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Show j j 1 I i 1 faith." j 1 j CHURCH CALENDER. i f ... l Voti.-ii. lo.st Puro lloarl of Mary." ? Jm-n: St. Dominic. Virtue: Prudence. ..,!.,v, V"'"r1r'ejith after Fen1rco.-t.' St. I '"' nL'Uiiiir. llwj. St. llornips. martyr. ? 1 v,.;Ji.i.v. --Vln-'iiling of St. John the Baptif-t. !! j '' Hi. S;ilina. ni;:rtyr. ! I Tii'-'' '' - :,l" "e f I'ima, virgin. St. Feiix I ..n,! St. Amlanrlus. martyrs. I .,.;, .!. :;. .'51. Blcrd It-abcl, virgin. St. Aitlan, I Ci , r - I '-'votion. The Seven Dolors. Patron: I ' vst. Mic-ia'I, Archangel. Virtue; (ood Kx- I' I f!j;ir-! :;. !- Oilcp. ahoot. St. IlaymunJ, 1 - .. ,ivc Brothers, martyrs. I .V.;!N. St. Stephen, king. St. William, J 1'- St. .hist US, liislio!. wr-hr.. St. VIansiiet, bishop. Our Lady in r of (Jool Shepherd. I THE INDIAN'S ONLY HOPE. Xew York, Aug. 21. 1 ',':: liiicrmountain Catholic: . ';,, criiiral condition of sonic of our Catholic I ,ji:;i -hools. and an earnest desire to bring the ;.,wlfdge and consolation of our holy faith to the " i-iiMt'i Indians still living in paganism, urge us to ;' j K v.-ur sympathy, influence and aid to romote i I v'fk of the larqucttc League. v, iicrities conversant and familiar with Cath- mi-sioiiary work assure us that at no time in I .,,. , i-'.n-y of our country have the education and I ciiiv' T-!"ii of ihe original owner of the soil been ,i;,,vc jp'peful and promising than now. A:i"iher general ion will see the uncivilized and V j'ii' ii Indian either absorhed by a vicious, sonl-f. sonl-f. i ,j -::'..ying frontier civilization, or buried in pau- j Christianity and education are the Indian's only j J Ti"' "lues of the Marquette League ($2 annual I I niinTship and $."R life membership) are not of a I J liii'urc to repel Catholics on the ground of expense. I jiv c.iji-ulting the urgent needs of our Catholic j i,.Iian work, a generous and practical avenue of (iiari'y will open itself- one that will especially c.uinHiid itself io votive offerings, memorial gifts J testamentary bequests. I Our endeavor is aimed at securing 50,000 mciu- l..'i Will you not be one of these I Suli-eriptions should be sent to Theodore K. I Tiie'c Treasurer Marquette League, United Chari- ! r.odiling. Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second Sirrr. Aew York. E. EYRE, President. I A'iviees received from Home, under date of I .liii.r 1 :v4. state that on June 2Sth His lloli- tie-- r'je Pius X. in private audience with the I 1!:. Kev. Ignatius F. Horstmann. D. D., bishop of ": c'c-vclaiid. ().. and the Kev. Henry CI. Ganss, D. !).. ' C;nlid( 'a.. granted "most cordially" (ex tote n r If from his whole heart) the Apostolic Benc-!)! Benc-!)! i-n t 'he members sof the larquette League. I The orlieial document testifying to the fore- C"!! C and signed by the Holy Father himself has lnnig in the office of the league, where all : may see it. It 1'ir'etors .of the Marquette League are: E. 1,'iv, prcvident; Thomas P. linahan, vice presi-'"iit; presi-'"iit; P. (Jrace. secretary; Theodore VI. Tack, trfii-tirer: Jev. II. (.J. (Janss, D. !).. Michael J. I S-;j,1;iti. Eugene Kelly. V. Bourke Cockran, James I. l!"ylo, Edniond J. Butler.. John J. Fitzgerald, i Tihvnrd A. O'Brien, O. Stanton Floyd-Jones, Thom- :n M. "Mulry. chairman executive coniniittee; lie v. 1'. .1. McMahon. 1). D.. John Crane, b'tifrene A. I'l-i'i'i'.i, Thomas Y. llynes, Herman Kidder. John .'. Harry. Caryl Coleman. James E. Dougherty, j Myles Tierney,' Hugh-Kelly, Thomas F. Woodloek. ENROLLED AS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS. Ainniendale, Mtl., Aug. 20. I.'Va.t Intermountain Catholic: He fore a large audience of Christian Brother?, y present ir.tr the states of Massachusetts, Michi- Pn. New York, Xcw Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio. .M;e-y!;it;d and Cu'orgia, seven young men, who had ! i i j 1 1 i I their criod of probation as postulants "t the order, were invested with the habit of the ? !iri-:i;ni Brothers at the Amniendale novitiate, -Lin land, on the eve of the feast of the As&unip- I :;..H. J J Me exercises were rosided over by the Kev. !':"! Ii, - nii(.r, provincial f ihe order in the J 1 i - t I States, who likewise delivered the address j t i '. candidates. In his discourse the speaker, I !! referring. in a beautiftd manner to llie feast ' 1 nrrov. took occasion io show how the : I e'liicr f (iiNJ is the model -of the religious teach- f '" -i!i-e his life, like hers, is a hidden and a humble I At the i'onchision of the address a few en- ! i ' t; mg remarks were1 made by Brother Joseph, s 1 -d' the Xew York trovince. .The ceremony I K; ! x'-iinciii iien lo'ik plase and the candidates f ; e, the religious names by which they will b; I 1 h;. jnr-ml)ers of the order. " The exercises I c 'ii'iod with Benediction of the Mosty Blessetl f n I h names of th- new members are" a"s" follows : I 1 Tvr-lly of Boston, who iTceived iho name j !;r"ili"r Angelus Thoniirs;-Joseph Wojber of De- I I :' 15 rot her Clement Gregory; Charles McCarthy I I New York City, Brother Charles of Jesus; I l.nide (t-trander of Xcwburgh, X. Y;.- Brother A I ' 'sloti-. Francis; John Brady of Xew York (.'ity, ' i Angclus Bapluicl: Joseph (larvey of Prov- ' i!' :': P. I.. Brother Alban Aloysius; Francis -11' .iiessy of Toledo, O., Brother Anastasius Cyril. M.iy the example of tiicse seven generous souls I 1 -iny imitators among ihe noble young men of I '"' . ud. A booklet descri)tii- of the Brothers' 1 ' - ill b- sent on application to Brother Austin, I - ! : ndale, Md. I PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH. j "r .Mude.i by ihe laity, the administration of the 4 ' - v for the Propagation of the Fai'h is almost I r ' iv in ilicir hands; but a few priests have I i:e j i;i rt in its councils. I ' i ere are two central councils; one in Lyons, I r' "' in Paris, the seat of so many charitable I ''' P"-l..li,- works. Thes(- -ouncils are sclf-ro-I i.g and the services of their members are eii- I ' iy gratuitous. The laity who compose them are' I I known for their' position' in business and soil so-il ' ,!v- tn" if experience and administration, their I J ;iji1 their piety. I j v I lie duties of the councils are to centralize the If '''"'iis and distribute ihem among the different J r----ion., after comparative examination of the I l'i'ieiis made every year. Only the requests of i I ,'N,',ps. vicar, apostolic and siqieriors of religious s r j,, ,-harge f missions are .considered by J I rr,,;'i' il-. and such petitions, whether acted on i ;,;r"-nl.e or unfavorably, must be renewed every The division of funds is made !y common nsei.t r,f 1jlfl. m, n,Uieils; but, for the trausac- l ' "ii -f ordinary business, the two central councils f Uv.. .jivided llie missions of ihe world between . It is needless to state that the desires of the I Holy Fa i her as well as I ho data furnished by the- ! congregation of the Propaganda are considered in the distribution of alms. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, unlike oilier societies of the same nature, does not deal in investments and has, therefore, no permanent perman-ent fund; Catholic missions are always at the mercy of the faithful and at the beginning of each year the total sum of money collected during the past year is distributed. It is a law of ihe society to make its affairs' public. Iir consequence; it has never aroused the suspicion of civic authorities, of missionaries or of the faithful. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith has always been, to the full extent of its power, ready to assist all Catholic missions in whatever part of the world they may be situated or to whatever nationality the missionaries evangelizing them may belong. However, as soon as missions are in the least degree able to help iheniselves, though they may be barely aide to exist by their own efforts, it withdraws its aid. because demands are many and resources are inadequate. It. is not the aim of the society to assist what are generally gen-erally known as Catholic countries, however great their needs may be; for that reason, France, Italy, Austria, Spain, etc.. have never received any help from it. ON THE BANKS OF THE BOYNE. London gossips say that the niece of King Edward Ed-ward is to enter the church before marrying the young king of Spain. There's lots of shrugging of shoulders over this, as over the. announcement of the average ante-nuptial conversion. At any rate, the news did not add zest to the Orange celebration on the glorious twelflh of July. Belfast and Porfadown may have to go into half mourning Avhen they hear the tidings. Seuinas Mc-Manus Mc-Manus has been visiting these strongholds, of Orangeism and tells the story that a Portadown man was arrested in London some time ago for cursing the pope. The magistrate remonstrated witlithe prisoner, saying that although he himself was not of the following of the pope, he did not think him such a bad man that he deserved to be cursed. "Your honor,' the Portadown man replied in all earnestness, ''you may be right. It. might happen, indeed, that he is not the rascal they make him out; but let me tell you," he added,- taking the magistrate magis-trate into his confidence, "let me tell you that he hasn't a good name about Portadown." FRENCH PRIESTS SUBMISSIVE. A period of rest and a waiting policy have succeeded suc-ceeded the activity of the Vatican authorities " regarding re-garding the church in France. Cardinal Del Val, the secretary of state, has left ihe Vatican and re-, tired to the papal villa at Castle Gondolfo for a vacation. He will be in communication with the valican palace, as a special telephone line has been erected to enable the pope to be in touch with him. Msgr. le.?sordez, bishop of Dijon, after a long interview with the pope and the cardinal secretary of stater has left Home, and it is said has gone to a monastery in the provinces to make a spiritual retreat re-treat of two weeks until the scandal caused by his delay in goliig to Pome shall have blown over. Msgr. Geay, bishop of Laval, has not yet gone to Korne, but after a visit to Premier Combes, he tendered his resignation, which was not accepted. He has written long letters to Cardinal Vannufclli and to Cardinal Del Val explaining that his failure to obey the Vatican summons was. due entirely to the attitude of live French ministry. These letters have pleased the Vatican authorities authori-ties very much, as they are written in very submissive submis-sive terms and furnish ground for much hope that the bishop of Laval also will make entire submission to the Holy See. Meanwhile Pius X. goes on serenely attending to.his duties and saying never a word in public tint would seem a reference to the trouble with France. NEARNESS OF GOD. On awakening in the morning behold the good God extending His hand to you, saying, "Do you wish that 1 should care for you today'. And you,' poor soul, give your hand to this good Father, and say to Him. ."Yes. yes; lead me, guard mo. love' me. I will be very, very submissive." . And if you remain under the guidance and protection of God, is it possible that you should be sad or fearful or i unhappy? I Xo. Ood will never permit a suffering which , your mother would not have permitted. X"o. Cod will never send you a trial which your mother would not have sent. Ho loves you more than your molher, and He is more powerful. Oh, then spend your day calmly and tranquilly, with a thousand limes more security than when you were a child and felt your mother near you. Morning after morning ihe priest comes forth , to renew the obligation of the spotless victim. A few there are who, with bowed heads and- lowly hearts, kneel about, the altar. Softly rings the bell, telling that once more the Saviour has descended to earth as He came long afto an infant in Dethe-hem. Dethe-hem. Soon it l's all over. One by one the ' people silent ry steal away. Tho priest reverently departs. And he who wept is once more alone. Alone!. A .'..sympathetic friend .out of all ihe -multitude, ever and anon 'rinds his way to the feet of Jesus, ihe i it lo lamp flickers as it burns itself away in love, but for all else Jesus is alone. Oh, may we not well imagine Ilim saying: ''Man, man, why do you thus abandon Me? Why do you thus leave Me alone? It is for this 1 consented con-sented always to remain on earth? This solitude crushes Me. The loneliness crushes My heart. Oh. man, man, come-to Me, to My comfort now. and I will be your solace for eternity!" . Hard indeed must be our hearts, if we turn a deaf ear to 1 his apieol of our loving Saviour! Golden Sands. CARDINAL WISEMAN. The name of Cardinal Xieholas Wiseman is in-limately in-limately associated with ihe revival of Catholicity in England. Yet he was not an Englishman. He was born in Seville. Spain. August 2,TH)2. of parents par-ents who could trace their descent to .Irish Catholic families who. on account of their adherence to the faith, Averc obliged lo seek refuge in a foreign country. The invasion of the Spanish peninsula in 1S08 compelled .Mrs. Wiseman, her husband being dead, to remove with her infant son to Ireland, where she hoped to obain for him at least a primary Catholic education. But the-shadow of the Penal Laws was still over the island, and she was doomed to disappointment. She therefore sent him to St. Outhbert's College, Ushaw. Englaud. then under the charge of Dr. Lingard. Here the. youth remained re-mained eight, years a diligent student,. particularly devoted to classics and the pursuit of antiquarian lore. ...". In IS IS. when the English College at Rome was reopened by Pope Piux VII. young Wiseman and six fellow-students were sent to the Eternal City, and for twenty-lo years he remained connected with it. first as pupil and afterward as rector. lie ' ' i. . . .. had scarcely, attained his majority when he re-.ccived re-.ccived his degree of doctor, and in the. year P'l'o he was ordained priest, and entered on his splendid career in behalf of the Church. Upon the re-establishment of the Heifavchy iir England by Pope Piux IX.. in 1850, his title of Vicar-Apostolic was (hanged to Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. Westmin-ster. Xew honors brought with them new responsibilities respon-sibilities and increased burdens.' Bui the Cardinal was a true Prince of the Church. Xothing daunted him. By voice and pen and example; in the pulpit and from the leeture-dosk; leeture-dosk; through the medium of books, reviews, magazines mag-azines and weekly papers', he persisted in expounding expound-ing and explaining the tenets of ihe Church. His industry was wonderful. No effort seemed too great or too recondite for lmn. . Whelhor it was a profound analysis o,f Catholic dogma, an elegant, disquisition of science and ihe arts, or an artistically-constructed tale of the days of tho early martyrs, he was equally versatile and always excellent. He died January 1."., 1S.". TORNADO STRUCK ORPHANAGE. The recent tornado at St. Paul, ..Minn., destroying destroy-ing property valued at 2.0"i.0no and killing tiftppu persons, did damage to a Catholic institution. A disoateh from St. Paul says: The large dormitory of the Mouse n the (load Slvpherd, a two-story frame-building-adjacent to ihe institution, collapsed during the storm, burying bury-ing fifty children in the ruins. One child was killed and a score of others were more or les.-seri-ouslv hurt, including one of the sisters of llie house. The destruction of the building caused a panic among the several hundred- inmates of the place. Inmates of the building and men who had gathered at the scene Were pressed into work, and after three hours of hard work all who were in the dormitory had been taken out. The roof of the dormitory dor-mitory was struck by, lightning, which rent the roof, and soon a gust of wind carried the entire roof away, part of it falling into the building. Then the top floor caved in and carried the first floor and the fifty children to the basement. . 4- |