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Show J f j J "This is the J I p f)mxh Universal. 5- j I 1 CHURCH CALENDAR. I r. 6th after IVnt. fost Precious Blood, St. Leo 5 " II. V. C. E. lioin. vi, "-11 ; G. St. Mark viii. l '. j -1l!t."2 for 1 ho si-k inlinn. I t;, St. Bertha. 31. 147.C'i3 for dead a?oeia!cs. tj I j,, j'. St. Anthony 3Iaria Zaccaria. 31.S4S for local y f .-entree. . H i i;. W. S. Gear, C 10:5.449 for dirrcturs. 7. Th. St. Pulcheria, V. 1 lf.T-'7 for promoters. j j." F St. Elizabeth, Q AY. i". ,:,.-,( for lhe dcpart.d. 1 f ;. S. St. Germanu?, Bp. 2,r!5 i'or;ierfvent:ice. tj LEAGUE OF THE SACRED HEART. General intention for July ror-onnnoiid (l hy Ili Holiness Pius X, is "The Kclifrious Movement in M 3lpuui." d ' Cetholic Br-lffium has revived 1. erect a hasil- (j I a like that of Mont mart re in Pa'i- in honor ol lhe A i Sacred Heart of Jesus, in ihanksyivinj; for the X growth of the religious spirit in Unit land, ever 4 f-ince it acquired its independence nearly seventy- 4 five years ago. The whole Belgian Episcopate 3 . j suites in a pastoral letter .10 the people urging: 4 i I 1 ihrm to a still preater religious progress in the fu-j? fu-j? ' ? - ture. "Under the shadow of our liherly." they say. '"religion hreathed anew, and a new life displayed & itself throughout lhe land. The army and the jnio- 3 j c service wore reorganized, industry advanced; 3J ihc population increased, cities developed, eduea- tlon was extended in every rank of society: and .--irislation, social in a Christian sense, extended ( );,. rights to lhe people."' ' That all these, blessings may he augmenled still t, more in that Catholic nation, will he the object of lie prayers of the Associates during; the eoniing- 4 mfT.th. H Mary Immaculate, pray for us. Q ' HARD TO PLEASE FRENCH NEWSPAPERS. 2 Leo XIII was a political Pop. said his ene-:j ene-:j -. and Pius X was to be a u i.-polit i-al P-ipe i snM the tame individuals. But now they an-li an-li piKishinjr their teetli against Pius X in a way thai they npvcr thought of doing about Leo XIII, I . writes "Vox Urbis"' from Pome to the Freeman's i .lournal. This evening's papers are full of tele-I tele-I ' j:riiine containing-the views of the principal French 1 ,: organs about the recent note sent by lhe Holy Father to the French Government. The Journal . cies Pebats describes him as an imprudent Pope, j ihe Padieal threatens him with the separation of 3 i lie Church und State in France, the Pappel chrieks that his words are insolent, the Aurore says that rfter this insultinf note lhe French government ran no longer stand wiih its arms folded against iie, tyrannies of the Holy See. the Eclair says that Pius X is a violent Pope, the Pepublique Fraucaise says that his language is highly undiplomatic, the Echo dc Faris declares lhat he has put another effective ef-fective weapon into the hands of Combes, and this ; very evening- one of the Italian deputies got on his ln'nd legs in the Italian parliament to ask whether ihe penal code should not be invoked against the pontiff -who dared to write such a note to France. It is quite clear then that the protest of Pius X has been the most effective polilical document which has left the Vatican for over half a century . I " CLERICAL LNVENTIOTNS. ' A reply to certain attacks of the Protestant yv'-s upon the "ignorance of the clergy."' the "siu-Y'ulVy "siu-Y'ulVy of the monks' the "intellectual darkness of :iie Middle Ages," and other stock phrases, which I ; ".i-"! to be current ones in this country also, gives "'';;si'.n to the Linzer Quartalschrii't to gaiher 1o-f-'her an interesting list of some of the discover-h- and inventions due to the Catholic clergy. iuido. a monk of Arezzo. discovered the musi-! musi-! ' al scale, the fundamental rules of music, and the principles of harmony, j The deacon. Flavio Gioja, of Amalfi. perfected j tlif magnet and the mariners' compass, and so ren- ii red possible the great ocean navigations which r' velut ionized history. A Dominican, Spina, invented spectacles. The tirst astronomical clock was built in l-fi! bv Kiehard Wallingford, Abbot of St. Allan's.' (hi' Jesuit Cavalieri discovereil the scale of col-" col-" - in sunlight in 1747. Another Cavalieri. a Jcr- !'.- monk who died in Pi47. invented the method I "t iiie "invisible' for measuring surfaces and s1- ; "'K now supplanted by the differential calculu-. I Ie"gi"montaniH, whoe real name was Johann i : Muller. Bi-h'ip of Ivegenburg. who died in H7. ; v;.- iho tirsl inventor of the metric system, erected j : prex- in Xuremburg fur the publication of rave I . i ;;i'lirniaiical works, was a great astronomer, and ! (!. before Galileo (died V4'2) taught that lhe sun i : 1 -"atinnary and that the oarlh revolved, greatly i :-ivan 1 the sciences of algebra ami trigonometry, i "d improved several mechanical instruments. I he Je-uit, Kircher (died 1S0), was the inven-" inven-" ' "i' a lens, and Ileber ff the pantometcr and the i .'"! hmtern. Another Jesuit. Scheiner .in 'l'."0, , veil i-d lhe pantograjdi. f i 1 he immortal 'operinVns .the father of n:olern li -' '' "iioniv. whom Luther called "a fool, who wanted j j ' 'i.-ei ill.' whole art of astronomy." was a Cam j ' ' I'l-iineiiburg. A Siianish monk. Pedro dc Ponce. I i ' i-ed ill,, h'r-t method of instructing deaf iiiir s. j ' . :; the French Abbe dc rj'pee was the io. 'iiior j I '' ' d-'-af and dumb alphabet. j I. "i.i;- before Montgolficr, a Jesuit, Fraui -ec- ! i 1 i c,7o). iublihcd an accurate dcscrijtlion and Thr- li.-t ,, lhe Linz Quarterlv is in1ereliiu. iut i j . - j i i : 1 1 - incomplete. We miss irom it. for in- y t: !.. reference to the illustrious Fran-iscan " ' ').!'. rd. Friar Roger Bacon ('iiU-11), the I '.'anions cultivator of malhcinalieal and n.-'t- ;, ::-.-.! -.-iei-.c, in the Middle Aires. !( invciii.v pr'ob- ; . ihc tclescojK-. whilst his claim to the inven- l : of "uiijiowder is shared with anolh -.- iri;ir, ''' "'jjold Schwarz. Long b(-fore iilier, in the m'Ii (!,! ury, Gerbert, afterw.wil Pope Sylvester ; ii.. v-, . eiually celeltrated as i ma! iiema I icir.n and I t ; -:'i-!. Again wc miss the "father ef gelogy," ' Catholic Bishop Steien. r Stcnius, A VENERABLE CHURCH ORGANIST. ! 'p. loMir Charles K(ctt oil Tuesday, May V'K li l.r.-ited his tiftieth anniv rsary as organist of Mary's Catholic church of Oltumwa, la. Per-: Per-: ip- no oilier chur h organist in the United States (-;iiin such yn unusual record. On Ascension day. an anniversary high mass ' . - celebrated in St. Mary's church for Profes-or K'-ee ;inl his family. At that mass the same riu-;-' !-. whicli fifty years ago drew music from a little x i'eev nielodeon. played the mas on St. Mary's or-: or-: i . while ihc male choir, the tirst in Iowa to or-' : ;:i;ie under the recent decree of Pius X.. sang - praise in the lone years of service of Professor For rifly year.- this venerable organist has braved the cold and snow in winter, the rain, Tins and mud of spring, and the heat of summer, iii never once has he been laic for mass, vespers or bouedieiion at which he promised to play. Two. 1 housand six hundred consecutive Sundays as or-I or-I ganist, not including hundreds of masses and sej-- vices on week days. that is his record.' "Surely 1 1n hand of God has been protecting our venerable t'i g-ai.ist during ihese many years, giving him health and fortitude in his unelii-h uun uniiring d .-vet ion to the cause of' Catholicity." were the words of Uev. Father IIoiiman. jtastor of St. Mary's spoken from j lhe altar la.-t Sunday. Many :: choir has come gone, al! directed and instructed t.y this venerable old man. Many j of the old settlers have passed away and from his organ have come the solemn "note-- of th- re-.iuieni massjor them. The young have grown up' and married and for them his organ has sounded the joyous notes oi' the nuptial ma-s. From the organ he has ,,V(.d so well have come the notes of p;itl;os and joy of the pontifical high ma-s of the h; nedic-lion. nedic-lion. of il. MisMvre and of the Tc Deum. Hundreds Hun-dreds for whom he pla.yed liave long since gone, but he -till plays on. Pro lessor Koett began his services as organist of St. Maiy's church on May K, l-r4, whi n tl;e church was a mere mission visited once a month by the late Very lie v. Father Kreckol. At il;e am of I S years, a i ter I'cceiving a very line musical education. edu-cation. Professor Koett had removed from his home in Saxton Wetmar. Elsnach, Germany, to America, locating at Indianapolis, and then coming com-ing west with his uncle to locate in Ottumwa. For three years he resided five miles north of Ottumwa. but his faith and earnest devotion to the church, were so great that he trudged back and forth from his home each lime service was held in Ottumwa 1o play the little nielodeon then in use in the mission. mis-sion. THE BAR ROOM AS A BANK. You deposit your money and lose it. Your lime and lose it. Your character and lose it. Your health and lose it. Your strength and lose it. Your manly independence and lose it. Your wife's happiness and lose it. Young children's happiness and lose it. Your soul and lose it. Selected. CARDINAL GIBBONS INVITED TO IRELAND. An invitation has just been received by Cardinal Gibbous from Cardinal Logno 1o visit Ireland in order to be present at 'lhe consecration of the great Cathedral of St. Patrick at Armagh, on July ;Mtii. His Eminence, will reply by expressing his sincere regret that he will be unable to accept the invitation. invita-tion. . The following members of the English hierarchy hier-archy have intimated their intention of being present pres-ent at the consecration: Archbishop Bourne of Westminster: Bishop Whiteside of Liverpool: Bishop Bish-op Ilsley of Birmingham, and Bishop Cahill of Portsmouth. Archbishop Walsh of Dublin, will colehraie the pontifical high mass, and Archbishop Healy of Tuam, will preach. ARE THE POPE'S JAILERS SECURE P The power of the Papacy does not rest on human hu-man foundation. It is built on the one cornerstone. Jesus Christ. Xo other cornerstone can man lay; this is the stone cut without hand out of the mountain moun-tain which breaketh in pieces the idol of the monarch's mon-arch's vision and grinds into dust the gold and silver and the brass and' the iron and the clay tempered tem-pered with lhe blood of men. Todav the Papacy is more powerful jhan ever. The Pope, it is true, is a prisoner, despoiled of his patrimony, but are his jailers secure '. The Jews of old made one journey to Pilate to beg him to seal the lomb; the House of Savoy is making the round of lhe. world begging the rulers of the earth ' .to, hurry to Pome to set their signet on the sepulchre of the Yati-cau. But as it was with the seal of Pilate, Pi-late, so shall it be with the seal of 'Louhot. The L'rd shall arise in judgment and the earth shall tremble and again be al rest. When God's peace shall come, and men shall look in vain for guards, and of the House of Savoy there shsll not be found a shred of all lhe pieces for it shall be broken small as the potter's vessel is broken al! to pieces with a mighty breaking. San Francisco Leader. CATHOLIC AND NON-CATHOLIC GIRLS CONTRASTED. If it is conceded that Catholic girls arc not surpassed sur-passed by Protestants in looks, dress or deportment, deport-ment, how account for the attitude of our critics toward them; For the young man who prefers a non-Cat holic fr his wife, and the young woman who chooses i-uch for her intimate friend, are but types of a class already too large. Their preferences prefer-ences may be traced to two causes greater worldly j wisdom on lhe part of non-Catholic girls, and failure fail-ure on ihc part of foolish Catholics to distinguish between lhe artificial and lhe real. The non-Catholic girl as a rule understands voung men and their ways. Educated in the public pub-lic schools, she has associated from her childhood with boys. Even before leaving off short dresses she has her little flirtations, and by the time she reaches womanhood is experienced beyond her years. She chals readily on the light topics that pass for conversation, is quick at repartee, is interested in-terested in sports and fads of the day, entertains with case, and is an -adept at practising the little arts and graces lhat soothe and flatter the masculine mascu-line heart. Xot so with the Catholic girl. She has been educated edu-cated in a convent school, where every effort has been made to keep her heart simple, innocent, pure. Except during brief vacations she has had no opportunity op-portunity to associate with boys, and has grown to womanhood "heart whole and fancy free." Then it ;s ihat she is at a disadvantage. She has been taught t ha t modesty is woman's chief charm; that it is h 'ail's privilege to woo. woman's dulS'.to wait; thai evid 'iit desire for a man's company savors of boldness. So she. sits quietly by and waits. Meanwhile some Catholic young man, with more vanity than sense, gives his attention to the girl lhat meets him half way. Sometimes (more's the pity) he gives the girl his love, and in spite of warning and example there follows a "mixed marriage;" or, if he is insistent, and she for the time being believes herself capable of any sacrifice, she adopts his religion, in either case experience proves that results are practically the same, so difficult is it to change in a moment i lhe traditions and habits of years.- Barely indeed' ! are thc' changed. All too often lhe new religion is laid by before the wedding gowns are discarded. What follows '. After a short time lhe couple discovers that in essentials iheir ideals are wholly unlike. Lack of sympathy in their relations to God is a hindrance to their love for each other. Trials conie-Mlaily worries as to ways and means, inevitable inevi-table differences of disposition, contradictions, disappointments, dis-appointments, questions as to the bringing up of children. With these and like perplexities the woman of little or no religion is' unable 1o cope successfully. Nature wearies of the petty martyrdom martyr-dom of every-day life; religion alone can develop the moral strength to overcome misfortune. .Xot strength to overcome misfortune. Xot infrequently divorce follows; or. if they continue to live together, to-gether, husband and wife miss entirely the perfect :ovc and confidence, that should be theirs . Even more deplorable is the enect on the children. chil-dren. With the example of indifference at home, of what avail to tl:i is church instruction on the necessity of prayer, on - obligation uf at'ending mass and approaching the zrZz( hiding- 1 enee in the parent begets irreligion in the child. Would lhat a young man might understand in lime what effect upon his life have the women Whom lie chooses for his friends. And did he but realize that the whole matter of his success or failure fail-ure in life may turn upon the character of the woman he loves, he would look beyond the present and choose for his wife and the mother of his children a girl of broad, sincere, enlightened piety. "When you think of marrying, young man. some one has said, "rind a good mother and tall in love with one of her daughters it. won't make I much difference which one. I So much for the man-. The Catholic girl who selects her companions from those not of her faith usually acts from some motives quite different from his. Sometimes she has -social aspirations that, she thinks can be best furthered bp association associa-tion with non-Caiholics again .-he is of tiie number who complain of "no Catholic .society," or she has received higher educaliou than others of her class, whom .she disdains. In any ease she makes a grave mi-take. ' The aims of iho social aspirant arc usually so evident as to make her the laughing stock of the very persons whose favor -he .-ov. i Society is an exchange of values. Shallow and vain herself, she can bring to ihese people nothing that I hey need: so, while she may b" tolerat--d for a time, she generally gen-erally ends by losing not only the position she sought, but also the place she oii-e held with those she has scorned. , Like to her in her false view.; of life is the girl who complains of the lack of Catholic society, who takes pains to assure 'ou that "there are so few real'y nice Catholics." bike the former, too. she sooner or later finds iter level, for only the sincere, loyal Catholic commands lasting respect from those outside the Church. The intellectual girl should he the last to ignore ig-nore her own. The very fact that God lias given her abilities beyond the average and means to cultivate cul-tivate them imposes upon her obligations to those less favored. She knows the joy of communication with superior minds; she seizes, every opportunity of associating with those better versedd than she in books or science or art. Why deny a like pleasure pleas-ure to those who look up to here Let her not fear that she will give all and receive nothing. 'The humblest soul she conies in contact with has something some-thing to give if she but be ready to receive: "Something God hath to sa' to thee," Wonh hearing from the lips of all." W'e would not' be understood as objecting to intercourse in-tercourse between Catholics ;md Protestants. On the contrary, we would encourage it. Business associations, as-sociations, neighborhood duties, ties of friendship all have claims not to be denied. But we do say that Catholics who isolate themselves from their kino! lose much both materially and spiritually. And we would urge Catholic young people to select se-lect their more intimate friends and their life companions com-panions from among those whose ideals and hopes and aims are like their own founded on substance, not on shadow because established in God Himself. Him-self. Guidon. t FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART. Two lights on a lowly altar: Two snowy cloths for a Feast; Two vases of drins roses. The morning comes from the east. With a gleam for the folds of the vestments And a grace for the face of the priest. The sound of a low, svvret whisper Floats over a iittie bread. Arid trembles around a chalice. And the priest bows down his head. O'er a sign of white on the altar In the cup o'er u sign of red. As red as the red of roses.- As white as the white of snows. But the red is a red of a surface lieneath' which a God's blood' (lows: And the white is the white of a sunlight Within which a God's tlesh glows. ! Ah! words of the nldm Thursday! Ye i ome from the far-away: Ye bring us the Friday's victim Jn his own love's olden way. In the head of the priest at the altar His Heart finds a home each clay. Tli" sight of a Host uplifted: The silver sound of a bell: Th gleam of a golden chalice. Be glad, sad heartJ-'tis well: He made, and He kreps love's promises, With thee, all days to dwell. From his head to his lips that tremble, From his lips to his heart a thrill. Goes the little Host on its love-path, Still doins: the Father's will: And over the rim of the chalice The blood flows forth to fi'l The heart of the man anointed With the waves of a wondrous grace; A silence falls on lhe altar An awe on each bended face For the Heart that bled on Catvary Still beats in the holy place.. The priest comes down to the railing. Where brows are 'bowed in prayer; In the tender clasp of his fingers, A Host lies pure and fail', j And the hearts of Christ and the Christian Meet there and only there: Oh! love (hat is dep and deathless! Oh! faith that is strong and grand! Oh! hope that will shine forever. O'ei- the wastes of a weary land! Christ's heart finds an earthly heaven In the palm of the priest's pure hand. Father Ryan. |