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AUGUST 16, 1924.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Seventh Centenary of Franciscans
In Ireland Observed at Athlone
Sons of St. Francis Credited With Keeping Not Only Faith
But Learning Alive During Erin’s Dark Days—Order
. .Came to Athlone in Year 1224.
MILLION FOR CHARITY
OBJECTIVE IN CHICAGO
$650,000 Expended Last
Year—Only Nine Per Cent
Is Spent for Distribution.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Chicago.—Inspired by the fact
that the charity work done in the
Chicago archdiocese through the
Associated Catholic Charities re
ceived special commendation by the
Holy Father in a recent secret con
sistory, and was a large factor in
bringing about the elevation of
Cardinal Mundelein to the sacred
college, Catholics of the arch-dio
cese have put $1,000,000 as the ob
jective of their contributions to the
Associated Catholic Charities this
year. This contribution is now be
ing taken up.
The annual appeal was made in
a letter from Cardinal Mundelein,
read in all the churches. Accom
panying this appeal was a report
of the work done by the charities
orgainzation last year, for which
more than $650,000 was contributed
by the Catholic people.
A striking feature of this report
was the fact that the cost c-f ad
ministration of the fund, including
collections, investigations, office
overhead and distribution, was only
9.29 per cent, leaving 90j81 cents
out or every dollar for actual chari
ty. A testimonial of the directors
of the fund, representing all of the
parishes in the archdiocese, to the
work of the officers, was given at
the annual , meeting, when the of
ficers were reelected as follows:
I). F. Kelly, K.S-G., president;
Robert M. Sweitzer, K.S.G., vice-
president and general manager; F.
J. Lewis, K.S.G., vice-president;
Joseph F. Connery, secretary anc
John P-'V. Murphy, treasurer.
Families Kept Intact.
In his letter, the Cardinal said:
“The coronation of all comes this
year, as praise is paid publicly to
the Catholic people of Chicago by
the Supreme Head of our Church
for their charity. And the words of
praise were given in a manner so
as to he heard all over the world,
for the Holy Father took the oc
casion of pointing out their chari
table work in his allocution to the
Christian world in the recent secret
consistory.”
The annual report refers particu
larly to the practice of the Chari
ties of endeavor to keep stricken
families together, pointing out the
value of this policy as follows:
“One of the proudest boasts of all
who help their unfortunate fellow
Catholics through the Associated
Charities is that this organization
does everything it possibly can to
keep stricken families together.
“Almost one-third ,of all the mon
ey received by the Associated Catho
lic Charities was used to help fam
ilies in their homes. Help of this
kind is real help, since it can
rendered with practically no, ex
pense, for the Charities have aliout
2,600 members of the St. Vincent
de Paul Society who assist in car
ing for the poor in their homes
without any charge. Again, the
family which is kept together can
win its fight against misfortune
more rapidly and thus more 'quick
ly become partly or entirely self-
supporting.
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(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Dublin.—Seven centuries ago, the
Franciscans first came to Ireland.
During all those centuries they have
labored in the country. Even in
the Penal Days,-when the religious
orders were specially singled out
for persecution, they did not hesi
tate to stay among and help the
people, even though they had to do
their work by stealth.
In the town of Athlone, in West
meath county, the Seventh Centen
ary of the foundation of the Or
der of St. Francis in Ireland was
recently celebrated. This was one of
the first towns of the country in
which members of the order set
tled, in the year 1224. Although Ire
land was already ^ell stock with
religious establishments, the devo
tion of its inhabitants was stimu
lated by the newcomers.
Monasteries for the order were
endowed by wealthy Irish Catholics.
In later days, these monasteries, to
gether with the adjoining lands,
were confiscated by the British and
handed over to Protestants. Fol
lowing the relaxation of the .Penal
Laws, the Franciscans built churches
and monasteries, and today they
are established in every important
town in the country.
In connection with the celebra
tion of the Seventh Centenary, spe
cial trains conveyed 15,000 persons
to Athlone. In the procession
which marched through the town,
a large number of soldiers wearing
side arms took part, with their hand.
Cardinal Gasparr Gasparri, on be
half of the pope, sent the follow
ing message:
“Holy Father delighted with work
done in Ireland by well-deserving
order of St. Francis and the glo
rious celebration to commemorate
the seventh centenary of the com-
MINISTER PAYS TRIBUTE
TO LATE N. Y. PASTOR
Nobility of Fr. McFadden’s
Soul Witness to His Church
Says Episcopal Rector.
(By N. C. W. C- News Service)
Geneva, N. Y.—Geneva’s artist
Priest. Father Stephan V. McPad
den, whose own name was given to
his first church, as a tribute to his
piety and the general esteem and
love he commanded was buried here
amid general mourning and tributes
from the city.
Father McPadden had his chief
glory in the love of his city, but
outside of Geneva he was principal
ly known as the builder—virtually
the architect—of one of the most
remarkable and beautiful church
groups in this part of t"ie country.
His church St. Stephen’s, is pure
Gothic, and about it he was erecting
a group of buildings in the same
style. The parish house was com
pleted, and the school was near com
pletion. He had planned a Sisters’
home and a community building.
Aside from their architecture, they
were widely known for the exquisite
wood carvings with which they were
adorned—all collected or caused to
be made by Father Stephen.
Father McPadden had just return
ed from a wide tour of Europe, in
the course of which he was making
a study of wood carvings. He was
not only a commoisseur of art, but
a deep student and lover of it. He
combined with this characteristic a
scholarliness and a gentle friendli
nes and piety that brought him
universal love. When he died, peace-
lully as he had lived—he was found
sitting in_ his study as if asleep, al
though all had thought him in the
finest health—the Episcopal minis
ter here gave out a public statement
and of his own personal sorrow.
In his tribute to Father McPad
den, the Rev. K. A. Bray, pastor of
the Episcopal church, said: “The
exquisitely beautiful church which
he built is an eloquent and worthy
witness in stone to his devotion,
his zeal, his vision, and his faith;
but as the church is a witness in
stone to him, so was he in the no
bility of his soul an equal witness
to his church, which he so dearly
loved and served faithfully.”
ARCHBISHOP LAYS CORNERSTONE
Of Sisters of St. Joseph’s New St.
Louis College
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
St. Louis.—Archbishop Glennon
officiated on Sunday at the cere
mony of laying the cornerstone of
the first of the group of buildings
that will be erected to house Font
Bonne College, in the western sec
tion of the city. This institution
will he in charge of the Sisters of
St. Joseph, whose academy has been
conducted for many years in Caron-
delet, or South St. Louis. Within
the last two years the work of the
academy has been extended and now
embraces the full college course.
ing of the Franciscans to Ireland
He gives from his heart to the
members of the Irish order and to
the members of the third order hs
well as to the clergy and laity par
taking in the celebration, his Apos
tolic Blessing and his pledge of
abundant heavenly favors.”
At the conclusion of the religious
ceremony, an address was present
ed by the Athlone Urban Council
to the Provincial of the order in
Ireland. It stated:
“Since the order was established
in Ireland, 700 years ago, it has
kept vigil with the Irish people
through the long night of their
bondage.
“During all these centuries of
tribulation, the Order carried to our
people the spiritual consolation
which buoyed them up on the seas
of adversity which threatened to
engulf them ... At no time was
this more evident than when the
penal laws fell upon our people,
bias!ing their homes, pulling down
their seats of learning, overthrow
ing their altars and destroying
their churches, for them the Fran
ciscan fathers not only administered
spiritual comfort to them, but also
kept shining the light of learning
amongst them, and saved the na
tion from despair.
“In the last phase of our great
epic struggle, the Franciscan Fath
ers showed the same fine courage
and devotion to duty which have
characterized the Order at all times
and in all countries. It is, there
fore, natural that we, Irish people,
should have a particularly warm
corner in our hearts for the Fran
ciscan Fathers, and that we should
be overjoyed at this opportunity of
paying our humble tribute to the
Superior of the Order in Ireland.
ROM OBSERVES FEAST
DAY OF POPE PIUS XI
Holy Father Honored on
Feast of Sts Peter and Paul
-Thousands at Communion.
By MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI
(Rome Correspondent N. C. W. C.
News Service.)
Rome—For years the Catholic
world has celebrated the Pope’s
“Feast Day” on the anniversary of
his coronation. The City of Rome
also celebrates it each year with
an ever-growing enthusiasm, but on
the feast of the Holy Apostles, SS
Peter and Paul. This is the most
convenient date for this city; the
city which not only has the good
fortune of being the home of the
living pope hut also contains the
tomb of the first. In this way the
first and last links of that golden
chain which, has passed down
through the centuries binding hu
manity to God are remembered in
one fervent act of homage and
tha nksgivirig.
This ydar the Pope’s “Feast Day”
was proclaimed by the publication
of a leaflet published by ‘ The
Italian Federation of Catholic Men ’
which is a powerful organization
founded in accordance with the wish
of His Holiness Piux XI and which
unites all the associations of Ca
tholic men and women in Italy in a
single group. This leaflet contains
a general account of the mission of
the papacy, a biography of Piux XI,
a resume of the principal acts of
His Pontificate, and a warm invita
tion for the Holy Year. It was wide
ly distributed by all the Roman
clubs and associations.
The principal center of this cele
bration was the Vatican Basilica.
The official ceremonies were cele
brated by the Vatican chapter with
the usual pomp and the Pontifical
mass was intoned by His Eminence
the Cardinal Archpriest Merry del
Val. But what was really touching
was the great number of Catholics
who flocked to Holy Communion.
Individually, in small groups, unit
ed in innumerable representations
of associations and parishes, during
the whole morning they poured in
to the greatest Temple of Christen
dom. Around each of the many con
fessionals—where the Vatican con
fessors heard confessions—was a
small crowd awaiting their turn,
masses were celebrated without in
terruption at each of the altars
which were always surrounded by
people awaiting the moment to re
ceive Holy Communion. Each one
offered his communion for • the
pope s intentions.
WAR VETERANS ORDAINED
London—Seven war veterans
were ordained to the priesthood by
Cardinal Bourne at St. Edmund’s
College, Ware. They all saw active
service. One of them, Father Leon
ard Fletcher, was a prisoner of war
for a year in Germany. Another,
Father Walter Ormiston, was receiv
ed into the Church whilst in the
Army.
English Poor Guardians
Send Woman to Lourdes
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
London.—First the first time
on record a public body has de
cided to send an invalid on a
pilgrimage to Lourdes at the
expense of the ratepayers.
The Mother Superior of a Ca
tholic Convalescent Home at
Dover wrote to the Southwark
Board of Poor Law Guardians,
asking that an inmate of the
home, chargeable to public
funds, should be sent to Lour
des. She enclosed a medical
certificate with a recommenda
tion to that effect.
One Guardian opposed the
application and said there were
health resorts nearer home. But
another non-Catholic member of
the Board insisted that the wo
man on whose behalf the appli
cation was made had strong
faith and might benefit from a
visit to the shrine.
The Guardians sanctioned the
expenditure of $100 to send the
woman on a pilgrimage.
Reward for Branders
Of Minister Offered by K.
K. K.
Pontiac, Mich.—The Ku Kiux Klan
has offered a reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of the per
sons guilty of branding the letters
“K. It. It.” upon the Rev. Oren Van
Loon, pastor of a Protestant Church
at Berkely. Mr. Van Loon was
found in Battle Creek last week
after an extended absence from
home. He was unable to give any
coherent account of his experiences.
The implied denial that the Klan
had anything to do with the out
rage—which followed statements by
Mr. Van Loon which were inter
preted as uncomplimentary to the
hooded organization—is signed by
the “Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
P. O. Box 754, Royal Oak, Mich.”
CATHOLIC TEACHERS
OUSTED BY KU KLUXERS
Twenty Complaints of Dis
crimination Received at N.
C. W. C. Teachers’ Bureau
Washington, D. C.—Twenty com
plaints from Catholics who are
teachers, stating they have either
lost their positions or have been
discriminated against in applying
for positions, because of their re
ligion, have been received in the last
two months by the Teachers’ Regis
tration Section Of the Department ol
Education, National Catholic Welfare
Conference, Miss Agnes Collins, head
of the Section, reports.
Many of the complaints blame the
Ku Klux Klan specifically.
With the new development of
prejudice handicapping Catholic
teachers, it appears that a service
of much greater value to the teacher
than to the school itself presents
itself to be performed by the Regis
tration Section.
Under these circumstances, Miss
Collins points out, close and practi
cal cooperation on the part of all
schools employing Catholic lay
teachers is imperative, that the
needs of both school and teacher
may he served and the suffering
from the present wave of bigotry
minimized. The Section registers
teachers for a nominal fee to cover
the cost of correspondence chiefly,
and does not charge a fee when a
position has been obtained, as do
secular registration bureaus. The
schools themselves are required to
pay no fee at all, and merely are re
quested to write to the Section tell
ing their wants in the matter of
Catholic teachers.
POPE LONDON LIBRARL MEMBER
London—The Pope is still a
member of the London Library, and
is entitled to borrow its books by
post. This fact transpired at the
annual meeting of the Library this
week. The Pope, when Msgr. Ratti,
was introduced to the Library as a
member by the Cardinal Archbishop
of Westminister in 1908.
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