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SATURDAY, APRIL 24,1915.
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becomes more pressing day by day.
Why not discharge it at once by
a good confession and ft fervent
Communion?
There should be at least one
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us. •.
Last week the Senate Committee
on Education reported the in
definite postponement of the bill
permitting the reading of the
Bible in the public schools. This
settles the question for the present
•it least.
According to a dispatch from
Rome, the Iloly Father has or
dered special prayers for peace to
be said in all the churches of the
world during the month of May.
Later on, we shall give full details
in regard to the matter.
In planning your summer read
ing do not forget to include a
liberal number of books on re
ligious subjects. Spiritual read
ing revives and adds to one's
knowledge of the great truths of
religion and supplies food for
meditation. It is a wholesome and
necessary antidote to the vapid, if
not positively bad, literature, so
much in vogue nowadays.
Commenting on the fact that
Rochester (N. Y.) churches have
undertaken a movement to intro
duce religious instruction in the
public schools, the Chicago
Israelite" pointedly remarks:
"On the face of it, it would seem
that the Protestant clergymen are
desirous of using the authority of
the State to make good their fail
ure to reach the children of their
denominations. Apparently, Cath
olics and Jews do not find this
necessary."
Elsewhere in this issue we make
the initial announcement about
the annual retreat for laymen. It
will be held in the St. Paul Semi
nary from June 18 to 21, under the
direction of Bishop Lawler. The
date is so arranged that business
men who attend will lose only a
half day, Saturday forenoon, from
their work. Now is the time to
make arrangements to set apart
these two days for spiritual up
building. For particulars write
to the Spiritual Director, Rev. B.
Feeney, St. Paul Seminary.
Some time ago Phil Wagner,
publisher of "The Melting Pot,"
pleaded guilty in the United States
District Court and was fined
#100 for sending through the
mails a cartoon misrepresenting
Billy Sunday, the evangelist, and
Harry Kichenor, who drew the
cartoon, was also fined $100 on
his plea of guilty. Why can't the
law that made this possible be in
voked against the anti-Catholic
publications that are calumniating
the Pope, the Catholie clergy, and
Catholic institutions? Let the
same measure of justice be meted
out to all wTho prostitute their
talents in fomenting sectarian
bigotry of any kind.
The Sacred College of Cardinals
has a membership of fifty-eight at
the present time—twelve less than
the full number. Of these, eigh
teen were created by Leo XIII,
and forty by Pius X. Of this num
ber twenty-seven are Italians, and
thirty-one non-Italians. The pres
ent Pope has not created any new
Cardinals since his election to the
Supreme.- Pontificate. The office
I of Sub-Dean of the Saered College
left vacant by the death of the late
Cardinal Agliardi, is now filled by
Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli,
while his elder brother, Cardinal
Seratino Vannutelli is Dean—a
rare coincidence in the history of
the Church. The Chancellorship
of the Holy Roman Church, also
held by Cardinal Agliardi, has not
yet been bestowed upon any mem
ber of the Sacred College-by His
Holiness.
The Boston Evening Transcript,
commenting on the defeat of the
Bateheller bill which proposed to
amend the constitution of Massa
chusetts by adding a prohibition
of the appropriation of public
money for any sectarian purpose,
says: The Bateheller bill was a
bad bill because it raised the very
ghost of religious prejudice which
its avowed purpose was to lay, and
because it bore the name of an ex
Secretary of the A. P. A. and
breathed the spirit of that organi
zation."
All bills of this kind bear the
impress of their sectarian origin.
No one but a bigot would devise
them or stand sponsor for them.
If the anti-Catholic bills intro
duced into the different State leg
islatures this year had not a com
mon origin, they could, at least, be
traced to the same unhallowed pa
ternity. In very few Legislatures
did they pass .the committee stage
and in fewer still did /they reach
the statute books.
POPE BENEDICT S LETTER.
One of the most solemn and im
pressive features connected with
the dedication of the new Cathe
dral was the reading of the auto
graph letter addressed bv Pope
Benedict XV, to his "Venerable
Brother," the Archbishop of St.
Paul. It clothed the event with a
new significance and made the
sacred edifice resplendent with a
new glory. It placed the Cathe
dral in a new light as part, of' the
Universal Church, a link in the
long unbroken chain of earthly
Shrines of the Most High that ex
tends back to the days when the
Savior Himself conversed with
men. For the new Cathedral does
not stand in stately grandeur on
this central hilltop of St. Paul to
speak for or of itself alone it
reaches out to the churches of all
nations and all times, an integral
part of that Universal Church
which began its career of enlight
enment and progress on the first
Pentecost in the Holy City of Zion.
The reading of the letter was
most solemn and dramatic. The
Most Reverend Archbishop, seated
on the throne, held the letter in
his hand until the Right Reverend
Bishop 0'Gorman had read the
letter of the Cardinal Secretary
of State which accompanied it.
Then he handed the letter to the
deacon who bore it to the pulpit
where he remained until it was
delivered to him to be brought
back again to the Most Reverend
Archbishop. As soon as the letter
of the Holy Father was an
nounced, the whole congregation
prelates, priests, seminarians
and laity—rose as one man and
stood with reverent attention
during the reading of it, as a tes
timony of loyalty to the Holy Fa
ther and a mark of reverence for
his supreme spiritual authority.
It was a unique manifestation of
their consciousness of the univer
sality of the faith they cherished,
brought home to them in a special
manner as they listened to the
words of Pope Benedict XV, to
his Venerable Brother of St. Paul.
The individuality of him to whom
the letter was addressed was lost
sight of for the moment, or rather,
it became merged in the idea of
the universatility of the Chureh
conjured up by the name of Bene
dict XV. There were few persons
in that vast assembly who did not
feel the spell of the moment, whose
features were not illumined with
jov, whose eyes were not dimmed
with tears. The solemnity of these
moments and the wealth of mean
ing they enshrined enabled them
to appreciate more fully the
glorious heritage of the world
wide faith which in their portion
and their membership in the
Church of Ages which they love
with an affection deepened and
strengthened by this latest evi
dence of the paternal solicitude of
him who is its Visible head on
earth.
THE NEW CATHEDRAL.
TI^l
At last, after a decade of fruit
ful labor, the new Cathedral of
St. Paul houses beneath its mag
nificent dome the Divine Guest of
the Tabernacle Whose earthly
^habitation it is destined to be as
long as its granite walls endure
its open portals will continue to
welcome the thousands who, Sun
day after Sunday, wend their way
thither to assist at the Adorable
Sacrifice of the Altar, as well as
those wrho make the daily Mass,
the frequent Communion, and the
brief visit to the Blessed Sacra
ment after the day's work is done,
stepping stones in their spiritual
progress. Already, in the brief
span of its existence as a church
tens of thousands of devout wor
shippers have bowed in lowly
adoration before the throne of its
Eucharistic Tenant and pledged to
lliiu the liomagy of their daily
lives.
As an architectural monument
without peer in America, the new
Cathedral is the cynosure of all
eyes. No day passes without
bringing its quota of visitors to*
gaze in admiration at its magni
ficent pi pportions and artistic
loveliness. As they pass through
aisle and ambulatory and examine
the .structure more in detail they
begin-to realize its size and gran
deur. The more they study it, the
more its massiveness grows on
them.
Truly, the new Cathedral sur
passes the expectation of all—
even of those who saw it rise from
its foundations tier by tier. It is
a queenly monument enthroned
on a pedestal destined, it would
seem, by nature's God to be an
appropriate setting for such an
architectural gem. How fittingly
do the words of the Holy Father,
in his letter to the Most Reverend
Archbishop, describe it: "This
Cathedral has grown into a temple
of such amplitude and such mag
nificence and such elegance of
form as truly to merit to be called
monumental." And "monumen
tal" is it. It is the pride notr only
of the Catholics of the Diocese
of St. Paul, but of all the people
of this city and of the Northwest,
irrespective of condition, creed or
nationality. All who contributed
to the project have reason to be
proud of the part they have had
in helping to erect in St. Paul a
church which is the crowning
glory of the Northwest, an edifice
second to none in America. Even
the people who made sacrifices to
help the good work along do not
regret their generosity. On the
contrary, they feel that they are
amply repaid for all they have
done. The new Cathedral is
grander and more imposing than
they had dared 1o hope for and
one need not be endowed with
prophetic foresight to venture the
prediction that not many years
will elapse before the interior
shall receive an adornment in
keeping with the exterior beauty
of the sacred edifice.
CONGREGATIONAL SINGING.
The singing of "Holy God, we
Praise Thy Name," by the con
gregation which packed the new
Cathedral on the day of its dedi
cation was truly grand and inspir
ing. Leaflets containing the words
of the hymn had been distributed
to all who took part in the service
so there was no excuse for failure
to join in the singing on the plea
of not knowing the words. The
singing was led by the harmonized
choir of sixty seminarians sta
tioned in the organ loft under the
direction of Father Missia, and
taken up by the seminarian choir
of one hundred and fifty voices in
the sanctuary, as well .is by the
prelates, priests, and people, and
soon the lofty dome and vaulted
ceiling resounded with the glori
otis strains of this sacred melody.
Every member of the congregation
seemed to join with zest in the
singing and none could fail to
realize how inspiring congrega
tional singing could be and how
easily it might be made a pleasing
and devotional feature ot Catholic
worship.
In this connection it may be
stated that an effort win soon be
made throughout the Diocese to
introduce congregational singing
into all the churches. A special
hymn book, containing the words
and melodies of some of the more
familiar hymns, is in course of
.preparation to serve as a text
book for this purpose. It will be
issued during the summer and
will be introduced into all the
paroehial schools at the beginning
of the next school year.
A BEAD-ROLL OF HONOR.
Read the list of the Irish heroes
and heroines of the faith, pub
lished elsewhere in this issue,
which Holy Mother Church pro
poses to add to the roster of mar
tyrs honored with a place among
her canonized saints. Note the
number of names not uncommon
among the sons of the Gael in our
own times. It may be that your
own name or that of a friend or
acquaintance is to be found on
this bead-roll of the deathless
dead. If so, you are honored, to
gether with hundreds of others
who bear the Celtic names in
scribed on that glorious register.
These Irish martyrs, as they are
called, are our ancestors in the
faith who not only believed the
same truths which we believe and
rejoieed in their membership in
the Church which is so dear to us,
but who, joyfully and eagerly,
shed their blood in attestation of
their faith in God and of their
loyalty to the Mother Church of
Christendom.
For nearly a decade of centuries
it has been Ireland's lot to suffer
for the faith. These heroes and
heroines whom the Church would
now honor shed their blood in or
der that Catholicity might live
and flourish in the once-famed
Island of Saints and Scholars^ and
their sacrifice was not in vain.
The Church which hey loved more
than life itself would now aeeord
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the cstholic ^tJLLiTm wmm^mm^
them the honors of sainthood. She
deems the evidence of their extra
ordinary virtue sufficient for the
introduction of the process of
beatification. The Sacred Congre
gation of Rites will now initiate
the customary procedure to estab
lish beyond a doubt their claim to
a place on the diptychs of the
altar. This process ordinarily re
quires years of painstaking labor,
careful sifting of fact from fiction,
and patient weighing of evidence
in order that every possibility of
error may be eliminated. In the
meantime, while awaiting with
confidence the result of this judi
cial investigation, it is our duty
to pray that God may so dispose
events as to hasten the .day when
Holy Mother Church will ppint,
out to us these new jewels in her
crown of heroic sanctity and bid
us pour forth our prayers to these
newly enthroned martyrs for the
faith "once delivered to the
saints.
"THE LAY APOSTOLATE.1
We have received a copy of
'The Lay Apostolate" by Miss
Mary A. Molloy, A. M., Ph. D.,
Dean of the College of St. Theresa,
Winona, Minn. It is number one
of a series of "Teresian Pam
phlets" devoted to the cause of
the Catholic Church in America.
Dr. Molloy's message is directed
to the pupils in parochial schools
and cieademies, the students in
Catholie colleges, and the mem
bers of lay sodalities, societies and
associations. Its purpose is to
point out the duties and respon
sibilities of intelligent Catholics in
every walk of life and especially
of our "leading Catholics1' in
business, in society, in politics. In
this connection the author very
pertinently remarks that'' there is
a vast difference in many cases be
tween 'leading Catholics' and
Catholic leaders.'' After pointing
out. the different ways in which
intelligent Catholic laymen can
advance the interest of religion,
she concludes: "The stability of
the future American state rests in
the teaching of the Catholic
Church. The gloi-y of the defence
of the Catholic Chureh of the
future America ,js in the keeping
of the Catholic laity."
All who read the abridgement of
this article published in The Catho
lic Bulletin some time ago will be
glad to have the complete article
in a handy form for reference and
study. It can he read with profit
by all who are interested in the
lay apostolate Which is destined
to accomplish ste much for the
glory of God and the spread of
religion wherever its possibilities
are understood and appreciated.
Copies of the pamphlet can be ob
tained from the author at the rate
of five cents each, lower rates for
orders of one hundred copies.
THE ORDER OF MARTHA.
The first number of "Martha,"
a magazine of the activities of
American Catholic women, has
reached our desk. It is the official
organ of the "Order of Martha"
which will coordinate the work
heretofore done by the Women's
Auxiliary of the Catholic Church
Extension Society of t.lie United
States. The specific purpose of this
new society is to organize the
Catholic women of America in
order that they may the more ef
fectively assist the work of Church
Extension by establishing schools
in poor missions and thus be in
strumental in protecting the faith
of Catholic children in localities
where, otherwise, they would be
deprived of the advantages of a
Catholic education. Particular at
tention will be given to the schools
in the southwest and in the Philip
pine Islands for these today are in
the saddest state. Their need is
greatest and the good to be ac
complished by aiding them is in
estimable.
This quarterly magazine #as
established for the purpose of
making the objects of the "Order
of Martha" better known to the
public at large and especially to
Catholic women. It will serve as
a medium for the dissemination of
fuller knowledge of the educa
tional needs of the poorer locali
ties among the members of the dif
ferent "Households" which form
the subordinate branches of th
Order, for an exchange of ideas
among the members and in other
ways will aid in bringing home to
the Catholic women of the United
States the important share which
they can have in the missionary
activities of the Church in this
country.
ST.- VINCENT FERRER'S IN NEW
YORK WILL BE REPLACED
BY $500,000 STRUCTURE.
Tto St. Vincent Ferrer Church, New
York, is to be replaced with a new
edifice costing in the neighborhood of
$500,000.
The new church structure is to oc
cupy the Sixty-sixth Street half of
the site and will measure 100 by 225
feet. It will be built of limestone and
New York ledgestone. The Very Rev.
JY CLtFitzgerald, QfrP.'fs Uwpastof.
'(Continued from page 1.)
CAUSE OF THE IRISH MARTYRS.
Bishop-elect of Ross (all from the
secular clergy) William Walsh, Cis
tercian, Bishop of Meath Patrick
O'Healy, Bishop of Mayensis Cor
nelius O'Devany, Bishop of Down and
Connor Boetius Egan, Bishop of Ross
(all from the Order of St. Francis)
Terence Albert O'Brien, Bishop of
Emly, Order of Preachers.
Secular Clergy—Eugene Cronta,
Lam-ence O'Moore, Ricl\ar& French,
Aeneas Power, John O'Grady, Maurice
O'Kenraghty, Andrew Stritcli, Bernard
Moriarty, John Stephens, Waited Ter
nan George Power, Vicar-General
John Walsh, Vicar-General Nicholas
Young, Daniel O'Molouey, Donough
O'Cronin, cleric John O'Kelly, Briatn
Muw-hertagh, Donough O'Falvey, Ber
nard O'Carolan, Donatus MacCried,
Patrick O'Derry, John Lune, Patrick
O'Loughran, Ludovicus O'Laverty,
Philip-Gleary,'Henry White, Theobald
Stapletoh, Edward Stapleton, Thomas
Morrisey, Thomas Bath, Roger Or
milius, Hugh Carrigi, Bernard Fitzpat
rick, Daniel Delany, Daniel O'Brien,
James Morchu, James Cheagerty.
Order of Premonstratensians—John
Kieran or Mulcheran.
Order of Cistercians—Gelasius
O'Cullenan, Nicholas Fitzgerald, the
Prior and his companion members of
Holy Saviour Patrick O'Connor, Mal
achy O'Connor, the Abbot of Magia
Eugene O'Gallagher, Bernard O'Trei
vir, James Eustace, Malacliy Shiel, Ed
mund Mulligan, Luke Bergin.
Order of Preachers—P. MacFerge
with his companions, thirty-two re
ligious of the monastery of London
derry John O'Luin, William MacGol
len, Peter O'Higgins, Cormac Mac
Egan, Raymond Keogh, Richard Barry,
John O'Flaverty Gerald Fitzgerald,
David Fox, Donald O'Neaghton, James
O'Reilly, Dominick Dillon, Richard
Oveton, Stephen Petit, Peter Costello,
William Lynch, Myler McGrath, Laur
ence O'Ferral, Bernard O'Ferral, Am
brose Aeneas O'Cahill, Edmund O'
Beirne, James Woulf, Vincent G. Dil
lon, James Moran, Donatus Niger,
William O'Connor, Thomas O'Higgins,
John O'Cullen, David Roche, Bernard
O'Kelly, Thaddeus Moriarty, Hugh
MacGoill, Raymond O'Moore, Felix
O'Connor, John Keating, Clemens
O'Callaghan, Daniel MacDonnel, Felix
MacDonnel, Dominick MacEgan.
Order of St. Francis—Conor Macu
arta, Roger Congaill, Fergallus Ward,
Edmund Fitzsimon, Donough O'
Rourke, John O'Lochran, Cornelius
O'Rorke, Thaddeus or Thomas O'Daly,
John O'Dowd, Daniel O'Neilan, Philip
O'Lea, Maurice O'Scanlon, Daniel Him
recan, Charles MacGoran, Roger
O'Donnellan, Peter O'Quillan, Patrick
O'Kenna, James Phillanus, Roger
O'Hanlan, Pbelim O'Hara, Henry Dela
hoyde, Thaddeus O'Meran, John O'
Daly, Donatus O'Hurley, John Cor
nelius, Dermitius O'Mulroney, Brother
Thomas and his companions, John
O'Molloy, Cornelius O'Dougherty, Gal
fridius O'Farrel, Thaddeus O'Boyle,
Patricius O'Brady, Mattheus O'Leyn,
Terence Magennis, Lochlonin Mac
O'Cadha, Magnus O'Foclhry,' Thomas
Fitzgerald, John Honan, John Cathan,
Francis O'Mahoney, Hilary Conroy,
Christopher Dunleavy, Richard Butler,
James Saul, Bernard O'Horumley,
Richard Synott, John Esmond, Paulin
us Synott, Raymond Stafford, Peter
Stafford, Didacus Cheevers, Joseph
Rochford, Eugene O'Leman, Francis
Fitzgerald, Anthony Musaeus, Walter
de Wallis, Nicholas Wogan, Denis O'
Neilan, Philip Flasberry, Francis
O'Sullivan, Jeremiah de Nerihiny,
Thaddeus O'Caraghy, William Hickey,
Roger de Mara, Hugh MacKeon,
Daniel Clanchy, Neilan Loughran,
Anthony O'Farrel, Anthony Broder,
Eugene O'Cahan, John Farall, Bona
venture de Burgo, John Kearney,
Bernard Connaeus.
Order of St. Augustine—Thaddeus
O'Connel, Austin Higgins, Peter Taffe,
William Tirrey, Donatus O'Kennedy,
Donatus Serenan, Fulgentius Jordan,
Raymond O'Halley, Thomas Tullis,
Thomas Deir.
Carmelite Order—Thomas Aquinas
of Jesus, Angelus of St. Joseph, Peter
of the Mother of God.
Order of the Blessed Trinity-Cor
nelius O'Connor,
xEugene
O'Daly.
Society of Jesus—Edmund Mac
Daniell, Dominick O'Collins, William
Boyton, Robert Neterville, John Bath.
Laymen and Noblemen—William
Walsh, Oliver Plunkett, Daniel Sutton,
John Sutton, Robert Sherlock, Mat
thew Lamport, Robert Myler, Chris
topher Roche, Edward Cheevers, John
O'Lahy, Patrick Canavan, Patrick
Hayes, Daniel O'Hannan, Maurice
Eustace, Robert Fitzgerald, Walter
Eustace, Thomas Eustace, Christopher
Eustace, William Wogan, Walter
Alymer, Thaddeus Clancy, Peter
Meyler, Michael Fitzsimon, Patrick
Brown, Thomas MacCreith, John de
Burgo, Brian O'Neil, Arthur O'Neil,
Roderick O'Kane, Alexander MacSor
ley, Francis Tailler, Hugh MacMahon,
Cornelius MacGuire, Donatus O'Brien,
James O'Brien, Bernard O'Brien,
Daniel O'Brien, Dominick Fanning,
Daniel O'Higgin, Thomas Stritch,
Louis O'Ferral, Calfridus Galaway,
Patrick Purcell, Theobald de Burgo,
Galfridus Baronius, Thaddaeus O'Con
nor, Sligo John O'Connor, Bernard
MacBriody, Felix O'Neil, Edward But
ler.
Females—Eleonora Birmingham,
Elizabeth Kearney,1 Marguerite de
Cashel, Brigid Darcey, Honoria de
Burgo, Honoria Magan.
v
As to the other twenty-three
Servants of God, "Let the Cause be
postponed and the evidence be further
confirmed."
On a report of this being referred to
Our Most Holy Lord, Pope Benedict
XV, through the undermentioned
secretary of the Sacred Congregation
of Rites, His Holiness confirmed the
Rescript of the Sacred Congregation,
and deigned to approve with his own
hand the commission for the introduc
tion of the Cause of the 257 aforesaid
Servants of God on the twelfth day of
the same month and year.
ANTHONY*" CARDINAL VICO,
Proyprefect of Sacred Congregation
of Rites.
PETER LA FONTAINE,
s,. Bishop Caristo,
Secretary.
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llil JOUEIECM
MISSIONARY TELLS THE STORY
OF ITS ANCIENT AT O I
GREATNESS AND OF Ift- PRES
ENT NEEDS.
Antivari, the only dloeese In Mon
tenegro, and extending over the whole
of that kingdom, has a long and glori
ous history to look back upon, writes
Rev. F._ M. Schneider in "Catholic
Missions." For many years prior to
1571, the time of the Turkish invasion,
it was the grand primatial See of the
ancient kingdom of Servia and could
boast of haying twelve archiepiscopal
and numerous episcopal Sees subject
to it, all of them with flourishing
churches and numerous flocks.
With the Turkish domination in 1571
came the constant persecution by the
Turk of the Catholic, the spoliation
and confiscation of church property
and the destruction of the churches.
Proverbially, no grass grows where
the Turk has set his foot: hence we
find the flourishing ancient See of An
tivari, the See of the Immaculate Con
ception, almost a desert in 1878, when,
after the Turco-Montenegrin war and
the Congress of Berlin, Antivari was
incorporated in the principality of
Montenegro, and the then Prince, now
King Nicholas of Montenegro, pro
claimed liberty of worship in a country
in which previously for a long time it
was forbidden even to have holy Mass
in public.
No wonder that after so many years
of oppression the Church in that coun
try showed but few signs of life the
surprise is that there should be found
here and there even a handful of Cath
olics adhering to the ancient faith.
In 1900, at the request of King Nicho
las, Pope Leo XIII officially reaffirmed
its ancient rights and privileges,
among them the title of Primate of
Servia, to the See of Antivari which
then exercised jurisdiction over ten
thousand souls in twelve parishes and
six missions far separated from one
another.
Although the Catholic religion is
tolerated by law, yet any one who has
been in Eastern countries where Mo
hammedans are in the majority, or
where the so-called orthodox religion
is the state religion (and both is the
case in Montenegro) knows that the
Catholic Church, even if not oppressed
by open persecution, is in a most diffi
cult position, due to hostile environ
ments. In 1899, I chanced to visit
Cattigne, the capital of Montenegro,
and there the only outward sign of
our holy religion to greet the eye were
the roofless walls of the Church of St.
Anthony of Padua begun eight years
previously, but left unfinished for lack
of means.
Even now that church building can
not be used for divine service the
few poor Catholics there had to be
glad of the opportunity of attending
Mass and receiving the consolations
of religion in the modest dwelling of
Father Dobrecic their zealous and
gentle-pastor,-who well versed* in
nine or ten languages.
In order to eke out his existence fee
had to go to work to earn a living by
accepting a position as professor of
languages in the government lyceum.
Since then Father Dobrecic has been
made Archbishop of Antivari. The
Balkan war of four years' duration has
wrought havoc in his poor diocese
and he finds his burdens increased a
thousandfold. If we remember the fa
mous saying: "War is Hell," he can,
to some extent, Imagine some of the
difficulties with which the new Arch
bishop has to contend.
One-half of the men were killed in
the war their widows and orphans
look to their priests for sustenance,
and the priests appeal to their Arch
bishop: "The little ones have asked
for bread, and there is none to break
it unto them."
This poor archdiocese has no mensa
episcopalis, no pius funds for the main
tenance of its churches, no benefices,
no resources whatever of its own: it
lias no seminary, no orphanage, no
hospital except a small one in Cat
tigne, and no charitable institution for
the relief of the widespread'misery.
The Catholics are very poor, whilst
the local governments, impoverished
by the long wars, could not if they
would afford any help. Of all the Bal
kan missions, Antivari is the poorest,
the more so as it does not stand un
der the protection of some foreign
power to afford it moral support and
material aid.
The archiepiscopal palace at Anti
vari is unworthy of the name it was
so much damaged by a recent earth
quake that thirty-six thousand francs
are needed for the most necessary re
pairs. Podgoritza is the largest city
in Montenegro: its only Catholic
Church, dedicated to the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, was begun ten years ago and
is now in ruins.
In some of the villages the solitary
church or chapel was begun but stands
unfinished in others, the church and
missionary's residence were partially
or totally destroyed by fire and pillage
in the war between the Turks and the
Malissors and can hardly be rebuilt
except with foreign aid. On account
of long-continued neglect most of the
other priests' houses and little mis
sion churches are in a dilapidated con
dition.
Before the war there were about ten
thousand Catholics scattered through
all parts of the kingdom. Since the
war this number has been augmented,
and may reach as high as thirty or
thirty-five thousand. King Nicholas,
though well disposed toward his Cath
olic subjects, has never given them
any material aid.
Let us not forget in our prayers to
beseech the Father in Heaven to bless
the Church in poor Montenegro, which
country has the noble distinction of
having for centuries kept back the ter
rible Turk from devastating other fair
portions ot the vineyard Of the Lord
in southeastern Europe.
"It tr supreme to attempt to
find "happiness by taking the short-cut
across tlif laws of life. There is but
one end to all. these endeavours. They
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DOMAIN OF TEMPEMICE.
GOOD FELLOWS.
The barkeeps seem a pleasant jo*.
They greets yuh with a smile/
They sets the drinks before yuh
In a most allurin' style,
And while yer money's plenty
They will treat yuh like a king,
But when ye're flat an' busted—
Why, that's quite a diff'runt thing!
It's "Thank- you, sir" an "How de do?"
And "Won't yuh have a drink?"
An' "Here's to Mr. Miner"
When yu've got a lot of chink,
It's "Welcome to our city!"
When yu've got a tidy sum,
But when the roll is squandered.
It is, "T'row him out, th' bum!"
It's jolly when yu've finished
With yer labor underground
To linger in the barroom,
Where\the bunch is hangln* rouiM,
Where the barkeep hollers "Howdy"
When yuh toss across a bill,
But it's quite another story
When yer roll is in the till!
It's "thank you, a!*" an* "How's the
boy?"
An' "Mister this an' that,"
An' "Welcome to our city!'
When the roll is good an' fat.
It's "Welcome to our city!"
When yu've got th' cash to pay,
But it's "Take yer shoes an' beat it!"
When yu've bio wed the cash away!
So you kin run with barkeeps
Just as often as yuh please,
But I will keep my distance
From such tricky "friends" as these
They're cordial an' they're merry
When there's money in yer poke,
But they go an' call th' bouncer,
When ye're down an* out an' broke!
It's "Mister" this, an* "Mister" that,
An' "Here to you, old Scout !w
But it's "Git, yuh dirty hobo!"
When ye're broken an' down afid
out
It's "Welcome to our city!"
When ye're quite a moneyed gent,
But it's "Bounce the lazy loafer!"
When yer little roll is spent!
—Berton Bralep in Coal Agt.
MANY DIVORCES DUE fO DRINK.
As a proof that drink is the cause
of the breaking up of many homes,
and that it is at the bottom of
large per cent of the divorc®
cases in the courts, figures froai
court records of Ohio for the year
ending June 30, 1913, are being ex
hibited. These figures show that 0[a
that date 5,575 divorce cases went
pending in the eighty-eight counties.,,
Of this number 772 were in tie'
forty-five dry counties and 4,803 in tfee
forty-three wet counties. On the basis
of the 1910 census, one divorce case
was pending to each 1,673 of the popu
lation in the dry counties, and one t®
each 724 of the population in the wafc
counties. There was more than do»-"'
ble the cases in proportion to popular
tion in wet than in dry territory*-,
From 1896 to 1913, 4,726 divorce cases
were granted in Ohio for drunkenness
alone, while thousands more were
granted for causes growing out of the
use of liquor. This record bears out
the systematic investigation and con
clusions of Judge Gemrnill of the Chl»
cago Court of Domestic Relational
who says that the cause of forty-six
out of every 100 divorce cases in that
citiy is excessive drink.
—Frankfort, 0., Sun*
DRINKING TOO DANGEROUS.
The truth is, in the matter of drink
ing the world of work has won the,_
day. Drinking in the old style wd*
possible only in a world of leisure..
As one after another we are swept
into the clutches of the professions
and trades, there is no room left for'
the drinker he is merely an interest
ing survival. Sobriety has now a
cash value it is more in demand than
the latest patent medicine. There was
very nearly an industrial civil war a
year or two ago over the questiod'
whether an engine-driver has thfe
right to get drunk even when off duty.
The question was fortunately left un
settled owing to the discovery that
the particular engine-driver in regard
to whom the trouble had arisen had:
all the time been sober. Even so,
however, each of us knows in hls
heart that the right to get drunk iB tr
all intents and purposes dead. We
are so largely a population in charge
of dangerous machines that our neigh
bors will not allow us to risk their
necks for the sake of an extra glass
of whisky. The rich man, it is true,
can still depend on the brotherly sym
pathy of some magistrates when he la
accused of driving his motor at fanta*
tic speed or in fantastic curves under
the influence of liquor. But for tlfce
poor man in the sdme condition the
rights of man, as interpreted by e»»
thusiasts, have ceased to exist.
A RIGHT THAT IS DEAD.
In the matter of drinking the worW
of work has won the day. Drinking
in the old style was possible only in
a world of leisure. As one after aiK
other we are swept into the clutches
of the professions and trades, there Is
no room left for the drinker he Is*
merely an interesting survival. Sob*l-%
ety has now a cash value it is mofs1
in demand than the latest pateafc
medicine. There was very nearly an
industrial civil war a year or two ago
over the question whether an engine
driver has the right to get drunk evett'
when off duty. The question was un
fortunately left unsettled owing to
the discovery that the particular ea
gine-driver in regard to whom th®
trouble had arisen had all the tim#!
been sober. Even so, however, eacfe
of us knows in his heart that tHs
right to get drunk is to all intent®
and purposes dead. We are so largeHjf
a population in charge of dangerous*
machines that our neighobrs will no*,
allow us to risk their necks for. in*?
fake
at
an extra glass of whisigrsn
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