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Show j . : I A- ; ' : I CHURCH CALENDAR. Sunday, 20 Tenth after Pentecost. St. Bernard. Monday. 21 St. Joachim. Father H. v T. St. Jane Francis de Chantal. . Tuesday," 22 St. Timothy. Wednesday, 23-Sf. Philip Beniti. Thursday, 24 St. Bartholomew. Friday, 23 St. Louis. King. Saturday, 26 St. Zephyrinus. " Petitions for prayers from associates . .Logue of-Saered Heart: J Sunday for parishes, Mondav fo.- schools, Tuesday for superiors, Wed- ncsday for missions and retreat.", Thursday for societies and works, Friday Fri-day for conversions, Saturday for sinners. sin-ners. Won't Debar Liquor Dealers. The attempt to increase the insurance insur-ance rates in the Catholic Order of Foresters at the convention of the international in-ternational body in Boston, failed after a long discussion. . One hundred and twelve delegates voted in favor and ninety-seven against the change, less than the ' necessary two-thirds, as required by the constitution. consti-tution. Subsequently it was voted to refer the matter back to' the state anrl provincial jurisdictions and the high chief ranger was directed to prepare plans and recommendations and present pre-sent them to the next meeting which will be held in St. Paul in 1907. K appeared to be the sentiment of the delegates in the debate over the insurance questions that, as the organization organi-zation had at present a surplus of over $1,000,000, careful management would prevent the neceriity for a change. The greatest interest was manifested in the proceedings, as a large number of delegates were determined t debar 11 liquor men from admission to nicm-bership nicm-bership to the order. The matter was put to a vote on Wednesday last, after some strong speeches were delivered by many of the delegates supporting the amendment to debar all persons engaged en-gaged in any manner, whatsoever in the liquor business. The amendment was supported by a majority of the delegates, the vote standing !5 to SS. but a two-thirds vote being required for a passage according to the rules of thf constitution, the amendment was lost . Is This True? . Great interest has been aroused by i the announcement of the Borne corres- pendent of the London Chronicle that ' th' liev. Stephen Gladstone, who is l now in Borne, is being prepared for re ception into the church. He resigned the living at Hawarden a short time ago, and this excited surprise, for ;t could not be explained either on the 1 ground of years or of the loss of in- I lerest in his vocation. The Gladstone fa mil j' have, of course, always been of the most advanced High Church school, althouzh that is not the sec- : tion of Anglicanism from which the ma- I jority of clerical or other converts usually us-ually come. I j ! Remembrance Is Sweetest in Prayer. When you visit the Most Blessed Sacrament to pray for your own needs and the wants of others, in your char-tty char-tty do not forget our poor priests and wuns in their far away missions. The same dear Lord is there in the humble tabernacle of the wilderness as He is in our grandest churches. It is His presence that comforts and supports those heroic men and women, and without Ilim it would not be possible fo live as they do. They need our prayers. It is very true that they have His grace and strength, but it is equally true that they are human. Their, lives are passed, -for the most part, away from the companionship of their fellow priests and nuns, and they live among people that are unsympathetic, unsympa-thetic, to say the las-t. Such a life requires extraordinary grace. An occasional oc-casional fervent prayer, therefore to the Sacred Heart for our poor and sorely tried missionaries will help them and the one who offers it. Friars in the Hop Fields. The hop fields of Kent will this year witness sights which have been absent for centuries. When the hopping season commences, about the first week in I September, a small part of the friars of the Order of St. Francis, accompanied accom-panied by a large party of members of the Third Order and several Sisters of : Mercy, will proceed to the fields to look ! after the spiritual welfare of the Oath- I olio, portion of the hoppers. The friars, j in their picturesque brown habit, will conduct services by the roadside andi in the fields and in barns, and altars ; will be erected and masses said when- i ever and wherever the sacrament is J JT needed. In order to increase their i ' usefulness, the friars will have no set place of abode, but will sleep wherever j they happen to be. in a cottage or in i the open if necessary. The significance of this mission, which is to be under- I taken at the request of the bishop of j Southwark, lies in the fact that the '. friars and the members of the Third ! Order of St. Francis will be re-establishing a custom which was prevalent in pre-Cromwell days, and that, start having been made, similar open aii preaching missions are to be undertaken under-taken in other parts of the country. London Dailv Ma IK . - . Talk of a New Diocese. - ' j A rumor is current "among Catholic I clergymen of the city, says the Dubuque Dubu-que Telegraph, that the Davenport dio-.' cese will be divided, making Des Moines "a see city with Bishop Lenihan' t' j Great Falls, Mont., in charge. ' -J "The first report was received here a -j few days ago and it iseued from, a Catholic .source. However, no credence" was placed in the rumor ?is it-wa discussed previously. ) "Since then, however, the matter ha? been talked of a great deal and numerous num-erous reports, bearing ou the first, have been received. The division of the Davenport Dav-enport diocese is thought to be a Avlsh of Bishop Cosgrove of Davenport, and it is thought no trouble will be experienced experi-enced in making the capital city a see city for a new diocese. "The report that Bishop Ienihan will tp transferred back to Iowa is especially espe-cially gratifying to Dubuquers. "It is impossible to secure a confirmation confirma-tion of the report here As Archbishop Keane is in Home it is said he has brought the matter before the propa ganda.. "Bishop Lenihan's relatives here have i not heard of the proposed change." - When Bishop Lenihan was shown the j above item from the Dubuoue Tele-; Tele-; graph he said there was no truth to ! the rumor, says the New Northwest rf Great Falls. Mont. He knew that J the co-adjustor bishop of Davenport. I Bishop Davis, was able to see after the whole, diocese, including De? :; Moines. "Moreover," said Bishop Leni- han. ;'.T am well satisfied vviih the ; Treasure state and its glorious future i and would not exchange the diocese , of Great Falls for any of the old or I proposed dioceses of the east." f The Religious Life. The relligious life is a call and at the same time a choice, for every one : who feels the call is still free to heed it or not; in a word is free to choose. I But it is a noble, a heroic state, and the good, the brave, the true, rejoice to embrace it and whatever may be its consequences. The apostles went i forth rejoicing to suffer all things for Christ, and so true religion goes forth , to duty, trusting in the Lord and ac-1 ac-1 cepts joyfully whatever trial or hard- ship He may appoint. The sacrifice is i k great, but it is little in proportion to the hpnor enjoyed Bishop Colton. ' j PICTUEES OF CARMELITE NUNS! False Photographs Cause Much Pain to These Religious. ( (Church Progress.) i Some time ago there appeared in the secular press an illustrated article on what purported to be a "camera-look" on the lite and rule of the Carmelite nuns. We find it again, or one similar thereto, in the Woman's Home Companion Com-panion for June. This would indicate that it is going to make the rounds. But it ought not to because it is grossly false-and it will not if the Catholic press will help us spread, this condemnation con-demnation and authoritive denial of its reliability. Knowing that the article would have no weight without an "explanation" as to how the alleged photographs of "this most strict and secluded of monastic orders" were secured, the author, in display lines of black-face type, tells us that they "were taken by a Carmelite Carmel-ite nun -for the purpose of obtaining money for her oeloved convent in a time of need." - , " j The statement' is absolutely false. It i convicts the writer of ignorance of his ! subject, or willful misrepresentation. Hence in either event its reliability is destroyed. The article has been the source of much pain to the Carmelite nuns. Here is the truih as vouched for by the Mother Superior in St. Louis. During the reeert bitter persecutions of the religious communities in France many slanderous and villainous charges were made against the Carmelite Car-melite nuns. These charges, of course, bad existence only in the infklol and debauched minds of those who. origin-j origin-j ated them. In order, however, to still the slanderous tongues, to make known the falsity of the charges and to preserve pre-serve the existence of the community itself the convents were thrown open for inspection. During the visits of the public "some" of the photographs were taken. Such is their history. The number, however, was not more than three or four, of the eleven shown in the Woman's Home Companion. The others are absolutely false. Of "the six illustrations on page 12 of the above journal all are false with the possible exception of that showing the Sisters in their vegetable garden. This might be true in France; it is not true in the United States. No such penances as the kind portrayed by any of the pic-I pic-I tures are permitted by the rule of the Carmelite order. Of the illustrations on page 13 three are true, the others also false. The two at the top of the page and the smaller one in the lower group of three at the bottom are true. But in none do the penances as stated exist, nor were any save the two at the top of this page taken in the convent. The smaller illustration il-lustration was taken from a photograph "stolen" from the convent. The original j has quite a history and the life of the j nun whom it represents has been put I into print. It does not, however, represent repre-sent the nun "doing penance before the I cross in her cell, kneeling for hours with outstretched arms. Nor :s it a penance of pain, but represents a custom peculiar to many religious communities where at the ringing of a bell at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the Sisters assume this posture for a few-moments, few-moments, saying a brief prayer in honor of the agony of our Lord. Stich is briefly the facts concerning these photographs. Space will not permit per-mit a more detailed denial of what the writer of the article referred to makes them represent. What has been said, however, should be sufficient to stop any future appearance of the article and its illustrations, for one is as false' j as the other. To this end we appeal for the support of our Catholic contemporaries. contem-poraries. CALIFORNIA CHURCH NEWS. Extensive preparations are under way to celebrate the event of laying the corner stone of the new St. Joseph's church at Mountain View, on Sunday, August 20th. The Most Rev. Archbishop Arch-bishop Montgomery will officiate, and j the sermon will be by the Rev. R. E. Kenna,. S. J., late president of Santa Clara college. The League of the Cross band of forty pieces will be in attendance, attend-ance, and is scheduled to give a grand concert on the floor of the church now in course of construction. The corner stone will be laid under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus. The Catholic organizations of the county will be j present the Knights of Columbus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Young Men's Institute. The occasion I promises to be a memorable one in the j history of the Santa Clara valley. j Leader. . , I j At the S o'clock mass on July 30 at I St. Joseph's church. San Jose, the Rev. j I Father Gleeson spoke to the children I concerning the beautiful picture of the Madonna della Strada, the Madonna of the Wayside, which was recently set up in the church over the shrine of St. Ignatius. It is the work of Sister Mary Joseph of . the College of Notre Dame, i and is exauisiiely beautiful. It is a i copy, though somewhat idealized, of the famous pictures now in the Church of the Jesu in Rome, and whTch dates back to the sixth or seventh century. It was the favorite picture of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, and was secured by him for the first Jesuit church in Rome. The original rests now in a beautiful clr-, clr-, cular chapel in the grand Church of the Je. u. and has been crowned by two sovereign r.ontifis. Before it many Jesuit saints celebrated mass. The copy of Sister M. Joseph is a work of r real merit. Maud Had Hallucinations. The suit for divorce brought by-Maud by-Maud Gonne against Colonel John MacBride of Boer war fame, came before be-fore the court in Paris last week, and two of the most celebrated lawyers in Paris argued for their respective clients. Maitre Cruppi ridiculed Colonel Col-onel Mae-Bride's role in the Transvaal and his pretension? as an Irish patriot, trying to prove partly by evidence fro n New York cabmen and photographs taken at the. bar of a hotel in New-York New-York that MacBride was a nvm of dissolute dis-solute habits, who wasted i.imo m the United States in dissipation instead of lecturing to help the Irish cause. He extolled " Maud Gonne as an "Irish Joan of Arc." whose life had been one continual sacrifice for everything Irish. Maitre Labor! asserted that the "Irish Jona of A re" was of ourelv Ene- i lish parentage and had noc -t drop oi Irish bk?od in her veins. M litre La-bori La-bori retorted that. Maud -Jonne was subject to hallucinations, .ving. as one example only, her often stated belief that she herself was the rein:nr lation of an ancient queen. vhil MieBritie contained the soul of a certain other hero of Iri. l history. Will be No Race Favoritism. The first"' official acts o.' Bishop Sehinner. the selection of his vicar general and his secretary, are regarded with favor by Catholics of the state and are leoked unon as an additional indication of the lack , of race favoritism favorit-ism which has been one of the reasons why the appointment of Bishop Sehinner Sehin-ner has pleased the English speaking church of the state, savs the New Richmond. Wis..- Republican-Voice. Himself an American of German parentage, par-entage, he has chosen the Rev. Walter Zardy, of -Irish descent, as his vicar general ar.d the Rev. H. LeGuillou, a Frenchman, as his secretary. Thus the three nationalities which predominate in the population of the diocese are represented in its administration. The Rev. Father Fardy is the only priest of Irish descent among bishops or vicar generals of Milwaukee province. |