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THE CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH-REG1STERPAGE THREEbecome more meaningful. He will regard his work not just as a necessary unpleasantness to be endured for the sake of remaining alive, but as a valuable means of praising God.Perhaps all this is too much to expect from a few prayers during the lunch Aour, but no one has yet overestimated the power of the Rosary.Neither Hot Nor ColdA penetrating and eloquent diagnosis of the world's spiritual ills was made recently by me Holy Father in a message sent to an international meeting of the Young Christian Workers in Belgium. He wasted no words condemning the world’s more obvious crimes—its bold blasphemies, its bloodletting in wars, its greed. He reserved his most serious condemnation not for those who deliberately copspire against religion but for those who ignore it. In words reminiscent of the Savior's denunciation of the lukewarm, whom He would vomit out of his mouth, the Holy Father expressed scorn for those ghosts of men, those anaemic souls who never concern themselves with spiritual values. ,These are die ones, he said, who drift with the current of the worfd as passive as corpses fa the flowing water. It may be that the majority of them are not fundamentally hostile to religion but—and this is almost worse —they are incapable of understanding it. What a difference between them and those Christians who, conscious of living in the hands of God,1 dominate their own life. But these others merely bear life and, in die words of thepoet, 'go about like a herd with their eyes fixed on theidy1groundThe Holy Father’s words form a salutary topic for meditation for every Catholic. Perhaps we should prefer to hear the Pope condemn the more militantly anti-religious isms of our day; it is much easier to survey another man's crimes than to contemplate our own failings. But we shall never become better Catholics and we shall never win the world for Christ unless we realiie that it is our weakness as much as the strength of the enemies of religion that keeps the world pagan, we can make no better beginning in our fight against irreligion than to recognise that spiritual lukewarmness is not an exclusively non* Catholic affliction.-i-ral Stand Laudedly of surprise, *4 learn “Likewise, the 'unchaperoned1 ---have always beendruggists who have, per-td individually, stiad-•ned the tainted profits in contraceptives. They raniaation.ademy long ago laid acceptance of ad ________advert is-ds merchandise in the ftwt. There never haa lent any enthusiasme druggists in their sale, r a shamame-faced re It leaving to go along withagon, aa a matter of The manufacturers•ptives have, with dimming, mane#rereduiiiigt Kinuuwvi wy wivgist into a position of the sale and, if not ac-uraging it, at least im-suragement nufacturera have hypo-id deceitfully persuaded “ bodies to pass laws in *ttive communities *in t of public health and making the retail drug-sole legal outlet for This was for theies.magasine rack.“In the light of past oxperlence, we have no hesitancy in saying that the sooner druggists divest themselves of the stigma of all such degrading and ruinous devices, the sooner will pharmacy find its own integrity and dignity and merit recognition aa a wholesome and noble profession of more value to humanity.“Too much materialism withoutpect for morals and observanceteepee _______________________of the commandments of God is a disintegrating influence, and the way to stop that is to stop it now,role“Druggists generally resent the le being imposed on them ofprovide ‘chestnuts’ for ail kinds 01 ‘monkey business,1 with promises of 'fabulous' profits (apologies to Mr. Aesop), and are going to do something about it“May this guild live long and prosper’.”_Catholic Radio and TVNun Knew West at Its Wool ies(ContinueFrom Pago One) ter Blsndins climbed the roof and, with s borrowed crowbar, detached some adobes ajnd hurled them to theSound. A woman ran to ask Sis-r Blandina what the trouble was. The enterprising nun answered, “We need a ischoolhouse that will a little reseraible those we have in the United States, so I am demolishing this one in order to rebuild.” In less than an hour six men appeared to help* In a few days the old building was demolished. MoreSUtervolunteers from the village offered to build the new school, although Sister Blandina herself was carrying mortar When the Bishop of Denver made a surprise visit to the site. In this bright, modem school-house Sister Blandina taught for five years.Defies Lynching MobThrough one of her students Sister Blandina helped to put an end to mob law, a frequent occurrence in the West fa the early »70a. The pupil's father had shot a man and doctors held po hope for the victim's recovery, The mob was wait* ing only for the signal of his deathto go to the jail, drag out the prisoner, and hang him. Sister Blandina proposed that the culprit jgoto the wounded man and ask forgiveness with the understanding “that the full force of law be carried out” Accompanied by the sheriff, Sister Blandina led the murderer through the angry mob to the bedside of the dying man. When the crowd heard the victim forgive his offender, they fell back, leaving the man to justice.Confronts Billy tho Kid The kind nursing care that Sister Blandina gave to a desperado shot by another gangster and then deserted led to her meeting with the notorious Billy the Kid. A member *of Billy's gang, the wounded man revealed that his leaderplanned to scalp the four surgeons in Trinidad who refused to treat his wounds. Sister Blandina, undaunted by the stories of Billy's cruelty, turned up at the cabin on the day of the planned scalping. Billy gruffly thanked the nun for her care to hia buddy and promised to do any favor she asked. Promptly Sister Blandina asked that the livee of the doctors be spared, and Billy the Kid acquiesced.In 1877 Sister Blandina was sent to Santa Ft, N. Mex., where, by starting the first brick yard in the Southwest and begging funds from railroad workers, ane built a threo-( story building intended for a trades school but changed to a hospital. There Sister Blandina and the other Sisters of Charity worksd feverishly to save the livee of men building the Atdhlson, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad, who were succumbing to the harsh climate. The tireless nun nursed the sick, wrote letters to their relatives, made caskets, and buried the dead.Opens Albuquerque AcademyWhen the new public school was to open in Albuquerque, N. Mex.. Sister Blandina was missiontd there in 1881. She opened the first academy in New Albuquerque and a public school in the old village. While Sister Blandina was stationed there she made a visit toBishoWei•p Retiring Speaks Icome to ArchbishopfContfuuejci From Pago One) active participation of an Ulus-trious prince! of the Church — no stranger to Cincinnati—His Eminence, Cardinal Stritch, who graciously Presides over these ceremonies of installation.In the name of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati—of the clergy, theArchbishop Alfei Thanks See forCniril a! U//Jreligious, and the laity, I have been accorded the privilege of expressing our gratitude to all who are gracing this historic and solemn occasion.In ths same capacity, I have the singular pleasure of extending a most cordial and prayerful welcome to Archbishop Alter, latest link in the unbroken lint of successors of the Apostles in this jurisdiction, and of pledging him loyalty, co-operation, reverence, and love.Your Excellency. Archbishop Alter, all of us joyfully receive you as our chief shepherd under His Holiness, Pius aII, the Vitar of Christ, even aa our forebear*Rwhnn pAnwlnlrChihuahua in Mexico. The officii and Governor pleaded with the ai ter to stay there to teach, althouj religious had been outlawed Mexico. Sister Blandina explaim that the sisters would not teai unless they were protected by tl United States.Eager to show their regard fi the work of the sisters, the Me iean officials offered to give Sisi Blandina the Franciscan chunand monastery, the House of B nevolence, and a country villaChihuahua. “How did you acquii this property?” Sister Blandir asked. “The government confi cated it, was the reply. “Then ju tice demands that return be mac to the owners,” the nun answere The son of one of the men wl had been instrumental in havir the religkiua expelled from Mexii came to Sister Blandina, asking hlt; and her companion to walk wit him through the streets of Ch huahua to make reparations for tl sin of his father.■la another exciting episode SI ter Blandina prevented the ralof fierce Apache Indians on a ralroad camp to .T.ni e the murder lt;one of their tribeTlUisin_______________ing the cncifix on her rosary, Sitter Blat dina went out to meet two Apach scouts. Recognising the nun as on of the sisters their chief had aake to teach their children, the scout did not harm her. Instead. Sisti Blandina convinced them that th murderer was not harbored in tl camp.Returns to Cincinnati After 21 years in the West anSouthwest, Sister Blandina re turned to Cincinnati in 1828. Thei in 1827. she began social wor among the Italian population of 11 city in collaboration with Sista Justina.On Aug. 20, 1127, Mother Mai Blanche commissioned the two si ters to consult Archbishop Eldi to offer their services in beha of their own countrymen in tl city. The work of reconverting tl Italian immigrants was dear to tl Archbishop, who had been watcl ing fearfully as proselytlsm spree among the race. This task kei Sister Blandina busy in the bailof the o|ty for 85^ years. The sjmtacular success of Sitter_______and Sitter Justina in estahliahin the many services of the Sant Maria institute has been told 1 the historical account of this inst tution.Retiring to the mother-house t the Charity order at Mt St Jlt; seph in 1283, the aged Sister Blai dina lived to the age of 21. SI died on Fob. 23, 1241. As a tribut to her devotion to the Italian pelt;Si the Funeral Mass for State andina was celebrated in Sacra Heart Italian church in CincinnatForty Hours' DevotionOct. 2 to 7 (Oct. 8, Holy Name Sunday) Holy Trinity, Middletown St. Peter's. New 1
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Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph Register
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 29, 1950
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