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BY POPE’S SUGGESTION OP
GENERAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Proposed Gathering Would
Mean Unprecedented As
semblage of Bishops—Last
Council Called In 1869.
The suggestion of Pope XI in his
cnftylieal outlining the program of
his Pontificate that lie may call
on an Ecumenical Council to con
vene in 1925 has thrilled the Ca
tholic world with interest.
“A general meeting of the whole
world episcopacy in the center of
Catholicism,” said the encylical,
“would he most suitable to the
coming jubilee year, whence im
mense advantage might come to
i the cause of peace after so long and
so profound an upheaval. But the
re-assembling of the Ecumenical
Council at the Vatican would be
such a grave event that it is neces
sary to wail and pray, as did the
piOus leader of God’s elect people,
until God gives a clearer sign of
His wishes.”
Naturally there will he much
speculation about the program of
the Council even before the definite
decision by the Pope to call it has
been announced.In the most great
Ecumenical Councils of the Church
have been assembled for the consi-
mderation of great doctrinal ques-
^tions. Many of the early Councils
of the Church had to do with the
political statue of the Church and
its relations to the state. Later Coun
cils were greatly concerned with the
social question of the status of man
and the struggle against slavery.
With no grave doctrinal question
now confronting the Church, it
would seem probable that the Coun
cil projected for 1925 would' give
t^i-OUs attention to the basic econo-
problems that affect the world's
peace and are causing so much in
dividual unrest.
By Rev. P. J. Healy
(Profcssory of Church History at
Catholic University)
During the last thirty or forty
years the world has become fairly
familiar with “Internationalism” in
theory and practice. It has been
suggested as a substitute and cure
for Nationalism and various other
ills in the body politic, and has re
ceived concrete expression in the
form of numerous international or
ganizations, which have held con
gresses to deal with subjects rang
ing all the way from sport to science
• and Socialism. We have had a World
Parliament of Religions, an Inter
parliamentary Union, a World Court
of Arbitration, and some acute ob-
r gcryers have detected the existence
of “the international mind.” The
World War was followed by the
World Peace Conference, which
reached the height of international
incuptidue in the futile League of
Nations.
These efforts at international ac
tion and control have so far failed
to achieve what was promised for
them that mankind has grown speti-
cal about internationalism as a
theory and anactuolity. The need of
some method of dealing with the
ills of civilization was never more
keenly felt, however, than at the
present, and the hope of effective ac
tion was immediately revived when
the announcement came from Rome
a few days ago that an Ecumenical
Council might be called in the near
future. With a thorough understand
ing of the difficulties that lieu in
the way of such a consummation,
the dispatches from Rome contained
the statement that the Holy Father
lified his announcement by say-
“Ttie reassembling of the
cnical Council at the Vatican
1 be such a grave event, that
necessary to wait and pray,
id the pious leader of God’s
people, uited God gives a clear-
ign of His Will.” The Supreme
tiff alone can decide when such
u has been given.
Councils Oldest Parliaments
he General Councils of the
roll are the oldest of the parlia-
ts of man. While they are not
r any legal compulsion to meet
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CANADIAN INSURANCE
COMPANIES REJECTING
CHURCH FIRE POLICIES
Ruling Announced After
Many Catholic Institutions
Are Burned In Mysterious
Blazes.
Quebec—Leading Canadian insur
ance companies as a result of re
peated fires that have destroyed
Catholic Church property during the
year and which many public officials
have pronounced incendiary, have
announced that they will no longer
underwrite Catholic instutions.
The announcement followed the
news that the parish church at St.
Thomas de Alfred, at Bassett, had
been destroyed by fire the tenth con
flagration of Catholic church prop
erty this year. While there was no
evidence of incendiarism in this last
fire, the theory that a majority of
the ten previous^ fires were the work
of an organized gang, which some of
ficials have not hesitated to desig
nate as the Ku Klux Klan is still
held here.
The decision had scarcely been
reached when word was received of
a fire at the Church of St. Pius, at
Bago, near St. Hyaucinthc, which
showed every sign of incendiary ori
gin. The blaze was controlled in
time to save the church.
The destruction of the Basilica of
Notre Dame here last wek, with a
loss of $1,000,000, about $200 000 of
which was covered by insurance,
marked the tenth important fire on
Catholic church porperty. These in
cluded exclusive of the fires at Fas-
sett and Bago:
Destruction of the church and
shrine of Ste. Anne de Beauprc, on
March 29.
Destruction of the Church of the
Sacred Heart in Montreal, April 4.
Destruction of the Convent of No
tre Dame, Montreal, April 19.
Serious damage done St. Jean Hos
pital for Insane in Montreal, Octo
ber 3 and 4.
$300,000 damage done University
of Montreal, November 14.
Destruction of St. Boniface Col
lege, November 25.
Destruction of Dental and Veteri
nary College at University of Mon
treal, November 30.
Destruction of the home of St.
Sulpicc at Oka.
Destruction of Basilica of Notre
Dame, December 22.
The property damage done in these
fires exceeds $2,600,000 and the evi
dence that they were of incendiary
character was so strong that follow
ing the burning of St. Boniface Col
lege, one of the oldest and most
noted by Jesuits, it was announced
that watch dogs and patrols would be
used to protect Catholic property.
Mayor Mederic Martin, of Mon
treal, declared his belief, after the
fire which destroyed Notre Dame,
that the Ku Klux organization was
responsible for the church’s destruc
tion.
In many cases the conflagrations
were preceded by letters warning the
church officials that property was
to be destroyed. This was the case
in connection with the Notre Dame
fire and that which destroyed the
Sacred Heart Church in Montreal.
Official inquiries and public opin
ion is running high. Bishop Farth
ing of the Anglican diocese of Mon
treal and the Rev. George Adam,
chairman of the Protestant Minis
terial Association of Montreal have
sent messages to Cardinal Begin ex
pressing their regret at the destruc
tion of the Cathedral.
Cardinal Begin received a message
from His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, tic-
day, which expressed, through the
Papal Secretary of State, the regret
felt by the Holy Father at the de
struction of the beautiful Basilica
and the numerous other Catholic
churches in Canada. In all, over two
hundred messages of condolence
have been received by His Eminence
from all parts of the world.
Albany, N. V.—Gov. A. Smith,
of New York, apparently believes
in the efficacy of scriptural ad
monitions as an aid to those
who are burdened with the cares
of high office. Over the mantel
behind the governor’s desk in his
private office at the capitoi here,
is a framed quotation from St.
Paul's epistle to the Galations.
It reads: “Be not weary in
well-doing, for in due season ye
shall reap if ye faint not.*
B! BISHOP KEYES
Father Walsh Named Admin
istrator Of Atlanta Parish
—Father Mitchell Succeeds
Him At St. Patrick’s.
Special to The Bulletin.
Savannah, Ga., Jan —It was an
nounced on Sunday, December 31st
that the Rt. Rev. M. ,1. Keyes, D. D„
Bishop of Savannah, had appointed
Rev. E. M. Walsh, pastor of St.
Patrick’s Church, Savannah, to the
position of administrator 6f the
Church and Parish of the Immacu
late Conception, Atlanta. This ap
pointment was due to the illness of
Rev. R. F\ Kenned, pastor of that
Church. The Rev. ’osepli 1). Mitchell
late Administrator of the Diocese,
has been appointed pastor of St.
Patrick’s Church, Savannah, Father
Walsh left Savannah to take charge
of his duties Friday night, Jan
uary 5th.
Rev. E. M. Walsh was born in
Beaufort, S. C. He made his studies
in the public school of Beaufort and
Savannah, and graduated from Sav
annah High School. His clerical
studies were made at St. Bernard’s
Seminary, Rochester, N. Y. He was
ordained to the Holy Priesthood by
Bishop Keiley in the Savannah Ca
thedral in 1915, and his first as
signment was as assistant to Father
Kennedy at the Immaculate Concep
tion Church, Atlanta, where he is
now administrator. After nearly a
year in Atlanta, Father Walsh was
appointed pastor of St. Teresa’s
church, Albany, with the missions
attached to that place. Two years
BISHOP OF DETROIT URGES
LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS
MODELED AFTER GEORGIA’S
(Continued on page 8.)
NOTED N. CAROLINIAN
A CONVERT TO CHURCH
IS DEAD AT WASHINGTON
Hannis Taylor, Former Min
ister To Spain, Had Distin
guished Legal and Diplo
matic Career,
Washington.—Funeral services for
Hannis Taylor, former minister to
Spain, and noted Catholic lawyer
and author of works on internation
al law and jurisprudence, were held
at St. Matthew’s Church. The Rt.
Rev. Thomas .1. Sliahan, rector of
the Catholic University-of America;
the Rt. Rev. William T. Russell,
bishop of Charleston and the Rev.
Edward L. Buckey, rector of the St-
Matthew’s, conducted the services.
At the close of Mr. Taylor's dip
lomatic career, he accepted the chair
of international and constitutional
law at Georgetown University and
was internationally known in this
field. He had been active in his
profession up to a month ago, when
he was taken ill. An operation at
tempted as a last resort proved un
successful.
Mr. Taylor was a graduate of the
University of North Carolina, and
held honorary degrees from the
University of Dublin, Edinburgh, the
Catholic University of America and
several other institutions. He was
appointed American minister to
Spain by President Cleveland in 1893
and held that pbst for four years.
Later he served as special counsel
for the United States government
before the Spanish treaty claims
commission in 1902 and before the
Alaska boundary commission in
1903.
Some of Mr. Taylor's best known
works are “Jurisdiction and Proced
ure of the Supreme Court of the
United States;” “The Science of
Jurisprudence,” his most ambitious
book which is a comparative study
of English and Roman law as now
administered throughout the world;
“The Origin and Growth of the Am
erican Constitution"; “Cicero—-A
Sketch of His Life and Works”;
“International Public Law”; and the
“Origin and Growth of the English
Constitution.”
Methodist Press In Practically
Unanimous Is Condemning Klan
So Says Social Service Bulletin of Methodist Federation,
Which Characterizes Ku Klux As Enemy of Democracy
New York—The Ku Klux Klan is
made the subject of the last issue
of the Social 'Service Bulletin of
the Methodist Federation for Social
Service, The. entire issue is devot
ed to a description of the origin
and development, the nature the
membership, the financial aspect
and other pertinent characteristics
of the klan.
“The klan gains influence,’’ says
the Bulletin, “by appeals to local
prejudice; in the South, seeks to
terrorize the negro; on the Pacific
coast, whispers that yellow men are
plotting to disturb black men to
rise against the white; in the cities
of the Central West and now also
in the East, is against radicalism;
on the Atlantic coast also, holds
that alien-born have no place; an
ti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism
are issues. “Wherever a prospect
ive member lives, be has been
promised that his pet aversion will
be made the object of klan ac
tion.’ ”
Lawlessness of Klan
Lender the title of “Spirit and
Deeds of Lawlessness,” the “Bul
letin” says:
“Men have been taken from their
homes and conveyed to lonely
spots, where they have been beat
en, tarred and feathered; women
have been stripped of their cloth
ing and covered with tar and fea
thers; some men have been boldly
kdinapped in broad daylight and
driven in automobiles to obscure
places and there flogged; others
have been whipped and mutilated
for alleged immorality. The words
Ku Klux Klan. or initials have
been posted in public places, print
ed on placards tied to the vic
tims, even branded on the victims’
bodies.”
Although admiring that the Wcst-
Oliio Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, by a dose vote,
tabled a resolution condemning the
klan, and that the Rock River Con
ference, after adopting a resolu
tion which contained condemnation
of the klan, reconsidered it, sub
stituting for the section in ques
tion another dealing with general
ities, the “Bulletin” points out that
the “Church press is practically
unanimous in speaking against "the
Klan.” Examples quoted from the
Methodist Press include the follow
ing:
“ ‘The Christian Advocate,’ New
York City—‘If oath-bound bands and
Activities of Organization of
Diocese of Savannah Laud
ed By Rt. Rev. M. J. Gallag
her, D. D., of Michigan.
(Continued ou Page 3).
Detroit—Catholic Publicity and
Defense Bureaus in every section of
the United States are a crying need,
said Bishop Gallagher in his ad
dress to the Holy Name Society in
Holy Redeemer Auditorium recent
ly. The bishop stated he had
such a bureau in mind when lie ‘
ordered the collection for the Paro
chial School Defense Fund.
“The root of the whole trouble,”
said the bishop with reference to
the anli-parocliial school movement,
“is a widespread false opinion con
cerning things and persons Catholic.
For fifty years we have permitted
so-called ‘ex-priests’ and fake ‘ex-
nuns’ and scalawags to wander up
and down the country, poisoning
the public mind against the church,
and in consequence a large percen
tage of our fellow citizens enter
tain false notions Concerning us. It
is a terrific task, but if every dio
cese had its Holy Name Society
with 100,000 members, it could be
accomplished. The Catholics of
Georgia form only one-half of one
per cent of the state's population.
They organized their Laymen’s As
sociation which sent an explanation
of the Church’s position to 150,000
prominent citizens. It also replied
to every attack on the Church in
the newspapers, and in a short time
these attacks virtually ceased be
cause the editors wished to avoid
controversy. This work can be done
much more easily in Michigan.”
At present, said the bishop,
Oregon has been captured by the
Ku Klux Klan with the assistance
of the Scottish Rite Masons. The
Catholics put up a strong defense
together with the other supporters
of religious schools, the Seven Day
Adventists, Lutherans, etc., who
also in Michigan are champions of
religious education.
The bishop explained that the
question before the Michigan Sup
reme court just now in the manda
mus proceedings brought by the op
ponents of the parochial schools, is
whether signatures obtained for a
1922 election are valid for a 1923
election. Mr. Hamilton admitted
that he had not obtained enough
signatures up to July 7. Even if
the court decides against the bigots,
it should be borne in mind that the
leaders of the opposition are mak
ing a good living out of the initia
tive and will keep the school issue
alive.
Bishop Gallagher recalfed that
President Harding in liis recent mes
sage to Congress slated that all mari
time nations, including Great Bri
tain, arc opposed to the ship sub
sidy bill. Organizations like the Ku
Klux Klan which stir up dissension
among our people distract their at
tention from national interests and
hence play into the hands of foreign
nations. It is remarkable, added the
bishop, that the two most prominent
leaders of the anti-parochial school
movement in Michigan were born
under the Union Jack.
Defines Americanism.
“What is the characteristic mark
or the word, American? Is a thing
American just because it is
maintained by public taxation? Cer
tainly not. Other countries maintain
schools and other institutions by
public taxation which arc not Ame
rican. The outstanding characteris
tic of ‘American’ is liberty. Any
thing that docs not harmonize with
liberty is the very opposite of Ame
rican. If a proposition robs parents
of tlicir fundamental, inalienable
rights, it is not and can not be
American.”