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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 30, 1949
WILL VISIT LOURDES SHRINE
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Mrs. Olivia Dionne, mother of the famed Dionne quintuplets, of
Callender. Ontario, and two Sisters of the Assumption, who teach
her daughters, are pictured en route to Lourdes, Paris and Rome.
They hope to be received by the Holy Father. The nuns, Sister
>Amie Des Anges (left) and Sister Marie Ange, teach in the special
hich school class for the five Dionne sisters and ten other girls.
(Wide World Photo) (NC Photos)
UNITED ACTION TO OFFSET ATTACKS
ON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS URGED AT
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' CONFERENCE
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK. —Present-day at
tacks on the Catholic educational
system in the nation should in
cite Catholic educators to renewed
effiiecncy and united action as a
means of offering “invincible re
sistance to the ‘powers of evil’ that
have sworn its downfall,” Brother
Benildus, F. S. C., president of St.
Michael's College, Santa Fe, N.
Mex., told delegates at the 11th
annual Christian Brothers Educa
tional Association conference in
Manhattan College here.
The delegates came from the
five provinces of the Christian
Brothers in the United States for
the four-day convention of panel
discussion and plenary sessions de
voted to broad principles, specific
curricular and extracurricular
problems of modern school life.
Delivering the presidential ad
dress, Brother Benildus cited as
“recent trends against private and
Catholic education” in this country
the formation of groups for
Church-state separation which re
gard Catholicism as the nation’s
greatest enemy; the report of the
President Commission on Higher
Education which recommends
denial of any form of Federal aid
to private or Church-related col
leges; the controversial Barden
Bill pending in Congress, which
deprives non-public schools of even
welfare benefits; and recent litiga
tion involving opposition to reli
gious education, such as the Ever
son case in New Jersey, the Mc
Collum case in Illinois, the Dakota
anti-religious grab case and the
Dixon case in New Mexico.
.These "trends” Brother Benildus
declared, show that Catholicism is
holding firm to its principles.
“There might be reason to
worry,” l\e asserted, “if Catholic
education enjoyed the full ap
proval of all whom we know to be
opposed to the things of God. It
would be an indication that we
had compromised on the eternal
verities, as that could be the only
price of approval.
“We must be vigilant, constant
ly on our guard, ever devoted to
the interests of God and country,
and tireless in our efforts to train
our students to be understanding,
law-abiding citizens who are well
equipped to earn an honest liveli
hood. Our opponents may accuse
us of everything else, but they
should never have cause to accuse
us of lack of efficiency. The answer
to our detractors should be quiet
accomplishment.
Brother Benildus said that to
meet “an organized, concerted plan
of opposition to us,” there should
be a cooperative effort with the
Education Department of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, the National Catholic Edu
cational Association and education
associations of other religious com
munities.
The diocesan school systems
which are broadening the oppor
tunities for religious education
were hailed by Brother Benildus
as a strengthening influence of
Catholic education and he called
upon the Christian Brothers to
continue their “one hundred year
record of close cooperation with
the Bishops of the United States.”
World Congress of Religious Instruction
Scheduled to Be Held in Rome Next Year
WASHINGTON. _(NC)— Rep
resentatives of each of the 124
archdioceses and dioceses in the
United States are being asked to
attend an International Congress
of Religious Instruction in Rome
in October, 1950.
They will share with Catholics
from all over the world their ex
periences in such work as released-
time religious education, street
preaching, discussion clubs, train
ing of lay teachers, parent-educa
tor programs, and correspondence
courses. The Congress will be
sponsored by the Sacred Congre
gation of the Council, which is
the branch of the Roman Curia
with jurisdiction over religion
teaching, as a part of the Holy
Year observance.
The collection of materials and
direction of programs for, the Con
gress in this country will be under
the auspices of the Episcopal Com
mittee of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine, with the as
sistance of the Confraternity’s Na
tional Center nere.
In his letter announcing the
world-wide gathering, which is ex
pected to surpass in scope any
Church educational conference
held in recent decades, His Emin
ence Francis Cardinal Marmaggi,
prefect of the Congregation of the
Council, asked that preliminary
meetings of a diocesan, regional or
national character be held in 1949.
To be of greatest value, the
Rome Congress should be
thoroughly propped on “the actual
conditions of religious instruction
which prevail in each region, and
. . the difficulties which pastors
find in carrying out the teaching
of Christian doctrine,” Cardinal
Marmaggi advised.
Regional meetings which will
aim at satisfying this request will
be held in ten "Ecclesiastical pro
vinces of the United States this
year. Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine leaders from 61 dioceses
will get together at those meetings.
The provinces invoiced are Balti
more, Denver, New Orleans, Indi
anapolis, Milwaukee, Portland,
Boston, San Antonio, Cincinnati,
and Philadelphia.
A FIRST EDITION of "The
Creed in Slow Motion,” by Mon
signor Ronald Knox, will be pub
lished early in September by
Sbeed and Ward. “The Mass in
Slow Motion,” by Monsignor Knox,
currently leads the sales list of
Sheed and Ward books.
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