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Show I ' - - , f , Church Universal I . .... -, . I CHURCH CALENDAR f SUt' rhfenth after Pent- i Monday n Cho,a of ToIenUno ,? TS,1 Charles Spinola. ! Cross. citation of the Holy I rar!da' 15.-St. Catherine SatUCk.16ai ana dav " da- for families. Thurs- 5 ork an reco'"-iations. Fridav 0r clergy. " 1eanS' Saturda- f-r.the THE NINE FRIDAYS. Sane and Timely Contribution to J Much Discussed Subject. ?omba' Catholic "Examiner is J edited by Jesuit Fathers, i a recent - sue 11 doussed the sub Vet of "Th f Nine Fridays. The Twelfth Promise and Superstition:" I rrouSlTf aPars to be a reasonable 5 son, r be,!evir)S that our Lord did ne Twy flnstiuue the practice of tion tn n?8, a Private communication communica-tion to Blessed Margaret Man- but certain hHrdIj' laim lo be ientifical, v the vat 4Ut 111 Cither in ilself or as the exact terms in which it was delivered de-livered Still, the practice of regular Sy mmunion is in itself an ex-.cenent ex-.cenent one, calculated to nromote or! ! mJ' effects contained in the lwelfth Promise: so that the devotion i Tni ?ua F0Und basis ulle apart from the authenticity of the Promise. Be- 4 rtV restp on this solid foundation, the nine Fridavs cau- not be dubbed -superstitious,' unless anyone likes to turn it into a supersti- 1 tion by his own perversity or ignor- j ance. It might be turned into a super- I stition, for example, if any one be-j heved that after making the nine Fri-! aays his final perseverance was a ' settled fact, no matter whether he coii-. coii-. tinued to lead a good life or not. Ordinary standard theology prevents us from believing that any such abso-: abso-: lute assurance is given broadcast to men in this life. Again, it could, we t opine, be turned into a superstition if j 4 too rigid an importance were attached to the number nine or to the unbroken chain of nine in succession. Assuming I the promise to be authentic, the condi-; condi-; tions would naturally be observed out of a wish to conform to the terms pro-r pro-r posed; but not out of the idea that there is anything sacramental in the mere number. Thus a person who died before he could complete the nine j ought to be in no anxiety on that ac- I count. Similarly if one of the nine f were missed without any fault, the reasonable thing, would be to go on f without any solicitude. Lastly. it I would certainly be a superstition if a s person, accidentally failing over and A over again to complete the nine, began j to imagine that it was a bad sign as j if there were no chance of final per- f I severance unless the nine were com- . j pieted. I "It is a little difficult to draw the I exact line where superstition begins, i as much depends on the frame of mind. ' ; But certainly it begins as soon as we : j I depart from the dictates of sound rea- I i son enlightened by the principles of j J sound theology, and begin to foster , I beliefs which are irrational or in any way unworthy of the wisdom and! dignity of God in His dealings with 1 mankind." ( I CALIFORNIA CHURCH NEWS. I I On Saturday, Aug. -6. Tit. Rev. Bish- op Conaty of the diocese of Monterey iand Los Angeles, left for Euiope and Rome: prior to his departure having f been paid all the honors that are due : to him by clergy and laymen, who sin- ; cerely appreciate the earnest work of : j a man. whose inborn genius has lifted I himself and associates to an enviable I position, where their strenuous work w ill ever be viewed with admiration by their contemporaries and posterity alike. To celebrate his home-coming, when his missnon shall have been accom-;i accom-;i plished, final arrangements will be made for the election in Los Angeles of a cathedral, an episcopal residence and a school. It is said that at least f one million dollars will be expended on j; this work, and that the church edifice ; -will be on a magnificent scale Monitor. i j There died in Los Angeles recently a. very venerable clergyman. He had i labored longer in California than any living priest. The Very Rev. Father Rubio came from old Castile in 1856. ! and was ordained in the same year. I 8" His companion on his first voyage from Spain was the late Bishop of ! , Monterey and Los Angeles. During the j almost half century of his acive career j I Father Rubio filled many offices. He i was secretary to the bishop, pastor. chaplain. In recognition of his eminent j I services the Holy See honored him with i I the title of Missionary Apostolic. His death was as holy as his life was edifying. edi-fying. He was an honor to the church. May he rest in peace. Leader. M The O'Growney branch of the Gaelic , League recently gave an entertainment in honor of Father O'Growney at San Francisco, from whom the branch takes its name. The entertainment, which was a most enjoyable one. was distinctly of an Irish patriotic nature. - The officers of the Gaelic League are: President. James P. Moriarity; vice-president. vice-president. Mrs. Frances X. Barr; recording re-cording secretary. M. K. Hogan: financial finan-cial secretary. Mrs. Susan McLaughlin: treasurer. Miss Minnie McCarthy '.librarian.- Miss Xora McCarthy. Owing to continued ill-health, the Ttev AI. O'Riordan recently tendered to the Most Rev. Archbishop his resignation resigna-tion as rector of St. Joseph's church, Berkeley. On its acceptance the Rev. Dr F X. Morrison, assistant pastor of St Marv's church. Oakland, was appointed ap-pointed "to succeed Father O'Riordan in Berkeley. Dr. Morrison will assume his new charge at once. Shelter Yellow Fever Orphans. The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart oil St. Philip street. Xew Or-, leans', are doing excellent and devoted work among the Italians stricken with the fever. They not only daily vss,, the emergency hospita. to bring medicines medi-cines and food and delK-ac.es to the , iclx. but they make house-to-house j visit- in the infected quarter and ie- , I lieveYs much as they can the distress , of the impoverished families. Twelve , 1 fatherless and motherless children have bee" taken care of by the Sisters and provided with lodging in the asylum on St. Philip street, borne oi the Mt. inmates of that asylum were sent to tie convent at Long Beach. M:ss.. before be-fore the quarantine was put on. and I some to the property owned b the Sis ters on Be you St. John, so that the place on St. Philip street is now entire- j v at the disposal of the yellow feyer rnhans But for the epidemic the ; Sisters would have gone to Long Beach j as thev do every summer, but in thus ; period "of affliction they remain to do, their noble Christian cHity. Vow they have three houses to support sup-port and the means at their command ??e Kant, consisting only of whatever : 'the generous public will give. More , destitute young people are m need ot A food and shelter, and the Sisters xvo 4 like to take in as many as are in d- . tres oney. food and clothing arc immediately needed for these poor, bt- j reaved children. - I JESUIT MISSION BANDS. Information to Those Desiring the Services of These Missionaries. (For Intermountain Catholic.) Owing to the death of Rev. Father Vander Erden. and the retirement of Rev. Thomas McKeogh. some changes have been made in the Jesuit mission bands. Rev. Thomas O'Malley, S. J., and Rev. John McGuire. S. J., have been appointed to fill the vacant places. Father O'Malley was born in Lexington. Lexing-ton. Mo. For some years past he has been prominent as a member of the faculty of the St. Louis university, where he occupied the chair of English Eng-lish liteiatuie. His vacations have been occupied in giving missions and lectures, so that he comes into the mission mis-sion field fully equipped for the work. He is considered one of the most elo-, elo-, quent and powerful preachers of the Missouri province. Father John McGuire has for some years exercised the min'stry as pastor of the Holv Family church. Chicago. He has gained great popularity as a pulpit orator on account of his earnestness earnest-ness and gentleness. Father McGuire has lectured in various churches and has had considerable experience in giving missions. The follouing bands of Jesuit mis-I mis-I sionarics are announced for this year. Pastors who may desire to secure the ! services of I he Fathers are requested i to make the application to the first mentioned in any band. Letters sent to headquarters will be . forwarded piomptly to the missionaries when out on mission work: First Rev. Marshall I. Boannan. S. J.: Rev. Thomas 'A. O'Malley, S. J. Headquarters, St. Ignatius college, 413 W. Twelfth street. Chicago. 111. Second Rev. Patrick J. Mulconry, S. J.; Rev. Thomas Livingstone. S. J. Headquarters, Sacred Heart Church. 49 W. Nineteenth street. Chicago. 111. Third Rev. Joseph Rosswinkle. S. J.; Rev. John .T. Donoher. S. J. Headquarters. Head-quarters. St. Ignatius college, 413 W. Twelfth street. Chicago. 111. Fourth Rev. Cornelius Shyne. S. J.: Rev. John McGuire, S. J. Headquarters. Headquar-ters. St. Louis university. Grand avenue. ave-nue. St. Louis. Mo. Fifth Rev. Peter A. Krier, S. J. ; Rev. John G. Kuhlman. S. J. (Missions in German.) Headquarters, St. Charles church. St. Charles. Mo. Sixth Rev. Charles M. Charroppin, S. J. St. Louis university. Grand avenue. ave-nue. St. Louis. Mo. Seventh Rev. Thomas E. Sherman. S. J. (Mission to non-Catholics.) Headquarters, St. Ignatius college, 413 W. Twelfth street, Chicago, 111. Catholicism in Brazil. For reasons not hard to explain, Brazil Bra-zil has had but a poor reputation for religious' zeal. But things are changed there since 1SS9, when the state gave freedom to the church. Up to that date the church had been enslaved to the government, with the usual consequences conse-quences of evil. Then came the proclamation pro-clamation of the republic, which, by a simple decree, cut loose the church from all state support; and also from all state eontroj. The Catholics met the perils of poverty with courage. Parochial associations were founded, money for every good cause continued to flow in, and now the church is stronger, religiously and financially, than at any time in the past. She has excellent schools, and colleges for higher education; the clergy are better trained and instructed: the religious orders from Europe have given new life to the faith; a good Catholic newspaper news-paper pres is growing: and the public spirit is L.tive and zealous among the faithful. Only recently the Parliament I tried to introduce divorce into 'Brazil-' j ian legislation, but the Catholics and ! their deputies raised such an outcry I that the bill was rejected. The church j in Brazil has begun a fresh career, and presents one more proof of the advantage of keeping religion free from the golden chains of servitude to ! the interests and schemes of tricky poli- ticians. The faith finds its best sup-i sup-i port on the Sacraments; they will keep j it alive. I j Catholic Sailors' Club. j The city of Montreal possesses nura-; nura-; berless and impressive works of char-j char-j ity; but amongst them all none, per-! per-! haps, has been founded under greater difficulties, or has p'.iown a more mar-j mar-j vellous progress, than the Catholic i Sailors' club. Its ninth annual re-j re-j port, which reveals a most satisfac-i satisfac-i tory state of affairs, can give no hint j of those first small beginnings, or of the arduous tas-k of inauguration and ' of organization which fell to the lot j of the pioneer members. I Some ten years ago a handful of men belonging to the Catholic Truth society, comparatively poor and ob-i ob-i seure in circumstances, made the initial ini-tial effort. They aimed. simnly at securing se-curing a room in a convenient local-j local-j ity. where the sailors might gather in those long and aimless evenings ashore which are so perilous: where, moreover, they might find sialutary influences, in-fluences, and friends to extend toward to-ward them, strangers in a strange land, the hand of fellowship. The present annual report shows a progress in every resnect. The number num-ber of sailors that visited the club in the six months intervening between April GO and November 20. 1904 the season of navigation in Canada was 35.109. Of these. 336 are reported as having taken the total abstinence pledge; for it is to be noted that the work of temperance is effectively though very quietly carried on. Archbishop Quigley at Portsmouth. Archbishop Quigley of Chicago has arrived in Portsmouth to visit Dr. E. J. Dillon, the celebrated correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph. Dr. Dillon is professor of Oriental languages lan-guages at the University of St. Petersburg, Peters-burg, as well as an author of worldwide world-wide renown. Thirty years ago the Archbishop and Dr. Dillon were friends and fellow students at Innpbruek. in I Austria, and then their paths diverged. I Though they have since corresponded, they had not seen each other for a gt neration. Roth have since become illustrious, for Archbishop Qiiiglev i.- revered and loved by his people, while j Dr. Dillon has become a European celebrity. ce-lebrity. He is the closest friend ol the great Russian statesman. Sergius vV:tte. While at the Hotel Went worth the Archbishop accompanied Dr. Dil- 1 Ion and Mr. P. A. O'Farrell was fre- I quently the guest of Mr. C. W. Barron of Boston for long automobile rides ' through Maine and New Hampshire, j Both Mr. Dillon and the Archbishop ! thoroughly enjoyed their reunion un- j der such circumstances. Catholic Young Men's Union. The delegates to the Catholic Young Men's societies affiliated to the Union met at Albany for their thirty-first annual convention. August 22. and the proceedings of the convention occupied occu-pied this and the following day. After Af-ter Solemn Mass at the cathedral, the first sessions were begun, and were presided over by Father Shanley of Danbury, Cona.. piesident of the C. V. M. N. U. Excellent and vari d works have been undertaken during the past year by the societies individually, and by the national union as a body. In particular may be noted the work of organizing and conducting night schools. The Union. Father Shanley declared "has a mission of practical influence in-fluence in society. Tt has a grand mission mis-sion and a wide field of labor. Its members ought to realize their power for good in the community, ought to live up to their responsibility and be prepared to enter upon a greater responsibility." res-ponsibility." Consecrated Lives. August 24th was a special feast day at the Ursuline Convent in Cleveland. Ohio, being marked by the impressive ceremonies of religious reception and profession, in which new recruits were cons-aerated for the work of education. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Boff. V. G., presided at the ceremony. ' The novices admitted to the act of Profession were Sister M. Leo, Miss Dowling: Sister M. Gabriel. M'iss Gallagher; Gal-lagher; Sister M. Augustine, Miss Evans: Ev-ans: Sister M. Geraldine, Missi Schoen- i dorf. The candidates for the habit were: Miss Mary Foley, Sister M. Ita: Miss Louisa Lang. Sister M. Marcella; j Miss Johanna O'Connell. Sister M. Lelia: Miss Anorah Bigelow, Sister j M. Hortense. j RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. ! A course in church music has been j inaugurated at the Catholic normal j school and Pio Nono college at Si. i Fiancis. Wis. Its purpose is to train I Catholic organists to be able to carry out the wishes of Pope Pius X. and it ! has received the unqualified approval I of Archbishop Mesaner. j During the recent flood in Bridge-! Bridge-! port. Conn., the Queen's Daughters, a ! Catholic organization, sent out relief ' committees and furnished with food and clothing many who suffered the loss of these necessaries. 4 Archbishop Kiordan of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, sailed from Rimouski, Canada, by the Allan line, on August 19, for Europe. The Catholic Mutual Benefit society of Australia, at its recent biennial convention, con-vention, unanimously resolved in favor of federating the Catholic societies of that country. f- Pilgrimages to Lourdes this year are larger and more numerous than ever, the "white trains," as the Lourdes specials are called, being packed to standing room. From all parts of the country thousands of bedridden invalids, inva-lids, mostly indigent, are being sent to the famous grotto by private subscription, subscrip-tion, and many of those returning declare de-clare themselves completely cured. About 400 priests of the archdiocese of Chicago, including rectors of churches and their assistants, have just completed a retreat at the university univer-sity of Notre Dame, near South Bend, Ind. Bishop Hartley of Columbus, O.. will make his first liminia visit to Rome this month. His diocesan report will show that the ohi cathedral debt has at last been cancelled, and that the diocese is making steady progress in all directions. A dispatch received from the governor gov-ernor of German East Africa says that native reports reaching Kilwa announce an-nounce that a Catholic bishop named Spies, two missionary brothers and two sisters were murdered while traveling trav-eling from Kilwa to Liwale. -t Father Sorin, late superior-general of the congregation of the Holy Cross and founder of the university of Notre Dame, will be honored by having a bronze statue erected to his memory at Notre Dame at a cost of $25,000. He went to Indiana in 1841 from France and died in 1893. Archbishop Quigley announces that the work of organizing churches for Italian people in towns near Chicago and of supplying them with priests and schools is being carried on. In Chicago Heights, where there are at present about 500 Italian families. Rev. John B. Prosseda, C. M., is organizing a congregation. A church school and parish residence will be built ;as soon as plans are completed. f The Hon. Charles Fitzgerald, about to become chief justice of the province prov-ince of Quebec, was born in Quebec of Irish parents fifty-one years ago. He spent some time in London- as "a pupil of the late Lord Chief Justice, then Sir Charles Russell. His' most famous case at the Canadian bar was the defense of Louis Riel, the leader of the patriots in the northwest. He has just resigned the post of Canadian minister of justice. 4 A report is being circulated in Rome that the Holy Father intends shortly to introduce some important reforms affecting a number of religious orders. He wishes, it is said, to hasten the extinction of those religious congregations, congrega-tions, both of men and women, which have been declining greatly in numbers and importance, by incorporating them with the larger and more flourishing orders. The project has been mooted for a long time, but the report is given here for what it may be worth. Father Rodriguez, director of ' the Vatican Astronomical observatory, went to Spain, at his own expense, to wake observation on the total eclipse of the sun. The Pope, who was' advised ad-vised to send one of the Vatican observatory ob-servatory scientists, refused to do so at the expense of the Vatican. He has never shown much interest in the work of the observatory established by his predecessor, and when asked to go and see what had been done., he recently answered: "I have more serious matters mat-ters to think about." |
