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Show I p Iwrcft Universal I CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER, 1907. f 21. M- St. Ursula and Companions. for superiors. I ".'if W. Most Holy Redeemer. 714,- J r,!S "for missions, retreats. I i'4. Th. St. Raphael. R43,340 for so- ; -iot ies, works. I 25. F. PS. Crispin and Crispinian. fi,r special, various. i I ".' S. St. Evaristus. 796,952 for sin- : ! I'n-rP. j THE GENERAL INTENTION p I Recommended by His Holiness, ' . Pius X. DEVOTION TO THE HOLY ANGELS I prvntinn to the Angels is devotion to I Heart of Christ, under another I f..rm. From beginning to end. those j bics.-d spirits ministered unto Him in J 1U0 work for which His Sacred Human I licarl was moulded, developed, and at j last was pierced upon the cross. Long before He came upon earth they fore- told His coming to the prophet, and in I lime it was one of their number who j whispered to the sinless Maid of Gali- 1 - the sweetest message that the world I hus over known. Above the cave of I Bethlehem they sang their hymns of I velcome, and shortly after they foiled I the tyrant of his evil purpose. In Naz- I m th itself we cannot but fancy them I following Him in the legions that He I told us were His to command. They I Ministered unto Him when He had I vanquished the tempter and strength-I strength-I c,"d Hi:n in the shadows of Gethse- I jnane. At the sepulchre they are the ijrst to tell the worid that "He is risen," and on Mt. Olivet they come to usher Hitn back to the right of the Father who sent him. i. j Now, as every deed Christ did told I tlie story of his love for men. the as- si stance of the Angels must tell that i siory. too. With their bright Intellects i they understand the feelings of His j heart, and with holiness such as theirs, j they were eager to help Him in His J mission of love. So it is at the present time they saw the price that the Lord j of hosts paid for our redemption, and j they are doing their utmost even now I that the price be not paid in vain. I Daily and hourly they are guarding the I v ay ward and uplifting the fallen. In 1 ilie turmoil of life, they are ever striv-' ( ing. by sweet suggestion and a guiding I Land. "to keep thee in all thy ways." i Tli is month, when we are asked to fc. I make them some return, what will the answer be? God grant that we may all j increase in devotion to them, and bring I ethers to appreciate them, as they so I well deserve. To do so cannot be diffi- ! CUlt. I Catholicity in Turkey. I Msr. Kahmani. Patriarch of the Syr-' j i.-m Catholics in Turkey, has made the I following statement with regard to the 1 I'.siiioii of Catholics in the Ottoman I 1111. ire: J "our government accords us full and I complete liberty of worship. The re- 1 time (,f which we are subject is as i foMoys: In all the cities every Chris- I tion confession draws up a list of its j adherents. Each year these lists are I jiuhlished and presented to the authori- 1 ties, who verify them through Turkish j functionaries. When the lists are I shown to be exact and there is noth- inc objectionable in the system of veri- liiation adopted permission is given j to build a church after complying with I a few simple formalities. Never has I an authorization been denied us either j fr th foundation of a school or a hishop'p residence. In many cities ; processions are freely allowed to pass I through the streets, and the other I manifestations of worship are also free. Thus in funerals the priest accom- imi ios the cortege, which is always I ! o , , by the cross. Nay, more I ! bishop? enjoy certain distinctions .; ilegep. They form part of the I in inist ratlve council of the province '! i-iid t;ke a most important part in the 1 'M","tjrns for this council, as well as in ", hose of the Judiciary Assessors." I ' a Kowertui Propaganda. (Catholic Universe. I Bishop Berry, addressing a Methodist j rnnferonce in Toledo last wek, de- f !ai.-d that half the converts to the aihoiie church were made through I contact with the sisters in Catholic ! hospitals, and expressed his conviction Hi::t this result was the aim of the ' j 'iisir.g sisters. "The hospital," he ! sid. "is the most powerful propaganda ; in the church." To any one who knows I anything of the working of a Catholic hospiial this assertion is as absurd as : i' 's malicious. The work of the de- vot..,l sisters who give their lives to 1 ilse service of the sick of all creeds .':nd conditions is not to exhort, but to i I ';1: not to convert, but to cure. If "oiethn,.s. in their self-sacrificing min- i-'r,.tinns to those who have no claim i l;l",n 'lioin but that of charity and hu- I tnanity. in the example of their un- 1 rewarded and cheerful abnegation, they S!'-c-st inquiry into the faith which IinsMres them, it is only by the silent M'l unronscious influence of their hv. certainly such lives present one s ',r !i "lost impressive arguments for i ;; 'l--i:iis of the Catholic church. I ;ir'- indeed, a powerful propa- t wri ia." but to put a stop to this kind J-fopaganda of Catholic faith Bishop I tvrry would logically have to prevent J -.iv exemplification of Catholic vir- I l'1" i'lid all exercise of Catholic char- ! ' ' r Intellect Running Amuck. The Newark Monitor.) i: wre not for the Catholic church, I -of Ko-ne and for the Roman pontiffs, I t.ie hneiieets of allien would be con-I con-I ,"!,';y Iutoing airiuck. The world I v-r,!,5 one grand bedlam. In fact, I 'utsido of the Catholic church it is a "o ani tliat meets our gaze whether i -ontempiate the metaphysical, the I ' '"' ,lle religious order. It is sur-. sur-. Ptisinii that intelligent and otherwise I "'',Mtli" "oii-Catholics do not see thc-re- 4 "re I)lri nefop.ijy for censorship of 5 !;U,K'rtn'r' direction by authority rf I ' '" eak and erratic intelligence bc-! bc-! 'U'-atiici tf us from yam I A Philadelphia Distinction. I ( ""hun h Progress. St. Louis.) ' 5 lir, a" Si like individuals, have their dis- ; .,!e ,s T,"uo f dioceses. That of Phfl- j piphia. for instance, is unique 'n the I vC" n"!nbr'r of wills of Catholic peo- I '' u'n" leave bequests for religious I a" ,h;iH,aIe purposes. And it may be I ,hJ' propriety that it is one of , S f-st evidences of the prevalence of I iru!V Catholic spirit. Catholic Daily to Be Published in 1' Quebec. I hr.',!',8'1 tlle Ca-tholic churches in Que-' Que-' Sunday a collection was taken d- p ,he bf,npfiit of a new Catholic I paper, which is to be published f itn)r 1,y under the imniediate con-I con-I of th6 ecclesiastical authorities. ' i ! i Unauthorized Prayers. (From the London Catholic Times.) catholics would do well to be on their guard against leaflets containing prayers pray-ers of unusual character and unexampled unexam-pled efficiency, but of no authoritv. France Is being overrun with these objectionable ob-jectionable devotions. 'so called. There are snowball prayers, endless chain prayers, a thousand "Hail Maries" to be said in the same church, a prayer to St. Joseph to be copied five times, and so on. Then others would appear to carry false authorization. Among these is a prayer to Our Lord's Shoulder, Shoul-der, attributed to St. Bernard: still another, said to have the approval of Pope Julius III., assuring as many indulgences in-dulgences as Christ had wounds, the number being given as 5.676! Who frames and circulates these prayers? The bishops have again and again protested pro-tested that they are unauthorized, and forbidden the faithful to use them. Yet they continue to exist and to spread. Is it possible that "an enemy hath done this" in order to bring true Catholic devotion into ridicule? At all events, such prayers have no character of true Catholic devotion about them, and the best thing to be done with them is to throw them into the fire. Authorized manuals of prayer are many and cheap, and Catholics would be well advised ad-vised to confine themselves to the use of the prayers contained therein. A PROTESTANT MINISTER Inveighs Against the Extravagance and Worldliness of the Rich. Christian men spend money lavishly while their churches are in distress said Rev. W. A. Bartlett. D. D., at the First Congregational church. Chicago, last Sunday morning. "They ride in costly automobiles and their wives have rich gowns, and they are too busy with golf and card parties to give time to the church. "One of these days, perhaps .ifter some great calamity, the men of this city who are members of churches will realize the really awful contrast between be-tween their devotiort'to business and to their church. "What must Jesus Christ think of such facts as these: Christian men living in palatial homes, and churches within hail of where all this mon.y is made in distress. "Skyscrapers fitted up with every luxury and expense, and a small, half-finished half-finished place of worship not far away. "One man will pay twice as much for his automobiles and their keep as the running expenses of a great church, which struggles to keep the doors onen. "One woman's gown costs more than all she gives to Christ's work in a lifetime. "The time out of business is filled with engagements from golf to card parties, but not ten minutes given in the whole week to family prayer." Distinguished Irishman Coming. Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell. under un-der secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has arranged to leave Dublin Dub-lin October 16 on his visit to the United States, where he will sDend about one month. Archbishop Ireland's Advice. "Be good citizens. Mingle in all movements that make for the advancement advance-ment of civic, state and national development. de-velopment. One of the most unfortunate unfortu-nate things for the Catholic church in America has been the tendency of its member? to hold aloof from non-sectarian movements for general good. Take an active Interest in general affairs. af-fairs. Do not give the impression that Catholics are a separate body that they seek to isolate themselves. We have done this too much and too long. I like to see Catholics in chambers cf commerce, in commercial clubs, in political movements and offices and in every activity, working for better citizenship. cit-izenship. Do not wait for your bishop and priest to take the initiative; do things for yourself, as you have done, but do them in even greater measure." The Catholic Church and the Nation. Nevy in the history of this land was there greater need than now for the great restraining, conservative influ-j ence which that (the Catholic) church is able to exercise upon the wayward spirit of the nation. It is doing what no other religious body of less inflexible standards and inferior power of lrgan-ization lrgan-ization can attempt to do successfully a service to mankind the value of which is beyond all power of estimation. estima-tion. It stands immovably in a world of mutable, changing purposes; pointing steadily to the value of law. discipline and order; proclaiming the beauty and worth of self-sacrifice and service; teaching the lessons of obedience und humility. With its strong arm it gently gent-ly but firmly restrains its people from following the dangerous paths which lead to chaos, and bids them find their anchor for the present and hope for the future in the quiet sanctity of the church's influence William C. Edr;ar, in the Bellman, Minneapolis. Don't Be Blind. There are parents who will not see wrong in ever, the most serious faults of their children. The result is that such parents are continually at war with those whose unfortunate duty it is to teach such children. Here is sound advice from the Pittsburg Catholic: Cath-olic: "Parents at times complain unjustly of the teacher when their boy or girl does not turn out well in school. They should remember that very frequently the child does not and will not co-operate with the teacher: the outcome of a defective home training. There are many children sent to the best cf schools, put itfider the best of masters, who never ttirn out scholars, .unless they themselves wished and strove io be such. The neglected home child seldom sel-dom brings to the class room the loyal ana strenuous endeavor to succeed."' |