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Show I . I which 0Tcr j "utiful Cathouc Custom. . -. iKHiiiif'-il Otholie cusfoTn toll to-ll a n-1 Hoi) the eyes when IS ""Vjr in the Hiurrh. Reverenee for f 'i v - Twin) dwells within, prompts I 'T ,',Y" Knith is a sift "f Grd, and' I '' ' who pnsts ti:at trcfrure do 1 1 Tv 'x!iiWt it "vhen occasion calls. wJ lA'i i.-i" iv j!i th'" hun of how pen I , i;v';his beautiful custom is prac- ( "pj" j.n vw York. ' I 1:'iu"iiii,' the firern.'ifs parade recently wm"ii viA-ins the procession ft j'.'!'" ,f.Ji,icn-Js ask?d: " Why do they off their hts whpti they ivH-h th" middle of th block?" 'Tiipy'r- in front ol the church," rc.Up."pf j In- jiiiiaiored c hild on the f.frwiiik. "an' they know the Lord's in thPI'f'' " Tin sa:n art '.vas noticeable in the ..(iliffiiian's parade. The conductors j 'nd motnrmen on the elevated sta-s sta-s t ii, ,js lii'UVP'n ile Battery and Har-f Har-f 1 if in I 'a?s i li v-n churches on every trip f 1 fl-id miir.v of them will bare their heads j if i!f,vTi tiiiir? in that run. True Voice, j ' ArgHcan View of Indulgences pI.r,.p.-innis are prowinp impatient iil t!H'!ns''lves for having tolerated lorr silly slanders against Catholic fl'jth'Vind practice; and in their in- .nn.Htioii thev use burning; words in j ,Min.. thM l..nc suppressed truth. The I llinil'" Anfiiican) has this to say ! Miont indulpt-nces in a late issue: .'-Thow,. who would secure the great par-r par-r vi' jirciiiiscd St. Francis must make .(.ran'icntal confession, receive the 1 ai ranif P.t. and their contrition if ,'f 'i-Vi;ii'v satisfactory to Almiphty I ;,v! "ho' ri'adtth the secrets of all I 'hi1h and not be deceived by a sham f suj't r'ii-ial repentance. Plenary in-1 in-1 .ui"'!ii'ies of any '."ind are not the. easy 1 thiils:- to'ol.tain .hat Protestants false- -(. , the Ca'holic Church with j i'.;,,hr:i-' tli-m to be. As a matter of f I fa'-t'tin I'athnlic church is no match I f,,r rr-u-stantism when it comes to the i .m:iti of plenary indulgences. Jlar-t'in Jlar-t'in 'iJther's doctrine of "justification ! v faith only without wotks" makes nhiainine of a plcnsry indulgence s i.n the part of a Protestant the sim-I sim-I ,vt and ..asiest thing imaginable; no j jnii ;-. no confession, no communion. 1 I yn f.ms d"i ris. no visit to the shrine, no I f.iyinc of any pray?rs is required. a I r'pre ;o t of faith !s all that is essential: ! Mid such an act made at the moment of 1 death completely wiper, away every i I penalty of sin and secures an immedi-I immedi-I ate admission of .he soul into the Par-I Par-I aJise of Ciod." Western Watchman. Bad Catholics Worse Than Bad Books IP is an error to suppose that anti-O,;holic anti-O,;holic books of the violent sort do any gr. at harm nowadays; they have r::n th-iv course. Nothing could be j lump us' less for the enemy of the I'hurrh to denounce it. now in this r"iintry, except ..hero the lives of its iriHMibfTs are at variar,ee with their i;fvj..p The day of "No I'opery" f lit-vat;ire has passe 1. and this fact is if r-.v-osnizPii even when bigotry still j 1 li;iks. The troth cannot be too force-$ force-$ I fully or frequently f tated that Cath-j Cath-j ; I 'i.s who fail to liv? up to their reli- in fie more injury to it and keep more p""! !e from embracing It than all the I : ar.tf-O'tholic bocks that could possibly j J I" iiroducd-. It has coidp to pass that non-Cath-o'i s. when interested in the subject of :-';cinn. are willing to listen to author itatiw explanations of Catholic prlnci-I'Vs: prlnci-I'Vs: thry if ofpgnize the unfairness of ''Pting the testimony of the enemies n: the (hurch rather than that of its J a-iheronts. lint the vast majority of I t."n-''a;ho!ics. although less prejudice! : than formerly, .ire utterly indifferent j I tn the 'laims of the Church: and they I c.i !,iiiy remain so, unless their uri- I r,siTy is exi iteri or their interest is I rnijs.ri hy the example of some Catholic i ! r-hr is keeping nirn-eif unspotted from vo:i. a,, ,3 thereby unconsciously 'wyrjiijr himself conspicuous. There if not h jiower on earth to be com-l'i com-l'i to the simple jTeaching of the "?;1. and it is eloquently preached v 11:1 ''ho practice its precepts. Ave Xia:ia. I Nine First Fridays. 1 1 :" etii i. u rage freguenl communion. I I a'-'i'T revealed to P.lessed Mar- f I ': Ma iy the many great favors He i j I "'mid grant to tli ise who receive oft- ! " I "': e?pr-,-ia!iy on Fridays. He prom- greatest possible favor, final j l"ts".i rani-.-, to these who receive ' r,;.n on the first Friday of each i 'J'-'h fo- ;r.y nine euseruiive months, i f.. ;V" h's words as revealed to i I 1'oiy s. rvjmt: :' ' l'"""''ise t!p-e in all the excessive ; ! -f My Heart, that My all-power-f I ill srant tn all those who I v.,"i:" "n fii't Friday in f- ; '" s.-.-utive months, the grace of vlai j'-'Ht.nce: they shall not die in I :''y :;;s-!' o e. My DMne Heart shall ; i ... safe refuge ir, this last mo- ; ( 1 " receive Holy Communion I ;'y n hmior of the Sacred r'' ' "' '"C"'i. may expert with con-j con-j 'r,'.. '". ''",-eive a good; share of! i j'' ing jiromises. made by our j ;."! . :u f;iv.ir of those who honor His v":;,H-;:!t: i hl J-'ivo them all the graces i : ' y-yyy in th.;,- UHp of life." ( ; ' ( ' Vill i-sfaMish peace in their I it .,"; v i;: " fort them in all afflic-!' afflic-!' v 1,0 their secure refuge dur-J,r,'J dur-J,r,'J ;ll,ovf all. at death." ; I iM bestow a large blessing on ' 'h. ;i undertakings." '.:;:"1''R snn find my heart the ' ' t!l infinite ocean .of .j,'1"'1 souls .-hall prow fervent." 'TW,, aou)s j-ha,, quickly j u .I, ' Jr,Kh oerfec tiotl." ''lrss every jjace where a ; ftt.d ',', 'I'f,.-.V iUlirt shall be set up "';' i1 to priests the gift of i ii u,n m,,- hardened hearts." ,-,,;, "' hall promote this t..n ' ll:iV" th"r lames writ- Heart, never to be blotted D3;g It For the Love of God. f.'."-,1'.,''. ,"!,u"!; 'his anecdote; "A r'u-' v ". '..! w Hs X',1g some presses in ),, V 'V "' lst' a;id the Sister who overfill., over-fill., , v"vk askf(3 him if he was r' I'li. i ' i '" llis !el'gious duties. He '.i:t ve not Ume to do much.. l'!aeti,..'.Mw n"Vt'r ln'"gHten one little 'h- h,' U,Ut;lit mp lng ago by one of 1'ati.r p '" ''s who was a saint hr. m . nniss was b "ante. During! vn ,A. f1"" r A"n's street he told us I'-'t v "'li ro 0,1 our kns to .pray, 'i;r hr'i 1n"uld 1"r,,m time to time raise hv m's V' ;"d durintr our work and Tj.Vo 7 ,7esus' I d1 this for-love of ''on thr 'an nPVCT forget the impres-maflp impres-maflp I;' -CPr'non of that holy Father niv I;"nImp- a!1'l very often during taught "5" 0,0 htfle: prayer he 'hinl"', i;i.ni',1' avowal explained some-? some-? v- no-i "'i ha1 ',flPn surPrised us t(,;,,.ll(:,' tha.t -.his carpenter often ' l ni r'ap '"hur apparenrrea- we were far from suspecting Vhat he was breathintr the little asjr-. asjr-. .uioii he had learned so m.-.r-y -.-pars , a?vrom tIle wal-Tis Rcdmotionist."' . I hat intention would turn into beav-1 beav-1 enly gold the labors, meals, amuse-- amuse-- ments and sufferings of everv cay It would make (hem prtuous nn the cv 'I' 'd- Jl w,lUlrt !-- up treasures that voUid make a cnmi-.etence for eternity. Kruger Sent Leo Diamond. The most valuable diamond pin in the tiara worn by Pin., x at his coronation cor-onation was recently reset by a well-known well-known F-arisian firm, whi.-h" was allowed al-lowed to exhibit the precious stone for a few days. This diamond, which is a pure blue 'white stone, weighs in its pres-iit form 971 carats and is valued at about 1.250.000 francs. Its historv 's quite interesting. It was found some years ago near Jagersfontcin bv a poor Hottentot ield laborer, who rbuoght it to Com Paul and in return received SCO piastres and a horse. President Kruger, strong Protestant though he was, sent the stone as a gift to the late Pope Leo. who Save to it the Place of honor in the papal tiara. j A Layman May Be Elected. ; A Watcrbury inquirer wants to know w hether or not a lawman can be elected I Pope. i He can. providing nothing hinders him from entering holy, orders, and from being advanced to the fullness of the priesthood. He must, however, remain Pope-elect till he is consecrated into the, apostolic office. Xo one but an Apostle can exercise the powers and enjoy the prerogatives of the Chief of . the Apostles. j Bishop Schwebach. I Bishop Schwebach of LaCrosse, who ' j on the death of Archbishop Katzer and J by the will of that prelate becomes the ; trustee of all the property of the archdiocese arch-diocese of Milwaukee, ir. one of th? most learned of the bishops in, the American hierarchy. He is a native of the Duchy of Luxembourg. 56 years old nd a graduate of the Seminary of St. Francis. Milwaukee. He was ordained a deacon by the late Archbishop Heiss. and under Bishop Flash was for several sev-eral yc-rs the vicar general of the diocese. dio-cese. Bishop Schwebach is quite well known and greatly liked by the Protestant Prot-estant denominations in that part or the state. Priests- Total Abstinence Union. On last Friday, after the adjourn-I adjourn-I ment of the convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, a large number of priests assembled in the parlors of the Henry House, Pittsburg. Pitts-burg. Pa., and formed the Priests' Total To-tal Abstinence Union of America. Rr. Rev. Bishop Canevin and many prominent promi-nent priests from different states I throughout the country were present. A constitution modeled after that of the Priests' league of the Cincinnati archdiocese was adopted. Most Rev. William Henv, Elder was. chosen chiel promotor: Rev. A. S. Siebenfoei-cher Siebenfoei-cher of Kenton, O.. president, . and Rev. P. J. Muller of Boston, secretary and treasurer. The membership wilL be composed of those of the Catholic clergy who are total abstainers and who will devote their energies to the promotion of total to-tal abstinence among their people. Pius X and Italy. . ioo much significance is attached to the friendly relations between Cardinal Sarto (Pius X) and King Humbert, and the statement that his appointment as patriarch was made in accordance with King Humbert's desires. It is true that from the first he attended at-tended court functions when the king was in Venice, but that is only natural ! because King Humbert was recognized I as the legitimate king of Venice. Tus- j cany, and all the northern provinces, of what may be called Austrian Italy. It I was only ir. Rome and the other papal states that his sovereignty was dis- puted. j In Italy the" bishops and priests arc-I paid by the government, and the king I claimed that it was his prerogative to appoint the patriarch of Venice. Pope j Leo would not admit of that, and without with-out consulting King Humbert he appointed ap-pointed Cardinal Sarto. This was displeasing dis-pleasing to King- Humbert and he t'aid, "i will not pay this man." Frto was appointed in 1SP3 and for three years his salary was paid by the pope. ; Then King Humbert also appointed j him patriarch and from that time hi? ! salary was paid by the government. J J Pope's American Relative. j The new pontiff has at least one relative rela-tive in the United States., the Rev. Don Luigi Snrtori, pastor of St. Joseph's Jo-seph's church at Midland. Md. Both are descendants of the same family, an ancestor of Father Sartori having added a syllable to the family name, a custom not uncommon in Italy, and were born within a few miles of each other. Father Sartori knows the new pope well and is planning at: early visit to the Vatican and to Venice. Father Sartori: recently gained prominence prom-inence by his vigorous denunciation of dance halls and begging for churches. For the former agitation he was con-j con-j gratulated by a deputation of Methodist Metho-dist ministers sent by the conference. ' There is Faid to be a decided resem-j resem-j blance between the new. pope and Father Fa-ther Sartori. j j Not First Indian Priest. An item is going the rounds of the press anent the ordination to the priesthood priest-hood of Father Albert, a Pottawattamie Pottawatta-mie Indian. It is said that he is the first Indian priest in the United States. We think this is a mistake, for the writer well . remembers a Jesuit scholastic scho-lastic at the St. Louis university, nigh fifty years ago. who was beside his Indian In-dian "chief father when the latter fell in battle. The boy was adopted by the Presbyterians Presby-terians and trained for the ministry. But, happening to be in St. Louis on a certain Sunday afternoon, he entered St. Francis Xavier's church and became be-came strangely interested in the explanations ex-planations of Catholic doctrine given by Father Elet. who then chanced to be teaching catechism to the children. This led to Mr. Bechor's conversion, and. becoming a Catholic, he became a Jesuit also and afterwords a priest. Catholic Union and Times. EELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. ' Right Rev. Frapois Silas Chatard,' i). D., bishop of Indianapolis, is. report; ed as dangerously ill at his home. Bishop Chatard, who bears the distinction dis-tinction of being the first priest elevated ele-vated to the episc pate by Leo XIII, was born In Baltimore, Md., and re-reived re-reived his education at ; Mount St. Mary's. Emmitsburgr, Md., being graduated grad-uated ir 1853. He adopted the profession profes-sion of medicine, but after finishing his ocurre he decided to enter the priesthood. priest-hood. " ' Recently we were able to quote the latest official statistics of the Society of Jesus, showing a grand total of 13.-2.11 13.-2.11 members. Here are, those of the Franciscan orders as presented to the recent general chapter in 'Rome. The grand total of members, is 16.432. including in-cluding 7,572 priests and 3.301 students. stu-dents. The number of provinces is sev enty-six and of houses 1,271 London Tablet. Last; week-the triennial election for pother superior of the order of Brown Franciscan nuns, and Xhe .mothers of the . branch houses was held at St. Elizabeth's convent, Alleganv, N. Y., mother house of the order. Rev. Moth- : er Teresa, who for many years has 'ned the position of mother superior, was re-elected Piux X is the I'.'oth successor of St. Jeter. Fifteen pop.s were Frenchmen, thirteen Creeks, eis?nt Syrians, six Germans, Ger-mans, three Spaniards, two Africans, two Savoyards, two Dalmatians; one "us an Englirhmnn. one a Portuguese. nc a. Hollander, one a Swiss and one a Scandinavian. All others were Jtanans. Seventy , of the number have been canonized. Ave Maria. . J The forty-eighth convention of the ': .German Roman Catholic Cjntral Society So-ciety of America, which will open Sept. i -;0 in Lay ton. O.. promises to be the argest and most brilliant affair held in I that -city for many years. As invitations j have been sent to COo societies to send delegates, ;,Ki the individual membership member-ship amounts to .j.io.f.OO. an idea f the immensity of the convention can be obtained. ob-tained. " Archbishop Elder has emphatically denied a statement circulated broadcast broad-cast through tne Associated Press th;:t he had sent a special representative to "ius X to request that America be released re-leased from the jurisdiction of the Pru:.agivnda. T archbishop savs that he sees no s a vantage in uoh a move. "The change.", he avers, "would greatly complicate. ' our dealings with : the Holy See, without any. material ad- j vantage." ! ; The cornorstone -of the new Dominican Domini-can Hcuse'of Studies, in course of con- : struction fronting the main entrance to the Catholic University grounds, Washington, D. C.,. was laid Sunday alternoon in the presence of a distinguished distin-guished 'and representative assembly. MSjjr. Fakonie. the Apostolic delegate, presided. Dominicans from all parts of the country, besides a large company of religious and secular clergymen, assisted as-sisted at the impressive ceremonv. t Pittsburg has about 2.500 Syrians within its limits, most of whom live in the Basin aliey district. They are attending the services tt St. Anne's in increasing numbers and the church promises to become an entirely successful success-ful one. Among the many tributes of non-Catholics non-Catholics on the late Pope Leo XIIT. the words of eminent leaders of the Jewish people of the country are fullv as eloquent and appreciative as from other sources. Dr. Samuel Le Men-deses Men-deses of New York, calls the late Pontiff Pon-tiff "the father of Jewish protection." Anew council of the Knights of Columbus, Co-lumbus, named after the late Pope Leo XIII.. was formed in Chicago. Sunday, August 9. Seventy-five candidates wero initated to the three degrees. The new council is the fourteenth to be organized organ-ized in Chicago. Rev. Edmond M. Obrecht, Abbot of the Trappist Monas'try at Gethsemane, left last week for.Europe. He will have an audience with Pope Pius X. He will also decide on the future home of the reverend monks who have been force 1 to leave France. He will probably bring a few hundred back with him. They will oe taught English at Gethsemane, Geth-semane, and then sent west. |