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Show ' " I which over- te 9 rs coraeth the : . ? y Universal, jgr CHURCH CALENDAR. Fourth Sunday after Penticost Gospel, St. Luke v, 1-11. The Miraculous Miracu-lous draught of fishes. ' Sunday, June 15 SS. Vitus and Mo- dentus. M SI. Monday, June 16 St. John, Francis Ileis, Tuesday. June 17 SS. Martian and Nif'Mnd'r. M. Wednesday, June 18 St. Mark and Com p.,. MM. i Thursday, June 19 St. Juliana Fal con ieri, V. Friday, June 20 St. Silveiius. P. M. Saturday, June 21 St. Aloysius Gon-zaga, Gon-zaga, C. JUNE. i Tho same fair June with its roses red, : The same wise words to the younp hearts said; The same deep sea and the same blue sky. The same fair hopes and the promise hiffh; The same pure eyes, the same soft hands, The sunlit hair with its gulden strands. The same glad sons: with its echoes clear, I The same low whispers of friendships j dear; The same farewells and the passing: shades. T.Ike sun half hidden in woodland glades; The. same soft tears for divided ways. The same fond vows for the coming . days. J The same frail barque on the shoreless sea, The same mute fear of the Is-to-be. God keop you fair as the flowers you hold. White as the lilies with hearts of gold; God .ep you pure as the prayer of a , nun. - God1 p;uide you and bless you, every one! Teresa Beatrice O'Hare, in the Rosary ' "Mae-ninc. - jnagHziiii-. THE SCARCITY OF PRIESTS. - ; , Many Catholic Settlers Did Not Have f - Opportunity to Hear Mass. 1 A mission for non-Catholics was . held recently in the township hall of j Independence, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, i Though the roads were very rough, the farmers came in great numbers from the surrounding, country. Over 300 persons filled the hall every even- ; ing. and many showed an earnestness j that indicated something more than a mere vulgar curiosity. One good result ' of the mission will be that quite a num- : ber of children of all ages will receive . ; the grace of baptism. That the faith ! . t was kept alive at all in the community is owing in large measure to the pres- I ent pastor, Father Aust, who ften trav- els almost impassable roads across the j valley and over the hill of central I Cuyahoga -county. The same story may be told of many other towns f throughout the country, where, on "ac- ? rrmnt nf the trarrltr yif nriocte ''fV Catholic settlers did not have the op- : portunity of practicing their faith, and their children grew up in total ignor ance of the true religion, the glorious j heritage of their ancestors to them, and the result has been a great loss to I the church. But it is now- expected that in the near future, through the apos- late of non-Catholic missions multitudes multi-tudes of people, whose ancestors were i Catholics, and who are still possessed i. . of good will, will be brought back to the faith. This should be the earnest j hope and prayer of every Catholic who ; desires the kingdom of God extended ; among men. Catholic Home Compan- ion. PROPOGATION OF THE FAITH. The Great Society a Few Earnest Women Inaugurated. 'Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature." , That splendid organization, the So- ; ciety for the Propagation of the Faith and the -Assistance of Catholic Mis- sions, has issued from its American tenter at Baltimore, Md., a brief outline out-line of its work since its birth in 1822 j in Lyons. France. Lyons and Paris i are still the sister hul centers of the association with an auxiliary council . i in Baltimore. To these cent ere s flow in quietly the yearly contributions, small but steady, of the faithful and zealous and charitable in all parts of Christendom, Christen-dom, and at '.he end of each year oil the money so gathered is distributed again to every corner of the globe wherever the gospel is being preached to the poor, and the missionaries need echools and churches in which to gather their converts. ' Started in 1S22 in the city of Lions ? by a few women who, at the instance . of Bishop Dubourg of New Orleans, were moved to hdp the pioneer enure hin the United States it has quietly worked and steadily grown until un-til today its members are to be found in every . Catholic community in Ku-i Ku-i ope. Asia. Africa, America and . Occanica. To be a member one must say every day one Our Father and one Hail Mary and the ejaculation. "St. Francis Xavior. pray for trs." for the success of the society. and contribute , 5 cents a month toward its funds. , One may give six dollars and be counted a special member, or forty dollars and be called a life member. But the main financial support of the 1 grand work is the regular membership paying five cents a month, which is f collected and sent by one in every band of ten. The society deserves to be better sustained than it is by American Catholics. For the help of the struggling strug-gling Catholics of New Orleans and Kentucky in 1822 it was organized. In 1S33 the Catholic missions so helped help-ed began to show gratitude, and in that year six dollars went to Lyons v from the United States to the funds of the society. In 1S43 one thousand ' dollars for that purpose were freely contributed from American Catholics. v . And then it began to spread more rapidly. The Catholic world has given to the society since 1822 almost 1 seventy millions of dollars ($65,690,-017.). ($65,690,-017.). Of this J42.076,iKI5 came from J France alone. -j The two great feast days of the so- ciety are the 3rd of May, the feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, which , ' is also the anniversary of the found- ' lng of the society, and the 3rd of De- f comber, the feast of St. Francis Xavier, that great missionary to ' Cfina and Japan. ,t "And other sheep I have which are not of This fold; them also must I ij bring and they shall hear my voice and , i there shall be one fold and one sh'ep- I herd. f ' The pacred congregation to Propa ganda Fide is the modern monument to their solicitude for the propagation of the faith and the preservation of the peoples from heresy. Pope Gregory Greg-ory XIII. in 1572. deputed Cardinals Caraffa, Medici and Santorio to give special attention to the propagation and maintenance of the faith among the Maronites, Slavs, Greeks and Egyptians. The college was at first called "Collegium de Progaganda Fide per i Univcrsum Orbem." The edifice oc- . cupied by the congregation and the i college is quite imposing, occupying an irregular quadrilateral in the shape t trapese. It fronts on the Piazza J ' to the church of St. Andrea delle j I . Fratte. A SOLDIER OF LIBERTY. Monument of an Irish Brigadier. Armagh men are about to pay a tribute to the memory of a brave compatriot com-patriot who fell nobly fighting against England's war of greed and in defense of the freedom of the Boer republics. On the 8th of next month Mr. Michael Davitt, who resigned his membership of the British parliament as a protest against the cowardly attack on the independence of those two brave and chivalrous peoples, will very appropriately appro-priately perform the unveiling ceremony. cere-mony. The monument will perpetuate the memory of Hugh Carberry. a member mem-ber of the Irish Brigade, who was killed at the battle of Modder Spruit, in the noble cause of Boer freedom. During the last few days large numbers num-bers have visited the monument, which is at present on exhibition at Messrs. Denmary's monumental works, Glas-nevin. Glas-nevin. The memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross, at the base of which is a figure of Erin clasping a sword. At her right hand is an Irish wolfdog, while her left clasps a shield emblazoned embla-zoned with a harp . At the back are representations of the traditional round tower, and ruined shrines, surmounted sur-mounted by a sculptured bust of the The following is the inscription on the stone: ERECTED BY A -FEW IRISH PATRIOTS PA-TRIOTS TO THE MEMORY OF HUGH CARBERRY OF ARMAGH. A VOLUNTEER OF . THE - TRANSVAAL TRANS-VAAL IRISH BRIGADE, WHO FELL AT MODDER SPRUIT BRAVELY FIGHTING FOR TnE BOERS AND THEIR INDEPENDENCE. INDE-PENDENCE. AND AGAINST . THE UNJUST AGGRESSION OF : ENGLAND. K. L P. Dublin Freeman. A Novel and Needed Newspaper. Why. should the devil have all the newspapers? Accounts of wars, disputes, dis-putes, murders, suicides, divorces, frauds and scandals, together with the latest betting and the price of speculative specu-lative stocks, nearly fill the columns of most journals. Yet every competent observed from time immemorial, has decided that there is more good in the world than evil. Is there not room, therefore, for such a daily newspaper as "Good News," which should deal with the better side of the human j character, and should direct attention to the generosity, self-sacrifice and heroism he-roism of life? Such a newspaper should be devoted to the cheerful sides of life. Its report-ersSKvouId report-ersSKvouId hunt out all- that is pleasant, and the editor would do his best to encourage the public to look at things at their brightest. There are very few murderers; the minority are thieves, not the majority; the amount of premeditated pre-meditated villainy is. comparatively small; there is more kindness than un-kindness un-kindness in the world, and in most lives there are more agreeable than disagreeable ,'ncidents, only we are inclined in-clined to brood over the latter and forget for-get the former. . A . newspaper edited on such lines would start its readers in nothing is more contagious than cheerfulness, cheer-fulness, nor more necessary to success. London Truth. Mrs. Grundy. Most of us are well acquainted with I an ancient personage called Mrs. ! Grundy. It is not difficult to meet her, since she is ubiquitous; but it is some- ! iimes very nimcuii to recognize ner, as she has the gift of chameleonizing at will. This privilege enables her to take any form or sex, and to frequent all. classes of rociety. One would imagine im-agine there were thousands of Mrs. Grundys in existence, and yet, strange to say, there is only one. A powerful old dame is Mrs. Grundy. Most of the inhabitants of the earth, savage or civilized, bow down to Mrs. Grundy and pay her tribute. Men fear the old lady, kings tremble before her, but few-dare few-dare resist her wilL Yet the stern old dame, strange to say, has real respect for those who defy her authority, and will even court their friendship; but very few have the courage to make the experiment. If she deigns to smile on an enterprise,-it is a brilliant success; whereas her frown or sneer withers away a promising scheme or good work. Her influence is always baneful, and she has ruined millions. Perhaps you are curious to know bow she acquired the name of Grundy, which does not sound very ancient. This is how it came about. About 100 years ago the English damatist, Thomas Morton, had a certain reputation . as a writer of1 comedies. He brought out one which was a great success. It was entitled I "Speed the Plough," and in that piay one .of the characters, a certain Dame Ashfield, continually repeats these words: "What will Mrs. Grundy say?" Hence we get the proverbial interrogation: interro-gation: and "What will Mrs. Grundy say?" is equivalent to "What will the world say?" Mrs. Grundy embodies the world's opinion, which has exacted far more victims than Juggernaut on his triumphal tri-umphal car. Human respect is an immense im-mense power in the world. Civilization has trampled out slavery, but it has not freed the slaves of human respect. As long as the world continues to exist it will have its willing bondsmen. It needs courage to break the massive mas-sive chains which human respect winds around its victims;- not that physical courage which faces danger and braves death for fame; but that moral courage whic henables a man to live up to his convictions, to hold up the flag of duty, and to be true to his colors in face of the world's scorn or enmity. There is a quaint adage, "Women fear mice, mice fear men, and men fear women," and so the cycle closes. Something like this so often happens in our daily lives. People stand in awe of one another, an-other, jnd in their terror sacrifice duty and sacred interests because they have not the courage to free themselves from this bondage. Why do even good people peo-ple fear to go against the current of the world's opinion: or, in other words, why do so many Catholics tremble before be-fore the despotic Mrs. Grundy? Generally, Gen-erally, because either interest, pride or cowardice1 prompts them to court the favor of the old dame. Do not let j-ourself be laughed out of performing a duty. Never run into this is a very cowardly act. Do not be ashaved to own that you are afraid to commit sin. Say your prayers openly, open-ly, even w hen, ypu share a room with those who .do, not pray. Abstain on Fridays and tast 'days in spite of a mocking laugh. Never apologize for your religion or conceal it through shame,: Never exceed your means in order to emulate your wealthier companions. com-panions. ' Honestly admit, your social position. "If you are. staying ivith Pi ot-estants ot-estants do not. oh tftat account, .5glct to go to mass. on Sunday, Never attend. at-tend. non-Catholic services. The common com-mon plea is, "1 did not like to refuse;" this is a cowardly excuse. Never show your approval at any sarcasm or Jest against holy scripture or Christian morality. Do not be ashamed of being pious and beware of posing as a "jolly girl" just to conceal your deeper feel- FEAST OF THE SACRE D HEART. The lights burn low on the altar. Where stately lilies sway. Alone I came with burdened heart, One sad and weary day, I knelt mid beautiful fancies. Dimmed were my tearful eyes. When lo: a voice in the distance Raised my heart to the skies. Jt came like a ray of comfort. Through which my eyes could see, Mid visions sweet and tender, One long loved memory. I grasped for the smile that cheered mo, The. sweetest earth could crave, Born of a musing and pathos Which only heaven gave. The beautiful flowers were blooming. Seeming his love apart. And the wealth of his love was beaming From out his sacred heart. As the last faint rays, of twilight Folded their crimson wings From the depths of the mighty organ A beautiful melody rings. It rang with its sounds of grandeur, Consuming mem'ries sweet. It swept through the brilliant chapel To tho Master's loving feet. It lifted my weight of sorrow. And the tears from off my cheek Fell o'er the perfumed Incense Rituals of love to keep. ' . , That sweet feast day has gone to rest, And silent is the night. And far beyond the glowing west, I see a gleam of light. And sweetest mem'ries call me back From worldly joys to part. To rest within his loving arms. His own sweet Sacred Heart. St. Louis, Mo June fi. 1902. |