Catholic almanac of Ontario for 1895, with clergy list

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By THE SISTERS OFTHE PRECIOUS BLOOD, TORONTO.

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Catholic of Ontario for1
^Imanac 1895,
WITH
CLERGY
LIST.
APPROVED BY THE
ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF ONTARIO.
The Catholic Calendar is, in fact, but the Almanac of the "New heavens and the
new earth," which the Lord of Mercy hath created for Himself and us. It faithfully
represents tothe Christian soul the annual course of the "Sun of Righteousness" passing
through his cycle of love, to warm and to cheer, to nour—ish and give growth, to "the
planting ofHis right hand" in the vineyard of His Church. Wiseman.
PUBLISHED BY
THE SISTERS ADORERS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD.
TORONTO
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CATHOLIC REGISTER PRINT.
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INTRODUCTION.
By HIS GRACE MOST REV. JOHN WALSH, D.D.,
ARCHBISHOP OF TORONTO.
T*|^HIS ALMANAC is intended for the instruction and edification of our faithful people,
and will, it is to be hoped, be a welcome visitor in every Catholic home in the land. It
contains much information on a variety of subjects that have a special interest for the
Catholics ofOntario, whilst the reflections written for each month will be found attractive
and instructive reading for Catholic families. It is therefore a useful, though unpretentious
publication, and deserves generous encouragement and widespread patronage. Cheap publica-
tions ofthis sort are a great want in the homes ofour people. Frequently a few costly books
will be seen that are seldom or never opened, and are kept for show rather than for use, whilst
cheap Catholic publications that would be within easy reach ofour people, and that would be
at once interesting and instructive, especially to the young, are rarelyto befound. This Almanac
is gotten up to help in its own way in supplying this want, and we therefore bespeak for it the
active interest, sympathy and encouragement oftheclergy and the generous supportandpatronage
of the laity. A good book is a blessing to a family; it is a silent but effective friend and bene-
factor; it teaches and admonishes, it counsels and consoles, it points out the narrow way ofduty
thatshould be followed and the broadroad ofsin that should beshunned ; it nourishes the mind
with good and holy thoughts, and stimulatesto meritorious deeds and to good, virtuous lives. It
sows the seed oftruth and virtue in the soil ofthe soul, which eventually grows and ripens into a
rich harvest ofChristian virtues and good works.
A bad book, on the other hand, is one ofthe most powerful weapons wielded by Satan in
the ruin and loss of souls. There is no more effective means of propagating destructive false-
hood and of spreading the blight and poison of evil than a book that is bad, because of the
falsehood it inculcates, theattacks it contains againstthe Church ofChrist, thelessonsofimmoral
IV. INTRODUCTION.
thoughts and actions it quietly suggests or openly teaches. A bad book is an evil, silent and
impersonal, but effective and destructive. "Great as the Sea" is the destruction it causes in
individuals, in families and in society generally. The antidote to the poison ofbad books is the
propagation ofgood Catholic publications. The Apostolate of the Press, carried on in the publi-
cation and propagation of good Catholic newspapers and books, is a work ofthe last importance
and ofthe utmost necessity for Catholic interests in this country. As we are circumstanced in
this country very much as theCatholics in England, the following words of Cardinal Manning
will be to the point here : "The whole literature of this country (England)," says his Eminence,
"is written by those who sometimes unconsciously, sometimes consciously, assume an attitude of
hostility to our faith. I say sometimes unconsciously, becausebeing born in thatstate they often
do so without being aware that they have received an heirloom of false principles and of false
histories respecting the Holy Catholic Church. Without knowing it they are perpetually incor-
porating them with what theywrite, so that the greaterpart oftheliterature ofthis country, which
is in the hands ofus all, contains a systematic contradiction of all that we believe. The news-
papers which fill the whole country day by day are animated by a spirit which is against us; and
they are filled by details and narratives and correspondence, and with fables, fictions, fabrications
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and absurdities anything that can pander to the morbid appetite, to the craving for scandals
against Catholic institutions, Catholic priests and Catholic nuns."
This is but too faithful a picture of the condition of things in Western Canada. For years
the atmosphereof the countryhasbeen foul and reekingwith the stench ofthe moral filthvomited
forth by immoral women and fallen, apostate priests against the Holy Catholic Church and her
faithful priests and consecrated virgins, and greedily swallowed by infatuated multitudes. It is,
however, a comfort to know that a lie, though sometimes longlived, can in the long run be killed
bythe sword of truth. It is for us Catholics to make use of the agency of the Press to refute
falsehoods, to correct misrepresentations and to spread abroad the light of Catholic truth. No
matter how great may be the odds against us, no matter how discouraging the prospect, we
should toil at this labor of love in faith and hope. We should not cease to plant and water in
the confidencethat God will givetheincrease. TheCatholic Church isrevealed truth, embodied,
unchangeableand imperishable. Letus defend and proclaim it ever, and its divine Founder will
ensure itstiiumphs.