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Show i H '-i Church - I which oyer- ; y ccmeth tb A FALLEN GOD. Man f a fallen prod whose thoughts uprise up-rise To that high world where he was born to ifiRn; Thence banished, he bears of his loss deep rain Ani walks the earth remembering the And ns a bird from coming winter flies Arrows vast continents, o'er hill and plain. To unseen dimes, all frcs-h with snripe's warm rain, Fo he to heaven lifts imploring eyes. Anrl like a wandering exile homeward turns, . rrminK of peace and love that hover t here. Of thf jrlad fire that on his hearth stone .' burns. j To welcome his return through fiostv . air. : As though it knew the pain with which j he yearns, ; To sit a Rain in the lone vacant chair. Bishop Spalding. "WEEKLY CHURCH CALENDAR. Sunday, Dec. 15, Third of Advent, St. Flavian. Monday, Pec. 16. St. Eusebous. i Tuesday, Dec. 17. St. Lazarus. Wednesday, Dec. 18, Expectation of the delivery of Our Lady. Thursday, Dec. 1?, St. Nemesion Martyr. Mar-tyr. Friday, Dec. 20, St. Dominic Sylos. Saturday, Dec. 21, St. Thomas. THE GREEK CHURCH. i The Schism, Like the Anglican, the Offspring of Lust and Pride. j Seme of the dally papers discussing the present condition of Russia display ' little knowledge of the state of reli- can Herald. The truth of the matter is that the Greek chism, like the Anglican An-glican Church, was the offspring ( of lust and pride. Photius wee a worthy prototype of Luther and Caesar Bar-das Bar-das of Henry VIII. Its history Is divided di-vided into three epochs. During the firsc of these three epochs it had as its i supreme ruler the Patriarch of Con- f stantinople. DurinR the second epoch, which began in 1S59, it was governed by the Patriarch of Mosco-vvt who was Appointed by the csar, but Who was also nearly independent. Finally, there cmne the third epoch, which dates from th..- time when the headship of the church was vested in the emperor. As 4 for the position and character of the ' Greco-Russian clergy, those are as ut terly unlike the position and character of our celibate priesthood as could possibly pos-sibly be conceived. The actual condition con-dition of the state priesthood of Russia Rus-sia is that of slavery to the will of the emperor. The state is elevated aBove the church, and the priests are the minions of the powerful. They are the ministers of the gospel of might, and dare not express any sympathy for the working classes or the poor. The Greek priest is not unlike the FrottBj, twnt parson. Mr. Frederick Martin, in his well known "Statesman's Year Book." the last annual reprint of which is the fourteenth, says, unde th head "Russian Church and Education." Edu-cation." that among the points in j which the Greeo-Russian church dif fers from the Catholic faith is "its prohibiting pro-hibiting the celibacy of the clergy." and he goes on to say: "The prohibition prohibi-tion of the celibacy is carried to such an extent that 'no priest can perforin f any spiritual function before he if married, nor after he becomes a w' dower:' and as by the rules of the church he is not allowed to remarry "the death of his wife occasions the cersaHo of his clerical functions.'' - h( Pnest. however." adds the writer f "rca , ,.n the death of their wives, en- I Uy a convent and enjoy the priviU"e . of becoming eligible to be dignitaries i the tirch." There is a radical dif- t Jrence between the priesthood of th r Jwo churches. The leopard would have t , change its spots before it ever couF ;. new to be assimilated to the milk- iinde en regular transformation be- w-tv, ,ane "POken of 5n ronneoAion I I ;th the fair and nii. - i Christ.. -"uw ! GIFT OF CONVERTED MASONS. Marble Statue of Blessed Virgin in j Philadelphia Church. Tn the church of St. John the Evangelist. Evan-gelist. Philadelphia, is a statue of the lilessed Virgin, to the erection of which the principal contributors Francis Fran-cis Cooper and oseph Chandler were converts and former pastmasters of the grand Masonic lodge of Pennsvlvania During a storm at sea when the vessel ves-sel on which he was a passenger was threatened with destruction. Mr Cooper made a vow to see that such a statue Ma"sdwb ST,e2 ,f the -toriiVbftS Mass was offered nn shipboard at the same time by a Portuguese priest, and almost immediately the sea became Fran;,- Annip CorPr' daughter of 5,1 T ,Per drpw' the d"". from which a plaster model was made This was sent to Rome, uh. " '? f ' statue was made. '"ie .is - HORRIBLE VANDALISM. Relics of St. Anne Stolen From Fall i River Church. i ! An act of appalling vandalism was committed at St. Anne's Church. Fall ".er Mass., last Sunday night. Two valuable relics of St. Anne were stolen , t he golden altar vessels were mutil S he" Cre( ves;,npnts "ere piled unon e Tabernf broken open i . .1 c"nsef!rted wafers strewn about the floor. I '-"t u The Priests and congregation are V- -. horror-stricken. No such sacrilege has ever hre been trated River The vandal Is either insanelv' " bigoted or really demented. None oV ! the -valuable vessels were taken. Noth-hfefaS.t0,ln Noth-hfefaS.t0,ln except ,he The : il ! break open a w 'ndow and , drop eighteen feet to the floor. The Pol.oe are active, but no trace of fcirn has been found. LOANED THEIR PErts. Chivalrous Action of Kentuckian To-ward To-ward Catholic Neighbors. The dedication of the little Catholic 'hurch at Gest, Henry county. Ken- tuckr. a few weeks ago, witnessed a singular spectacle. After the churer 1:r; raid fo,-. u wshn ;th.t there wa5 not enough money re-inaining re-inaining to buy oews in time for th occBS1on. To the surprise of manv the Methodist churche8 offered to lend the seats out of those houses for the day The offer was accepted, and the MetlV-omst MetlV-omst and Baptist brethren helped brin-them brin-them over and place them Gest ronUlns nearly ivo people, nd I ; l ?? J' VV KF0"' tuit number - l athohcs. The bishop of the LouisviHe rt-ocese donated 5300 toward the littte t Tatrd lh wmainder. The new mus- 1 r-i ns"in church will seat ! tbout S(0 1-eopJe. and the outlook Is good for a splendid increase among such well disposed people. Apostolic Delegation to United States The rumored appointment of Igr. Falconio as successor to Cardinal Mar-tinelll Mar-tinelll has led some of our non-Catholic writers into serious errors about the Apostolic Delegate, says the American Herald. Xow the fact of the matter is that the Propaganda was over- j whelmed with American i .u. i-cxorj, aim uie Holy Father established the delegation as the highest honor he could confer on the Church in this country. The pope said that for "grave reasons the churches of the United States demand or us special care and provision, and, therefore, we, by virtue of our apostolic aposto-lic authority, do elect, make and declare de-clare you (Mgr. Satolli) to be apostolic delegate in the United States of America." Amer-ica." It is intimated that there will be no change in Washington until next Mav, when Monsignor Martinelli will be suc- ceeded by Monsignor Falconio, now the delegate to Canada, and the latter bv Monsignor Otto Zardettl, former bishop of SL Cloud. Minn., but for several c' Atiac,1ed ' fo ' the diplomatic corps of the Vatican and more recentlv Archbishop of Bucharest. The Pop and the Irish Xeaders. The Pope granted a special audience l La" fcJay to Dr. William Murphv, rector of the Irish college. The dfc patches report that the Holy Father th? irtSM? jiLtem;t of m'ssion of the .Irish -leaders t 'the United States and expressed satisfaction af the fPd,'P2!epIlon wanted tp the delegates dele-gates -by President Roosevelt. Where to Go When- in Trruble. How much suffering and sorrow to Vhf avoidei Jf w would only go to the Sacred Heart with our troubles .1 vndUke cnfl3ence and ask for the help and grace we need. He ha promised to help us and His prom-He prom-He Z1 ,a"S- If Pverty is "r l?t. he.pful to our eternal salvation. If we. a.e suffering from sickness. He will JtM2lt2" hT t0 min sraces y bea"ng n-i resltion. In a word. He I Int, St'-1" 1118 and turn darkn"s into light and sorrow into joy. Red Men at Priest's Funeral. Conspicuous at the funeral of' the lamented Father Michael O'Brien of a lr SayS the Ave MiVila. VaJ a Urge delegation of Indians, headed -tnL. .chlef- Governor Attien. revered . I " W&? ? ith ffood ,easn irv?f theEe d"sky Catholics; in-" in-" ' hs rfa'-ches into Indian history his-tory and philology earned for him an honorable rank among specialist In these much-neglected studies. Of other learning, too. he had such good ftcre that the late Bishop Healy se- L'f'? hI as his theologian at the last i Jetjary Council. A Novel Argument r The Ave Maria quotes from the pages ! of a recent novel the following argu SSXSyT VernacUlar-'- a belief in mvlei? Cfa1n fv7'yday sort of a man like ?l 11 J '" inf:tanc,?- I know I am plen-tj plen-tj good enough for New York but I 8tnfi Ihatconc,ted as to think rm tw A .k helen at a moment's no-ha; no-ha; I? lh ther hand' 1 d''t know JL m b8d enoueh to take anv real enjoyment out nf th. , ' Besides, it will be full of mugwumps ?or ?C.,n,, ehat'S n klnd Of society for the like of me. Now, a Baptist Preacher would have no hesitation bed burn me up for ever and ever" T don t think that would be quite fair c?nVafeePt T;?u,d pa' to me: 'Come on, Pat and we'll smelt out of you all those little discrepancies that are very useful in New York, but for which T n raH at a11 at a n paradise voi rcT th,8VR dne 'VOU "lafe .ou. robe and trot upstairs.' If8 just like a man going into a Turkish bath wl,1trmv,,n Ut a c,ean r:,tizen with a hite sheet round him. There's a ;n,"in.,0n-Sense r,n alout the proposal .....w. .-Wr,is to appeal to a plain man I bt that's not to sayTm las fa, Ttl a" fr rra not-Uiat is ent." mUrnS are ,n at Pr"" The President's Keepsake. "President Roosevelt," writes the Chicago Chronicle, "carries I uniqSe amu et. It i a small silver statue of St. Joseph, which comes from the which has been famous for 200 years for its miraculous statues. This little a,"u,et , Presented to President Roosevelt by C. W. Townsley. a New-Orleans New-Orleans & Western railroad man just TKe"" t0,.the sPani6h-American war. The president carried it. all through his campaign m Cuba. These little statues or St. Joseph were very common among the rough riders, and a short time be- re h.Is..d5ftn at tJuaslmas Major Bucky" O'Nell. to whom It had belonged be-longed up to that time, accidentally lost it. The president has enrrioH v.i. since, and it has been with him during I "is perilous hunting expeditions St Joseph, among devout Catholics is especially es-pecially interceded for good luck and safety in the hours of need and peril The shrine of St. Roch in New Orleans has been visited by many famous men and ne statues have been sent to everv part of the country." New Fangled Devotions. "The multiplication of unauthorized prayers and devotional practices is one of the greatest abuses of our age Solid piety seems to decrease in proportion to the increase of newfangled devotions. devo-tions. We lately saw reference to a prayer book ni which there were no fewer than sixty-five 'rosaries.' As the hishon nf T oronrlc i . v 1CUI01H5, mere are prayers already in plenty that have the Thn i. ;Gd and of Hls Church, ihose who compose new prayers and invent new rosaries would be better leaves5" d 8C0Urins pans or raking And. it may be added, those who by puff of shrine, or saint, or medal cord, or badge, draw the people away from union with God through the reception re-ception of the Blessed Sacrament are worse than the blind leading the blind Ave Maria, RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. The golden jubilee of St. Josenh's college. Philadelphia, conducted by the ua oDservea last week. ' Bishop O'Conni.ofahe-.Pbrtlana dio-ces dio-ces has issued a decree". tW'Bo9f a rs shall be held by the CatholW xurch? on account of the expense that thev cause to the poor people of the different parishes. ' A fund of J5.000 for the perpetual endowment en-dowment of a scholarship in Trinitv college Washington, p. C., lUs been completed through the efforts of Mis Marian Lindsay of St. Louis. Recently at Lemberg, Oermany a oSh!d into the - cathedral and fe led Cardinal Hausmann with a huge stick while he was celebrating Mass! ...n i. n J) nil .llimi.i,ui,l-JWJU I,, .mi., u L 1I.IIIIIIIM The cardinal dropped senseless before the altar. It is feared that hia injuries will prove fatal. : ! Of the 262 Popes who preceded Leo XIII, eighty-eight have been canonized or beatified. The first fifty-six Pontiffs Pon-tiffs form an unbroken succession of . saints, of whom thirty-three were martyrs. mar-tyrs. St. Denis, the twenty-sixth Pope, who died in 272, was the first Sovereign Pontiff who was not called upon to shed blood for the faith, but his five Immediate successors laid down their lives for their faith. Thus, during the first five centuries from St. Peter to St. Felix IV (530), the Church was governed gov-erned by saints. . The month of December has a number num-ber of most notable feasts, chief of which, of course, is Christmas day, the 25th. Last Sunday, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Other festival fes-tival days of the month are: Expectation Expecta-tion of the Blessed Virgin, the 18th; Pt. Thomas, the doubting apostle. 21st; St. Stephen, proto-martyr, 26th: St. John the Evangelist. 27th; the Holv Innocents. 2Sth. nnrt St Thnmat a' Becket. 29th. The following, from the Catholic Telegraph Tel-egraph of Cincinnati, will be endorsed by nearly every Catholic paper in this country: "The complaint made by the Catholic press that it is given no preference pref-erence over the sensational secular papers pa-pers by the clergy and hierarchy in the giving out of news, is undoubtedly well luunuea. interesting items of church happenings appear from time to time among the scandalous articles of the daily press several days before they are given to the Catholic papers. These items should have been given first to the publications issued in the interest and defense of the Church, morality and sound reading; and such action would undoubtedly enable publishers to improve the character and increase the mnuence or tne catholic press, and at the same time be in accord with the wish many times expressed of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII." The present month will witness many celebrations of anniversaries of American Amer-ican prelates. Archbishop Ireland, on Dec. 21, will celebrate the twenty-sixth year of his incumbency of the see of I St. Paul. The worthy metropolitan of San Francisco, Most Rev. Patrick W. Riordan. will observe the seventeenth anniversary of his elevation to archl- fjjiscupai aignuy on tne zism. Arcn-bishop Arcn-bishop Chapelle, who was transferred to New Orleans on Dec. 1, 1897, has had to observe that anniversary abroad for the past two years, as he was in the Philippines a year ago and was on his way home from Rome at the beginning of the month. Three prelates, Bishops McGolrick of Duluth, Shanley of Fargo and Cotter of Winona, were consecrated conse-crated on the same day. Dec. 27, 18?3. and they will, therefore, observe the twelfth anniversary two days after Christmas. Four days before that glorious glo-rious feast Right Rev. John M. Farley will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his appointment as auxiliary bishop of New York. Bishop Brondel of Helena i will observe the twenty-second anniversary anni-versary of his consecration on Dec. 14. |