Or ?ant No. 72.-Vot. V.
talk ed4olir PRICE 6D.
PERTH, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1879.
the other conditions, except the recep- quired conditions ; let us purify our THE SPANISH LANGUAGE.-ITS GREAT souls from the guilt of sin by true retion of the Holy Communion. IMPORTANCE IN A COMMERCIAL SENSE. With regard to the last condition, pentance and sincere confession followed A writer in the Siglo XIX., a leading adus ; let fervent by a Communion or MARTIN GRIVER, by the race of viz : to give some alms to the; poor, dress fervent prayers to the Father of daily in the city of Mexico, is contributalthough work pious of some aid in God and the .favour of the Holy Aposing a series of articles on the Spanish leaves it to the discretion Mercies and the God of all comfort that tolic See Bishop of Perth, to the Clergy his Holiness He may remove all evils from His Holy language. The writer giving in detail we wish nevertheless individual, each of and Faithful committed to our spiritual the other objects and in- the number of souls who speak English, to draw the attention of our faithful Church, and for jurisdiction. the Holy Father. Let us, dur- Spanish, German, and French, the four tention of t calls frequen the people that, (considering ing pay daily our modern languages which exercise the the month of Mary Lord our in Benediction the and to Health made upon them to contribute homage to the of God, and en- greatest influence in the affairs of the Mother building of Churches and school -houses, Jesus Christ. intercession before civilized world. The statistics are as treat her powerful and to the support of the Orphanages), DEARLY BELOVED,-The late Euroabstained till now the throne of her Divine Son, that He follows : reluctantly had we pean Catholic papers brought us from exhorting them to follow the ex- may vouchsafe to protect and exalt COUNTRIES WHERE ENGLISH IS SPOKEN. the pleasant news that our Most Holy ample of the Catholics of the other more and more the Catholic Church and the approach Great Britain and Ireland, 31,600,000; LeoXIII.,on Pope us on Father Australian Colonies who have sent sums the Apostolic See, and pour down of the anniversary of his election to the of money to the support of the Holy His choicest blessings that we may lead Hindostan and Burmah, 3,000,000 ; Ceylon, Hong Kong, and other colonies Pontifical Throne, following the ex- See, and relief of our present Holy holy lives and obtain eternal glory. in Asia, 2,500,000 ; Australia, 2,000,000; ample of his predecessors according to Father, principally when we know that Given at St. Patrick's in the town of islands of the ocean, 200,000 ; Canada, ancient usage of the Roman Church, he has been robbed of his temporal proissued on the 15th day February perty, that the expenses of the Holy Bunbury, in the course of our Pastoral 4,650,000 ; Bermuda, Jamaica, Cape of Apostolical Letters, by which he grants See are daily increasing, and that He visitation on the 23rd day of April of Good Hope, and English possessions in America, Africa, and Europe, 3,000,000; a Universal Jubilee to the whole Catho- must be supported by the offerings of the year 1879. We gladly communicate to the United States, including Alaska, lic world. Now therefore, considerthe faithful. of Pertb. 6 MARTIN, Bishop Total 87,000,000 of 40,000,000. you these good tidings. of the majority of condition the ing people. The special object which his our people who are poor, wo think we Holiness has in view is to move the may be excused in applying the alms, COUNTRIES WHERE SPANISH IS SPOKEN ofienetial faithful throughout the world to special (one of the conditions to grant the to Spain, 17,000,000 ; Cuba, 1,400,000 ; prayers, good works, and alms -deeds, Jubilee,) to the relief of the wants of his Rico, 600,000 ; San Domingo, Puerto obtain the divine grace and that heavenly AMERICA. Holiness. It is far from us to afford to 600.000 ; Mexico, 8,577,000 ; Central aid of which the Church stands in so non-Catholics an occasion to be conAmerica, 3,000,000 ; South America, much need. The time appointed by firmed in their prejudice that the GENUINE. WIT. including Brazil, 26,000,000 ; Philipthe holy Father for the gaining of the Indulgence of the Jubilee is granted on Caroline, pine Islands, 6,280,000 ; .Jubilee is from the first Sunday in Lent, condition of, or purchased by, any alms editor J. Boyle O'Reilly, the gifted the 211,1 day of March last, to the first or offerings we may send to the, Holy of the Boston Pilot, lets off the following Mariana, and Ladrone Islands in the Pacific, 3,000 ; possessions in :Africa, day of June, which will be Whitsunday. Father. It would be indeed more on Joe Cook : 50,000. Total 63,690,0()0. Although we have not received yet proper, if the Catholics of this Diocese " Rev. Joseph Cook said, the Irish an authenticated copy of the Apostolic circumwealthy were placed in such Cook COUNTRIES WHERE GERMAN IS SPOKEN. Letters ; nevertheless, as the time fixed stances, as to be able to send our offer- are below the Chinese. Clarence brutal. and ignorant are said, they Austria, Germany 41,000,000 ; for the gaining of the Jubilee is getting ings to his holiness, exclusive of these John Boyle O'Reilly, replies :-The 9,000,000 ; in Switzerland and other short, we hasten to let you know the alms ; but we do not see bow to satisfy wisdom of ages, crystallized into a points, 3,000,000. Total .53,000,000. conditions prescribed by his holiness. our most earnest desire of testifying our proverb, says : God made men (inChurch lst.-To visit six times the filial respect, veneration and love, we cluding Irishmen), and the devil made COUNTRIES WHERE FRENCH IS SPOKEN. of each one's district, and there may add, our imperative duty to the Cooks.'" France 37,000,000 ; Alsace and Lot., pour forth your pious prayers to Holy See, but by applying the alms of 1,560,000 ; portions of Switzerraise, God for some space of time for the the Jubilee to its support. To this end land and Belgium, 2,800,000 ; Guadaprosperity and exaltation of the we recommend each of our Priests to POOR MEN PAY FOR RICH MEN'S lupe, Martinique, and other possessions Catholic Church, and of the Apos- place a box at the entrance of their CHILDREN. in Africa, 700,000 ; Cochin -China and telic See, for the extirpation of respective Churches with the inscription other possessions in Asia, 400,000 ; Governor Robinson, of New York, heresies, and the conversion of all " Jubilee box," fitted to receive the Senegambia and other possessions in of the concord for who are in error, alms of the faithful. cannot see the justice of taxing poor Africa, 540,000. Total 43,000,000. the peace christian princes, and for We request our Clergy to read this men for the higher education of rich SPANISH SECOND IN IMPORTANCE and unity of all the faithful people, Pastoral Letter to their flocks as men's children. He is old-fashioned our and for his Holiness' own intention. It will thus be seen that English soon as they shall receive it, and induce to believe that the common 2nd.-To fast once during the above them to perform the conditions to gain enough was intended for the stands first on the list, Spanish the system school named time, using only abstinence the Jubilee, if possible, within the general good, and not that of a class. second, German the third, and French food, (vulgarly called black fast), We hope that his The high schools, called colleges, which the fourth. The writer does not give appointed time. besides the eve of Whitsunday Holiness will prolong it, at least on have become excrescences on the sys- any statistics as to the number of by the Church. prescribed generally behalf of these distant Missions : how- tem, he regards with decided disfavour. persons in the United States who speak 3rd.-Confession and Communion. ever we may consider ourselves placed The common schools fulfil their proper Spanish, probably because of the insig4th. -To give some alms to the poor, in the case of voyagers or travellers, purpose when they give the children of nificance of that number. It is safe to or in aid of some pious work, as whom his Holiness empowers to gain the State a fair English education. To say, however, that of the 40,000,000 of may be suggested by the piety of the Jubilee after their arrival in their levy taxes upon the masses for the sup- people in the republic, excluding that place by complying with the required port of colleges for the children of the small portion who are of Spanish deseach. the first day of few, Governor Robinson considers " a cent, there is not more than 1,000 who As we are about to begin the month conditions even after our Priests to species of legalised robbery," and he is speak Spanish or know anything more we request Thus June. of May which is dedicated by chrisseveral entirely right. He holds that the argu- about that useful and magnificent lantian piety to the honor of the Mother of visit, as soon as convenient, their gain the ment that, as these normal colleges are guage than a digger Indian. God, we deem it a proper time for the stations that the faithful may station, open to all, they are a benefit to the gaining of the Jubilee in the principal Jubilee by visiting six times the celebration of poor as well as to the rich, is an utter towns in our Diocese. We wish to or place destined for the is laudable that the fallacy. " The children of the poor," GREAT BRITAIN. offer to the Catholics of the city of Mass. Although it made on distinct days, he truly says, " generally leave the should be visits themto avail opportunity an Perth THE selves of the power granted by the as this is not practicable in the country school with a common -school education, Mit. W. H. MALI.00K, ON holy Father to have the number of the stations whereto the faithful come from and go to work for themselves or their CATHOLIC CHURCH. required visits reduced to three by a considerable distance, we leave it to parents ; yet while the poor men's In an article on the Logic of Tolerahaving prayer in public procession the discretion of the Clergy to tell such children are thus at work, his little in the January number of the round the Cathedral three Sundays Catholics that they may gain the home is taxed to give the children of tion, Century, the writer, W. H. within the mouth of May. We like- Jubilee by visiting the station or place others a college education." Thinking Nineteenth after demonstrating that error wise recommend the Priests in their wherein Mass is said, six times on the men everywhere are coming round to Mallock, tolerant than truth, respective Churches, if they deem it same day, and complying with the other the views so forcibly expressed by must ever be more Governor Robinson. Looked at from pays the following tribute to the practicable, to have public processions, conditions. We likewise request our Beloved the standpoint of rugged honesty, it is Catholic Church and thus reduce the number of private Meanwhile, 'as far as the Catholic Clergy to explain to their flocks the a shamefully mean thing to tax a laborvisits. the evils His Holiness empowers confessors great benefits of the Jubilee, such as the ing man, who needs every dollar he can Church goes, she watches and at once deplores and to commute any of the aforesaid condi- privileges granted by it, the pardon and earn, to give a college education to the round her, She knows of them. tions for other works of piety, or post- full remission of all sins, and the con- son of a merchant or a lawyer. This is makes the best needs be that offences pone them to a later time, and prescribe ditions required to gain it, particularly the actual operation of the system in that it must too, that these such things as the penitents may be able that at least the last work should be every State which supports high school come ; but she knows, or normal colleges out of the common - offences may work together for good ; to perform, with the faculty of dispens- performed in the state of grace. Governor Robinson's nor does she refuse to profit by many We need not tell you, dearly beloved, school fund. ing with the Holy Communion in the is sensible and timely, that do Not follow after her. Whatever protest vigorous Father dethe Holy does have not yet been how earnestly who children, of case herself, she is theoreadmitted to their first Communion,and we sires that all and each of us should avail and we hope it will be heeded. Educate is good outside of taking into herself earnestly recommend our beloved Clergy ourselves of this great gum of the your children as well as you can, by tically capable the intellectual to look after the latter, that they may Jubilee. Let us then apply ourselves all means, but don't ask your hard- and assimilating ; whilst spectacle of the present, and the inalso gain the Jubilee by practicing all to practice with earnest devotion the re- working neighbour to pay for it.
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