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Leading Colleges and Academies
parents ond WM ^ i s department of the Me s s e n g e r of great assistance in selecting the best of r schools for their children.^ The list contains some of the. most prominent Catholic Colleges Guardians and Academies in the various States of the Union. Call the attention of your friends to it.
Georgetown University
W A S H IN G T O N , D. C.
Directory fo r Catalogues or Information P r e p a r a t o r y D e p a r t m e n t
37 th and O Streets, N. W.
C o l l e g i a t e D e p a r t m e n t
Georgetown College, Washing'ton, D. C.
S c h o o l o f M e d i c i n e
The Dean, 920 H Street, N. W.
T h e T r a i n i n g S c h o o l f o r N u r s e s
Georgetown University Hospital T h e S c h o o l o f D e n t i s t r y
The Dean, 9 2 0 H Street, N. W.
The S c h o o l o f L a w
The Dean, 506 E Street, N. W.
T h e A s t r o n o m i c a l O b s e r v a t o r y
The Director, Georgetown University Rev. ALPHONSUS J. DONLON, S.J., President
BOARDING COLLEGE CONDUCTED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS
SPRING HILL COLLEGE, Spring hill, Mobile Co., Ala. CHARTERED 1836 i 1830
Just the School for boys w h o w ish to escape the rigors of the N orthern clim ate. Mean temperature of the w inte m onths 52 degrees Fahrenheit.
Healthy location—Every convenience of a modern college—Curriculum includes the Preparatory, High School and College Courses—Degrees Conferred.
W rite for catalogue to Rev. E. Cummings, S.J., President
Mount St. Mary’s College
and Ecclesiastical Seminary 1917
E M M I T S B U R G , M A R Y L A N D Conducted by Secular Clergym en, aided by L a y Professors
Classical,Scientific, Preparatory and CommercialCourses
Separate Department lor Y ou n g Boys For Catalogue M address R t. Rev. Mgr. B. J. Bradley. LL.D.. President
H oly Cross College, W orcester, Mass.
TERMS S300
O L D P O IN T C O M F O R T C O L L E G E Select Preparatory School For Boy»
Courses: Grammar, Commercial and H igh School.
Address Re v. Br o. Di r e c t o r, Fort Monroe, Va.
Conducted by the Jesuit Fathers Collegiate Deoartment. Board, tuition, washing and mending, u ; e of gymnasium, library and reading room, physical instruction, and medical attendance, $300.00 a year.
Apply to Re v. Jo s e p h N. Di n a n d, S.J., Pres.
Kindly mention The Messenger when writing to the Schools 2
V IL L A M ADO NNA A C A D E M Y
VILLA MADONNA ACADEMY O n the Ohio
S ix Mi l e s So u t h o f Co v i n g t o n, Ky.
University affiliation. Boarding School for young ladies and girls. Unsurpassed for healthfulness and location.
Splendid opportunities for out-door exercises. Basket
ball, tennis court and croquet grounds. Conducted by Benedictine Sisters. Send for catalogue.
Address S IS T E R D IR E C T R E S S ,
Vi l l a Ma d o n n a Ac a d e m y, Lu d l o w, Ky., R. F. D.
St. Mary’s College and Academy
! St. Joseph Co. Notre Dame, Indiana |
< i Correspondence from parents having J ]' daughters to educate is cordially in- 2
< | vited. An illustrated catalogue will be % J i s e n t o n a p p l i c a t i o n to Th e Pr e s i d e n t. z
M O U N T ST . JO S E P H C O L L E G E a n d A C A D E M Y D ubuaue, Iowa
Co n d u c t e d b y t h e Si s t e r s o f Ch a r i t y, B . V. M.
Chartered by the Legislature of Iowa. Affiliated with the Catholic University. Registered with the State o f New York. Excellent facilities offered for the education of young women. Collegiate Degrees. Course in Pedagogy open to Ju n io r and Senior students. Academic Department. Conser
vatory of Music. Supervisor’s and Teacher’s Courses in Music, Art, and Domestic Science.
Journalism . For catalogue address: Sister Superior.
Mt. St. Joseph’s Academy and Day School For Girls and Young Ladies
Ru t l a n d, Vt.
Address the Mo t h e r Su p e r i o r, M t. St. Joseph, Rutland, Vt.
Saint Mary’s College and Acadcmy
P R A IR IE D U C H IE N , W IS C O N S IN A Boarding School for girls, conducted by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. For Year Book a p p ly to the Di r e c t r e s s.
& ACADEMY Sot
Lexington Ave., 76th and 77th Sts., N . Y. City.
A N E W T YPE O F D A Y S C H O O L Boys may stay at school until 6 P. M. Study
period is provided to do the home lessons.
A B O A R D IN G SC H O O L A Real Home School.
H igh School—G ram m ar— Primary.
Low Rates, Gymnasium. Catalogue M .
L A D Y C L I F F
ON T H K H U D S O N (A djoining West Point) YO U N G L A D IE S ’ ACADEMY
A department for small boys. Education thorough and practical. Location beautiful and convenient.
Terms moderate. Send for prospectus. Address Sister Superior, Ladycliff, H ighland Falls. N. Y.
Holy Ghost Institute, Techny, 111.
Bo a r d i n g Sc h o o l f o r Gi r l s a n d Yo u n g La d i e s. Conducted by the Missionary Sisters, Servants of the H oly Ghost. Scientific and Commercial De
partment, Department of Household Arts and Sciences, Art, Music. H ealthful location, nine miles north of Chicago city limits, easy of access by the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway.
Address Mother Provincial, H oly Ghost Insti*
tute, Techny, Illinois.
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ST. MARY’S COLLEGE
ST. MARYS, KANSAS
Collegiate, Academ ic and English-Commercial Courses Single Rooms For Advanced Students
U N D E R T H E M A N A G E M E N T O F T H E
Fathers of the Society of Jesus
Good Scholarship and training of character the chief aim— but every facility afforded for sports and physical development. Extensive Campus, Gymnasium, Tennis Courts, Swimming Pool, etc.
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE
Rev. William J. Wallace, S.J.
PRESIDENT
F O R D H A M U N IV E R S IT Y
F O R D H A M . N .Y . Under Direction of Jesuit Fathers.
W rite for Catalogue.
R e v . J o s e p h A . M u l r y , S . J . , P re s.
St. John’s Preparatory College, Danvers, Mass.
is concedcd by all to be the Elite of New Eng
lan d’s Catholic Boarding H igh Schools. Send for Catalogue.
B m o t h e r Be n j a m i n, C .F .X ., Danvers, Mass.
MT. ST. DOMINIC ACADEMY
C A LD W ELL. N. J.
In the Heart of the Orange Mountains. Under direction of the Sisters of St. Dominic. For in
formation address Si s t e r Su p e r i o r.
Academy of M ount St. Ursula
B E D F O R D P A R K . N E W Y O R K C IT Y An incorporated school for resident and day pupils.
Training School for Teachers. For particulars address: T h e Mo t h e r Su p e r i o r.
M A R Y M O U N T
TARRYTOW N-ON-HODSON, N. Y.
H igh class school for young ladies, conducted by the Religious o f the Sacred Heart of Mary, when w riting to the Schools
Academy of St. Joseph
B R E N T W O O D , N. Y.
Boarding School for Young Ladies
Affiliated w ith the State University P R E P A R A T O R Y C O L L E G I A T E
Academic and Elementary Departments in separate buildings
S p e c ial courses in a r t, v o c a l and instrum e ntal music
A large fireproof building recently constructed affords accommodation for 150 extra students
flDount S t. 3osepb ColleQlate {Institute
Chestnut Hill Box 15, Phila., Pa.
Fifty-eighth Year Send for Catalogue
F O R G IR LS A N D Y O U N G LA D IE S
C h a rm in g ly situated on
the rom antic W issah ic ko n.
Elementary - Interme
diate — Commercial — College Preparatory.
C ollegiate C lasses for A c a d e m ic G raduates.
Sp e c ial C ourses in A r t , M u s i c , a n d Domestic Science.
G y m nasiu m under expert In stru c to r. C am pus of
forty-five acres.
D epartm ent for little b o y s .
Classes for D a y P u p ils .
We s t Ei g h t h St r e e t. Er i e. Pa. Under the Suoervision of the S IS T E R S o r ST. T OSEPH . Complete course in English, Latin. German. French, Book
keeping, Stenography. Typewriting, Music, Drawing, Painting and Elocution.
1 01 *’arti™ ,a' s TH*E D IR E C T R E S S .
Acadcmy of HOLY CHILD JLSUS Sharon H ill, Delaware Co., Pa.
A Boarding School for Girls.
Affiliated w ith the Catholic University of America.
College of St. Elizabeth, £7 jmeylatior
Forty-five minutes from New York College of Liberal Arts, College of Music, School
of Expression, School of Home Economics.
“ The A cad em y of S t. E liz a b e th ” Standard College P reparatory Course.______
St. Anthony’s Convent School
S Y R A C U S E , N. Y . Boarding and Day School for Girls.
Affiliated with the University of the State of I'Jew Y o r k . ______________________ .
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T o C ath o lic Schools
They will he given the best of education and care and a moral training which will make them men and women after God’s own Heart. This latter advantage is of vital importance in order that they may save their souls— the sole purpose for which they are in this world O n parents devolves the great responsibility of having then children properly trained— it is a sacred trust for which they shall be accountable to God.
The Me s s e n g e r contains every month the an
nouncement of prominent Catholic Colleges and Academies in this country. The terms are moderate and in some cases exceptionally low.
W rite to the institution for which you have preference, for full particulars and you w ill re
ceive a prompt answer.
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College of Mount Saint V i n c e n t - o n - H u d s o n
Ci t y o f Ne w Yo r k.
A Catholic Institution for the Higher Education of Women. Day Pupils and Boarders. Location unsurpassed for convenience, healthfulness and beauty. One half hour from Grand Central Station.
Professors of Distinction. Equipm ent of the Best.
C o l l e g e— Four Years’ Course leading to the De
grees of B. A. and B. S. C o u r s e i n P e d a g o g y
open to Ju n io r and Senior Students. P r e p a r a t o r y D e p a r t m e n t . W rite for Prospectus, Academy of M ount Saint Vincent-on-Hudson, City of New York.
SETON HILL SCHOOLS
G R E E N S B U R G , P A .
St. Joseph Academy for Girls. O n M ain line P. R. R. 30 miles from Pittsburgh. Elementary and H igh School Courses. University affiliation.
Two years advanced Course for H igh School Graduates. Conservatories of Music and Art. Do
mestic Science. Gymnasium. Field Sports.
St. M ary’s Annex for Small Boys— 6 to 14 years.
Address Department B.
ST. U RSU LA ’S A C A D E M Y , Toledo, Ohio C o n d uc te d b y the U rs u lin e N u n s
BO A R D I N G Sch ool for Y o u n g L a d ie s and G ir ls . A ffili
ation s w ith th e C a th o lic U n iv e rs it y and State U n iv e r s it y . F ir e p r o o f B u ild in g s . A d d re s s, M O T H E R S U P E R I O R ,
Sacred Heart College
B E L M O N T , N. C.
N ear the Blue Ridge M ountains
C O L L E G IA T E , A C A D E M IC , P R E P A R A T O R Y A N D B U S IN E S S C O U R S E S .
Department of Music and Art.
ST. L E O ’S P R E P A R A T O R Y S C H O O L F O R S M A L L B O Y S .
For Catalogue address,
Si s t e r s o f Me r c y, Belmont, N. C.
Holy C ro ss Academ y and High Sch ool
Fo r Gi r l s. Co n d u c t e d b y Si s t e r s o f Ch a r i t y. 343 W e st 42 nd St. M anhattan, N. Y .
B o a r d i n g and D a y S c h o l a r s NAZARETH ACADEMY
C O N C O R D I A , K A N S .
Conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph. A n ideal boarding school for young ladies and girls.
Address Mo t h e r Su p e r i o r.
Holy Cross Academy, Washington, D.C.
Boarding and- Day School for Girls. Separate department for , little girls. Modernly equipped, fire-proof building, beautifully located on Dum bar
ton Heights, bordering on Rock Creek Park and overlooking the National Capitol. Sisters of the H oly Cross.
when w riting to the Schools
■ Y-?'
Conducted by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. vL, bourses thorough. Methods progressive. Excellent antages in Music and Art. Affiliated with the Catholic University of Am erica, and the University o f K entucky, ra in " school for girls, two miles from Bardstown. Unsur- ea climate. Parks and groves, shaded avenues, g o lf links, an extensive campus furnished with basket ball, tennis t. etc.. add to the attractions o f an out-door life,
buildings, with a frontage o f a thousand feet, contain
•ythinsf required for what is best and highest in educatioo.
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ST. JOSEPH S ACADEMY
D A Y S C H O O L
FOR Y O U N G
L A D IE S G IR L SAND
6400 M innesota A v e n u e , S t . L o u is, M o . Conducted by Sisters o f St. Joseph
B O A R D IN G r p H E site o f the Institution is in the highest A N D -I- degree healthy ; situated on the west bank
o f the Mississippi; commanding a fine view o f the river and vicinity. Grounds am ple for exercise and well kept. Guarantees a solid and refined education in : Classical. L iterary, Scientific and Commercial Courses. Preparatory, Intermediate and Prim ary Courses. H ighest facilities in all Departments o f Arts and Music. F or other p ar
ticulars address, Si s t k r Di r u c t r k s s.
Mount de Sales
Academy of the Visitation
C A T O N S V IL L E (n e a r Ba l t i m o r e) M A R Y L A N D Ideal School for Young Ladiei
Classic, Literary and Scientific Courses. French and German receive special attention. Depart
ments of Music, Art and Elocution. Magnificent situation.
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St. ITlary’s College
a n d J lc a d e m y Monroe, Michigan
FOR YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS i
/CO N D U C T ED by the Sisters, Servants of the Im m aculate
^ Heart of Mary. Distinguished for refining influences.
Extensive parks and w alks for outdoor life.
C O L L E G E -Empowered to grant Degrees and State Teacher’s Certificates A C A D E M Y A H igh School recognized by State University and Normal Schools
S eparate D e p artm e n t for little tfirls. Exceptional advantage* in M usic, A r t , E lo c u tio n , and Domestic Science. Certificates granted.
— F o r pro sp e ctu s a p p ly t o M o th e r S u p e rio r — ■
Academy, Mount St. Joseph-on-the-Ohio
Eight miles west of Cincinnati.
Boarding School for Young Ladies and Little Girls
Beautifully situated on an eminence nearly six hundred feet high, overlooking the Ohio River.
For illustrated catalogue address Di r e c t r e s s, M ount St. To=enh, Ham ilton Co., Ohio.
Academy of Notre Dame, Roxbury, Mass.
For R e sid e n t P u p ils an d Day P u p ils Pamphlets, Views and full inform ation sent on request. Address: , Sister Superior, Academy of Notre Dame, W ashington Street; Roxbury, Mass.
Loretto Academy, Niagara Falls, Ont. Canada.
BOARDING SCHOOL fOR YOUNG LADIES For particulars address:
Mo t h e r Su p e r i o r.
Mt. de Chantal Academy
W H E E L IN G , W . V A .
Conducted by me Sisters of the Visitation
For catalogue apply to the Directress
Georgetown
Convent of the Visitation
‘D eligh tfully Situ ated on Georgetown Heights
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Founded in 1799
A d d re s s - - Sis t e r Dir e c t r e s s
I M M A C U L A T A S E M I N A R Y
M ount M arian, W ashington, D . C.
Select suburban school for girls conducted by the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods.
College preparatory and special courses.
Two-year course for H ig h School graduates Music, Art, Oral Expression, Domestic Science.
A bundant outdoor exercise. Sight-seeing with experienced chaperons. Address Sister Directress.
St. Mary-of-the-Woods
COLLEGE AND ACADEMY
F O R W O M E N A N D G IR L S 76th Y ear
[ Affiliated with the Catholic University o f America J and accredited by the
Indiana State Board of Education F u ll C o lle g e and P re p a ra to ry C o u rse s i . S p e cia l a d van tag e s in M u s ic , A r t , D om es- . K tic S c ie n c e , and E x p re s sio n . 12 B u ild - / L i n g s . N e w C o lle g e H a ll, C o n s e rv a to ry .
o f M u sic w ith C o n c e rt A u d ito riu m . G y m n a s iu m , N a ta to riu m , B o w lin g , .
H o rse b a ck R id in g , C Jolf (4 0 -a crc L i n k s ) , ctc . P u p ils from 25 S ta te s . F o r B u lle t in s , ad d re ss
S e c r e t a r y , B o x 9 0 , S t. M a ry -o f-th e -W o o d s, In d ia n a i
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Sanitariums Training Schools for Nurses
K n e ip p S a n ita r iu m S T v i S
Under the Care of the Sisters of the Precious Blood A ll forms of nervous diseases, liver and stom
ach trouble, gout, rheumatism and other chronic complaints of diverse nature are treated.
BOOKLET SENT FREE ON APPLICATION Address Si s t e r Se c r e t a r y,
Kneipp Sanitarium , Rome City, Ind.
G R E Y L O C K R E S T
ADAMS, BERKSHIRE CO., MASS.
Reached from New York, w ithout change, by Harlem Division, Lexington Avenue.
Conducted by the Sisters o f Providence, a most desirable resort for hose needing rest and mountain air, and for the care o f nervous, chronic and convalescent patients. Home comforts. Trained nnrses.
Complete electrical departm ent; also modern system of needle and shower baths. Insane patients not admitted. Address applications to S I S T li R S U P E R IO R , G reylock Rest, Adam s, M ass.
Sacred Heart Sanitarium
fOR NON-CONTAGIOUS MEDICAL CASES
ST. MARY’S HILL
FOR NERVOUS, MENTAL AND DRUG CASES
Address Or. Stack or Sister Superior, Milwaukee, for literature
St. Vineent Charity Hospital Training School tor Nurses
E. 22nd St. and Central Ave„ Cleveland, 0. 4
C onducted b y th« Sisters o f C h a r ity o f S t . Autfustine Offers to young women, desiring to become trained nurses, a complete anti system atic course o f instruction in both theoret
ical and practical nu rsing. T h e course o f training comprises a period c f three y e a rs—probation term in c lu d e d -a n d classi
fied in the Freshm an, Jn n io r and Senior ye ar. F o r further in
formation address the
Superintendent of Nurses St. Vincent C harity Hospital, C levelan d. Ohio
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, N. Y.
T R A IN IN G S C H O O L F O R N U R S E S . Co n d u c t e d b y t h e Si s t e r s o f St. Fr a n c i s
Registered by the New York State Educational Department. Course of instruction thorough.
Separate Nurses’ Home. H ealthful location. For further particulars apply to the Sister Superior, or the Superintendent of the T raining School.
ST. JO S E P H 'S H O S P IT A L , Y O R K E R S , N. Y . T raining School for Nurses
Conducted by the Sisters of Charity. Regis
tered by the New York State Educational De
partment. Three years’ course of instruction.
H ealthful location. Separate Nurses’ Home.
For further particulars apply to the Sister S u perior or the Principal of the T raining School.
A Picture of the Sacred Heart of a size suitable for Churchcs, Schools and Institutions.
Im itation oil painting mounted on a stretcher, size 32 x 45, price $3.50, express prepaid to places East of the Mississippi. I f for shipment W est of the Mississippi, 40c. additional should be added to cover the express charges.
This same picture m ay be obtained in w ater color effect (not m ounted o n a stretcher), printed o n heavy paper. $1.50, 4 copies for $5.00. Send orders enclosing remittance to Desk 10, Apostleship
of Prayer.
I f y o u c a n a ffo r d it , p r e s e n t s o m e o f t h e s e p ic t u r e s t o s c h o o ls f o r c la s s r o o m s .
The Manual of the BONA MORS CONFRATERNITY
A s so ciatio n for a H a p p y D ea th This M anual is to aid the living in preparing for a happy death, assist the dying to die in holy confidence, and move the faithful on earth to hasten the eternal rest of the souls in purgatory. 25 cents per copy; $2.40 per dozen.
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An illustrated booklet that will be found especially interesting and helpful by boys and young men who are thinking of giving up the world to serve God.
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DUJARIE INSTITUTE Notre Dame, Indiana
Join St. Xavier’s Union of the Sacred Heart feed°f cV iti.eU a m ! educate the In dian children. Membership. 25 cents a year. Indulgenced Sacred Heart Scapular.
A selection of [ndulgenced Prayers given w ith each membership. Spiritual Benefits are num erous and very great. Be a Promoter. Souvenir electro Gold P in given to each Promoter.
S IS T E RS OF ST. JO S E P H ______ -______ -______ -_______•________1926 Iow a Avenue, Superior, Wisconsin
Reverend
desiring to organize the League in their parishes may obtain complimentary from the
Pastors Central Office of the Apostleship of Prayer, 801 W . 181st Street, New York, a bookie:
giving method of procedure to establish the work and helpful instructions for the organization and management of the devotion.
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CONTENTS F O R M A R C H , 1917
...Frontispiece ion for March)
John Corbett, S.J. 129 ....C h a r le s J. Q uirk, S.J. 133 ... Clara M ulholland 134 ...Jennie B. M arvin 141 ... Athene Douglas 145 , . . . J o h n H . O ’Rourke, S .J. 140 ... W . P. Ratigan, Jr. 150 ... M ark J. McNeal, S .J. 160 ...A. K. M . 104 ... P. J. Carroll, C.S.C. 165 ... F. P. Le Buffe, S.J. 171
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... 192 T HE M A ST ER’S F A C E ...
L A R G E A N I) H O L Y F A M IL IE S (General Intentii T H E S C O U R G IN G (P o e m )...
A R U D E A W A K E N I N G ...
A M O D E R N P R O D IG A L ...
A N G E L U S B E L L S (P o e m )...
U N D E R T H E S A N C T U A R Y L A M P ...
R E IN H E R Z : A L E G E N D ...
D IA R Y O F F A T H E R V I L L O N ...
T H E H O L Y N A M E S (P o e m )...
T H E Y E A R S O F F A T H E R J O H N ...
T H E E U C IIA R IS T IC P R O P A G A N D A ....
IN T E R E S T S O F T H E S A C R E D H E A R T O U R Q U E S T IO N B O X ...
T H A N K S G IV IN G S ...
S O M E G O O D B O O K S ...
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IT is a pious tradition that on the way to Calvary, Veronica offered a cloth to our Blessed Saviour that He might wipe from off His Sacred Face the sweat, blood and dust. He accepted it and left for Veronica’s unspeakable consolation the imprint of His Sacred Countenance on the cloth. How we love the photo
graphs of our dear ones 1 How we clinjj to them and what comfort we draw from them 1 This is especially true when the loved ones are absent and gone. Think of the sad joy a mother derives from the picture of the child for whom she mourns, and from whom the part
ing has been till eternity.
W hat a precious treasure this veil upon which was left the imprint of the sorrowing face of our Blessed Saviour ! I t was a face more beautiful and more sor
rowful than all the beauties and all the sorrows that earth had ever seen or experienced. How lovely that Divine Countenance on His Mother’s bosom at Beth- Iehejn the first Christmas night, or out on the sandy wastes of the desert on the way to distant Egypt I How comely the face of her up-growing Boy in prayer on the graceful slopes of Nazareth’s hills or as He toiled in Joseph’s carpenter shop I How full of majesty and power that face as He calmed the winds and stilled the waves and quieted the fears of His timid Apostles on Genesareth’s stormy waters !
The Church bids us veil that face on the crucifix dur
ing the sad days of Passiontide that we may see it more distinctly with the eyes of the spirit and imprint it more yividly on our souls. How unspeakably sad, yet how compellingly attractive that face as Veronica saw it on the cloth 1 No human face has ever been so sad, has ever been so loving, for on it was the evidence that in His Sacred Heart was a sorrow whose depths knew no bounds, and a love, broader, deeper than the shore
less ocean of unfathomable depths. After death we hope to look upon that face lit up with a smile of wel
come as we enter into the Father s kingdom purchased for us by our Master’s death.
Selection o f Souvenirs
FR IE N D S of Th e Me s s e n g e r who are striving with energy and zeal to introduce the little magazine into other homes, have not as their primary motive the souvenirs or premiums; still we know they are glad to receive these as a token of our appreciation for their co-operation in the cause, and it is a pleasure for us to bestow them.
The pictures announced on the back cover page of this number are very attractive, and were printed especially for distribution as souvenirs to friends who obtain five or ten subscriptions as explained in the announce
ment under the pictures, and we have no doubt that those who will select these will be well pleased. If, however, something else is preferred, the following list ofifers a variety from which to choose:
Choice of Souvenirs for friends who secure 5, 10, 15 or more subscriptions to the Messenger of the Sacred Heart.
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F or 25 I f you send twenty-five subscriptions you may have the follow- Subscriptions ing five books : Under the Sanctuary Lam p, The Fountains of the Saviour, O n the H ills w ith O u r Lord, O u r Daily Bread, The King's Table, or No. 110, a beautiful scapular bracelet, rolled gold plate, R om an finish.
20 w ill entitle you to souvenir No. 45, a beautiful rosary in imita- Subscriptions tion stone, amethyst, garnet, emerald, opal or moonstone beads;' or you may have instead the facsimile oil painting of the Sacred H eart unframed, size 14 x 20.
15 will entitle you to souvenir G, a Sacred Heart Chaplet, rolled Subscriptions gold chain, garnet im itation stone; or No. 1, jeweled rosary in im itation stone, opal, sapphire, garnet, emerald or moonstone beads; or No. 76, a beautiful scapular locket in rolled gold; or No. 100. f b i s is a beautiful color-gravure of the Sacred Heart in large size, 33x46, unframed, suitable for a Church, school or hall. It is reproduced in delicate colors and our Lord is represented as appearing in the heavens.
10 will give the choice of any of the follow ing souvenirs: No. 2, a Subscriptions neck chain in rolled gold w ith medal of O u r Lady; No. 74, Scapular locket in rolled gold; or No. 29, the F ollow ing of Christ, bound in American Seal; or No. 107, a nice medal bracelet bound in oxi
dized silver.
5 No. 101, the League Devotions, a special prayer book for Subscriptions League members; or No. 105, an attractive Scapular brooch in
rolled gold, daintily ornamented; or No. 60 ” — Scapular brooch in --- - *.«. a rosary in imitation stone, gilt chain, w ith either amethyst, garnet or emerald beads; or No. 106, a nickel-bound Crucifix, four inches long; or No. 108, an attractive little neck
lace with medal; or No. 71. an enamelled, gilt badge emblematic of the Sacred H eart, having the words, “Thy K ingdom Come.”
See also announcement on cover
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< ip ) Large and Holy fam ilies
John Corbett, S.J.
T iO T H in the Old and the New Testament children are regarded as the blessing of God upon marriage. We read in Psalm 127 :
“Blessed are all they that fear the Lord, that walk in His ways.
For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands;
blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
Thy wife as a fruitful vine on the sides of the house.
Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table.
O f the wicked sinner it is said: “In one generation may his name be blotted out.” Ps. 108, 13.
In the New Testament, St. Paul writes to St. Timothy that “the woman shall be saved through child-bearing, if she continue in faith, and love, and sanctification” (I Tim. 2, 15) ; and in the same Epistle he says of widows: “I will therefore that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.” (5, 14)
The Catholic Church renews and promulgates her fidelity to this teaching, when in the beautiful Nuptial Mass she prays over the bride: “ May she be fruitful in children . . . and may they both see the children of their children to the third and fourth gen
eration.” Such has always been her attitude towards large families.- It is not surprising, then, that, when pagan principles have come to prevail once more in many countries of the world, our Holy Father, Pope Benedict X V , should invite the Associates of the Apos-
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tleship of Prayer to pray for large families, that is, to pray that married people may live in strict obedience to the law of God and by their fidelity to that law merit the blessing of fruitfulness.
The decline in the birth-rate of many countries has been for years a source of serious consideration for governments. It is a disease characteristic of the present age, and has spread to such an alarming extent i,n France'that even twenty-five years ago the cry was sounded that, if some immediate change did not take place, the French nation would in a comparatively short space of time become extinct. Yet year after year the same lament has had to be made that there were more coffins than cradles. W ar conditions have tended to make the situation more acute. In the first six months of 1915, as compared with the first six months of 1914 the number of births fell from 307,8G0 to 251,599, a decline of 56,621. In the same peHod without counting those who fell in battle or who died as prisoners or in the hospitals and ambulances of the Army zone, the number of deaths mounted from 335,071 to 368,712, a rise of 33,641. In 1914 the excess of deaths over births was 27,211; in 1915 it was 117,113. A marked feature of the French statistics is that the highest birth-rate is always shown in the Departments which are most Catholic or less hostile to the Church. “The most prolific parts of France are those in which the people have retained their allegiance to the traditional Church.” Such was the testi
mony of M. Leroy Beaulieu. While there are social and economic causes for the decline in the birth-rate, the primary cause is in
difference to or abandonment of religion.
But it is not merely France that is afflicted with this awful scourge. In 1914 a Government Commission was appointed in Germany to inquire into the causes of the declining birth-rate and to recommend remedies. England last year had a National Birth- Rate Commission which reported that within the last thirty-five
•years the birth-rate had declined by a third. Unhappily such com
missions pay little attention, as a rule, to the root cause, the for
getfulness of God’s law. Not all, however, are blind to the real situation. In the early part of 1916 a gift was made to the French Academy, the interest on which is to be distributed each year amongst large families which are at once peasant and Catholic.
The donor thus set forth the reason of his gift: “Convinced that
LARGE AND H O L Y F AM ILIE S 131 to restore the fecundity of our race is the most essential interest of France; that the most efficacious counsellor of duty is religious morality; and that every Frenchman ought to do his utmost to help on the restoration of the national life— I desire to assist some of the fathers and mothers who, by daily sacrifice voluntarily undergone, still maintain homes in which the children are many.
The annual revenue of the foundation, which will be about 25,000 francs, is each year to be distributed to families of French Cath
olic peasants, and divided between two such families, which are the poorest, the largest, the most Christian in belief, the purest in morals.” Such a gift teaches a much-needed lesson to men who deplore the lessening birth-rate, yet make no effort to in
culcate the only effectual remedy.
For over half a century conditions similar to those of France have prevailed among certain classes in the United States, especially in New England. The director-general of the census of 1870 called attention in a special article to the doom of extinction which threatened the descendants of the Puritans. Happily our Catholic families in the United States have remained faithful to the teach
ings of their religion. As Catholic Ireland has the highest birth
rate in the British Isles, so in our country the growth of the Cath
olic population is, to quote an English observer, making the United States “a great stronghold of the Catholic Church.”
Living, however, in the midst ,of thousands who are suffering from moral decay, Catholics run the risk of infection and some may be led astray by the bad example and the immoral principles that are openly defended. It is, therefore, of the greatest im
portance that we should have not merely large families, but holy families in which every member is striving to lead a saintly life.
The model of the Catholic home is the house at Nazareth, where the Holy Family dwelt. Catholic parents are expected to emulate the virtues that shone in the lives of Joseph and Mary. The Cath
olic husband and father must realize his sacred responsibility as the head of the family and rule it with such love as Christ has for the Church, His spouse. On the Catholic wife and mother depends almost entirely the religious training of the little ones who from their earliest years must be taught to love and serve God. Both parents will reflect on the blessings that are sure to come with
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many children. What can be more charming than the exercise of family affection, as witnessed in our Catholic homes, the love of parents for their children, of children for their parents and of children for one another? Even merely natural affection is beau
tiful. How much more, when it is made supernatural by faith and hope and charity and parents look on every child entrusted to them by Almighty God as a precious soul destined to be a saint in Heaven.
Again, a large family is a means of developing many virtues in the hearts of both parents and children. The father who wishes to bring his children up well needs courage and self-denial and self-restraint. He needs the help of the Sacraments. The mother needs heroic courage to face the illness and anxieties incident to a large family, but who can measure the joy of motherhood and describe in fitting words the gentleness and tact and enduring patience by which the mother holds the family together and smoothes away the difficulties that may arise? Children in a large family develop a beautiful spirit of generosity and unselfishness.
Their parents can justly look forward to an honored old age when their children will strive to repay them with generous love for all the sacrifices and sufferings they may have had to endure.
We are sure that our Associates will pray earnestly that such homes, blessed by many and holy children, may be multiplied throughout the world. In the face of the violent assaults of Satan and his allies upon the sanctity of married life, Catholics must keep clearly before their minds that the law of nature, the law of God and the law of the Church condemn any wilful inter
ference with the course of nature. They must protest vigorously against immoral opinions when proposed in conversation and use every influence to safeguard the purity of public life. Parents must take a holy pride in bringing up a large family of devoted Catholic children. In the midst of a generation that'is given up to luxury and an abnormal craving for amusements they must sanc
tify the home, and by making their homes attractive to their chil
dren save them from the dangers that beset them in all large cities.
From such families will come the priests and religious of the next generation and the sterling men and women who will be the best support of Church and country in the hour of danger. The chil
dren of loyal Catholics have in many cities of our country replaced
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those who set themselves to defy God's holy law. Catholics must imitate the virtues of their ancestors ftnd beware lest any world
liness or greed lead them into the way of iniquity. Otherwise God will blot them out, as He has allowed others to vanish from the land.
Love for the Church and love for our country unite to urge us to earnest prayer for the intention recommended this month by the Supreme Pontiff.
. O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer Thee my prayers, works and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Thy Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all our Associates and in particular for large and holy families.
Burn deep red wells in Jesus’ flesh. The blood Burst forth from every pore, until there stood A Man blood-garmented. . . . A Living Death!
The thongs kiss h o t; but no word uttereth This Man, or agonized cry. The flood O f crimson deepens, till the heartless brood O f soldiers is fatigued, and whispereth:
“Who may this be?” They stare in wild surmise At that Figure all bloody-hideous,
Silent and still! “A God in human guise?”
But Christ is silent for He thinks on us,
“These sufferings I bear miraculous:
Resigned woes man shall immortalize!”
The Morning Offering.
T h e S c o u r g i n g
Charles J . Quirk, S .J
H E whips are lifted, and their hell-forged breath
A Pude Awakening
Clara Mulholland
H E ball-room was bright with flowers and lights, and gay with the sound of merry voices, and the strains of a brilliant waltz.
A little apart from the crowd, two women sat talking and watching the dancers.
“Exactly what we were at their age,” remarked Mrs. Mulvanie, her eyes wandering from her pretty niece in pure white, to her own tall daughter ir\ pink satin, “Mary is so simple— hyacinth so stylish.”
“Yes,” Mrs. Gaynor smiled, “they are a contrast, certainly.”
“It was foolish of you to send your girls to convent schools,
“I think not, Pauline. Anyway it’s a folly I don’t regret.^ My girls have been well trained and educated.”
“You are extraordinary. In your place I ’d have been wild at seeing Nita go into that convent. Gwen has done much better.”
“From a worldly point of view, yes. But Nita has chosen the better part and is happy.”
“A convent is not my idea of happiness. Fancy if Hyacinth took the veil.”
“The life would not suit her, certainly.”
“I should hope not. After all the money I have spent on her, (for fashionable schools are expensive) I ’d never allow her to leave me like that.”
“She'll leave you any way, Pauline. Aren’t she and Mr. Mintern engaged ?”
“Not at all. I ’d never give my consent to such a marriage. He’s a nobody and not rich.”
“But if she loves him?”
“That’s old-fashioned nonsense. Love coaies if everything else is suitable; not otherwise, now.”
“I like the old way best, Pauline. You and I both married for love.”
“And we didn’t do badly. Jim was a good husband and gave.me all I wanted. I missed him in many ways, when he died.”
Lucy.”
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Lucy felt a sudden pain at her heart. Her sister’s worldliness was always a grief to her. But that she should speak so callously of her dead husband shocked her beyond words.
“Jim was good,” she whispered. “I hope and trust your son may take after him.”
"Harold? He’s more like me, quick at business and well up in the ways of the world. I spared no expense on his education. W hat’s Paul about?” S
‘‘Doing splendidly. Paul is one of the best— ”
“O f course! Brought up by the Jesuits, I'm sure,” with a covert sneer, "he’s a Saint. But is he clever, hard-headed and knowing?”
“God has given my son good abilities. I think he will do well.”
“That sounds promising and I ’m glad. Harold has an idea that he’ll be an uncomfortable sort of partner by and by, when your good man’s no more. But don't glare at me so. You and yours are too good for this world. Some day with your pious ways you’ll come to grief.”
“Pray don't talk so, Pauline,” Mrs. Gaynor said gently. “You are not so worldly really, as you pretend to be. You cannot have forgotten the teaching of our girlhood, and the words of our Lord that dear mother used to quote, when she feared we were inclined to neglect our duty, for the sake of amusement and pleasure.”
“Dear me, Lucy! That’s such a long time ago.”
“To me it seems only yesterday. I hear the sweet voice clearly:-
‘Seek ye, therefore, first the kingdom of God and Hi$ justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.’ ”
“Really, Lucy we might be in church. A ll! here come the girls.
Both charming. Hyacinth so tall and stately, Mary— ah! I thought so,” as^her daughter was waylaid by a good-looking man and carried off to dance the lancers. “It’s qot likely Hyacinth would escape so easily. Well, Mary,” smiling at her niece, “with
out a partner? I must look round and hunt one up for you.”
“Thank you, Aunt Pauline,” the girl replied, with a sweet, bright glance. “I dance no more, tonight. Mother and I are going home.”
Mrs. Gaynor looked up quickly.
“You are sure you would not like another dance, darling?”
“Certain,” she said, smiling. “We must be out early, mother, to
morrow morning.”
