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Show ; , j urcft ilntoersal k u jft'cVt a l e n D A R . " . 17. S.-taVtKtn "Pun-day. E: Hebr..' ix, 31-15:-. fet.oWkvXiii. 4G-7A St. Patrick. Pat-rick. 95J,i,0"'kreIigious. IS. M. St. ' Galrjvr-(a:,2S0 for seminarists sem-inarists jiovicesu;,.' 19. T.-. St3iJ3Uiiitt;,-iS61.6 for vocations. voca-tions. 20. W. St. Cyril of Jerusalem -S4S.-12S for parishes. . 21. Th. St. Benedict. 880,205 for schools. 22. F. The Sevfn Dolors of the B. V. Mary. 71a,025 for, .superiors. 2". P. St. Victorian. 722.039 for missions, mis-sions, if treats, 24. S. Palm Sunday. K. Phil., ii, 5-11:; 5-11:; G. St. Matt., xxi, 1-10. and xxvi., xxvii. St. Simon. S55.412 for societies, works. 25. M. Annunciation (Ti. April .S). t'f2,"25 foi' f-onversimw. 26. T. Pi. Ludgcr. 703.273 for sinners. sin-ners. 27. W. St. John Damascene. 782,043 for the intemperate 28. Th. Holy Thursday. 827,178 for spiritual favors. ? 29. F. Good Friday. S32.021 fox temporal tem-poral favors. r.C ,. '.'.. : 30. S. Holy Saturday. 1,319,850 fori special, various. 31. S. Easter. K. 1 Cor., v, 7-S; G. St. Mark. xvi. 1-7. CHURCH CALENDAR. THE GENERAL INTENTION: Recommended by His Holiness, Pius X. Social Works. A great many people are laboring: to hr'!p others, some wisely, some unwisely: unwise-ly: some profitably for themselves and others, some unprofitable for both. Tt used to be the fashion to speak of spiritual or corporal works of mercy, when there was question of helping others: because the. only persons considered con-sidered as objects of help were those Mho were actually destitute and entirely en-tirely dependent upon the compassionate compassion-ate dispositions of these who assisted them, the sonful, the sick, the hopelessly hope-lessly poor. Xow it is not considered enough 1o lift a soul out of sin, to nurse the sick, lo relieve the poor. Even the innocent smil must be uplifted, the convalescent must be strengthened, the poor must be aided to better his conditions. Hence we have a variety of organizations or movements devised for this purpose, the settlement, alliances, brotherhoods, legions, chapters, leagues, auxiliaries, mothers' clubs some form of society or other for the social betterment or uplifting up-lifting of those, encouragement, pretention, pre-tention, guidance. ". Even our charity organizations no longer stop at feeding the hungry or clothing the naked or standing between the sick-bed and the grave. They study how to make the hungry feed themselves, the naked clothe themselves, them-selves, and how to confirm the sick in health and vigor. What aie you doing? Criticising the efforts of your neighbor in this direction direc-tion as misguided, selfish or faddish? Deploring that so many are striving to s-five others who canr.ot save themselves? them-selves? Justifying your own lack of zeal by . the pretext that you do not (feel worthy to engage in work for others? oth-ers? Are you-of-those who -deplore the-social the-social inequalities without ever -lifting h finercr to alter them? Do vou even pray that -those .who .sincerely try to i hip otU&rs . vay,-siicceed- and reap , the J llC8.'ing of their zeal and' charity? The Messenger of the Sacred Heart for March treats this subject at length, and- every, member., of the League vhould reait;ard learn how by helping others orns -really -.betters, himself. ASilly Chain Letter. In illustration of the difficulty of .-onveyinicrarXGEl Information to "the public. JiQlirJtJxstandUig Ihe fact that ihere is hardly a hut in the land without with-out its daily, or weekly paper, is furnished fur-nished by the fact - that a certain "'chain" letter, is still winding its way among the people.- This letter' purports- to have been written originally one by ' Bishop Lawrence. It pretends to contain a copy of a prayer communicated commu-nicated from heaven, and the writer threatens that those who will not read Hie prayer, or send it to nine of his friends, will come to grief. It promises u that he who will-write it for nine dayfy I and send. it to nine persons, will re ft ccive soihe great joy. I Time and again the press of the country has exposed this fraud. It has warned the public that Bishop Law- I rence never wxote.it.' But the letter f is still sent out to people who continue I in copy h" for the alleged benefit of their friends. Only the other day a i leader of the News in Mackay. Ida., received the prayer in the mail. Some persons are therefore evidently still sending it around, ignorant of its " spurious . character. .AVe presume the I missive was firs., sent out by some praciics looker who thought he would ' test the credulity of the public. How ever, he docs not seem to have had ' graft ii view, as the only one that can derive any financial benefit from the letter is the postoffice department. Persons receiving the letter should lhrow it in the waste basket, and let it ?o at that. Deseret News. The Unpardonable1 Sin. Father Price in Pittsburg Observer.) YVlmt is the sin against the Holy c.h''t which will not be forgiven in this world i.ir in the next?" Idem. - There is ro specific sin known as the sin against the Holy Ghost. Theologians hold thr.t it means a persevering ob stinacy to grace held to the last breath. V hen a man constantly and all through life repels the inspirations of grace which come from the Holy Ghost he is khM to have committed the unpardonable unpardon-able sinT. -' DH Taft Smile? A little story anent Secretary Taft, whi- h I think has never been in print, f was told the writer by a friend who j whs an eye-witness. It was on a Wash- I ington Ftreet car and nearly all the f scats were occupied. A pretty young larlv and a bright-looking small boy I sat "near thJ rear door. The car came t to a halt and Secretary Taft entered, i of course, every eye was fastened I nr. on the distinguished official, who. f with becoming stateliness and aignhy." i ' passed down the aisle to a vacant seat in the rear end of the car. The small t. .v climbed on the seat and watched ihe royal progress with fascinated eyes. Then, breaking the silence of awe. rose f his dear, penetrating childish voice: "Auntie, auntie! Why has the gen- tic-man got his legs put on behind?" The secretaarv sank into the nearest scat and the silence was still further broken by irrespresslble giggles. Bos- ton Herald. Miss' 'L'iz'beth's Apple. Homely and pretty is a sketch from the Washington Post. It will take many people back to the days of big red apples ap-ples and little red school houses. A tidy little silver-haired lady in black was -riding toward Georgetown in the front seat of an open car. A handsome, blooming matron of 35 or so. carrying a basket stuffed with good things from the .market, boarded the car and took a seat directly behind her. The handsome .matron .studied the back of the. little white-haired lady's head for some' time,' and then moved along to get a side view of her face. This apparently satisfied her, for she began to fumble in her basket, smiling in a reminiscimial way.- and finally brought out a fine big. red apple,' which she polished for half a minute" with her Bilk gloves. Then she leaned forward and danced the red apple in front of the little old lady's eyes. "An apple for you, Miss 'Liz'beth," she said, laughingly. . The litle old white-haired lady turned about with a smile, looked for an instant at the features of the handsome hand-some matron.; and then held up her hands and exclaimed: "Well, well, if it isn't my little Virginia:" Vir-ginia:" "Little Virginia" nodded her head up j and down dihrhtfully. "And the last time i gave you an apple. Miss 'Llz'- beth was in school in 1S77." . Scr it was?' " The ftl a schoolteacher' and little Virginia Vir-ginia smiled at each other, and , three prosperous, grizzled men who were watching them smiled, too. and then fell to talking about the way time does Elip away. Spirituality as an Aid to Beauty. (From the Central Catholic.) "There is no beautifier of the face like a beautiful spirit." sa.vs Dr. Scho-fleld Scho-fleld in his "Springs of Character," and even this author, who is stupidly ignorant ignor-ant -of Catholic matters and absurdly prejudiced against the Church, cannot help noting that in the typical nun the high thoughts of the mind are stampad upon the face. This idea is well dev?l-J oped in the following pragataph from the Chicago News, a non-Cathoiic paper: pa-per: "The most expressive face is not the one which writhes or agonizes with every sorrowful feeling of twists and squirms with every amusing situation; it is rather the one which retains a calm exterior while the strongest emotions emo-tions of the soul play upon it with their lights and shadows." says a writer. writ-er. The face should be the smooth curtain cur-tain on which the heart exhibits its various va-rious pictures without disturbing it. not the stage which requires the shifting of scenery for every act. The reason why so many beautiful faces are to be found in a convent is in a ereat measure meas-ure duelto the daily habit of composing the features in long hours of meditation medita-tion and prayer. Unmarred by contending contend-ing emotions the features are gradually molded into harmonious outline.' . To sum up on this point, train your features fea-tures to composure and avoid all grim-macing grim-macing habits. Because good humor is an obliging quality many women think they must always be in a laugh or a broad smile in order to be charming. This is a grievous mistake. j - Cardinal Merry Del' Va!.-" ! OPapal Secretary' of State.)'" "" Merry del A'a! is an accomplished man. He speaks all languages. His English is perfect: ho is a finished I scholar, an extremely fine diplomatist, a rare judge of men. I have met mobt of the strong men of the world und judged them as one may. but I have never been face to face with a man of such essential power. That is the- impression im-pression you take away calm power. There is no imperial hysteria: there is nothing strenuous and ill-balanced. You feel yourself in ihe presence of what the scientists caI "intra-atomic energy" something beautiful and still and irresistibly strong. And this is interesting in-teresting and important, because to Cardinal Merry del Val is committed the conduct of the battle now being waged in Europe for God and the Ideal. Of all men in his place, he is the youngest. young-est. He was born in London of distinguished distin-guished - Spanish-Irish parentage in 1865. Before he was 39 years of age he was made cardinal secretary of state. In his hands wrs placed the greatest administrative trust that any man holds upon earth. Pius X, as the Romans are fond of saying, is a holy pope; it ia upon his secretary of state that the burden of Uie visible church has been lead. And he has entered upon a great battle for liberty, perhans the most important batle fought in France since the days of Clovis. Everybody's Magazine. Where the Priest Would Meet Them. An omnibus full of young Parisian students was rolling down the sereet when a quiet looking old gentleman in priests's attire got in. The students, angry at the interruption, began using bad language in the hope of driving him outside. But the priest took no more notice thaji if the. bus ;had been perfectly empty. At last he rose to get out. Then he turned and very politely said: 'Till we meet again, gentlemen." "Good-by. old chap," shouted one. "We don't want to se you again." "Pardon me." replied--the; priest, "we are sure to meet again. 1 am the chaplain chap-lain of Mazas prison." T. P.'s Weekly. French Crisis as an Eye-Opener. From Sacred Heart Keview.) The French war upon the Church or rather the misrepresentation by American Ameri-can .dally, papers at tire Church's position posi-tion in that controversy Has given a great impetus to the work of the Catholic Cath-olic press. Catholic Americans who never before gave the matter much, thought have begun to realize that it Is only through the Catholic press that they can hope to be correctly informed as to the true state of affairs in France. They are beginning to see that what is true of this situation would be true of a similar controversy in any country in the world the Church would be sure; to be misrepresented and its righteous j claims distorted by the daily papers. And so i)rgy are turning more and more to the Catholic press lor information, and for what is even more important than information, the -Catholic viewpoint. view-point. Catholic clergymen throughout th' country, who in the past may have hesitated :o anneal to their people to take a Catholic paper, through a feeling, feel-ing, perhaps that their congregations were already called upon often enough to contribute to this and that charitable charita-ble cause, arc now earnestly advising their flocks to support, the Catholic press. .. . Saint Patrick. There is something distinctive about the devotion of the Irish to St. Patrick, and especially about their annual celebration cele-bration of his festival. This is something some-thing more than the festival of a saint. It is the festival of a nation, which feels and knows that it is in special favor fa-vor with God the grateful joy of those who may fairly regard themselves as the chosen people of heaven. On other saints' days we bless God for the graces He bestowed' upon them; on the feast of Saint Patrick we bless God. not so much for having manifested manifest-ed Hi.i gloiy in His sainti as for having hav-ing glorified himself in His people. It is the feast of the most Catholic people on earth the people .who have done more for God than any other nation the people who have upheld through unexampled sorrow and temptation, the great victory which Christ upon the cross gained over the world, the flesh and the devil It is no exaggeration to sav that to those who deny the existence of God and of everythinng supernatural, the history of the Irish people in the past Is a puzzle beyond solution, and the attitude at-titude of the Irish people at present is a standing miracle. They see a nation in the past that clung to its faith and its traditions through seven centuries of bitterest persecution, that steadily and steadfastly rejected every bribe to sacrifice its beliefs, and patiently endured en-dured every kind of suffering to preserve pre-serve them: a nation that passed through the fire with the calmness of ma'tyrs, and that yet promises to grow; in love and loyalty to God until the sacrifice sa-crifice is consummated, and the end gained. " And God looking upon this people with eyes of love, chose for their Apostle Apos-tle from His whole church a man according ac-cording to His own heart. By nature, by grace, by his training under the hands of Providence, St. Patrick was fitted for the gi;eat ,work of . the apos- tolate to which: he was called. As a child he was remarkable for his piety and holiness'; and God 1ri"d him in his yo.ith as He tries all His saints, by bitter adversity. And. when he was tried and found not wanting. God placed him under the care of three of the greatest saints of the church: St. Martin of Tours, St. Germanus and St Vincent of Ierins, and they prepared him for the great w'ork for whi-h God had chosen him. Looking hack all . these years to those wild and barbarous times, theie is something very touching touch-ing in the sight of that voung saint, exiled ex-iled from home, a slave engaged in the most servile occupation, ' in a strange land . and among a w ild ' people, and finding his only consolation in worshiping wor-shiping the great unseen Father who was so tenderly watching over him, and preparing- him for "the most glorious mission" thaf'Apostle" ever received. AM his strength came from prayer and from union with the cross of his Divine Master. He boie that captivity for six long years, his great hart ail the time yearning towards' the strong, passionate people that lived around hint. 'who in their own rude way, were worshiping the unseen God in groves of oak and. offering sacrifices of.livinj? beings toward the creations-of their own imaginations. - St. Patrick could not approach them, he could not speak to them; he wept and prayed for them, but God's time had not come, and the saint wih great sorrow bade farewell to the Irish-shores andleft the people whom 'he loved in darkness and the shadow- of iipnfii v.nt see how wonderfully God works.- ' The psant thought-he was abandoning his people forever, tut the Eternal Father Fath-er was only removing him for a mor ment to unite them again on firmer and more lasting bonds of , spiritual affection. affec-tion. He removed St.. Patrick to prepare pre-pare him by study and prayer, and the sacrament of Holy Orders and by the blessing of the supreme pontiff foi his exalted mission. And when the time was come, in Fleep, in a vision, he received from God his mission. And lie rose and obeyed, and on the same shore that he had sanctified by his prayers before, he landed again no' longer a slave, but a prince and prelate of God's church. It was not. that St. Patrick made a convert here and there, but the whole nation .rose at his bidding, and casting aside the traditions of two thousand years, embraced the doctrines that he preached to them, because the very instincts in-stincts of the people told them that these doctrines were true. Convents and monasteries covered the land, and schools sprang by their sides and the schools developed into colleges, and colleges developed into universities, and w hen learning was banished from Europe by the barbarians if found home in the west. Europe looked in its despair de-spair to Ireland as a nation of apostles, j who were to evangelize and educate it. Meanwhile the grand old saint hud gone to his rewrard. His life was laborious but ottiel. traveling from end, to end of their land, pleaching, catechising, I healing the sick., consecrating bishens and ordaining . priests, receiving the vows of counties young virgins and clothing them with the consecrated veils, symbols of . that immaculate purity pu-rity which at all times has characterized character-ized tlv holy daughters of their blessed patroness Saint Bridget. And when the time of his reward had come, he received re-ceived the bodv o? Christ from the hands of .in,$;of rhisbisbpps. and. passed away into' heaven, bearing as his offering offer-ing to God. and as the result of his life's labors, an entire nation, a nation of saints and doctors, whose fidelity to God is as certain as that of the angels, who have been confirmed in their golrv by the tenia lGod, - Such'' wa's'tTie gloTTouV ajtosi" ie" of ' dear Ireland, the ever loved and venerated Saint Patrick. May God make his people peo-ple worthy of his sacied example. Western Catholic Review. Tributes to.the, Catechism. The famous or infamous Diderot, who, in the latter paT-t of the eighteenth eight-eenth century, displayed such furious hatred of religion, really esteemed it, and could not refrain from glorifying it. This is clear from an incident re-, lated bv M. Bauzee of the French a cadency? f W f T ?.. P! .- '' J "I went one day to Diderot's home to ! chat with him about certain special articles ar-ticles that he wished me to contribute to the Encyclopedia. Entering his study without ceremony, t found him teaching teach-ing the Catechism to his daughter. Having dismissed the child at the end of the lesson, he laughed at my. surprise. sur-prise. 'Why, after all.' he said, 'what better foundation can I give to my daughter's education in order to make her what she should be a respectful and gentle daughter, and. later on, a worthy wife and good mother? Is there, at bottom since we are forced' to acknowledge ac-knowledge it any morality to compare with that inculcated by religion, any that reposes on such powerful motives?' mo-tives?' " , . A similar tribute was paid by that arch-infidel. Voltaire, himself. , A lawyer law-yer of Besancon introducing his son to the philosopher of Ferney, assured him that the young man had read all his works. "You. would have done better." replied Voltaire, "if 'you had- taught him the Catechism." Ave -Maria. - - i . Catholics in Japan. While the . condition of the Catholic Church in France has.Deen exciting so much uneasiness in Re "utale favor fa-vor is being extended tothe (. atholic religion in Japan. It rd that the mikado has not onl kept all the promises that.were made to Archbishop O'Connell when he was in the east as the special represeiitatn e or thf pope, but that m.ire pronounced hiM.)itailty is being exhibited by the Japanese. A central Catholic university ls l0 be erected in Tokio under the direction of English and American Jes",ts- It is said to be the purpose or in propaganda propa-ganda to supply the places r French priests in Japan with priests ot other Nationalities, and to eliminate th,. pretended pre-tended right of the French ambassador to represent himself as the special representative rep-resentative of the pope to transact the business of the church. -English-speaking priests hereafter will be preferred for mission work in Japan, where it is said the official language lan-guage today practically is English. He HeldOn. "In -a town back in Verinoiu ,,ne time." said a doctor, "a big. husky lumberman lum-berman entered the office of a dentist I knew and showed the doctor a bad tooth. The dentist decided that, the tooth should be pulled. " 'All right. said the lumberman. But listen now. If I tell you to stop, you stop pulling or I'll beat you up. "The dentist agreed, and. the lumberman lumber-man got in. the chair. The dentist took hold of the tooth and began pulling, i Almost .immediately the lumberman! yelled, 'Hold on.' ' "The dentist continued to pull. 'Hold on!' yelled the lumberman. The dentist Ikept pulling, and the tooth came out. Then the lumberman jumped from the chair mad. ; ".'Why didn't you stop when I told you to?'. he asked, fiercely. - " 'You didn't tell me to stop." Paid the dentist. "'I did too! I yelled - J-iohl on'" twice.' " 'Oh,' said the dentist, innocently, i thought you meant to keep hold of it.' "The lumberman believed him and cooled off." Denver Post. |