This pamphlet was conceived in enthusiasm by men and women who are bristling with PEP to build a Beautiful Church in St. James Parish. They are impatiently waiting: they are clamoring for action. They want YOU to know what they propose doing. They hope you will be with them. Don't look for a seat in the Grand Stand-People who do things move-the disinterested sit and watch -- Our Parish Big Drum is beating a marching tune – “LET'S GO."
Your bond of $5000 and interest coupons for $1875 will be due on the 8th day of November, 1929. Please call at the Real Estate Department and pay same on or before above date. Signed Franklin-American Trust Co., St. Louis.
The fact is there is not half this sum at present in the parish treasury and somebody has to worry about it; suppose we take it in shares, you take yours and I take mine, and as one parish let us prepare to meet our obligation.
Some ot the parishioners have been on the alert about this matter and have consistently made their contribution every Sunday, others have neglected to turn in a weekly envelope, thereby creating a weekly deficit whereas there should be a weekly surplus.
All have enjoyed equally the benefits of the New Church or they have had at least the opportunity of doing so; hence, in justice one to another, there should be no culpable neglect of duty.
But it is easy to forget one's church envelope. All that is now asked is that you read carefully the statement which we shall mail you within the week and send in before November 1st a sum that will cover the amount you are in arrears through neglect of your weekly contribution.
Unless you do so the parish shall not be able to meet its obligation, and shall lose its reputation and financial rating in the business world and your pastors shall be embarrassed and humiliated.
The 4% collection is the chief source of revenue in the parish; through this fund we find it possible to pay Pastors, Teachers, Organist, Janitor, Insurance, Water Rates, Hardware. Telephone, Coal, Gas, Electricity, Interest on parish loan and this year we are called upon to make a payment of $5,000 on the loan itself.
This is a sufficient reason why the fund should increase and not diminish; but as a matter of fact this collection has taken a nose dive and unless we right ourselves there will be a crash.
The receipts for the past three months went down $786.00 from the level of the three preceding months and $852.00 less than the July, August and September of last year.
The following is amount of monthly collections:
1928 ---------- ---------- 1929 ---------- July $1,710.55 ---------- April $1,490.71 August .$1457.67 ---------- May $1,617.11 September $1,536.28 ---------- June $1,530.39 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- Total $4,704.50 ---------- Total $4,638.21
---------- 1929 ---------- ---------- July $1.132.35 August $1.241.43 September 1,478.35 ---------- ---------- Total $3,852.13
A new church, a bigger congregation should mean bigger collections; are we losing our morale?
By Rev. P. J. O'Connor
"Is there any place more beautiful than Ireland?" asked my companion as we gazed, with admiration from a hill that overlooks the Shannon where it forms an estuary 9 miles wide before it winds its pearly arms around an elbow of mother ocean.
My inclination to be truthful urged me to answer, "God made the rest of the world and being mindful of all other races, He made other parts of the globe also very beautiful."
This reply did not appear to be satisfactory and I was immediately reprimanded for my lack of exclusive admiration and was admonished that my love of Ireland had diminished.
To redeem myself from the implication of such heartless ingratitude I added an amendment, "God," I said, "used only one finger when making all the rest of the world, but he used, I believe, two when making Ireland."
The beauty spots of Ireland are numerous. varied, and magnificent. The Irish Tourist Association, Dublin, are making them better known. I procured one of its booklets in St. Louis before going abroad and found therein a list of hotels, places to visit, tours, rates, and other useful information. I do not intend plagiarizing these descriptions though I am glad to subscribe to their accuracy. I took a trip around Killarney in a service car and was taken 73 miles through scenes of stupendous rugged grandeur at a cost of less than $3. Tourists are protected from overcharge by this association; should a hotel be found guilty of overcharging, its name is taken at once from the list; rates vary in accordance with the values but they are reasonable; bed and breakfast usually costs about $2.
I was much impressed with the possibility of making Ireland a land of flowers. I saw lilies blooming in the open in August, not one, but a cluster of flowers to each plant, and our hot-house hydrangia grows in rich profusion on cottage plots. There were hedges and holly bushes magnificently robed in sweet pea blossoms up to September; and pansies, phlox, asters, begonias, shasta daisies, dahlias, delphinium. double poppies, sweet William and innumerable other varieties of flowers and flowering shrubs grow in rich luxuriance without much cultivation.
The country is dotted over with four room cottages, and occasionally pretentious villas; the adjacent farms in many districts resemble extended lawns -- verdant and velvety patches of green sward divided by fences built of clay and rich in foliage; here white thorn in blossom, gorse, dog brier and fairy thimble in springtime rival in color, the daisies and cowslips and cuckoo flowers that grow in the meadows. In the inland counties, the soil is a rich loam where cattle browse in bluegrass pastures or sleep contentedly in flelds of clover. Along the coast in the south and west, there are stalwart mountain rangesm, rugged wild and rocky wastes where range flocks of mountain sheep and little black cows securely treading dangerous paths in search of truculent patches of herbage, or gazing down on the wild grandeur of broken hills where lakes set like gems in a frame of gigantic boulders ornamented with colorful woodlands and united by streams as a necklace and pointing the way to the ocean.
Where the farms are small, the farmer or cottier lives in a home that may be described as a four room cottage set in a clump of trees not far from the roadside. His home has few modern conveniences; and the luxuries of life consist of the simple foods produced on the farm, the perfume of flowers, the song of birds, the glow of the turf fire, the prattle of children; and the diversions, a card game, the tune of a fiddle and occasional bottle of stout and a perpetual imbibing of tea especially where women assemble.
The English flag has gone out of 26 counties in Ireland and with it went most of those who were accustomed to uphold it. During the revolution homes of loyalists were burned and in some instances vast domains were seized and later on divided into small farms. To a tourist there is no indication that England has aught to do in directing the policy of the Irish Free State. It has its own flag, elects its own president, has its own parliament, army and ambassadors; designs and issues its own coin and collects its own revenue.
Four counties in the north of Ireland have decided to separate themselves from the rest of their country and continue the old allegiance to England. This is in the territory where centuries ago the lands of the O'Neils and O'Donnells were confiscated by the crown, the inhabitants put to the sword or driven into exile and English and Scotch settlers were given their places; these are traditionally adherents of William of Orange or Orangemen and their slogan has been since the Battle of the Boyne, "To hell with the Pope."
To give the Northern Parliament more extensive area of jurisdiction two counties that are predominantly Catholic were added to the northern division and these bitterly resent that section of the Anglo-Irish treaty that conceded partition and now separates them from their racial and religious associates; outside of this section of Ireland religious prejudice has no place in politics,
Hatred of England that in former times was given expression to in a long recital of ancient and modern wrongs has disappeared with the fairies into remote corners. Its purpose has apparently been accomplished; in the past every Irishman felt bound to be a prosecuting attorney accusing England in season, out of season before the bar of public opinion of tyranny and injustice, but now that judgment has been rendered and Ireland or that portion of it known as the Free State is free to determine its own course. Irishmen appear to be willing to forgive and forget, and a neighborly understanding is fast developing between England and Ireland.
There is a slump in everything that pertains to politics. and the word politics in Ireland means the split in the Sein Fein movement concerning the treaty that ended in bitter and costly civil war. There is a happy cessation to the enmities and discussions that led to the war and the Free State government is now securely established.
Taxes have become the nightmare and bugaboo of the Irish farmer. They are higher than they ever were in the past and there is little hope that the present generation will ever see them reduced,
The heavy taxation has numerous contributing causes, among them is the big compensation given to all loyalists whose property was destroyed by revolutionists, compensation also to railroads for destruction of property; rebuilding broken bridges and repairing of roads; old age pensions-everyone over 70 who has no income is given a pension -- but the worst is an item directly imposed by England as a condition of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, namely, the pension compensation clause. This demand requires the Free State Government to pay annually a pension to all who held government positions in Ireland prior to the treaty, these include judges, civil servants, police, regardless of age or service, many of whom now reside in England and are very young men, their pension will continue until death.
This clause and the partition of Ireland were conditions imposed by England as a reward to her friends and was the bone of contention that caused the civil war and which still divides opinion as to whether the Free State is a freedom or a curse.
Since Ireland is an agricultural country the burden of taxation falls immediately upon the farmer and affects more acutely him and his employees. He cannot pay high wages and survive and his employees knowing this are sympathetic though dissatisfied. Considering the size of the Irish family, the high cost of living and the small wage, the poor are made poorer.
The government is making a laudable effort to stimulate industry by tariff protection. It extends privileges on raw material to individuals like Mr. Henry Ford who has in Cork City a factory where tractors are manufactured for all Europe. He employs at a reasonable wage about 4000 men.
The Shannon scheme is the name given to the Hydro-Electric plant recently erected on the Shannon near Limerick City by the Free State Government. It is expected to operate in November and give electric current for fuel and light to 1500 towns and cities at a minimum cost. Nine hundred miles of high tension wires goes out from this center. The contract for construction was given to a German company which brought over many of its own mechanics, a number of whom have been taken in the net of the Irish colleen; in future the Irish around Limerick may be expected to have a strong blend of German.
In the towns in Ireland there are very few factories, the townsmen consist mostly of non-producers, they depend entirely on the country trade. They are in reality distributors of native and foreign produce and there is scarcely 1 per cent of mechanics amongst them. Many of them are considerably prosperous and assume an importance beyond their desserts; their children are usually well educated and have ambitions to belong to professions; they don't seem to have a sense of duty towwards improving conditions in their native land, at least they appear to have little knowledge of the streams of scientific thought that are flowing from the laboratories of the world. The capital they possess amounts to nearly a billion dollars and the greater part of it is invested outside of Ireland. I was rather disappointed with the spirit of New Ireland, the Gaelic revival is almost dead, I did not hear half a dozen people attempting to speak Irish though the government has made it a necessary subject in civil service examinations. An English accent is assumed in urban high society and the broad "A" so frequently heard in the sound of words makes one suspect that a "maass" of them are "half" ashamed of being Irish. In one town in County Kerry to assure a proper tone for the children of the elite a private school has been erected, and though there is in the town a splendid school conducted by the Christian Brothers and one conducted by Nuns, many Catholics send their children to this school which is being taught by a non-Catholic English lady.
As a consequence of the scarcity of industry the youth of the nation have little to look toward to except the immigrant ship and many of them are restless and irresponsible; nor do they appear to be solicitous about upholding the beautiful Christian Traditions of Ireland, the only recreation they seem to have is the dance which begins at 11 P.M. and ends at dawn. The athletic giants belong to the past and cross-road contests are rare.
Sex consciousness and sex appeal are much in evidence; the ladies' dress is the same as it is all the world over, a denial of christian modesty.
Yes! Ireland is undergoing a change! No doubt about it. The isolation that protected her admirable faith and virtue is destroyed. She is now a part of the big world that thinks more of the here than the hereafter. Her mental food comes in shiploads from England and consists of newspapers, magazines and films. The national press, with a few exceptions of county editions is not markedly constructive and the voice of the Pastor is scarcely audible. There are no ringing tones of warning or entreaty from the pulpit, the popular Mass is the one at which there is no sermon.
The unsuspecting complacency of the pastors is undoubtedly an indication that many of my impressions are false. In their better informed judgment, however, there is no reason to fear that pagan ideals shall ever sap the Irish Falth; and after all, an all night dance, an abbreviated feminine dress, a well developed appreciation of the modern vulgar movie, is merely a sip from the cup of freedom recently handed to Ireland, or is no more than a passing phase of after war self expression which old-fashioned authority has not strength to restrain; there accompanies it, however, an honesty and independence of conduct which is the basis of all virtue, and Irish youth are only, perhaps, asserting themselves as being competent of steering their own course, and though unwilling to be driven, are willing to be led.
Generalization about people can never be more than half truth. I have also seen in the towns and cities of Ireland as well as in the country districts amongst clergy and laity, examples of beautiful Christian life and Irish culture. In Dublin and Limerick Cities I saw more people of an evening in the Parish Churches silently practicing their devotion to the Blessed Sacrament than I have ever seen in our churches in St. Louis during the days of the Forty Hours; and it is a well established fact that there is no crime in Ireland. There are only 700 prisoners in the Irish Free State and many of these are transients, flotsam and jetsam brought in by the tide.
The drink evil no longer exists in Ireland, saloons are deserted and the glory of the barkeeper is gone. It came about in this way; the Government imposed such a tax on drink that the popular interpretation has it, "when you buy one for yourself, you buy 4 for the Government." I saw only one man drunk in Ireland and that was in Galway, it was on a Sunday and he was knocking at the door of a saloon apparently endeavoring to gain admission; not succeeding. He turned to a passerby and expressed himself willing to bet 100 to 1 that the individual spoken to could not pick the winner of the Galway plate; people along the street craned their heads through open windows and were laughing, a few weeks later a friend of mine observed the same individual travelling 3rd class in a boat that was headed to New York.
Hotels at the well known beauty spots were filled with American tourists. They appeared to me to be a lonely lot just spending a day and passing on, seeing the physical aspects of the country and getting no touch of its spirit, pathos or humor. To know this depth of Irish life one must live in an Irish home and associate with the people. Of course few have this opportunity. One lady whom I met asked me to help her find her relatives. I asked her if she were looking for rich or poor ones. She said it didn't matter if they were her relatives. There was a fine sentiment in this expression: poverty that does not deprave the soul and is not one's fault, or when 'tis one's choice, is the garment of the sage and Saint, and among the lowly Irish there is something of charm which escapes description. It is a nobility of character that does not depend on the trappings of wealth or the pedantry of education. A soothing something that makes an atmosphere of home and love, a keen insight into one's thoughts, a sympathy earnest and refined, a freedom from the artificialities and the pretentions of six cylinder selfishness. This quality they possess in a marked degree, in many respects it unfits them for competition in the world where values are material wealth. Poetry and idealism are undoubtedly a poor stock for a man that wants to make a break in Wall Street, yet it is such sentiment that makes the mother treasure the broken doll of her dead child, and puts monuments over the dear departed. It is sentiment which gives strength to armies and fortitude to martyrs, without sentiment the Church or State would not long exist, "not in bread alone doth man live." There is another hunger also, the hunger for the beauty and poetry of life. Ireland lacks many things in the way of modern convenience and up to date efficiency, but in one thing it is rich and that is in the beauty and poetry of sentiment. I doubt if Ireland ever shall develop as a prosperous manufacturing center; temperamentally its inhabitants are more suited to dream, sing and be poets. The world has need of a song that is spiritual and a culture that is Christian; the new Ireland is in a formative condition. The mould it shall take depends on the moulders.
The Rosary and other prayers will be recited before the Blessed Sacrament exposed each evening at 7:30 at St. James Church during the month of October.
The regular monthly meeting of the Apostleship or Prayer was held Sunday afternoon, September 15th. at the regular time and place, Father Pohl presiding.
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
The Secretary reported that she had not received the list of names of the members comprising the various bands, who attend Mass and receive Holy Communion in Reparation for the Irreverences and negligences committed against Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, and expected to receive these lists from the various Promoters in a short time.
A discussion arose regarding the obligations attached to gaining the Jubilee Indulgence. We believe that the Promoters are now well acquainted with this obligation namely, making six visits to three churches, one of which is to be the Parish church -- three churches must be visited and it is permissible to make the six visits in one day; fast and abstain on two days; give alms to the poor or some charitable organization; and go to Confession and receive Holy Communion for the specific intention of gaining the jubilee Indulgence. It is, also, understood that the visits must be voluntary and not of obligation; that is, hearing Mass on Sunday could not be considered as one of the visits. Also, fasting and abstaining on Friday would not fill the obligations for gaining the Jubilee Indulgence.
The Secretary read the "Points for Promoters" and it was noted that considerable progress is being made in spreading the League of Intercession for priests. Also, attention was called to the Feast of Christ the King which falls this year on October 27th, the last Sunday of the month. The Secretary was requested to take up the matter of proper celebration of this Feast with Father O'Connor on his return from Ireland.
Genevieve L. Mahon, Secretary
The regulutions and prescriptions recently enacted at the Seventh Diocesan Synod of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis will go into effect on the First dav of November. From Paragraph No. 95. speaking of mixed marriages, the following is taken:
"Moreover pastors shall take care, under a grave obligation of conscience, that the non-Catholic party be instructed concerning the obligations of matrimony and the essentials of Catholic doctrine by means of at least six instructions."
Also, in regard to seeking a dispensation for a mixed marriage Paragraph No. 96 says: "It is also required that a petition (for a dispensation) contain a testimony as to the six instructions having been given to the non-Catholic party. Without such testimony a dispensation shall not ordinarily be granted."
Whilst we have called this a new regulation it is perhaps new only as to the specified numher of six instructions to be given to the non-Catholic party to a mixed marriage. The Catholic Church has always told the priest to enlighten such a non-Catholic so that a better understanding may exist between the newly married as to the true obligations of morality in married life and the requirements of Catholic worship.
Many a Catholic dazzled by the outward attractions of marriage, finds out too late the loose ideas held and the wicked actions practiced in the world today. Only a legal contract is thought of where reverence should be felt for the holiness of God's Sacrament of Matrimony. The rearing of children and their education in the fear and love of God are supplanted by abominable practices of self-indulgence to no fruitful end. Husband and wife by the wedding ceremony that there may be a respected father and a beloved mother in the home to bring up saints and loyal citizens in the land - must be the principal motive when asking God to bless a marital union. Instructions, then, along these lines will be welcomed by any honest man or woman wishing to assume the duties of a home-builder.
Furthermore, when the essentials of Catholic doctrine have been explained by a competent authority, sympathy will take the place of ignorant criticism when the Catholic party practices the duties of religion. Too often excuses are made that husband or wife does not understand what it is to be a Catholic. hence God and His Church can not be respected and obeved. If there be no maliciousness of disposition such lack of knowledge may be removed at the proper time. which is before the marriage has taken place. Often converts have received the first grace to conversion in the pre-nuptial instructions.
It is with a thought of usefulness and necessity that six instructtons have been prescribed. Particular notice is drawn to the fact that a dispensation for a mixed marriage hereafter will not ordinarily be granted without these previous instructions
Mr. and Mrs. John Manion and family have returned from their European trip. Also Miss Maude Murphy has reached home from Rome, as well as Mr. Jerry Gesell from the Far East. Many tales of adventure and descriptions of sceneries may be heard as groups of friends gather around the travellers.
We rejoiced to see Sergeant Eugene Martineau at Mass last Sunday proving that his automobile accident did not injure him severely.
Friday, the twenty-seventh of September. Mr. Lawrence Kraemer was taken to Missouri Baptist Sanitarium to be operated upon for appendicitis. He had suffered acutely at five o'clock that morning and as it was the third attack he determined to undergo the operation. At present he is convalescing nicely.
William Francis Baer, 1529 Tamm Avenue.
John Patrick McVey. 1434 Tamm Avenue.
William Joseph Holmes. 1945 Tamm Avenue.
Joseph Donald Pinz, 1564 Buck Avenue.
Oscar Anthony Wood, 1124 Graham Avenue.
Jacques Edward Nischwitz, 5835 West Park Avenue.
Catherine Marie O'Brien, 6423 Nashville Avenue.
Mary Margurct Hellagen. 1228 Tamm Avenue.
Richard Elmer Haferkamp, 6819 West Park Avenue.
June Charlotte Haenichen, 6143 West Park
Charles Leo Jones, son of Mrs. Mary Jones of Tamm Avenue. was married on Wednesday, September the eleventh, to Miss Mildred Stahl of Hughes Place. The young couple have been entertaining many friends at their home on Ecoff Avenue. They have our best wishes for much happiness.
A beautiful though simple ceremony was witnessed in Saint James Church on Saturday, the fourteenth of last month, when the marriage rites and nuptial Mass were celebrated for Mr. Carl J. Stay and Miss Elizabeth M. Brown. Walter A. Stay, brother of the groom, was best man, and Miss Margaret M. Oates bridesmaid. Quite a number of acquaintances were present to congratulate the happy pair. The bridal party and Father Pohl enjoyed a delightful wedding breakfast at Bevo Mill, after which the new home on Rannell Avenue was inspected. Let's Go wishes the couple prosperity and many blessings.
Mr. M.J. Armstrong, of 6648 Oakland Avenue, has been suffering from a prolonged case of acute gastritis. Whilst quite weak from dieting he is slowly improving.
Mr. Ed. Lovet and Company have opened another Canary Flower Shop in the West End at 7637 Wydown Boulevard. Success demands expansion in the business world, so we are glad to see this evidence of the Canary's prosperioty.
On Sundays during Fall and Winter: 6, 7:30, 9 and 11.
October 31. Vigil of the Feast of All Saints.
Novemher 1. Masses 6, 7:30 and 9. Though it is Friday, meat is allowed at all meals.
Rectory: 1368 Tamm Ave.
Convent: 1354 Tamm Ave.
Business hours: 9 a.m. to 12.
Many of the parishioners have requested that the hours of funerals be continued at 8:30. They say this gives them an opportunity of working in the afternoon after attending the funeral.
The traditional time is 9 o'clock. This goes back to the days of carriages, when it would take an hour to go across the City and a funeral took a whole day. There seems to be a good reason for a change.
Mrs. Peter Manion'S broken toe, though troublesome, is getting along nicely.
Saint Ann's Sodality held another delightful outing on Monday, September the twenty-third. Thirty-five members assembled at the school; and rode mostly in trucks furnished by the Mahon Brothers and Joe Sharamitaro in picnic spirit to "Ravenwood," the clubhouse of Mrs. Placke and Mrs. Wiber at Valley Park. After a delightful dinner the ladies enjoyed themselves with games of cards and lotto. Father O'Connor, accompanied by Mr. James Lawless and Chauffeur "Buster" O'Connell, visited the party but did not stay for supper. As darkness began to fall the ladies started home singing. We can not name all that were present, but the Sodality wishes to thank the Transportation Committee. who were Thomas Mahon, Frank Mahon, John Mahon, Joseph Sharamltaro, John Moore, Maurice Cooper, John Corbett and William Corbett.
Many of Saint James parishioners were grieved to hear of the death of Elizabeth Anastasia, two-year-old daughter of Daniel J. Coad and Agnes Houlihan. She became ill Sunday, the first of September, from eating some unripe fruit at her home in Creve Coeur, Mo., and died at St. Mary's Hospital the following Wednesday. The funeral was held from Saint James Church to Calvary Cemetery on Saturday, September the seventh.
After an illness of a few months Mary Catherine Capelli. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Capelli, of 6456 Lloyd Avenue, died on Tuesday, September the seventeenth. She had foreseen her approaching death and prepared for it by the weekly reception of Holy Viaticum, and being strengthened with Extreme Unction. But twenty years of age, she was only beginning to truly appreciate the things of life, when God called her to begin her eternity. The funeral took place to Calvary Cemetery from Requiem High Mass at Saint James Church on Friday, September the twentieth. May she rest in peace!
Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Jackson with Mother Cullen are showing off their new Buick automobile.
Young Mr. Egli is improving rapidly after several weeks of illness.
"To all, therefore, who in the prescribed time shall have been present and taken part in the public recital of the Rosary and the Litanies, and who shall have prayed for our intention, we grant seven years and seven times forty days of indulgence before God, to be obtained for each attendance.
"We grant the same favours to those also who are hindered by a legitimate cause, from joining in the public prayers: but on this condition, that they shall have practiced these devotions in private, and shall have prayed for our intention.
"To all those who within the time prescribed shall have at least ten times, either in the church, or when legitimately hindered, shall at home, perform the same devotions, and, after due confession, receive the Holy Eucharist, we remit all punishment and penalties for sins committed, in form of a Pontifical Indulgence.
"Finally, to those who, whether on the Feast of the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin, or within its octave, shall have purified their souls by a salutary confession shall have approached the table of our Lord, and shall have prayed in some church, to God and the Blessed Virgin for the wants of the Church, and for our intention, we grant a Plenary Indulgence,"
"The Indians used a cylindrical apparatus to which were attached written scrolls and at the turn of the crank, the prayerful homage was said to their gods. The more ingenious contrived to connect this machine to water or wind power so that continual invocations might be made.
"With Catholics the recitation of prayers, to be efficacious. must be more than mechanical; prayer must be the elevation of the heart and mind to God. Again it is said that the Rosary is the prayer of the ignorant, yet after the Holy Sacrifice and the Breviary, it is the most sublime in the Church, composed as it is of the Lord's Prayer, the Angelical Salutation, the Doxology, the Apostles' Creed. Its simpltcitv is its treasure. The Lord's Prayer was taught to us by Christ Himself (St. Luke 11, 2 ete.). The Angelical Salutation is recorded in St. Luke's Gospel 1, 28. The Holy Mary was composed after the council of Ephesus 431 as a lasting rebuke to the heretical Nestorius who denied the sublime prerogative of Mother of God to Mary. The Doxology is not essentially a part of the Rosary, but is a fitting act of homage to the Trinity and is said after each decade. The Creed is equally non-essential, but custom has sanctioned its use."
When your beads are blessed by a priest. with the blessing goes an indulgence, the ones usually given are known as the Crozier and the Dominican.
1. Crozier: For each Our Father and Hail Mary, five hundred days. This indulgence is granted to each bead, hence it is not necessary to say at least five decades to gain it.
2. Dominican: Indulgence of one hundred days for each "Our Father" and each "Hail Mary" is granted to those who recite the entire Rosary or at least a third part, provided the Rosary used is blessed by a Dominican or by one having Dominican faculties.
Indulgence of five years and 200 days for the recitation of one-third part of the Rosary. (Five decades.)
Indulgence of ten years and 400 days for those who together with others either at home or in the church recite five decades.
An indulgence is the remission in whole or in part of the temporal punishment due to sin after the guilt has been forgiven. This definition we shall proceed to explain.
1. No sin is remitted or forgiven by an indulgence. The guilt of every sin, great and small, i.e. mortal and even venial must first be erased from the soul in order that an Indulgence granted by the Church may remove all liability to temporal punishment. The ordinary means provided by Christ for forgiveness of all sins committed after Baptism, is the Sacrament of Penance and an essential condition of this is deep sorrow of heart for having offended God with a purpose of amendment.
2. What is understood by Temporal punishment? It means the punishment which often and generally remains due to sin, whether venial or mortal, even when the guilt of the sin has been blotted out from the soul. It is called Temporal because, whether endured in this world or in the next, it will last only for a time.
The good news is out that the Card Games will start soon. The Mothers' Club want some kind ladies in the parish to offer their services as chairwomen; some very nice prizes are already on hand.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sailer have returned from their honeymoon trip in Switzerland to the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Barr.
Mr. Jerry O'Connell and son John spent a couple of weeks in the East. Mr. O'Connell feels so good he is ready to go to work.
Saint James parishioners enjoyed the flowers this Summer and Fall around the church. It was a pleasure to see different blooms every Sunday morning.
The Mothers' Club thanks Mrs. Wiber for the stove she gave to the Lunch Room. It is one to be proud of.
Mr. Charles Thompson, the Janitor, deserves credit for having the school in first class condition on the opening day. The mothers were all pleased to see it so clean and neat.
The Forty Hours Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament will end this evening with special services at seven-thirty o'clock conducted by a Jesuit Father. The opening of the devotions last Friday morning saw the little children in all their glory march in solemn procession around the church. During the day young and old visited Our Lord enthroned on the altar and no doubt many precious graces have already been received. Today remains to gain the indulgences so richly bestowed at this time.
A Plenary Indulgence is granted to all persons who, being truly repentant, receive the Sacraments of Penance and of the Eucharist, visit the church in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed on one of the three days of the Expoaltion, and pray for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff. The visit must not necessartly last one hour.
A Partial Indulgence of ten years and ten quarantines is granted as often as the church is visited and a short time is spent in prayer. Sorrow for sin, with the firm resolve of going to confession, is necessary to gain this indulgence.
These indulgences are applicable to the souls in Purgatory.
The st. James Alumni Dramatic Club will present the play entitled "What Anne Brought Home" the early part of December, the exact date and place will be given in the next issue of "Let's Go."
They are looking forward to receiving the financial backing of the Parishioners and are hoping that this play will be given to a capacity house. Anyone desiring to be a patron can give his name to one of the following:
Arnold Clegg. John Moore, Fred McKenna, Helen Saxton, Euphronious Jones, Rosalie Moran, Mary Wack, Mae McCauley.
Get your ticket reservations early and you will, thereby, encourage the committee.
Miss Ita McCauley now attends the Ursuline Academy in Kirkwood where she is very popular with all the girls.
Mr. Charles Drennan of 6636 Garner Avenue is in the Veterans' Hospital at Jefferson Barracks. P>
UNCLE HENRY'S LETTER
Sept. 1, 1929.
dear Charlie:
wel the Pastor is back again from his trip an has been kept busy telling the rest of the "harps" about the green swards and boggie downs of dear old Ireland. I don't know if he is trying to cause discension an unrest among a sertain group of the Irish. but "tis indade a beautiful pitcher he's afthur paintin of the paceful conditions an the happy souls of the Ireland he saw."
his tales remindin thim of friends and relashions back in the ould home has the hibernians wapine and wailin an yearnin for a glimpse of Kerry, Dublin, or Cork.
Ireland aint the only thing the Pastor is talking an thinking about these days, however, as he is got a cupple of notes which has to be paid next month, an he aint got the money to pay em on acount of sum of the folks has neglect there payments during the vacation seazon an he is doing a lot of intensive worrying about it. they always have come across though. an i guess they will this time wen they find out how serious it is.
he has had to listen to a lot of grumblin too on account of Sister Gabriel's edict concerning the clothes for the girls in school. wen they was told to get uniforms there mothers put up a terrible holler, speciallty them as spent most of the summer sewing dresses for there little darlings, but the rebellion is quieting down, an Sister wins out, which is as it should be.
i was reading the other day about the death of Hugo Schaff. i guess you remember he is the man who planned the landscaping for the church grounds. that calls to mind that in the short year since the church is finished, Mr. Macken who gave the lot and alter, an Charles Schuler who had part of the contract have passed to their reward. an it shows that we never know when our work will be terminated by the grim reaper. Tempus Fugit.
St. Anns gave a picnic last week at Plackeville on the LaGarce river, and there spiritual director had a wonderful time. Most of the women left there kiddos at home, and devoted the day to tempting Father Pohl with samples of their culinary endeavors. it got so bad he had to throw a lot of it over his shoulder into the river to keep from offending them, an i seen a piece in the paper ware the people down stream are complainin about the amount of food like angle cake an fruit an deviled eggs and salad that is floating down the river.
i dont know if you herd about the swell big Arena that is just about finished in St. James' parish but sumthing you probably dont know is that the choir is one of the main units in the choral program which is to be rendered on the opening night of the Dairy Show. i dont know what is the idea of the elaborate singing program unless it is to provide an atmosphere of contentment for the cows. it is all right if the cows is been raised under cultured conditions an understand latin. but suppose they come from a farm ware the radio an jazz music is the only diversion; how you goin to content em with that classic stuff? looks like a noble experiment to me.
jack Brady was skinned up pretty bad the other day on account of he was riding in forest Park with Bennie Bender an hymie Greenspon and they chalenged tom Mahon to a race. tom was foxie an kept the inside rail an wen bennie attempted to pass him he suddenly found himself headed for the Grand Basin an all points south an wen he tried to get back on the road a lamp post delibertly run into him, an disaster took the three of em to her bosom. the patients is doing nicely an the machine is being fixed up with a new body, chassis, 4 wheels and engin. the horn wasn't damaged much.
another accident that nearly resulted fatal was wen a machine run down Sargent Martineau wile he was directin traffic. i understand the sargent was pretty mad an neerly run out of blanks writing tickets for the feller; charging him with running thrugh a signal, careless driving, attacking a officer, attempted manslaughter an a few more crimes. they ought to give him life.
it looks like eddie Ryan is permanently infected with the gasolineitis germ. he is a confirmed adict an can't stay away from it. he was tellin me that he is chief dispensor for the City Service Coso station at Clayton an McCausland Ave. he says if eny of his old friends come out there he will gladly serve em. eddie never was proud.
the Holy Name Society is planning a show for the last Sunday in October an they say it will be a knockout if they can get the services of a cupple of well known stars that they are tryin to line up. i will let you know more about it later Charlie. an if you want sum tickets i will be glad to get em for you.
your pertickler friend & uncle
HENRY
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