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Show Hp ' i I - "This is the I : cj P Church tlnwmal r f j II - 1 ' faith." ' t I , : . J CHURCH CALENDAR. r .inly Devotion, The Precious Blood. tV?1- i f cM,liv 1 Tenth iil'ter Pentecost. St. Ignatius. A.M. I ,iic.u-! i-vcJi'ii. Alost Pure Heart oi Alary. ; i nj 1 St. Pel or in Chains. Seven Alaeabeos, t5 I I r,,, ..,!;,y. J. St. Alphonsus I.iuovi, Pi-hop. ,VA'. I j "V, ,'i!(-'iy. .".. Finding St. Stephen's Kelics. St. ," "' I ' j;i-inu. i)ihop ami Alartyr. ! 'i i !i!-!.'v, 1. St. Dominie. (Pope Pius X elevated. M. I jv;'!;r. Our auy of the Snow. lt I ;;ui:-ilay. '.. The Transfiguration. St. Sixtus and 'l. I I 'iinpanions, Alartvrs. ; M. ; I CHURCH AS A CONSERVATIVE FORCE. i&L 1 i 'j 'ho Catholic church is gradually winning rccog- I , , as the eouservalor of order and stability in :' I , -.--crs where, hut a few years since, suspicion and I I rl ;:liT clouded her fame and impeded her influence. I J J' v.teviantisni is visibly crumbling. It has no longer '6. f I appearance of conservatism that at one time l 3 ,ile certain forms if it Kpiseopalianism, for in--- f I ji ftanc. o rich in imaginative suggestion and aes- 1 I V nli'ti.- stimulation to the cultivated and diserimi- 1 i I y.Mtjjifr mind, it is gradually.'as discerning observ-' observ-' I i- hare long since acknowledged, succumbing to I tli.-e influences of disintegration which shall des- I r,.y it. leaving it impotent. The future belongs 2 "I 5,, ihe Catholic Church or to the intellect which I ,'-! ! - or babbles falteringly its doubt. The sanity, , I the i'"ise. iho instinctive feeling that religion has t ' " justir-nl itself historically which are a part of the ' Aim :"i''an temperament make it inconceivable that t f in 'clleet which denies will prove itself a match M 5 I ir tlie intellect which affirms. And the Catholic ' fjian'h within the next half-century if the drift 5. ' f;'jii dern ihought continue in its present direction -T 1 1 he the only sanctuary where the believing soul : find refuge and solace. A religious revolution ( ; j- in progros. Blocking its course, defying and I wiving it back, stands the Catholic church. If re- I f J.rinii were withdrawn from our democracy it would 1 I t j.Minl'!e a dance of death with a. grinning satyr . f i lie symbol of its highest aspiration. ''Without I I j jvii'ii life would be merely monkeys and snakes," I I Jlenry dames says somewhere in those magically I j -in-.-. -m I iages of his. And without religion a De- ;ii.ie!aey would soon taper into a tyranny or a tu- ) j.nih. ; j The Catholic -hurch brings the truth that car- i 5 i' iiealing in its wing.' Against anarchy and a tur-J tur-J niciit Socialism and the unclcanness -to use a , V"v,J St. Paul repeated often of many current so- riai doctrines Catholicism reveals itself as the great j h M-i;il -avior. ihe guardian of the family, the in- j hi'i:er of the finest philanthropy, the lure of art, I flie (barter of a national Democracy. i N" wonder rugged old Thomas (Jarlyle with his M.Mii-pioiving vision said lhat the Mass is the only 3 .1' thing in our lime! Boston Republic. - - irjjgi GERMAN CATHOLICS OF BOSTON. "" Twenty yea vs ago there was but one Gernian-Amcriean Gernian-Amcriean parish in all ,ew England that of the jiT'ly Trinity, in charge of the Jesuits, on Shawmut t .venue Bo-ton. The German-American element is 1 v 3 1,1 y't very -trong as to numbers in this section, ii I . " "i"' Middle states and iho great northwest proving M""'' attractive to these very valuable settlers. Still, has now another German Catholic congrega- "ii in the Koxbury district, with the. happily in- ti iisahlc M-h.i.d; ihere is a well establishcd'Cor-I establishcd'Cor-I . ;i : 1 pari-h in Hartford, Conn., and others form-' form-' ) in -everal of the New England cities The Ger-j Ger-j ;:;i!:-Anierican clement has, moreover, given its first 1'i-liep a great -and good one to the eighth dio-e. dio-e. eHahlUhed in New England, that of Fall River, JIj--. The rejoicings of our fellow-Catholics of : ' vinan ancestry at the reception and banquet to Li' Kt. Rev. Bishop Stang in Holy Trinity parish ii un evening of June 22. were more than justi-. i j 'i. ;nid found an echo in the hearts of all who ij 3 1 'he Church and look forward to her'still great-4 great-4 f: i-'Velopment in ibis part of the country. Pilot. OUR CONVERTS AND THEIRS. liat ox-Cattiolio is there among the Protestants Hi ' (-"inpares with such ex-Protestants among the :i,li..Iics as Cardinals Planning and Xewman, the ! -'' :" r 111 i of Ripon and a score of others j Tlicre be -some meaning to the fact that j !; we .-! some of the best minds .and jnirest ; 1 ' .e trrs among Protestants to come to us, the ; v.- 'Catholics'' who Protestantize are open, to I S ; i impeachment all around. 'a'hdic regret even when ihe vilest sinner ' ''"'.v- av.ay from ihe true fold; but if we must j ciiange members who can fail to recognize our 'y.iiur -!i-e advantage in losing Slattery and gaining j ':.'.. , j i lie Catholic convert is uually free from the ''-I .;:d..v of reproach." When a distinguished Pro- -'.Mit knocks for admissi(n to Rome, it is never 3 ' ' - -a ry lo appoint a committee to investigate his I 5- ,!-'t-iy. his honesty or his purity I lis; moral char-' S '' i' i- u-ually high and impregnable among the ' '- iie leaves. And 1 his fact makes, his conver-j conver-j -'uiiitieant lo 1 bought fnl Protestants. The fact j i "i lizrd ought to be food for recurring medita- MU"ng seekers after truth. Catholic Citizen, J j CARDINALS' INCOME CUT. f , . Ev'-r since he succeeded the laic Pope Leo. Pius v; 1 tried 10 cut down ihe expenses of ihe Holy )f s' 1 . policy which has made him anything but ' I I r'lbir amongst the cardinals of Rome. I A )'.-w days ago he announced his intention of . f ''.'.-ii off an annual' amount of L'.'J.OOO francs v i'-ii it had been customary to pay to every car- I . ;.! !( -i, ling in Rome. The majority of these car- I 1 ' '- have various other sources of income be- - t h i i- residences, which are paid for bv the ' j . ' ' . . ' 5 I'opc 1 'ins X now intends to have all the cardi- 5 reid- in tlie vatiean 'proper. -whore there is. I 1 j.i.. room, and in ibis way save the high rental I v ' li now has to be paid for mansions for the car- id- in ihe city of Rome. j Sevr-j-al of the cardinals are protesting against t 1 ' '- and say that it would not be proper for them I 1 i! to live in liie same building, a it would detract I th. ir dignity, rfnd they also object to the cut- 1 ' "'- down of their income. 1 A very prominent cardinal said: "It costs about I .'.'.oho francs lo bo made a cardinal, and many a I ' 'Miinal has died without succeeding in paying off ;. which he lias incurred to meet this ex-, I l-i.-o." j " CATHOLIC" KNIGHTSOE AMERICA. I To ji'M-fect a comjirehensive scheme for the bet- ,( i- managenient of their tinances. the Catholic : liiclits of America lield a sM-ret conference at j Piiihideljihia ihe oilier day. in which prominent I i tii' inliers of the organization participated. The ne- f - ',-s;iy for the proposed changes. grows out of ihe.. ' I i fact ihat ihe business' of lite organization iis scri- I ruivlv interfered with by the present system, which .f c,,nijK.s aj (j;l)um'menls to be made through the- i preme treasurer, who handles all of-the- lumls I his, ii, ras(? C)f death benerils, -entails a delay of ; I u . i : t i from sixty to ninety days in each iutance. Air. O'Rourke proposed a per capita division of the ,$WO.O0( in ihe reserve fund, so that each stale organization or-ganization may be enabled to pay benefits direct. Lewis J. Kadeski of Alabama, who attended the conference, also proposed a plan which he will present at the meeting of the supreme council in St. Louis on Aug. 0. LATE PROVINCIAL OF PASSIONISTS. The followers of St. Paul of the Cross in this country have sustained a very serious loss in the death of Leather Stephen Kealy. The sad event occurred at the mother house in Jloboken, X. J., on Sunday, duly 17. Father Stephen was a man of robust stature, and none suspected any organic complaint in him. He was a man of most methodical habits and of untiring industry, .and few members of ihe order had better grounds to expect a long and active career in the ministry. He died in office; died with all his priestly vesture on; died laboring that others might live. v Pather Kealy was one of the inosr popular and successful provincials the Passionists have ever had. He was a man of humble and patient devotion devo-tion to duty. He was a model of the perfect religious to all under him. He was just to all, but in his justice never forgot the temper of mercy. The members of his order have been happy and the order itself has grown rapidly under his wise direction. direc-tion. St. Paul wished his followers above all things and before all things to be humble. What St. John de la Salle was to the teaching laity, that St. Paul was to the preaching clergy. He sent his priests among the people not to make a name for themselves them-selves as speakers; not to startle the world with words of lofty wisdom; but to preach to them the 'foolishness of the Cross."' To the other preaching preach-ing orders he left the whole field of theology, philosophy, history and literature. For himself and his followers he asked only the Cross. Father Kealy was filled with the humble spirit of the saintly founder. As a missioner he was a iplaiu and simple talker, shunning the sensational and the novel in his discourses. lie wished to bring' the people to ihe foot of the Cross, not to his feet. Father Kealy had a genius for construction. He was chosen often to found new retreats, and to strengthen old foundations when threatened with decay. lie accompanied Father Fidelis to South America and did good work among the" CatWics of the Argentine Republic. For seven years he has been provincial of the Passionists of . the United States, and has been indefatigable in his efforts to extend the order both in the east and the west. lie died in the midst of his labor, lamented by all; most mourned by those who lost most in his death, the congregation of St. Paul of the Cross. Western Watchman, St. Louis. J i ' . NEW ST. JOSEPH'S PARISH, KALAMAZOO. Editor Intermountain Catholic: Sunday the 17th will ever be a memorable day in the annals of Catholicity of Western Alichigan. Special trains brought a number of people from the different sections of the neighborhood, who helped to swell the large procession in honor of the blessing of the corner stone of the new chapel and school, dedicated to God under the invocation of St. Joseph. The procession was one of the largest ever seen in the city. It attracted to the scene of the new edifice thousands of people. The beautiful rites were very impressive, . a large number of clergymen taking part in the ceremony. cere-mony. The sermon on the occasion was a masterpiece master-piece of eloquence, delivered by that prince of orators, Doctor Alorrissey, president of Xotre TJame university. The building is situated on a beautiful site about two miles from St. Augustine's Church. It will be of the old mission style. The lower 'floor will be ued for chapel services, the upper floor for school. It is expected that the school will be completed com-pleted by the first of Octqber. ' The edifice will be about SOxDO feet, of brick, with stone trimmings and will present very pleasing pleas-ing appearance. The new school will be in charge of the Sisters of St. Josenh. of Xazareth. TCfllnmn- zoo county, Alich. POPE AND ITALIAN NOBILITY. The Rome correspondent of the Xew York Freeman's Journal,. says : .... The other day a remark-able story was printed in the Osscrvatore Cattolico, of Alilan, which is the best informed Catholic paper in Italy. It. described at great length, and with much circumstantiality, of detail, a recent visit of Queen Margaret of Italy, the mother of the reigning king and the widow of his father, lo the Holy Father in the Vatican. The Osscrvatore pretends to treat 1he matter as a fable, but one can read between the lines that it is not at all convinced that such is not the case; it is cer-.iainly cer-.iainly a fact that the. story of 1he visit is very widely believed in Rome. But whether the queen-mother queen-mother did or did not show" this courage, it is beyond be-yond -doubt that many of the ladies of her court have been received by. His Holiness, and that over 100 of the leading political characters of Italy, senators, deputiesgenerals and others functionaries function-aries have seen and spoken with him.' and that many -of them, touched by his" fatherly kindness and his unassuming modesty, have taken the bull by the horns, so to speak, and expressed in his presence pres-ence the ardent hope that he may soon see the day when the present unfortunate situation may come to an end. During the last week still another striking strik-ing example of the extraordinary influence of Pius X. over those who are admitted to his presence. A young Hungarian officer belonging to the Greek-schismatic Greek-schismatic Church obtained the privilege of a private pri-vate audience, and believing from the Holy Father's manner that he was supposed to be a Catholic, began be-gan to excuse himself in some confusion, when Pius X. suddenly interrupted him by throwing his arms around the young officer's neck and declaring that he was and wished to be considered the father of all. The Hungarian left the audience chamber overpowered by ihe fatherly outburst. He has since declared that then for the first time he-realized what was meant by the union of the faithful under one head, and has put himself humbly in the hands of a priest to be prepared for reception into the Catholic Church. PAULIST PRIEST AT CHATAU QUA. " At Tuesday's assembly at Chatuatuqua, X. Y.. the discussion of "State vs. Parochial Schools," was continued. Father Arthur V. Doyle, C.- S. P., who presented the Catholic view of the school question before a large audience, .said in part: "Originally America was a deeply and profoundly pro-foundly relicious country, but. the day is fast approaching ap-proaching when that cannot longer be said with any truth. Of two' generations now the children have" been educated without any effort to strengthen their religious principles, and, in fact, the whole attitude . of the public school has been lo discourage and diminish interest in reh'gious jnatters'as secondary to industrial or political aihbltiori and achieve-ment. achieve-ment. As a result we are .fast losing our Christian .ideals and drifting, away into paganism. Disaster " surely is written, dyer our, future unless we do ? Something to inject the life-giving principle of . religion into the .blood of our nation. ."The Catholic Church, convinced of the djiiiger, has spent three hundred million dollars in building up a parish school system. This is her contribution contribu-tion to good citizenship, and not one penny of it ,came from public or private source. "Catholics are quite content with the American policy of noninterference of the .state in matters of religion. Bnt where the state finds existing agencies doing' its 'work of educating" the 'children, it is a matter of economical civic administration to utilize them and to pay for approved results. The time may come when the state will -need more than now the strong and, conservative arm of the Catholic Church to banish the socialism and suppress sup-press the lawlessness which the irreligion of the present day is surely breeding."' vN TRAPPIST AT MELLARY MAY DIE OUT. Unless recruits are brought from Irish soil, Xew Alelhiry Alonastery, the home of the Trappist Order of Alonks. near Dubuque, is bound to become, a thing of the past. The monastery at Xew Alellary contains at the present time but thirty-five members of the order, and the number is steadily growing less. Visitors to the monastery can not fail to notice the differ-I differ-I ciice lhat the falling off of the order has made in ihe care of the grounds. The vineyard is smaller I than usual, the gardens not so well kept, and the i pine walk, that was once the pride of the country I round, fallen into disuse. The Trappists' farm of 1,400 acres, is the largest in Dubuque, county, and ihe brothers are unable to care for it as they hava done. They have secured the aid of almost every, farmer near Xew Ardlary, but cannot engage enough help to keep if in perfect condition. Only two courses lie open to them, according to the judgment of the brothers, either to dispose of a part of their farm, or else to secure additions to their order from the8 old country. In the past twenty years, but one member has been added to their order from the vicinity of the 'monaster'- and the number of brothers in. the churchyard greatly exceeds the number in the monastery. ' CATHOLICITY IN JAPAN. ' ' Last, week the Holy Father received in-private auidence Algr. Alugabure, coadjutor with right of succession to the Bishop of Tokio. His Holiness showed great interest in the state of religion in Japan, and Algr. Alagabure was almost enthusiastic enthusi-astic in his accounts. He declares thaf: there is now complete freedom o fworship throughout the empire of the mikado, and that .quite lately the Catholics of Tokio, to the number of about 1.000, might be seen accompanying- the Blessed Sacra- , jucnt in solemn procession through the streets of the capital. It is probable that the Catholics at present in Japan outnumber all the sects taken together, although al-though there are only 310 Catholic missionaries as compared with over a thousand Protestants. Algr. Aragabure declares that the Catholic. priest is generally gen-erally respected by . the Japanese. , who flock in crowds to hear his conferences on the existence of God. the immortality of the soul, etc. Algr. Alagabure is a member of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris. He was for many years professor of French in the University of Tokio, To-kio, and he has been succeeded in that office by a Afarist missionary. THE ROYAL DECLARATION. Editor Catholic Times, London: The Catholic Times will comment this week, no doubt, on the Coronation Oath' question, raised a few days ago in the House of Lords. ..For long years past il have been astonished at the silence, if not cowardice, of the Catholic lords in the gilded chamber when an important Catholic question was before the house. I say now, sir, I am scandalized that out of thirty-three thirty-three members only three had a word to eay on the subject of the blasphemous oath, and the last of the three was so lukewarm that silence would have been by far the better policy. Why did not the thirty-three stand up and protest in n body and resent the insult to our holy religion? Oh for an O'Connell just for a day in fh6 House of Lords when such a subject was brought forward! It would not be "as you were." Xo, the Catholics of the British empire would all hear of it and would be stirred in their millions. It is well known the king hated the ordeal or-deal of the oath, and Catholics and Irishmen consequently con-sequently on that and many other grounds revere him. Yours, etc., CATHOLICUS. , i TO RECOVER STOLEN CAPE. Xew York, July 26 It is stated in a special dispatch from Rome, says the London correspondent correspond-ent of the Herald, that the Pope has commissioned Cardinal Vannutelli, who is about to visit Ireland, to try to obtain from J. Pierpont Af organ the priceless ancient cope that was stolen in 1902 from the Cathedral of Ascoli. The cope mysteriously disappeared while repairs re-pairs were being made to the cathedral, and though, the government took measures for its recovery, re-covery, they were unsuccessful. It now transpires that the cope was sold to Air. Morgan, who has loaned it to the South Kensington museum, where it is at present on view. Ihe cope is a beautifully embroidered piece of work, done in France in the thirteenth century. It was presented to the Ascoli cathedral by Nicholas I . The entire ground is of gold thread, on which are worked fifteen exquisite panels of religious subjects. ... FEDERATION MEETS NEXT WEEK. All arrangements for the Fourth Annual Convention Con-vention of the American Federation of Catholic' societies, to be held in Detroit, August 2. 3. 4, have been completed. Rt. Rev. John S. Fblev, D.D., will lJo;il,'jicate at the opening AlasTo be celebrated at St.. Alary s Church, St. Antoine and Monroe avenues, luesday morning. August 2. The delegates will assemble at the Hotel Cadillac f rom where they will be escorted to the Church by the uniformed Knights of St. John, headed by the Indian Chief, Peter Tall Afandan; the color bearer ot the Federation, who will represent 5,000 Catholic Sioux Indians.- . .., ... :( Two Archbishops and five Bishops have thus iar signified their .intention of attending the Detroit De-troit convention. Cardinal Satolli has also been invited to be present. NOTRE DAME HOST TO WOMEN. Xotre Dame university and St. Aery's academv were visited Sunday by the eastern delegation to the Roman Catholic Ladies' Benevolent association, on its way to the triennial conventional St. Paul. 1 lie party, winch numbered 150 women, was headed by Ahss Costello of Brooklyn and Airs. Quinn of -Newark.. :. J. President Alorrissey welcomed the tlclegatiomto the university, and after Mass. celebrated cele-brated by Aery Rev. Provincial Zahm, the visitors were served luncheon in Hie college refectory.. Be- " fore its departure for Chicago in the afternoon the delegation was entertained at St. Mary's academy. PRIEST ASKED TO TEACH HEBREW. Rev. J. Alollitor of Columbus, O., was ordained two weeks ago in the Josephinum in Columbus. -Although but 25 years of age, he is considered one of the tincst Hebrew scholars in the States. He has acquired ac-quired a remarkable knowledge of Hebrew and Syrian, Syr-ian, and a liberal offer was made him to become' teacher of Hebrew in a Jewish seminary. Iu September Sep-tember he will go abroad and continue his studies m the Oriental languages at Beiruth and '.Jerusalem. '.Jerusa-lem. He will remain two years and on his return become teacher of Hebrew and Scriptures", iw" the Josephinum at Columbus. - , . . . |