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The Church guided by the same
spirit of Christ has surrounded this
sacrament of matrimony with all that
may impress upon the couple the sac
redness of the step that they are tak
ing. She brings them before the
altar of sacrifice, while the Divine Vic
tim thereon offers up His life in their
behalf. Even the words used in the
Mass, as chosen by the Church, are
particularly appropriate, again and
again asking that help and grace may
descend upon them from al)ove. Even
during the moments of sacrifice, while
Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist
rests upon the altar, the priest turns
towards the two kneeling in the sanct
uary and prays that God's blessing
may come upon them, ending the pray
er with the words "through Jesus
Christ Our Lord." Holy Communion,
the Body of Christ, is received by each
that Our Lord may abide with them in
their new state in life.
Prom this review of the Catholic
ritual we see clearly that "evening,"
or "high noon'' marriages are quite
foreign, both to the mind and heart
of the Church. If she at any time
tolerates such it is always with grave
misgivings and only that greater evils
may be averted. What the Church
cannot dispense from is that those
•who are to receive the sacrament of
matrimony must already be in the
state of sanctifying grace. So Jesus
Christ Himself has ordered. He made
marriage a means of giving grace to
those who are already possessed of
His divine friendship, Or, as the
catechism expresses it, He made mar
riage a sacrament of the living. 6ver
this the Church has no control. She
would help us, however, to understand
this truth by surrounding the sacr*
ment with her richest solemnity.
Is a priest allowed to say two High
Masses on Sunday?
The ordinary public Mass of the
Church is a High Mass in which the
celebrant is assisted by deacon and
subdeacon. The Iligh Mass that we
arc familiar with in this country, in
which neither deacon nor subdeacon
assists is grown into a custom
through lack of priests. For the same
reason, namely, a dearth of priests,
the Church grants to priests the priv
ilege of saying two Masses on Sun
days and liolydays of obligation when
ever the Bishop of the diocese judges
that a grave necessity for doing so
exists as when, for example, a consid
erable number of people may not
otherwise be able to hear "Mass. Both
may be High Masses. But a great
er number of Masses may not be
said by the same priest even when
such grave necessity presents itself.
The only exception to this ruling of
the Church applies to Christmas and
All Souls' Day, the latter of very re
cent. legislation. On these two days
each priest is allowed to say three
Masses, even though there be no other
occasion for doing so than that of pri
vate devotion.
How is it right for God to put a
person on this earth and make him
live against hi3 will? You may say
that I am not normal. If so, I am free
from the rules of normal people, and
therefore, I may take my own life. It
is not my fault that I am not normal.
You may answer that if I don't find
happiness in this life, I should look
for it in the world to come. "The
thought of heaven brings me no com
fort. Is not God selfish in making so
many creatures loir the purpose of
adoring Him?
It is generally admitted that it is
better to be than not to be. Exist
ence is in itself a blessing. Evils may
crowd so quickly and heavily upon
us that they will seem to outweigh
the good of life. We may admit that
in some cases they do exceed in this
life the joy of living. But does not
St. Paul say that the sufferings of this
world are not worthy to be compared
with the glory to come that shall be
revealed in those who love God? He
appeals to the future life to balance
the irregularities that are found in
this world. There is no better solu
tion of the difficulty so far as our
knowledge extends, given by philos
ophers. "In God we trust," is a good
Christian principle to live by.
That, one would seriously and with
calm deliberation wish rather not to
be than to be is, indeed, a mark of
being abnormal. But such a condi
tion would not necessarily excuse one
from all responsibility. The fear of
taking the step of self-destruction is
an evidence that the person knows
such an act td be wrong, and he is,
therefore, at least somewhat respon
sible.
It is true that God did not consult
us before He gave us life, but neither
is it due to us that he has prepared
heaven for all, and that those who
will serve Him will obtain it. In one
case and the other a gift is bestowed
one greater than the other, but each
good in itself, at least, according to
the ordinary human reason, and also
according to divine truth.
God is necessarily selfish in a true
and strict sense of the, word, but not
selfish in the sonse that we common
ly give to the term. By virtue of His
infinite wisdom God must do all things
Tor the very highest motive and that
can be nothing else than Himself, His
own glory. But His works briuK lvap
plness to all thr» creatures of ITis hand,
and iii reality ndd nothing to His own
happiness. This happiness cif h!s
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Does the Catholic Church Approve
of evening marriages?
It is an article of Catholic i'uitli that
Jesus Christ made marriage a sacra
ment. It had been even in the be
ginning an indissoluble contract: but,
Christ through His own goodness and
power made this same contract the
means of giving divine grace to the
souls of those wljo worthily make the
contract.
creatures, according to His original
design, was not to be marred even by
the temporal ills of life. His goodness
then is se^n in all His works, but most
of all in the blessed around His
throne, even though their happiness
manifests the glory that was Ilis from
all eternity.
BUILDING FOIUra GUILD
GIFTS AMOUNTING TO $18,000 AN*
NOUNCED TOWARDS ERECTION
OF NEW HOME.
Contingent pledges amounting to
$18,000 have been given by four prom
inent men for the erection of a $50,000
building for the Seton Guild of Minne
apolis. This announcement was made
by Mrs. Virtue, chairman of the wa*b
and means committee, on Monday eve
ning. Oct. 9, in the Seton Guild cafe
teria. 20(5 South Fourth Street. Minne
apolis. The occasion was the fourth
annual dinner of the members and
friends of the guild. The spontaneous
burst of applause which followed, the
announcement showed a keen appreci
ation of what the success of the Guild
means to the girls of Minneapolis and
a fine spirit of gratitude to the bene
factors who gave the pledges without
waiting for the campaign for funds.
Several priests were present, and the
De La Salle Institute was represented
by two of the Christian Brothers. These
with a few laymen and tv/o hun
dred and' fifty girls and women filled
all the tables in the big dining hall of
the cafeteria. The dinner began
promptly at half past six o'clock, the
guests being served by a corps of the
members of the organization. At the
close of the repast Mrs. Virtue an
nounced that Seton Club, the summer
home for girls and women at Seton
Cliff, Lake Minnetonka, had been
closed for the season but in response
to the insistent requests of the girls
it would be opened on Sunday, Oct. lp.
The announcement of the regular
schedule of classes was also made. On
Monday evenings from seven o'clock to
nine, lessons in china painting will be
given by Miss Ora Valletta White, and
the classes in millinery and dressmak
ing aTso will meet at the same period.
On Tuesday evenings, choral rehears
als and English Grammar Wednesday
evenings, English Literature and Dra
matic Art Friday evenings, First Aid,
under the direction of Dr. Anna Hurd.
After the announcements, Rev. J. M.
denary, introduced the speaker of the
evening. Very Rev.
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Moynihan,
D. D., President of St. Thomas College,
St. Paul. The address of Doctor Moy
nihan was replete with anecdote and
parable, illustrating at every turn his
fascinating theme, viz.: that the secret
of happiness lies in the development of
^one's own God-given powers and in the
generous, unselfish use of those pow
ers. The speaker dwelt with enthusi
asm on the world of books into which
anyone may enter at any time to share
the most precious legacy bequeathed to
us by the past.
A few well-chosen musical selections
and a reading by Miss Hazel' Lotze
rounded out a short and delightful pro
gram
BISHOP DllIE I5
CHANCELLOR OP PEORIA 010-
CESE IS KlLLEb—VlCAB ,GEN.
ERAL ALSO INJURED.
Rev. E, J. Schuetz, chancellor of
the diocese of Peoria, Illinois, con'
nected with St. Mary's Cathedral, was
killed the Right Reverend Edmund
M. Dunne, Bishop of the diocese of
Peoria, had his right shoulder dislo
cated, and the Very Rev. James V.
Shannon, Vicar General,of Peoria and
rector of the Cathedral, suffered a
sprained ankle wheii the automobile
in which they were going to a con
firmation ceremony at Princeville, 111.,
skidded and turned over in a ditch
one and one-half miles east of Prince
ville, Oct. 4. Father Schuetz was
pinned under the car. His neck was
broken.
Father Shannon was brought to St.
Francis Hospital in Peoria, while
Bishop Dunne, despite.his injury, went
on to Princeville.
Father Schuetz was born jat
Streator, 111., and was only recently
made chancellor of the diocese. He
w is master of ceremonies at the
funeral of tho late. Archbishop Spald
ing.
CATHOLIC WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS
M^W ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCHED
IN SOUTH.
Two philanthropic organizations of
Catholic women were launched last
week in San Antonio, Texas—the
Catholic Women's Association and the
Catholic Women's Building Associa
tion, both chartered corporations un
der the laws of Texas. A public meet
ing of Catholic men and women, called
by the authority of the Right Rever
end J. W. Shaw. D. D., Bishop of San
Antonio, was held at the Catholic
Women's clubhouse, and there was a
large, attendance of representative
Catholics of the city. i
The Building Association lias for its
object the erection, purcha ""repair
and sale of property. The Catholic
Women's Association has for its aims
aud purposes to support benevolent
charities, to offer in particular friend
ly hoip to- young women, and especial
ly encourage the working gifis of the
city.
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CATHOLIC COLLEGE DESTROYED
BROTHER*' COLLEGE OF 8T.
LOUIS SUFFERS FROM FIRE
TWO AGED TEACHERS DEAD-
Ten men are known to have died
in a fire which destroyed the central
portion of the main building of Chris
tian Brothers' College in St. Louis, on
Thursday, October r. Two, of the
known dead were aged members of
the Christian Brothers' community.
They were Brother Cormac, aged !U,
and Brother Clement, aged 72. They
had been long connected with the
^college but were on the retired list,
and in recent months in the infirmary.
They were trapped on the fifth floor.
Six known to be dead were firemen,
who were carried to the basement
from the third floor when a wall col
lapsed. At least twelve firemen were
carried down in the wreckage. Seven
of them were taken out badly hurt.
The bodies of five known to be dead
were recovered during the afternoon,
the others, the next day.
Another death was that of-a-nurse
who was in attendance on the aged
priests and who received fatal in
juries when he dropped from a fifth
story window while firemen were
climbing a ladder to rescue him. A
watchman at the college, Edward
Sheehy, also perished.
The fire w as discovered the
registrar of the college. Brother
Abban, while he was walking down
the corridor on the fifth floor. lie
turned in an alarm and hurried to
the dining hall in the basement,
where 105 students and thirty mem-'
bers of the faculty were at breakfast.
He quietly told Brother James of the
fire and the latter ordered the stu
dents and faculty to march out of the
building.
Several brothers remained behind
and carried out the sacred vessels
and the vestments from the college
chapel.
The loss is estimated at more than
$300,000, partially covered by insur
ance. The entire central portion of
the building was wrecked, but two
wings were saved. The wireless ap
paratus on the roof, one of the. most
complete in America, was carried
down when the roof fell. The natural
history and curio museum was de
stroyed.
It is proposed to raise $150,000 for
a new building. More than $25,000 has
been subscribed since the fire.
Still GYIIASIDM
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AMBROSE COLLEGE ADDS TO
.EQUIPMENT.
St. Ambrose College of Davenport,
Iowa, is to have a fine new gymnasium
to cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.
The addition of this building to the
several of that institution is an in
dication of the progress that Catholic
schools and colleges are inaking in
the Middle West.
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ARIANI'S NEW ORATORIO MAKES
A DEEP IMPRESSION AT FRAN
CISCAN JUBILEE.
In commemoration of tjie fiftieth
anuiversary of the founding, of the
first church of the, Franciscan Order
iu New York, a concert was given at
Carnegie Hall Monday night, October
2,
at which there was a first per
formance of the oratorio, "St. Fran
cis," written for the occasion. The
text is by Father Sixtus Lagorio and
music by Adrian Aviani. The solo
ists were Mme. Alda and Messrs.
Luca Botta, Adamo Didur, and Mario
I.aurenti of the Metropolitan Opera
Company. The chorus was that of the
Metropolitan Opera House, and the
orchestra was made up principally of
members of the Philharmonic Society.
Many dignitaries of the Church at
tended the presentation.
The new oratorio made a .very deep
impression. The composer, appropri
ately enough, has laid the foundation
of his style on the ancient modes that
still survive to some extent in the
Gregorian plain-chant of the Catholic
Church. Through Mr. Ariani's music
this influence is always to be felt.
COUNT AW
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NOTED CATHOLIC DIPLOMAT MAY
OCCUPY POST IN WASH
INGTON.
It is rumored in diplomatic circles
that a new Ambassador is to be ap
pointed to represent the Austro-IIun
garian monarchy in Washington, in
the person of County Albert Apponyi
of Budapest. The appointment would
bring to the United States one of the
most able statesmen of Europe, an
orator of universal fame, and a Cath
olic gentleman of the highest type.
Count Apponyi, who has long since
passed his sixtieth .birthday, was the
son of Count George Apponyi, leader
in his day, of the Conservatiw3 party
in Hungary. The present Count was
educated by the Jesuits in Kalksburg,
Lower Austria. In his younger days
he was joined to his father's,—the
Conservative—party, which he left iu
the late '70's for the opposition, and
when, in 1905, that party raised obje
tion to the action of the Crown, in
making Hungarian the official language
of the army, he joined himself to tli
so-called '48, or Independent party, the
leader of which was Francis, sou of
the famou^ Louis Kossuth, the patron
of Hungarians in the United States.
Under the premiership of Alexander
Wekerle, Count Apponyi was appoint
ed Minister or Religion and Culture,
and it. was due to his efforts that {lie
standing of the professors and teach
ers of religious orders iu Hungary
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THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, OCTOBER 14, 1916.
PROMINENT PART PLAYED BY
f&MES CONSPICUOUS —SOME
NOTES ON THE GREAT WEST­
ERN MISSIONS.
The Catholic Book Company of Port
land, Ore., has put forth a small book
which literally teems with interest for
all who are interested in the develop
ment of the great West. The Rev.
Edwin V. O'Hara, of Portland, Ore.,
has just issued a second edition of his
"Catholic History of Oregon."
In this brief but masterful narrative
Father O'Hara gathers together the
salient features that distinguished
the development of the great Oregon
country. The author, who is well
known in sociological circles in this
country, has had access to practically
all the archives that contain records
of the early history of Oregon. With
skilled hand he has united various
elements and formed therefrom a
beautiful tapestry in which suffering
and trials, and hardships, and tri
umphs, and success, are each shown
forth in appropriate colors.
Three great names staud out con
spicuously in Father O'Hara's narra
tive: Archbishop Blanchet, Father
De Smet, and Dr. McLoughlin. These
are the names of heroes ','no prouder
names are inscriUed on the honor roll
of pioneer missionaries and empire
builders of the W:estern hemisphere.''
The book opens with a rapid sketch
of the early years of Dr. McLoughlin,
that sturdy old friend of the Church,
a man who was born of Catholic par
ents, afterwards reared in the estab
lished Church of England, and finally
converted to the Catholic faith in
1842. From the'time when Dr. Mc
Loughlin became Chief Factor of the
Hudson's Bay Cdmpany in Oregon in
1824, his influence was extended in
building up the country as well as
promoting business for his Company.
Then follows a description of the
great work of Archbishop Blftnchet
from his early missions among the
peaceful Acadians and Miemac Indi
ans of New Brunswick to his heroic
work in building up a great ecclesi
astical province in the Pacific North
west. The Archbishop was one of
under whose direction many of the
higher schools are conducted, was
made to rank equally with that of the
lay teachers, and like compensation
accorded them.
As an orator. Count Apponyi has
few, if any, equals in Europe. I.le is
not only familiar with seven lan
guages, but has mastered the finer
points of each of them, and employs
the rare diction and delicate shades of
expression that would seem possible
only to the native. When several years
ago, he was in this country in the in
terests of the Hungarian emigrants, it
was reported that an enterprising
American sought to arrange a lecture
tour for him, throughout the lirger
cities of the country. Much of his rep
utation £^s a brilliant orator was ac
quired at the Peace Congress at The
Hague, to which he was sent as official
representative of his country.
No phase of Count Apponyi's life
affords greater interest to Catholics
than his deep religious nature. It is
said that scarcely a morning fails to
find him receiving Holy Communion.
Throughout all his political life, no
matter of moment was decided upon
until after he had sought the advice
and prayers of his confessor.
When he was well on in years,
Count Apponyi married an Austrian
Countess, a Catholic lady of brilliant
parts, and their family life is an ex
emplary one. It is a familiar sight in
the capital city of Hungary to see the
noble pair, accompanied by their two
children, attending public Mass in the
Coronation Church, on the hill of Bada.
CHURCH WITHOUT RIGHTS
CABRERA INTIMATES FUTURE OF
CHURCH IN MEXICO.
Oti Saturday, September before
the Mexico-American Commission
broke up headquarters at New Lon
don, Conn., a statement is said to have
been made by Senor Luis Cabrera,
Carranza's spokesman. Senor Cab
rera evidently agrees with the declar
ation of principle** by the Constitu
tfortalipt?. According to these princi
ples the Laws of the Reform are abso
lutely indispensable i» 9Ld_er de-| Spain
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HISTORY OF OREGON
TH E U RC CATHOLIC
those strong, rugged characters who
seemed to have been selected in an
especial way by Divine Providence
for successfully carrying the torch of
faith through the benighted land
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the West. No work was too humble,
no danger too arduous, no suffering
too severe to daunt his intrepid spir
it. He was a man after the heart of
St. Paul himself. It was due to the
influence of Father Blanchet that Dr.
McLoughlin was brought to investi
gate the claims of the Catholic
Church. McLoughlin, even before his
conversion, during the fourteen years
he was Governor at Fort Vancouver,
maintained at his own expense a
school in which prayers and catechism
were taught in French for the Catho
lic women and children on Sundays
and weekdays by his order. McLough
lin made his profession of faith at
the hands of Father Blanchet in 1842.
Ever afterwards he lived a most ex
emplary life.,
On the twenty-fifth of July, 1845,
Father Blanchet received episcopal
consecration in Montreal. In 1844,
six Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
had arrived and established an acad
emy at the mission of St. Francis
Xavier. Shortly afterwards another
school was opened in Oregon City.
Father O'Hara then carries us
through many vicissitudes that accom
pany the development of the country.
The book touches all the principal
points of interest that followed the
pioneer efforts of Blanchet, De Smet,
and McLoughlin, and closes with a
resume of the principal events from
1880 to the present time.
The work is intensely interesting,
though, necessarily, brief, and serves
as a guide to more detailed study of
the Catholic Church among the In
dians of the Wrest. It is distinctly a
valuable contribution to the history
of the Catholic Church in the* United
States.
prive the Catholic Church of tem
poral power which it had before the
War of the Reform. During recent
years it is said the Catholic Church in
Mexico was entirely lawless, trans
gressing the regulations of the Mexi
can constitution and of the laws of the
Reform. Moreover the intervention of
the clergy in political matters, the
possession of landed property on the
part of the clergy, and the existence
of convents are wholly illegal and vio
lative of the constitution. These are
some of the principles which Cabrera
is said to have put in writing some
time ago, and to have given to a staff
correspondent of the Catholic Press
Agency. The Constitutionalist gov
ernment proposes to make effective the
abolition of the monastic Orders ex
isting in Mexico, and above all, all
those of a merely contemplative char
acter.
This small insight into the charac
ter of the Mexican Commissioners
gives an inkling of what the Church
may expcct in bandit-ridden Mexico.
AKNUAL VISITATION
BISHOP LENIHAN ON LONG TOUR.
Right Reverend M. C. Lenihan of
Great Falls, Montana, started October
G, on his visitation to the parishes
and missions in the southern part of
his -extensive diocese. During his
two months' abscnce from home he
will .bless two hospitals dedicate 22
new churches, and administer the sac
rament of confirmation to over 6J
classes, in every one of which there
will be converts to the Catholic re
ligion.
There are ten more new churches
and schools in the northern part of
the diocese that are ready for dedica
tion, but the Bishop will not .visit that
section of the state before next year.
NEW SPANISH BISHOP
Father Nieto y Martin, a Madrid
pntish priest, has been appointed by
the Holy Father Bishop of Sigiienza,
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There is touching account Of how
the Indians journeyed from place to
place in search for missionaries, and
how finally Father De Smet set out
in 1840 to begin his missionary work
among the Flatheads. We notice all
through the work that the Hudson's
Bay Company, through the influence
of Dr. McLoughlin, showed great
courtesy and assistance to the Cath
olic missionaries.
OLD MISSION
It was discovered, a few days ago,
that old Mission Dolores Cbnrch, the
birthplace of Catholicism in San
Francisco, is crumbling in places, and
Is in danger of collapse. The but
i tresses of adobe, which support the
tiled roof, were encased in wood many
years ago, and when this was re
moved last week* tt was found that
the buttresses are fast crumbling and
can not hold up old walls an^
roof much longer.
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