The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province
Issue Date: Volume V (Issue No. 6) November 1928
Year: 1928
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extracted text: • VOL. V No. 6 NOVEMBER 1928 Catholic School Press, Baguio, Mt. Pr. Er tererl ae Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at Baguio, Mountain", on February 5, 1925 THE LITTLE !POSTLE OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVlNCE 1 lte organ of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary <Scheutrel<i Fathers in the Mountain Province of the Philippines. Edited and published monthly Editor . REV. 0. VANDEWALLE, P. 0. Box 1393, Manila, Phil. Is. Business Manager ... REV. V. FANIEL, P. 0. Box 1393, Manila P. I. Publishers . . . . . . THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL PRESS, Baguio, Philippines. { Pl .00 for the Philippines Yearly subscription price: $1.00 for the U.S. and Foreign Countries. All checks and money orders should be made payable to THE LITTLE APOSTLE, Manila, I'. I. Notice regarding change of adrlr~ss should be sent promptly.· All communications must be addressed to: THE LITTLE APOSTLE P. 0. Box 1393 MANILA, Philippines +i..-.c~~--1----------1--~,,_c _____ ,~+ I lN ecesita V d. Dinero? 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I I I I i I i i G"@Cr~ i i 11 I i I I I I I +-,-------------,-- ~-1---1-·----+ PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS 7 VOL. V, No. 6 NOVEMBER, l928 A Soldier Makes the Stations of the Cross I T WAS on a Friday afternoon, towards evening. I was alone in the church of .... in a corner rather dark. ... I can pray better when I feel alon·e in a deserted corner. -All at once I was distracted by the regular bumping of a pair of heavy shoes which betrayed a stout and energetic man. A soldier entered, advanced, went to the middle of the altar raVls, knelt down before the Blessed Sacrament and turned to the left towards the first station of the Via Crucis. Again he knelt down, stood up and he began to make the stations of the Cross. He had no book in his hands, he spoke from his heart and, probably thinking he was alone in the church, he said his prayers loud enough to be heard by any one who might be near. At first I tried to shut my ears, but he was so near without seeing me, that I could not help hear his soldierly prayers, and, I contess, they did me good, so, I wrote them down afterwards and I am glad to publish them here. I Station: Jesus sentenced to cl ea th. What a rabble! What scum! To bring a man before the martial court, because he cured the sick.... And that scoundrel of a governor, Pilate, who listens to their cackling.... Shame to them all.... Our Father. etc. II Station. Jesus takes up His Cross. ~By Jove, that's too much. Not only do they sentence an innocent man to death, but they force Hiim cairry His cross. If I had been there .... How bad people were at that time .... But anyway they are not much better now .... · they do not even perniit a cross in their sohoals. Poor J'esus, how they turture you .... Our Father. etc .... III Station. Jesus falls the first time. 162 That's ,clear .... with such a heavy cross on !his shoulders .... over such streets, worse than a foes.hly plowed field, who wou1d not stumble! How mU1ch does 1Jha.t cross weigh? Surely two h u n d re d pounds. My God! and you have been fasting sj,nce the day before! Ah! If I had 'been im his place, I would have thrown that cross away and I would have told them: "ye bunoh of scoundrels, if you want to crucify me on that beam, you can do it here!. .. :" they would have carried that oross, but not I, even if they would have shot me on the spot! Y.es. Our Father! etc .... IV Station. Jesus meets His Mother. That passes all limits. If my poor mother came to meet me when I w1 as on my way to Bag,umbayan to be shot, no, I would not have the heart to look at her. I would tell her to leave the place it is too much that Jiesus has to face His Mother .... Our Father. etc. V Station. Simon the Cyrenean he1ps Jesus to carry His Cross .. Three cheers for that man. He at least is a man. But in his place, I , would nqt have caught that end of the cross. I would, have d01I1e better. I would have given that end to God and I would have plaiced the heaviest side on my own shoulders .... no ... .I would have taken and carried the whole of it .... Out Father. etc .... VI Station. Veronica sweeps the sacred face of Jesus. Another one that is not afraid .... and a woman. Three cheers for such women. That's like the Sisters of St. Paul at Culion, who laugh ait the danger of contracting leprosy. That's what I like .... a cross of honor for such .... and to say that some governments chase the sisters away .... they are just like the masons at the time of Jesus .... and yet, they pretend to do it for the good of the people. Woe to them! Our Father. etc .... VII Staition. J esoo falls the second time. Believe me, man over there, who are kicking at Sesus, if I had been near Y'Ou, you would soon have fdt what ·i:t means to be k:j,cked, and I teH you, you would not have tried that again and again as you are do.i.ng now. Our Father. etc .... VIII Statidn. Jesus meets the holy woman. That's true Jesus, we sh6uld weep aver our si1 ns. But wouldn't it be better that JVe men now and then took your rights and the 1aw into our hands to prevent sins .... Take for instance those scandalous pictures .... if we tore them to pieces, they would not spoil our children. Our Fa.ther. etc .... IX Sta1 tion. Jesus falls a third time. And not singile one who even moves a finger to help you My Lord! Well, those who do no:t have a cent fpr charity are not much better than those scoundrels .... here and 'there a little help to the poor, would 1ighten many a cross. By the way, I wilil give something to the missions tomorrow. Tho._<;e poor fathers I have seen in the Mountain Province toiling over the mountains, they also • have a heavy cross to carry and thaJt only i!o lift up the poor Igorrotes from under the deadly cross of their ignorance. Our Faither. enc .... X Station. Jesus denuded. Shame to you all, ye scum! That's devil's work you are doing. What wrong did He do to you? If He had poisoned a whole regiment, we soldiers would not <lo that. That dress does not belong to you. Now there are people today who ought to have been with you, I mean those who are living on the blood of the poor people .... And to say that Jes us had done only good. Our Father. etc. XI Station. Jesus crucified. Bandits!...just look at that. Like mad dogs they find pleasure in hammering those nails through His hands and feet. ... you ought to be nailed on that cross .... Oh my Jesus, I pity you .... and to say that I sometimes feel lazy to do something for you! Our Father etc. XII Station: Jesus cries on the · Cross. That's the greatest injustice I 163 have ever seen .... He has not done anything against those savages. If I had been in His place, things "'.ou1d not have fjnished like that ... I was taught that He died for our sins .... Sins must be awfully bad .... He is God. He could have delivered Himself .... He must have loved us greatly, no doubt about that! Our Father etc. XIII Station. Jesus descended from the Cross. Poor womain! How can she stand that sorrow! If they brought me dead like that to my loving mother, sure, she would die. Anyone who kills Jesus by sin, ought to be courtmartialed right away. He is guilty of double murder. Our Father etc. XIV Station. Jesus laid in His grave. That's the last of it If it is because of our sins, then, sin is a very bad thing ... Anyway my Lord, with me a~ your place, those scoundrels wou1d have had to face a firesquad. And now, my boy, you'll have to be on the lookout .... no more of those sins that caused the death of Jesus! Our Father etc. ~G""' And the soldier, kneeling once more . before the Blessed Sacra" ment, left the 1 churdh without knowing he had been dbserved. SAVONAROLA. J64 November 2 ·All souls The Catholi,c Church teaches us that the souls 0 of the just who left this world soiled with the stain of venial sin remain for a certain time 1n a place of expiation, called Purgatory, where they suffer su,ch puniShment as may be due their offenses. It is matter a faith that these suff er1ng sou.ls are relieved from Purgatory by the intercession of . the Saints in Heaven and the prayers and the indulgences of the faithful u)pon earth. To pray for i1ie dead is, then, an act of charity, an act of piety, and sometimes an a.ct of justice towards those who were our benefactors on earth. We read in Holy Scripture "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." And when our Lord inspired St Odilo, Abbot of Cluny, towards t!he close of the tenth century, to estab1lish in his Order a general Commemoration of ail! the faithful d~parted, it was soon adopted by the whole western Church, and has been continued unceasingly to our day. Let us then e'ver bear in mind the souls of the beloved ones who left thi·s earth and off er up prayers for them. By showing this mercy to the suffering souls of purgatory we shall prove our love towards them not only by mere words but by real deeds, and we shall be particularly entitled to be treated with mercy at our own departure from this world. Suppose we could save one soul from the sufferings o:f Purgatory, then we will have a powerful protector in Heaven. And not only on November 2nd will we off er our prayers for the departed but during the whole month we will remember that there exists in the Catholic Churc·h "the communion of the Saints." The Communion of Saints means that the thr.ee branches of the Church-the Church militant, the Chuiich suffering• and the Churnh triumphant - can help one another. Wre, the Church militant, i.e. all those who are on earth trying to sav• e their .souls, can help the Chu11ch suffering by our prayers, by our good works. Placing candles on the graves, bringing flowers to the tombs is of no avaH to the souls. The souls need the mercy of God, and this mercy will · be obtained thru our intercession. · 16s ····~········~············· ~~~~~~~~~~~+++~~~+~++~~~~~~ tt it H So Speak the Wise .... · ·H it it ·H and the Young Heed the Lesson! it it it ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ft f J ft 436. A full belly neither fights nor flies away. ft it ft tt 437. The taste of kitchen is better than the smell. tt tt 438. 1 see now which leg you are lame of. tt tt 439. Little boats must keep the shore, larger ships tt tt may venture more. it ft 440. Like a lamb's tail going all day and noth- ft tt ing done at night. .tt .. tt 441. He is a fool that,,Jnakes .a. UJedge of his fist. ft . tt 442 .. One ha:a as goo<!, . be ni~bl;d .-to death by Jt. : . . :.ft ducks as pecked .to death, by hens. _ tt . tt 443. Put n.~t t~y hand betweetF~~e bar~·;~n1 ~h~·Jt,, . . ft tree. . ... - . . ", .. . it ... . Jt 444. The _ belly hates a, long sernz~n., "'; . Jt '· - ft 445 .. ·He blushes like a blac]?. dog. . ft tt "-446. 'cheat· m¢. in the.Price_,_ but ·'n·b~ in the goods. : jt . it 447. What a dust have ! 'raised; quoth 'the fly ft . · tt ·" · · upon the co'ath. · · ' · · · · tt · . tt ; -: -·'' -~ .. " ' -- .. ~·. tt . :H. #& .. A g,ood archer - is·not kn-0wn Hy.his ;arrows ft · - •"ff.·,-· ' ,., ' but" his''aim~~, ·~· '- ' .. · - · il : : .At -. r:.- ·f. ..... - ... ·- :-;:.: · .. , . ' ! • ;.· . . ft .!ft-. A49. It is.a :great Pity.do see-a. woma.n· weep. ». as ft ,_ff. ,.- .1, .• to see a goose ''go bti:refoot: · . • · · tt . .. f.t ... · ... . ., __ ,;, -•''· , .,- · -.. · .. ; ~-·-.; r ... ft · ,.-:U~ .· i,$(J ... ,'"fl.~.ef4rst. breat."IJ,..4! the beginning of"'1eath. ft it tt 166 ~:Bf ~Bf:~~~Bf:~~~Bf:~~~ ~ . ~ ~ THE MISSION ~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Mission News & Notes No worider that the feast of Little Flower has been a day of extraordinary blessings for the mission She care.S so tenderly for. Letters expressing hear tf e 1 t thanks poured in from all sides. · So Rev. Father Claerhoudt, at the mission of Bokod. writes: I had the immense pleasure of baptizing five adults and solemnizing 2 marrif\ges. And when I say 4'solemnize" I lay stress upon the word, for the Misa de Angelis was sung by our young choristers, who deserved congratulations for the beautiful performance. The future dawns bright, he continues, for on the feast of the Immiaculate Conception I ex,pect not less than sixty baptisms. Yet allow me to add that there is a little gloomy speck on that bright horizon. It goes without saying that on that most gloi:ious day they should come to church neatly dressed. They are so poor that they themselves cannot afford to buy the cloth. Dear Readers, no doubt that some among you w.ill help solve this dress-problem. ~17 Rev. Father De Pauw writes from Pugo: "A wave of extraordinary piety swept over Little Flower's Mission. Enough to say that during the novena hundreds of Holy Communions were received everyday. ~17 The same exul1Jing notes reach us from Cervantes: Reverend Father J. Portelange informs us that on the eve of the feast he baiptired 14 chi 1 d re n from Pilipil and on the feast day of Uittle.Flower he had the pleasure of off ermg a ,nosegay of thirty cleansed souls to Our Dear Redeemer. Ls that not a splendid dlose '.to a Novena during which the church was filled to its capacity everyday. ~17 A fine s;pirit of enthusiasm is manifest in the communication from Rev. F. M. Vanoverbergh:_ Allakayan (Cabugao) Sept. 29, 1928: Most hearty than'ks for dresses, baptisms, etc. · I went to .T-awit and Allak.ayan. Almost 5,000 S.Ouls! I had no re&t for the whole time I stayed among them 167 Father Portelange of Cervantes preparing the children of Filipi/ for Baptism. and parents beseeched me to baptize their children. They want-ed me to build 3 chapels a.nd willy nilly I haid to promise them a catechist. But.... · You understand the "but", Dear Readers. If through your ins tr'umeri ta 1 i ty, a single soul should be brought nearer to Our Lor<l, what .graces His loving Heairt wi.11 shower upon you i.n refum. What then of thousands you would help to saive? "':lt7 At the b~ginning of November His Lord.ship Msgi. S. Sancho, Bishop of Nueva Segovia will set out for_h~s pastornl visit to Cer- . vantes, Kay:an, Bauco, Bontoc and Talubin. The missionaries are preparing their christians for the reception of the sacrament of confirmation, and it is consoling for them to see how these christians are taking this preparation at heart "':it? On September 25 Father 0. Vandewalle left for Belgium. After 20 years of hard labor in the Islands a much needled" rest w!:l's granted to him. His many friends hope that his absence will not be very long a:nd thait soon he will ·come back with rejuvenated foroes. "':lt7 On October 13 Father Carlu. the parish priest of Baguio, . Father Deldaele formerly missionary at La Trinidad (Benguet) Brother Pierre the builder of 168 .Such .. type· of. men will ·meet Msgr. Sancho ·at his arriyal in · "'·: :l ·Bauco on the.occasion of his pastoral visit. many churches in the Mountain Province and Br-. ,... Van Harten a new.comer returned .. fr.om ·· Belgium. .. Tli:e. -stay in the. ·homeco'untry im;pr.oved the health of the · valiant missionaries very much; Ha,ppy to be back-in their beloved Philipp~nes 'they resumed their apostolic labors for the greater glory. of God and the welfare of the people. . - ~G"" ' A few weeks ago a new book ca~ -front the Baguio -School . Press "Alagaden ti. Panangisuro ti Doctrina Gristia:na" Useless to say it was printed with the utmost: care. · This explanation of christiandoctrine by Rev. Father G. Declerck of Tagudin will be of great help to both teachers and catechists. With ·the help of · this book there is no difficulty that remains unselved. · The :bo6k is for ·sale ·.at' ·the· Gatholic School Press - Bagiuio;· Price: Pl.SO.• ·· · · - ". ", ...... _. \ J ·_. -:-:. , l ~ • . ··: 169 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~iUHU~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ COUNTRY AND PEOPLE ~ ~ ~ ©~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Songs of a People Igorrote Customs in East Benguet by Rev. Father Claerhoudt Missionary, Bokod, Benguet Copyrighted Lie .. 343 Continuation XVII" Pasang and Abasang SOME TIME ago, Palsied and Bagista were on the point of divorcing. In fact they loved each other, but they had been married a long time and as yet, they had no children. They lived a quiet life, cultivated four small rice paddies around Bokod 1 and some fine· camotefields on Kolqng, fattened a couple of pigs for some rich man, and Palsied was taking care of the cattle of Pilo, in the meadows of Mooking. One everung, some friends of the K.abayan country arrived: they were on their way to Pampang to till their ricefields. Of course they were invited by Palsied and Bagista to pass the night at their house, so that the next morning, veriy early, they could proceed farther on the winding trail over Ambajek. Palsied and Bagista naturally exposed their sorrow of having no childre;n thus far; at which Karina, the old Karina of the Kabayan country, a kind of witch or mambunung, ,gave them her advice and some hope .... -"Children" she said, "Anusijo, have patience. As soon as the next moon rises, I will come back from Pampang and in the meantime you prepare tapoei, make ricewine ... .I will exorcise you bo1:1h, for there is something wrong with you." The time of the new moon came and K!arina, according to 170 he1' word, started from Pampang and reached the hut of Palsied and Bagista on her way home. _ - "We, in Kabayan," so spoke Karina to the sorry couple, "we have thePansangkaniaw .... against the sterility of women. Listen to what the old men and the mambunung told me. I\iabigat of tihe earth was also childless. He had no children. "And Kabigat, who is living in the sky, I{iabigat tchi nai-kajang, had pity on K,abigat of the ear~h and he spoke to him: 'Boil tapoei, he said, and the t!hird day of the fermentation of that tapoei, I will come down to make the Pansang kaniaw, that you may have children.' Thus the tapoei had fermented for three days, and Kabigat, who is living in the sky, came down, and Ifabigat of the earth brought him the piticher full of the fermented tapoei, and he brought him also two chickens and two coins of silver and two blankets for the .night, and Kabigat, who is dwelling in the sky, made the Pansang kaniaw. You see, Pansang of the sky had stolen the soul of Kabigat who dwells on earth, and now, tthat he received ricewine and chickens and ooi.ns of silver and blankets, he see the stolen soul free and gave her back to Kalbigat who dwells on earth." At this, l\,arina got hold of the chicken which Palsied had given her while she was talking, and she brought the chicken near the pitcher full of ridewine and she said: "Come down, soul of Bagista, for we offor now the pasang, whic'h Kabigiat of the sky ordered Kabigat of ilhe earth to make, so that Palsied and Bagista henc'e may rejoice in ohildren.'' Then, Ka11iTIJa kept silence for awhile, as if she had been listening to some unvisrble being that conversed with her, .and, all of a sudden, she nodded amd said: "Yes!". Palsied killed the chicken, feathered Hand Karina remained for the riest of ilhe day near Palsied and Ba:gistai. The next dlay, She took her baskiet and, beating her "pakong", her bamboo tube whose beatings and music: enlivened her march, she left early in the mornin:g. "':)~ Would a day dawn on which Bagista m,igbt laiUghingly look into the peeping little eyes of a baby, a little baby that she would lift up high above her head to smile at it, and to nod at it, and to call it by all kinds of funny names of chancje and good luck? .... a little baby, that she would pet and caress and rear and care for? Would a day arrive . when Palsied might c1imb the mountain under heavy sighing but with a light heart .... a day when, while chopping wood in the forest, he might sing with all his might that toward evening he will speed home, bending under a big load of firewood, but in a hurry at the thought of having to cradle a little baiby in his arms or on his back, while Bagista pounds the rice, fetches water and cooks the meal? "";)C:--' There came a day when the women of the village said to each -"Imanak si Bagista. Bagista got a baby." -"Ai! Ngaranto i anakto? Oh! What is her baby?" -"Dakei kwantcha .... A boy, they say." -"Anohi bii kwan nan Oseia .... No, it is a girl, said Oseia." Palsied was out of his mind from pure joy when his wife, Bagista, gave birth to her first child, a little boy .... Sunia, Bagista's mother, had . come for the occasion. She knew well the ways and customs and she would see that the "Abusang" were well performed. The Abusang is nothing else but t11e customs and practices presoribe<l by the eldlers and the mambunungs. -"Bagista, my daughter, listen well: for ten days don't eat any camotes, - sweet potatoes--, nor sili-pepper, nor meat of a waterbuffel or of a horse," said Sunia. "Only ten days my cihild," she said again "but in the meantime you can eat pork, and chicken." And Sunia picked up the little baby just born and laid it ~n basket of straw, in a bwadieken" and 171 she lifted the basket up high above her head and she shouted: -"Pankale.posmoi Keijo!" -"Mount and dimb the trees!" Sunia was now sure that later the little baby would-not fear to olimb the trees and chop wood on the mountains. If the baby had been a li!tde g)irl, she would have shouted: -"Patangankakmoi Keles! "Patangankiakmoi o k an ni nanangmoi! -"Look upwards to the sky "Look lJlPWards to what your mother cooks, my child!" And the mambunung, out of respect a.nd donfidenice, had been invited, 1 aind he came and he took the ,cocoaspoon from the ricepitcher • i:md he touched with it several times the belly of the little tot, not forgetting to utter some wishes of luck and bliss. Bagistta wrapped the little c.rea~ure in a bunch of rags and looked as if another woman in her motherhood. Her whole ·heart with all its tenderness went to the little baby that she would rear in much poverty but with all possible care; but Palsied was near her, and now she knew his happiness and joy becauseKabunian had granted him a child: the sight of the baby, both whose life it was, was to Palsied and Bagista a born consolation and a relief to their miserable existence. (To be [;Ontinued) 172 '.,1 ~· ...... • I,\ . ~ 0111 111llll•ll!!'!•".:'"U ll•i11&m11tMIU\tl\1\\J • .; ~.,..,,\\~~~' '"''""'m1l1i111·~~!~-,~~~~111~i~1;1;o;J01111111111. · • ·, ,u1111t.111111111tnl11i11 f1111iu11111i1•-;H\llt1111111111., · , • ~"'"-" , jj:c:11:61ZrJ.?~~r:J'~··~!w2 Catholic Chronicle Rome. The construction of the new Russian Seminary in Rome has begun. Monsen.or d'Herbigny, who delivered an address at the placing of the first stone of the n~w edifice concluded his discourse by saying "To save the world, we must first save Rus. " sian . There are 140,000,000 souls scattered over the area between the Baltic and the Black Sea, where the priests will sent after their ordination. Holland. be A oourt decision in favor a Catholic newspaper, "The Residentiebode" recogmzmg the papersright to critize stage productions, and to advise boycotting shows offensive to morals and religious sentiments; occasioned a movement amongs Catholics to take a decided stand against ~ues tionable films and plays. The said newspaper referred to a stage . production as "filth" and warned its readers to remain away from the theater. The pape:i; was sued for damages; but the court dismissed the compla~nt. Supporting the attitude of the newspaper, the Catholics of the Hague (the Capital) organized a silent protest against the play, marching up and down before the theater at the beginning at eac;h performance; and they a1so presented a written protest to the mayor. The immediate results of the criticism and of the peoples stand were that the play was modified, and that very many remained away. Not once during the time that the play was on the stage was the house half sold out. Austria. Several hundred Catho lic writers assembled in Vienna to discuss plans for the warfare against the diffusion of indecent productions on the stage, in the Cinema and in the press. Monsenw Seipel, first minister of Austria in a letter to the conferenoe, recalled the fundamental truth that literary talent is given by God, and intended for the betterment and ennoblement of humanity and that its possessor is responsible to God for its use. 173 France. By a recent order of the Paris Municipal government a statue of St. Genevieve, the patroness of Paris will guard the new bridge across the Seine to the Island of the Cite, on the site where the saint is said to have guarded the same isl~nd from the Huns in the year 451. ~An unidentified priest went to the police headquarters of Paris, last month and drew from his pocket a ring worth about 200,000 francs, which he tlinied over to the police, with the request that they restore it to its owner. He reported that the ring had been stolen from a rich American woman at Nice about two months ago. When the thief told the priest that he had committed the theft. the priest refused him absolution until he made restitution of the stolen ring. The next day the ring was turned over to the priest. The proverb "Silence is gold" suffers sometimes an exception. This appears once more from the action of the 15,000 members of the League of the French Catholic women of the diocese of Strasbourg. The League adopted a resolution at their meeting at Kayserberg, condemning "the a:bominable conspiracy of silence that surrounds the bloody martyrdom of Mexican Catholics and the imprisonment by the president of Mexican Catholic women." 174 League of Nations. In a recent book published by Father Ives de la Briere, the learned Jesuit, is information regarding the Bope and the League of Nations. Pius.XI, says the author, is of opinion that the Pope cannot become a member of the League, nor even perhaps be permanently represented at Geneva, but he would wish to be in official relations with the League for all questions < Of international order that particularly interest the Church. This is quite in accordance with the insistence laid by the the recent popes on the traditional distinction betw.een matters which concern the temporal and those w'hich ooncern thespiritualpdwer, or in which the spiritual power is inter:ested. Philippine Islands. Once more it is proved that the P·earl of the Orient can glory in its moral value. Just as the women in Bavaria, in France and in Belgium h·ave done, the Catholic women,s league in the Philippines voiced a strong protest against the persecution of the Mexican Catholics. Thru the whole protest runs a feeling of sublime indignation that betray-es nobility of mind, a clear sense of justice, and an undestructible loyalty to the laws of God and the rights of man. "Mexico", says the protest "is the sister nation of the Philippines: And so in this critical period of her history we can not banish from our hearts that brotherly affection and sympathy, that tender concern towards the welfare of Mexico. We voice from far off PhiHppines our protest at such brutal injustices committed on our afflicted Mexican brothers and sisters." This magnanimous, and at the same time so finely styled protest, should be read by the whole Filipino people, especially th~ youth will have great moral benefit by analyzing it. Palestine. The new church of our Lady of Palestine, on the ceiling of which the first words of the "Hail Mary"arereproducedinmorethan 200 different languages, has been solemnly blessed by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. United States. Father Charles M. Smith secretary of the Catholic Truth Society of Ore~n admiting that a great number of Catholics are losing 1Jheir faith, investigated recently the subject and tried to ascertain the actual causes of this dreadful leak.age. Here are the causes responsible for the leakage, and it must said that these causes are not restricted to the country were Father S. mith lives. 1) Mixed marriages, between catholics and non-catholics; 2) The 20th century indifference to religion 3) The Cath.oli4 position on divorce and 'birth control; the Gatholic church fighting against these moral evils is no longer in favor with lukewarm Catholics 4) Bigotry and lies as propagated by fhe Protestants 5) Di·stance from the Catholic church 6) Rare, or at least, insufficient religious instruction of the children. "'::le:-' -;Some people think that the number of catholics in the United 175 States is very small and that the protestants present a very strong united front. To correct their error we give here the recent statistics of the census bureau. The largest religious lJody is that of the Catholics numbering 18,605,000. Second is the Jewish with 4,087,357 members, third the Metodist Episcopal church with a total of 4,080,777. · Those who do not belong to the Roman Catholic church are divided in 213 sects. After that, who could say that the mark of unity is to be found among the Protestants? - - -- «»---Russia. Hatred against religion leads always to nonsense. Not even the kings and queens of chess are tolerated under the Bolshevik regime. The Soviet government recently ordered a state factory to invent new pieces that would be more in keeping with the principles of Bolshivis. The result is that in the new game, th.e opponents represent capital and labor. On one side the king is replaced by a workman armed with a hammer, and the queen is a proletarian, while the two bishop become officers of the red army, with the pawns as their soldiers. In the other camp the king becomes an aristocrat; armed with a cane and wearing a high silk hat and long tailed coat, whereas the queen is from the bourgeoisie. The bishops and pawns represent the czarist; army. And for the castles-on the side of labor they become anvils, while the capital has churches. Catholicism and Protestantism in America Some people are thinking that there are only a few catholics in America; and besides that they think t hat the Protestants ,make up one big body, just as the catholics are united in the one Holy Roman Catholic Church. To convince these persons of the contrary we give here tbe official statement of the American cemus. -The census bureau reported today that there were 213 religious bodies in the United States as of 1926. The l~rgest single body was the Catholics, numbering 18,605.000. Second was the Jewish, 4,081,35i. Third was the Methodist Episcopal church, with a total of 4,0-30,777, We think that this statement does not need any explanation. 176 Politics. On 'September 27 a dinner was offered by Senate -president Quezon to the GoYernor General, at the ~nd of which dinner the Senate-president promised his cooperation with the. administration of GoYernor General Stimson. He said: . '.'As for myself, I ha rn no hesitancy in stating all ear[\eStness that·I ha re absolute faith in our present Gorernor-General, and ~hat I since-rely believe that he can be· of great assistanc. e to us in our up-hill struggle to become a freeJ and prosperous nation. Hence I hare offered him my support wholeheartedly and haYe advised my party to cooperate 'vith his administration. But he also gare to the Governor General the opportunity of bringing his economic policies before the public in the proper light. In answer to the speech of Senatepresident Quezon, Governor General Stimson garn a straightforward and to the point reply: "Never" he said "would he allow the establishment in Mindanao of enormous plantations permantly owned in fee by foreign corporations as landlords, and tilled either by h ired employees or tenant farmer's. The advantages of large holdings of land can be obtained by ·a r:{umber of independent free owners of separate parcels of land combining temporarily for purposes of production and marketing. I beliern that with mutual confidence with intelligence and with p:i,tience a system of economic cleYe[opment on dem ocratic principles can be "·orkedout in these Islands. · The progress w·hich the Philipino has made in the field · o_f commercial and economic development has. not kept pace with. his great progress in education in public affairs. Some of the unecessan· obstacles , \vhich now prernnt the Philippines from obtaining capital on easy and reasonable terms ought to be removed. Besides there must come.more swiftness of administrati©n and more certai_ nty of application in the matter of public lands." Concluding his speech governor Stimson ;;aid: "I be. .Jiern that with the requisite finaneial assistance · and leadership in those realms of economics the modern Phili. pino will achieYe a position in the world of business which will assure him of. his economic welfare." Both speeches had immediate consequences. Hearing· senate- president Quezon promise support to the GoYernor General, people, surmised that he was bound to speak so after his voyage to the United States. But senate-president denied emphatically such accusation and declared that the members of the special legislative mission not only made no promises but they were at liberty t o act as t hey wished. And when told that his present policy was in contradiction with his past-some years ago sen ator declared: "I prefer a go,·ernment run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans" - he gave the follow ing reply: " P recisely because I believe in a government of F ilipinos as being· preferable to any government by foreigners, I hare ghen my loyal suppor t to the present administration, and I am whole-heartteclly cooperating . with it .... My statement on a, government run like hell etc: can· be· reconciled with present concii tioris." · · A nd the consequence of the speech o( Governor Stimson is;·tha t the le.gislature is studying t he amendment .of the corpor~tion law. - · . The P hilippine Chamber of Commerce however is not in favo1; of any amenqment that. wou-ld.Iiberalize· the law in such a way. that foreign capital would find unrestricted entrance into t he Isla~ds, · bec~use. then· local ·capitalist· would not be able to compete with foreign capitalists. On the other hand the Governor Gene ml appointed · a committee, 'including Seqretary Rafael · Alunan of agri.c~l~ure · and natural resources, Secretary, Yentura of the Interior, and Secretary - Perez of commerce and communicatipns. The main ai~ ~f the committee is to draw up a real constructive plan ·for the economic deve!Opment of Mindanao. Divorce. In the present. session of the legislature a new effort is · made to make divorce easy in the Philippines. The effort is made at each .session; beaten until now at each round of the fight, the advocates of divorce, disregarding the feelings and the wishes of the big majority of the Filipino people, renew 177 yearly iheii· fierce attacks against the sanctity of matrimony: t rying to prove the need for a liberalization of the divorce law by new aguments. One of t hese argument runs as follows: "It is about time that this country, in matters of marriage, be abreast of t he time as it is now in all other problems." Did you ever hear such nonsense? Because in our modern times some countries adopted in their law-system a liberal divorce law, wh ich law h as brought t hese same countries on the brim of cataclysm, therefore the Philippines h am to follow suqh a nefarious, precedent. Because other n'ations committed suicide,- the Filipino people .are bou nd to perpetrate the same crime. Such' nonsense will not. deceive t he Filipino people. Let us hope that a l:)tr ong reaction inside- and outside t he legisl.ature, will vindicate the unprescript ible r ights of }fatrimony: · · · . Emigr.ation. The question of the emigration is of vital importance for the Philippino people, and it is a problem which a'!ks the close· attention ()f the leadeTs. There is the recruting which le.ads, sometimes, to great abuses; then comes the voyage during which the treatment of the laborers is not always what it ought to be; finally t.he stay of the Philippinos in foreign countries· where their· interests are not cared for in the proper way. Now and then we hear about partial rt'medies, proposed by one or other member of the legislature; it is a proof a good will, but the problem ·must be studied and sol Yed thoroughly. Governor General Stimson is in .farnr of the creation of a separate offi0e of emigration, to be known as the Emigration Commission. He said how. eYer that the creation of the commis. si~n would depend upon the finance11 178 of the gover nment and the will ot the legislat ure. The proposed office may be included in t he 1929 budget of t he ins ular government. Financial Situation of the Bureau of Post. It was alleged by some t hat the operation of ihe t elegraph, cable and radio services resulted in the loss of several thousands pesos. The director of posts Mr .. Topacio has protested against t hese rumors and proved by the annual reports, submitted and certified correct by the insular auditor that his bureau is making money instead of losing. Years Net Operating Profits 1923 !'136,819.04 1924 280,321.01 1925 358,016.13 1926 410,030.30 1921 379,093.68 General Mcintyre visits the Philippines. Major Gener a 1 Frank Mcintyre Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs arrived in Manila. on October 1. General Mcintyre has been Chief of the Bureau of which has jurisdiction over the Philippines for more than 16 years. He is known to be the best informed man on Philippine affairs. The General had several confidence with Governor General Stimson and also with senate-president Quezon , but nothing- is known about wha t has - been discussed. · It was rumored that General Frank Mcintyre, whose term of office in Washington expires next January, would eng-aged as trade comm1s1oner for the Philippines in Washington. The idea was heartily endorsed by senator Osmei'ia, who declared that if General McinLyre could be induced to accept he would probably the best available man for the position. But Senator, doubted whether in fact the position .had been offered to general ".\[ci ntyre. And the general himself said that if t he position of trade commisioner for the P h ilippines had been offered to him , or if he had announced his inten tion to accept such a position , he knew nothing of it. The General h as consented to prolong his stay in t he Phili ppines to November 15 at the instance of the lead ers of the governmen t . His original intention was to stay in t he Islands for one mont h ; leaving for the U nited States on October 31. The general is a fervent Cat holic; so the committee who is preparing . the feast of Christ, the King will ask him to take part in the solemn act of devotion that will be held on the last Sunday of October. Legislature. The house of representatives spent several sessions in hearing the heads of the institutes of Private Education bringing forth t heir complaints against the Commission Private Schools. The members of the l~gislature were impressed by the seriousness of the object.ions, and even Mr. Buckish was unable to refite them. His only answer was that he was carrying out the law. The conclusion of these hearings was that the law on private education is deficient. It is to be hoped that this discussion will bring fort h some practic:rl results and that the amendment of the law on private ed uca ti on will be brought before the house as soon as possible. -A bill presented by representative Varona was passed by the lower house, by which power should be given to the Governor General to tix the maximum prices for rice. But it is said that. the Governor General is not in favor of such a measure, he does not like to interfere with private business such an intervention would constitute a violation of the trade laws. The Chinese rice dealers declare that the bill if enacted into law would have no effect whatsoever on the Chinese, but on the contrary it would do much harm to the producers who are mostly Philipino-farmers. It would simply remove the opportunities of the farmers to make more money on their product. Meteor hits the Philippines. The third meteor ever recorded to 179 have fallen in the Philippines fell on Bohol a few weeks ago. The meteor was of huge proportions and exploded with a detonation similar to that of thu nder. The exact location has not yet been ascertained. The first meteor to have fallen in the Philippines wai> the one which fell on Mexico in Pampanga on April 5, 1859. The second fell on the town of Cali vo, Capiz in 1911 and fragments of it are kept in the Manila Obsenatory. Foreign United S~ates. Quite a number of American citizens are opposed to Al Smith as president, on account of his Catholic faith. Even a letter was circulated with the following contents "We must save the United States from becoming Romanized." But the candidate of the Republicans repudiated this lPtter and Mr.Hoover stated that the Republican party does not want support on this basis. In American politics the principles seems to be: "It is just as serious a sin against good citizenship to support a man because of his faith, as to oppose him for the same reason. The real test in the campaign is the candidate's fitness for the office he seeks, and the political principles for which he stands. Beware of the man who appeals for your. votes on the score of religion, or who asks you to vote against another ma.n because his religion is not yours. Such men are dangerous citizens." In the meantime Governor Al Smith has made known his stand on prohibition. He said that the different states should be given the right to modify the prohibition law, or to keep it within their respective borders. "But it must be borne in mind" he added "that under my presidency Federal prohibition would be preserved in its entirety for states that desire to remain dry." Mr. Hoover speaking on the same topic · made the following statement: "The purpose of the. prohibition law is to protect the home. A sacred obligation is imposed upon the president to secure its hones enforcement and eliminate abuses which have grown around it. ·I wish it to succeed." Both parties are believing in the victory of their candidate. The fight will be a close one. Now that the election for the presidency in the U.S. is very near, it might be useful to give some details on the election. It is a wrong idea that the president of the U.S. is elected by the direct vote of the people. Intact the president is elected by a body of electors. The number of electors for each state is equal to the whole number of senators and representa-. tives, to which the state is entitled, in the Congress of the U.S. The electors are selected by the various political parties and their na_ 180 mes appear on the ballots in their proper party columns beneath the name of the party nominee for president. It is for these electors that the people casts the vote and not for the presidential nominee directly. The present law provide that the electors shall be chosen the first Tuesday after che first :\Ionday in N ovember. thedayofthegeneral election: and the electors shall meet to ballot for the President on the second ~fonday the following Januar_y. So the President is not officially declared elected until after the second :\fonday in January. The electoral college has tbe._power to change the decision of the people but it has never used that power, being merely a ratifying body. The American government is essentially· a · two-party government. Sometimes more than two parties are in the field, but these never had a steadfast national policy to keep them into life. The . Democratic party traces its origin· back' to Jefferson and claims to stand for the principles of Jefferson: defence of the rights of the different states, and tariff for revenue only. The Republican party traces its origin back to Abrah1'm Lincoln, and stands for strong central government and high protection tariff. Following the Spanish-American War the Democratic party became "Anti-imperialist, urging the independence of the Philippines. But at present the political barrier which once separated the two parties seems to be levelled, and they are separated by their different stand and view on the vital questions of t he hour. "':le"' Treasury records show that Americans are 96 cents poorer per capita this year than they were last year, but they are $5.60 richer than tl:).ey were in 1914. At least this country was impoverished by the great world war. Albania. The Assembly of Albania proclaimed Ahmed Zogu "King of Albania, on August the 25. _ The republic thus passed out of existence. The ruler is to be known by the name of Scanderberg III, a name . dear to the Albanians because Scanderberg I was the King who delivered his people from Turkish tyranny. At the time of the election demonstrations were held in all parts of the country, but at present troubles arose especially in the north of the country. The opposition seems to come from the catholic part of the population, who are dissatisfied with _ the fact that. Ahmed Zogu is a mohamedan. Belgium. The Catholic Action-youth section, is in its full swing in .Belgium. Last year the youth of the southern part of Belgium held its meeting in the city of Liege and it was a day of triumph never to be forgotten. On August 26 the youth section of the northern part of Belgium gathered in the city of Antwerp. 125,00<• students, young laborers, marched past the tribune were Cardinal Van Roye and the bishops of Belgium reviewed the battalions of young catholic soldiers. Many placards were carried in the parade; some of which ran as follows "Christ! our people belongs to you." "Christ! we love You", "Christ! for your sake we will fight and die," "Christ! many of us wish to become our priests and your missionaries." Canada. Condemnation of moving picture films; especially American ones: a demand that the provincial government follow the example of Great Britain in limiting the use of foreign films: the divorce question: the moral welfare of children, all figured in a piquant debate in the Quebec Legislative assembly, at the end of which it was decided by a vote of 57 to 5 to exclude children less than 16 years old from moving picture shows, whether accompanied by their parents or not. Member after member arose to denounce American films as harmful to the morals of childrer1 and no Yoice was raised in their defense. Czechoslovakia. The Slovaks in the eastern part of their republic are c_ongratulating themseh-es on the recent appointment of Dr. Droby, a Slovak Catholic, as administratiYe president of their section. In his installation speech Dr. Droby announced that he should make St. Cyril and St. Methodius his model>; (the two saints a.re the missionaries of this country, who not only brought christianism to the people but composed the language of the Slovaks," and prayed God tq support him in his aim. This is a striking departure from the usual political utterances, as most officials fail to ma.ke clear their christian viewpoint. England. Circulation figures just published by the Daily Express tend to show that it pays the press to print Catholic News. T he Daily Express is the paper which sent a special correspondent into Mexico to find out the facts of the persecution ef Calles, and· which on the evidence thus obtained at firsthand, condemned the tyranny of the Calles go;-ernment. The circulation of the paper (it is not a Catholic pa per) have been mounting steadily for a long time, but the biggest increase in any month occured 181 during last April when the Mexican articles were printed. During that month the daily aYerage increased by 66,500 copies, while the average monthly increase during the year was only 25,000 copies. Greece. With the last elections, the Royalists were entirely defeated by the party of ·the government, headed by premier Venizelos. The government got 228 of the 250 seats. The success of the premier far exceeded the hopes of even his most zealous supporters. No Communists were sent back to the parliament. The victory is considered as a blow to Italian influencB, since Venizelos is believed to be Pro-French. Gern1any. The ninth annh·ersary of the adoption of the Weimar cons ti tu ti on prowd once more that the republic is firmly established in Germany. The black red and gold colors were eYerywhere in evidence. Only Munich and other Bavarian cities failed to take much notice of the anniversary. The most enthusiastic celebration was i.n Berlin where President '\on H inderburg was hailed as the old reich's first soldie.r, and the new republic's first citizen. J ap an. On October 1 an essentially AngloAmerican institution was incorporated in Japanese._ law: the trial by jury. Heretofore Japan has .draw almost entirely on China for its juristic patterns. l\Iexico. A joint session of congress elected Emilio Gil provisional president of the ~Jexican republic on September 25. The vote was 217 for Gil, none a - 182 g:iinst him. Cong-ress ordered that an election be held in So\·ernber 1929. The induction of Gil ·s successor will be in February 1930. Predous to this election Emilio Gil, g-owrnor of Tamaulipas had been appointed Secretary of the Interior on August 18. Gil has said that he will fol:ow the policy ot Calles. This means that he \\·ill conti nue the persecution against the Catholic church. On October -! t.he eldest son of the assasinated General Obregon was bronQ"ht to an hospital, suffering from a bnllet-,rnund in his left breast. The policy explained that young Obregon was shot accidentally when his pistol dropped to the ground and discharged. Bu~ there is another versions. Some of his friends say that he tried to commit suicide. Palestine. The Zionist movement, which has broug·ht to Jerusalem large numbers Jewish girls and \i•omen dressed (or rather undressed) in modern European fashions, which are scandalous to the Arabs, threatens to ruin the traditional public resene of the native population of the Holy City. The city has witnessed a series of mortifying insults to public good manners. S pain . Thanks to the skill and the perseverance of the French and the Spanish engineers the first trans-Pyrrenean railroad from Pau(France)to Saragossa (Spain) is an accomplished fact. It has receiYed its official consecration at the hands of the president of the French republic, )[r. Doumergue, and of King Alfonso of Spain and normal senice has started. The opening represents an economic reYolution for the French province of Bearn and the Spanish province of .Aragon. Hitherto the two proYinces \\·ere separated for seven month of the year since the only means of communication between was a trail over the mountains. :Sow they are joined by an electric railroad, which is equipped in the most modern fashion. The railroad is held to be a remarkable engineering feat. There are 16 tunnels, and 12 bridges in the lasr, 20 miles. This fact proves once more that Spain is on the way of its full econocal development. If we had to believe the news items sent out by some press agencies, we should have very wrong ideas on the present condition of Spain. Tales of coolness between the King and Primier de Rivera, tales of conspirations against the royal fam ily, t ales of dissatisfaction among all ranks of the Spanish people are regularly sent to the four corners of the ·world. But in the meantime the country remains tranquil, and the work of national reconstruction is going on. I t will appear to us that the troubles exist only in the imagination of a class of men, who do not bear a good heart towctrds Catholic Spain. Spain is a Catholic country, the rulers are staunch Catholics. Some weeks ago. the queen christened at Seville the aeroplane "Jesus the All-Powerfull." Cat holic Spain has never hesitated to give Catholic names to places and things. In spite of the misrepresentation of its present situation, Spain may look with confidence in the future. 183 ~c.'.LTc.'.LTc.'.L'rc.'.L~~~~Tc.'.LTc.'.LTc.'.LT~ ~ QUESTION BOX ~ ~c.'.LTc.'.LTc.'.LTc.'.L~~~~Tc.'.LTc.'.LTc.'.L'r~ Questions unsigned w ill not be answered. Anonymous letters must find their way into the waste paper basket. We will not publish the nam es of those who send questions. Questiow No. 41. -A reader asks us "W~at is the difference between; al High Mass and a Low Mass? And do the souls of Purgatory benefit more from a High Mass than from a Low A1ass? Answer.-All Masses are essentially the same; they are an offering of infinite value to God. So a High Mass and Low Mass in suffrage for the poor sou1s of Purgatory have essentially the same effect; but a High Mass has more external rites, and so may increase the external glory of God, and may obtain from Him a larger refreshment for the poor Souls. -.:;ic:-A Crusader who certainly tries to be a good girl sends us the following question.-"[/ I go to con! ession on Friday and be! ore Sunday I quarrel with my friend and say hateful things may I receive Holy Communion on Sunday morning? I went, being sorry for having displeased God, not for what I had said to my friend. " Answer.-The essential disposition of the soul for the worthy receptbn of Holy Communion is the state of sanctifying grace. Quarrels and saying "hateful things" are sins indeed, but usually of venial . character. Therefore one guilty of such sins can receive worthily Holy Communion without going to confession. But the dignity of the sacrament urges to repent heartily before God by a good act of contrition, and if opportunity permits to ask par:don of the off ended friend. But we can not understand how one could be sorry for his conduct before God, without repenting for the injury done to the neigh bar. Is not God Hi,mself offended in the person of the neighbor? Our Lord told his disciples that if they wish to giv-e him a present on the altar and they remember that their brother has anything against them, they should go first and be reconciled to him, and Then, coming off er their gift. For all the greater reason a girl that likes to receive Holy Communion should be reconciled with her friend. -.:;ic:-A High School student asks the follo'wing question.-"What does 184 the inscription I.H.S. on Catholic vestments and on books of dei1otion mean? Do these letters stand for the Latin words (Jesus Hominum Salvator) Jesus Savior of Men?" I.H.S. is the monogram of the name of Jesus Christ. From the third century on, it was customary to abbreviate the name of our savior in Christian inscriptions. These letters (in a somewhat modernized orthography) are the first three of the name of Jesus in Greek. In themselves they. do not signify "Jesus savior of men" nor "I Have Suffered" which is another popular explanation. The three letters stand simply for the name of Jesus, of course the name of Jesus implies the office of savior of mankind, for when the angel announ:ced the birth of J esus, he sa1d that the child would be called "Jesus, for' he would save His people from their sins." (Matt. I: 21). ----«»---Smiles Pacita came home. after her first day at school, crying as if her heart would break. Her mother asked the reason for it. "Teacher . promised me a present, but she didn't give it to me,'' sobbed Paci ta. "Teacher promised you a present?" marveled her mother. "That's funny. First time I ever heard of such a thing." •:well," explained Paci ta, "she was giving out seats, and she called me and said, 'Paci ta. you sit here for the present.' " ~E?" Upon being told to run upstairs and wash his face so he could go driving with Grandma in case that she wisheh to go; Willie said, "Mother, we better find out for sure if Grandma is going. It would be too bad to wash for nothing." ~E?" Tommie was told to make a sentence containing the words "handsome" and "ransom.'' Here it is: A tomcat sat on the sewing machine, So sweet and tine aud han'some: Till he got ten stitches in his tail, Then, believe me, folks, he ran s'ome. ~E?" Mrs. Brown-Grocer, do you really think sardines are healthy? Grocer- Well, ma'am, I've had a lot of 'em in here in the last twenty years, and I never heard one of 'em complain .. ~ E?" Absent-minded Professor: "Constable, I've lost my umbrella". Constable: "Why, it's hanging on your arm". Professor: "Dear me, so it is. If you ·bad not told me, I should ha'e gone home without it". ~E?" "Tell me, what does 'hereditary' mean?" "It mear:s something that descends from father to son." "Then these clothes of oine are hereditary.'' 18"5 ftAILBAG · orTHE LITTLE A~OfTlE For all correspondence with "THE LITTLE APOSTLE" send your letter to "THE LITTLE APOSTLE" BOX 1393, MANILA Manila, ~ovember l, 1928 Dear Readers, From a Yery clever and good girl we received the following letter: Dear Father: Inclosed you will find two new subscriptions to "The Little Apostle"; I am so happy in helping the valient missionaries of the Mountain Province. But dear Father let me tell you how I got the subscriptions, for this time Lha.d to suffer for it. ,_ rt" was during the-lesson of Qoctrine. Our pari!lh priest expli),ined the second com.mandment; ·and as I knew ev.erything .. an~ as i never would commit ari."y sii:i against this commandment I took. my copy of the "Little Apostle" and showed it . to_ my companions .. 'I hey were much fnteriisted 'in it, per-· haps to much for the moment. All at once the father came to our all the Catholic girls of the Philippines followed the example of zeal set by Miss X.... the Lord would be so pleased, their souls would receive many blessings, and the missionaries of the Mountain Province - would be so thankful. Nevertheless we can not criticize the parish priest who took "The Little Apostle" during the lesson of Doctrine. We know your parish priest, dear girl, ane he is much interested in the work carried on by the missionaries. Be.is o~e of their most, faithlJll -friends, __ But being, a. zealous p~est, ~- .<tnd ~nowing _ his ~a9red_ duty_ to i!Ilpart to the y.qgth the knowledge of our ·hol'y religiol), .he. is rigbUn obliging you and you·r -cor;nIJan!ons . to apply your whole attentlo~'tO: tha_ t. lesson. The better we .kn9w o~r religion, the more we will appreciate it; and the mo_ re we will do our very best to bench, took the "Little Apostle" QUt bring_ this same religion to our unof my hands and said "It is not the fortunate brethren, who still are in time now to read magazines." And the fetters of paganism. after the class I received a good scold- And the little scolding from the ing from the teacher. teacher was also given with a good Yes Father, now I understand that meaning. Perhaps she told you that one has to suffer for the good cause. I you have to pay respect to the reprewilJ be do-my best:fil.tber,· but ,from-. :· sentative. o:f: God .and·to ·the-1Word ~OWLO,D I ' }Vi.l~ . stw m,y._ wopagapda".' . Pb-at xhe priflst is expl!j.j_njng~ . .- '"'' d1;1ri~g ~l~ss .. -; . ·.· . . :. , . ·.c . . . , •• .• i ~\l~ >,Ve ai~ .conyinced t~-~t1q~elw·,tJe W_ e th.~n~. our, dear little ~rienQ. for . tro.upl!'l you . . had will. no~, d_imrnl~~ o'l'higiri1fin 's"o 'many ~tb~ci1ptfons: "'if .... yoiir' zeal. . . • ···"''"''·· " " ' ' . . 186 Make propaganda for your magazine outside of the class, and then your parish _priest and your t eacher will praise and even encourage you. F rom so many cr usaders we recei ved reports on the celebrations held in honor of the Little Flower. Especially the feast organized by the crusaders _ of Al bay was splendid. The most prominent ladies of the town v ied with each other in generosity. This is a very good omen for the coming Self Denial W eek. Man y readers answered the appeal made in the last issue for mass stipends. I t seems that people understood t hat the greatest of the suppor t of t he t he missionaries of the Mountain Province must come from the stipends the~· receive. And as during the month of November many masses 11-ill be said for the souls of purgatory, once more we ask you to remember your friends the missionaries. Send the stipends to the Office of the Little Apostle P. 0 . Box 1393. or to very Reverend Father A Jdenhuyoell, provincial, P.O. Box 42, Baguio, Mountain Province. Reverend Father 0. Vandewalle wrote t liat all is right on board. He sends his best greetings to all the readers of Little Apostle and El l\Iisionero, and asks a prayer for his intentiun . Very respect fully The L ittle Apostle. - ---«»-- -- ~- ~ -. ' ....... - -, . ~ ......... In Memoriam t A BSOLVE, we beseech Thee, Lord, the souls of thy servants: Teofista Bahia, Legaspi, Albay; Adelaid a Cagampang, L ingayen, Pang. ; Pilar Avergonzado, Dipol o~, Zamboanga; Simplecia Gonzales, Manuela Batucan, Danao, Cebu; CiYi!a Esconde, P agsanjan, Laguna; J osefa Ara-na, Mat·ia Bensaro, Naga , Cam. Sur; Melitona Caba.Ian, Cebu, Cebu; Luis .-\ lquero, Franci~ca Visda, Floridabla nco, Pamp.; Fernando Florendo, Clemente Bar ril, Vigan, ] locos; from every sin , t hat in glory resurrection among- Thy saints and elect they may arise in the newness of life, through Ch ri~t our Lord. A men. - - - -<<>>- - -In the obituary list of last month the name of Miss Angelita Moret was made mention of. We regret sincerely that erroneous information led us into error. We beg the disti1 nguished Moret family to excuse us for the publishing of a notice which entailed such deplorable canseq uences. 187 For the Little Tots A Continuation XXVI. - Her Zeal for Souls A FRIEND of a friend is a friend; who loves God most sincerely needs loves God's friends and endeavors to make others beloved by God. To love is to procure the good of the beloved. It is to bestow upon the friend whatsoever hei desires, if it is only good to him. Now, God loves all men; He became man and died to save them all: such was His lave for them. Unhap.pily. not all men know God and not all those who know Him, do serve Him: in this case they are lost to God, however. He may desire ~heir salvation. Judge of the sorrow of Jesus in Gethsemani when He foresaw the many millions of pagans and sinners thus to be lost to Him. How He must love those who procure Him the conversio·n of those sinners and pagans! Do you love God? Work fqr the conviersion of sinners an<l pagans! Do you wish to be loved by God? Bring sinners and pagans to God. Each soul thus converted represents the prioe of Jesus' blood. What more can you give to God? Therese understood this from her most tender age. Hence all her zeal to give souls to God. But Saints, who, \vhile on earth, excelled in some ,particular virtue, later in heaven have a special power to continue the practice of that same virtue as well as to obtain it for others upon earth. Hence the many conversi-ons she operates today and the reason why she became the Patroness of all the Missionaries: she ·still wants to give souls of sinners and pagans to God. 188 i·_, " ·i ; . -: . I'··-'- .·- ·: . , : )·-;_ [--itt~<!. Primo. Malusa, Miraculously cured bl the ~itt,le Flf?wpr: . See: El_ Misionero r:>f Sept. ,JS,-,~. ; ; Butwhat·did • she-do· while stilla little-c:hild to brirlg-people ·batk t(f. Go·d?~· ~, ··* · Slre·:never .. ·missed· ari occasion; to··speak ·of JesU5 andc His love to th{}sewhihlid riot 16ve Him be-· cause they did iiot know·Him. · · ·> · It :-h'fllppened· that ·a certain im-· pious woman now and then visit.:I • ; ~ ' .:t - . ed the; "Buiss-Orlnets~'.··· Little Tlie=rese: . deci.dbci ··to eon'Vert 'that wd-, than. · She p'.rayed'fot"her,:bfferea some mbrtifieatfon§ ·arid spoke'i:d ner ·of the· tlangfu- of dy{ng iri state' of sin, but ·)°t se~fifeid M - be a1hri' vain> ·· T'Yienr~ei-day·;shefook a! meda!J ,6{ · 'the'.£fe~d'Virgin she W&s','W'earfffg· artEI1lj}t~en'ted; it fo th~ wom~n, ~sking h~r to _prpmise that she in tu.rn would wear it un~ til her last moment. As the wo·man. promised this, Therese was convinced that before her death, the impious woman, through the intercession of .the Blessed Virgin, would -make her peace wii:'h God. The little Missionary took much interest in two poor little girls. As they were only beggars, they knew nothing about Gad and our Holy Faith. Little by little, T herese instructed them and within a short time the two littile girls were able to make their First Communion and they became fervent Christians. Therese did not speak to them of blessings upon earth, but explained fhe eternal reward Jes us reserves for those who faithfully serve Him. She showed how the slightest little act of virtue means an increase of Sanctifying Grace and of glory and happiness in heaven, and the slightest haippiness in God's Paradise, Therese added, i:s worth infinitely more than all the joys of all men upon earth, even if ~hese joys were bestowed upon ia single human being from t1he .beginning until the end of ~he world. And the little children, deprived of all earthly cdmfort, endured their daily sufferings wi1fu patience for God, to the great delight of the little Apostle that converted them. Love makes one ingenious. Therese secretly placed medals in the <;lre~ses of poor, ignQr~t l~b orers: "The Blessed Virgin will protect them" she thought. She liked to attend the dying. The last moments before death are dangerous, for the sworn enemy of men . doubles all his efforts against the dying, because he then sees a last chance of robbing their souls. Little Therese at the side of a deathed suggested good thoughts, spoke of Jesus and His love, whispered ejaculatory prnyers, especially those that expressed contrition, told the person to offer his life and death to the Father in Heaven as an act of complete submission to His holy will and a last penance, and, by so doing, helped ~he si'ck to chase away temptations and win merits. What do we' do for our dying neighbors? Do we pray every day for the dying? Only God knows the merits little Therese gathered by this work of chairity. It once happened that she converted an assassin, not on his deathbed, but on the very scaffold on which he had to be decapitated. His name was Pranzini. Born in Egypt, he had been educated in the Catholic religion by his pious mother. He had been a clever student, ·could speak eight langua,ges and served as interpreter on the boats. Unhappily, he became pervented and, throu~h his scandalous life, he lost his job. He came to France without any money. Once in Paris, .pressed by hunger, he 190 entered a house to steal and killed three per-sons, one of them a little bay of eleven years. The whole nation was ·stirred up by the horror of his ·crime. The murderer escaped from Paris but was arrested at the moment to embarked to fly to Egypt. Brou,ght back to Paris, he spent his time in :prison translating bad books. He denied his crime and refused to see the drnpiain, except to ask him for some tobacco. However strange it may seem, thi;s monster had still some devotion ·to the Blessed Virgin. On Assumption day, he asked permission to hear Mass. He told the chaplain that he was accustomed t0 visit the Blessed Virgin's statue in any church he happened to see on his way and tliat, while young, he had carried the banner of Mary in several processi·ons. This.was his o,nly confidence to the chaplain of his prison. On the eve of his execution, he refused to see a priest, continually cursed those who had sentenced him to die, and .swore that he was innocent of the ·crime imputed. Pranzini's impiety was universally known; he had asked that after his death his skin be tanned and used to make purses of. Everybody thought he would die impeniitent. It happened that little Therese heard of this murderer; immediately she decided to convert him. What would the timid girl do? Would she go to Paris to exhort him to confess? No; she used a far easier means, but no less efficacious; she multliplied her sacrifices, and, seeing that 11hese vero insufficient, she had a holy Mass said for the conversion of Pranzini. Nevertlheless, the news of the assassin's behaviour became more and more alarming; but little Therese, always confident, prayed the Lord sa,ying: "Oh, my God, I am sure You will .forgive that miserable Pranzini, because I ask You this with full confidence. Even if he did not give a single sign of contrition before he mounts the scaffold, yi et I would be assured You forgave him. Nevertheless, I beg You, give rrie the consolation of .an: ·exterior sign of his conversion." It w:as August 31 ·of1887. That same early morning, Pranzini was to be beheooed. More than 30,000 persons were anxiously waiting to see the murderer pay his crime with his head and blood. At the last moment, Pranzini had refused the assistance of a priest. Near the scaffold he was standing, ti.ed and manacled. The executioner and his helpers were about to fasten him under the enormous knife, when all of a sudden, he turned around and shouted: "Reverened Father, please, give me a cruoifix." And kissing the sacred feet of the Savior, he shed hot tears and sighed one word: - "I have sinned!" And the priest, in the name of the Lord, answered: - "I absolve thee." A few moments later, Pranzini's head fell down: it was the end of him, but it was the end of the good thief on the ·Cross at the side of Jesus. When the news of Pranzini's conveTSion reached little Therese, she was profoundly emotioned, by so far that she had to fly to hide her feelingf, of inner joy. How she thanked the Lord for this evident proof of the grace He had given to a murderer at her asking. Hence, she would continue this kind of a1}Qstolate more than ever; God had evidently approved it. T his story contains a double lesson. First: who has ~ devotion to the Blessed Virgin will not lose his soul. Second: how gooid and merciful must God b~, seen the great grace He granted little The191 rese for her mortifications. Pranzini, during his former years, had been devote to· the Blessed Virgin. Mary remembered this to save him. For the sake of him, she inspired a little girl with the desire of doing penance and praying to obtain his conversion. The result was tlhat the bad man, before his last moment, · made his peace with God, and secured heaven. Now, little children who have read this story, imitate the 1ittle Flower: Pray to the Blessed Virgin every day of your life, and be generous like little Therese; this means .make some mortifications which you offer to the Blessed Virgin: then, you too, maiy become the chosen ones to obtain the conversion of even great sinners. (To be continued) - - -«»--+ IN MEMORIAM Very Reverend Mother Marie Louise foundress of the congregation of the Canonesses of Saint Augustine died in Louvain, Belgium on October 10. Very Reverend Mother Marie Louise was born April 8, 1857 at Roulers, Belgium. In 1879 she entered the convent of the Dames <le Ruysbroec, who devoted themselves to the work of education. But called by God to found a new congregation of missionaries, she laid the foundation of it in India December 8, 1897. Since then, this congregation has grown beyond all expectation. · In addition to the numerous houses in India, the mission of the Philippines was established in 1910; the mission in the United States and in the W est Indies in 1912; the mission of Congo (Africa) in 1920; and the mission in China was opened in 1923. At this time the congregation numbers more than 192 Reverend Mother Marie Louise. 500 members scattered over the five continents; out of these 500, more than one hundred are working in the Philippines. The readers of The Little Apostle have read several times of the wonderful missionary work done by the Canonesses in the Mountain Province. They. have their missions in Cervantes, Bontoc, Lubuagan, Baguio. In Manila, Carcar (Cebu), Tagudin, Tubao, Pugo, they devote themselves to different works of mercy, instruction of the youth, orphanages, care of the sick at home, teaching of the catechism, etc. Four of these houses were founded by very Reverend Mother Marie Louise; Tagudin, Bontoc, Baguio, and Tondo. Four times! she visited the Philippines, which is very good proof of how much she loved the Filipino people. Very Reverend Mother Marie Louise has been one of these virile and magnanimous souls, whose riches increase in the same proportion as they consecrate their life to sacrifice . . From Heaven, where at present she enjoys the reward of a life of love, and self-sacrifice, she will protect the missionary work that she origfuated and brought to such a glorious extension.R. I. P. Cum licentia ecclesiastica +-,,_... ______ -,,_,_--------------~+ ! 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We have also in stock a complete ~ ~ line of religious saints and medals in different fancy designs. ~ ~ We are dealing also in FIREARMS AND AMMUNI- ~ ® C3I s TION. If you need any kind of firearm you can advise us C3I ® C3I s and we will help you obtain a license. C3I ® C3I ~ Please ask for our free catalogue. ·~ ® C3I ~ LA CENTRAL ~ ® GI ® - C3I s 29 Escolta, Manila C3I ~ P.O. Box 1174 Tel. No. 22112 ~ ® G! i I ~@@@@@ffi@@@ffi@@@@ffi@@ffi@@@ffi@ffi@@@@@@@@@ffi@ffiffiffi@@@@@@@@@@@@~ 16 Aserradora Mecanica de TUASON y SAMPEDRO Oficina y Depositos: GLOBO DE ORO 801-817 QUI.A.PO, MANILA, I. F. Telegramas "LAGARIAN" Telefono 156 Premiados con :M:edalla de Oro en la Exposici6n Internacional Panama-Pacifico San Francisco, California. I915 Grand es existencias de maderas del Pais y de America Ventas al por mayor y menor Contratistas de Obras Construimos VENTANAS a precio sin competencia Premiados con :Medalla de Oro en la Exposici6n Comercial e Industrial del Carnaval de )fanila. 1922 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS VINO v JARABE Deschiens ala Hemoglobina Los 'M6dloos proolaman que este Hierro vital de la Sangre es muy superior a la carne cruda, A Joa ferruglno11os, etc. - Da salud y fuerza. - PARIS VINO - .Hemoglobina ll gr. Vino generoso 88 gr. Extracto glicero-alcob6lico de cortezas de naranias 10 gr. - .JAR ABE· Hemoglobina 15 gr. Jarabe con extracto glicero-nlcob6Jico de cortezas ~ naranju !It gr. - Desconffad de las lmitaciones. Deposito en Manila.. GEORGE, O'FARRELL & CIE., Inc. 93J R. Hidalgo P.O. Box 180J, Phone 2-J2-63 +-,._.~._,,_ ________ -------.-...-.-.-c.-.ct.-.c+ I . I I VINO de MISA I I MANUEL GUERRERO y CIA I i i I Con la Aprobaciorn Eclesiastica I I En barrilitos especiales para Provincias · 1 I a P43.50 el barril I I Arzobispado de Sevilla, I I Recomendamos el uso de este Vino para el Santo Sacrificio I I .de la Mi~a I I (f) Dr. Severo Daza! I ! GEORGE, O'F ARRELL & Cie., Inc. I ; 931 R. Hidolgo i I P.O. Box 1801 MANILA Tel. 2-12-63 I +------1---------1-~I----,,_..~~-,,_+ UNDERWOOD I TYPEWRITERS Makes Work Easier Typists appreciate a machine that is easy to operate because it is less tiresome and more speedy. UNDERWOOD machines are preferred because they embody every worth-while feature. Send for literature and prices. mith, Bell & Company, Ltd. 1 Sole Agents for the Philippines r X•~============~====:====:==:==:===:==:=~