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Show i . : I gburcft Universal i j . j j CHURCH CALENDAR. I 1 First Friday. All Saints. 1,- ' 1 isv '"73 f"r thanksgiving. j i ' S. All Souls. 1.3iS0,096 lor those in j 5 n'"4ih ofter Tent. St. Hubert. I v Vol, l" 9-14. G. Matt. xxiv, 15-34. i i ,;' for tho pick, infirm. ' 7' ct. Charles Borromeno. 1,153,- .J ,,-,' i',ir 'doad Associates. I "-, T. SS. Zachary and Elizabeth. I ' ;i 74: for Local Centers. I ' V W. St. Leonard. 1,176,6!)8 for Di- I 'VS. I ; Th. St. Florence. S07.S4G for Pro- i J s. F. Odavo of All Saints. St. God- j I 4,.,.y.i. 04,633 for the departed. f ' !i. S. Dedication of the Lateran Ba- j fjiK-a. 1.07.6.946 for perseverance. I THE GENERAL INTENTION. ! I Recommended by His Holiness, Pius X. Confessors and Directors of Souls. 1 s;:r prayers this month are to be of-( of-( J fi, ii un for Confessors and Directors I ,,f r. .uls. When ill or afflicted with i 1 iiiiy bodily ailment, when sickness has ' ' Entered ur home and easts a dark f.-i)ii,l.-v about our happy fireside, we ii-vc recourse without delay to the ; j j.iiypiHan. When his skill and atten- ; jj'n have brought relief from pain and! . suffering, and have banished anxiety from our hearts, how grateful we are ;.r the boon of restored health. If this W true when there is question of dis-,.nsrs dis-,.nsrs of the body, which affect our j; mortal life, how much more thankful h should w be to those spiritual physi- i i l iMtis. whose office it Is to cure not the i' of the body, but the maladies of the if Miirit. not those which concern our 5 1 iiMiiporal life, but our eternal destiny: i j This office of healer of souls the priest j I fulfills not from any personal rhoiee, i 1 .1 j t hvniise he is "called by God. a fj !:ich priest . according: to the order of ' I Mfirhisederh." and to him have been 1 nil.ir. ss d the words spoken of old to 5 Tup apostles, "whose sins you shall for-- for-- j -ive they are forgiven." No one feels : I ni.ve thin the priest himself the diffi-, diffi-, i-ulty and delicacy of his work. The j weary hours in the confessional, iijo nerd of spiritual insight in direct- j i ji c: souls, the necessity of tact and s j lirir.r.ess In their guidance, the danger f j ..f self-deception and self-love in the y nitent, and the weakness of poor I human nature as the spiritual struggle J pics on. all these and other reasons j -which could easily be adduced, make it j evident that even the wisest and most . J .artful confessors and directors need ;' to ho endowed witli many graces. ) Hence it is that we are not surprised 5 ;n read in the lives of !-ly men --vith J what fear they undertook the awful 5 Ministry of reconciliation. I None perhaps use the holy sacrament I of penance more than our associates, I none are to be found more frequently i ut the confessional. For this the Sa-I Sa-I ered Heart be praised. Vet at the same I time we must remember the duty that J li"s upon us of praying most earnestly I vM fervently this month for those upon J vhmn devolves the guidance of souls; I' ie must pray that they may have the licht to direct into the fold the erring acre who nver stray from the eye or (-iieo;-.. and to lead to richer pastures 1 voi-'e of the Good Shepherd. 1 I How to Address Prelates. I The hierarchic principle necessarily j I nvolves an apportioning of offices by ! cecrees that differ in regard to the re- j M'.nsibility that attaches to them, apart fmm their priestly character.-! character.-! The cardinal-priests, for example, have 1 i" greater priestly powers than ordi-! ordi-! hi-.ry curates: they are nevertheless 3 7'i-inces of the church, and at all civil-j civil-j iz'd courts of the world, take the rank t :.nrt j.recdenoe of the highest nobility I f the country in which they find them- snlvce. An English cardinal, for in- Mn.e, follow? Immediately after the j rr"pv r,f U10 blood royal, preceding, , i)-ref..re. the itrchbishop of Canterbury. Canter-bury. In the days of the temporal sov- 5 i'.';zvty .f the popes, the cardinals 'j rTf. as ihey still are. the pillars of f ,'lf- ehureh and were invariably provid- j ' i i:i coriHideratioji ofi their princely I ink. with estates and adequate in- I An .ircftbisiiop took rank with a duko. I 1 '-nef the title "Your Grace." a bishop J vi;h ar. earl, an abbot with a baron. r'nr-o "My Lord Abbot." and an ordi- I ):-y j riest with a knight or chevalier, j h'"'T'r'f- tho old English expression I ''WW'! in England and Ireland in I 1 ' ''"-"lief ormat ion" days, "Sir Priest." I The titie "Lord" is ef course a trans- 1 i'!"r.!i .if Latin word "Dorninus" I 'vA i-a!:!!..t justly, as is occasionally J : by ignorant non-Catholics in Eng- j:nd. be wiil-.beld from the Catholic j ' "V". "-hose social titles, like their j ' ' -''-iHtie;,. a,-o unquestionably valid, j j!,.;.,. flT,y jUf:t 0ajTr, English Pre'ectn, t bishops and archbishops can j Ue ;!,,-,- jordly titles, arises from j w- f;., t tf,at they hold seats in the I F-:-!"M! house of lords, seats which I v ' rr' "pig;?:;iny occupied by the Catho- i' ;;i',',h' ' " the "Reformation." All "'s- r.-.v.-fidays admit the claims in J'ni addresft and precedence of ( : -'iie oVts.v. and it is well there-Cr.'1 there-Cr.'1 T raholic laity should be ' riU:u: 'i -i j 1 1-j the correct methods of I tvn,':,'i":'"nK w,tn their ccclesias- j - s "t-r inc. pages, 01 tne nrst j ",an,r' , r 'he Catholic Encyclopedia. ! (ir " .', ;j'"'n an article entitled "Ad- I ;r''s"""-'' ' i'-I'-h deals with the correct 1 :,t; !'r !o u hieh .to address ecclesi- !SJt"-V:-l. rank. I .v" :!'" told, has supplied the J v-1 ! 'toer-dent in the matter of I f v ''s'i' ;!' "f'Tuette, and her meth-1 meth-1 p 1 ' '' "n alopted in diplomatic I ("i "'' ''"''h'ngs with the Catholic I V ;:. ..v.T the world. J v , .," Hr' s-ure'l that none other than 1f--'-i,"i-':!K'r is correct, in writing to a R-"..'r. no matter what his de-(.,!,,'. de-(.,!,,'. 'in'.' '":it 'he ink should be black, l4 m ' k "'" forbidden. The let-vrr,t' let-vrr,t' J-' 1l" M"tittcn as our fathers l.i'.r?'-r' ,'"rsf' order to that of a I ,j ',h' ,:r--'J 'he right band sbeet and 1 ! '-'-'f- ' ft. The necessity of pro- I fni f ,!. " (!up 0T"der of the archives 'r ;ii,y in classification led to -e-.ilai ion being made. h '..v,M "r Ar' typewriter is allowed. ; ''ir red wax must be uso3, and s's, v'r' ." th" seal must be inversely t'rr.ssl n!'-"'rUin''C of the person ad- i,!.1' " !'!r,""-iv!g 3 letter to the pope, it, .'!"'!l,n- should be "Most Holv Fa- "His n:Jj-"3 1ho body of tho l(itfr z -i-a'-i '''""'f's," pronouns bein? tabooed S 11,'r. 7'h-TUs!"ln helng to address him in ! 1!v fr!'!,f'r shou!d end. "Prostrate at j W,,,,.? 'lf 7,is' Holiness, I have the ' VrcW,- , I"'"fr'ss myself with the most hun,vt 1 rWU His Holiness' most 1 I iriosf arf3lr-'1 J- in English-speaking. coun- i O-rr'n , .''.cse,! as "His Eminence i An "r "Gardinal-Archblshop." j ! drthbishop is addressed aa "His Grace the Archbishop," or the "lost Reverend the Archbishop." A bishop is addressed as "The Lord Bishop," or "His Lordship the Bishop of " and spoken to as "My Lord" or "My Lord Bishop." The title "Doctor" is, with best taste omitted in speaking to a bishop, since no rank is thereby shown. Mitred abbots, vicars general and provincials are invariably addressed eg the "Right Reverend:" while the heads of colleges are properly addressed as '"Very Reverend." In the Latin countries, coun-tries, naturally enough, more importance impor-tance is attached to the method of address. ad-dress. In Italy, for instance, one writes to a "Most Illustrious and Reverend Eminence;" a bishop's title is "Your Greatness" (amplitude vestra), or "Excellency," the title most common to ajnbassadors. Patriarchs the present pope was patriarch of Venice are addressed as "His Excellency" instead of "His Beatitude," as was till recently the fashion. A letter to an Italian bishop is inadequately addressed if the word "Excellency" be missing. The brother of an order is invariably addressed in the Latin countries as "Very Dear Brother." A cardinal is invariably addressed in France as "Eminence Reverendissinie," not as "Monseigneur le Cardinal." mon-seigneur mon-seigneur being below the cardinalitial dignity. Bishops of France 1-ave the title "Grandeur;" a letter addressed to one; would therefore be "a sa Grandeur Monseigneur Lacroix, eveque de Caen." Benedictines have tho title "Dotn," so that a religious of that order would be addressed as "The Rev. Father Dom X." In Germany, a bishop has the title of "Episcopal Grace." and an archbishop arch-bishop of "archepiscopal Grace." There are several sees in Germany and Austria, the titulars of which have rank and social precedence of prince-bishops; prince-bishops; these are Breslau. Gratz, Gurk. Lavant, Salzburg and Trent. A German monsrtgnore is addressed as "His High Worthiness," in its German equivalent, of course. Courtesy dictates that a man shall be given his full title; in the case of prelates, the withholding, of their titles is more indefensible, owing to their sacred character. In English society, it is' customary to give the English equivalent in titles to American bishops of the Episcopalian Episcopal-ian creed. It is unkindly said that there is not a sweeter moment in the life of a western Episcopalian bishop, than that in which he hears himself addressed as "My Lord." This title arises, of. course, from the fact that the English bishops hold seats in the house of lords and is, therefore, meaningless mean-ingless to Americans. Womanhood and the Church. In confiding to her sisterhoods such a large part of her apostolate the Catholic church lifts up all womanhood woman-hood to highest levels, as she thereby recognizes woman's abilities, and puts in woman that trust which points her out to the world as the -jnost worthy of honor and reverence. The Virgin Mother of Christ, and the religious orders of women in the church, have brought up woman from the lowliness to which man's pride of strength and selfishness of affection had bowed his frail and confiding sister; and have made it impossible for her ever again to fall to the depths into which she had been cast before the coming of Chriet. The Virgin Mother, so honored hon-ored by Christ rendered in turn all women honorable. The consecrated daughters of the church, placed in the front ranks of her soldiery, rising so high in spiritual life, doing such marvelous mar-velous things for God and for humanity, human-ity, compelled the veneration of mankind man-kind and all womanhood, and inspired all womanhood with a sense of dignity and Of power. Dignity and power there. Indeed, was in the religious communities of women. Xot -only were they bidden forward to noblest ambitions and exalted darings; but. furthermore, and long before social customs or civil laws authorized womanly wo-manly independence of action, they were invested with the rights and privileges of self-government, and commissioned to plan and execute great schemes out of their own initiative, initia-tive, and with reliance upon their own wisdom and force of character. In these modern times, when so much is said of woman's social elevation and of the recognition due to woman's abilities and woman's opportunities, it is well to recall the testimony of history as to what was done to this end through the sisterhoods of the Catholic church. But what comes as the personal prize to the devoted member of a sisterhood; what personal reward seeks she and receives re-ceives she for her sacrifices of earthly belongings, for her incessant self-immolation in the service of others, for her daily acts of hidden virtue, which no human eye ever sees, no human judge ever discerns; what works she for; what is the purpose of her life? The answer she herself quickly gives, if the answer is sought from her. She works for God; and she remits into his hands her whole destiny. Here is the mysterious mys-terious secret of the church's legions of consecrated soldiers, women and men, who taking up their cross follow him. who calls them , to self-sacrifice, whithersoever his grace leads, never looking backward, knowing that all is well with him. The sisterhoods of the church, martyrs of holiness and of charity, are an enigma to those who know but earthly aims and earthly gains. The Church of Christ. We are indebtt-d to the Sacred Heart Review for the following brief synopsis synop-sis of the sermon preached by the Rev. John T. O'Brien, -at the laying of the corner-stone oof the new Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Cambridge, Mass., on Sunday, 13th inst.: "The aim and object of the church of Christ is the salvation of souls. All other things honors, riches, joys, fame, power, popularity, success begin be-gin here on earth and end at the grave. What do these, or the amassing of all the fortunes and greatness of this earth, avail us, if we have lost our immortal soul? From sacred and profane pro-fane history we know that for ages men sighed and prayed for a Redeemer. Redeem-er. The day of redemption at last came to this darkened world, and when .Christ came he established a church for our salvation. Upon the brow of that church he set four great marks or characteristics by which all men might know her, and the first of these marks is unity. The prayer of Christ was this, that his church should be one in its belief, one in its sacraments, one in its government. govern-ment. , "The church of Christ is holy holy because she continues 0110 earth the work begun by Christ in heaven, holy in her" dctrines and sacramenis which lead men to the eminent heights of ho- liness. She is holy in the works of charity, the institutions and asylums which etand like beacon lights all along the horizon of her history wherein are gathered men and women who have left the emoluments and pleasures of this world and in hidden oobscurity, with curage and cheerfulness, labor among the outcasts, the sick and leper-stricken leper-stricken creatures of God. The church of Christ is Catholic,- that is, universal, teaching ajl that has been entrusted to her by Christ her founder. Universal in place it matters not where Ave find her, from eastern shores to western seas, amid the piercing winds of the northland or where soft winds play over the pampas of the south, the church, like the sun shining in many places at once loses nothing of its unity. uni-ty. She is apostolic in succession going back in unbroken line to the pope, Petr; apostolic in her teaching she hands down from generation to generation, gener-ation, from age to age the. truth of Christ. Behold this church!" Small in her unpretentious cradle she has grown into great importance and made her influence in-fluence felt all-over the world. Amid the shocks and upheavals of kingdoms and empores, amid all the false pretenses pre-tenses and social unrest and errors of these modern days, the church has stodd and still hands by the promise of Christ, unharmed, with the seal of immortality upon her brow, for the betterment of mankind in all walks of life, civic, social a!nd religious." Mother Church of the Continent. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Quebec, is the oldest church on this continent. The church was founded by Monseigneur de Laval de Montmorency, the first bishop, in 16i", completed in 1663; dedicated under un-der the title of the Immaculate Conception Concep-tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 11th July, 1660, (in consequence the feast of tho dedication of the churches in Canada takes place invariably on the second Sunday in July); enlarged and improved at various times and finally rebuilt in 1767, after its destruction during the siege of Quebec In 1759, At two different times it was erected into a parish church in 1670 and again in 16S4. It was raised to the dignity of a basilica minor and affiliated to St. Mary Major in Rome, on the 28th of August, 1S74. It is the mother church of North America, The remains of Monseigneur Lava! are interred underneath under-neath the sanctiifirv. Public Spirited Priest. j Rev. Patrick M. Flannigan. the oldest priest in poiift of service in the Chicago archdiocese and one of the most widely known clergymen in the dest, died of pneumonia on Friday, Aug. 30, at his home in hicago. He was 69 years old and had been a priest forty-isx years. Father Flannigan first came into public pub-lic notice during the cholera epidemic in 1S62, and for six months worked tirelessly among the victims. He started start-ed the agitation for the elevation of railroad tracks and was a force in many labor disputes. He was the ar- Ditraror or tne famous stockyards strike in 1SS7, and was prominent in the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern strike negotiations. ne-gotiations. Father Flannigan was recognized as an excellent business manager and financier, fin-ancier, and from gitts and annuities probably would have been one of the wealthiest men in Chicago. He either declined the gifts or turned them over to his church, but he spent thousands of dollars of his own. money in aiding the poor and unfortunate. During the panic of 1S94 hie gave away more than $3,000 of his personal savings in an effort to make some of his parishioners comfortable. Many stories are related also of his benefactions benefac-tions in the poorer districts, of his redemption re-demption of the fallen in Clark street .lodging hotels, and of wayward girls in the resort districts. , Father Flannigan, in the company of P. J. O'Keeffe. his close friend, went to vWashington in the spring of 1900 to visit President McKinley in an effort to influence him to -appoint a friend to the federal judiciary. The friend was a Methodist. They took dinner with President McKinley and Senator Mark Hanna. and in the course of the conversation, con-versation, which was about the country's coun-try's future generally. Senator Hanna made hig famous statement: "iou or j, Mr. President, may not live to see the day, but the day will come when the United States will need its protections, and when that time comes what will stand between the stars and stripes and anarchy will be the supreme court of the United States and ' the Roman Catholic church." Father Flannigan was born in Tra-more, Tra-more, County Waterford, Ireland. His parents emigrated to Michigan when, he was S years of age arid he was educated edu-cated for the priesthood at the College of St. Sulpice, Montreal. He helped to build the Cathedral of Holy Name, Chicago, previous to the fire in 1871, and to rebuild it after the fire. He had been pastor of St. Anne's, parish since 1S79. Since then nineteen parishes have been formed out of the original narisb. Alabama Catholics Protest. Alabama Catholics have made protest pro-test against the use of the Bible in public schools and threaten that tho courts will be invoked if it is not stopped. In some schools of that state there are supplemental courses In which the Bible is taught and in some cases pupils have been punished for refusing to join the classes. State Superintendent Su-perintendent Gunells says he will not order the practice stopped unless forced by the courts to do so. Sisters Make Sacrifice. The life of Sister Mary Carmelita of the Sisters of Charity of Dubuque will be saved through the sacrifice of several sev-eral of her sisters in religion-. Several weeks ago Sister Carmelita was so severely se-verely burned that it will be necessary to graft skin all-over her body. When it became known, a number of members mem-bers of the community offered to give skin enough from their arms. The burning is one of the severest cases ever cared for in the history of the Mercy hospital of Dubuque. patPence. v It takes a heap o' week days To prepare for Sunday's rest; It takes a heap o' ripenin' Till the fruit is at' its best; It takes a heap o" practice Till you learn to sing a song A lot o' patience is required To push this world along. It takes a heap o' weather Goin' every -kind o' way, Before we see the splendor Of a truly perfect day. An' it often takes long sorrow Ere you earn the'rlght to smile, But it sure is worth the waitin' j To be happy for awhile. THE SWEETEST SONG. The sweetest song I ever heard Was not the thrill of lyre or bird: Or ripple of a meadow rill Borne to my ears when winds are still; But just a quaint, sweet lullaby, Crooned soft and low where slumbering slumber-ing lay , An infant on its mother's breast, By loving arms and lips caressed. As gently rocking to and fro The mother's words came sweet and low: "Hush, my darling, baby sleep, Angel eyes a vigil keep O'er ihy slumbers. Do not fear. Mother guards thee; mother's dear." Often times when care and strife That beset my weary iee Crush my spirit, and I feel Sad dejection o'er tne steal: Then perhaps some gentle strain Calls the memory back again Of that song that, years gone by, Thrilled my soul with ecstasy. And once more on memory's ear, Mother's song- I seem to hear. "Hush, my darling, baby sloop. Angel eyes a vigil keep O'er thy slumbers. jo not fear. Mother guards thae; mother's near." Twenty years have rolled along . Since 1 heard that cradle-song. Yet its memory haunts me still Wander wneresoe'er I will. And in dreams I see .inca more That kind mother as of yore, With her infant child .it rest, Closely to her bosom pressed. Rocking gently to and fro, Singing softly, sweetly, low: "Hush, my darling, baby sleep. Angel eyes a vigil keep O'er thy slumbers. Do not fear, Mother guards thee; mother's dear." Anthony B. McKernan. |