The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-10-18
Spiritual Revival at
St. PaulPs Oct. 21-28
Mission Services Will Be Conduct.
ed by the Capuchin Fathers
Public Invited

st. Pauls Catholic church, has
invited Rev. Theophilus Riesinger,
o. M. Cap, and Rev. Fabin Fetha,
o. M. Cap, to conduct a series of
Mission services at St. Paul's, Oct.
81 to %, 1928. The public is
cordially invited to attend any or
all of these services.
A mission is an extraordinary
occasion for renewing and
strengthening the spiritual life of
Christians by serious meditation on
the great truths of religion, by
more frequent and fervent prayer
and by fuller cooperation with the
special graces granted in response
thereto. It IS, an appeal to the in
tellect and the will for the purpose
of enlighteflfng N6e former and in
fiuencing the latter to the end that
progress may be made in spiritual
perfection. M
A mission consists Of a. series of
religious exercises-Masses, Con-
LESSONS, ICommunions, Visits to
the Blessed Sacrament, Beads, Sta
tons of the Cross and other de-
acknowledgement with sermons
and instructions on the teaching Of
the Church and the duties Of
Christians, given by priests who
have received special training for
the work and are, consequently,
well fitted to direct the soul in the
way of holiness.
The primary purpose of mis-
sion is the conversion of sinners.
1t aims at convincing them of the
supreme malice of sin, the i'm
portance of salvation, the value OF
the soul, the need of religion and
the goodness Of God. 1t affords
them more ample opportunities to
make good confession or to re-
pair sacriligious, to break the
bonds of vicious habits, to restore
the soul to a life of grace and con-
formity to the will of God.
By means of a mission sinners
are converted, the lukewarm are
aroused to spiritual activity, the
good are made better. 1t revives
and strengthens the faith of the in
dividual, deepens and broadens the
foundations of his hope, purifies
and intensifies the ardor of his
charity and elevates his moral tone,
thereby renewing the spiritual life
of the parish and community. The
timid are made courageous; the
weak, strong; the wavering, stead
fast; the slaves of evil habits are
set free; the victims of temptation
are encouraged to fight valiantly !;
and all the faithful are exhorted
to seek a higher plane of spiritual
perfection.
A mission, therefore, has for OBJ
ject to reclaim those who have
strayed away from the practice Of
their religious duties, or who have
become addicted to some vice; to
enable all who are in the state Of
sin to make their peace with God
by means of good confession; to
increase the ardor of the good and
enable them to persevere until
death in the favor and service of
God. -
Non-Cathoics, also, and especial
ly those who are well-disposed to-
wards the church, who contemplate
marriage with Catholics or who are
associated with Catholics in bust
ness or social intercourse, should
be invited, nay, exhorted, to come
to the mission in order that pre-
JUDGES may be dissipated, and mis-
conceptions in regard to Catholic
teaching and practice removed by
the clear and definite statement of
religions truth by the missionaries.