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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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AMERICANS GIVE FIVE
MILLIONS TO IRELAND
BENSON OF GEORGIA
Accounting of Its Distribu
tion Made by Red Cross of
Erin.
Admiral Tells Audience of
3,000 at St. Louis of Possi
bilities of Catholic Lay
Organizations.
St. Louis—Three thousand Catho
lic laymen gave an enthusiastic re
ception to Admiral William S. Ben
son, president, and Michael J. Slat
tery, LL.D, executive secretary of
the National Council of Catholic
Men, who addressed them on the
nation-wide program that the coun
cil is now putting into operation at
a great mass meeting held last
Sunday in the St. Louis University
Auditorium. The meeting was held
under the auspices of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Missouri,
and the Most Rev. John J. Glcnnon
presided and introduced the speak
ers.
Admiral Benson gave a stirring
address on the spirit which ani
mates the National Council of
Catholic Men while Dr. Slattery
emphasized particular ways and
means whereby Catholic laymen and
Catholic lay organizations can aid
in the movement.
“In my enthusiasm as an Ameri
can citizen,” declared Admiral
Benson, ‘‘I am led to the conclusion
that through the Divine Providence
of God this country was left for
discovery until the other nations of
the world had exhausted their gov
ernmental and social theories. God
then sent Columbus to discover the
American continent, and afterwards
this country was settled by all the
nationalities on the face of the
earth.
“When we consider our present
situation we find it is far from be
ing satisfactory. In the period fol
lowing the upheaval of the war,
many things in o«ir national and
social life affards cause for oppre
hension. We are drifting away from
the fundamental principles on which
our government was founded
INDIAN COMMISSIONERS
HONOR MSGR.KETCHAM
Amendments to the constitution are
being introduced and 'n other ways
we arc departing from the old stand
ards. Countless questions present
themselves to our family life and to
education, until it is not easy to
interpret the conditions we observe
or to predict what the future will
be.
“These are plain truths that any
one can see through the thoughtful
study of the times. But what do
they mean to us? Our church teach
es us Catholic men and women of
America that our faith is founded in
God. It follows, if we accept this
faith, that our moral code must be
sound.
Meaning of Men’s Movement
“Someone might ask what is be
hind this movement or this organi
zation. The student of history will
discover that the Catholic Church
has saved Europe and developed
modern civilization. It has always
had a stabilizing influence and it
lias such an influence over the dis
tracted conditions of today. It is
for Catholic men and women to
appreciate their individual responsi
bility. We want better citizenship,
we want men and women who will
act on right principles—and these
are the reasons for our organiza
tion.”
Dr. Slattery discussed, among
other things, the measures to be
taken in combating the spirit of
bigotry in the nation.
“In the heart of most people,” he
said, “there is an innate desire to
be at least honest, and we know
that where prejudice exists, cither
within our church or without it, it
may be removed if those who are
prejudiced have an opportunity to
get at the facts.”
“We have here the Catholic Lay
men’s Association,” Arclibishop
Glennon said. -“We have four or
five clergy that do all the work. But
this is a laymen’s organization. The
time is past when your laymen can
expect the priests to be doing act
ive work of this kind.
Active Laymen Needed
“The average priest today is the
secretary and treasurer of the St.
Dpblin.—An account has been
given by Mr. Francis of the distribu
tion through the Irish White Cross
down to the end of 1921 of the con
tributions raised in America for the
relief of distress in Ireland. Through
the American Committee for Relief
in Ireland a total sum of 5,000,000
dollars was collected. This fund
was distributed through the agency
to over 500 parish committees of
the Irish White Cross. The amount
distributed to the end of last year
was 3,000,000 dollars.
In July, 1920, about 10,000 Catho
lic wage-earners were driven from
Belfast industries. Again in July,
1921, and subsequently, several hun
dred houses occupied by Catholics
were burned to the ground. Some
30,000 people have been deprived
for a year and six months of any
means of livelihood. Nearly 2,000
people were made homeless by burn
ings.
Weekly relief of twenty thousand
dollars was distributed in Belfast
since March 1921, or a total of $725,-
000. To build new houses for vic
tims of the pogroms $50,000 was
spent. Outside Belfast at least 30,-
000 non-combatants suffered direct
ly or indirectly as a result of the
Anglo-Irish war.
About 1,000 buildings, farmhouses
and shops were utterly destroyed
and about 1,500 partially destroyed
Forty co-operative creameries were
wholly destroyed and 13 partially
destroyed.
Property Loss $32,000,000.
Altogether property of civilians
to the value of more than $32,000,-
000 was destroyed. At least 6,000
men were imprisoned or interned,
most of them being the sole or main
support of their families.
Thousands of others were compell
ed to leave their ordinary pursuits
and “go on the run.”
During 1921 the. White Cross dis
tributed in weekly relief and grants
almost entirely to dependents of war
•victims the sum of $925,000. It also
provided money to the extent of
$700,000 to repair more than GOO
dwelling houses. A sum of $600,-
000 was set aside for the children
whose bread-winners were killed in
the war. *
In Belfast the total expenditures
out of the funds raised in Ameri
ca was $775,000. Outside Belfast
the outlay amounted to $2,225,000.
COLLEGE GETS INDIAN RELICS.
Atchison, Kansas.—Many valuable
additions to the Indian relics in the
museum of St. Benedict’s College
have been made recently and the
collection promises in time to be one
of the most complete of any insti
tution of its kind in the United
States. More than one hundred
hematite tomahawks have been col
lected from surrounding states. Ar
row heads and spear points, of many
different colors, some of which are
cut out from stone not to be found
in this part of the country arc in
cluded among the relics.
and is supposed to know every
child' that is in school and every
child that is not in school. He has
to be the truant officer. He has to
hear confessions. He has an av-
age of four sermons on Sunday and
must say two masses. One priest
tells me he has seventeen societies
in his parish.
“Gentlemen of the laity, you have
your mission just as well as the
priest has and you must have your
consecration just as much as he has,
You must take up this work. The
priest is probably not as well fitted
to meet the public outside as you
Indian Cabinet” of Presi
dent Harding Pays Noble
Tribute to His Work.
Washington, D. C.—A remarkable
tribute to the late Msgr. Ketcham
is contained in the memorial recent
ly adopted by the United States
Board of Indian Commissioners.
This Board is the “Indian cabinet”
to the President of the United
States. Since the death of Father
Itetchem in November, the remain
ing members of the Board are the
following nationally prominent
men:
George Vaux, chairman, lawyer,
of Philadelphia, who is a member
of the Society of Friends (Quakers);
Merrill E. Gates, LL. D., Washington,
D. C., active in educational and re
ligious work of the Congregational
Church; Warren K. Mooreliead, And
over, Mass., ethnologist and mem
ber of the Congregational Church;
Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, D. D., Boston,
Mass., president of the American
Unitarian Association, son of the
president emeritus of Harvard Uni
versity; Frank Knox, Manchester,
N. H., newspaper owner and editor,
Presbyterian; Daniel Smiley, Mo-
honk Lake, N. Y., philanthropist, So
ciety of Friends (Quakers); Mal
colm McDowell, Washington, D. C.,
secretary of the Board, Episcopa
lian; Major-General Hugh L. Scott,
Princeton, N. J., U. S. A., retired,
Presbyterian, and Albert E. Smith,
New York, N. Y., former governor
of the state, Catholic.
THE TRIBUTE.
The eloquent tribute of the mem
bers of the Board follows:
In the death of Commissioner
Ketcham the Board of Indian Com
missioners, the Indians of this coun
try and the great Church of which
lie was a distinguished prelate have
suffered a loss which, because of
Father Ketcham’s unusual attributes,
is irreparable.
As a member of this Board he
was conscientious, diligent and in
fluential. In his field work he per
mitted no obstacles to turn aside his
search for the facts upon which
to base his conclusions and recom
mendations for remedial action to
help the Indians. It is doubtful
if any other men held the esteem
and confidence of more Indian field
service officials and employees than
Father Ketcham. In Washington he
was welcomed in all branches of
the Government because of his at
tractive personality and ripe experi
ence. He was always eager to co
operate with any person or organ
ization for the good of the Indians,
yet he was independent in his
opinions and aggressive in maintain
ing them.
“The Indians of the country lost
one of their best friends when Fath
er Ketcham died. He ever insisted
that the Christian religion was the
only sound foundation upon which
to build character and real prog
ress. He was especially interested
in schools, the maintenance of law
and order and in the health of his
Indian friends, whom he numbered
by the thousands. He was well
known and loved by the Indians of
many tribes but more particularly
by those of Oklahoma.
“An intensely loyal prelate of the
Catholic Church his relations and
work with the Board proved that
men, differing widely in matters of
creed and church doctrines, can co
operate in perfect harmony with a
common purpose fur a common
good. He endeared himself to ev
ery member of this Board and each
feels he has sustained a personal
bereavement in the death of his
friend and colleague, Father Ketch-
POPE WELL KNOWN
TO TWO AMERICANS
Was Inspiration That Led
One to Priesthood--School
mate of Another.
He never played with us. He
very quiet all the time and studied
a great deaL He lived near tha
school and as soon as we were let
out went straight home to study,
‘He was so good a scholar that
he finished the kindergarten before
the rest of us. His family sold
their silk factory about that time
aud moved away from Desio. After
that I* never saw him.
“I used to try and get Acliille to
play with me, but he would not.
One day I stuck a pen into his hand,
but that didn’t have any effect on
him. It was in the classroom and
he was afraid he would make a
noise and disturb everybody. He
tld me to keep quiet and then kept
still himself.
“He never told the teacher."
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
MAKE JOURNALISM PAY
New York.—There are at least
two Americans who knew the new
Pontiff, Pius XI, very well at dif
ferent period of his life—the one
a pastor in Rochester and the other
a butcher in Bogota, New Jersey
The Rev. Vittorio Rossi, for nine
years pastor of the Church of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel, in Roches
ter, received from Pius XI the in
spiration which, he says, led him to
the priesthood. Father Rossi was
born in Desio and attended the
church there when Pius XI was a
simple curate. Later, while pursu
ing studies in Milan, he again came
in contact with Father Ratti and
learned to revere him for his qual
ities as a student and scholar as
well as a priest.
Louis Tagliabue, a New Jersey
butcher, sat across the aisle from
the new Pontiff in the kindergarten
in his native town of Desio and at
tests to the studious habits and re
serve of the new Supreme Pontiff
at the early age of five.
“Achillc was the best boy in the
school and I was the worst,” says
Tagiabue.
“We were just like other boys—
always cutting up. Achille was not.
Boston, Mass.—Net profits of $1,-
304,655 for the period from April
1, 1920, to December 31, 1920, were
admitted by John R.. Watts, busi
ness manager of the Christian Sci
ence Publishing Company, in evi
dence before the supreme court
here. Of this, $439,064 went to
the directors and the rest was re
tained for the society.
Mr. Watts testified that for the
year ending April 1, 1919, the net
profits were $518,999 and that for
the year ending April 1, 1920, they
were $1,497,545.
Frederick S. Dixon, editor of the
Christian Science periodicals, re
ceived a salary of $12,000 a year,
according to Watts, who asserted
that the cost of the San Francisco
plant for the distribution of Chris
tian Science publications was $23,-
269, and that its overhead expenses
from February 1, 1920, to December
20, 1920 were $14,150.
PAPAL PRIVILEGE FOR
MISSIONERS
Dublin.—The Pope has granted to
priest members of the Chinese Mis
sion College in Galway the privil
ege of anticipating Matins and
Lauds of the following day from
noon of the preceding day.
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SAVANNAH, GA.
Why not take advantage of the Knights
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For information apply to—
CHAS. B. CANNON, Principal
Marist College, Atlanta, Ga.
JULIAN E. WINGO, Principal
118 Bay St. Savannah, Ga.
Vincent de Paul Society and has to
meet all claims of the St. Vincent
ide Paul Society at the parish door.
He is taking up the pew rent and
sometimes giving out the seats. He
is the building committee of the
parish until he falls Into the hands
bf some designing architect. He is
the superintendent of the schools
“Be like Admiral Benson. Stand
on your feet squarely before all the
world and say what you think and
know to be the right, and then if
the world heed it not, then it is
the world’s misfortune and not your
own.”
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