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Show r I gburcb ''Universal- : , 4. . CHURCH CALENDAR. October. Devotion, the Holy Rosary, i Sunday, 30 Twenty-third after Pente- ort. Kp. Phil, iij, 17-21 : Gosp. Matt, ix, ; , l-6. St. Geinianus. bishop. I Monday, 31 St. Alphonsus Iiodriguez, i conf. St. Quintinus. November. Devotion. The Holy Souls. Tuesday. 1 All Saints. "Wednesday, 2 All Souls. Thursday, 3 St. Malaehy. Vfishop. i Friday. 4 St. Charles Borromeo. conf. ! Saturday, t. St. Kertille. abbess. ivtitions for prayers from associates of league of Sacred Heart: Sunday, for special, various: Jinn- dcty, for Messenger readers-: Tuesday. 5 lor thanksgivings: AVcdiuday. for i those in a miction: Thursday, for the j mi-U. infirm: Friday, for dead associ- a:- s: Saturday, for local centers. f Apostolic Missionaries. . The Apostolic mission house for the training of diocesan missionaries l opened its scholastic year last Meek iindpr very auspicious circumstances. Th' io were gathered about the altar a goodly number of priests, students wliu i;ie linen sent by their respective bishops to prepare for the work of giv-i giv-i jn;; missions. As many as a dozen dio-i dio-i r.scp will profit by the lectures of J Father Elliott during the coining year. j The graduates of last year have J taken up the mission work in their ro- J fpective districts. Rev. E. F. Callahan Js covering the mountain region of east- ern Tennessee, while Father Hresna-j Hresna-j ban is inaugurating the mission work ; in Florida. The two Benedictines. Fa-j Fa-j ilier Osmund (if Cullman, Ala., and Fa-i Fa-i th"r I Ma bar of St. Ieo's abbey. Flo-! Flo-! vida. are looking after the district n-I n-I iij;iinotis to their monasteries. The (-Lining of the fall and' winter seasons I is the time for the kph'thI starting up of missionary activities all along the j line. The papers that represent the mind of , these missionaries and give the iv;jii i for their work are published in the cur rent issue of the Missionary. They in-cliealo in-cliealo a wonderful development in this movement, which has for its purpose the prom-lung of Catholic doctrine to I 1!io American people. I "When t he Winchester conference pnb- I lished its report a frw years ago many I '.n holies were astonished at the vigor I of a movement that had l"en started bui ycsteplay. They rubbed their even nd woke up to the fact that intense af ' livitirs were bestirring themselves on Jf all sides as if an army awakening to I n nte. The papers of the Washington conference show that these activities re now duly organized about the Mission Mis-sion house as a center. The army has fallen into line and the forward movement move-ment has started. The titles of the papers pa-pers indicate a wide field of discussion. There is no phase of missionary activity activ-ity that does not receive adequate treatment treat-ment and that by most skilled expert-.. Growth of Cleveland Diocese. Nothing is so well calculated to express ex-press the vitality of the Catholic faith v in the Cleveland diocese and the solid- ) iiy of its growth than the continual ."-uccession of ceremonials by which iey churches are opened or old ones fUiain to the age of jubilees. On every side, almost without interruption, schools and temples are being enlarged stud multiplied to make room fur the .crowing body of the faithful. It is as if churches cannot be built fast enough to give outlet to the str ng currents o-Catholic o-Catholic energy at a time when religious reli-gious apathy paralyze? the life of all other denominations. . Some such thought must have struck many who witnessed the dedication of the church of St. Columbkille last Sunday. The church is one of the Handsomest of ' the many fine church structures lately eivcted in this- section. II forms a notable addition to that. line of Catholic temples, from the cathedral tV St. Thomas Aquinas', which punctuate punc-tuate the length of Superior street with ?c.oindcrs of Catholic strength and ao-ii ao-ii ily. Universe. Golden Jubilee of Presentation Nuns. . Fifty years aso the first convent in The United States cf the Presentation Huns was established in San Francisco. The celebiations in honor of t.lv' golden .rili!"o 'was observed last week. On Tuesday morning a solemn high mas? vas offered in St. Francis' church. Val-lej.i Val-lej.i street. Most R"'. Archbishop Ftiur- lan w,;s present in the sanctuary. Pope Blames Fi?e Masons. Fallowing is a cable dispatch from llome to the Associated Press of date Oct. 23: ' I ope Piu: X was almost the whole !" last nieht waiting lor telegrams i from Mgr. Montagnini. audit r of the papal nunciature of Paris, about the I .le, u i n in the French chamber of dep- " ut m s. His holiness was not su; prised jit the fiatemeni and speech of Premier -'on. bes. which were much as had been expected, but he had not thought, from private information he had teceived. That the premier's majority in the chamber would be so large as it was. The pope and his entouiage attribute the new success of-Premier C-mbe? to the influence of the Free Masons, who. according to reports1 received at the aiican. are determined to bring about the saration of church and state in order to be freer to undertake a cam-. . j-aipn with the object of destroying all Y l- iitioiis feeling in France. When the pews was received the pontiff exclaimed: ex-claimed: "God's will 'be done.'' Burned to Death at Altar. hicaso. Oct. 24. A dispatch to the Tribune from OiMmisas. La., says: While encaged ;it prayer in the Cath-fli'- church here. Mis. Donal Cuillory, :ip.'. r'o ye;, rs. has been burned to ie;ith in ;i horrible' manner. She was bow-in;? before the altar, near w hi h ;i number of candles were buriui:-'. lb-r devotions concluded. sh- rose in le,ie the cllUl'cil. wllv'll her dress e::!ne in contact with a candle. F.nd in an instant she was alila.c. Only a lew worshippers were in the hurch ai the time and their attention was attracted by the agonized cries of til'- centenarian. They ran to the woman's wo-man's rescue, but too late. She died in aony a few minutes after her removal remov-al from the church. . Nothing- But Catholic. Aichhishop Harty writes some Amer-i'an Amer-i'an friends a message that should bo respectfully referred to those who have been decrying the Filipinos: "During my confirmation trips over the provinces prov-inces I had to admire the talent the Filipinos have for music and art. In many small towns 1 heard music and singing which would lit the - best Iheatie in New York: The enthusiastic j receptions which 1 have been extended ' everywhere are an evident proof ; llie religion of the Filipinos. Since last January, the time I landed in this t country, up to the present (July HI.) 1 have confirmed PU.r.lill children, ami Hii.s is only one-third of the children, waiting me for confirmation within the limits of my diocese. These figures ; alone will silence all the tawlers, either Aglipayans or Protestants. The Filipino Fili-pino people are Catholic and nothing ; hui Catholic. Temperance societies are t not needed in the Philippines, at least for the Filipinos: they are the most 1 . temperate people in the world; 1 have I never .seen a Filipino intoxicated, nor l.ave 1 ever heard of any Filipino being under the influence of liquor. ' There is a good lesson for the Americans to learn." V HIGHER CRITICISM. Symposium of Catholic Opinion on the Question. 1 , ' lu aiJEVver to a question, "Is higher t ' M .1 j,. ' 1, criticism undermining Christian Faith?" the New Y'ork Herald published last Sunday the opinioiii? of a large number of clergymen of different denominations. denomina-tions. Among the responses were the following from Most Rev. John M. Farley, Far-ley, Rev. A. P. Doyle, C. S. P.. and Rev. Dr. H. A. Brann. of New York. First we give Mgr. Farley's opinion: Sound criticism of the Bible, confining confin-ing itself to the scientific facts and so-I so-I ber inferences, is not prejudicial to higher religious thought and duty. In confirmation of this the majority of those who have applied themselves most assiduously to the modern scientific study-of" the Bible are distinguished me mbers of the clergy, regular as well as secular. I am not aw are that higher criticism has to any appreciable extent produced in ranks of the Catholic laity those undermining effects which causes alarm in some other religious bodies. Rather, it hae served to comfort and re assure many earnest believers to whose thoughtful minds certain received no-! no-! tions concerning the Bible had become of difficult acceptance. Questions por-- por-- taming to the topic are never discust-ed 1 in th pulpit and but seldom touched ' upon in Catholic periodicals: for. according ac-cording to Catholic belief. Holy Scripture Scrip-ture is not the exclusive vehicle of ! God's revelation to man, the sole authority auth-ority in -matters religious. While it is held in a true, yet undefined and mysterious mys-terious sense to be,. the word of God, it is not considered as a direct and im- mediate rule of faith. God's dealings with man are primarily through the medium of an organize living body, ami the sacred writings, however precious, pre-cious, are relatively to the living . Church only incidental. Father Doyle's Response. In considering the influence of higher criticism on the devotional life of the people in America it is very necessary accurately to define terms. There has been a great deal of destructive criticism criti-cism inspired by writers who are adverse ad-verse to all religious belief, and these writers have entered the i-anctuary of reverential faith in the spirit of a vandal. van-dal. They have cut and slashed and destroyed every precious heirloom with-ing with-ing reach. They have hauled down from their ancient shrines the-timeJ honored beliefs of. the people and have trampled' them under foot. Because some beliefs have been found to be of clay they have generalized and have said that the "whole show was sham." Such criticism has injured the cause of Biblical learning far more than it has the faith of the people. There is, however, another school of higher criticism that has approached the snored edifice of Biblical story and tradition with bared feet and with uncovered un-covered head. These higher critics are conservative men, seekers for the truth. There is .undoubtedly a vast amount of fallacy and fable that has adhered to the framework of Christian belief, and the sooner the people find out what is fallacy and fable the better for their religious life. Religion Relig-ion cannot afford to rest on anything but the rock bed of truth. The ladder that rc-its on the snowbank will topple when the warm summer comes. There are no greater benefactors than higher critics who are earnest seekers for the truth, who stand for conservatism and traditional belief and who will not yield one-iota of what has been handed down until the demonstration ' of it fallaciousness fallaci-ousness 'isccomplete. To m6t tins condition of affairs the Catholic Biblical Commission has been established. - On this commission are all the great Catholic. Biblical scholars. Their -'business is to stimulate exegeti-cal exegeti-cal studies in line with all recent scientific research a,nd discovery, to judge, controverted questions when necessary among Catholics and to give answer to all'.throughoiit the world who may consult the lnquisltfon. ' ' vi ' Dr. Brann's Reply. The so-called higher criticism of the Bible doc-i-s not affect either the clergy or laity of the Catholic Church, for the reason that we start from the stronghold strong-hold of the Church first and proceed thence to matters concerning the sacred sa-cred book. ' The Church antedates the Bible, and when the Church gave us the book it also gave us certain assurances and fixed factors regarding it. For instance in-stance it bids us assume without any shadow of question that there is a natural law and a supernatural law, that 'the .miracles were performed beyond be-yond all doubt or cavil, that the words of God came to mail and still do so in the form of a divine revelation, and there can be no cause for hesitancy in accepting divine inspiration fully and gratefully. Starting out with these premise it is no wonder we arrive at conclusions at once satisfying and edifying in the highest degree. As for the minor criticism, there is as much in the 'Church now as there ever was. and no more. Learned professors pro-fessors of theology differ very widely upon many-points of interpretation, legend, history and authenticity of I certain books and part of books. Legi-I Legi-I timat'l investigation is always encour-j encour-j aged, and any person who can bring new light upon obscure points of history or doctrine is listened to with respectful respect-ful gratitude. What we believe highly prejudicial to' the Church as a fixed institution founded and perpetuated for the uplifting of the human race is taking its , vital and fundamental exponent, ex-ponent, the Holy Scriptures, and dissecting dis-secting them from the exterior point of view.1 just as if they were merely a man -made. book, like the works of Dante Dan-te or the miracle plays of the elder dramatists. Would he not be regarded as an unjust judge who considered a prisoner as guilty until some one proved him innocent? That is what the higher critics would do. with the Bible start out with the 'assumption that it is the product of human genius alone and then proceed to prove it a divine inspiration inspir-ation if they can. which, alas! they never do. To start out with accepting its divine inspirai ion and proceed with our minor crilleisnv from the inner point of view is; .our stronghold, and it leaves faith safe from" all the assaults of secular investigation. Restitution Through Confessional. Here is a news item of a kind that should .not be overlooked by the critics of that inofitia bused and misrepresented misrepresent-ed .tribunal the confessional: New York, Oct. 24. As a conscience contribution from a woman, a Catholic Cath-olic priest, who would not tell his name, took, Srr0 to the office of the New York City Railway company Thursday and gave it to the vice president, pres-ident, Mr. .Camion. She had confessed that she was not entitled to the money, and the church demanded restitution. .The money, th? priest declared, . was part of the pro-coeds pro-coeds of a F-it in which perjury, had been committed.- His penitent had been injured while riding on a car of the company, but her lawyer in investigating inves-tigating the case discovered that she Had no legal redress, as the accident Mas due to "'her own negligence. There- j upon the lawyer explained to her what i was necessary in order to make a case, and she, thereafter, in court, swore to a condition of things which exonerated her and ftft the company liable. Pope Pius' Prayer. In view of the opening of the period for the performance of the jubilee exercises, ex-ercises, we .publish this week for the convenience of. our readers- the pope's prayer to Mary Immaculate so suitable suita-ble for repetition during! the months preceding the feast of the. Immaculate Conception: ' Composed and recommended to all the faithful (with an indulgence of days once a, day Sept. 8, 1904), by his holiness Pope Pius X: Most Holy Virgin, who wast pleasing pleas-ing to the Lord, and didst become his Mother, immaculate alike in body and mind, in faith and' love, look graciously upon us wretched sinners who implore thy powerful patronage during this solemn sol-emn year of jubilee, wherein we celebrate cele-brate the proclamation of the dogma which announced to the entire world that thou waet conceived without sin. j The malicious serpent, against which was uttered the first curse, continues without ceasing to combat and insinuate insin-uate itself among the miserable chil-; chil-; dren of Eve., Do thou, then, our Blessed Mother, our queen and advocate, who from the first moment of thy conception l didst crush the enemy's head, receive i the prayers which in union with thy I own heart we ask thee to present at the throne of God, that we may never yield , to the allurements which will beset us; : so that we may all reach the harbor of salvation, and that, despite so great dangers, the church and Christian society so-ciety may once more chant the hymn of freedom, of victory and of peace. Amen. Robbing the Indians. . Mr. Jones, commissioner of Indian affairs, af-fairs, was rather indignant when shown a dispatch from Omaha. Neb., to the effect that Father Schnell, who is stationed sta-tioned at the Winnebago reservation in Nebraska, had charged in a speech at the beginning of an investigation that the commission had warned certain grafters of the reservation of the approaching ap-proaching investigation now being conducted con-ducted by federal authorities.. Indian bureau officials admit every charge made by Father Schnell. as to the conditions at Winnebago, but join with Commissioner Jones in denying the statement that advance information informa-tion was given interested persons that an investigation was to be made. It appears that one of the sources of profit pro-fit to the grafters at Winnebago will be cut off as a result of an order recently issued by the secretary of the interior. This relates to inherited lands. Under rules which were effective up to a. recent re-cent date the proceeds from inherited Indian lands were turned over to the heirs. At Winnebago and other points scheming whites managed to defraud the Indian of this money soon after it came into his possession.- On the -recommendation, of Commissioner Jones it is understood' new regulations were adopted, which provide 'that moneys from inherited lands, shall , be placed in a United Stales depository and paid to the individual at- ; the na-te' of $10 a month. This order, is generally condemned con-demned by-the Indians aVid the fear ic expressed toy the-oftioials that it will not be sustainerl ,1f it is submitted to a test of the courts. If it is oyerturned by a judicial decision Indians at Winnebago, as well as . at other reservations, will again be placed at the mercy of grafters graft-ers who hover around the reservations. Western Watchman. CATHOLIC FEDERATION NOTES. The nationaUheadquarters of the American Federation have-been transferred trans-ferred to St. Louis. All communications should henceforth be addressed to Anthony An-thony Matre, national secretary, No 4150 Wyoming street, St. Louis, Mo. f- The proceedings of the fourth annual an-nual convention will be mailed to every clergyman or Catholic society on th? mere asking. Address A. Matre, No. 4150 Wyoming street, St. Louis, Mo. The Catholics of Brazil. South America, Amer-ica, are interested in the federation movement and have applied to the American Federation .through Rev. Dr. H. Leon of the Marist-college of Men-des, Men-des, for literature and instructions. The Catholic societies of New Orleans Or-leans held an enthusiastic meeting in the Jesuit Alumni hall last month foi the purpose of making preliminary arrangements ar-rangements for the fifth annual convention con-vention of the federation. His excellency, excel-lency, the Most Rev. P. Chapelle, archbishop arch-bishop of Xew Orleans, is one of the most- ardent supporters of the federa tion movement in the south- . .. : Chief Higheagle, who was "one of t-hv representatives of the Sj.ouxHndians a. J the recent Ptrottr'convehtktn;. writes I that he has been called upon on severa? J occasions to give an account of the federation fed-eration meeting. "I am - more and more impressed." he writes, "with wha; I saw and heard. of the federation that the more I think of it the more I wish to impress it upon the Indians." The Catholic societies in Missouri are up in arms against the free schoo'. book bill. ' -- f .- ' " : Bishop P. J. Donohiie of AVheelhf? presides over a large federation meeting meet-ing recently held upder. the auspices of the Allegheny county federation, Maryland: . -' " - Parishes and Catholic institutions can now join the national federation directly di-rectly and send delegates at large to all national-conventions. The1 annual membership fee is $3. no per capita tax is required. ; For application blanks and particulars address the national secretary, St. Louis. Mo. Fall River. Mass., and Baltimore, Md., are planning for federation meetings. meet-ings. '" Cardinal F. Satolli sent to the American Amer-ican federation of Catholic societies, through Mgr. J. Lavelle, rector of St. Patrick's cathedral, his blessing ami wishes the movement God-speed. , The Osservatore Romano .of Rome, Italy, recently published a splendid article ar-ticle on the federation movement and congratulates and endorsed its work. 4 ' ' Bishop II. J. Richter. D. D.. of Grand Rapids, Mich., is greatly in favor of parish representation and congratulates the federation for widening its scope. f The Catholic societies of. Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, have formed a federation fed-eration and have tipplied for membership member-ship in the American federation. Among the organizers are Rev. H. Valentin, Val-entin, secretary of the Catholic Benevolent Be-nevolent Union of Hawaii and Hon. F. D. Creedon of Division I of the Ancient Order Hibernians of Honolulu. ,' Sodalities, conferences' and societies connected with parishes, desiring to affiliate themselves with the Catholic Federation movement, can only do so through the county or state - federations, federa-tions, where such ,have been established and must pay a per capita tax.' Where no county or state .federation exists thev can join the national body directly. direct-ly. " The A. O. H. of New York at its recent re-cent convention held at Niagara Falls, empowered their state officers to effect an affiliation vwit,h the A, F. of C. S. in the state of New York, in order to secure relief from the' many abuses under which Catholics labor. |