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Show J5 I)liPCf) the victory which over- B ri cometh the universal 1 1 s i I . . i 1 WEEKLY CHURCH CALENDAR. I , I i Sunday I'uriti.-utiun of :. V. M. I ; Monday .St. Blase. Ii. M. t Tuesday St. Andrew Corsini, H. O. "Wfdnesday St. Philip of Jesus, M. Thursday St. Dorothy, V. M. Friday St. liii hards. K. O. Saturday St. John of Matha, ! , QUESTIONS BY YANKEES. I . Incident of a Non-Catholic Mission i ! in Historic New Hampshire. j ; A -orrLSMinde:it ot the Philadelphia Standard and Time?, writing: from j IVnacoc-k, f'iit- of ttie beautiful suburbs of Concord, X. 11., describes the incj- deiits aroused by a mission to non- Catholics then by rather Xavin Sut-i Sut-i ton in thf (.'nuivh of the Immaculate i CoPceiti.n. The people of Penaeook were anx- i-ius for th" mission, and some of the i ! l'lominent men acted as ushers, among I : thiu being Colonel J. Linehan. th I , well known Jiish historian: Thomas j Driscoll ;ind Fred Sebea. There was a i . - large and r jresentative gathering each s evening of the non-Catholic residents I not only from Pc-nacook, but also from I ' Concord proper, the electric cars af- $ : , fording every facility for the uceom- i ' modation of the people. IJoseawen is 3 ; only a stone's throw from Penaeook; i ; ' it lends historic interest to the town. j being noted as the birthplace of Jov- i : en. r Dix, the "War Governor," and it , was here that Daniel Webster first j I hung out his shingle, as a brass tablet ; informs the passerby on the roadside. 3 There, too, the lover of old historic ; ' and romantic tales will find the statue ; of Anna Dunstan. She. so the story ! goes, was captured by the Indians, and I , ', they had reached this part of New r Hampshire, when during the night they I i , slept. The brave girl succeeded in free-1 free-1 ' ing her hands and feet from the i . 1 thongs with which they were tied and, ! ' i knowing that desperate measures were the only safe ones, she quietly cut the -! throats of the Indians and then start- ; ed to return home. On second thought j ; ?he returned to the dead braves and look their scalps, in order to have evi- ) dence of what she 'had done. The ! ',, statue represents her standing- holding the scalps in her hand. Well, times have changed since then; those "stren-h "stren-h nous" days are over and "all is quiet p. long the Merrimae." The typical Yankee is to be found here, his type predominating in the j population cool, calculating, not much j given to sentiment, but quick to see the I force of an argument and ready to con- cede to you the truth of what you say, ' even if he does not submit his will to h what the truth demands. As one gen- itleman remarked: "If these lectures , continue, I'll be a Catholic." "Well," i said his friend, "why don't you become one?" "Oh," replied the man, "there's i - not that much good in me." i i The question box was well patron- ; ized, t lie questions indicating that they s came from persons seeking light and information. There were many of the usual class, such as "Why do you pray to Mary?" "Where in the Uible are we commanded to say the beads?" etc. j Some bore on the right of the Church to make laws, as, "Is it a sin to miss Mass on Sunday or eat meat on Friday?" Fri-day?" "Yes," answered Father Sutton, "it ; would be a grave sin to miss Mass on Sunday or to eat meat on Friday. Christ said. Whatsoever you find upon j earth.' etc. As a duly organized body :; the Church has power to make laws j anii to compel us to obey them under j pain of sin. even of mortal sin." I ? ; "If a child dies before it is baptized, I j , why should it go to hell? Don't the j Catholic Church teach that it will?" -I The Catholic Church teaches no such doctrine. The child that dies before re- : living baptism is not admitted into ' heaven. Baptism gives us a right to i heaven. However, as the unbaptized ? child has not been guilty of any per- 5 sor.a! sin, God will not condemn it to j hell. He wiil give it a happiness suit- able to its existence. t "Why are Catholics so cruel as to i take their children out when a few I days old to have them baptized?" I Catholics believe in the necessity of j baptism, that every one to be saved I , must be baptized. Hence as there is I danger of a child dying suddenly, they I wish to have it receive this sacrament. I so that if it does die it will be received 1 into the kingdom of God. I "Why are Catholics anxious to have I , a priest when sick, -ever, in preference i to a doctor?" I " The priest prepares the soul to meet I its God. Hp gives the sacraments of I 1he Church to the sick person, and as I thi- salvation of the soul is more im- 1 portant than the health of the body, I the Catholic is eager to have his soul I ill-God's fcrace, so that if he should die . lie would lie ready to give an account : . ; of bis life to God. The doctor attends ? to the body: the priest attends to the soul. Is not the soul of more value than the body? J f "What do the vestments worn by the priest at Mass signify?" ? The priest in the Mass personates Christ, and each of the vestments is L typical of the garments worn by Christ : in His Passion. The amice signifies the piece of linen with which our Savior J . ' ' was blindfolded (Matt, xxvi.): the a!b ! represents the white garment with .' ' which Christ was clothed by Herod as 4 a fool (Luke xxiii.); the maniple, stole and girdle represent the cords and 1 ; . ropes with which Christ was bound (John xviii). I ' "Wi!l you please read Hie fourteenth chapfr of I. Cor, to the twenty-lift h I verse and explain why it does not apply j the Latin language used in the Cath- f "lie Church?" St. Paul in this chapter informs us . ; that the gift of prophecy is to be pre- ! erred to "the gift of tongues. Just what the gift of tongues consisted in is hard to determine. Many writers of worth are of opinion it was a miracu- t luus gift which came upon those early ; Christians when they were wrapt in j i ' ecstasy ,-uid they spoke in words not j always intelligible to their hearers. St. ; Paul, however, in this chapter is repro- i bating the vain display of miraculous tongues in preaching or exhortations made by recent converts more to show j their gift than to glorify God or edify 1 : .ne. people. v lien the priest instructs the people be speaks in the language ': ' they understand. When he uses the i 1 Latin language he is praying to God. What he says in Latin the people have I translated in their prayer books in the I language they understand. It is strange - 1 v hen Protestants quote the opening woids of St. Paul in this chapter that they do not read on a little further: in ; 'he thirty-ninth verse they would lind j i t'heii objections overthrown. "Where- j fore, brethren, be zeal us to prophesy; ; tid forbid not to speak with tongues'." "; The lectures closed on .Sunday night i v ith a larce audience present. Many i copies of "Clearing the Way" were dis- t J ti United, and. as usual, the lectures ; "V,T 'he topic of conversation everv- , . wliere. many non-Catholics expressing I ; theii pleasure and satisfaction in hav- : -g heard them. 1 ! ' CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. Coming: Events Scheduled at Thi3 I .) Great Seat of Learning. f : : The Alumni Association of the 1'ni- I versify at Washington is busy preparing prepar-ing for its eighth annual meeting and banquet, w hich will occur in the first week in February, February 4. l:((rj. The Baltimore members of the Association Asso-ciation have charge of the arrangements, arrange-ments, and are looking for a very fuil attendance of members. His Kminence Cardinal Gibbons, the Kight Uev. Hector Hec-tor of the University, the Vice-Hector, Very Rev. Dr. Carrigan. and many of the University professors will be present pres-ent at the, dinner. The alumni also expect to meet on that occasion the former rector ot the university. Most Rev. Archbishop Keane. of Dubuque, under whose administration the Association Asso-ciation was formed. The University Club is continuing the custom inaugurated some time ago, of having talks from prominent peoi.de. Rev. W. H. Ketcham, the. Director of the Indian Catholic Bureau, spoke before be-fore the dub, January on "The Indian In-dian of Today." This is an interesting subject just now. and was ably handled hand-led by the reverend gentleman, whose association with the bureau gives him exceptional opportunities for formlner an accurate judgment of the question. The winter and spring course of public pub-lic university lectures was begun on January 15. by Dr. William C. Robinson, Robin-son, Dean of the Faculty of Law. Dr. Maurice Francis Egan was scheduled to deliver the opening lecture, but ow ling to illness was prevented, and Dr. Robinson kindly consented to fill his place, and chose for his subject "The Future of Society." Dr Robinson is a very dear and pleasing speaker, who obtains, and keeps, the .attention of his audience to the very last sentence. Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aiken will lecture on February 15, on "The Ancient Christian Chris-tian Monuments of Hsi-anFu": Dr. Robinson will again lecture on March 1, on "The Value of the Study of Law as a Means of General Intellectual Culture"; April 21. Rev. Dr. John D. Maguire will speak on "Livv as an Orator," and May 21. Rev. Edward A. Pace will dose the course with a lecture lec-ture on "The Education of Women In Greece and Rome." The assistant secretary sec-retary of state, Hon. David Yayne Hill, was scheduled to lecture on Washington's Washing-ton's birthday, February 22, but owing to the pressure of official duties about tl-o tii-ii.i U 1..,.. I ...v . ...ni. wim, iiu our. ni.u iu org on, anu Hon. Henry B. F. Macfarland. chairman chair-man of the commissioners of the District Dis-trict of Columbia, has been invited to take his place and has accepted the invitation. The January number of the Bulletin has four able articles: "The Public and the Labor World," by Rev. William J. Kerby, Ph. !).. Associate Professor of Sociology at the University; "The First Publication of the Aeneid," by Rev. J John D. Maguire. Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Latin; "The Language of Evolution II," by Very Rev. Edmund T. Shanahan. DD., Professor of Dogmatic Dog-matic Theology, and "An Ancient Syriac Lexicographer," by Rev. Henry Hyvernat, D.D.. professor of Semitic languages and biblical archaeology. It also contains a large number of able book reviews by different professors of the University. The Nine First Fridays. The attention of the faithful is called to the noveiia of monthly communions offered in honor of the Sacred Heart. A large multitude have continued in the dark days and inclement weather of winter to present themselves at the altar on the first Friday of each month. But there are very many who know-nothing know-nothing about it, or have neglected it. The practice is founded on the extraordinary extra-ordinary promise made by our divine Lord to the Blessed Margaret Marj-: "I promise thee," 'said Christ, "in the excess ex-cess of the mercy of my heart, that its all powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the consecutive months, the grace of final perseverance, and that they shall not die under my displeasure, nor without receiving "the Sacraments, and my heart will be their refuge in that last hour." Read this promise carefully, and reflect upon it. If you have never attended to it. then it is surely time to begin the work. The uncertainties of life and death urge us to secure the friendship of God for our dying moment. This we can do by receiving re-ceiving Holy Communion on the first Friday of every month, for nine successive suc-cessive months. If the dark mornings or the cold weather have prevented you thus far. you may safely begin or resume re-sume the practice now; for the days are fast becoming longer, and the weather wea-ther will be warmer. The Augustinian. The Pool of Siloam. After having been practically dry for more than ten years, the Pool of Siloam has begun to flow again. Visitors to Palestine have been much disappointed to find that the healing waters were no longer visible, and in this disappointment disappoint-ment the native inhabitants naturally shared. Recently the people of Jerusalem Jerusa-lem discovered that their water supply was failing, and it occurred to them to see if tbe spring which supplied the poo of Siloam was doing its duty. They worked for a month: removed tons of accumulated rubbish, and found that the spring had for years been discharging its cool, clear water into an old aqueduct, which carried it away to the valley of Kedron. Now the Pool of Siloam is llowing once more and there is great rejoicing throughout through-out the Holy Land. Polish Sisters in S-. Louis. The first Polish community for religious re-ligious women in America is about to be founded in St. Louis, says Church Progress of that city. Authorization of the same has received the sanction of Rome and the rules for their future guidance are now in the hands of commission com-mission for revision. This has long been the hope not only of the Polish women of the United. States, but also of all the Polish priests in the country. Heretofore young ladies la-dies of that nationality who have been blessed with vocations to the religious life have associated themselves with the various communities which they found in existence, most of them, however, how-ever, joining German Sisterhoods. I RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. The sixty-third volume of the "Holland- isls." the great monumental publication of the Acts of the Saints, by the Jesuit Fathers, is now in preparation. The "free" university at Brussels, established es-tablished in opposition to Louvain by the Liberals, already has so far come under Catholic influence that a majority of its professors and students are of oiir faith. One gets an Idea of the setback caused U religion by the KuUurkanipf from the reports sent out from the diocese of Bres-lau. Bres-lau. The Prince-Bishop Cardinal Kopp ordained fifty-six priests for his diocese in one day recently, yet the number ol prices is still insufficient to till up the gap caused by Bismarck's wm- upon the Church. The English Ritualists are advancing. A Solemn Requiem ' Mass was recently celebrated for the repose of the soul o'f Canon Carter of Clcwer. t St. Alban's llolborn. The Roman rite was observed ev en to the asprges . and incensing of the catafalque with its six candles erected in the choir. Bishop Uaiilon of Veganda. Africa states that nearly all of the native chiels of that recion have renounced their heathenish hea-thenish practices and accepted Christianity. Christian-ity. As a result greater justice is received re-ceived by the people-. In a volume of travels in the Congo region, just published in Paris, the author. au-thor. Captain Lemaire. pays a high tribute trib-ute to the new civilization which Catholic missionaries are building in Alrica. The work done by the White Fathers furnishes, fur-nishes, in his opinion, "a model for the world." The work is issued under the auspices ot the Paris Geographical so-j so-j cletj". ' The success of the Jesuits in India is acknowledged alike by the Brahmins and Buddhists, who receive members of the I order on a plane of frank equality. I In preparation for the Pope's silver , I jubilee next year the Catholics of Kng-! ! land have decided to solicit international subscriptions for a tiara of gold as a gift to the Holy Father. It will be inlaid with diamonds to the cost of $50.(VK, the , gift of an Italian lady. Bishop Clancy of Klphin. Ireland, is on the point of establishing a school of technical training for the Irish youth in his diocese.. His late visit to the United States was for the purpose of studjdng" similar schools in this country. Bishop O'Gnrman of Sioux Falls, in an account of a tour among the Indian reservations, res-ervations, states that the red men are fast becoming civilized, and while the olil generation of hunters and warriors is dying out. the new generation is keenly anxious to learn. More than half the Indians are Catholics. Hon. .lames Kehoc enjoys the proiM distinction of being the first Catholic ever sent to congress from the state of Kentucky. Ken-tucky. He is now serving his first term and gives promise of becoming a useful member of that body. The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Portland. Ore., has now the largest choir in the state, consisting ot more than forty for-ty membprs of the ladies and gentlemen of the parish, and present indications are that it will shortly be second to none in vocal ability. Baltimore is to have another Bohemian Catholic church. The work has been entrusted en-trusted to Rev. Thomas Morys of St. Stanislaus'. The project will assume definite shape within a week, when the .site has been selected. The theft of $7x' from the room of the Mother Superior of the Felican Sisters at their convent. Detroit, last week, placed the Sisters in a bad plight. It was all the. money they had in the house and was to go to pay for the coal and other necessities of the large institution. |