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Show ( j T . '- "This is the - ISP Qmb Universal S. j I CHURCH CALENDAR. f a AuguM. Devotion Most Pure Heart of ALury. " I I Sund.-iy, T. Eleventh after Ponlfcost. Ca- I I yt.iM. Si. Donatus Bishop and "Manyr. I j .M.-nI;iy, 5-. St. Cyriaeus anl Com-.niious, Mur- I Tin'!-Jay. !. St. Oswald. King and Martyr. St. ? 3;..!jaini. Martyr. St. rhrlim, Bishop. - I l V,iH.lay. UK St. Li.uren.-o. Martyr. (J- ! j 1)1,11 Saint of Bishop Scania n of Salt Lake.) 'St. I j j::. ..!.. nifhop. ' I j Tiiur--lav, 11.- .Sts. Tiburtiu :n!l Sii.-aimn, i "I.Tiyrs. St. riiilomcua. Virgin .aixl Ar.irfy-. j " In lay. li. St. Clam Virgin; Ab. St. jr.irtfgli,'. ,"iurviay, 1:1 Sis. llyp.jlytu.s . an-- ..Cian, j y.rryv. St. lladcgunda. I CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN'S NATIONAL UNION. f Tlic thirtieth aniuial hiiycii! ion of iIk; Catholic I T..ii!-p Men's National Vuum wili W held on Tues- v fmd Wodncsdav, Aiifr. and 1". in St. Stcph- j . i; hall. ISutfalo, X. V. I In a circular sent ciii ly llic provident, of the I 1 i.-joji. llcv. B. M. !gan. of Bahway, "X. J., it j I ( nrp-mly requested that individual societies, as well j ;:, inij. .n of sneieties. present in writing reports of f ihcir work during the year. Credential forms have j . u sent cut and secretaries receiving' same arc i- - jU"-rcJ in liavc them tilled out and return one ' fnj.y o the secretary of lhe national union. James j !. I'iiccrald, Modianios Valley. Pa., at least five I ';i- i'i tore the date of the convention, the dupli- j i" he presented by the delegate at. the eonven- i ii,.n 1 all. In the event of the delegates' being un- i i'uic 1 attend the sessions of the convention, secre- f -.irW are urgently requested to fo'rward their re-,yt re-,yt hy mail. ' i J'.i'-li s..ciety will receive a -supplementary ah- ; .,r,iiiic( ineni at least two weeks before the date of ; i'i, o.nvenfion giving in detail the. programme of ; . -,, n.iiwutiou, transportation and hotel rates and i ,-tii. r inforinatiou that may servo as a guide to dcl- E jcjii--. If credentials are mailed to the secretary i (.;' tie- national union at least one week before lhe (j l;iie of the convention, giving the names and ad- ;n . of the delegates, copies of this annomice- I j'K-iit iil be mailed to each delegate. t i ' I : - J CATHOLIC GROWTH IN NORTH DAKOTA. : i n 1 he course of an address at the blessing of the o rni r-tniie of the new church at 3dandan, X. 1)., el' which Dean Collins is pastor, Bishop Shanley I iiu-'tcl some figures showing remarkable Catholic ii 1 ) pr. .will. ) "Today," said the hihoj), "there are in Xorth ! . " 1'al.ota l.V) Catholic churches in actual use. These I churches are. with very few exceptions, very beaut i- j fill buildings. "Without exception ihey are too small i the congregations that worship in them. These i ;i.".o churches -arc supplemented by ahout .seventy j iii stations that are visited hy the priests at regu- ; ar intervals oncc-a -month or twice a month. The : umber of priests in this state at present is about idity, and before this year closes the number will hv.ve been increased by about a dozen more. I ven- ! Hire 10 predict without hesitation that before five 1 vi-ars have pased the 'number of Catholic priests i'i'1 have been increased to J'K. Last year I had I i i i jirivilegc and liapjiiuess of dedicating twenty- f I ii-!ii new churches, together with some institutions I ? charity which were opened to. the public. During $ -,'h year VM the Catholics of X'orth Dakota spent f J inure th in a quarter of a million of dollars in I i -Lin -i-h building and church improving. I have been . I in t'hi.s iate fourteen years and sonic mouths, and f !uring that time I have personally assisted in the f ridicatinn or bh'ing of li'M churches in this state. , .Jen't believe that anywhere in the United States I tIkvc has lieeu sucli a growth in Catholic matters : - Xorth Dakota has witnessed in the past four- t'-n years." i Disclaiming personal credit for the progresp, f TJishf.p Shanley went on.to'pay tribute to the 'ener- get if priesihood and noble, generotis Catholic laity," of North' Dakota;-instancing the case of the vener- : i s'.le Dean C-ollinsi. who, when about to start the new : church at Mandan, called for a subscription list and I r :-Mic thereon. "Kev. D. V. Collins, 1,000." And it M v:;- "Vi.ot cash,' added the bishop. ST. BERNARD'S UP-TO-DATE 3VL0NKS. ; The monks of St. "Bernard have taken advantage 1 ef modern invention in their work of saving lives. 5 A .short time ago two Swiss alpinists started out to-p- lhe hospice. Half way up they were over-s '-ik' n by a snowstorm and lost their way. After wandering around the summit for several hours 1 t:i y anie across one of the new shelters built by the v);k-. in it Kiev tounu Dreau. cneesc, wine, a .! M'iri; lamp and a telephone. With the latter they I ;.!;.-, up the hospice and asked for help. By the j ':',.. thoy had finished a good meal a monk and a ' .c arrived to show them the way. The telephone' i a -hex-- shelters has saved many lives during the . J'--' winter. ; THE NINE EIRST FRIDAYS. ! V -lien Can you inform a subscriber whether i T lias been any decree of the sacred congroga- ! tinitely d'-iliug lliat the eries of nine con- i::ie communio-ns received on the firt Friday of ' 1 i j ; i e months is not broken when one of thee f " I-'ridays happens to be "( lood Friday" i !!"-onse The devout practice of comiuunieat- y :' "ii nine consecutive first Fridays of the month f - -. private exercise of piety to which the church ' I '..- not thus far attached any particular indul- I ; .'. Hence it is not to be assumed that there is i f-:.y decree regulating it. i 1! ... :. v ., ..!...,,.-. :.1.,to.-v. f..v r.-. j . 1 riday of the month. As this implies the re- I ii of Holy Communion. whi-h cannot, be done j .od Friday, .the jueslion of gaining lhe spe- . ; ii.'lulgence for that answers itself. The Dol- -WHO IS THIS GENTLEMAN?" " f When the aitation against the religious orders I : 'i;e out in France, a certain. 3fr. "Maloney was in '-'i-o .c. When ihe decree of xpulion was issued. I - ' i credited with purchasing and putting in his ' "v'i name several French coinents. One of iheoi i j the home of the Sisters of Notre- Dann An- 'her near Paris was maintained by the Order of I ' Sa.-red Heart. When this act became known 10 I'-po Leo XIII, he jked: "Who is this genlleiuan, j I 'M;.r;in "Maloiiey ; The P.pe put the question to i "'-ry American j.riet who visited the Vatican. Fm- : !:.-. feonieonc from Pennsylvania informed Leo of f "he identity and history of the Philadelphia!!. The I Ioj.e expressed a desire fo confer some honor -upon " ;. Mr. baloney, and he was .created a papal Marquis?, I 1 ainy precedence over many of the older nobks T ' f Uome. He has since renovated, many churches. ' !;d liquidated their debts. Alartiu "Mahmey for that is his full name is a financier, inventor, but, I above all. a loyal Catholic. A poor. Irish lad from' I "he County Tippcrary, . he emigrated to ilie'new - world in search oY fortune, if not' of fame. Both", i he has succeeded in securing, He. -obtained fame j iii the basis of his great fortun.j by the invention. f the "fishtail burne-" for electric lights. : S.ubse- I quently he became a power in the electric and tra e-1 e-1 ion combination of Philadelphiand other cities. SENTINELS OF THE ELESSD SACRAMENT. In lhe parish of St. Jean Baptistc, in New York City, lorty-five young men are banded together as Sentinels of the Blessed Sacrament: Thev are, as their name suggests, selected with great care and must be of proved worthiness.' They are expected to furnish a good example to the parish and to cherish cher-ish m their lives, by their piety and uprightness, as well as in prayerful vigils in the church, a special spe-cial devotion to the Llesed Sacrament. The moderator mod-erator of the society recently had an interview with President Roosevelt, to whom he explained its aims and purposes. As a result, the young men have received re-ceived a large photograph of the president bearing the following-inscription, written and signed in Mr. Roosevelt's own handwriting: For the Sentinels of the Blessed Sacrament: I wish you all success us a society in your efforts ef-forts to make .our young. upright and brave and gentle, never flinching from the strong, never wronging the weak. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. .rur tj -AY5 ROYAL FAMILY'S WATER TAX. Pius X has just given a most interesting reason why he loves the royal family, and at the same time revealed a hitherto unknown fact. "Love the royal family V he said. "Why, of j course I do; do I not pay for their water!!" "Pay for their water T' fliose present exclaimed; "what can your Holiness mean V "Yes, I pay for every drop of water consumed in the Quirinal palace, and you will confess that that is not a little, with modern needs and ancient foun-. foun-. tains. J,t happened like this: When Rome was taken1 ta-ken1 and' the Quirinal inhabited by the enemies of the Papacy, the Pontiff, of course, was paying for the water -used, and he Pius IX refused to allow al-low .'anyone else to pay, as that would have been to acknowledge that the palace, ancient seat of the Pope?, did not belong to him. Leo XIII continued the custom, and I also follow precedent. Have, I not given proof that I love those who inhabit the Quirinal C CONVERTS IN ENGLISH NAVY. The number of converts in the English navy is astounding. Today five naval oftibers of the first rank are Catholics. This comes from their long residence among Catholics of the better class. The latest news from the Mediterranean is that Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, a younger son of the seventh Marquis of Lothian, has been promoted to an admiral ad-miral of the fleet in recognition of the great value to the navy and the nation of his fifty years of naval service. He entered the navy at the age of 13 and is now in his Gth year. He became a Catholic Cath-olic at the age of 1T. ; His mother, her two daughters daugh-ters and three other sons had preceded him info the true fold. Two of his brothers, one of whom died ' some years ago, entered the Society of Jesus and life as a religious of the Sacred Heart is the sub-! sub-! jeet of a well known biography. Thirty-one years ago Lord Walter married Lady Amabel, youncres' daughter of the sixth Earl Cowper, herself a convert to the church. Western Watchman, St. Louis.- j . CATHOLIC COPTS OF EGYPT. j It appears that there is some danger thai "ti e Catholic Copts of Egypt will be weaned little by little from the church. French has ceased to be lhe predominant language. English having superseded it. - As the Copts are practically the clerks and ac.. count ants of the country, they are now at a. disadvantage, disad-vantage, owing to their ignorance of English. This drawback is being energetically coped with in ihe larger cities, but in Upper Egypt, owing, to a. Jack of funds, little can be done. A Catholic writer,. who is well acquainted with the , condition, of. things', says: "Owing to a bribe of a good English education educa-tion attainable outside Cairo only in mission schools, Egypt has been Protestantized in proportion propor-tion as it is Anglicized in other directions.. The Protestant English and American societies have control of these schools, and as they have inexhaustible inexhaust-ible funds at their disposal, they command the situation. sit-uation. But the educational question i? not he only difficulty the missionaries have to face. During Dur-ing the last years, the Schismatic Copts have been joining the church in large numbers, and the movement move-ment is now endangered by the activity of ihe sects. Under the circumstances, one can see how Jiandi; capped our Catholic missions are.'iiotwithstanding their more excellent schools. To gain the sepj-ated (Schismatic) Christians, and, what is of more importance, im-portance, to save our'. Catholics from being pervert ed, it is absolutely necessary to icaen jngusii. Irish Catholic. Dublin. OTJR BROTHERS. Living for the most part in an anii-Catholic atmosphere, at-mosphere, we are, if without proper safeguards, in dange rof being influenced by it. One of these safeguards safe-guards is a knowledge of Catholic doclrine. According Ac-cording to our creed we are members of one family. fam-ily. Hence no Catholic can be an alien to us. Tl o glorification of the strong crushing lhe weak, the disregard of thetieedy and contemptuous indifference indiffer-ence toward thc'dollarless are no part of our heritage. heri-tage. But it happens betimes that a Catholic who ". makes his pile is apt to consider himself a very su perior person, and far removed from those who arc just scrambling for a living. He takese not iii!:T-just iii!:T-just scrambling for a living. He takes no inferior infer-ior to him that Catholics live in the slums, with boys and girls exposed to sin that hundreds of j men and women who use up every pound of energy in me struggle are nuugeriiij; jo. u mjiu wom .mo deed. He has won. and his progress to victory lias hardened hiin. He takes the viewpoint of lhe world, and encases himself in selfishness. But these men are his brethren and his duty is to aid them. We believe that if we ever gave over our playing at charity and took an interest, in the souls of our brethren: if. in one word.we pur tho charity of which we hear from the altar into plat', there would be less talk about socialism and more evidences of Catholic spirit. Catholic Record, London. Out. FASHION IN RELIGION. According 10 religious ( statistics regarding the city of London, we learn lhat the city of London proper contains about'' 20,000 inhabitants. In that space there are ten parish churches, each having its quota of well paid ministers. And the average Sunday attendance is about 213 for all of them. London has about 0,000,000 inhabitants, aiid the church attendance is less than 200.000. Of course, this refers to non-Catholic, churches exelusivelv, the Catholic church is "not considered in the calculation, cal-culation, nd the report closes with this'verv significant sig-nificant comment: "The fashion of going to church on Sundays is fast passing, away ;amorifr Prcf-zj tnats." There arc whole volumes contained. in lhat one sentence. .- .' ' .. r : ! |
