans for
the construction of great temple
which will really be cathedral The
idea has met with general approval,
and the government has given piece
of land, in return for an insignificant
financial consideration, upon condi-
tion that the building be completed
within seven years.
The Delhi Cathedral will be con-
secrated to the Sacred Heart.
Work has already been begun and
an active campaign has been initiated
TO collect the funds needed to com
plete the construction
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22

their labors fruitful and far
reaching He adds: 1--WE may
not always agree with the opin-
ions of individuals as expressed
i'll its (the Catholic paper's) col
umns, but unless faith and
morals are attacked, entire free
dom of expression ought to be
granted to editors. In largeness
of mind we should be able to dis
criminate between, essentials and
mere personal opinion. =
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22

1t is reported from Madrid, in
Spain. that the article of the regu-
latlOns governing the schools of
Spain, dated November 26, 1888,
stipulated that in every classroom
there must be a plainly visible
crucifix. This prescription has not
been obcyed, especially not in
those localities where a spirit of
socialism had slipped into the adj
mlnistration of the schools. The
school inspectors are now charged
with the duty of seeing to the
execution of the ruling and teach.
crs refusing obedience are in
danger of losing part of their
salaries.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
POLISH CATHOLICS
ASK POPE FOR FREEDOM FROM
AUTHORITY OF CARDINAL
BERTRAM.

Polish Catholics, in those districts
of Upper Silesia recently returned to
Poland by the League of Nations, have
appealed to Pope Plus XI for separa-
tion from the authority of Cardinal
Bertram. the German Archbishop of
Breslau, under whose, ecclesiastical
rule they still remain, despite the new
political division of the country
The appeal is the second one made
to the Vatican, the first having been
held up by the illness and death Of
Pope Benedict 1t is an echo OF the
Silesian plebiscite troubles of 1921,
when Cardinal Bertram issued an anti
Polish pastoral letter.
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
OUR EDUCATIONAL
CONGRESS.

On the first page of this issue
will be seen the first announce
ment of an event which will mark
the highest point in local interest
as regards our parochial school
system. In fact, this congress, it
is expected, will be the most pre-
tentious affair Of it's kind attempt
ed this year throughout the whole
Mississippi valley. For it will
bring into one conspectus for all
to see at close range the workings
of a system that all too rarely is
understood even by our Catholic
people.
We are accustomed to view our
parochial schools as so many dis
tinct units. Our gaze is confined
to the solitary institution of our
parish, with it's particular pupils,
teachers and equipment. They
constitute, for the average person,
the whole parochial system. Not
often does one look aloft to the
higher plane whereon rest the
principles that direct each and
every school, large and small,
grade and high, throughout the
Catholic field. One is inclined to
judge the entire group. by the re-
suits witnessed in a given unit
whereas, to obtain the proper per-
spective it is necessary to view the
complete network as a coordinate
whole.
This then is the primary object
of the congress which is being pre-
pared with so much elaborate cere-
mony and attention to the least
detail. The purpose, as mentioned
elsewhere, is to give our Catholic
people a fair opportunity to realize
just what their strength is by pre-
senting at one time and place the
net results of the various parish
units. This will serve to stimulate
and to arouse a just pride in the
accomplishments already attained,
and to awaken even more intense
zeal and cooperation on the part
OF our people towards their
schools. Catholic generosity in
this matter is already proverbial
witness, as a recent instance, the
wonderful success of the educa-
tional campaign carried to such a
satisfying conclusion in this arch
diocese scarcely a year ago.
Moreover, such an exhibition
will doubtless have a salutary
effect on the general public by
placing before it the actual results
Of the much discussed parochial
system of education. 1t will tend
to consolidate opinion generally
in the excellent work performed
by our schools. Added to this,
such congress cannot but awak-
ell renewed efforts on the part of
pastors and teachers to profit by
intensive cultivation of the scho-
lastic field and to gain much use
full information for the better
ment Of each school.
The committee in charge is leav-
ing nothing undone to make this
event one of the most important
the most momentous of it's kind
ever attempted in this part of the
country
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22
MISTS AND VAPORS OF SPIR-
ITUALISM.

The study OF comparative reli-
gions reveals many odd and fanci-
full by-products in the realm of
spiritual thought. Monumental
founders of religious belief usual
ly scared above their fellows in
acumen and power. Their prin-
ciples ordinarily rested upon some
more or less solid foundation, even
though they erred in insight or
application.
The by-products, however, con-
stitute what in more vulgar terms
are called fads or freaks of reli-
gion. The origin of such fantastic
cults may be traced to the mind of
a poet or novelist or mayhap Of a
disgruntled clergyman ambitious
Of fame, Or lucre. In the average
run, the attempt meets with con-
siderable success-at least tenn
porarily. Witness the different
churches and colonies and
House" of this or that which dot
the land. Since too many Ameri-
cans are devoid of positive reli-
gion, it is a comparatively easy
matter to lure not few of the
credulous into the mystic realm of
ethereal piffie. -. .,...,
Comes man yclept Sir Conan
Doyle, erstwhile novelist of note,
quondam physician, at present
spiritualist- t-missionary extraordi-
nary. AS healer of bodies Sir
Doyle no doubt excelled in his pro
fession. TO the world he is known
as the creator Of the inimitable
Sherlock Holmes, whose slippery
eerle achievements thrilled young
and old.
But the splendid novelist has
turned spiritualist. He is number
ed i'll the coterie Of which Stead,
Lodge, Flammarion ct al were or
are effulgent luminaries. With
the seriousness of Watson discuss
ing deal with Holmes, Sir Conan
tells of the spiritual world, its
bliss and joy, it's comfortable ac-
commodations for the wicked, and
the luxuries and conveniences for
the good. We are informed that
if a man "has been an unsavory
individual here he does not go
to hell, Oh no, that s vulgar; he
goes to a sort of hospital (note
1.-THE physicians S touch). That is a
gray and very unhappy, unpleas-
ant sort of place. He must re-
main there until his own volun-
tary acts show him fit for the other
plane. 1t is simple and beautiful,
but it is not materialistic.
Now, that doubtless is reassur-
ling. A murderer or adulterer or
traitor is sent to a nice place and
told to elicit acts Of repentance,
/ to be sorry for his naughtiness,
and then he will be lifted up to
the heavenly plane.
| ,.As the man in the street would
phrase it: as spiritual leader
Doyle is wonderful novelist.
Christ claimed to be God. and then
He proved it. He taught us much
of the other world, it's nature, with
Its rewards. and penalties. He
often spoke Of real hell, as did
the Father to the prophets Of old
That Hades was not a very nice
place, for there are shown eternal
burnings and the worm that will
not die and the wicked departing
Into eternal fire. But Conan
doesn't believe all this. In the
Iidiom Of his countrymen this is al
flush Tin Americanese, pifiel.
| Spirits are also nice people
Would you hold converse with
them? Sir Conan tells us how il
| is done. He says that he often has
lspoken to and with his deceased
lson, Kingsley Here is the way
l"I wanted to talk to him. HI
!, wanted to talk to me. We talk
ed" Simple, no. Why pray il
The Catholic bulletin., 1922-04-22

Bishop Chartrand of Indianap-
oils is an advocate of freedom
Of individual expression for the
Catholic editor. In a pastoral
letter Oh the Catholic press. he
says that "the efforts of writer's
and publishers Of Catholic litera-
ture are deserving of praise and
encouragement, and we all of US
have an obligation Of making