Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1916 — St. Augustine's Church Notes. [ARTICLE]

St. Augustine's Church Notes.

On Nov. 1 the church celebrates 'the feast of All Saints. Why has the church instituted this festival? 1. To give praise to God in His saints (ps. cl.) and to pay to the saints themselves the honor which they merit foY having made it the work of their earthly life to promote the honor of God. 2. To impress vividly upon oup- minds that we are members of that holy church which believes jn the communion of saints, that is, in the commuhiOn of all time Christians who belong to the thurch triumphant in Heaven, to the church suffering in purgatory, or to the church militant upon earth; but, more particularly, to cause us earnestly to consider the communion of the saints in Heaven with us, who are yet battling on earth. 3. To exhort us to raise our eyes and hearts especially on this day, to Heaven, where before the throne of God is gathered the innumerable multitude of saints. 4. To honor those saints for whom during the year there is no special festival appointed by the church. Finally, that in consideration of so many intercessors God may grant us perfect reconciliation, may permit na to share in their merits and may grant us the grace to enjoy with them, one day, the bliss of Heaven. Onrthis day the order of services will be as follows: First mass at 7:30rosary, highmass and sermon at IQ, The Young Ladies’ Sodality will serve dinner at the parochial school beginning at 4 o’clock. The proceeds will go to the new church funds. On Nov. 2 the church celebrates the commemmoration of all the faithful departed. The theological basis for the feast is the doctrine that the soul's which, on fromrthe body, are not perfectly cleansed from venial sins, or have not fully atoned for past transgressions, are debarred from the Beautific Vision, and that the faithful on earth can help .them by prayers, almsdeeds and by the sacrifice of the mass. On this day the order of services are: First mass at 6; the second at 7 r and the third at 8. Next Friday is the first Friday of November. The league of the Sacred Heart will receive holy communion at the 8 o’clock mass.