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Show ' . CHURCH CALENDAR. Suid-n? th f lhe Ho Soul--Monday. 13.-Pt. Didacus. Thursday 16.-St. Joaphat. Friday. 17. St. r.rrporv DsaUim?V-DLIk:lUon of silicas I 01 feaints Peter and Paul. 1 Petitions for prayers from associates I f League of the Sacred Heart: llSUTnJi fr x"TGnt Monday for fam-m fam-m V T"esday r reconciliations. Wed-forL Wed-forL r, Work and means- Thursday batujda for seminarists and novice?. FOR CHURCH EXTENSION. Movement Initiated at Chicago to Help the West and South. Extension of. the Roman Catholic Church in the west and south was initialed in-itialed at a meeting of prominent members of the clergy and laitv rep resenting many different dioceses. I which was held in Archbishop Quig- ley's residence receniV. The Catholic J nurch Extension society of the United :! states was organized at the conference I iTii steps were taken toward estab- I lishmg the work on a large scale. I 4UThe arcnDisl' himself presided, and I e other delegates were: Archbishop J P. Bourgarde. Fanta Fc. N. M.; J Bishop P. J. Muldoon, Chicago: Rish- I cp J. J. Hennessy. Wichita, Kan.: Rev. 1 J. F. Van Antwerp. Detroit: Rev. Dr. ! I Frank A. O'Brien, Kalamazoo, Mich.: j I Rev. B. X. O'Reilly. St. Joseph, Mich.: ! I Rev. Father C. Kelley, Lapeer, Mich.: i 1 Rev. J. E. Roche, Nebraska City, Neb.; i j Itev. Edward A. Kelley, Chicago; Rev. j 1 K. 1'. Graham, Lapeer. Mich.; Rev. E. j I P. Jennings,' Cleveland; Rev. P. LJ I Duffy, Charleston, S. C: Charles . Phi- ' I mondon, Chicago; J. A. Roe, Detroit: ' I S. A. Baldus, Cincinnati; W. P. I5rten. j I Fort Wayne, Ind.; A. A. Hirst. Phila- I delphia: M. A. Fanning. Cleveland. J The object of the organization was - Plated as being "the development of I the missionary spirit in the people of I the Roman Catholic Church of the I I'nitod .States especially by aiding I the building of churches in nedy I places, and by any other means that I may appeal tn the directors." I Rev. Francis C. Kelley. Lapeer, j (Mich., who has been urging the forma- I tion of such a society for several I years, was elected president. W. P. I iJreen, Fort "Wayne. Ind.. was chosen I , treasurer. The vice presidents will be fleeted at the next meeting, which will be called within the next fe- weeks, j-robably in Chicago. A general secretary secre-tary and four held secretaries will be appointed by the. president. The archbishops of the United States will constitute an advisory board and will receive an annual report of the progress of the movement. The auditors will be Bishop Muldoon of Chicago, A. A. Hirst of Philadelphia. Charles Pal-mnndon Pal-mnndon of Chicago, M. A. Fanning' of Cleveland and Rev. Frank A.. O'Brien of Kalamazoo. The government of the Foriety was placed in the hands of a kmu?i council 01 tweiiTy-nve, including includ-ing the nineteen 'delegates present and -six others who will be chosen by them. Vacancies by death or resignation will le filled by the board itself. The president was. however, given a l'n e hand in directing the organization's organiza-tion's plan of campaign. Strong -executive powers were vested In the office. Tin1 society will be Incorporated 'under the laws of Michigan, with twenty-five members of the general council as in-"corporators. in-"corporators. The constitution and articles ar-ticles of incorporation -will be drafted ,t the next meeting of this body. Annual An-nual meetings will be held the first "Wednesday in April, and for the time , being the headquarters of the society j "will be at Lapeer, Mich. Protestants and Purgatory. The other day. a London duty paper printed an item which said that in the course of a dedication service a th parish church of Shedfield. on the fringe of the fruit growing district of : South Hampshire, the (Protestant) ! bishop of. Southampton declared that " they mi?ht pray for the spiritual prog- i ress of their dear departed ones, as the fl Jews and early Christians were accus- ,' tomed to do. The intercessions, he said, f of those in Paradise had helped on their I friends. The Loudon Monitor and New ' Kr.i. 'ommeniing on this, said: "We nre glad to see our Protestant friends I on,ing round to the view supported I alil.e by common sense, scripture, j church authority and natural feeling. I However, the bishop or his friends may i fliedge about the matter, his words I clearly mean that Protestants may and I rlo believe in Purgatory'- There. can be no spiritual progress in heaven, for i f there the blessed have attained to the utmost bliss: nor can there be spiritual I progress in hell,' for out of hell there It is no redemption. If spiritual progress If is to be. made, it must, therefore, be f made in or from some third place, and the Catholic name for that third place j is Purgatory." A Scientist on Prayer. i i An eminent scientist. Dr. Theodore! B. Hyslop. speaking recently at a J meeting of the British Medical asso- ; ' oiation, thus recommended prayer as the best of all cures for men'T". disease: i. "As an alienist and. one whose "? "whole life has been concerned with the! I sufferings of the mind. I would state j that of all hygienic measures to I ' counteract disturbed sleep, depressed i spirits and all the miserable sequels of I : a distressed mind. I woulc- undoubted- i b" give the iirst place to the simple I i hnbii of prayer." j " Upon which the Outlook, in it? J criticisms, observes as follows: j j : "Mr. Hyslop s competence to speak In the name of science is unquestionable, i ; and wh'H he affirms as a discovery of ! I medical science is identical with the j I,, immemorial faith of religion, that there I is a. place for prayer in the very na- j 1 : ture of things. Not only does he find t this place to be foremost among: ie- Ftoratjve agents: of the religious en- 1 thusiasm which the nature of praver is j v to feed and sustain he afPrms that it t embodies the most healthy and pre- servative development of our social! forces. Among the many notable utter- i anc-s in which science is now evincing! 5 herself to be the handmaid of religion j I these, the most recent, are as memor- I f " r.ble as any." ( Dr. Hyslops "discovery of medical f: lence" is pood Catholic doctrine, as! ! oil as the Catholic Church. "'Ask and j yu shall rereive: sock a:.c". you shall ' I , -id." ! ' , i I ' Help That Parish School. f E'iitor Intormouniiun Catc)ic: f . Sir The apoioCJT for this appeal is? a I threatened parish and G'hI'k innocent j ohildren. Our small church has been luavily in debt for many yea.rs. But ) ; things iprow worse since a lack of em- ) I ployrncnt has set in here. Many are i 1 fon-ed to leave, seeking work else- ! v. here. As a very sad result of our . poverty the sisters have been . takeii I . away and our little children are threat- rned with the loss-of a religious edu-f edu-f at ion. The- poor people, struggling , and self-sacrificing for years, are hurt '? bitterly at this, threat, and.-to avert jt, i aie compel led to seek assistance from j those more fortunate. In your God-sent charity, will you not please help save our parish school? . Hoping your good will toward those less fortunate than you. will prompt the giving of some small sum, J .am; sincerely yours in Christ. - - REV. WILLIAM A. JOCHUM". i Itockport, IncL, Oct. 20, 1303. p SELF-TORTURE IN INDIA.. Religion Which Foolish Women in America Adore. Heathenism is still heathenism. At least it is so in India, writes the Rev.! L. Rockey in Leslie's Weeklv. It " needs something stronger than culture! and the devices of civilization to j change it. Every object of civilization, fom the railway and the electric light! and the best motor car down to the lucifer match sold at three boxes for a oent. is to ho seen in common use in ndia. and yet the old customs, not strictly forbidden by law, have not loosened. their hold. Christianity and education have effected changes in some portions of the empire, but have Just touched this mass of heathen and Mussulman piague-stricken humanity. Our pictures show self-torture practiced prac-ticed in two separate forms at Luck-now Luck-now in a local religious fair. Two miles from the city is an insignificant shrine, little larger than a eoalbin. and no more attractive. In it is a red clay idol. Here one day over 100.000 pilgrims resorted to make offerings of money and sweets. I it is the custom for those who have a vow, or who wish to get some great boon, to go the entire war from their I homes, however distant, bv measuring j their length every inch of the way. At j home thev choose a pebble or something some-thing of that kind. Lying flat, with j their feel touching their door.-ills, they j place the stone at arm's length, and, arising, walk to it, pick it up. place the foot where the stone was, and. meas-I meas-I uring their length, place it one reach farther on. Thus they go the whole way. The night before the day of offering, of-fering, between 6 and 7 p. nr.. I rode three miles on one of '. he roads and counted S13 such devotees! Some were boys; most were young men. Some had come a short distance; the average of the lot must have been four miles. I photographed one group going over the bridge. They had been on the way four hours and had just bathed in the river, so they were fresh. Next, day at 10 a. m. I photbgraphed a man almost dead in the road, where the dust was 130 degrees Fahrenheit. He was going slowly and had yet a. half-mile. Crowds Jostled by him. stumbled over him, but he le;)t on. He had come twelve miles: I saw no women. There were Faid to be several.' , At the same fair was a fakir swinging swing-ing head downwards through a hot fire. His head swept through the high blaze and almost touched the glowing coals, lie said he was SO years old. He was toothless and might be 70. but he was yet as nimble as a cat. He talked with me and said he did it for merit with the gods. He declared that he used all the money he got in purchasing fuel. He certainly ate very little, and that mostly lentils. Another picture shows a man with a brick piled on his stomach, hiijf face, except ex-cept his. nostrils -covered with dust, lying in "the sun. whose rays at the time were not milder than 120 degrees Fahrenheit! All this for merit. All condoned by high Brahman priests. And ;-et this is the aesthetic religion which foolish women in America run after' Women Excluded From Choirs. Bishop Richter of Grand Rapids, I Mich., ha? positively ordered that wo- j men shall hereafter., be excluded from i all choirs in his diocese. Before his recent departure for Rome he issued : the following letter to his clergy: "Cathedral. "Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 4, 1905. "Reverend Dear Father In his encyclical en-cyclical on church music our Holy Father, Pius X. decreed the exclusion of female voices from the choir during dur-ing liturgical functions. As ample time has 'now been :giveji;to prepare men and boyfc to sing at all such services, serv-ices, we strictly forbid from henceforth, hence-forth, all singing in the choir by female fe-male voices' in the churches of this i diocese. If men or boys have not yet j tieen trained to sing at High Mass. the ' congregation .must be content with j Low Masses tintil due provision for proper singing is made. "I remain, dear father, your sincerely' in Xto, "HENRY JOSEPH. "Bishop of Grand Rapid.' "Old Catholics" Dying Out. The Rev. Peter C. Yorke. editor of the San Francisco Leader, writing from Wiesbaden, Germany, says that the sect known as the "Old Catholics" have a very pretty church capable of seating two or three hundred in that city, but that "their day is past." They call themselves Old Catholics as a protest against the. Vatican council and the, decree de-cree of infallibility.. The opposition to that decree among certain German professors was very strong. In the early seventies it was" at one time feared that thev would carry Catholic Germany into schism en masse. The Prussian government gave them every support, and the persecution under Bismarck, Bis-marck, known as the Kulturkampf, was designed to help their cause. "But they are gradually disappearing." says Father Yorke. "In Wiesbaden the average av-erage congregation is only about twen-I twen-I ty, and. these old people. They are evi- dently the remains of the original se-i se-i coders. Their priest .says., mass- after the Roman manner, but in German. is decorated as wth us; but the Sta-I Sta-I ti.ms of the Cross are-not ued, and I. did not notice any holy water fonts. In spite of the great flourish of trumpets with which the schism opened it is now dead. Catholic Germany that measured meas-ured swords with-Luther -is-not going to succumb to a few .archaelogists playing play-ing at religion." ; Bishop Conaty'in Spain. (The Tidings, Los Angeles.) 1 I am in this wonderful city of Muril-lo Muril-lo (Seville) whose .masterpieces are found scattered everywhere. It is worth a trip to S"aiji to see the master's mas-ter's work' in all its glory in the city of hirf love. The great cathedral is one of the world's wonders, at least to my mind, not only because' of "its historical beauty and its marvellous architecture, but also 'because of its paintings and its treasury of church ornaments. Seville, Se-ville, also has its Alcazar, the home of the Moorish kings, and .one of those wonderful 'palaces which' show the high expression cf Moorish art under the inspiration in-spiration and encouragement of Christian Chris-tian kings. ... .In ahe mighty cathedral with its wonderful Moorish tower, which is the pride of Seville, lie the remains re-mains of the illustrious Columbus in a tmb .which:.is ..a imrvel of grandeur and beauty surmounted by four heroic bronze statues of the rtiiri of c'-,'lf Leon. Navarre and Catalonia, on whoso shoulders is borne a satafaique. Like good Catholics and Americans, on Oct. 14. we p-iid our respects to the. memory of the great discoverer by visiting his 1oirb and nt the sit"'- rp'"" h' "mil) said mass for our people, not forgetting t'e Srain which, made his work possible. possi-ble. Spain has been a perfect revelation to me and I shall treasure as -lone as I live the kindness and extreme courtesies cour-tesies of its prelates and its clergy. I had a most delightful visit with his eminence. Cardinal Espinola. who-reminded me very much of our own beloved be-loved Cardinal Gibbons, both in his appearance ap-pearance and in his simple, suave manners, man-ners, making, us perfectly at home with him. as he assured me that while hero I might consider myself as enjoying all the privileges of the archbishop of Seville. Se-ville. He graciously called on me yesterday yes-terday and 1 will. say. m"adios" to him today. . I Spain is not properly 'understood and is much misrepresented in the guidebooks. guide-books. It is thoroughly Catholic and one- must .admire the. evidences of devotion de-votion fxmnd on every hand. It-is -rich i in Catholic traditions and affords splendid splen-did opportunities for any student . who wishes to touch the springs of early and mediaeval as' well as modern history. One lives amid the glories of the Catholic Cath-olic kings and realizes how much the world owes to Spain in the civilization which we enjoy. There is much to interest the Califor-nian Califor-nian for in many ways Spain has given giv-en to California much of that which it glories. As to climate and general physical phy-sical conditions there is great similarity. similar-ity. SEE OF NEW ORLEANS. Archbi6hop Riordan to Make Known Wishes of the Pope. (Catholic Universe.) From all indications we judge that New Orleans will soon have a successor succes-sor to the late Archbishop Chapelle. Archbishop P. W. Riordan; of San Francisco, has arrived in Rome on his regular visit ad limina, and has been received in private audience by the Pope; -and has had several conferences j with Cardinal Gotti. prefect of the Congregation Con-gregation of Propaganda. It is understood under-stood there that th.- consultations included in-cluded discussion of the appointment soon to be made of an Archbishop for New Orleans, and that Msgr. Riordan is to carry the Pope's advice on the subject to the meeting of American Archbishops soon to occur in Wash ington. Several weeks ago the most available man for the place was believed be-lieved to be Msgr. "Broderick. formerly Auxiliary Bishop of Havana.' But he has since been given special charge of the placing of the Italian immigrants immi-grants throughout the United States, and it is doubtful if he will be relieved of that work, unless the Agricultural Society, organized by him for the purpose, pur-pose, is found effective enough to carry it on without his personal supervision. super-vision. ' ! I Another prelate now mentioned for the New Orleans appointment is Msjr. Bleuk, Bishop -of Porto Rico, who is favorably considered for the 'place because be-cause of his knowledze of Louisiana and his long service as a parish priest in New Orleans. He has many friends in the Propaganda. Pius X. is anxious to'lill the vacancy at Xew Orleans as soon as possible, but will wait for the action of the American Archbishops, who will decide upon three names to be- sent to Rome in nomination between be-tween now and Christmas. ,The custom adopted by the Vatican authorities permitting the hierarchy in England and America to have a voice in the selection of bishops for those countries, and making no appointment ap-pointment before three names are received re-ceived in nomination from those countries, coun-tries, has proved highly successful. It is likely to be adopted for other countries coun-tries in the near future. In fact, there is already consideration givcn to the possibility of appointing the new French bishops by this method. It is seriously proposed that after the abolition aboli-tion of the Corcordat, when the appointment ap-pointment of French bishops .will be made by the Holy See without consultation con-sultation with government authorities, the system now used in England and the United States shall, be extended to France. It is said also that the Pope has planned to call a national council of all members of the French hierarchy to discuss the new conditions condi-tions made for the Church in France by the laws of separation, and that the part that may be taken by the nrpRpnt hichnnR in tlamlntr Ihdir nrtl. leagues will then be discussed. Many disciplinary measures will also be considered at the council, which will provide new rules to meet the changed conditions in the French Church. Bishop Grace. When Bishop Grace of Sacramento was presented to the Holy Father last week Pius X received one of the most devoted and zealous prelates in the IJnited States. ;..- - A singularly retiring man. there is' not in our hierarchy one whose, name is more rarely seen in public print. Yet : his intimate friends know hint 'to be a man of high ability and remarkable scholarship. He is a. sound theologian and a polished writer, and might easily eas-ily have v.on distinction as a pulpit orator. But Dr. Grace has been content as a missionary bishop in a difficult diocese, dio-cese, and has never sought the glamor of public anplause outside of . his own See. He has surrounded himself with a splendid body- of a:ostolie priests like himself, who. undistinguished and ' almost unknown beyond the lounds of their parishes. spend themselves ; through weary years for the upbuilding j of the Church of God. It is generally understood that one object of the bishop"s visit to the Eter- nal City is the division of his large ' diocese. A mountain territory of al- J most 100.000 square miles is too much ( for any bishop to cover, more .especially i where much traveling must be done by st.ige and not a little by sea.-' Probably Prob-ably a new dioceso will be Tormed, embracing em-bracing the sreater part of the state bf Nevada. In that event Reno will be the seat of the new episcopal See, and the diocese of Sacramento will- be confined con-fined to northern California. This will be a most desirable arrangement from every point of view. The Leader. Priests for the Canal Zone. At the request of the congregation, of propaganda Pius X. has signed a decree de-cree permitting priests of the United ! I States, with the consent of their bish-' j ops. to leave their dioceses and take up work in the. Panama canal zone, where English-speaking priests are : scarce. j Monsignore F. X. Junguito. bishoD of Panama, has been in correspondence with the propaganda and has complained complain-ed of the difficulties of his work, owing to the scarcity of priests who could minister to rapidly, increasing English-speaking English-speaking population of the isthmus. The congregation has nov,- authorized the bishop to recruit priests from the United States, and has provided that such priests as take up work near the canal may return to their former dioceses dio-ceses should ill health make them unlit to continue work on the isthmus. A Handsar' Missionary. For five years Father Basitius. of the Capuchin Order of Monks of the Church i of St. Joseph, has journeyed ;once a month from Appleton,. Wis., to! Norrie. Marathon county, to preach t'o:rl small congregation. It has been found necessary neces-sary far the priest to travel by handcar hand-car most of the time alone. During the cold days of last winter when the thermometer ther-mometer registered far below zero, the priest made his trips regularly. The distance covered by handcar is sixty miles. Ai Ecumenical Council. Of much importance to the .whole church is the news given by the Abbe Odelin to a representative of the Gau-lois Gau-lois on his return to France from Rome, where he has been as a member of the "Workingmen's Pilgrimage.". The abbe, who had a special audience with the Pope, states that as soon, as the separation bill has been passed by the French senate the bishops'will hold a general meeting,, and with the approval of the Holy See will adopt resolutions to meet the new situation. , His Holiness, Holi-ness, the abbe added, intends to convoke con-voke an ecumenical council so soon as circumstances will permit. It will sit at Rome, and, will be a continuation of the Vatican council, which was interrupted inter-rupted in 1870. There is certainly an ample programme of work -for a council coun-cil to undertake. There are the social and educational questions, and numerous numer-ous administrative matters which might well receive attention. The reunion re-union of the churches, a subject to which Leo XITI devoted so; much thought., the bearing of - modern dis- . coVeries on Biblical criticism, -and the t ... j . . position created fr the religious orders will also, it ma' be i assumed, receive consideration from the council. |