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0 QUESTIONS^,. a,. k A N Why is salt put into holy water? To symbolize the effect of divine grace in us. Salt is a preservative, and God's grace keeps us from sin. The salt is added to the water after the latter has been exorcised and set apart for pious use. The salt sym bolizes the permanent adherence of the invoked blessings. How did the Oberammergau Pas sion Play originate? The Passion Play is a survival of the miracle-plays, founded on the his toxical parts of the Old and New Tes taments and on the life of Our Lord and of His saints. They were once common in Europe, but were sup pressed in 1779 in Germany with the exception of the one now under con sideration. Upon the cessation of a plague in 1633, the people of Oberam mergau, a Bavarian village, in grati tude made a vow to perform "The Passion of Our Saviour" every ten years, a vow which they have faith folly observed. The performance of the play occupies eight hours the characters, which number about five hundred, are all acted by the villag ers. Many of the acts are faithful copies of the famous pictures of "The Last Supper," "The Crucifixion," etc. Everything is presented in a solemn and devotional manner and impresses Catholic and Protestant with its rev erence. 1. What is the present condition of Hie Church in Cuba? Are the Church Mid State separate? 2. Has any at tempt ever been made in the United 8tates to have the State support the parochial schools by using Catholic tax money? 3. I understand that New Hampshire supports a clergy? Is this true, and if so, what denomination? 4* Is a Solemn High Mass celebrated and a sermon preached at a wedding during Lent? 5. Has the Servian priest at Chisholm, Minn., any author. Hy to absolve a penitent? 1. The difficulties between the Church in Cuba and the Spanish Gov ernment in regard to the possession of certain properties belonging to the Church have been amicably settled since the Island came Under the juris diction of the United States and at present conditions are very satisfac tory. Nearly all the natives of Cuba are Catholic, but the Church is not supported by the State. 2. We are not aware that any attempt has been made, of late years at least, to have the State support parochial schools by using the taxes contributed by the Catholics. There is no distinction made by the State between the taxes contributed by Catholics and those contributed by non-Catholics. A num ber of plans have been suggested by which Catholics might be relieved of the double burden of taxation which they have to bear by contributing their share towards the support of the pub lic school, and, in addition maintain- Ip this department, questions of general interest in regard to religion will be answered each week in the order in which they are received. All communi* «ations#mnst be signed, though the name will not be published. Address: Question and Answer", car* The Catholic Bulletin, 315 Newton Bldg., St. Paul. 1. Is it a lie if you say something or are questioned by a person and made answer on the spur of the mo ment, but afterwards thought it over and It was different from what you •aid? 2. May a person work in a store on Sunday if he first attends Mass? 3. Is there ati obligation to hear Mass on Pentecost Monday? 4. May mushrooms and gelatine be eat en on Friday? 1. The essence of a lie consists in the intention of saying what is false or what we believe to be false, and hence if a person does not tell a lie in making a statement, no amount of thinking that he told a lie will after wards make him guilty of the sin of lying. 2. In case of necessity a per son may work on Sunday after having first attended Mass, if it be at all pos sible. 3. No. 4. Mushrooms may be eaten on Friday, but not gelatine. 1. la It a sin to offer lunch to a person if you do not know whether lie has to fast during Lent? 2. If he takes lunch is the person who gives it responsible? 1-2. It is not a sin' to offer lunch to a person at any time as long as the person to whom it is offered is free to accept or not. If he breaks his fast by accepting, the person who gave the lunch is not responsible save in so far as he may have been the cause of the other person's failure to observe the fast. 1. Is the story of the wandering Jew founded on fact? 2. Is a Cath olic man who deserts his wife and children for another reason than not wanting to fupport them, entitled to receive the Sacraments? 3. Is it true that the napkin of St. Veronica is •till preserved at Rome? 1. The story of the Wandering Jew is not founded on fact. It is a legend which has been widely circu lated since its first appearance in the seventeenth century. The story is as fellows: When Jesus bore his cross to Calvary, He passed the house of a cobbler, Ahasuerus by name, who had been one of the rabble to shout, "Crucify Him." Sinking beneath His burden Jesus stopped to rest at the threshold of the cobbler, but was driv en away with the words: "Go where Thou belongest." Whereupon, Our Lord gazed at Ahasuerus and said: "I will stand here and rest but thou shalt go on until the last day." And •ince then the Jew has been roaming restlessly over the earth. Various names are given to the wandering Jew in different countries. It is to be noted, however, that the original wan derer was not necessarily a Jew. 2. Whatever reasons may have impelled this Catholic to desert his wife and children, he la not necessarily de barred from the Sacraments provided be confesses his sins with sincere aorrow and does all that he can to atone for them. 3. It is preserved in St. Peter's in Rome and once a year it is exposed for the veneration of the faithful. ing their own schools. But nothing definite along these lines have been done nor do we expect that any change in thp present arrangement will take place in the near future. We fear that Catholics must con tinue to support their own schools and help maintain the public schools. 3. We have been unable to find out anything definite in regard to this point. 4. During Lent the Church forbids the solemnization of marriage, which means that, if a marriage must take place, the ceremony is shorn of all outward pomp and evidences of re joicing. Hence, the celebration of a Solemn High Mass and the preaching of a sermon would be entirely out of keeping with the spirit of the Church's legislation regarding marriages during this season of penance. 5. The official Church Directory makes no mention of a Servian priest in Chisholm, Minn. (Continued from page i.) SISTERS OF THE VISITATION. the doorway of the assembly hall, which is the largest room in the building. It is 40 feet wide and 64 feet long with a stage 16 feet in depth by 24 in width. The hall is 22 feet high, having twice the altitude of the ordinary rooms. A gallery ex tends over the rear portion of the hall. The windows are of cathedral glass and their wide semi-transparent areas give an Abundance of well dif fused light. The CJiapels. At the opposite end of the building are the two chapels, the larger one for the students and the other for the' Sisters. Both face the same altar, but are completely separated from each other. The floors of chapels, sanc tuary and sacristy are terrazzo the arched windows of stained glass are wide and lofty, for the chapel like the assembly hall extends up to the fourth floor, having a height of 24 feet. On this floor of the monastery also are the assistant's office and six private rooms for novices. Situated near the students' assem bly hall is the library, a large studio, a domestic science room, a general music room and a piano room. There are a large number of private piano rooms where the students practice. The chemistry room is liberally equip ped with sink and gas accommoda tions. Both the Sisters' infirmary and that for the students have all modern ac commodations and are arranged to afford every comfort for the sick. Students' Rooms. The fourth floor is devoted entirely to private rooms, dormitories, toilet and linen rooms. Two parallel cor ridors extend along the main building with cross corridors at each end and one in the middle. On the outer side of the long corridors are the private rooms of the students, while the space between is devoted to linen and store rooms. At the west end of the build ing is a large dormitory 40 by 34 feet. Each of the students' rooms is pro vided with a wardrobe closet. In the cloistered wing also this floor is de voted to private rooms for the Sis ters. On the roof of the monastery is a decked space to which the nuns have access through a door in the belfry tower. A wide promenade, 60 i by 26 feet, is protected securely by a railing and from it there is a mag nificent view of the city and the broad sweeping course of tbe Mississippi River. Modern Appointments. i Throughout the building there are 1 ventilating stacks so arranged that every room receives the benefit of an abundant fresh air supply. An electrical vacuum cleaner in the base ment operates three outlets on each floor. The whole building is lighted with electricity. The heating plant is situated in a separate building lo cated about two hundred feet from the convent. Steam is conveyed in an underground duct to the basement of the main building and passes in a coil through a tubular boiler where the water is heated. The hot water is then forced by a pump through a twelve-inch duct to the attic. Here it is distributed throughout the area of the building and supplies the various leaders or supply pipes connected with the radiators. After passing through these the water is returned to the heating tank to be re-heated by the steam coils. The hot-water heating system is unusual in a building so large but it was selected because of the steady temperature which it furnishes. In the basement are the laundry, trunk and storage roomb. The grounds extend back to Osceola Avenue and are enclosed by a brick wall, giving complete seclusion. They are being graded at present and will be divided by walks, lawn plats and clustering trees, giving a park-like ef fect to the entire space. Forty Sisters. The little band of six Visitation Nuns has increased until the com munity now numbers forty Sister^, There is ample room for them in the new home as well as generous ac commodation for the students who will doubtless be attracted in growing num bers to the school. The needs of the young girls as well as those of the religious have been taken into ac count and carefully provided for with thoughtful generosity. The religious seclusion of the cloister will not dam pen the ardor of the youthful spirits on the play grounds nor will the gaiety of the recreation games inter fere with the quiet meditations of the daughters of St. Francis de Sales. The separation of the two depart ments is sufficient to secure whole some freedom ain both. the exercises of THE GUSTJi BUBS POPE PIU8 X, IN A BRIEF TO THE SUPERIOR GENERAL OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS, BLESSES THE NOVICES OF THE ORDER AND ALL WHO HELP TO SE CURE RECRUITS FOR THE JUNIOR NOVITIATES. The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is in receipt of the following Brief from the Sovereign Pontiff Pope Pius op the Junior Novitiates in their Order in which he recommends the work of recruiting subjects for the institute to the be nevolence of the Ordinaries and the clergy. To Our Beloved Son, Brother Gabriel Marie, Superior General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Plus X, Pope. Beloved Son, Health and~ Apostolic Benediction: In the hope that many more of them may be established and that admis sion to them may be sought by more numerous candidates, so that an abundance of workers may be at hand for you and your religious suffi cient for the daily increasing harvest, you have asked us to bestow the Apostolic Benediction on those of your houses which, after the manner of your father and founder, you are wont to call "Junior Novitiates." How agreeable has been this re quest to Us, you apprehend without difficulty, dear son, for you know with what solicitude We watch over the young and in what esteem We hold religious men who give them selves up wholly to the work of train ing youth both in letters and in the precepts of Christian wisdom. That the disciples of Saint John Baptist de la Salle excel in this most noble art, their colleges, their schools, and their other useful works estab lished for the welfare of youth, bear testimony and We know that, under their direction, these institutions prosper not only in Europe, but also in the distant regions of America and even in Australia, Asia and Africa. Wherefore heartily rejoicing in this, and eagerly desirous that the fruit be more abundant from day to day, We ourselves also pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His har vest, and We exhort Our venerable brethren, the Archbishops, the Bish ops, and all the clergy, to lend them selves as willing helpers to your pro jects, knowing that they can hope for everything from a religious fam ily whose benefactions are so fruit fully perpetuated and so widely dif fused among the people. Therefore, may many houses of the kind mentioned above be everywhere erected but, at the same time, may the spirit of John Baptist de la Salle dwell therein, so that, from the ex ample of their father's charity, his sons may direct all their energy and their strength of soul to this end, that children of tender years, who are as yet without experience, may grow up useful to civil society and not un worthy of that greatest of all bless ings for which they were born. That all these wishes be realized We beg of God for you the support of heavenly aid. May a pledge of this and a testimony of Our gratitude be the Apostolic Benediction which We most lovingly in the Lord impart to you, and especially to those who, in the "Junior Novitiates," are growing up to be the hope of the institute which you direct. Given at St. Peter's, Rome, March 30, 1913, in the tenth year of our pontificate. PIUS X. POPE. At the present time the Christian Brothers have exactly fifty Junior Novitiates in various parts of the world. FOur of these are In the United States, one for each of the four provinces in this country. That of the St. Louis Province is located at Glencoe, Missouri, in one of the most picturesque portions of St. Louis County. The Junior. Novitiates are prepara tory schools for boys of at least four teen years of age who express a de sire to prepare 16 one day become Christian Brothers. In these shel tered abodes their youthful minds are trained to habits of piety and study they receive the best of care and at tention morally, physically and in tellectually and thus experience the truth of the words of the psalmist: "It is good for a man when he hath borne the yoke of the Lord from his youth." After passing through the Junior Novitiates the young neophytes enter the novitiate proper, where during an entire year they give themselves up to the study and practice of the spirit ual life. Their training is completed at the Normal School of the Order at Pocantico Hills, New York, where they become initiated in these tradi tional methods of teaching which have made the work of the Brothers so successful throughout the world. Young men seeking information re garding the Order are directed to ap ply to Brother Director, La Salle In stitute, Glencoe, Mo. AH OPPORTUNITY FOR STU DENTS. Students can earn good money dur ing the summer months soliciting sub scriptions for a well known Catholic weekly. Call or write. A. H. RUMPF, 369 Pioneer Bldg., St. Paul. Minn. CATHOLIC TOWN. We are establishing an exclusive Catholic health and all-year-round re sort, among the pines, in the hills of beautiful Southern Alabama. Ideal climate, no extremes, crystal clear pure spring water. Lots, farms and orchards at moderate prices and on easy terms. Catholic people from 18 States and various parts of Canada have already purchased. Write for references and particulars to GULF COAST FRUIT FARMS CO., Owners and Developers, K. of C. Building Mobile, Ala. THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, JUNE 21, 1913. LETTER TO THE EDITOR OUR TEACHING SISTERS. Minneapolis, Minn., June 16,1918. Editor, The Catholic Bulletin: Last Sunday at the Immaculate Con ception Church, Father Cullen an nounced that the school building used by the Sisters for the past forty years would close permanently and that the next term of school would open in the commodious new structure near the Pro-Cathedral, capable of accommodat ing 800 pupils.. Father Cullen paid a fine tribute to the Sisters on their effi ciency as educators and also to his three predecessors—Bishop McGol rick, Rev. J. C. Byrne and Arch bishop Keane—on their work in the promotion of Catholic education in the parish. He took a laudable pride in announcing to the large congregation present that out of 21 of the Sisters' graduates who recently took an exam ination before the superintendent of public instruction in this county for certificates to teach in the public schools, 19 passed successfully and at tained an average of 90 in the various subjects. When it is considered that an average of 80 is good and of 100 is perfect, it will be readily seen that the Sisters' pupils acquitted themselves nobly and reflected credit upon the Catholic women who devote their lives to the education of the young without any expectation of fee or re ward in this world. Some years ago I visited the sum mer school for teachers at the State University and feaw there several Sisters listening intently to an address on the art of pedagogy and making copious notes for future use in their classrooms. In the Becular branches exclusively taught in public schools, and in the art of imparting knowledge to the youthful mind, the Sisters stand pre eminent. In the teaching of music, morals and manners they lead all others, and the influence of their training is easily seen in the deport ment of their pupils on their way tov and from school by observant people who admire modesty and gentleness. It has long since been admitted that the Christian Brothers turn out bright boys who, when pitted against the public school boys in competitive examinations for cadetship at West Point, usually carry the prizes. This is notably the case in the East. I venture to say that the young ladies from the Sisters' schools and aca demies, when thrown into competition with the graduates of the public schools, will hold their own with the best of them. Some Catholic parents contend that the public schools are superior to the Sisters' schools and therefore send their children to the former. Without wishing to detract from the merit of the city schools of Minneapolis, which rank very high, I think the parents referred to are laboring under a delu sion. Children of Catholic parents who live within reasonable distance from the Sisters' schools in all parts of the city should send their boys and girls to schools where religious and secular instruction go hand in hand. It is well known that some Protestant ministers have cried out against the public school system be cause of the lack of religious instruc tion. They would like to see the Bible restored, but what version? The re sult is that Protestant boys, but espe cially girls, go to sectarian schools. The Readers in the public schools are evidently prepared by pagans or free-thinkers, for the name of God and everything of a sacred character are carefully omitted. The Readers of forty years ago were far superior to these of the present day. The text books on history are filled with inaccuracies, and so far as the Cath olic Church {s concerned, it is grossly misrepresented. A few years ago they used for supplementary reading in history in the Minneapolis schools a book called "The Story of Liberty," by Charles Carleton Coffin, one of the vilest pub lications against Catholicity ever issued from the press but they use it no longer for I drove it from the shelves of the Public Library with the cooperation of Rev. Dr. Shutter, Rev. Mr. Breed.and Father Cleary. The father of a Catholic boy attend ing the High School brought this book to me for examination and I immedi ately demanded its expulsion from the Library, and out it went by the votes of the members of the Library Board, composed at that time of such men as Dr. Hosmer, Dr. Northrop and T. B. Walker. Catholic children attending public schools are in danger of losing the faith preserved to them by their glorious ancestors who sacrificed everything they possessed to transmit it to posterity. I could name several men in this city, sons of good Catho lic parents, who abandoned their faith after going through the public schools and the University of Minnesota. When and where possible, let Catholic parents send their offspring to Cath olic schools and colleges. ROGER VAIL. Order to Preaeat Claims Within Three Months. STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF Ramsey, ss. In Probate Court. In the Matter of the Estate of Peter Lynch. Deceased. Letters of administration on the Es tate of Peter Lynch, deceased, late of the Cit^r of St. Paul in the County of Ramsey and State of Minnesota being granted to J. O'Connor. It Appearing on proper proof by affidavit made and filed herein, as pro vided by law, that there are no debts against the estate of said deceased: It Is Ordered. That three months be and the same is hereby allowed from and after the date of this Order, in which all persons having claims or de mands against the said deceased, if any there be, are required to file the same in Probate Court of said County, for examination and allowance, or be for ever barred. It Ts Further Ordered. That the first Monday in October, 1913. at 10 o'clock a. m., at a General Term of said Pro bate Court, to be held at the Court House in the City of St. Paul, in said County, be and "the same hereby is appointed as the time and the place when and where the said Probate Court will examine and adjust said claims and demands. And It Is Further Ordered. That notice of such hearing be given to all creditors and persons interested in said Estate, by forthwith publishing this Order once in each week for three successive weeks in the Catholic Bulle tin, a legal newspaper printed and pub lished in said County. Dated at St. Paul tills Mth day of June. 1913. By the Court: E. W. BAZILLE. Judge of ProbaSe.- (Seal of Probate Court.) T. J. Doyle, Atty. Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale. Default having been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made, executed and delivered by (Mrs.) Annie Hawkins, widow, of Ramsey County, Minnesota, mortgagor, to Mary Ryan, of the same place, mortgagee, dated the first day of July, 1909, due and payable the first day of July, 1912, and recorded in the office of the Regis ter of Deeds of Ramsey County, Min nesota, on the first day of November, 1909, at 4:25 o'clock P. M. in Book "416" of Mortgages, on page 11, and on said first day of November, 1909, the regis tration tax of $5.50 was paid thereon to the Treasurer of Ramsey County, Minnesota, as required by General Laws, Minnesota, 1907, Chap. 328 and which said mortgage was assigned by said Mary Ryan, the mortgagee, to Timothy Reardon, by an instrument in writing, dated the 8th day of May, 1913, and which instrument was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for Ramsey County, Minnesota, on the 8th day of May, 1913, at 3:40 o'clock P. M., in Book "73" of Assign ments, on page 31 and there is now claimed to be due, and there is due on said mortgage, as principal, the sum of $1,100.00 and interest thereon from the first day of January, 1911, at the rate of six per cent per annum, amounting to $151.25, the sum of both principal and interest amounting to $1,251.25 also taxes paid by assignee of mortgagee, as follows, to-wit: re demption from the sale of the premises hereinafter described, for delinquent taxes, and unpaid for the years 1909, 1910 and 1911, and payment of current 1912 taxes, amounting in all to the sum of $93.57 also the sum of $10.00 paid by assignee of mortgagee for repairs of the hereinafter described premises also the sum of $10.00 paid by assignee of mortgages as premium for insurance upon the hereinafter described prem ises, the whole amount now claimed to be due, amounting to One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-four and 23-100ths (1,374.23) Dollars and no action or proceeding at law or in equity has been taken to recover any portion of the amount due Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given, that by virtue of the power of sale in said mortgage contained, and pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided, the said mortgage will be foreclosed and the real estate therein described, to-wit: Lots num bered three and four (3 and 4) in Block numbered two (2) of B. Michel's Re-Arrangement of Block Seven (7), and the south half (S%) of Block two (2), of Smith's Subdivision of the Northwest Quarter (NW4) of Section Thirty-six (36), Township Twenty-nine (29), Range Twenty-three (23), accord ing to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said Ramsey County, Minnesota, save and except the three (3) westerly feet of Lot four (4), run ning the entire length of said Lot four (4) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder therefor, for cash, by the Sheriff of said Ramsey County, to satisfy and pay the amount which shall then be due on said debt so se cured by said mortgage, and the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars stipu lated in said mortgage as attorney's fees, and the costs and expenses of these foreclosure proceedings as al lowed by law and that the said sale will be made at the Cedar Street front door of the Court House, in the city of St. Paul, in said Ramsey County, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon on the 11th day of July. 1913. TIMOTHY REARDON. Assignee of Mortgagee. Dated May 15, 1913. C. D. O'BRIEN, Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee, 214 Globe Bids., St. Paul, Minn. i Mmm TML M. W. O—ar Gigantic Sale on Olive Oil, now is tbe time to put in your supply for Summer use. We offer the following values, while our stock Easts. 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