Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1914 — St. Augustine’s Church Notes. [ARTICLE]

St. Augustine’s Church Notes.

Next Sunday is called Septnagesima, which means seventy. According to the First Council of Orleans, in the year A. D., 54 5, many pious ecclesiastics and lay persons of the primitive church used to fast seventy days before Easter, and their fast was called therefore Septnagesima, a name which was afterwards retained to distinguish this Supday from others. The same was the case with the three following Sundays, many Christians commencing their fast sixty days before ma; others fifty days, whence Quinma; others fifty days, whence Guluquagesima; others forty days whence Quadragesima. The services next Sunday at St. Augustine’s church will be as follows: Early mass at 8 o'clock; the St. Rose Sodality will receive holy communion at--tliis mass. Rosary highmass and sermon at 10 o’clock. The subject of the sermon will be “The Dignity of Man as Husband.” At 2:30 Christian doctrine, devotional exercises and benediction. After these exercises those taking part in our next entertainment will meet in the school hall for practice. Eacn morning curing week at S o’clock celebration of the holy mass. Last Sunday at 2 o'clock about o't men o', the parish met in the parochial school hall for the purpose to organize the Holy Name Society. A permanent organization was effected with the following officers: Edward Lane, Pres.; Alono Healy, Sec.; Edward Kanne, Treas.: E P. Honan and Jospeh Nagel, Consultors. These five officers constitute the Council of the society. Every member has pledged himself to obtain as many members as possible before the day of the solemn reception which will be on the 2 2nd of February. It is hoped that upward of 200 have been enrolled by t hat time.

That there is need of a Holy Name Society in our day none can deny. There is indeed an abuse of the name-. ".Jesus;” there is a tendency to speak lightly of God and His saints, a growing custom of laughing and ridiculing whatever approaches the supernatural. AmL jt was to fight these evils that, the Holy Name Society was originally organized. More serious is the attack made upon the divine character of Clnist by those who wear the guise of friendship, who pretend to see in Jesus the perfection of manhood, the embodiment of all that is grad in our nature, yet doubt, if they do not deny, His divine origin, His equality with the Father and the Holy Spirit. To maintain and to increase man s faith in the divinity oi 'be Savior is the chief object of the society; to promote respect and honor for the name. This means an organized body of men striving heart and soul to make Jesus, the Man-God, better ksown and loved this is the , Holy Name Society and its aim.